Given the setbacks that the city of Stockholm has faced around accessibility and future developments, we aimed to examine how the Stockholm region meets the criteria of the 15-minute city concept. By visualising Stockholm’s liveability through accessibility, we can begin to identify if there is a problem, where it originates, and perhaps why it is happening. 32,565 locations or points of interest across Stockholm region were sourced and categorized into six different groups: living, commerce, healthcare, education, entertainment/culture, and green/public space. The region can then be divided into its demographic statistical boundaries (DeSO) which represent segments of land housing roughly 700-2,700 residents.

Our results show that within Stockholm County on average between walking and biking 50% of residents live in a 5-minute city and 84% live in a 15-minute city. Looking just at the municipality of Stockholm these numbers change to 72% for 5-minute city status and 96% for the 15-minute city. Interestingly, 100% of people living within Stockholm County can access green or public space within a 15-minute bike ride and 98% within a 15- minute walk, which is an important indicator for a healthy population. To see such high numbers for the county of Stockholm is very promising but calls for more investigation. This analysis leaves out various aspects that would perhaps contribute to a more rounded picture of what is happening, one being the quality of these urban functions and, also, to what extent walking and cycling trips do take place in various areas. Give that we do not know exactly how people appreciate and use their local surroundings, we can say that the Stockholm region delivers sufficient green space but could do more when it comes to provision of retail and entertainment/culture.