Every street in Hanover
Hanover has 1,527 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 Hanover have?
This is how the 1,527 km split into kinds of street. A named street in Hanover is 416 m long on average.
- Main roads346 km · 23 %
- Residential and side streets864 km · 57 %
- Traffic-calmed streets38 km · 3 %
- Pedestrian zones and squares18 km · 1 %
- Footpaths, cycle paths and tracks261 km · 17 %
What makes Hanover different
- 18 km of pedestrian zones and squares (1 %): a bigger share than in 238 of 280 cities on claym.me. Good for car-free loops.
- Densely built: 7.5 km of street per square kilometre, denser than 233 of 280 cities on claym.me. The next new street is never far away.
The districts of Hanover
CLAYM assigns every street to the nearest district or locality. Sahlkamp has the most, with 77 km, which is 5 % of the city.
- Sahlkamp77 km
- Kleefeld64 km
- Groß-Buchholz58 km
- Vahrenwald44 km
- Südstadt42 km
- Misburg-Nord41 km
- Mitte41 km
- Bothfeld41 km
- Heideviertel40 km
- Kirchrode40 km
- Ricklingen36 km
- List35 km
and 50 more districts and localities with 963 km together
How long would it take to walk every street in Hanover?
At 5 km/h, 1,527 km are about 305 hours of pure walking, without detours, traffic lights or ways back. Walking one hour a day, you would have been everywhere after about 305 days, that is about 10 months. By bike at 15 km/h it would be about 102 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.
Hanover compared
With 1,527 km, Hanover ranks 13 of 185 cities in Germany on claym.me, and 1 of 17 in Lower Saxony. Hildesheim (29 km away) has 1,129 km fewer streets and paths than Hanover.
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Questions about Hanover
How many kilometres of streets does Hanover have?
According to the OpenStreetMap data CLAYM uses, Hanover has 1,527 km of streets and paths, 3,668 of them with their own name. Pedestrian zones, footpaths and cycle paths are included, motorways are not.
Can you walk every street in Hanover?
Yes, with patience: all 1,527 km take about 305 hours of pure walking. Walking one hour a day, you are done after about 305 days. CLAYM shows you which streets you are still missing.
Which district of Hanover has the most streets?
Sahlkamp with 77 km, ahead of Kleefeld (64 km) and Groß-Buchholz (58 km).
Is CLAYM available in Hanover?
Yes, the streets of Hanover 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.