How walkable is Matongé?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Matongé has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 400 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 Brussels, which scores 94 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
4,590 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Matongé. The nearest grocery is L'Epicerie, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Veritas2 min
- Holland and Barrett2 min
- Waka Waka Restaurant Africain1 min
- Knees to Chin1 min
- BricoCity Ixelles1 min
- MOPE Bruxelles1 min
- Fika3 min
- Comptoir Florian3 min
- Trust Merchant Bank3 min
- Marnix3 min
- Unnamed park6 min
- Square de Meeûs - de Meeûssquare7 min
- Ecole du Bois Sauvage8 min
- De Wimpel8 min
- Librebook4 min
- Centre de Recherche sur la Décolonisation du Congo Belge5 min
- MEDEX - Musée éphémère de l'exil3 min
- Salle / Zaal 123 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Matongé at 50.8371, 4.3641. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 188 street intersections per km², and blocks average 70 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Matongé
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Matongé. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Brussels
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Leopold Quarter | 650 m | 99 |
| Royal Quarter | 650 m | 99 |
| Marolles - Marollen | 1.3 km | 100 |
| Heysel - Heizel | 7 km | 77 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Brussels page.
Questions about walking in Matongé
Is Matongé walkable?
Yes. Matongé in Brussels has a walkability score of 99 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Matongé more walkable than the rest of Brussels?
Matongé is more walkable than Brussels as a whole: it scores 99, against 94 for the 5 km around Brussels's centre. It ranks 2nd 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 Matongé 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 Matongé it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 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.