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How walkable is Alsterdorf?

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Alsterdorf has a walkability score of 74 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Hamburg, which scores 80 as a whole.

74 out of 100: Very Walkable
Most errands can be accomplished on foot.
#4 of 5
in Hamburg
80
Hamburg overall
81
at the centre
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What's within walking distance

443 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Alsterdorf. The nearest grocery is REWE, about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, parks and books & libraries.

Groceries
REWE
7min2.7 of 3 points
  • Lidl10 min
  • Lunar GmbH12 min
Restaurants & bars
Braband Bistro und Wein
5min2.8 of 3 points
  • Gartmann C.h.l. Gmbh5 min
  • EAT HAPPY7 min
Shopping
Velvet Crown Jewellery
6min1.8 of 2 points
  • Alsterdorfer Hosenmatz7 min
  • Amplifon Hörgeräte Hamburg-Alsterdorf, Hamburg7 min
Coffee
Kaffeerösterei Alsterdorf
7min1.8 of 2 points
  • Friedrich Café | Bistro | Bar8 min
  • Coffeehouse Alsterdorf13 min
Banks
Sparda-Bank Geldautomat Bruno-Georges-Platz
15min0.5 of 1 point
  • DSL Bank - Ein Geschäftsbereich der Deutsche Postbank18 min
  • Degussa Bank (nicht öffentlich zugänglich)25 min
Parks
Unnamed park
2min1.0 of 1 point
  • City-Nord-Park14 min
  • Hamburger Stadtpark24 min
Schools
Heilwig Gymnasium
13min0.6 of 1 point
  • Kita Himmelsstürmer15 min
  • Kita kinderzimmer Alsterberg17 min
Books & libraries
Little Public Library
4min1.0 of 1 point
  • Burger Walter Buchhandlung29 min
Culture & entertainment
Polizeimuseum Hamburg
16min0.4 of 1 point
  • Alsterdorfer Sporthalle17 min
  • PANOPTIKUM Gebr.Faerber Wachsfigurenkabinett22 min

Measured from the mapped centre of Alsterdorf at 53.6105, 10.0039. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.

Street layout

Within 800 m of the centre there are about 57 street intersections per km², and blocks average 107 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.

Walkability across Alsterdorf

Walkability scores across the 1 km around the centre of Alsterdorf81899171847677916687647874819147877074846589478747767069747489806475815486386973848267858171467563748781755075N
  • 90+
  • 70–89
  • 50–69
  • 25–49
  • 0–24

Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Alsterdorf. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.

Nearby neighbourhoods in Hamburg

NeighbourhoodDistanceScore
Fuhlsbüttel2.7 km70
Hamburg-Altstadt6.7 km100
St. Pauli7 km99
HafenCity7.5 km97

See every neighbourhood ranked on the Hamburg page.

Questions about walking in Alsterdorf

Is Alsterdorf walkable?

Yes. Alsterdorf in Hamburg has a walkability score of 74 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.

Is Alsterdorf more walkable than the rest of Hamburg?

Alsterdorf is less walkable than Hamburg as a whole: it scores 74, against 80 for the 5 km around Hamburg's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Hamburg neighbourhoods on How Walkable.

What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Hamburg?

Of the 5 Hamburg neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Hamburg-Altstadt (100), St. Pauli (99) and HafenCity (97).

How is the walkability score of Alsterdorf 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 Alsterdorf it is the average of 55 points spread evenly across the 1 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.