How walkable is Ostheim?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Ostheim has a walkability score of 63 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Köln, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
170 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Ostheim. The nearest grocery is Lidl, about 5 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping and schools. It is weakest for books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- PENNY5 min
- Al Sindbad Market7 min
- Bäckerei Servatius3 min
- By Teras Restaurant3 min
- Ahsen Ebru4 min
- Wertvoll Second Hand Shop4 min
- The Garden Restaurant and Café9 min
- Brehmer's Conditorei Cafe26 min
- Sparkasse KölnBonn - mobile Sparkasse21 min
- Sparkasse KölnBonn mobile Sparkasse Neubrück22 min
- Merheimer Heide25 min
- Emilis Welt4 min
- KiTa Löwenherz4 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Ostheim at 50.9314, 7.0457. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 49 street intersections per km², and blocks average 126 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Ostheim
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.1 km around the centre of Ostheim. Rings mark 550 m and 1.1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Köln
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Poll | 4.5 km | 60 |
| Deutz | 5.1 km | 90 |
| Zollstock | 7.7 km | 86 |
| Bocklemünd/Mengenich | 13.9 km | 46 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Köln page.
Questions about walking in Ostheim
Is Ostheim walkable?
Partly. Ostheim in Köln has a walkability score of 63 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Ostheim more walkable than the rest of Köln?
Ostheim is less walkable than Köln as a whole: it scores 63, against 83 for the 5 km around Köln's centre. It ranks 3rd of the 5 Köln neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Köln?
Of the 5 Köln neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Deutz (90), Zollstock (86) and Ostheim (63).
How is the walkability score of Ostheim 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 Ostheim it is the average of 57 points spread evenly across the 1.1 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.