Bench de Soleil

Bench de Soleil maps thousands of public benches across Denmark and shows which are in the sun and which are in the shade — right now, or at any time you choose.

It doesn't guess from the time of day. It computes real sun and shade from building footprints, tree canopy, and terrain elevation, then blends in the live cloud forecast — so a bench that's geometrically sunny but under heavy cloud shows as shaded, just like real life.

FEATURES • One seamless map of benches across all of Denmark • A time slider — see sun and shade now, later today, or tomorrow • Live cloud-cover forecast folded into every bench • Find the nearest sunny or shady bench from where you are • Filter benches by what's nearby — playground, café, water, toilets, and more • Save favourites and see their sun/shade at a glance • Walking directions to any bench in your maps app • Light and dark mode; English and Danish • Built for VoiceOver and Dynamic Type

PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. Your location stays on your phone except when you ask for the nearest bench.

Bench data is from OpenStreetMap; buildings and terrain from GeoDanmark and the Danish elevation model; the cloud forecast from Met Norway. Sun and shade are best-effort estimates — use your own judgement.