The most walkable neighbourhoods in Prague
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
20 neighbourhoods of Prague ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. The New Town and the Old Town share the top score of 100/100, then Vinohrady (99) and Josefov (98). 14 of the 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Běchovice (24).
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Town | 100 |
| 1 | Old Town | 100 |
| 3 | Vinohrady | 99 |
| 4 | Josefov | 98 |
| 5 | Malá Strana | 97 |
| 6 | Holešovice | 95 |
| 6 | Karlín | 95 |
| 8 | Smíchov | 94 |
| 9 | Hradčany | 93 |
| 10 | Žižkov | 91 |
| 11 | Střešovice | 88 |
| 12 | Libeň | 83 |
| 13 | Břevnov | 82 |
| 13 | Bubeneč | 82 |
| 15 | Prague 13 | 69 |
| 16 | Dejvice | 66 |
| 17 | Bohnice | 65 |
| 18 | Zbraslav | 47 |
| 19 | Dolní Počernice | 40 |
| 20 | Běchovice | 24 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Prague's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
New Town
The New Town is the most central of these five, 1.2 km south-west of Prague's busiest point, and scores 100/100. It has the most libraries and bookshops of the five: 159 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Městská Knihovna v Praze, about 2 minutes away. More on the New Town.
Old Town
The Old Town scores 100/100, 1.5 km west of Prague's busiest point. None of the others has as many cultural venues, with 323 in a 30 minute walk; Jazz Republic is the nearest, about a minute away. More on the Old Town.
Vinohrady
Vinohrady scores 99/100, 1.5 km south-east of Prague's busiest point. 4,366 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 3 minutes away. It has the fewest cultural venues of the five, 97.
Josefov
Josefov scores 98/100, 1.6 km north-west of Prague's busiest point. 6,365 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 3 minutes away. More on Josefov.
Malá Strana
Malá Strana lies the furthest out of these five, 2.4 km west of Prague's busiest point, and scores 97/100. 4,968 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about a minute away. More on Malá Strana.
Centre and outskirts
The 9 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Prague's centre average 97, and the 11 further out average 67, so walkability falls away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, the New Town, 1.2 km away, scores 100, and the farthest, Běchovice, 12.7 km out, scores 24.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Prague.
Prague as a whole scores 85 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre.
Questions about Prague's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Prague?
2 of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Prague tie as the most walkable, each with a walkability score of 100 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise): the New Town and the Old Town.
Which neighbourhoods of Prague are least walkable?
Of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Běchovice (24), Dolní Počernice (40) and Zbraslav (47). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still.
How are Prague's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Prague scores 85 across the 5 km around its centre.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.