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Most walkable cities in Greece
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Athens is the most walkable city in Greece, with a score of 94 out of 100. Across the 2 cities ranked, the average is 88, and all of them score 70 or more, meaning most errands can be done on foot across much of each city.
| # | City | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athens | 94 |
| 2 | Thessaloniki | 82 |
Rankings include cities of at least 300,000 people where open map data is complete enough to score fairly. Each score is the average across the 5 km around the city's busiest point, so it measures how far walkability reaches beyond downtown. See the methodology, or compare cities worldwide.
How Greece compares
Greece's 2 ranked cities average 88, against 66 across all 690 cities ranked worldwide.
From the centre of a typical city here, cultural venues are nearer than is usual: the nearest is 1 minute away on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked. Banks are further, at 8 minutes, against 4 minutes.
Questions about walkable cities in Greece
What is the most walkable city in Greece?
Athens is the most walkable of the 2 cities ranked in Greece, with a score of 94 out of 100, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. Next come Thessaloniki (82).
How walkable are cities in Greece?
The 2 cities ranked in Greece average 88 out of 100: 2 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.
Why are some cities in Greece not listed?
Only cities of at least 300,000 people are ranked so far, and only where open map data lists at least 500 places near the centre, so smaller cities are left out even when they are very walkable. Any address can still be scored on the map.
How are the city scores calculated?
Each city's score is the average of points spaced 1 km apart across the 5 km around its busiest point, so it measures how far walkability reaches beyond downtown. At each point, the score counts the 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.
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