How walkable is Nuremberg?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Nuremberg has a walkability score of 72 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the joint 8th most walkable of the 22 cities ranked in Germany, with 1 other.
What's within walking distance of the centre
2,883 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Nuremberg. The nearest grocery is about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- REWE, 2 min
- Edeka, 4 min
Restaurants & bars
- Hot Tacos, 1 min
- Atlantik Döner, 1 min
Shopping
- Mister Spex, 1 min
- Accessorize, 1 min
Coffee
- Starbucks, 1 min
- Segafredo, 1 min
Banks
- Sparda-Bank Filiale Nürnberg Karolinenstr., 2 min
- Hanseatic Bank GmbH & Co, 2 min
Parks
- Prateranlage, 8 min
- Kontumazgarten, 9 min
Schools
- Kolping-Akademie, 5 min
- Dr. Robert Eckert Schulen, 5 min
Books & libraries
- Buchhandlung Jakob, 2 min
- Buchhandlung SEITENWECHSEL ehemals Alpha Buchhandlung, 3 min
Culture & entertainment
- FRANK FLUEGEL GALERIE, 4 min
- Apollo-Theater (Nürnberg), 4 min
Measured from the centre at 49.4503, 11.0741, the point near Nuremberg's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 184 street intersections per km², and blocks average 68 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Nuremberg's score of 72 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 98 within 1 km of the centre, 84 from 1 to 3 km out and 59 from 3 to 5 km out. 11 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 65% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Nuremberg. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 100 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 98 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 84 | 87% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 59 | 44% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Augsburg, Germany | 121 km | 66 |
| Munich, Germany | 151 km | 87 |
| Stuttgart, Germany | 157 km | 66 |
| Frankfurt, Germany | 187 km | 78 |
| Mannheim, Germany | 189 km | 67 |
Questions about walking in Nuremberg
Is Nuremberg a walkable city?
Around its centre, yes. Nuremberg has a walkability score of 72 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 100. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks joint 8th of 22 cities in Germany and joint 255th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Germany?
Berlin is the most walkable of the 22 cities ranked in Germany, with a score of 90. Nuremberg ranks joint 8th with 72.
How does Nuremberg compare with nearby cities?
Nuremberg sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 72, against Augsburg (66, 121 km away), Munich (87, 151 km away) and Stuttgart (66, 157 km away).
Which part of Nuremberg is most walkable?
Nuremberg's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 100. Walkability averages 98 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the east (averaging 77) and falls most to the north-west (37).
How is Nuremberg's walkability score calculated?
For Nuremberg it is the average of 80 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 52 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.
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