diff --git a/apps/blakus-api/src/app/routes/blakus.ts b/apps/blakus-api/src/app/routes/blakus.ts
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+import { FastifyInstance } from 'fastify';
+import { OverpassService } from '../services/overpass';
+import { OverpassQuerySchema, OverpassQueryType } from '../schemas/overpass';
+
+const overpassService = new OverpassService();
+
+export default async function (fastify: FastifyInstance) {
+
+  fastify.get<{ Querystring: OverpassQueryType }>('/blakus', {
+    schema: {
+      querystring: OverpassQuerySchema,
+      response: {
+        200: {
+          type: 'array',
+          items: {
+            type: 'object',
+            properties: {
+              title: { type: 'string' },
+              amenity: { type: 'string' },
+              tags: { type: 'object', additionalProperties: true }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }, async function ({query}) {
+    const elements = await overpassService.getAmenitiesAroundLocation({
+      latlon: {
+        lat: query.lat,
+        lon: query.lon,
+      },
+      amenities: ['restaurant', 'cafe', 'bar', 'pub', 'biergarten', 'fast_food', 'food_court', 'ice_cream']
+    });
+    return elements;
+  });
+}
diff --git a/apps/blakus-api/src/app/schemas/overpass.ts b/apps/blakus-api/src/app/schemas/overpass.ts
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+import { Static, Type } from '@sinclair/typebox'
+
+export const OverpassQuerySchema = Type.Object({
+  lat: Type.Number(),
+  lon: Type.Number(),
+  radius: Type.Optional(Type.Number()),
+  amenities: Type.Optional(Type.Array(Type.String())),
+});
+
+export type OverpassQueryType = Static<typeof OverpassQuerySchema>;
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diff --git a/apps/blakus-api/src/app/services/overpass.ts b/apps/blakus-api/src/app/services/overpass.ts
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+import axios, { AxiosInstance } from 'axios';
+
+type OverpassResult = {
+  version: number;
+  generator: string;
+  osm3s: Record<string, string>;
+  elements: (NodeElement | WayElement | RelationElement)[];
+}
+
+type OverpassLocation = {
+  lat: number,
+  lon: number
+}
+
+type OverpassElement = {
+  type: string;
+  id: number;
+  tags?: { [key: string]: string }
+};
+
+type NodeElement = OverpassElement & OverpassLocation & {
+  type: 'node';
+  lat: number;
+  lon: number;
+}
+
+type WayElement = OverpassElement & {
+  type: 'way';
+  nodes: number[];
+}
+
+type RelationElement = OverpassElement & {
+  type: 'relation';
+  members: {
+    type: 'node' | 'way' | 'relation';
+    ref: number;
+    role: string;
+  }[];
+}
+
+function opq(strings, ...expressions) {
+  let query = '[out:json];\n';
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < strings.length; i++) {
+    query += strings[i];
+    if (i < expressions.length) query += expressions[i];
+  }
+
+  query += '\nout body;\n>;\nout skel qt;';
+
+  return query;
+}
+
+export class OverpassService {
+  private axios: AxiosInstance;
+
+  constructor(baseURL = 'https://overpass-api.de/api/') {
+    this.axios = axios.create({ baseURL });
+  }
+
+  async getAmenitiesAroundLocation({radius = 500, amenities = [], latlon}: {radius?: number, latlon: OverpassLocation, amenities: string[]}) {
+
+    if (!latlon || !latlon.lat || !latlon.lon) throw new Error('Invalid location');
+
+    const { lat, lon } = latlon;
+
+    const query = opq`node(around:${radius}, ${lat}, ${lon})["amenity"~"${amenities.join('|')}"];`;
+
+    const result = await this.overpassQuery(query);
+
+    return result.elements
+      .map(({ tags }) => ({ title: tags.name, amenity: tags.amenity, tags}))
+      .filter(i => amenities.includes(i.amenity)); // query returns some random results. need to look into this
+  }
+
+  async overpassQuery(query: string): Promise<OverpassResult> {
+    return this.getData('interpreter', { data: query });
+  }
+
+  async getData<T>(endpoint: string, params: Record<string, string>): Promise<T> {
+    try {
+      const response = await this.axios.get(endpoint, { params });
+      return response.data;
+    } catch (error) {
+      console.error(`Error fetching data from ${endpoint}:`, error);
+      throw error;
+    }
+  }
+}
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