diff --git a/frontend/search/components/config/defaultColumnGroups.ts b/frontend/search/components/config/defaultColumnGroups.ts
index f7b001b..c4b563c 100644
--- a/frontend/search/components/config/defaultColumnGroups.ts
+++ b/frontend/search/components/config/defaultColumnGroups.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const groups = [
   { name: 'contactStatus', header: 'Contact Status' },
   { name: 'offerStatus', header: 'Offer Status' },
   { name: 'locationCoarse', header: 'Location' },
+  { name: 'distance', group: 'locationCoarse', header: 'Distance' },
   { name: 'time', header: 'Time' },
   { name: 'features', header: 'Limitations / Features' },
   { name: 'animals', group: 'features', header: 'Animals' },
diff --git a/frontend/search/components/config/defaultColumnRawDefinition.ts b/frontend/search/components/config/defaultColumnRawDefinition.ts
index 02ecdbe..28dee3d 100644
--- a/frontend/search/components/config/defaultColumnRawDefinition.ts
+++ b/frontend/search/components/config/defaultColumnRawDefinition.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ const columnsRaw: ColumnRaw[] = [
     "editable": true,
     "defaultWidth": 400
   },
+  {
+    "name": "place_distance",
+    "group": "distance",
+    "header": "km",
+    "type": "number",
+    "defaultWidth": 105
+  },
   {
     "name": "place_country",
     "group": "locationCoarse",
diff --git a/frontend/search/components/ngo/HostOfferLookupWrapper.tsx b/frontend/search/components/ngo/HostOfferLookupWrapper.tsx
index ade3e8a..831b5cb 100644
--- a/frontend/search/components/ngo/HostOfferLookupWrapper.tsx
+++ b/frontend/search/components/ngo/HostOfferLookupWrapper.tsx
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next'
 import { Login, useAuthStore } from '../Login'
 import { useLeafletStore } from './LeafletStore'
 import { filterUndefOrNull } from '../util/notEmpty'
+import { haversine_distance } from '../util/distance'
 
 type HostOfferLookupWrapperProps = Partial<HostOfferLookupTableProps>
 
+function floor(v: number|undefined) {
+  return v && Math.floor(v)
+}
+
 const HostOfferLookupWrapper = (props: HostOfferLookupWrapperProps) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const auth = useAuthStore()
@@ -20,17 +25,20 @@ const HostOfferLookupWrapper = (props: HostOfferLookupWrapperProps) => {
   const {data: data_ro} = queryResult_ro
   const {data: data_rw} = queryResult_rw
 
-  const leafletStore = useLeafletStore()
+  const {setMarkers, center} = useLeafletStore()
   useEffect(() => {
     const markers = data_ro?.get_offers?.map(row => (row.id && row.place_lon && row.place_lat
-						            && ({id: row.id,
+                                                            && ({id: row.id,
                                                                  lat: row.place_lat,
                                                                  lng: row.place_lon,
                                                                  radius: 1000,  // TODO
                                                                  content: 'TODO'}) || undefined))
-    leafletStore.setMarkers(filterUndefOrNull(markers))
+    setMarkers(filterUndefOrNull(markers))
   }, [data_ro])
 
+  const data_ro_withDistance = data_ro?.get_offers?.map(r => ({...r,
+                                                               place_distance: floor(haversine_distance(center?.lat, center?.lng, r.place_lat, r.place_lon))}))
+
   return <>
     <Box sx={{
         display: 'flex',
@@ -48,7 +56,7 @@ const HostOfferLookupWrapper = (props: HostOfferLookupWrapperProps) => {
           style={{flex: '1 1', height: '100%'}}>
             <HostOfferLookupTable
               {...props}
-              data_ro={data_ro.get_offers}
+              data_ro={data_ro_withDistance}
               data_rw={data_rw?.get_rw}
               refetch_rw={queryResult_rw.refetch}
             />
diff --git a/frontend/search/components/ngo/LeafletMap.tsx b/frontend/search/components/ngo/LeafletMap.tsx
index 8ee9e93..3ac6608 100644
--- a/frontend/search/components/ngo/LeafletMap.tsx
+++ b/frontend/search/components/ngo/LeafletMap.tsx
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@ import { useLeafletStore } from './LeafletStore'
 type LeafletMapProps = {onBoundsChange?: (bounds: L.LatLngBounds) => void}
 
 const BoundsChangeListener = ({onBoundsChange}: {onBoundsChange?: (bounds: L.LatLngBounds) => void}) => {
+  const leafletStore = useLeafletStore()
+
   const map = useMap()
 
   const updateBounds = useCallback(
     () => {
+      leafletStore.setCenter(map.getCenter())
+
+      // onBoundsChange is unused at the moment
       onBoundsChange && onBoundsChange(
         map.getBounds()
       )
diff --git a/frontend/search/components/ngo/LeafletStore.tsx b/frontend/search/components/ngo/LeafletStore.tsx
index 46a2b26..ac53dc5 100644
--- a/frontend/search/components/ngo/LeafletStore.tsx
+++ b/frontend/search/components/ngo/LeafletStore.tsx
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
 import create from 'zustand'
+import * as L from 'leaflet'
 
-export interface Marker
- {id: string,
+export interface Marker {
+  id: string,
   lat: number,
   lng: number,
   radius: number,  // in meters
   content: string  // TODO react-child?
- }
+}
 
 export interface LeafletState {
- markers: Marker[] 
- setMarkers: (markers: Marker[]) => void
+  center: L.LatLng|null  // at the moment not used for setting the maps center, but only for distance calculation onBoundsChange
+  setCenter: (center: L.LatLng) => void
+  markers: Marker[]
+  setMarkers: (markers: Marker[]) => void
 }
 
 export const useLeafletStore = create<LeafletState>(set => ({
+  center: null,
+  setCenter: center => set( _orig => ({center}) ),
   markers: [],
-  setMarkers: (markers: Marker[]) => set( _orig => ({markers}) )
+  setMarkers: markers => set( _orig => ({markers}) )
 }))
diff --git a/frontend/search/components/util/distance.ts b/frontend/search/components/util/distance.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64d8958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/search/components/util/distance.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export type lon=number|null|undefined
+export type lat=number|null|undefined
+
+/** optimization by https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5260423/torad-javascript-function-throwing-error/21623256#21623256 **/
+export function haversine_distance(lat1:lat, lon1: lon, lat2:lat, lon2:lon) {
+  if(lat1 && lon1 && lat2 && lon2) {
+    var R = 6371 // Radius of the earth in km
+    var dLat = (lat2 - lat1) * Math.PI / 180  // deg2rad below
+    var dLon = (lon2 - lon1) * Math.PI / 180
+    var a = 0.5 - Math.cos(dLat)/2 +
+            Math.cos(lat1 * Math.PI / 180) * Math.cos(lat2 * Math.PI / 180) * (1 - Math.cos(dLon))/2
+    return R * 2 * Math.asin(Math.sqrt(a))
+  }
+}