diff --git a/apps/blakus-api/src/app/plugins/caching.ts b/apps/blakus-api/src/app/plugins/caching.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dec52ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/blakus-api/src/app/plugins/caching.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import { FastifyInstance } from 'fastify';
+import fp from 'fastify-plugin';
+import Caching from '@fastify/caching';
+
+declare module 'fastify' {
+  interface FastifyContextConfig {
+    serverCache?: {
+      key?: string;
+      ttl: number;
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+export default fp(async function (fastify: FastifyInstance) {
+
+  fastify.register(Caching,{
+    expiresIn: 10000,
+    privacy: Caching.privacy.PUBLIC,
+    // TODO: default is a mem cache, should use redis cache for prod, for example
+  })
+  .addHook('onRoute', (routeOptions) => {
+    const { config } = routeOptions;
+
+    if (config?.serverCache) {
+
+      const { key, ttl = 10000 } = config.serverCache;
+
+      // set or add our handler to the route preHandler hook
+      Object.entries({
+        preHandler: (request, reply, done) => {
+          fastify.cache.get(key || encodeURIComponent(request.raw.url), (err, cached) => {
+            if (err) {
+              // TODO: handle error
+              done();
+              return;
+            }
+            if (cached?.item) {
+              console.log('from cache');
+              reply.send(cached.item);
+            } else {
+              console.log('getting fresh data');
+            }
+            
+            done();
+          });
+
+          return reply;
+        },
+        onSend: (request, _reply, payload, done) => {
+          fastify.cache.set(key || encodeURIComponent(request.raw.url), payload, ttl, () => {done();});
+        },
+      }).forEach(([hook, handler]) => {
+        if (!routeOptions[hook]) {
+          routeOptions[hook] = [handler]
+          return
+        }
+        if (Array.isArray(routeOptions[hook])) {
+          routeOptions[hook].push(handler)
+          return
+        }
+        routeOptions[hook] = [routeOptions[hook], handler]
+      })
+    }
+  })
+});
diff --git a/apps/blakus-api/src/app/routes/blakus.ts b/apps/blakus-api/src/app/routes/blakus.ts
index f2bc6f5..fa699d3 100644
--- a/apps/blakus-api/src/app/routes/blakus.ts
+++ b/apps/blakus-api/src/app/routes/blakus.ts
@@ -22,15 +22,16 @@ export default async function (fastify: FastifyInstance) {
           }
         }
       }
+    },
+    config: {
+      serverCache: { ttl: 10000 }
     }
-  }, async function ({query}) {
+  }, async function (request, reply) {
+    const {lat, lon} = request.query;
     const elements = await overpassService.getAmenitiesAroundLocation({
-      latlon: {
-        lat: query.lat,
-        lon: query.lon,
-      },
+      latlon: { lat, lon },
       amenities: ['restaurant', 'cafe', 'bar', 'pub', 'biergarten', 'fast_food', 'food_court', 'ice_cream']
     });
-    return elements;
+    reply.send(elements);
   });
 }
diff --git a/apps/blakus-api/src/app/routes/root.ts b/apps/blakus-api/src/app/routes/root.ts
index e361629..6b7369d 100644
--- a/apps/blakus-api/src/app/routes/root.ts
+++ b/apps/blakus-api/src/app/routes/root.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ import { FastifyInstance } from 'fastify';
 import db from '../../db';
 
 export default async function (fastify: FastifyInstance) {
-  const users = await db.select('*').from('users');
-  fastify.get('/', async function () {
-    return { users };
+  fastify.get('/', {
+    config: {
+      serverCache: { ttl: 10000 }
+    }
+  }, async function (req, reply) {
+    const users = await db.select('*').from('users');
+    reply.send({ users });
   });
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 52d1cf5..d394364 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@fastify/autoload": "~6.0.3",
+        "@fastify/caching": "^9.0.3",
+        "@fastify/etag": "^6.0.3",
         "@fastify/sensible": "~6.0.2",
         "@nativescript/core": "~8.8.0",
         "@sinclair/typebox": "^0.34.28",
@@ -2686,12 +2688,52 @@
       ],
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/@fastify/caching": {
+      "version": "9.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fastify/caching/-/caching-9.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5K/2shYpvWHWiSAs59SaCVBoFhHEF8Yz4TTiXZf8YWVDcxuIxw0Adn5eDQ7s132s7vwURNOnCKHBjUQSOI+PLA==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/fastify"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "opencollective",
+          "url": "https://opencollective.com/fastify"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "abstract-cache": "^1.0.1",
+        "fastify-plugin": "^5.0.0",
+        "uid-safe": "^2.1.5"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@fastify/error": {
       "version": "4.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fastify/error/-/error-4.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-OO/SA8As24JtT1usTUTKgGH7uLvhfwZPwlptRi2Dp5P4KKmJI3gvsZ8MIHnNwDs4sLf/aai5LzTyl66xr7qMxA==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/@fastify/etag": {
