How walkable is Maxvorstadt?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Maxvorstadt has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Munich, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
3,225 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Maxvorstadt. The nearest grocery is REWE, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Bollywood Store - Indischer Supermarkt3 min
- Bulgarische Balkan Lebensmittel Shanaya3 min
- Bánh Mì Minh1 min
- Kim's Restaurant1 min
- Vier Werkstätten2 min
- Flohpalast2 min
- Café Höflinger2 min
- Tchibo Filiale2 min
- Ziraat Bank International AG6 min
- Stadtsparkasse München - Filiale9 min
- Königsplatz8 min
- Unnamed park8 min
- Être enfant · Kind sein e.V.4 min
- Björnbären6 min
- Institut für Städtebau und Wohnungswesen6 min
- Antiquariat Rainer Köbelin8 min
- Walker + Worm Film3 min
- Moviewerk5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Maxvorstadt at 48.1511, 11.5624. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 60 street intersections per km², and blocks average 125 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Maxvorstadt
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.2 km around the centre of Maxvorstadt. Rings mark 600 m and 1.2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Munich
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Kunstareal | 550 m | 100 |
| Altstadt-Lehel | 1.7 km | 100 |
| Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt | 2.4 km | 99 |
| Schwabing | 2.9 km | 89 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Munich page.
Questions about walking in Maxvorstadt
Is Maxvorstadt walkable?
Yes. Maxvorstadt in Munich has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Maxvorstadt more walkable than the rest of Munich?
Maxvorstadt is more walkable than Munich as a whole: it scores 98, against 87 for the 5 km around Munich's centre. It ranks 4th 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 Maxvorstadt 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 Maxvorstadt it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 1.2 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.