Turf (turfgame.com)
Swedish-built MMO-style GPS game (by Andrimon) where players capture virtual zones placed on real-world maps using their phone's GPS. Played in monthly rounds with full reset; densest in Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and increasingly the UK and Germany. Annual Bonanza events bring players to a single city for hours-long standalone tournaments (2026 Bonanza in Gothenburg).
Zones are geographically clustered; cities and regions compete via density of held zones and round leaderboards. Berlin community famously rallied under '#noYellowzones' to capture every zone in their city, an explicit city-vs-rest-of-world push. Bonanza events pit city contingents head-to-head.
Local Discord channels filtered by region/area/zone, open city meet-ups (Uppsala, Glasgow, Aland), and a 'Turf Teams' service for organized group play. Players in the same city coordinate routes, share zone-tracking spreadsheets, and run together on Bonanza day.
One of the longest-running real LBGs with a Nordic-flavored grassroots culture that BelongHub would otherwise miss; the per-city hashtag campaigns (#noYellowzones) are a clean example of organic geographic pride forming around a game.
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