--- title: "Balat, Istanbul walkability score: 100/100 · How Walkable" description: "Balat in Istanbul scores 100/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Istanbul." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/balat 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. [Istanbul](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul) 4. Balat # How walkable is Balat, Istanbul? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Balat 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 3 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 20 ranked in Istanbul, which scores 97 as a whole. 100 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #1 of 20 tied, in Istanbul * 97 Istanbul overall * 100 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=41.03200&lon=28.94829&q=Balat%2C%20Istanbul) ## What's within walking distance 2,302 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Balat. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * Şok, 1 min * Balat Fatih İstanbul, 4 min * Coşkun Market, 5 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Panvino Balat, 1 min * Gelato Vita Mia - Balat Sube, 1 min * Bazen Açık Dükkan, 1 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Antikacı Odası, 1 min * Zoks Store, 1 min * Balat Antika Mezat, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Le cafe du palation, 1 min * Balatistan Cafe, 1 min * Hanımeli cafe, 1 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * Garanti BBVA Balat Şubesi, 1 min * Kuveyt Türk, 10 min * Karagümrük/İstanbul, 16 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Şair Nedim Parkı, 4 min * Akşemsettin Parkı, 7 min * Molla Aşkı Kültür Parkı, 8 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Yuvakimyon Rum Kız Lisesi, 4 min * İstanbul Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Anadolu İmam Hatip Lisesi, 5 min * Kirimli Aslanbey Ilkogretim Okulu, 5 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * İnşa Yayınevi, 2 min * Balat Sahaf, 2 min * Siraç Yayınevi, 9 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Monologlar Müzesi, 2 min * Pembe'Nin Evi, 3 min * Kadın Eserleri Kütüphanesi ve Bilgi Merkezi Vakfı / The Women's Library, 4 min Measured from the mapped centre of Balat, Istanbul at 41.0320, 28.9483. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 284 street intersections per km², and blocks average 45 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced. ## Walkability across Balat, Istanbul ![Walkability scores across the 400 m around the centre of Balat. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 96, is 350 m to the north-east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/turkey/istanbul/balat.svg?v=8ecaf811ffc6) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Balat, Istanbul. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Istanbul | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Fener](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/fener) | 350 m | 98 | | [Hasköy](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods#haskoy) | 1.3 km | 95 | | [Galata](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/galata) | 2.2 km | 99 | | [Eminönü](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/eminonu) | 2.5 km | 99 | | [Karaköy](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/karakoy) | 2.6 km | 97 | | [Aksaray](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods#aksaray) | 2.6 km | 98 | | [Tophane](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods#tophane) | 2.8 km | 100 | | [Yenikapı](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods#yenikapi) | 3.1 km | 96 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Istanbul ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/turkey/istanbul/neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Balat, Istanbul ### Is Balat walkable? Yes. Balat in Istanbul 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 Balat more walkable than the rest of Istanbul? Balat is more walkable than Istanbul as a whole: it scores 100, against 97 for the 5 km around Istanbul's centre. It is one of 3 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 20 ranked in Istanbul on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Istanbul? Of the 20 Istanbul neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Cihangir (100), Tophane (100) and Balat (100). ### How is the walkability score of Balat 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 Balat it is the average of 57 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 Balat, Istanbul?" 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.