Endlech.lu vs Wheelmap
One traffic light for the world against eight features for one country
Endlech.lu fits if …
you want to know more than “can I get in” — door width, table spacing, assistance dogs, lighting, opening hours — and you are looking in Luxembourg.
Wheelmap fits if …
you are travelling, outside Luxembourg, or looking for something other than a restaurant: a station, a pharmacy, a cinema, a museum.
The two do not rule each other out — most people use more than one tool anyway.
Feature by feature
| Feature | Endlech.lu | Wheelmap |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility data | ||
| Step-free entrance | Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own | Yes — the traffic light: green means entrance and all rooms step-free, yellow at most one step up to 7 cm Source 1 |
| Accessible toilet | Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own | Yes — a separate toilet status, set independently of the traffic light Source 1 |
| Assistance dogs welcome | Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own | Yes — asked when a new place is added Source 1 |
| Accessible parking space | Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own | No — deliberately not shown — it is unclear whether they are private or public Source 1 |
| Door width in centimetres | Yes — recorded as a number where measured — 90 cm is the benchmark | No — 90 cm is a criterion for the toilet status, not an input field; door widths end up as free text Source 1 |
| Space between tables in centimetres | Yes — recorded as a number where measured — 90 cm is the benchmark | No — indoors, only step-free access is rated Source 1 |
| Bright lighting | Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own | No — part of the open A11yJSON standard, but not of the map Source 2 |
| Baby changing table | Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own | No — part of the open A11yJSON standard, but not of the map Source 2 |
| Filterable by individual feature | Yes — fourteen filters, combined freely | Partly — by traffic-light level and place type; a list view is missing and named as an open item Source 1 |
| Where the data comes from | ||
| Criteria publicly documented | Yes — on the criteria page, scoring formula included | Yes — the traffic-light criteria including the 7 cm limit are in the FAQ Source 1 |
| Checked on site | Yes — venues we visited carry a verification mark | Partly — the person adding the entry checks on site — a check by the team is not provided for Source 1 |
| Reviewed before publication | Yes — every submission is checked before it appears | No — no approval step; only the photos are moderated Source 1 |
| Coverage and currency | ||
| Venues listed in Luxembourg | Yes — 3 venues, Luxembourg only | Yes — over one million rated places worldwide; Wheelmap gives no figure for Luxembourg Source 3 |
| Available worldwide | No — Luxembourg only, deliberately | Yes — worldwide, about a third of rated places outside Germany Source 3 |
| Opening hours | Yes — several time slots per day, an “open now” filter | No — not recorded — each place has the traffic light and the toilet status Source 1 |
| Available in Luxembourgish | Yes — yes — Luxembourgish is the default language | No — 32 to 33 languages including French; Luxembourgish is not among them Source 4 |
| Openness and business model | ||
| Dataset free to download | Yes — CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0, no sign-up | Yes — under ODbL via OpenStreetMap, plus an open interface Source 1 |
| Source code open | Yes — all of it on GitHub, MIT licence | Yes — front end under the MIT licence on GitHub Source 5 |
| Own figures published | Yes — listings, coverage and finances on the transparency page | Yes — annual figures on the Sozialhelden transparency page Source 6 |
Accessibility data
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Step-free entrance
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own
- Wheelmap
- Yes — the traffic light: green means entrance and all rooms step-free, yellow at most one step up to 7 cm Source 1
-
Accessible toilet
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own
- Wheelmap
- Yes — a separate toilet status, set independently of the traffic light Source 1
-
Assistance dogs welcome
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own
- Wheelmap
- Yes — asked when a new place is added Source 1
-
Accessible parking space
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own
- Wheelmap
- No — deliberately not shown — it is unclear whether they are private or public Source 1
-
Door width in centimetres
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — recorded as a number where measured — 90 cm is the benchmark
- Wheelmap
- No — 90 cm is a criterion for the toilet status, not an input field; door widths end up as free text Source 1
-
Space between tables in centimetres
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — recorded as a number where measured — 90 cm is the benchmark
- Wheelmap
- No — indoors, only step-free access is rated Source 1
-
Bright lighting
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own
- Wheelmap
- No — part of the open A11yJSON standard, but not of the map Source 2
