How walkable is Rinkeby?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Rinkeby has a walkability score of 79 out of 100 across the 650 m 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 Stockholm, which scores 79 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
303 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Rinkeby. The nearest grocery is Moroccan Souk, about a minute away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for banks.
- Rinkeby Orient Livs2 min
- Lidl3 min
- Rinkeby Pizza & Kolgrill1 min
- MAE THAI1 min
- Apoteket Jaguaren1 min
- Rinkeby Torg1 min
- Uno cafe1 min
- Taste Of AFrica Coffee7 min
- Norra Stadsparken2 min
- Bredbykullens hundrastgård6 min
- Östra gymnasiet, Skogås3 min
- Knutbyskolan6 min
- Ungdomens Hus5 min
- Kämpingebacken 1326 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Rinkeby at 59.3881, 17.9286. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 51 street intersections per km², and blocks average 89 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 Rinkeby
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 650 m around the centre of Rinkeby. Rings mark 300 m and 650 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Stockholm
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Riddarholmen | 10.3 km | 98 |
| Gamla stan | 10.7 km | 100 |
| Södermalm | 11.7 km | 96 |
| Djurgården | 12.6 km | 51 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Stockholm page.
Questions about walking in Rinkeby
Is Rinkeby walkable?
Yes. Rinkeby in Stockholm has a walkability score of 79 out of 100 across the 650 m around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Rinkeby more walkable than the rest of Stockholm?
Rinkeby is about as walkable as Stockholm as a whole: it scores 79, against 79 for the 5 km around Stockholm's centre. It ranks 4th 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 Rinkeby 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 Rinkeby it is the average of 57 points spread evenly across the 650 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.