app/components/place-details.gjs

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import Component from '@glimmer/component';
 import { fn } from '@ember/helper';
 import { on } from '@ember/modifier';
 import { humanizeOsmTag } from '../utils/format-text';
+import { getLocalizedName } from '../utils/osm';
 import Icon from '../components/icon';
 import PlaceEditForm from './place-edit-form';
 
@@ -22,8 +23,7 @@ export default class PlaceDetails extends Component {
   get name() {
     return (
       this.place.title ||
-      this.tags.name ||
-      this.tags['name:en'] ||
+      getLocalizedName(this.tags) ||
       'Unnamed Place'
     );
   }

app/components/places-sidebar.gjs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import or from 'ember-truth-helpers/helpers/or';
 import PlaceDetails from './place-details';
 import Icon from './icon';
 import humanizeOsmTag from '../helpers/humanize-osm-tag';
+import { getLocalizedName } from '../utils/osm';
 
 export default class PlacesSidebar extends Component {
   @service storage;
@@ -85,8 +86,7 @@ export default class PlacesSidebar extends Component {
     } else {
       // It's a fresh POI -> Save it
       const placeData = {
-        title:
-          place.osmTags.name || place.osmTags['name:en'] || 'Untitled Place',
+        title: getLocalizedName(place.osmTags, 'Untitled Place'),
         lat: place.lat,
         lon: place.lon,
         tags: [],

app/services/osm.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Service, { service } from '@ember/service';
+import { getLocalizedName } from '../utils/osm';
 
 export default class OsmService extends Service {
   @service settings;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ out center;
 
   normalizePoi(poi) {
     return {
-      title: poi.tags?.name || poi.tags?.['name:en'] || 'Untitled Place',
+      title: getLocalizedName(poi.tags),
       lat: poi.lat || poi.center?.lat,
       lon: poi.lon || poi.center?.lon,
       url: poi.tags?.website,

app/utils/osm.js

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+export function getLocalizedName(tags, defaultName = 'Untitled Place') {
+  if (!tags) return defaultName;
+
+  // 1. Get user's preferred languages
+  const languages = navigator.languages || [navigator.language || 'en'];
+
+  // 2. Try to find a match for each preferred language
+  for (const lang of languages) {
+    if (!lang) continue;
+
+    // Handle "en-US", "de-DE", etc. -> look for "name:en", "name:de"
+    const shortLang = lang.split('-')[0];
+    const tagKey = `name:${shortLang}`;
+
+    if (tags[tagKey]) {
+      return tags[tagKey];
+    }
+  }
+
+  // 3. Fallback to standard "name"
+  if (tags.name) {
+    return tags.name;
+  }
+
+  // 4. Fallback to "name:en" (common in international places without local name)
+  if (tags['name:en']) {
+    return tags['name:en'];
+  }
+
+  // 5. Final fallback
+  return defaultName;
+}