How walkable is Centrul Civic?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Centrul Civic has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1.4 km 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 Bucharest, which scores 88 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,012 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Centrul Civic. The nearest grocery is Carrefour, about 5 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Mega Image5 min
- My Auchan7 min
- Naked Kitchen Beach Bar1 min
- Aici1 min
- Sephora Bucuresti Unirea5 min
- Șopronul cu Flori5 min
- Ristorante Monza3 min
- Jap Caffe4 min
- BCR Unirii4 min
- UniCredit Bank4 min
- Unnamed park8 min
- Piața Bibescu9 min
- Laude-Reut Educational Complex6 min
- Liceul Teoretic "Mihai Eminescu" Bucuresti6 min
- Library5 min
- Librarul5 min
- Jewish Museum Bucharest3 min
- Muzeul Holocaustului5 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Centrul Civic at 44.4266, 26.1081. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 132 street intersections per km², and blocks average 88 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Centrul Civic
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.4 km around the centre of Centrul Civic. Rings mark 700 m and 1.4 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Bucharest
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Cotroceni | 3 km | 95 |
| Berceni | 4.3 km | 88 |
| Pantelimon | 5.1 km | 77 |
| Aviației | 6.3 km | 93 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Bucharest page.
Questions about walking in Centrul Civic
Is Centrul Civic walkable?
Yes. Centrul Civic in Bucharest has a walkability score of 98 out of 100 across the 1.4 km around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Centrul Civic more walkable than the rest of Bucharest?
Centrul Civic is more walkable than Bucharest as a whole: it scores 98, against 88 for the 5 km around Bucharest's centre. It ranks 1st of the 5 Bucharest neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Bucharest?
Of the 5 Bucharest neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Centrul Civic (98), Cotroceni (95) and Aviației (93).
How is the walkability score of Centrul Civic 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 Centrul Civic it is the average of 58 points spread evenly across the 1.4 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.