The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (United Nations 2015) serve as a well-acknowledged global framework agreement (Independent Group of Scientists 2023), to take, amongst others, also a transnational perspective on sustainable development, for example in the context of Germany, Europe and India. Kundu et al. (2020) as well as Kundu et al. (2023) provide a methodological approach for analysing the spatial perspective on some of the SDGs. The paper cross-analyses in a randomly chosen setting the spatial characteristics of SDG 3 (“Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages”), SDG 4 (“Ensure inclusive and equitable education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”), SDG 5 (“Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”), SDG 7 (“Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”), SDG 8 (“Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all”) and SDG 11 (“Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”). It thus delivers a decision-support tool for urban planning and development as well as reporting on the status quo and paths of sustainable development across nations as well as cultural spheres with reference to their respective built and non-built-up environment. Though the choice may appear randomly taken, the availability of publicly accessible data on the lowest spatially relevant grid level possible as well as the necessity of the broadest spatial coverage feasible determines the selection of the aforementioned six SDGs (BBSR 2020a; BBSR 2020b; BBSR 2020c; BBSR 2022a; BBSR 2022b; BBSR 2023). The analytical outcomes additionally serve as an educational tool that raises awareness on culture-specific aspects related to the sustainable development of the built and non-built-up environment in Germany, Europe and India – now and beyond 2030.