How long would it take to walk every street in Essen?
How many streets does Essen have?
Essen has 3,415 km of walkable streets and paths, across 3,408 named streets and 9 districts. Walking 5 km a day, it would take at least 684 days (about 2 years) to walk every one of them.
Covers the area inside the official Essen boundary on OpenStreetMap. Last updated 6 October 2026.
Every street walked once, 5 km a day. Real walks double back, so the true number is a little higher.
Essen is the 203rd biggest of the 576 cities on Untrod by length of streets. A lot of it is for walking only: 43% is paths, footways and steps, against 19% in a typical city. Of its districts, Stadtbezirk IX takes longest (121 days) and Stadtbezirk VI is quickest (53 days). Along the way there are 214 landmarks to collect as stamps.
Start small
The quickest parts of Essen to finish. Each one is a month or two of daily walks.
Your pace
The same streets at a different speed.
What’s the longest street in Essen?
11.6 km inside Essen
7.8 km, then Altenessener Straße at 7.3 km
Park paths, footways and steps, all walkable
Landmarks to collect
214 stamps in Essen. Each one is added to your map when you walk past.
Put it in perspective
All districts
Essen’s 9 districts. Select a column to sort.
Cities like Essen
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. Essen’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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