How walkable is Boyana?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Boyana has a walkability score of 54 out of 100 across the 1000 m around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Sofia, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
107 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Boyana. The nearest grocery is Optima grocery store, about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, parks and books & libraries. It is weakest for coffee, banks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Бащиното Село8 min
- Lidl12 min
- Грузински ресторант Pirosmani1 min
- Freddo Food and Sweet Bar1 min
- Veloraptor BIKE HUB6 min
- Детски образователен център “Звезда” | Бояна11 min
- Резиденция Бояна6 min
- Jolly Kids28 min
- Детска Градина "Българанче"30 min
- Гората20 min
- National Museum of History19 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Boyana at 42.6462, 23.2667. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 65 street intersections per km², and blocks average 98 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Boyana
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1000 m around the centre of Boyana. Rings mark 500 m and 1000 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Sofia
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Buxton | 2.2 km | 92 |
| Knyazhevo | 3.1 km | 25 |
| Gorna banya | 4.2 km | 65 |
| Studentski grad | 6.7 km | 83 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Sofia page.
Questions about walking in Boyana
Is Boyana walkable?
Partly. Boyana in Sofia has a walkability score of 54 out of 100 across the 1000 m around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Boyana more walkable than the rest of Sofia?
Boyana is less walkable than Sofia as a whole: it scores 54, against 82 for the 5 km around Sofia's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Sofia neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Sofia?
Of the 5 Sofia neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Buxton (92), Studentski grad (83) and Gorna banya (65).
How is the walkability score of Boyana 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 Boyana it is the average of 41 points spread evenly across the 1000 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.