How walkable is Royal Quarter?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Royal Quarter has a walkability score of 99 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 the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Brussels, which scores 94 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
4,815 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Royal Quarter. The nearest grocery is Shop & Go Delhaize Ravenstein, about 6 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Carrefour Express6 min
- Louis Delhaize6 min
- Art Club2 min
- Love Ciabatta2 min
- Groove Street 98 Brussels2 min
- La Boîte à Musique2 min
- JAT Cafe3 min
- Golden Bean4 min
- Ing6 min
- AlphaCredit6 min
- Parc de Bruxelles - Warandepark2 min
- Jardin de Sculptures - Beeldhouwtuin3 min
- Athénée Robert Catteau10 min
- École Maternelle Henriette Dachsbeck12 min
- Cinematek Bibliotheek & Administratie / Bibliothèque & Administration2 min
- Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique4 min
- Grand Serment Royal et de Saint-Georges des Arbalétriers de Bruxelles1 min
- Pop Art In Belgium - ING1 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Royal Quarter at 50.8424, 4.3598. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 224 street intersections per km², and blocks average 60 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Royal Quarter
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 450 m around the centre of Royal Quarter. Rings mark 200 m and 450 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Brussels
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Matongé | 650 m | 99 |
| Leopold Quarter | 950 m | 99 |
| Marolles - Marollen | 1.1 km | 100 |
| Heysel - Heizel | 6.3 km | 77 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Brussels page.
Questions about walking in Royal Quarter
Is Royal Quarter walkable?
Yes. Royal Quarter in Brussels has a walkability score of 99 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 Royal Quarter more walkable than the rest of Brussels?
Royal Quarter is more walkable than Brussels as a whole: it scores 99, against 94 for the 5 km around Brussels's centre. It ranks 4th 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 Royal 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 Royal Quarter 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.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.