How walkable is Djurgården?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Djurgården has a walkability score of 51 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Stockholm, which scores 79 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
279 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Djurgården. There is no grocery store within a 30 minute walk. It earns full or nearly full points for parks. It is weakest for groceries, banks, schools and books & libraries.
- Tabbouli Restaurants10 min
- Valdermarsön11 min
- Tobaksmuséet12 min
- Kungliga Djurgården16 min
- Balderslunden10 min
- Koloni Skansen15 min
- Frisens parks hundrastgård9 min
- Museiparken13 min
- Skansen-Akvariet Skans10 min
- Ordenshuset Brofästet10 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Djurgården at 59.3267, 18.1151. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 14 street intersections per km², and blocks average 160 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 7%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Djurgården
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.2 km around the centre of Djurgården. Rings mark 600 m and 1.2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Stockholm
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Södermalm | 2.4 km | 96 |
| Gamla stan | 2.5 km | 100 |
| Riddarholmen | 3 km | 98 |
| Rinkeby | 12.6 km | 79 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Stockholm page.
Questions about walking in Djurgården
Is Djurgården walkable?
Partly. Djurgården in Stockholm has a walkability score of 51 out of 100 across the 1.2 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Djurgården more walkable than the rest of Stockholm?
Djurgården is less walkable than Stockholm as a whole: it scores 51, against 79 for the 5 km around Stockholm's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Stockholm neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Stockholm?
Of the 5 Stockholm neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Gamla stan (100), Riddarholmen (98) and Södermalm (96).
How is the walkability score of Djurgården 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 Djurgården it is the average of 38 points spread evenly across the 1.2 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.