2020
2020 (MMXX) was a leap year that began on a Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar. It was also the first year of the decade 2020s.
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Events
January
2020-01-03 | First turfer to take the medal Germany Explorer | 11:17:39 - ventoux |
May
2020-05-16 | Turfs eleventh Bonanza - Bonanza:Örebro 2020 | In an attempt to carry out the Bonanza despite the coronavirus pandemic, the event is moved to 2020-08-29 |
June
2020-06-07 | Feature in Swedish on "TV4 Nyhetsmorgon" about Turf | The feature is about 3 minutes into the clip. Link to the clip |
July
2020-07-08 | Turf Version 2.1.8 for Android and v2.1.6 for iOS | Version 2.1.8 for Android and v2.1.6 for iOS released to celebrate's Turfs 10th anniversary. Take 10 zones on 10/7 and get the medal Cakeday . If you are a supporter, you will also receive a party hat |
2020-07-10 | Turf celebrates 10 years. | 10 years since the first player registers and the first zone take is made. Turfer felixfelox was the first to register. The player hence makes the first take on the zone NackaZone |
2020-07-10 | First turfers to take the medal Cakeday | 00:08:40 - Bigbang and MaXi |
August
2020-08-29 | Turfs eleventh Bonanza - Bonanza:Örebro 2020 | Unfortunately, the Bonanza had to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic that ravaged the world |
2020-08-31 | 0-PPH-zones were phased out | The reason why 0-PPH-zones was phased out was to increase the attractiveness of players in new areas |
October
2020-10-04 | Over 10 000 players | Turf had over 10 000 players for the first time during a game round |
2020-10-15 | Turf Version 2.1.10 for Android | Version 2.1.10 for Android released to resolve a bug with event zones on Android |
December
2020-12-06 | First turfer outside the Nordics to get into the top-3 | The Scottish turfer féarglas from United Kingdom takes the Silver medal |
2020-12-15 | The region of Scotland gets the most zones in the world | The region of Scotland (5291) passes Stockholm (5289) about being the region that has the most zones in the world |
2020-12-20 | BBC.com article on the Scottish turfer féarglas and Turf | "The night-riding mum who cycles 10 hours a day." Link to article |
2020-12-23 | An approximately 10 minute long Radio feature in BBC Radio Scotland's morning program Mornings with Stephen Jardine with the Scottish turfer féarglas | Link to the program, the feature starts about 1:40 into the program. Only available until 2021-01-21 |
2020-12-25 | An approximately 4 minute long live TV feature on BBC World News, with the Scottish turfer féarglas, about Turf | "BBC World News" Broadcasted at 11:15 CET. Link to the feature (facebook) the feature begins 1:42 into the clip |
2020-12-29 | An approximately 4 minute long Radio feature in BBC Radio 5 5 Live Drive with the Scottish turfer féarglas | Link to the program, the feature starts 56 minutes into the program. Only available until 2021-01-27 |
Zones
During the year, 14,659 turf zones were created in 40 countries according to the table below.
Country | Zones |
---|---|
Albania | 7 |
Armenia | 2 |
Belarus | 6 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 |
Bulgaria | 6 |
Croatia | 1 |
Cyprus | 5 |
Czech Republic | 1 |
Denmark | 319 |
Faroe Islands | 2 |
Finland | 359 |
Georgia | 10 |
Germany | 415 |
Greece | 36 |
Ireland | 6 |
Japan | 48 |
Liechtenstein | 6 |
Luxembourg | 42 |
Malta | 5 |
Moldova | 11 |
Monaco | 2 |
Montenegro | 6 |
Netherlands | 39 |
North Macedonia | 5 |
Norway | 125 |
Poland | 22 |
Portugal | 6 |
Romania | 6 |
Russia | 1 |
Serbia | 6 |
Slovakia | 6 |
Slovenia | 4 |
Spain | 7 |
Sweden | 2 981 |
Switzerland | 19 |
Turkey | 4 |
Turkmenistan | 1 |
Ukraine | 5 |
United Kingdom | 10 071 |
USA | 51 |
Source: Urbangeeks
For zones that were created during the year and have their own article, see here.
Turf Events
For Events completed during the year see here.
Turf Award
Turf Award Nominations 2019.
The winners of Turf Award can be found here.
Turf insider
For Turf insider released during the year see here.