How walkable is Leopoldstadt?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Leopoldstadt has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Vienna, which scores 91 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,903 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Leopoldstadt. The nearest grocery is RANA Finest Exotic Food, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- BILLA3 min
- SPAR Gourmet4 min
- Mats Hotdog1 min
- Dogenhof2 min
- Neuroth1 min
- Team Ledl1 min
- Zweistern1 min
- Heine's1 min
- Bank Austria5 min
- Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG8 min
- Venediger-Au-Park5 min
- Unnamed park5 min
- Evangelische Volksschule Leopoldstadt6 min
- Grg3 Radetzkystraße12 min
- Buchbinderei Waniek7 min
- Lhotzkys Literaturbuffet11 min
- Wien Museum Johann Strauss Apartment5 min
- Johann Strauss Wohnung5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Leopoldstadt at 48.2177, 16.3902. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 146 street intersections per km², and blocks average 81 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Leopoldstadt
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Leopoldstadt. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Vienna
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Landstraße | 1.7 km | 96 |
| Innere Stadt | 1.7 km | 100 |
| Josefstadt | 3 km | 100 |
| Mariahilf | 3.5 km | 100 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Vienna page.
Questions about walking in Leopoldstadt
Is Leopoldstadt walkable?
Yes. Leopoldstadt in Vienna has a walkability score of 94 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Leopoldstadt more walkable than the rest of Vienna?
Leopoldstadt is more walkable than Vienna as a whole: it scores 94, against 91 for the 5 km around Vienna's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Leopoldstadt 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 Leopoldstadt it is the average of 56 points spread evenly across the 2 km 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.