diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 552abf8..3132bdf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ nbproject/
 /dist
 brouter-web.*.zip
 yarn-error.log
+package-lock.json
diff --git a/css/style.css b/css/style.css
index c0ec359..05ec624 100644
--- a/css/style.css
+++ b/css/style.css
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ input#trackname:focus:invalid {
 .routing-draw-enabled {
     cursor: crosshair;
 }
+.pois-draw-enabled {
+    cursor: cell;
+}
 
 #map {
     /* center error message horizontally */
diff --git a/js/control/Export.js b/js/control/Export.js
index d876585..97e89c1 100644
--- a/js/control/Export.js
+++ b/js/control/Export.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 BR.Export = L.Class.extend({
     latLngs: [],
 
-    initialize: function(router) {
+    initialize: function(router, pois) {
         this.router = router;
+        this.pois = pois;
         this.exportButton = $('#exportButton');
         var trackname = (this.trackname = document.getElementById('trackname'));
         this.tracknameAllowedChars = BR.conf.tracknameAllowedChars;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ BR.Export = L.Class.extend({
         var name = encodeURIComponent(exportForm['trackname'].value);
         var includeWaypoints = exportForm['include-waypoints'].checked;
 
-        var uri = this.router.getUrl(this.latLngs, format, name, includeWaypoints);
+        var uri = this.router.getUrl(this.latLngs, this.pois.getMarkers(), format, name, includeWaypoints);
 
         var evt = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
         evt.initMouseEvent('click', true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null);
diff --git a/js/index.js b/js/index.js
index acca70e..ef8582d 100644
--- a/js/index.js
+++ b/js/index.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
             sidebar,
             drawButton,
             deleteRouteButton,
-            drawToolbar,
+            pois,
             urlHash,
             saveWarningShown = false;
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
             function() {
                 bootbox.prompt({
                     size: 'small',
-                    title: i18next.t('map.delete-route-nogos'),
+                    title: i18next.t('map.clear-route'),
                     inputType: 'checkbox',
                     inputOptions: [
                         {
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
                         {
                             text: i18next.t('map.delete-nogo-areas'),
                             value: 'nogo'
+                        },
+                        {
+                            text: i18next.t('map.delete-pois'),
+                            value: 'pois'
                         }
                     ],
                     value: ['route'],
@@ -114,13 +118,16 @@
                             if (result.indexOf('nogo') !== -1) {
                                 nogos.clear();
                             }
+                            if (result.indexOf('pois') !== -1) {
+                                pois.clear();
+                            }
                             onUpdate();
                             urlHash.onMapMove();
                         }
                     }
                 });
             },
-            i18next.t('map.delete-route-nogos')
+            i18next.t('map.clear-route')
         );
 
         function updateRoute(evt) {
@@ -160,7 +167,6 @@
         } else {
             stats = new BR.TrackStats();
         }
-        exportRoute = new BR.Export(router);
         elevation = new BR.Elevation();
 
         profile = new BR.Profile();
@@ -205,6 +211,12 @@
             styles: BR.conf.routingStyles
         });
 
+        pois = new BR.PoiMarkers({
+            routing: routing
+        });
+
+        exportRoute = new BR.Export(router, pois);
+
         routing.on('routing:routeWaypointEnd routing:setWaypointsEnd', function(evt) {
             search.clear();
             onUpdate(evt && evt.err);
@@ -245,6 +257,8 @@
         routing.addTo(map);
         elevation.addBelow(map);
 
+        pois.addTo(map);
+
         sidebar = BR.sidebar({
             defaultTabId: BR.conf.transit ? 'tab_itinerary' : 'tab_profile',
             listeningTabs: {
@@ -257,13 +271,7 @@
         }
 
         nogos.addTo(map);
-        L.easyBar([
-            drawButton,
-            reverseRouteButton,
-            nogos.getButton(),
-            deletePointButton,
-            deleteRouteButton
-        ]).addTo(map);
+        L.easyBar([drawButton, reverseRouteButton, nogos.getButton(), deletePointButton, deleteRouteButton]).addTo(map);
         nogos.preventRoutePointOnCreate(routing);
 
         if (BR.keys.strava) {
@@ -304,6 +312,7 @@
                 return p;
             };
             if (url == null) return;
+
             var opts = router.parseUrlParams(url2params(url));
             router.setOptions(opts);
             routingOptions.setOptions(opts);
@@ -315,6 +324,10 @@
                 routing.clear();
                 routing.setWaypoints(opts.lonlats);
             }
+
+            if (opts.pois) {
+                pois.setMarkers(opts.pois);
+            }
         };
 
