--- title: "Kızılay, Ankara walkability score: 100/100 · How Walkable" description: "Kızılay in Ankara scores 100/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Ankara." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara/kizilay updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Turkey](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey) 3. [Ankara](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara) 4. Kızılay # How walkable is Kızılay, Ankara? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Kızılay has a walkability score of 100 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 one of 2 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 13 ranked in Ankara, which scores 91 as a whole. 100 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #1 of 13 tied, in Ankara * 91 Ankara overall * 100 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=39.92155&lon=32.85172&q=K%C4%B1z%C4%B1lay%2C%20Ankara) ## What's within walking distance 3,017 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Kızılay. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * Siirt Ürünleri Gıda Imalat Ticaret Paketleme Pazarlama, 1 min * Şok, 1 min * Çağdaş Market, 3 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Firik Antakya Künefe, 1 min * Cadde Kebap&Ocakbaşı, 1 min * Yengeç Burger, 1 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * May Babette, 1 min * Anadolu Sigorta Acentesi, 1 min * BAL 04, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Melbo, 1 min * Coffee De Madrid GMK Bulvarı, 1 min * Melon Cafe, 1 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * Kızılay/Ankara, 1 min * Ankara Ticari, 1 min * TEB, 1 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Güvenpark, 2 min * Zafer Parkı, 6 min * Özveren Parkı, 7 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Ankara Dil Merkezi, 1 min * Kampus Akademi, 1 min * Başkent Lider Akademi, 1 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * Kalem Kitap Kültür Sanat, 2 min * Phoenix Yayınevi, 3 min * Adnan Ötüken İl Halk Kütüphanesi, 4 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Nergiz Sineması, 2 min * MyWay Sahne, 3 min * Baskent Kultur Sanat Tiyatrosu, 3 min Measured from the mapped centre of Kızılay, Ankara at 39.9216, 32.8517. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 114 street intersections per km², and blocks average 102 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Kızılay, Ankara ![Walkability scores across the 400 m around the centre of Kızılay. Every point scores 100.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/turkey/ankara/kizilay.svg?v=aa4766f168d8) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Kızılay, Ankara. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Ankara | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | --------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Kavaklıdere](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara/neighbourhoods#kavaklidere) | 1.1 km | 100 | | [Mebusevleri](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara/neighbourhoods#mebusevleri) | 2 km | 98 | | [Bahçelievler](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara/bahcelievler) | 2.3 km | 99 | | [Ulus](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara/ulus) | 2.3 km | 96 | | [Gaziosmanpaşa](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara/gaziosmanpasa) | 3 km | 99 | | [Abidinpaşa](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara/neighbourhoods#abidinpasa) | 3.1 km | 98 | | [Çankaya](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara/neighbourhoods#cankaya) | 3.5 km | 94 | | [Beştepe](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara/neighbourhoods#bestepe) | 3.6 km | 86 | See [all 13 neighbourhoods of Ankara ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/ankara/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Kızılay, Ankara ### Is Kızılay walkable? Yes. Kızılay in Ankara has a walkability score of 100 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 Kızılay more walkable than the rest of Ankara? Kızılay is more walkable than Ankara as a whole: it scores 100, against 91 for the 5 km around Ankara's centre. It is one of 2 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 13 ranked in Ankara on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Ankara? Of the 13 Ankara neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Kızılay (100), Kavaklıdere (100), Gaziosmanpaşa (99) and Bahçelievler (99). ### How is the walkability score of Kızılay 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 Kızılay 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. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Kızılay, Ankara?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.