How walkable is Ochota?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Ochota has a walkability score of 84 out of 100 across the 1.8 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Warsaw, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
746 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Ochota. The nearest grocery is Carrefour Express, about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and schools.
- Fortunata7 min
- Hale Banacha7 min
- Gladem Cakes1 min
- Putka3 min
- Cortland1 min
- HobbyKing Warsaw STORE FRONT2 min
- Biblioteka Publiczna Dzielnicy Ochota Wypożyczalnia8 min
- Klubokawiarnia Życie Jest Fajne9 min
- Bank Pekao6 min
- Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. 27 Oddział7 min
- Skwer Rodziny Wolskich7 min
- Park Pięciu Sióstr9 min
- Przedszkole Integracyjne3 min
- Przedszkole nr 1024 min
- Biblioteka "Baśniowa"9 min
- Księgarnia Ekonomiczna Kazimierz Leki9 min
- Karrot. Kawa i kultura8 min
- AkroGim9 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Ochota at 52.2122, 20.9726. 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 138 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 Ochota
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.8 km around the centre of Ochota. Rings mark 900 m and 1.8 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Warsaw
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Wola | 2.9 km | 84 |
| Śródmieście | 3.9 km | 93 |
| Warsaw Old Town | 5 km | 97 |
| Żoliborz | 6.2 km | 89 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Warsaw page.
Questions about walking in Ochota
Is Ochota walkable?
Yes. Ochota in Warsaw has a walkability score of 84 out of 100 across the 1.8 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Ochota more walkable than the rest of Warsaw?
Ochota is less walkable than Warsaw as a whole: it scores 84, against 87 for the 5 km around Warsaw's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Warsaw neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Warsaw?
Of the 5 Warsaw neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Warsaw Old Town (97), Śródmieście (93) and Żoliborz (89).
How is the walkability score of Ochota 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 Ochota it is the average of 52 points spread evenly across the 1.8 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.