How walkable is Kreuzberg?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Kreuzberg has a walkability score of 94 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 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Berlin, which scores 90 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,818 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Kreuzberg. The nearest grocery is Bauerngarten, about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- NORMA6 min
- Istanbul Supermarkt7 min
- Pico Tapas Bar2 min
- Kimchi Planet2 min
- Scharnau City Shop Gmbh2 min
- Pepita2 min
- Cafe Morgenstern5 min
- Schildkröte5 min
- Commerzbank8 min
- Ziraat Bank International8 min
- Unnamed park2 min
- Wassertorplatz Nord2 min
- Jens-Nydahl-Grundschule5 min
- Lemgo-Grundschule9 min
- Kitap Berlin9 min
- Wilhelm-Liebknecht-Bibliothek9 min
- Aquarium Am Kotti6 min
- Südblock6 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Kreuzberg at 52.4976, 13.4119. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 64 street intersections per km², and blocks average 118 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Kreuzberg
- 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 Kreuzberg. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin-Mitte | 2.3 km | 97 |
| Tiergarten | 3.9 km | 84 |
| Schöneberg | 4.2 km | 93 |
| Charlottenburg | 7.2 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Berlin page.
Questions about walking in Kreuzberg
Is Kreuzberg walkable?
Yes. Kreuzberg in Berlin has a walkability score of 94 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 Kreuzberg more walkable than the rest of Berlin?
Kreuzberg is more walkable than Berlin as a whole: it scores 94, against 90 for the 5 km around Berlin's centre. It ranks 2nd 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 Kreuzberg 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 Kreuzberg it is the average of 58 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.