How walkable is Duisburg?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Duisburg has a walkability score of 55 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 20th most walkable of the 22 cities ranked in Germany, with 1 other.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,418 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Duisburg. The nearest grocery is about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- Tropical Foods Duisburg, 5 min
- Aldi Sud, 6 min
Restaurants & bars
- Efes Café & Bar, 3 min
- Restaurant Sindibad, 4 min
Shopping
- PHP Kurs Inhouse Schulung, 3 min
- Bahnhof-Apotheke, 4 min
Coffee
- Trinkhalle und Café Inh. Yusuf Irmak, 5 min
- Cafe Utopiya, 5 min
Banks
- Santander Filiale Duisburg - Friedrich-Wilhelm-Straße, 4 min
- Santander Filiale Duisburg - Düsseldorfer Str., 6 min
Parks
- Böninger Park, 12 min
- Goerdeler-Park, 13 min
Schools
- Eckert Schulen, 5 min
- P.U.L.S Duisburg | Erste-Hilfe-Kurse in Duisburg, 7 min
Books & libraries
- Pb Duisburg Bhf Eingangshalle, 5 min
- Press & Books, 5 min
Culture & entertainment
- Cubus Kunsthalle, 3 min
- Lehmbruck Museum, 4 min
Measured from the centre at 51.4286, 6.7688, the point near Duisburg's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 112 street intersections per km², and blocks average 80 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Duisburg's score of 55 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 90 within 1 km of the centre, 49 from 1 to 3 km out and 52 from 3 to 5 km out. 26 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 34% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Duisburg. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 100 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 90 | 86% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 49 | 29% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 52 | 27% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Essen, Germany | 17 km | 71 |
| Düsseldorf, Germany | 23 km | 78 |
| Bochum, Germany | 32 km | 60 |
| Wuppertal, Germany | 33 km | 52 |
| Dortmund, Germany | 49 km | 66 |
Questions about walking in Duisburg
Is Duisburg a walkable city?
Partly. Duisburg has a walkability score of 55 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 100. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks joint 20th of 22 cities in Germany and joint 520th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Germany?
Berlin is the most walkable of the 22 cities ranked in Germany, with a score of 90. Duisburg ranks joint 20th with 55.
How does Duisburg compare with nearby cities?
Duisburg is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 55, against Essen (71, 17 km away), Düsseldorf (78, 23 km away) and Bochum (60, 32 km away).
Which part of Duisburg is most walkable?
Duisburg's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 100. Walkability averages 90 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the north-west (averaging 64) and falls most to the north-east (24).
How is Duisburg's walkability score calculated?
For Duisburg it is the average of 65 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 22 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) 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. City position and population from GeoNames.
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