How walkable is Heysel - Heizel?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Heysel - Heizel has a walkability score of 77 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Brussels, which scores 94 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
443 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Heysel - Heizel. The nearest grocery is ALDI Nord, about 13 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, parks and culture & entertainment.
- Louis Delhaize15 min
- Carrefour market16 min
- Thai Café Express BXL Expo 53 min
- Irish Pub on tour3 min
- Funky Fashion Agency5 min
- ByKa Fashion5 min
- Forum Cafe13 min
- Le Delta15 min
- KBC Brussels Heizel/Heysel12 min
- BNP Paribas Fortis Heysel18 min
- Parc du Verregat - Verregatpark7 min
- Unnamed park8 min
- Arabe ludique13 min
- Ecole Maternelle Emile Bockstael13 min
- Bibliotheek Brunfaut19 min
- Libraire Etienne25 min
- Design Museum Brussels3 min
- Art & Design Atomium Museum4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Heysel - Heizel at 50.8979, 4.3388. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 66 street intersections per km², and blocks average 102 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Heysel - Heizel
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Heysel - Heizel. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Brussels
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Quarter | 6.3 km | 99 |
| Marolles - Marollen | 6.8 km | 100 |
| Leopold Quarter | 7 km | 99 |
| Matongé | 7 km | 99 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Brussels page.
Questions about walking in Heysel - Heizel
Is Heysel - Heizel walkable?
Yes. Heysel - Heizel in Brussels has a walkability score of 77 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Heysel - Heizel more walkable than the rest of Brussels?
Heysel - Heizel is less walkable than Brussels as a whole: it scores 77, against 94 for the 5 km around Brussels's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Brussels neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Brussels?
Of the 5 Brussels neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Marolles - Marollen (100), Matongé (99) and Leopold Quarter (99).
How is the walkability score of Heysel - Heizel 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 Heysel - Heizel it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 1 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.