BBBike @ World - Documentation

BBBike is a route planner for cyclists in Berlin. Thanks to the OpenStreetMap project, it is now available for many other cities around the world!

Special features

  • Find a nice, safe and short bicycle route in your city and the surrounding area
  • More than 200 cities supported worldwide
  • PDF handout (print it or store it on your mobile phone)
  • More than 17 maps from OpenStreetMap, Google and Bing, with different layers
  • Suggestion service for street names and points of interest (POI)
  • Search for renamed streets. In Berlin, about 30 streets are renamed every year
  • Search for points of interest (POI) such as train stations, schools, buildings, restaurants and sights
  • Export of GPS routes as GPX or KML
  • Current weather and 5-day weather forecast
  • Elevation profile of the route
  • Mobile version for any smartphone
  • Multi-language support: Danish, German, English, Spanish, French, Croatian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese
  • Up-to-date routing data from the OpenStreetMap project, updated every week

There are two versions of BBBike: a web-based version and a standalone application.

Standalone application

Get the full power of BBBike and download the standalone Perl/Tk version for your computer! Packages are available for macOS, FreeBSD, Linux and Windows.

Mobile apps

Android app

Unfortunately, there is currently no Android app.

iPhone app

A free BBBike iPhone app is available in the App Store. Berlin uses the original BBBike data, the other cities are based on OpenStreetMap.

Other mobile devices

Please use the mobile version m.bbbike.org.

Documentation and development

In the press

Older press articles: SFGate.com, New York Times, CNET, Stiftung Warentest, Berliner Morgenpost, Berliner Zeitung, Deutsche Welle, Die Welt, Fietsersbond, Freitag, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Radio Eins, Radio MultiKulti, San Jose Mercury News, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Tagesspiegel, WDR5, c't, heise.de, iX, zitty and others.

Education and research

The original BBBike data is used in education and scientific research.

Map data

BBBike @ World uses map data from the OpenStreetMap project. The database is updated weekly on Wednesday afternoon. Please visit the OpenStreetMap wiki to learn how to take part in the project and update the map yourself!

You can download OSM extracts from the BBBike download server.

License

Supported browsers

Any modern browser that follows the W3C standards:

  • Firefox
  • Safari, including mobile Safari (iOS)
  • Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera and other Chromium-based browsers

JavaScript is required for the maps and the street name suggestion service. Cookies are optional and only used to save your preferences.

Legend

Known problems

  • Routing: some streets are not connected at bridges
  • Berlin: many cool features are only available for Berlin

What BBBike is not

  • BBBike was developed for short-distance cycling (5-15 km) within a city. Due to the huge amount of data, it is not possible to offer long-distance routing between cities.
  • We do not offer routing for hiking or pedestrians. Sorry!

Related cycle route planners

BBBike tools and services

See the tools page.

Bicycle tour reports