+      "version": "6.0.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fastify/etag/-/etag-6.0.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pMXohCA6Bk9JBNLl/KhHkSCGN7PCbgwVqHydwMsd1sVKtV8YNuzRW7lEe1VYap/MTNOn/Q8OfcR667lyrNbT/A==",
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/fastify"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "opencollective",
+          "url": "https://opencollective.com/fastify"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "fastify-plugin": "^5.0.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@fastify/fast-json-stringify-compiler": {
       "version": "5.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@fastify/fast-json-stringify-compiler/-/fast-json-stringify-compiler-5.0.2.tgz",
@@ -5368,6 +5410,26 @@
       "license": "ISC",
       "optional": true
     },
+    "node_modules/abstract-cache": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abstract-cache/-/abstract-cache-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-EfUeMhRUbG5bVVbrSY/ogLlFXoyfMAPxMlSP7wrEqH53d+59r2foVy9a5KjmprLKFLOfPQCNKEfpBN/nQ76chw==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "clone": "^2.1.1",
+        "lru_map": "^0.3.3",
+        "merge-options": "^1.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/abstract-cache/node_modules/clone": {
+      "version": "2.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/clone/-/clone-2.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-3Pe/CF1Nn94hyhIYpjtiLhdCoEoz0DqQ+988E9gmeEdQZlojxnOb74wctFyuwWQHzqyf9X7C7MG8juUpqBJT8w==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/abstract-logging": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/abstract-logging/-/abstract-logging-2.0.1.tgz",
@@ -9430,6 +9492,15 @@
         "node": ">=0.12.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/is-plain-obj": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-plain-obj/-/is-plain-obj-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yvkRyxmFKEOQ4pNXCmJG5AEQNlXJS5LaONXo5/cLdTZdWvsZ1ioJEonLGAosKlMWE8lwUy/bJzMjcw8az73+Fg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=0.10.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/is-plain-object": {
       "version": "2.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/is-plain-object/-/is-plain-object-2.0.4.tgz",
@@ -10694,6 +10765,12 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/lru_map": {
+      "version": "0.3.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru_map/-/lru_map-0.3.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Pn9cox5CsMYngeDbmChANltQl+5pi6XmTrraMSzhPmMBbmgcxmqWry0U3PGapCU1yB4/LqCcom7qhHZiF/jGfQ==",
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/lru-cache": {
       "version": "5.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/lru-cache/-/lru-cache-5.1.1.tgz",
@@ -10822,6 +10899,18 @@
         "node": ">= 4.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/merge-options": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/merge-options/-/merge-options-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iuPV41VWKWBIOpBsjoxjDZw8/GbSfZ2mk7N1453bwMrfzdrIk7EzBd+8UVR6rkw67th7xnk9Dytl3J+lHPdxvg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "is-plain-obj": "^1.1"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=4"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/merge-source-map": {
       "version": "1.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/merge-source-map/-/merge-source-map-1.1.0.tgz",
@@ -12327,6 +12416,15 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-tYC1Q1hgyRuHgloV/YXs2w15unPVh8qfu/qCTfhTYamaw7fyhumKa2yGpdSo87vY32rIclj+4fWYQXUMs9EHvg==",
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/random-bytes": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/random-bytes/-/random-bytes-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-iv7LhNVO047HzYR3InF6pUcUsPQiHTM1Qal51DcGSuZFBil1aBBWG5eHPNek7bvILMaYJ/8RU1e8w1AMdHmLQQ==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/randombytes": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/randombytes/-/randombytes-2.1.0.tgz",
@@ -14096,6 +14194,18 @@
         "typescript": ">=4.8.4 <5.8.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/uid-safe": {
+      "version": "2.1.5",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uid-safe/-/uid-safe-2.1.5.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-KPHm4VL5dDXKz01UuEd88Df+KzynaohSL9fBh096KWAxSKZQDI2uBrVqtvRM4rwrIrRRKsdLNML/lnaaVSRioA==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "random-bytes": "~1.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 0.8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript": {
       "version": "2.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript/-/unicode-canonical-property-names-ecmascript-2.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4cb39ef..f7f9417 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@fastify/autoload": "~6.0.3",
+    "@fastify/caching": "^9.0.3",
+    "@fastify/etag": "^6.0.3",
     "@fastify/sensible": "~6.0.2",
     "@nativescript/core": "~8.8.0",
     "@sinclair/typebox": "^0.34.28",