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Use the world's best canoe database for your paddling trips. Learn about the waters, track your trips and plan new ones. The TouchingCode and the German Canoe Federation presentcanua, the app for everyone who travels the rivers, lakes and canals of Europe by canoe, kayak and stand-up paddle.

Canua is free in the basic version and available for iOS and Android. More functions are available with Edition PLUS.

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Keeping an eye on everything on the water

By paddlers for paddlers

The best source of information for paddling

The precise water body information and Canua's detailed maps contain everything you need to plan, record and navigate a paddle and inspire others.

Get acurate river descriptions and courses to the kilometre, easily find launching and landing points, weirs, locks, and other obstacles as well as campsites and touristic spots and much more. Paddling tours and paddling regions are always at hand and up-to-date with Canua.

The rivers and lakes of Europe are waiting for you.

Canua offers general information and local details on more than 4000 paddleable waters in over 20 countries in Europe, with new rivers, canals, lakes and waters being added all the time.

For example, in addition to the waters of Germany and neighboring countries, the rivers of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Great Britain, Spain, the Baltic countries and Corsica are included, as well as the 2850 km long course of the Danube from its source to its mouth in the Black Sea.

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This is canua

Uwe is planning a tour on the Lahn loop near Weilburg (in German language)

Leading Information System for Paddling

Find over 150,000 geopoints of water knowledge on the map. These are the entry points to tour planning, navigation and orientation.

Browse through more than 5000 waters and get the best most up-to-date information for your paddling.

Record paddling

Record your movements directly with the GPS of your smartphone an create tracks of you trips.

A few changes in the settings and your phone creates excellent tracks of your paddle and stand-up trips. You can transfer them to your electronic logbook at the DKV.

Plan your paddling

Set a route in the map and then paddle according to it.

Simply use the geopoints as start and finish of your paddling or set A and B freely on the water. Add stopovers to sharpen the route and see how many kilometers it is and how long it will take you.

Join the paddling database

Participate and keep the paddling information system even more up-to-date. Just enter your feedback directly at each geopoint and each water body.

All messages are processed by the DKV water editorial team and the changes appear in canua in no time.

Water catalog

In the alphabetically ordered water catalog, you will immediately find all the waters you love and the ones you will love.

The water catalog knows all spellings and all names of the waters. Browse the list or search specifically and find great paddling destinations.

Attract more people to the water

Share your planned route and recorded tracks with others and invite them to join you on the water.

Canua automatically creates for you a description of the route with the most relevant geopoints and a map section.

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Not all features are available on all platforms, some features require the canua Edition PLUS. More information about the Edition PLUS including a feature overview is available here.

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