How walkable is Old Town?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Old Town has a walkability score of 100 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 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Prague, which scores 85 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
6,925 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Old Town. The nearest grocery is Candy Shop Prag, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Miboo Tea2 min
- Minimarket2 min
- Golem Club1 min
- Il Palazzo1 min
- Parfumerie Egoist Royal Parfums1 min
- Denim Heads1 min
- Artisan Cafe & Bistrot1 min
- CP1 Cafe1 min
- ČSOB5 min
- Komerční banka5 min
- Unnamed park6 min
- Františkánská zahrada7 min
- Děti - Výchova - Divadlo3 min
- SPŠS Betlémská4 min
- Pražská křižovatka - kostel sv. Anny3 min
- Slovanská knihovna4 min
- Náprstkovo muzeum asijských, afrických a amerických kultur1 min
- Drážní společnost při ČVUT FD2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Old Town at 50.0843, 14.4178. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 133 street intersections per km², and blocks average 74 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Old Town
- 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 Old Town. Rings mark 300 m and 650 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Prague
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Josefov | 650 m | 98 |
| New Town | 700 m | 100 |
| Malá Strana | 1000 m | 97 |
| Hradčany | 1.7 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Prague page.
Questions about walking in Old Town
Is Old Town walkable?
Yes. Old Town in Prague has a walkability score of 100 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 Old Town more walkable than the rest of Prague?
Old Town is more walkable than Prague as a whole: it scores 100, against 85 for the 5 km around Prague's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Prague neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Prague?
Of the 5 Prague neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are New Town (100), Old Town (100) and Josefov (98).
How is the walkability score of Old Town 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 Old Town it is the average of 60 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.