How walkable is Knyazhevo?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Knyazhevo has a walkability score of 25 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Sofia, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
43 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Knyazhevo. The nearest grocery is Lidl, about 24 minutes away on foot. It is weakest for groceries, coffee, banks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Billa29 min
- Кръчмата На Петя10 min
- Хлеб / Hleb11 min
- Smart Cases14 min
- Killiman Ltd20 min
- Cafe Aleta Parizi27 min
- Горска къща Монтесори27 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Knyazhevo at 42.6547, 23.2305. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 43 street intersections per km², and blocks average 134 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 4%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Knyazhevo
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 700 m around the centre of Knyazhevo. Rings mark 350 m and 700 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Sofia
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Gorna banya | 2.7 km | 65 |
| Boyana | 3.1 km | 54 |
| Buxton | 3.4 km | 92 |
| Studentski grad | 9.6 km | 83 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Sofia page.
Questions about walking in Knyazhevo
Is Knyazhevo walkable?
Not very. Knyazhevo in Sofia has a walkability score of 25 out of 100 across the 700 m around its centre, which makes it car-dependent: most errands require a car.
Is Knyazhevo more walkable than the rest of Sofia?
Knyazhevo is less walkable than Sofia as a whole: it scores 25, against 82 for the 5 km around Sofia's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Knyazhevo 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 Knyazhevo it is the average of 56 points spread evenly across the 700 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.