The registration for this years Bonanaza is now open!
Read more on our webpages:
Svenska
www.turfgoteborg.se/2025/09/06/bonanza-2026/
English
www.turfgoteborg.se/2025/09/06/bonanza-2026-2/
Welcome
Turf Göteborg
After months of development we are rolling out new versions to Iphone and Android!
Lots of changes and tweaks and we want to especially thank those of you who beta test and reported bugs in the process.
Really helpful with all the input in testflight and our issue-system! We hope you feel that most of your reports were resolved.
So whats new?
Android:
Change language in-app – new language picker in Settings, with added Finnish support and improved translations (SV/EN/DE/FI/JA)
New sounds & better haptics – modernized sound system and improved vibrations when taking or losing a zone
Animated player markers – see other players move on the map (can be turned off in Settings)
Faster, smoother map – fewer blank/white tiles and improved zone rendering when zoomed in
Improved chat – start a chat straight from a player's profile, better @mention notifications, and correct chat scope
Bug fixes – fixed the takeover meter while GPS is acquiring your position, plus various crash and stability fixes
Feedback system - we will send out questions now and then that you can answer if you like. the answers will be handled by AI to give us a better understanding of your struggles.
IOS:
Change language in-app – new in-app language picker in Settings, added Finnish, and full Swedish localization
Major UI refresh for Android parity – redesigned user, leagues, supporter, toplist and chat views, with cleaner modal dialogs and consistent layout
New sounds – new sound settings page, added assist sound, and sound settings fixes
Smoother map & zones – improved zone rendering, blank-tile prevention, and fixes for zone markers and spinning-zone colors
Improved chat – better @mention notifications, correct chat scope, and reliable message updates
New Settings options – show/hide status bar, version info in Settings
Stability – multiple crash fixes (empty ranks, server messages, async dialogs) and main-thread safety improvements
Aaaand nothing is ever bug-free, we wanted to actually ship something now. Please report any bugs in our issue system!
/Turf dev
Turf Insider is a monthly newsletter written and edited by Munin
Round winners – May 2026 (Round #191)
Congratulations to the winners of round May 2026: Fashven from Scotland took his second Gold, JimmyAIK94 from Stockholm biked home a Silver and grock from Norrbotten secured his second Bronze. The top nine turfers this round all scored over 1 million points, probably a first in Turf history. Well done mates!
Upcoming events
If you are organising an open event, don't forget to write to insider@turfgame.com a couple of months in advance to get the information about your event into the newsletter :)
Skåne Open 22nd of August in Malmö, Sweden
As usual in August, Turf Skåne is hosting the Skåne Open in Malmö. You may participate in Foot and/or Wheel and/or Water heats. Foot and Wheel are open events which will reward participants with an Event medal. Real cups are awaiting as winnings for the first three in each heat. Info and registration HERE.
Bonanza 2026 – September 5th in Gothenburg Sweden
The registration for this year's Bonanaza is open now. Read more on Turf Göteborg's webpages.
Swedish info HERE.
English info HERE.
Last day to sign up and pay for the evening banquet is 2026-07-31. It is also the last day to order and pay for the Bonanza T-shirt, this year a lovely red.
The Göteborg turfers welcome you all to the West side of Sweden for some good Bonanza fun in September.
A Zone Worthy of a Detour – by miawita
Just the name got me going when a new water zone appeared in Boxholm Municipality, Östergötland. (ed. Djuparöven – translate at your own risk).
I brought my daughter Emmeth (who is an excellent map reader) so we could find the right place.
When we parked the car and packed our swimming mattress and waterproof bags and swimwear, we started walking through the forest. We had no path or anything to follow, so of course we walked a little crosswise and up a mountain where we had to turn around. Finally we arrived at the bog that seemed to be around the entire puddle (where the zone was located).
But all we had to do was stand on the bog and inflate the mattress and change. My daughter was doing dress swimming (good choice) but I was wearing fluttery swimming shorts that all the millions of tadpoles liked. Once in the water we kicked ourselves out floating on the swimming mattress and the phones held high. My daughter was terrified because she hates not being able to see the bottom. When reaching the zone, we can't take it because of the poor cell phone coverage. Damn it. Back to land and then up on the wobbly moss, but now we find something that could be some kind of tractor track back to the car.
