How walkable is Berlin-Mitte?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Berlin-Mitte has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 1.8 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Berlin, which scores 90 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
4,530 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Berlin-Mitte. The nearest grocery is Biomarkt, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- DeliKater2 min
- El Colmado7 min
- Julchen Hoppe1 min
- China Garden2 min
- Waldeck Nitschke2 min
- Caps And Sox Headwear2 min
- Café zur Alten Zicke3 min
- Balzac Coffee4 min
- solarisBank AG5 min
- Btc Business Technology Consulting Ag6 min
- Fernsehturmanlage zw. Fernsehturm u. Spandauer Str.4 min
- Lustgarten4 min
- Ehemaliges Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster9 min
- Evangelische Schule Berlin-Mitte9 min
- Antiquariat Clemens Paulusch Gmbh4 min
- Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin4 min
- Spuk-Theater3 min
- DDR Museum3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Berlin-Mitte at 52.5179, 13.4041. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 117 street intersections per km², and blocks average 78 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Berlin-Mitte
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.8 km around the centre of Berlin-Mitte. Rings mark 900 m and 1.8 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Berlin
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kreuzberg | 2.3 km | 94 |
| Tiergarten | 3.3 km | 84 |
| Schöneberg | 5.2 km | 93 |
| Charlottenburg | 6.4 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Berlin page.
Questions about walking in Berlin-Mitte
Is Berlin-Mitte walkable?
Yes. Berlin-Mitte in Berlin has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 1.8 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Berlin-Mitte more walkable than the rest of Berlin?
Berlin-Mitte is more walkable than Berlin as a whole: it scores 97, against 90 for the 5 km around Berlin's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Berlin neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Berlin?
Of the 5 Berlin neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Berlin-Mitte (97), Kreuzberg (94) and Schöneberg (93).
How is the walkability score of Berlin-Mitte 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 Berlin-Mitte it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.8 km 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.