How walkable is Obolon?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Obolon has a walkability score of 79 out of 100 across the 1 km 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 Kyiv, which scores 72 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
414 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Obolon. The nearest grocery is Найсмачніше від фермерів, about 4 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks and parks.
- Сильпо (Сільпо)5 min
- АТБ6 min
- Буффаліно італійське кафе2 min
- Хачапурі та Вино3 min
- Watsons6 min
- Skechers Kiev Dream Town6 min
- Non branded cafe7 min
- Пекарня Кафе Волконський7 min
- ПУМБ / FUIB6 min
- ПриватБанк6 min
- Unnamed park4 min
- Парк «Казка»18 min
- Montessori Kids Space9 min
- Sprout10 min
- Буква12 min
- Студия Колористики Colorray12 min
- Зоопарк під Мікроскопом 12 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Obolon at 50.5107, 30.5034. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 20 street intersections per km², and blocks average 164 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 Obolon
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Obolon. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Kyiv
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Old Kyiv | 6.4 km | 94 |
| Lypky | 7.6 km | 92 |
| Pechersk | 9.2 km | 84 |
| Pecherskyi District | 9.7 km | 75 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Kyiv page.
Questions about walking in Obolon
Is Obolon walkable?
Yes. Obolon in Kyiv has a walkability score of 79 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Obolon more walkable than the rest of Kyiv?
Obolon is more walkable than Kyiv as a whole: it scores 79, against 72 for the 5 km around Kyiv's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Kyiv neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Kyiv?
Of the 5 Kyiv neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Old Kyiv (94), Lypky (92) and Pechersk (84).
How is the walkability score of Obolon 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 Obolon it is the average of 39 points spread evenly across the 1 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.