Every street in Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen has 784 km of streets and paths. That is how much CLAYM knows for the city, and every street you walk, run or ride for the first time turns green on your map and earns points.
What kind of streets does Gelsenkirchen have?
This is how the 784 km split into kinds of street. A named street in Gelsenkirchen is 526 m long on average.
- Main roads238 km · 30 %
- Residential and side streets451 km · 57 %
- Traffic-calmed streets47 km · 6 %
- Pedestrian zones and squares6.4 km · 0.8 %
- Footpaths, cycle paths and tracks43 km · 5 %
What makes Gelsenkirchen different
- Lots of through traffic: 30 % of the network are main roads, more than in 268 of 280 cities on claym.me.
- Only 5 % of the network are separate footpaths, cycle paths and tracks, less than in 251 of 280 cities on claym.me. Most routes follow streets.
- Densely built: 7.5 km of street per square kilometre, denser than 231 of 280 cities on claym.me. The next new street is never far away.
The districts of Gelsenkirchen
CLAYM assigns every street to the nearest district or locality. Buer has the most, with 98 km, which is 13 % of the city.
- Buer98 km
- Erle69 km
- Hassel45 km
- Beckhausen43 km
- Scholven43 km
- Neustadt39 km
- Horst39 km
- Altstadt36 km
- Bismarck36 km
- Heßler35 km
- Resse34 km
- Ückendorf34 km
and 16 more districts and localities with 232 km together
How long would it take to walk every street in Gelsenkirchen?
At 5 km/h, 784 km are about 157 hours of pure walking, without detours, traffic lights or ways back. Walking one hour a day, you would have been everywhere after about 157 days, that is about 5 months. By bike at 15 km/h it would be about 52 hours.
Nobody has to do it all: in CLAYM every new street counts, and the map shows you which ones near you are still missing.
Gelsenkirchen compared
With 784 km, Gelsenkirchen ranks 41 of 185 cities in Germany on claym.me, and 16 of 72 in North Rhine-Westphalia. Herne (9 km away) has 355 km fewer streets and paths than Gelsenkirchen.
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Questions about Gelsenkirchen
How many kilometres of streets does Gelsenkirchen have?
According to the OpenStreetMap data CLAYM uses, Gelsenkirchen has 784 km of streets and paths, 1,492 of them with their own name. Pedestrian zones, footpaths and cycle paths are included, motorways are not.
Can you walk every street in Gelsenkirchen?
Yes, with patience: all 784 km take about 157 hours of pure walking. Walking one hour a day, you are done after about 157 days. CLAYM shows you which streets you are still missing.
Which district of Gelsenkirchen has the most streets?
Buer with 98 km, ahead of Erle (69 km) and Hassel (45 km).
Is CLAYM available in Gelsenkirchen?
Yes, the streets of Gelsenkirchen are already in CLAYM. The app launches soon for iPhone and Android. Join the waiting list now to reserve your player name.
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Data as of 31 October 2026. Streets, city limits and districts from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), without motorways. Every street that earns points in CLAYM is counted. Rankings compare the 281 cities on claym.me.