--- title: "Zollstock, Cologne walkability score: 86/100 · How Walkable" description: "Zollstock in Cologne scores 86/100 for walkability (Very 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/zollstock 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. Zollstock # How walkable is Zollstock, Cologne? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Zollstock has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 8th most walkable of the 18 neighbourhoods ranked in Cologne, which scores 83 as a whole. 86 out of 100: Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot. * #8 of 18 in Cologne * 83 Cologne overall * 97 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=50.90987&lon=6.94175&q=Zollstock%2C%20Cologne) ## What's within walking distance 1,270 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Zollstock. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and books & libraries. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * REWE, 3 min * Zollstock unverpackt, 3 min * Kremerius Thomas Getränkehandel Getränkefachhandel, 7 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Eiscafé Orchidea, 1 min * Bäckerei Heinemann, 1 min * Schmitz & Nittenwilm, 1 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Juwelier Pino Gold Köln, 1 min * Bazar, 1 min * Quick Schuh, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Café Varme | Cologne, 1 min * Die Crepe Bude, 1 min * Alte Wäscherei, 2 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * Sparkasse KölnBonn - Filiale, 1 min * Sparkasse KölnBonn - SB-Standort, 21 min * Volksbank Köln Bonn, 22 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Rosenzweigpark, 1 min * Vorgebirgspark, 7 min * Hundefreilauffläche Vorgebirgspark, 7 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Kindergruppe MiniMax, 3 min * Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Rosenzweigweg, 4 min * Sankt-Nikolaus-Grundschule, 5 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * Bücher Weyer, 3 min * Mayersche, 21 min * Stadtteilbibliothek Sülz, 22 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.7 of 1 point * Raum für Körper, Geist & Seele Köln, 10 min * Camera Department Film- Und Fernsehproduktion, 14 min * Arturo Theater, 15 min Measured from the mapped centre of Zollstock, Cologne at 50.9099, 6.9417. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 75 street intersections per km², and blocks average 92 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 Zollstock, Cologne ![Walkability scores across the 1.3 km around the centre of Zollstock. 92% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 31, is 1 km to the south-west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/germany/cologne/zollstock.svg?v=cff328392022) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.3 km around the centre of Zollstock, 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 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Sülz](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#sulz) | 1.6 km | 95 | | [Neustadt-Süd](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#neustadt-sud) | 1.9 km | 98 | | [Bayenthal](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#bayenthal) | 1.9 km | 94 | | [Belgian Quarter](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#belgian-quarter) | 3.2 km | 98 | | [Poll](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/poll) | 3.3 km | 60 | | [Deutz](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/deutz) | 3.7 km | 90 | | [Altstadt-Nord](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#altstadt-nord) | 3.7 km | 99 | | [Buchforst](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods#buchforst) | 6.4 km | 90 | See [all 18 neighbourhoods of Cologne ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/cologne/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Zollstock, Cologne ### Is Zollstock walkable? Yes. Zollstock in Cologne has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. ### Is Zollstock more walkable than the rest of Cologne? Zollstock is more walkable than Cologne as a whole: it scores 86, against 83 for the 5 km around Cologne's centre. It is the 8th 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 Zollstock 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 Zollstock it is the average of 54 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](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 Zollstock, 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.