How walkable is Schwabing?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Schwabing has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Munich, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,583 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Schwabing. The nearest grocery is Lidl, about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks and schools.
- Metro5 min
- Basic Bio-Supermarkt6 min
- Trattoria Da Fausto3 min
- Bäckerei Kistenpfennig4 min
- Virchow-apotheke4 min
- Schwabinger Tor4 min
- Rocket Coffee Munich6 min
- Bicicletta & Terrasse6 min
- Stadtsparkasse München Filiale Ungererstraße10 min
- Stadtsparkasse München Business-Center Business-Line10 min
- Unnamed park7 min
- Park an der Osterwaldstraße Süd9 min
- Wichtel Akademie5 min
- Privatkindergarten Hort Casa Luz7 min
- Autorenbuchhandlung Abc Gmbh13 min
- Buchhandlung Lehmkuhl GmbH & Co. KG17 min
- Tams12 min
- Lustspielhaus München13 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Schwabing at 48.1689, 11.5899. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 87 street intersections per km², and blocks average 112 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Schwabing
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Schwabing. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Munich
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Maxvorstadt | 2.9 km | 98 |
| Kunstareal | 2.9 km | 100 |
| Altstadt-Lehel | 3.6 km | 100 |
| Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt | 4.5 km | 99 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Munich page.
Questions about walking in Schwabing
Is Schwabing walkable?
Yes. Schwabing in Munich has a walkability score of 89 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Schwabing more walkable than the rest of Munich?
Schwabing is about as walkable as Munich as a whole: it scores 89, against 87 for the 5 km around Munich's centre. It ranks 5th 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 Schwabing 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 Schwabing it is the average of 59 points spread evenly across the 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.