--- title: "Blankenese, Hamburg walkability score: 62/100 · How Walkable" description: "Blankenese in Hamburg scores 62/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Hamburg." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg/blankenese 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. [Hamburg](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg) 4. Blankenese # How walkable is Blankenese, Hamburg? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Blankenese has a walkability score of 62 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 14th most walkable of the 16 neighbourhoods ranked in Hamburg, which scores 80 as a whole. 62 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable Some errands can be accomplished on foot. * #14 of 16 in Hamburg * 80 Hamburg overall * 71 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=53.55750&lon=9.80306&q=Blankenese%2C%20Hamburg) ## What's within walking distance 274 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Blankenese. The nearest grocery is about 14 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping and culture & entertainment. ### Groceries 1.4 of 3 points * Butter Lindner & Feinbäckerei, 14 min * SMITH's, 14 min * Edeka Feinkost Kröger Blankenese, 15 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.9 of 3 points * Restaurant Ahrberg, 3 min * Ponton Op'n Bulln, 3 min * Sagebiels Fährhaus, 4 min ### Shopping 1.8 of 2 points * Kunsthandel Helmrich, 2 min * Elbegut-Treibholz Manufaktur Hamburg, 3 min * Thieme e.K. Björn H., 8 min ### Coffee 1.8 of 2 points * Kaffeegarten Schuldt, 4 min * Teaghlaigh, 10 min * Cafe Stern, 14 min ### Banks 0.4 of 1 point * Postbank, 15 min * Clemens Meyer, Selbstständiger Finanzberater für die Deutsche Bank, 19 min * Deutsche Bank Filiale, 19 min ### Parks 0.8 of 1 point * Hessepark, 8 min * Baurs Park, 13 min * Bismarckstein Park, 16 min ### Schools 0.7 of 1 point * Institut für Sprachen in Blankenese Tanja Gückler, 10 min * Kindergarten The Beach Kids, 14 min * Bugenhagenschule Blankenese, 14 min ### Books & libraries 0.5 of 1 point * Royas Presse- Und Tabakshop, 14 min * Buchhandlung Kortes, 15 min * Bücherhalle Elbvororte, 22 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Schanzenkino 73, 1 min * Blankeneser Kino, 13 min * Gödeke - Restaurierung Restaurierung, 27 min Measured from the mapped centre of Blankenese, Hamburg at 53.5575, 9.8031. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 22 street intersections per km², and blocks average 147 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 6%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests. ## Walkability across Blankenese, Hamburg ![Walkability scores across the 1.6 km around the centre of Blankenese. 41% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 12, is 1 km to the west.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/germany/hamburg/blankenese.svg?v=4342e822a91f) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.6 km around the centre of Blankenese, Hamburg. Rings mark 800 m and 1.6 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Hamburg | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Ottensen](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg/neighbourhoods#ottensen) | 7.7 km | 91 | | [Altona-Altstadt](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg/neighbourhoods#altona-altstadt) | 9.5 km | 97 | | [St. Pauli](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg/st-pauli) | 10.3 km | 99 | | [Neustadt](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg/neighbourhoods#neustadt) | 11.7 km | 99 | | [Eppendorf](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg/neighbourhoods#eppendorf) | 12.7 km | 97 | | [Niendorf](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg/neighbourhoods#niendorf) | 12.8 km | 57 | | [HafenCity](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg/hafencity) | 12.9 km | 97 | | [Hamburg-Altstadt](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg/neighbourhoods#hamburg-altstadt) | 12.9 km | 100 | See [all 16 neighbourhoods of Hamburg ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/germany/hamburg/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Blankenese, Hamburg ### Is Blankenese walkable? Partly. Blankenese in Hamburg has a walkability score of 62 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. ### Is Blankenese more walkable than the rest of Hamburg? Blankenese is less walkable than Hamburg as a whole: it scores 62, against 80 for the 5 km around Hamburg's centre. It is the 14th most walkable of the 16 neighbourhoods ranked in Hamburg on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Hamburg? Of the 16 Hamburg neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Hamburg-Altstadt (100), Neustadt (99), St. Pauli (99) and St. Georg (99). ### How is the walkability score of Blankenese 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 Blankenese it is the average of 31 points spread evenly across the 1.6 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 Blankenese, Hamburg?" 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.