--- title: "Ostheim, Cologne walkability score: 63/100 · How Walkable" description: "Ostheim in Cologne scores 63/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Cologne." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/ostheim updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Germany](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany) 3. [Cologne](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne) 4. Ostheim # How walkable is Ostheim, Cologne? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Ostheim has a walkability score of 63 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 12th most walkable of the 18 neighbourhoods ranked in Cologne, which scores 83 as a whole. 63 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable Some errands can be accomplished on foot. * #12 of 18 in Cologne * 83 Cologne overall * 79 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=50.93139&lon=7.04574&q=Ostheim%2C%20Cologne) ## What's within walking distance 170 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Ostheim. The nearest grocery is about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping and schools. It is weakest for books & libraries and culture & entertainment. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * Lidl, 5 min * PENNY, 5 min * Al Sindbad Market, 7 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.9 of 3 points * Emessa Cafe & Restaurant, 3 min * Bäckerei Servatius, 3 min * By Teras Restaurant, 3 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Fritz Spork - Sattlerei, 4 min * Ahsen Ebru, 4 min * Wertvoll Second Hand Shop, 4 min ### Coffee 1.7 of 2 points * Tchibo, 7 min * The Garden Restaurant and Café, 9 min * Brehmer's Conditorei Cafe, 26 min ### Banks 0.8 of 1 point * Sparkasse KölnBonn, 8 min * Sparkasse KölnBonn - mobile Sparkasse, 21 min * Sparkasse KölnBonn mobile Sparkasse Neubrück, 22 min ### Parks 0.7 of 1 point * Merheimer Heide, 25 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Fröbel-Fantasielabor, 3 min * Emilis Welt, 4 min * KiTa Löwenherz, 4 min ### Books & libraries 0.1 of 1 point * Stadtteilbibliothek Neubrück, 22 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.0 of 1 point * WakeClubCologne am Rather See, 27 min Measured from the mapped centre of Ostheim, Cologne at 50.9314, 7.0457. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 49 street intersections per km², and blocks average 126 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests. ## Walkability across Ostheim, Cologne ![Walkability scores across the 1.1 km around the centre of Ostheim. 35% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 32, is 1000 m to the south.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/germany/cologne/ostheim.svg?v=a8a0a4c3d49a) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.1 km around the centre of Ostheim, Cologne. Rings mark 550 m and 1.1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Cologne | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Buchforst](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#buchforst) | 3.5 km | 90 | | [Buchheim](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#buchheim) | 3.7 km | 67 | | [Poll](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/poll) | 4.5 km | 60 | | [Eil](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#eil) | 4.6 km | 67 | | [Deutz](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/deutz) | 5.1 km | 90 | | [Dellbrück](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#dellbruck) | 5.3 km | 60 | | [Bayenthal](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#bayenthal) | 5.8 km | 94 | | [Riehl](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#riehl) | 6 km | 84 | See [all 18 neighbourhoods of Cologne ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Ostheim, Cologne ### Is Ostheim walkable? Partly. Ostheim in Cologne has a walkability score of 63 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. ### Is Ostheim more walkable than the rest of Cologne? Ostheim is less walkable than Cologne as a whole: it scores 63, against 83 for the 5 km around Cologne's centre. It is the 12th most walkable of the 18 neighbourhoods ranked in Cologne 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 Ostheim 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 Ostheim it is the average of 57 points spread evenly across the 1.1 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Ostheim, Cologne?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.