Every street in Cologne
Cologne has 2,623 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 Cologne have?
This is how the 2,623 km split into kinds of street. A named street in Cologne is 524 m long on average.
- Main roads780 km · 30 %
- Residential and side streets1,390 km · 53 %
- Traffic-calmed streets126 km · 5 %
- Pedestrian zones and squares22 km · 0.8 %
- Footpaths, cycle paths and tracks306 km · 12 %
What makes Cologne different
- Lots of through traffic: 30 % of the network are main roads, more than in 265 of 280 cities on claym.me.
- Densely built: 6.5 km of street per square kilometre, denser than 200 of 280 cities on claym.me. The next new street is never far away.
The districts of Cologne
CLAYM assigns every street to the nearest district or locality. Deutz has the most, with 80 km, which is 3 % of the city.
- Deutz80 km
- Nippes79 km
- Südstadt66 km
- Ehrenfeld54 km
- Sülz52 km
- Junkersdorf51 km
- Lindenthal48 km
- Mülheim47 km
- Höhenhaus46 km
- Zollstock45 km
- Dellbrück44 km
- Riehl43 km
and 100 more districts and localities with 1,967 km together
How long would it take to walk every street in Cologne?
At 5 km/h, 2,623 km are about 525 hours of pure walking, without detours, traffic lights or ways back. Walking one hour a day, you would have been everywhere after about 525 days, that is about 17 months. By bike at 15 km/h it would be about 175 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.
Cologne compared
With 2,623 km, Cologne ranks 4 of 185 cities in Germany on claym.me, and 1 of 72 in North Rhine-Westphalia. Leverkusen (11 km away) has 2,112 km fewer streets and paths than Cologne.
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Questions about Cologne
How many kilometres of streets does Cologne have?
According to the OpenStreetMap data CLAYM uses, Cologne has 2,623 km of streets and paths, 5,009 of them with their own name. Pedestrian zones, footpaths and cycle paths are included, motorways are not.
Can you walk every street in Cologne?
Yes, with patience: all 2,623 km take about 525 hours of pure walking. Walking one hour a day, you are done after about 525 days. CLAYM shows you which streets you are still missing.
Which district of Cologne has the most streets?
Deutz with 80 km, ahead of Nippes (79 km) and Südstadt (66 km).
Is CLAYM available in Cologne?
Yes, the streets of Cologne 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.