Next weekend is Finland’s biggest mass-participation sports event, the Jukola Relay. Women’s teams of four (Venlas) and men’s teams of seven compete in orienteering, with the runners’ times combined for the team result. The event brings together around 20,000 participants and 30,000 spectators, from elite athletes to everyday hobbyist and first time orienteers. Two globally …
We have released the Seasons feature for tile hunting. We have now been developing Wandrio for about six months. Our goal is to make tile hunting a more accessible hobby and, through that, help grow the number of people participating in it. A lot of work has gone into making sure that data coming from …
I live in Finland, and especially in winter I sometimes find myself wondering why my ancestors ever chose to settle in this part of the world, where the weather is harsh and the sun can disappear for days. But then I catch myself wanting to go to new places and do things that I’ve never …
I have always lacked motivation for training. Thats why I have worked hard to create small hacks to motivate myself everyday. This blog post shows one area of self-motivation I have tried. Why I love geo-location games? A few years ago I went out for what I thought would be a short recovery ride. Nothing …
Last weekend Ollia and Tuomas went to a 24h skiing adventure to find new tiles. Plan tile hunting trips with friends easier with our Friends feature – compare and see your friends tiles One of the most persistent frustrations in collaborative tile hunting has been route planning. How do you design a route so that …
Risto Rudanko Adventure racer with startup and project managing experience Risto is a startup entrepreneur and construction and real estate professional with over a decade of experience in construction and project development. Ristos work has focused on transforming the way projects are managed—especially how information flows through teams and organizations. Risto has held leadership roles …
Risto on of the founders of Wandrio exploring tiles in Madeira. We all know that being active is good for us. Still, everyday life, fatigue, the couch and the blue glow of our screens win far too often. Wandrio is a gamified movement app built on behavioral science, motivation research and studies on habit formation. …
We are excited to announce the launch of Wandrio’s new Global Tile Map which is a powerful and visually engaging way to explore tiles collected by Wandrio app users all around the world. And also to see which tiles are still totally unexplored orphan tiles waiting for you to come and get them. With this …
Wandrio’s first full month in operation has been both intense and highly rewarding. User growth has accelerated day by day, faster than we initially anticipated. This rapid growth has required immediate improvements to our backend architecture to ensure performance and stability under increasing load. One of the most interesting developments has been the arrival of …
Imagine you’re on your bike, legs pumping in a steady rhythm, breathing quickens, and GPS points are drawn on the map like a secret treasure map. Every new route, every turn, and every unknown path takes you closer to the goal: Collecting all the tiles in the world.. This isn’t just exercise. This is Wandrio. Wandrio is a …
