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Most walkable cities in Finland
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Helsinki is the most walkable city in Finland, with a score of 79 out of 100. Across the 2 cities ranked, the average is 58, and it is the only one to score 70 or more, meaning most errands can be done on foot across much of the city.
| # | City | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helsinki | 79 |
| 2 | Espoo | 36 |
Rankings include cities of at least 300,000 people where open map data is complete enough to score fairly. Each score is the average across the 5 km around the city's busiest point, so it measures how far walkability reaches beyond downtown. See the methodology, or compare cities worldwide.
How Finland compares
Finland's 2 ranked cities average 58, against 66 across all 690 cities ranked worldwide.
From the centre of a typical city here, libraries and bookshops are nearer than is usual: the nearest is 3 minutes away on foot, against 6 minutes for the median city ranked. Schools are further, at 7 minutes, against 4 minutes.
Questions about walkable cities in Finland
What is the most walkable city in Finland?
Helsinki is the most walkable of the 2 cities ranked in Finland, with a score of 79 out of 100, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Next come Espoo (36).
How walkable are cities in Finland?
The 2 cities ranked in Finland average 58 out of 100: 1 scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and 1 scores below 50, where most errands need a car.
Why are some cities in Finland not listed?
Only cities of at least 300,000 people are ranked so far, and only where open map data lists at least 500 places near the centre, so smaller cities are left out even when they are very walkable. Any address can still be scored on the map.
How are the city scores calculated?
Each city's score is the average of points spaced 1 km apart across the 5 km around its busiest point, so it measures how far walkability reaches beyond downtown. At each point, the score counts the 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.
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