How walkable is Belgrade?
Belgrade has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It ranks 15th of 252 cities worldwide.
What's within walking distance
2,693 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Belgrade. The nearest grocery is Maxi Exclusive, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Maxi Exclusive240 m · 3 min
- Mala Gastronomija460 m · 6 min
- Salumeria Menatti460 m · 6 min
- Poslastičarnica ''Zlata''90 m · 1 min
- Two Kings Restaurant90 m · 1 min
- Street Pasta Bar100 m · 1 min
- dm90 m · 1 min
- Mikro Princ160 m · 2 min
- Mobilni Telefoni180 m · 2 min
- Caffe Cvetni Trg200 m · 3 min
- La Tazza250 m · 3 min
- Caffe Tierra250 m · 3 min
- Sberbank90 m · 1 min
- Narodna banka Srbije90 m · 1 min
- Eurobank110 m · 1 min
- Парк Мањеж120 m · 1 min
- Парк Душана Јовановића140 m · 2 min
- Unnamed park490 m · 6 min
- Трећа београдска гимназија250 m · 3 min
- Ogledna osnovna škola „Vladislav Ribnikar"370 m · 5 min
- Savremena gimnazija490 m · 6 min
- Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu, Fakultet muzičke umetnosti250 m · 3 min
- Biblioteka Borislav Pekic450 m · 6 min
- Biblioteka OŠ Vladislav Ribnikar450 m · 6 min
- Akademija 28170 m · 2 min
- Jugoslovensko Dramsko Pozorište180 m · 2 min
- JDP240 m · 3 min
Measured from the representative point at 44.8040, 20.4651. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the representative point there are about 106 street intersections per km², and blocks average 90 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability around the centre
Scores at seven points within 1 km of the centre range from 97 to 100, and Belgrade's score of 100 is their median. Walkability is consistent across the centre.
| Point | Score | Map |
|---|---|---|
| City centre | 100 | Map |
| 1 km north | 100 | Map |
| 1 km east-northeast | 100 | Map |
| 1 km east-southeast | 100 | Map |
| 1 km south | 99 | Map |
| 1 km west-southwest | 97 | Map |
| 1 km west-northwest | 99 | Map |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Budapest, Hungary | 319 km | 99 |
| Sofia, Bulgaria | 328 km | 100 |
| Bucharest, Romania | 449 km | 99 |
| Vienna, Austria | 492 km | 100 |
| Rome, Italy | 721 km | 100 |
Questions about walking in Belgrade
Is Belgrade a walkable city?
Yes. Central Belgrade has a walkability score of 100 out of 100, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It ranks 15th of 252 cities worldwide on How Walkable.
How does Belgrade compare with nearby cities?
Belgrade is at least as walkable as its nearest ranked neighbours: Belgrade scores 100, against Budapest (99, 319 km away), Sofia (100, 328 km away) and Bucharest (99, 449 km away).
How is Belgrade's walkability score 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 Belgrade it is the median of seven points within 1 km of the city centre, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. City position and population from GeoNames.