How walkable is Altstadt-Lehel?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Altstadt-Lehel has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 1000 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 2nd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Munich, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
5,525 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Altstadt-Lehel. The nearest grocery is Oliviers & Co, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Spanish Fruchthaus M. Schmoller3 min
- H’ugo’s4 min
- Zum Stiftl1 min
- Wörners GmbH1 min
- Johannes und Peter Vogt1 min
- 1929 - Jewellery & Watches1 min
- TUHAG GmbH1 min
- Woerner´s Marienplatz1 min
- Stadtsparkasse München - Geldautomat2 min
- Deutsche Bank2 min
- Maximiliansplatz8 min
- Hofgarten9 min
- Alexander Moksel Kindergarten7 min
- Akademie der Deutschen Medien gGmbH8 min
- Dombuchhandlung München GmbH2 min
- NS-Dokumentationszentrum München4 min
- LEGOLAND - Gunzburg2 min
- Toy Museum Munich3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Altstadt-Lehel at 48.1378, 11.5746. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 196 street intersections per km², and blocks average 57 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Altstadt-Lehel
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1000 m around the centre of Altstadt-Lehel. Rings mark 500 m and 1000 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Munich
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt | 850 m | 99 |
| Kunstareal | 1.2 km | 100 |
| Maxvorstadt | 1.7 km | 98 |
| Schwabing | 3.6 km | 89 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Munich page.
Questions about walking in Altstadt-Lehel
Is Altstadt-Lehel walkable?
Yes. Altstadt-Lehel in Munich has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 1000 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Altstadt-Lehel more walkable than the rest of Munich?
Altstadt-Lehel is more walkable than Munich as a whole: it scores 100, against 87 for the 5 km around Munich's centre. It ranks 2nd of the 5 Munich neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Munich?
Of the 5 Munich neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Kunstareal (100), Altstadt-Lehel (100) and Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt (99).
How is the walkability score of Altstadt-Lehel 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 Altstadt-Lehel it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1000 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.