How walkable is Zollstock?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Zollstock has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Köln, which scores 83 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,270 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Zollstock. The nearest grocery is REWE, about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and books & libraries.
- Zollstock unverpackt3 min
- Kremerius Thomas Getränkehandel Getränkefachhandel7 min
- Bäckerei Heinemann1 min
- Schmitz & Nittenwilm1 min
- Bazar1 min
- Quick Schuh1 min
- Die Crepe Bude1 min
- Alte Wäscherei2 min
- Sparkasse KölnBonn - Filiale1 min
- Sparkasse KölnBonn - SB-Standort21 min
- Vorgebirgspark7 min
- Hundefreilauffläche Vorgebirgspark7 min
- Gemeinschaftsgrundschule Rosenzweigweg4 min
- Sankt-Nikolaus-Grundschule5 min
- Bund FUR Dental Zivildienst Biblo9 min
- Mayersche21 min
- Camera Department Film- Und Fernsehproduktion14 min
- Arturo Theater15 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Zollstock at 50.9099, 6.9417. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 75 street intersections per km², and blocks average 92 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 Zollstock
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.3 km around the centre of Zollstock. Rings mark 650 m and 1.3 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Köln
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Poll | 3.3 km | 60 |
| Deutz | 3.7 km | 90 |
| Ostheim | 7.7 km | 63 |
| Bocklemünd/Mengenich | 9.3 km | 46 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Köln page.
Questions about walking in Zollstock
Is Zollstock walkable?
Yes. Zollstock in Köln has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 1.3 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Zollstock more walkable than the rest of Köln?
Zollstock is more walkable than Köln as a whole: it scores 86, against 83 for the 5 km around Köln's centre. It ranks 2nd 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 Zollstock 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 Zollstock it is the average of 54 points spread evenly across the 1.3 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.