-
Baby changing table
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — recorded as a feature, filterable on its own
- Wheelmap
- No — part of the open A11yJSON standard, but not of the map Source 2
-
Filterable by individual feature
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — fourteen filters, combined freely
- Wheelmap
- Partly — by traffic-light level and place type; a list view is missing and named as an open item Source 1
Where the data comes from
-
Criteria publicly documented
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — on the criteria page, scoring formula included
- Wheelmap
- Yes — the traffic-light criteria including the 7 cm limit are in the FAQ Source 1
-
Checked on site
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — venues we visited carry a verification mark
- Wheelmap
- Partly — the person adding the entry checks on site — a check by the team is not provided for Source 1
-
Reviewed before publication
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — every submission is checked before it appears
- Wheelmap
- No — no approval step; only the photos are moderated Source 1
Coverage and currency
-
Venues listed in Luxembourg
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — 3 venues, Luxembourg only
- Wheelmap
- Yes — over one million rated places worldwide; Wheelmap gives no figure for Luxembourg Source 3
-
Available worldwide
- Endlech.lu
- No — Luxembourg only, deliberately
- Wheelmap
- Yes — worldwide, about a third of rated places outside Germany Source 3
-
Opening hours
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — several time slots per day, an “open now” filter
- Wheelmap
- No — not recorded — each place has the traffic light and the toilet status Source 1
-
Available in Luxembourgish
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — yes — Luxembourgish is the default language
- Wheelmap
- No — 32 to 33 languages including French; Luxembourgish is not among them Source 4
Openness and business model
-
Dataset free to download
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0, no sign-up
- Wheelmap
- Yes — under ODbL via OpenStreetMap, plus an open interface Source 1
-
Source code open
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — all of it on GitHub, MIT licence
- Wheelmap
- Yes — front end under the MIT licence on GitHub Source 5
-
Own figures published
- Endlech.lu
- Yes — listings, coverage and finances on the transparency page
- Wheelmap
- Yes — annual figures on the Sozialhelden transparency page Source 6
Sources
All statements about Wheelmap come from its own documentation.
- [1] Wheelmap: frequently asked questions — https://news.wheelmap.org/faq/ (checked on August 28, 2026)
- [2] A11yJSON: the Sozialhelden open data standard — https://github.com/sozialhelden/a11yjson (checked on August 28, 2026)
- [3] Wheelmap: press information (as of October 2024) — https://news.wheelmap.org/wheelmap-presse-information/ (checked on August 28, 2026)
- [4] About Wheelmap — https://news.wheelmap.org/ueber-wheelmap/ (checked on August 28, 2026)
- [5] Wheelmap front end on GitHub — https://github.com/sozialhelden/wheelmap-frontend (checked on August 28, 2026)
- [6] Sozialhelden: transparency — https://sozialhelden.de/legal/transparenz (checked on August 28, 2026)
When Wheelmap is the better choice
- Wheelmap works worldwide and for everything. 180 place types in twelve categories — station, pharmacy, cinema, museum. Endlech.lu knows restaurants in Luxembourg and nothing else.
- Every rating flows back into OpenStreetMap and is available to everyone there. That is more openness than a dataset of our own can offer.
- Contributing needs no account. No sign-up, no waiting for approval — you stand at the door, tap the colour, done.
- Over a million rated places and a community going back to 2010, plus apps for iPhone and Android. We are only starting.
Common questions
Is Wheelmap not the same thing as Endlech.lu?
No. Wheelmap answers “can I get in?” — worldwide, for any kind of place, with a traffic light. We answer “what is it like inside?” — for restaurants in Luxembourg, with eight features and centimetres. The traffic light is exactly the right tool for a worldwide overview; it is only too coarse for deciding whether you can go to this restaurant tonight.
Why not simply build on Wheelmap?
In part we do: our data is open, as theirs is. But the traffic light has three levels and the 7 cm limit; we need eight individually filterable features, opening hours and measurements. Those fields do not exist there — on Wheelmap, door widths sit in a free-text comment.
Wheelmap is non-profit and open too — so where is the difference?
In the depth per place and in the checking. Wheelmap publishes immediately what someone enters; with us every submission is looked at before it appears, and what we checked ourselves carries a mark. That is slower and covers less. Both are a choice, not a superiority.
Which of the two should I use?
Both. Wheelmap for the overview and for everything outside Luxembourg, us for the detail beforehand. We recommend Wheelmap without reservation — the Sozialhelden have been doing this since 2010, and they do it well.
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