The most walkable neighbourhoods in Hamburg
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
16 neighbourhoods of Hamburg ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Hamburg-Altstadt leads with 100/100, then Neustadt (99) and St. Pauli (99). 12 of the 16 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Langenhorn (56).
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamburg-Altstadt | 100 |
| 2 | Neustadt | 99 |
| 2 | St. Pauli | 99 |
| 2 | St. Georg | 99 |
| 5 | Altona-Altstadt | 97 |
| 5 | Eppendorf | 97 |
| 5 | HafenCity | 97 |
| 8 | Ottensen | 91 |
| 9 | Winterhude | 87 |
| 10 | Harburg | 84 |
| 11 | Alsterdorf | 74 |
| 12 | Fuhlsbüttel | 70 |
| 13 | Billstedt | 63 |
| 14 | Blankenese | 62 |
| 15 | Niendorf | 57 |
| 16 | Langenhorn | 56 |
"From the centre" is the distance from Hamburg's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot.
The top 5 up close
Hamburg-Altstadt
Hamburg-Altstadt scores 100/100, 1.2 km south-east of Hamburg's busiest point. It has the most banks of the five: 149 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Deutsche Bank Filiale, about a minute away.
Neustadt
Neustadt is the most central of these five, 550 m south of Hamburg's busiest point, and scores 99/100. None of the others has as many cafés, with 302 in a 30 minute walk; Tchibo is the nearest, about a minute away.
St. Pauli
St. Pauli scores 99/100, 1.5 km west of Hamburg's busiest point. Parks are where it leads the others, 428 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with Walter-Möller-Park, about 6 minutes away. More on St. Pauli.
St. Georg
St. Georg scores 99/100, 2.2 km east of Hamburg's busiest point. It has the most schools of the five: 54 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest Grund-Haupt-u. Realschule St. Marien, about a minute away.
Altona-Altstadt
Altona-Altstadt lies the furthest out of these five, 2.5 km west of Hamburg's busiest point, and scores 97/100. 2,427 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 4 minutes away. It has the fewest banks of the five, 35.
Centre and outskirts
The 6 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Hamburg's centre average 98, and the 10 further out average 74, so walkability falls away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Neustadt, 550 m away, scores 99, and the farthest, Langenhorn, 12.2 km out, scores 56.
Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Hamburg.
Hamburg as a whole scores 80 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre. Other cities in Germany with ranked neighbourhoods: Berlin, Munich, Cologne.
Questions about Hamburg's neighbourhoods
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Hamburg?
Hamburg-Altstadt is the most walkable of the 16 neighbourhoods we rank in Hamburg, with a walkability score of 100 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise). It is followed by Neustadt (99) and St. Pauli (99).
Which neighbourhoods of Hamburg are least walkable?
Of the 16 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Langenhorn (56), Niendorf (57) and Blankenese (62). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still.
How are Hamburg's neighbourhoods ranked?
Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Hamburg scores 80 across the 5 km around its centre.
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. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata.