How walkable is Deutz, Cologne?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Deutz has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the joint 6th most walkable of the 18 neighbourhoods ranked in Cologne, with 1 other, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,475 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Deutz. The nearest grocery is about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- Denns BioMarkt Köln, 3 min
- PENNY, 3 min
Restaurants & bars
- Fischwerk, 1 min
- Bäckerei & Konditorei Höschler, 1 min
Shopping
- Parfümerie Mallach, 1 min
- Notebook Köln, 1 min
Coffee
- Women Fashion 1, 1 min
- Café Heimisch, 1 min
Banks
- Sparkasse KölnBonn SB-Standort Deutzer Freiheit, 1 min
- PSD Bank Köln, 1 min
Parks
- Ostwiese Landeshaus, 4 min
- Von-Sandt-Platz, 5 min
Schools
- Städt. Kath. Grundschule, 7 min
- Fröbel-Kindergarten & Familienzentrum Sonnenhut, 10 min
Books & libraries
- Antiquariat Heuberger, 2 min
- Art Book Cologne, 4 min
Culture & entertainment
- Gemeinschaft Kölner Schausteller E.g. (gks), 7 min
- Rheinsaal, 8 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Deutz, Cologne at 50.9368, 6.9730. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 116 street intersections per km², and blocks average 77 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Deutz, Cologne
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.3 km around the centre of Deutz, Cologne. Rings mark 650 m and 1.3 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Cologne
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Altstadt-Nord | 1.4 km | 99 |
| Neustadt-Süd | 2.6 km | 98 |
| Belgian Quarter | 2.7 km | 98 |
| Buchforst | 2.7 km | 90 |
| Bayenthal | 2.9 km | 94 |
| Poll | 3 km | 60 |
| Riehl | 3 km | 84 |
| Zollstock | 3.7 km | 86 |
See all 18 neighbourhoods of Cologne ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Deutz, Cologne
Is Deutz walkable?
Yes. Deutz in Cologne has a walkability score of 90 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Deutz more walkable than the rest of Cologne?
Deutz is more walkable than Cologne as a whole: it scores 90, against 83 for the 5 km around Cologne's centre. It is the joint 6th most walkable of the 18 neighbourhoods ranked in Cologne, with 1 other on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Cologne?
Of the 18 Cologne neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Altstadt-Nord (99), the Belgian Quarter (98) and Neustadt-Süd (98).
How is the walkability score of Deutz 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 Deutz it is the average of 52 points spread evenly across the 1.3 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
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. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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