Terms

The plain-English rules for using Owlabout. Last updated 10 November 2026.

What Owlabout is

A free tool that suggests a night out: a few places in one neighbourhood, in an order you can walk. It’s a suggestion, not a booking. We don’t own, run, check or get paid by any of the places it suggests.

Check before you go

Venue details come from OpenStreetMap, the free map anyone can edit, and from votes by people who used the app. Places close, change their hours, move or get busy. We do our best, but we can’t promise a place is open, still exists, has space, or is what you expect. Check before you go, especially if a plan says hours aren’t listed.

Look after yourselves

Many suggestions serve alcohol. Only go to them if you’re old enough where you are, drink responsibly, plan how you’ll get home, and follow local laws and the venue’s rules. Walking times are estimates and routes open in Google Maps; take care at night and use your own judgement about where you walk.

Group plans

Anyone with a group plan’s link can see it, the first names of people who joined, and the vote totals. Only share links with people you’d invite. Use your real first name or a nickname, nothing offensive and not someone else’s. Votes should be honest: whether you’d go back to a place you actually went to.

We may remove names, votes or plans that are offensive, fake or spammy, and limit or block use that tries to game rankings or overload the service.

No guarantees

Owlabout is provided as it is, for free. It may be unavailable, change, or have mistakes. As far as the law allows, we aren’t responsible for what happens on a night out you planned with it, or for losses from relying on its suggestions. Nothing here limits rights you have that the law says can’t be limited.

Credits

Venue and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Map tiles by OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles. Weather forecasts from MET Norway (the Norwegian Meteorological Institute), under CC BY 4.0, summarised by us.

Changes and contact

We’ll update these terms as the app changes, and change the date at the top when we do. Questions: hello@getowlabout.com. See also our privacy page.