How walkable is Fuhlsbüttel?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Fuhlsbüttel has a walkability score of 70 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Hamburg, which scores 80 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
588 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Fuhlsbüttel. The nearest grocery is PENNY, about 7 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Rewe7 min
- Penny9 min
- Wilder Kaiser - Österreichisches Restaurant & Lieferservice3 min
- Shanghai3 min
- VMI Hamburgische Medizinal-Handelsgesellschaft2 min
- Henryetta Moden3 min
- Tee in Fuhlsbüttel11 min
- Das Kaffeehaus14 min
- Hamburger Sparkasse - Geldautomat7 min
- Reisebank Geldautomat20 min
- Unnamed park4 min
- Alsterpark Klein Borstel7 min
- KiTa Brombeerkinder6 min
- Gymnasium Alstertal7 min
- Bücherstube Fuhlsbüttel10 min
- Bücherhalle Fuhlsbüttel12 min
- Magiculum18 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Fuhlsbüttel at 53.6323, 10.0234. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 68 street intersections per km², and blocks average 97 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 Fuhlsbüttel
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.6 km around the centre of Fuhlsbüttel. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alsterdorf | 2.7 km | 74 |
| Hamburg-Altstadt | 9.3 km | 100 |
| St. Pauli | 9.7 km | 99 |
| HafenCity | 10.1 km | 97 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Hamburg page.
Questions about walking in Fuhlsbüttel
Is Fuhlsbüttel walkable?
Yes. Fuhlsbüttel in Hamburg has a walkability score of 70 out of 100 across the 1.6 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Fuhlsbüttel more walkable than the rest of Hamburg?
Fuhlsbüttel is less walkable than Hamburg as a whole: it scores 70, against 80 for the 5 km around Hamburg's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Fuhlsbüttel 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 Fuhlsbüttel it is the average of 50 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.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.