Customer story

How Bijzonderplekje.nl turned its collection of special places into an interactive map

Since 2010, Bijzonderplekje.nl has hand-picked special places to stay, eat and visit across twenty European countries. With Mapsemble, visitors explore that collection on a fully branded interactive map — powered by their own data.

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Explore the interactive map in action on the Bijzonderplekje.nl website.

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The challenge

A hand-picked collection of hundreds of places across twenty countries is impossible to browse as one long list. The first question every visitor asks is "where is it, and what is nearby?" — but the answer was buried in category pages.

A generic map embed could not match the Bijzonderplekje brand, stay in sync with their own listings database, or offer the browsing experience visitors expect from a modern travel site.

The solution

Bijzonderplekje.nl connected Mapsemble directly to their own listings database. The map stays in sync automatically — new places appear, changed details update, no manual work.

Visitors now search the map by town or region and start from where they want to be. Cards and popups are rendered in Bijzonderplekje's own design, so the map feels like a native part of the website instead of a third-party widget.

Mapsemble features they use

  • Live data feed from their own backend — the map is always up to date
  • Custom card and popup rendering in their own house style
  • Airbnb-style browsing: cards and markers stay in sync while panning and zooming
  • Grouped markers for co-located places
  • Embedded as a widget directly in their own site

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