Once home we decide to get a sim card with better coverage and decide that we will make another attempt the next day. Same procedure as the day before except that we found it a bit faster. Another swim for the daughter who puts up with her mother's crazy ideas. And now we managed to take it – Djuparöven. I have been there once again, dragging an inflatable kayak and assisted Recycling.
Djuparöven - a small puddle and quite warm even at the beginning of summer.
Server Upgrade
It's been a rough spring on the server side — high player counts have stretched the game servers, and availability has not been where we want it to be. Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us through the bumpy patches; we know it hasn't always been a smooth experience, and your patience has meant a lot.
This kind of behind-the-scenes work is only possible thanks to all the players who have chosen to become supporters. If you'd like to help keep Turf running and evolving, you can read about supporter status HERE. //TurfCrew
Local groups in the League – news from the developers
From the early beginning when we created the leagues, the idea was to have some kind of local groups. The idea was that the competition in each group should be more fair considering the amount of zones. However it was hard to implement and other things took our time, so the sorting was decided to be random instead. *Quick jump to 2026*
Now we have finally implemented the local groups!!
It will be extremely local in the lower leagues, and as you progress up the ladder you will start to meet a bit less localized competition. Just as in most sports leagues out there.
We expect more local talk about the groups, more local competition in the neighbourhood, and hopefully more joy out there. But hey, let's find out!
By the way: the lower groups only have 9 members from the start so that new turfers can join a local group as well. AND of course some persons don't really have any local competitors in their league. In that case they will be added to another group, nothing is perfect i guess:
Editor's Opinion
The last weekend of the May round, I went to Glasgow and took part in the SCOnanza organized by the Scottish turfers. Previously this 3-day event has been held in Edinburgh, but this year it was heralded by dangermous and set in his hometown Glasgow. Four Events were planned for the weekend, one closed Welcome Event on Friday evening, two open Events on Saturday (foot and bike) and one closed Event on Sunday (subway turf!).
It was very well organized with good venues (pubs!) for the participating turfers to hang out before, after and during the Events. It was great to meet up with fellow turfers both from Scotland and other places. The weather was also behaving for most of the time, only a few drops of rain at the Sunday event. The trophies for the winner in the Saturday Open Events were wooden Turf avatar a la Glasgow made by the round's World winner, Fashven.
The Sunday Subway closed event was organised around Glasgow subway, the third oldest in the world and consisting of a ring around the city with 15 stations. Zones were concentrated around the stations and the idea was to use the subway to get around faster than by foot. It was certainly a novel idea! The SCOnanza will be back next year, probably with new crazy event ideas.
Turf Picture of the Month
Turf Picture of the Month in May is Nålsögat sent in by Fafng.
If you have a Zone picture you want featured as Turf Picture of the Month, send it to insider@turfgame.com Please include your Turf nick for recognition!
Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!
//Munin
...if you want to contribute to future Turf Insiders, send your story to insider@turfgame.com :) C'mon and share your big and small stories with the Turf world.
Turf Insider is a monthly newsletter written and edited by Munin
Round winners – April 2026 (Round #190)
Congratulations to the winners of round April 2026: Király from Skåne added one more Gold to his medal row, TriggerHappy from Uppsala aimed for Roundpointer 1 million and ended up with a Silver in the process, nröjB from Berlin turfed home his first Bronze in a last minute sprint on the last Saturday of the round. Well done mates!
Upcoming events
If you are organising an open event, don't forget to write to insider@turfgame.com a couple of months in advance to get the information about your event into the newsletter :)
Åland Open, 23rd of May, 2026 in Mariehamn, Åland, Finland
It is getting close, get over to Åland for the Åland Open! For the third time, Örebro turfers together with Pensionat Solhem are organizing the Åland Open. There will be both a Foot and a Bike event, with an Event banquet in the evening at Pensionat Solhem. Register HERE.
SCOnanza 5-7th of June, 2026 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
SCOnanza moves west this year - we can't wait to see you 5th-7th June in Glasgow! There'll be a Foot Turf event on Friday evening with drinks afterwards to welcome everyone to the city. Saturday will feature the Scottish Open Cycle and Foot Turf events with dinner and prize ceremony later on. And Sunday, a Foot Turf event unique to Glasgow - it's a surprise!! Full details and sign-up form can be found HERE.
Whether you usually Turf in Scotland or beyond, hope to see you here in Glasgow! //Dangermous & team
Uppsala 2026, 13th of June in Uppsala, Sweden
Kygni is for the second time in a row organizing an Open Event in Uppsala. It goes on for three hours and will be full of interesting and weird zones, if last year is anything to go by :) More information will follow!
