How walkable is Warsaw Old Town?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Warsaw Old Town has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Warsaw, which scores 87 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,947 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Warsaw Old Town. The nearest grocery is Carrefour Express, about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Frykas9 min
- Biedronka11 min
- Restaurancjia U Barssa1 min
- Krokodyl1 min
- Turkus1 min
- Sklep indyjski1 min
- WASZA1 min
- Kawiarnia Patio1 min
- mBank SA10 min
- Bank Pekao10 min
- Ogrody Zamkowe3 min
- Skwer 1 Dywizji Pancernej WP5 min
- Liceum Miodowa d. Chocimska7 min
- Szkoła Podstawowa nr 1589 min
- Czytelnia Naukowa Nr VII3 min
- Young Learners Resource Center Warszawa6 min
- Muzeum Literatury1 min
- Muzeum Farmacji1 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Warsaw Old Town at 52.2495, 21.0122. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 72 street intersections per km², and blocks average 105 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Warsaw Old Town
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Warsaw Old Town. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Warsaw
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Śródmieście | 1.9 km | 93 |
| Żoliborz | 3 km | 89 |
| Wola | 4.2 km | 84 |
| Ochota | 5 km | 84 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Warsaw page.
Questions about walking in Warsaw Old Town
Is Warsaw Old Town walkable?
Yes. Warsaw Old Town in Warsaw has a walkability score of 97 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Warsaw Old Town more walkable than the rest of Warsaw?
Warsaw Old Town is more walkable than Warsaw as a whole: it scores 97, against 87 for the 5 km around Warsaw's centre. It ranks 1st 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 Warsaw Old Town 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 Warsaw Old Town it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 m 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.