2020

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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[edit]

January[edit]

2020-01-03 First turfer to take the medal Germany Explorer 125.png 11:17:39 - ventoux

May[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 Medal126.png. If you are a supporter, you will also receive a party hat
2020-07-10 Turf celebrates 10 years. Medal126.png 10thBirthday float.png 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 Medal126.png 00:08:40 - Bigbang and MaXi

August[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

2020-12-06 First turfer outside the Nordics to get into the top-3 The Scottish turfer féarglas from United Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom.png 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[edit]

During the year, 14,721 turf zones were created in 40 countries according to the table below.

Country Zones
Albania Flag of Albania.png 7
Armenia Flag of Armenia.png 2
Belarus Flag of Belarus.png 6
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.png 5
Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.png 6
Croatia Flag of Croatia.png 1
Cyprus Flag of Cyprus.png 5
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic.png 1
Denmark Flag of Denmark.png 319
Faroe Islands Flag of the Faroe Islands.png 2
Finland Flag of Finland.png 360
Georgia Flag of Georgia.png 10
Germany Flag of Germany.png 416
Greece Flag of Greece.png 36
Ireland Flag of Ireland.png 6
Japan Flag of Japan.png 48
Liechtenstein Flag of Liechtenstein.png 6
Luxembourg Flag of Luxembourg.png 42
Malta Flag of Malta.png 5
Moldova Flag of Moldova.png 11
Monaco Flag of Monaco.png 2
Montenegro Flag of Montenegro.png 6
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands.png 39
North Macedonia Flag of North Macedonia.png 5
Norway Flag of Norway.png 125
Poland Flag of Poland.png 22
Portugal Flag of Portugal.png 6
Romania Flag of Romania.png 6
Russia Flag of Russia.png 1
Serbia Flag of Serbia.png 6
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia.png 6
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia.png 4
Spain Flag of Spain.png 7
Sweden Flag of Sweden.png 3 004
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland.png 19
Turkey Flag of Turkey.png 4
Turkmenistan Flag of Turkmenistan.png 1
Ukraine Flag of Ukraine.png 5
United Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom.png 10 108
USA Flag of USA.png 51

Source: Urbangeeks

For turf zones that were created during the year and have their own article, see here.

Turf Events[edit]

For Events completed during the year see here.

Turf Award[edit]

Turf Award Nominations 2019.
The winners of Turf Award can be found here.

Turf insider[edit]

For Turf insider released during the year see here.

Media[edit]

For Turf in international media during the year see here.