How walkable is Hamburg-Altstadt?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Hamburg-Altstadt has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 650 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Hamburg, which scores 80 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
3,998 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Hamburg-Altstadt. The nearest grocery is Go Asia, about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- REWE2 min
- Mr. Phung4 min
- Hansebäcker Junge1 min
- Rosalie's Deli1 min
- Stadium1 min
- Dr. Martens1 min
- Espresso House1 min
- ZEIT Café2 min
- Commerzbank2 min
- HSH Nordbank - Geldautomat2 min
- Unnamed park10 min
- Alsterpark Außenalster12 min
- kiziCademy5 min
- LTC Language Training Center GmbH6 min
- Marissal Bücher am Rathaus4 min
- Dr. Götze Land und Karte4 min
- Passage-Filmtheater1 min
- Passage Kino Hamburg1 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Hamburg-Altstadt at 53.5505, 9.9978. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 179 street intersections per km², and blocks average 68 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Hamburg-Altstadt
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 650 m around the centre of Hamburg-Altstadt. Rings mark 300 m and 650 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Hamburg
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| HafenCity | 850 m | 97 |
| St. Pauli | 2.6 km | 99 |
| Alsterdorf | 6.7 km | 74 |
| Fuhlsbüttel | 9.3 km | 70 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Hamburg page.
Questions about walking in Hamburg-Altstadt
Is Hamburg-Altstadt walkable?
Yes. Hamburg-Altstadt in Hamburg has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 650 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Hamburg-Altstadt more walkable than the rest of Hamburg?
Hamburg-Altstadt is more walkable than Hamburg as a whole: it scores 100, against 80 for the 5 km around Hamburg's centre. It ranks 1st 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 Hamburg-Altstadt 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 Hamburg-Altstadt it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 650 m 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.