How walkable is Josefstadt?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Josefstadt has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 600 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Vienna, which scores 91 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
5,744 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Josefstadt. The nearest grocery is Denns BioMarkt, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- SPAR Gourmet3 min
- BILLA3 min
- Il Sestante2 min
- Treu am Platzl2 min
- Blumen Lorenz Pridt2 min
- Paul Grosslicht Kunsthandel2 min
- Café Merkur2 min
- Fresco Grill & Kafeche3 min
- UniCredit Bank Austria3 min
- Filiale Josefstadt3 min
- Unnamed park2 min
- Lore-Segal-Park7 min
- OVS Zeltgasse5 min
- Vienna Business School6 min
- Eckart Buchhandlung3 min
- Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS)5 min
- Bezirksmuseum Josefstadt1 min
- Verein082 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Josefstadt at 48.2106, 16.3517. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 125 street intersections per km², and blocks average 83 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Josefstadt
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 600 m around the centre of Josefstadt. Rings mark 300 m and 600 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Vienna
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Mariahilf | 1.3 km | 100 |
| Innere Stadt | 1.3 km | 100 |
| Leopoldstadt | 3 km | 94 |
| Landstraße | 3 km | 96 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Vienna page.
Questions about walking in Josefstadt
Is Josefstadt walkable?
Yes. Josefstadt in Vienna has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 600 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Josefstadt more walkable than the rest of Vienna?
Josefstadt is more walkable than Vienna as a whole: it scores 100, against 91 for the 5 km around Vienna's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Vienna neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Vienna?
Of the 5 Vienna neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Mariahilf (100), Josefstadt (100) and Innere Stadt (100).
How is the walkability score of Josefstadt calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Josefstadt it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 600 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.