--- title: "Marolles, Brussels walkability score: 100/100 · How Walkable" description: "Marolles in Brussels scores 100/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Brussels." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels/marolles updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Belgium](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium) 3. [Brussels](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels) 4. Marolles # How walkable is Marolles, Brussels? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Marolles has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 450 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is one of 3 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 17 ranked in Brussels, which scores 94 as a whole. 100 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #1 of 17 tied, in Brussels * 94 Brussels overall * 100 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=50.83710&lon=4.34580&q=Marolles%2C%20Brussels) ## What's within walking distance 4,300 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Marolles. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * Proxy Delhaize Marolles, 3 min * España Calidade - Belgium/Brussels, 5 min * Proxy Delhaize Fonsny, 8 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Le Paon D'or, 1 min * Volle Brol, 1 min * Chaff, 1 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Place du Jeu de Balle, 1 min * Vieux Marché place du Jeu de Balle, 1 min * Marche aux Puces Vlooienmarkt, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * P'titi café, 1 min * Tropisme, 2 min * Le Café Modelé, 3 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * Triodos Bank, 6 min * Chaabi Bank, 7 min * ANDERLECHT AUTONOMIE, 11 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Plaine de jeux des Escargots - Slakkengang speeltuin, 2 min * Parc des Brigittines - Brigittinenpark, 6 min * Jardin Akarova - Akarovatuin, 6 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Creche Charpentiers, 2 min * Ecole Maternelle de la Marolle, 2 min * Magellan Elementary School, 4 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * L'Imaginaire, 1 min * Lagrange Points Brussels, 2 min * Bibliotheek Bruegel, 3 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Vertigo Art, 3 min * Archives et Musée du CPAS de Bruxelles, 4 min * Théâtre Les Tanneurs, 4 min Measured from the mapped centre of Marolles, Brussels at 50.8371, 4.3458. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 231 street intersections per km², and blocks average 62 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Marolles, Brussels ![Walkability scores across the 450 m around the centre of Marolles. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 98, is 400 m to the north.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/belgium/brussels/marolles.svg?v=286e406d4af7) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 450 m around the centre of Marolles, Brussels. Rings mark 200 m and 450 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Brussels | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Royal Quarter](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels/royal-quarter) | 1.1 km | 99 | | [Pentagon](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels/neighbourhoods#pentagon) | 1.2 km | 99 | | [Matongé](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels/matonge) | 1.3 km | 99 | | [Quays Quarter](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels/neighbourhoods#quays-quarter) | 1.8 km | 100 | | [Leopold Quarter](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels/leopold-quarter) | 1.9 km | 99 | | [Freedom Quarter](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels/neighbourhoods#freedom-quarter) | 2 km | 100 | | [Tenbosch](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels/neighbourhoods#tenbosch) | 2.2 km | 99 | | [Altitude Cent](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels/neighbourhoods#altitude-cent) | 2.4 km | 95 | See [all 17 neighbourhoods of Brussels ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/belgium/brussels/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Marolles, Brussels ### Is Marolles walkable? Yes. Marolles in Brussels has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 450 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. ### Is Marolles more walkable than the rest of Brussels? Marolles is more walkable than Brussels as a whole: it scores 100, against 94 for the 5 km around Brussels's centre. It is one of 3 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 17 ranked in Brussels on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Brussels? Of the 17 Brussels neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are the Freedom Quarter (100), Marolles (100) and the Quays Quarter (100). ### How is the walkability score of Marolles 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 Marolles it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 450 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Marolles, Brussels?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.