NORDA
A tiny interactive globe of the Nordics — 45 hand-picked places, offline-first
NORDA
Norda is a little globe with big ideas. Spin the Earth with a flick, zoom into Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, or Denmark, and watch hand-picked destinations bloom right where they live — each with an editorial story, live weather, and the spots worth walking to.
It’s offline-first by design: every destination, story, and photo ships inside the app, so a fresh install works on a plane. Cloud backup and public photo sharing exist, but only if you ask — no accounts, no tracking, off by default.
Highlights
- A real-time globe rendered with Skia at 60fps — inertia when you fling it, a gentle drift when you let it rest
- 45 hand-curated destinations with editorial stories, live weather, and walkable city spots
- Photo memories: pin your own travel photos (and videos) to places, keep them private, or share favourites to a public feed
- Opt-in cloud: anonymous backup that upgrades to a Google account only when you want your memories to follow you to a new phone
- Live editorial content delivered over the air — new places arrive without an app update, and still work offline afterwards
Technologies
- App: React Native (Expo), React Native Skia, Reanimated worklets
- Backend: Supabase (EU) — Postgres with row-level security, Auth, Storage, Edge Functions
- Content pipeline: Wikimedia Commons imagery, license-gated, with in-app attribution