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How long would it take to walk every street in Bochum?

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walking 5 km a day·about 1½ years
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Street map of Bochum

How many streets does Bochum have?

Bochum has 2,463 km of walkable streets and paths, across 2,022 named streets and 6 districts. Walking 5 km a day, it would take at least 493 days (about 1½ years) to walk every one of them.

Covers the area inside the official Bochum boundary on OpenStreetMap. Last updated 6 October 2026.

2,463km of streets
2,022named streets
124landmark stamps to collect
6districts

Every street walked once, 5 km a day. Real walks double back, so the true number is a little higher.

Bochum is the 289th biggest of the 576 cities on Untrod by length of streets. A lot of it is for walking only: 49% is paths, footways and steps, against 19% in a typical city. Of its districts, Bochum-Mitte takes longest (134 days) and Bochum-Nord is quickest (54 days). Along the way there are 124 landmarks to collect as stamps.

Start small

The quickest parts of Bochum to finish. Each one is a few months of daily walks.

Bochum-Nord
Bochum-Nord54 days
About 53 one-hour walks.267.0 km of streets
Bochum-Ost
Bochum-Ost73 days
About 72 one-hour walks.360.3 km of streets
Bochum-Wattenscheid
Bochum-Wattenscheid75 days
About 74 one-hour walks.371.5 km of streets

Your pace

The same streets at a different speed.

493days
at 5 km a day · about 1½ years
1 km a day15 km a day
30 min a dayabout 2.5 km986 days
1 hour a dayabout 5 km493 days
2 hours a dayabout 10 km247 days
Weekends only2 hours each day124 weeks

What’s the longest street in Bochum?

Longest streetUniversitätsstraße

12.7 km inside Bochum

Next longestHattinger Straße

9.9 km, then Castroper Hellweg at 8.0 km

Paths and footways1,202 km

Park paths, footways and steps, all walkable

Street mix
Residential streets 41%1,018 km
Paths and footways 49%1,202 km
Main roads 10%242 km

Landmarks to collect

124 stamps in Bochum. Each one is added to your map when you walk past.

51churches
15parks
13museums
10monuments
BergmannsheilChurch
Appolonia-Pfaus-ParkPark
Deutsches Bergbau-MuseumMuseum

Put it in perspective

About 58 marathons
Roughly 3.2 million steps
About 6% of the way around the Earth
More streets than Chemnitz, fewer than Nuremberg

All districts

Bochum’s 6 districts. Select a column to sort.

Bochum-Nord267.054
Bochum-Ost360.373
Bochum-Südwest373.275
Bochum-Wattenscheid371.575
Bochum-Süd424.485
Bochum-Mitte666.3134

Cities like Bochum

Nearby, and about the same size.

Questions

What counts as a street?

Every street, lane and path in OpenStreetMap that you’re allowed to walk on, named or not: residential streets, main roads, footways, park paths and steps. Motorways, private roads, driveways and car parks are left out, and so are pavements drawn as separate lines, because walking one already counts for the street beside it.

Why “at least”?

The number assumes you walk each street once, with no doubling back and no walk to get there. Real walks overlap, so it will take a little longer.

Where does the data come from?

From OpenStreetMap, a map of the world made by volunteers. Bochum’s streets were last updated in October 2026.

What if a street is missing?

Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap. It will appear here, and on your map in Untrod, after the next update.

How does Untrod track it?

Untrod for iPhone records your location during a walk, and only then, and colours in each street you walk along. Your map is only visible to you until you choose to share it.

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