         var onInvalidHashChangeCb = function(params) {
@@ -327,9 +340,13 @@
 
         // do not initialize immediately
         urlHash = new L.Hash(null, null);
+        // this callback is used to append anything in URL after L.Hash wrote #map=zoom/lat/lng/layer
         urlHash.additionalCb = function() {
-            var url = router.getUrl(routing.getWaypoints(), null).substr('brouter?'.length + 1);
+            var url = router.getUrl(routing.getWaypoints(), pois.getMarkers(), null).substr('brouter?'.length + 1);
+
+            // by default brouter use | as separator. To make URL more human-readable, we remplace them with ; for users
             url = url.replace(/\|/g, ';');
+
             return url.length > 0 ? '&' + url : null;
         };
         urlHash.onHashChangeCb = onHashChangeCb;
@@ -346,6 +363,7 @@
 
         routingOptions.on('update', urlHash.onMapMove, urlHash);
         nogos.on('update', urlHash.onMapMove, urlHash);
+        pois.on('update', urlHash.onMapMove, urlHash);
         // waypoint add, move, delete (but last)
         routing.on('routing:routeWaypointEnd', urlHash.onMapMove, urlHash);
         // delete last waypoint
@@ -394,6 +412,8 @@
             });
     }
 
+    L.AwesomeMarkers.Icon.prototype.options.prefix = 'fa';
+
     i18next
         .use(window.i18nextXHRBackend)
         .use(window.i18nextBrowserLanguageDetector)
diff --git a/js/plugin/POIMarkers.js b/js/plugin/POIMarkers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3052818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/plugin/POIMarkers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+BR.PoiMarkers = L.Control.extend({
+    markersLayer: null,
+
+    options: {
+        routing: null,
+        shortcut: {
+            draw: {
+                enable: 80, // char code for 'p'
+                disable: 27 // char code for 'ESC'
+            }
+        }
+    },
+
+    onAdd: function(map) {
+        var self = this;
+
+        this.map = map;
+        this.markersLayer = L.layerGroup([]).addTo(map);
+
+        this.drawButton = L.easyButton({
+            states: [
+                {
+                    stateName: 'activate-poi',
+                    icon: 'fa-hand-o-right',
+                    onClick: function() {
+                        self.draw(true);
+                    },
+                    title: i18next.t('map.draw-poi-start')
+                },
+                {
+                    stateName: 'deactivate-poi',
+                    icon: 'fa-hand-o-right active',
+                    onClick: function() {
+                        self.draw(false);
+                    },
+                    title: i18next.t('map.draw-poi-stop')
+                }
+            ]
+        }).addTo(map);
+
+        map.on('routing:draw-start', function() {
+            self.draw(false);
+        });
+
+        var container = new L.DomUtil.create('div');
+        // keys not working when map container does not have focus, use document instead
+        L.DomEvent.removeListener(container, 'keyup', this._keyupListener);
+        L.DomEvent.addListener(document, 'keyup', this._keyupListener, this);
+
+        return container;
+    },
+
+    draw: function(enable) {
+        this.drawButton.state(enable ? 'deactivate-poi' : 'activate-poi');
+        if (enable) {
+            this.options.routing.draw(false);
+            this.map.on('click', this.onMapClick, this);
+            L.DomUtil.addClass(this.map.getContainer(), 'pois-draw-enabled');
+        } else {
+            this.map.off('click', this.onMapClick, this);
+            L.DomUtil.removeClass(this.map.getContainer(), 'pois-draw-enabled');
+        }
+    },
+
+    _keyupListener: function(e) {
+        // Suppress shortcut handling when a text input field is focussed
+        if (document.activeElement.type == 'text' || document.activeElement.type == 'textarea') {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (e.keyCode === this.options.shortcut.draw.disable) {
+            this.draw(false);
+        } else if (e.keyCode === this.options.shortcut.draw.enable) {
+            this.draw(true);
+        }
+    },
+
+    onMapClick: function(e) {
+        var self = this;
+        bootbox.prompt({
+            title: i18next.t('map.enter-poi-name'),
+            callback: function(result) {
+                if (result !== null) {
+                    self.addMarker(e.latlng, result);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    },
+
+    addMarker: function(latlng, name) {
+        // this method must only be used to sanitize for textContent.
+        // do NOT use it to sanitize any attribute,
+        // see https://web.archive.org/web/20121208091505/http://benv.ca/2012/10/4/you-are-probably-misusing-DOM-text-methods/
+        var sanitizeHTMLContent = function(str) {
+            var temp = document.createElement('div');
+            temp.textContent = str;
+            return temp.innerHTML;
+        };
+
+        var icon = L.AwesomeMarkers.icon({
+            icon: 'star',
+            markerColor: 'cadetblue'
+        });
+        var content = sanitizeHTMLContent(name) + '<br>';
+        content += "<button id='remove-poi-marker' class='btn btn-secondary'><i class='fa fa-trash'></i></button>";
+
+        var self = this;
+        var marker = L.marker(latlng, { icon: icon, draggable: true, name: name })
+            .bindPopup(content)
+            .on('dragend', function() {
+                self.fire('update');
+            })
+            .on('popupopen', function() {
+                $('#remove-poi-marker').on('click', function(e) {
+                    self.markersLayer.removeLayer(marker);
+                    e.preventDefault();
+                    self.fire('update');
+                });
+            })
+            .addTo(this.markersLayer);
+    },
+
+    clear: function() {
+        this.markersLayer.clearLayers();
+    },
+
+    setMarkers: function(latLngNames) {
+        this.clear();
+
+        if (!latLngNames) return;
+
+        for (var i = 0; i < latLngNames.length; i++) {
+            var r = latLngNames[i];
+            this.addMarker(r.latlng, r.name);
+        }
+    },
+
+    getMarkers: function() {
+        return this.markersLayer.getLayers().map(function(it) {
+            return {
+                latlng: it._latlng,
+                name: it.options.name
+            };
+        });
+    }
+});
+
+BR.PoiMarkers.include(L.Evented.prototype);
diff --git a/js/router/BRouter.js b/js/router/BRouter.js
index 71469fb..878bf96 100644
--- a/js/router/BRouter.js
+++ b/js/router/BRouter.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
         L.setOptions(this, options);
     },
 