Bonanza 2026 – September 5th in Gothenburg Sweden
The registration for this year's Bonanaza is open now. Read more on Turf Göteborg's webpages.
Swedish info HERE.
English info HERE.
The Göteborg turfers welcome you all to the West side of Sweden for some good Bonanza fun in September.
A Zone Worthy of a Detour – by recycling
The BrahällaRuin zone is located in Tranås municipality by Lake Noen, west of Tranås.
Brahälla Castle was built around 1680 as a hunting lodge for Count Per Brahe the Younger. The castle was abandoned early on and fell into disrepair. A couple of restorations have been carried out over the years.
You can find the zone via road 133 and road F998 and then take a gravel road to a barely noticeable parking lot. From there, there is a 1.5 km long path to the castle that is partly overgrown. Parts of the route can be wet and muddy.
Thank you recycling for your contribution! If you have your own special zone you'd like to tell the Turf World about, send a paragraph or two about it to insider@turfgame.com and let the Turf community learn more about it!
On the same theme, far far away zones are the next story.
Three FTT:s in Mexico – by HaileGåBraSe and ReadySteadyGå
Turfers HaileGåBraSel and ReadySteadyGå spent a week in Mexico in the beginning of April. We were there mainly for sightseeing but for obvious reasons we also wanted to Turf a little.
Although there are very few tourist zones in Mexico, turfers can still get their fill thanks to the country being richly blessed with world heritage sites, 36 in total. During our travels we visited five different sites listed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List and in doing so we also managed to take no less than three FTTs.
Zone ElTajín
El Tajín was the center of a large city that flourished from around 600 to 1200 CET. The site today consists of a large number of well restored pyramids and temples. The site El Tajin is far lesser known than some other similar sites in that part of the world, such as Tikal and Chichén Itzá. But we have over the years visited all three of them, and can safely say that El Tajin is just as interesting and beautiful as the two others.
Zone Acueducto
South of the city Pachuca the Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque, a water distribution system built in the 16th century, can be visited. The total length of the aqueduct is around 45 kilometres and the turf zone is placed next to its most spectacular section, namely where it crosses a valley and rests on slender and almost impossibly high stone arches.
Zone JardinJuárez
The Zone JardinJuárez was yet another FTT on this trip. We passed this zone on our way to the world heritage site Xochimilco. Xochimilco is a vast network of canals and islands which for hundreds of years served as a transport system in the region. It was also there the farms producing food for the people who lived in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan were located.
Join Discord, the new Turf Forum
More and more turfers are finding their way to Discord, the new Turf Forum, but also so much more. So far 297 turfers have joined and 75 have linked their account to the Turf app by writing those five digit codes in one of the chats. This is a way to confirm the account as being a "true" turfer ie user of the Turf app. You can join the Turf Discord through Turf's homepage or directly by using THIS link.
Editor's Opinion
During April we have experienced several episodes of downtime with the Turf servers. Frustrating, I know, especially if you are out and about trying to take unique zones or fighting for a better placement in your league or just trying to take your Daily-5. Extra frustrating with no forewarning, but that is because the developers did not think the changes would cause downtime.
The downtime lately is due to changes related to the server structure, both the issue web and the Turf Wiki have been moved and hopefully it will work better, and faster now. This will probably not be the last downtime we will experience, because there is a lot going on in many areas of Turf as far as development of the app and its surrounding support pages. Yes, it is frustrating with downtime, but the improvements are worth it :) Any system needs maintenance to work well.
The new beta for iPhone has not had many bug reports, so a new version has been released to a store near you. The iPhone and Android app should be more on par with each other now. Since I am an Android turfer, I don't know how true this is. It is up to you all to compare notes with each other when you are out and about!
Remember to keep reporting bugs via the issue system! It is important that glitches in the application is reported, so they can be looked at and hopefully resolved.
Did you know...
...that warded/Turfa has set up Turf TV. Check it out HERE.
Turf Picture of the Month
Turf Picture of the Month in April is OldAberdour sent in by Veld.
If you have a Zone picture you want featured as Turf Picture of the Month, send it to insider@turfgame.com Please include your Turf nick for recognition!
Turfa lugnt/Safe turfing!
//Munin
...if you want to contribute to future Turf Insiders, send your story to insider@turfgame.com :) C'mon and share your big and small stories with the Turf world. share your big and small stories with the Turf world.
