Become a partner: the map of cool places for your place and your region
CoolingSpots shows for free and without an account where it is cool and shady on hot days. Tourism organisations already embed the map freely today. As a tourism organisation or the operator of a cool place, from summer 2027 you can highlight your region and your favourite places in your own words.
Visible when it gets hot
As soon as a heatwave arrives, many people look for somewhere to spend the day comfortably: a shady garden, a swim in cold water or a museum behind thick walls. Those are the hours when they open CoolingSpots.
For day-trip destinations this is an opportunity at the right time. Your entry stays all season right where people search in the heat, and tourism organisations bring their tips for cooling off to every place in their region.
Your words, your photo and your link appear on the map, clearly recognisable as your information. The coolness level and the order still come from the data. That keeps the map credible, and your entry benefits from it too.
The map on your site, today
Any organisation embeds the map for its area freely, with the categories that suit it. No maintenance, no cost, no partnership.
The partner entry
When it gets hot, people use CoolingSpots to find a place where the day is bearable. With a partner entry they find your museum, your pool, your garden or your beer garden - with your photo, in your words and one click from your website. Not on the map yet? We add your place.
- What your entry brings
- A gold marker that stands out on the map - right when people look for a cool day out in the heat.
- Your place in your own words: your text, your best photo and what you offer, from the café to the shady spot.
- One click takes visitors straight to your website - opening hours, tickets or bookings.
- Valid
- Appears two days after payment, visible until 30 September 2027. Renewable on request.
- Requirement
- On hot days it is really pleasantly cool there: shade, water, altitude or cool rooms. No sauna, spa or sun terrace.
The regional partner
Your region on CoolingSpots, in your words: a block on every place page of your region, your logo on the region page, a line in every place on the map and up to five places you recommend.
For now only for regions in Switzerland. For France, Italy, Germany and Austria we are happy to note your interest already.
Region page
Your block on every place page of your region: logo, your text, a link to your website and up to five places you recommend, each with an image and a link to the map.
Place panel
A line with your logo in every place of your region, leading to your website.
- Valid
- One season, 1 May to 30 September. One partner per region.
- Requirement
- A business or organisation connected to the region: tourism, accommodation, local newspaper or association.
At a glance
| Partner entry | Regional partner | |
|---|---|---|
| Gold marker and block in the place panel | 1 place | |
| Own places the map is missing | ||
| Recommended places with image | up to 5 | |
| Block on region and place pages | Block with logo and text | |
| Line in every place of the region | ||
| Term | one season | one season |
| Availability | open | one per region |
| Price | EUR 125 until 30 April 2027, then EUR 150 per season | on request |
An addition to your heat protection plan, free to embed
Public bodies embed the map freely and print the QR code for notices. No licence, no running costs, no map project of your own.
For municipalities and regionsFrequent questions from operators and regions
- How do I promote my destination on hot days?
- By having your place where people search in the heat. Your partner entry appears as a gold marker on the map and with your text, photo and link in the place panel. The map is available in four languages.
- Which businesses benefit from a partner entry?
- Places that are genuinely pleasant on hot days: museums and exhibitions with cool rooms, baths and swimming spots, gardens and parks, cafes and restaurants with a shady garden, show mines, caves, churches and monasteries, plus accommodation in a cool setting, such as a hotel at the edge of the woods or a holiday home with a pool. Saunas, thermal spas and sun terraces are not among them.
- Can we embed the map without being a partner?
- Yes, for free and without a partnership. Tourism organisations, municipalities and regions embed the map for their area, with the categories that suit them. The map looks after itself; there is nothing to maintain.
- Does my entry also appear in embedded maps?
- Yes, on the CoolingSpots map and in every embedded map that shows your place, for example at tourism organisations. The regional partner's line appears there only when the map is limited to your region.
- How long does an entry run and what does it cost?
- Until the end of the season on 30 September, renewable on request. The partner entry appears two days after payment, the regional partner runs from 1 May. You find the price with each offer; embedding the map stays free.
- Does my place get a better coolness level with an entry?
- No. Coolness level, order and marker size come from the data for every place. Your entry adds your words, your photo and your link, marked as the partner's information.
- When is the right time for an entry?
- Before the season: an entry that is already in place is visible from the first hot day. Best get in touch in winter or spring.
- My place is not on the map yet. Is that still possible?
- Yes. A partner entry can be a new place that does not exist in the open data: a monastery garden, a museum courtyard, a cafe. We check that it really is cool there in the heat, and we set the gold marker.
In use and in the media
In use at, among others
Mentioned by
Showcase on the federal open data portal
Article of 10 August 2026
Article of 13 August 2026 on the Winterthur map
Podcast episode 41, 20 August 2026
Contact
For other enquiries, feedback or wishes, an email is enough.
[email protected]Already a partner? Change your text and website in My entries