Guides, stories, and tips for hikers, bikepackers, and water finders
4 October 2026
Florence isn't an easy city for finding water: its public taps are real, but easy to miss among the crowds. Here's what they look like, where they hide, and the one spot in Piazza della Signoria worth remembering.
Read the post27 September 2026
droply lists about 250 drinking-water fountains in the Bern area, around 50 of them in the UNESCO Old Town. A guide to where you can refill for free, the stories behind the famous figure fountains, and why the Glasbrunnen in the forest is still worth the trip.
Read the post20 September 2026
There is no drinking water on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing track. DOC says so directly, and that single fact should shape when you go, how you get there, how much you carry, and whether you turn it into a multi-day Northern Circuit.
Read the post16 September 2026
Zurich has over 1200 public fountains, its own spring-water network, and more than 80 emergency fountains. A guide to finding water reliably and planning a hike around it.
Read the post13 September 2026
The amount of water you drink on a hike and the amount you need to carry are two different numbers. How to plan around the longest dry stretch instead of the whole route, and why the water sources on your map aren't guaranteed to be flowing.
Read the post6 September 2026
A day on route 2 of the Mullerthal Trail in Luxembourg: 39 km of canyons and forest, one single tap, and what the droply Navigator could and couldn't do about it.
Read the post23 August 2026
A spring on the map isn't the same as a spring that's flowing today. As drought spreads across Europe in 2026, here's why hikers need current, community-checked information about water sources, not just their location.
Read the post19 August 2026
droply 2.0 is out now, and it brings droply PRO: the droply Navigator for water along your route, offline maps, and an ad-free map, built on top of a year of community water data.
Read the post16 August 2026
Why we built the droply Navigator: a GPX-based water timeline for your route that works offline, and a free year of droply PRO for the community that helped build the map.
Read the post16 August 2026
Not a fixed number of liters per hour. What your fluid needs actually depend on, why drinking too much is its own danger, and how knowing your refill points changes how much you carry.
Read the post9 August 2026
Seven apps worth opening while you're actually hiking, not just planning from home. Offline maps, mountain and plant ID, weather, birdsong, translation, and finding water.
Read the post2 August 2026
Two springs on the same mountain, a few hundred meters apart, taste completely different. What water dissolves out of the rock on its way down, why altitude has nothing to do with it, and when you shouldn't drink.
Read the post24 July 2026
A recent Pyrenees hospitalisation is a reminder that filter bottles aren't magic. Here's how to plan drinking water so you rarely need to rely on one.
Read the post2 July 2026
How to find water on the trail, know when it needs treating, and choose between squeeze filters, gravity systems, and chemical backups. Lessons from five months on the Continental Divide Trail.
Read the post21 June 2026
How to find and plan water on the Continental Divide Trail: how much to carry, how to treat it, and what changes state by state. From a 2024 CDT thru-hiker.
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