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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.

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Turf Insider is a monthly newsletter written and edited by Munin. Due to vacation, this month's Turf Insider is late.

Round winners – March 2026 (Round #189)

Congratulations to the winners of round March 2026: AJHB from Greater London got his first Gold of 2026, Veit from Hamburg biked home another Silver, yyyyyobert from Stockholm turfed home his first Bronze. 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 :)

SåsTurf, 25th of April, 2026 in Alingsås, Sweden

MaXi is again organising SåsTurf. This year the event will be in and around the lovely Floraskogen in Alingsås. If you want to sign up, you can do it HERE. There will be two heats, one Foot event and one Bike event. You can join one or both.

Åland Open, 23rd of May, 2026 in Mariehamn, Åland, Finland

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

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

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 edjur

The zone "TrädkramZone" (trädkram=TreeHug) outside Uppsala is worthy of a detour, especially for those interested in nature. The two trees, one pine (Pinus sylvestris) and one spruce (Picea abies) have grown up together and entwined while searching for sunlight. They are supporting each other at the same time as they are competing for the sun.

Thank you edjur 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!

Turf Forum moves to Discord – by Caisesiume

The old Turf Forum is now closed, and Discord is home to the new forum.

Discord will work both as a forum and a place for the Turf community to connect. It’s easy to get started, and you choose the parts you are interested in.

The Turf Discord server has two main parts:

Forum - Similar to the old forum, with structured discussions for official Turf topics and third-party tools.

Chat - A more relaxed space for general conversations, photos, and fun.

When you join, you can choose what you want to use. For example, only the Forum if you prefer.

Zone suggestions

Zone suggestions have historically been a common part of the Forum. With the move to Discord, we will no longer encourage zone suggestions there.

The primary way of suggesting zones is through the Turf app, while we keep potential changes to zone suggestions under consideration.

Zone alerts and notifications

In Discord, you can now subscribe to zone updates you’re interested in and receive notifications for new zones, directly on your phone.

You can filter the notifications on region, area and zone type.

More information is available in the #get-started channel on Discord.

Link your account

We recommend linking your Discord account to your Turf account so others can recognize that you are the one you claim to be.

You can link your account in #link-account.

Full instructions are available step-by-step in the #get-started channel on Discord.

With this introduction, the Turf community has a new area outside of the app. Whether you are looking for discussions, chat, or quick updates, Discord will now be a central place for the Turf community.

You can join the Turf Discord through Turf's homepage or directly by using THIS link.

See you there!// Caisesiume

No Yellow Zones in Berlin – A Milestone for the Turf Community - by Sven_R and DXP2K

Berlin just made Turf history. With a total of 2,414 zones across the city, the goal always felt ambitious—maybe even unrealistic. But by the end of the last round, only 1% of all zones remained yellow. A number that speaks for itself. The roots of this movement go back to July 2023, when Király visited Berlin. During that time, the hashtag #noYellowzones was born—a simple idea that grew into a city-wide mission.

It’s worth noting that not all zones are equally accessible: 23 zones are located behind paywalls (such as the zoo, parks and similar locations), and there are also 5 water zones, adding an extra layer of challenge to the mission.

What made this achievement truly special wasn’t just the result, but how it happened. Through the Discord group“Turfing in Deutschland,” the Berlin community came together in the final stretch. Players motivated each other, shared updates, and pushed collectively toward a common goal. That last 1% turned into a symbol of teamwork, persistence, and community spirit.

This might just be a record for the ages. Maybe. Now, Berlin has shown what’s possible when a community rallies behind a shared vision.

No yellow zones. Almost. And definitely unforgettable.

TurfOn//Sven_R and DXP2K

New version of Turf is out!

Recently a new version of Turf was released, with lots of improvements and bug fixes.

League & Group in player profiles: Tapping on any player now shows their current league and group (e.g. "League 5-21") in the profile dialog.

Several fixes for GPS-related issues, particularly on devices that struggled to complete zone takeovers:

Fixed a bug affecting certain Android devices (including some Huawei models) where zones could not be taken due to incorrect GPS timestamps

The takeover meter now waits for a reliable GPS signal before completing, and shows a visual indicator while waiting instead of failing silently

Fixed a bug where the zone-taking notification sound played repeatedly while the app was waiting for GPS

Improved GPS accuracy filtering at startup to reduce position jumping during the first few seconds of a session

Settings: App version and build date are now shown at the bottom of the Settings screen.

Crowns and hats: The bug with crowns and hats that were kept for too long is now fixed. sorry guys :)

And...a new Beta version of Turf for iPhone has also been released, with maybe most noteable layout changes to harmonize with the layout of the Android app. Enjoy!

//The Turf Dev

As always, if you experience anything wrong with the Turf app when you are out turfing, report it via the Issue system, HERE. It will help the Turf Developers to better understand what is going on and hopefully be able to fix it in a future version of Turf. The Issue system takes a while to log into and also it takes time to submit an issue, so just wait and have a coffee after pressing that Submit button.

Editor's Opinion

Turf vacations are hard work. I took one week off after Easter to explore the region Skåne in Sweden with my husband TriggerHappy and our cat Serafina. It took us two days to drive from Uppsala to Lund, since one goal of this trip was to take 100 unique zones per day, and we were on the road for 10 days. In the end we took just over 1270 unique zones, and we also caught the ”yellow zone fever” bug and tried our best to live up to the #noyellowzones mission. Most days we spend at least 6 hours on the bike, sometimes including a Turf walk with non-turfing friends just to get a bit of diversion.

Staffanstorp in Skåne was by far the easiest place we visited, so flat and so many great bike paths! On the opposite scale was Ulricehamn, lots of hills and sure there were bike paths, but most were going up-down, so even when trying to minimize the altitude meters, we ended up walking more than one steep hill.

We had some very windy days in Skåne thanks to the storm Dave. It made biking very exciting, since turning a corner would mean a new challenge due to the wind. This month has seen winter disappearing in my home town of Uppsala, and I really do hope there is no more need of winter tyres! And we are already planning our next Turf vacation, are you?

Did you know...

...that warded has changed its server name to Turfa with a new look and some changes to where you find things. And some new things you might not have known you needed. Check it out HERE.

Turf Picture of the Month

Turf Picture of the Month in March is PragueSquare sent in by Lola_Lola.

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.

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Yesterday afternoon (CET) turf was down a few hours. Once the game was back online, there was a few hours more before the api feed was functional. This means that third party sites didn't receive the takes that happened during the second period, and thus showed and possibly still shows distorted information. While we see if this can be sorted, please be aware that you may see misleading information. In particular, don't drop your daily because you were called out, if you believe you did your five takes Monday.

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What's new?

League & Group in player profiles

Tapping on any player now shows their current league and group (e.g. "League 5-21") in the profile dialog.

GPS reliability improvements

Several fixes for GPS-related issues, particularly on devices that struggled to complete zone takeovers:

Fixed a bug affecting certain Android devices (including some Huawei models) where zones could not be taken due to incorrect GPS timestamps

The takeover meter now waits for a reliable GPS signal before completing, and shows a visual indicator while waiting instead of failing silently

Fixed a bug where the zone-taking notification sound played repeatedly while the app was waiting for GPS

Improved GPS accuracy filtering at startup to reduce position jumping during the first few seconds of a session

Settings

App version and build date are now shown at the bottom of the Settings screen.

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