How walkable is Leopold Quarter?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Leopold Quarter has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Brussels, which scores 94 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
3,845 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Leopold Quarter. The nearest grocery is Proxy Delhaize Luxembourg, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Shop & Go Delhaize Place Luxembourg1 min
- Carrefour Express2 min
- Café Luxembourg1 min
- Vester Bar - Brasserie - Hotel1 min
- David Rose2 min
- John Kennis2 min
- Karsmakers Coffee House2 min
- KazaKozi2 min
- BNP Paribas Fortis1 min
- KBC2 min
- Square de Meeûs - de Meeûssquare3 min
- Unnamed park4 min
- Lycée Emile Jacqmain7 min
- Ecole EOS10 min
- La petite portugaise6 min
- European Bookshop - Kopecka-Baras7 min
- Visitor's Center4 min
- KULT XL Ateliers & Expo5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Leopold Quarter at 50.8392, 4.3726. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 143 street intersections per km², and blocks average 78 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Leopold Quarter
- 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 Leopold Quarter. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Brussels
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Matongé | 650 m | 99 |
| Royal Quarter | 950 m | 99 |
| Marolles - Marollen | 1.9 km | 100 |
| Heysel - Heizel | 7 km | 77 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Brussels page.
Questions about walking in Leopold Quarter
Is Leopold Quarter walkable?
Yes. Leopold Quarter in Brussels has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Leopold Quarter more walkable than the rest of Brussels?
Leopold Quarter is more walkable than Brussels as a whole: it scores 99, against 94 for the 5 km around Brussels's centre. It ranks 3rd 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 Leopold Quarter 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 Leopold Quarter it is the average of 61 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.