The Stricca blog
Running, walking, and the maps behind it
How the route engine thinks, the fun stuff you can do with it, and the data that makes it work.
Best places to run, by country
4,923 hand-checked spots across 45 regions — browse the directory.
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We hand-checked 4,900+ of the best places to run across Europe
Stricca now knows thousands of genuinely notable, OpenStreetMap-verified places to run and walk across dozens of European countries — so "take me somewhere scenic" actually means something.
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Draw your run: turning real streets into GPS art
Spell a name, draw a heart, run a football — Stricca routes the letters and shapes along real streets so your GPS trace draws a picture. Here’s how it works and where it shines.
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Your running app keeps sending you up the steepest hill. Here’s the fix.
Most route planners only count total climb, so they happily send you up the one brutal pitch in the area. Here’s how Stricca routes by actual gradient, surface and traffic instead.