How walkable is Cidade Velha?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Cidade Velha has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 650 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 1 neighbourhoods ranked in Belém, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,149 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Cidade Velha. The nearest grocery is Líder Cidade Velha, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Mercado do Porto do Sal6 min
- Atacadão SA9 min
- MRS Boteco & Bistrô1 min
- Point do Açai2 min
- Rabelostore1 min
- Kelly Materiais de Construção4 min
- Códdivino6 min
- Alquimista Bebidas Especiais6 min
- Sicoob Cooesa13 min
- Western Union17 min
- Praça Almirante Tamandaré2 min
- Pr5 min
- Centro Educacional Aprendiz8 min
- Max Force9 min
- Livraria Leitura16 min
- Banca Boas Novas18 min
- Centro de Visitação Solar Barão do Guajará3 min
- Praça do Carmo6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Cidade Velha at -1.4619, -48.5027. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 96 street intersections per km², and blocks average 83 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Cidade Velha
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 650 m around the centre of Cidade Velha. Rings mark 350 m and 650 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Questions about walking in Cidade Velha
Is Cidade Velha walkable?
Yes. Cidade Velha in Belém has a walkability score of 91 out of 100 across the 650 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Cidade Velha more walkable than the rest of Belém?
Cidade Velha is more walkable than Belém as a whole: it scores 91, against 82 for the 5 km around Belém's centre. It ranks 1st of the 1 Belém neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
How is the walkability score of Cidade Velha 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 Cidade Velha it is the average of 57 points spread evenly across the 650 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.