-    getUrlParams: function(latLngs, format) {
+    getUrlParams: function(latLngs, pois, format) {
         params = {};
         if (this._getLonLatsString(latLngs) != null) params.lonlats = this._getLonLatsString(latLngs);
 
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
 
         if (this.options.profile != null) params.profile = this.options.profile;
 
+        if (pois && this._getLonLatsNameString(pois) != null) params.pois = this._getLonLatsNameString(pois);
+
         params.alternativeidx = this.options.alternative;
 
         if (format != null) {
@@ -91,15 +93,18 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
         if (params.profile) {
             opts.profile = params.profile;
         }
+        if (params.pois) {
+            opts.pois = this._parseLonLatNames(params.pois);
+        }
         return opts;
     },
 
-    getUrl: function(latLngs, format, trackname, exportWaypoints) {
-        var urlParams = this.getUrlParams(latLngs, format);
-
+    getUrl: function(latLngs, pois, format, trackname, exportWaypoints) {
+        var urlParams = this.getUrlParams(latLngs, pois, format);
         var args = [];
         if (urlParams.lonlats != null && urlParams.lonlats.length > 0)
             args.push(L.Util.template('lonlats={lonlats}', urlParams));
+        if (urlParams.pois != null && urlParams.pois.length > 0) args.push(L.Util.template('pois={pois}', urlParams));
         if (urlParams.nogos != null) args.push(L.Util.template('nogos={nogos}', urlParams));
         if (urlParams.polylines != null) args.push(L.Util.template('polylines={polylines}', urlParams));
         if (urlParams.polygons != null) args.push(L.Util.template('polygons={polygons}', urlParams));
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
     },
 
     getRoute: function(latLngs, cb) {
-        var url = this.getUrl(latLngs, 'geojson'),
+        var url = this.getUrl(latLngs, null, 'geojson'),
             xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
 
         if (!url) {
@@ -231,6 +236,39 @@ L.BRouter = L.Class.extend({
         return lonlats;
     },
 
+    _getLonLatsNameString: function(latLngNames) {
+        var s = '';
+        for (var i = 0; i < latLngNames.length; i++) {
+            s += this._formatLatLng(latLngNames[i].latlng);
+            s += L.BRouter.NUMBER_SEPARATOR;
+            s += encodeURIComponent(latLngNames[i].name);
+
+            if (i < latLngNames.length - 1) {
+                s += L.BRouter.GROUP_SEPARATOR;
+            }
+        }
+        return s;
+    },
+
+    _parseLonLatNames: function(s) {
+        var groups,
+            part,
+            lonlatnames = [];
+
+        if (!s) {
+            return lonlatnames;
+        }
+
+        groups = s.split(L.BRouter.GROUP_SEPARATOR);
+        for (var i = 0; i < groups.length; i++) {
+            // lng,lat,name
+            part = groups[i].split(L.BRouter.NUMBER_SEPARATOR);
+            lonlatnames.push({ latlng: L.latLng(part[1], part[0]), name: decodeURIComponent(part[2]) });
+        }
+
+        return lonlatnames;
+    },
+
     _getNogosString: function(nogos) {
         var s = '';
         for (var i = 0, circle; i < nogos.length; i++) {
diff --git a/locales/en.json b/locales/en.json
index e4a6a10..4fce696 100644
--- a/locales/en.json
+++ b/locales/en.json
@@ -76,14 +76,18 @@
   "map": {
     "attribution-osm-long": "OpenStreetMap contributors",
     "attribution-osm-short": "OpenStreetMap",
+    "clear-route": "Clear route data",
     "copyright": "Copyright",
     "cycling": "Cycling",
     "delete-last-point": "Delete last point",
     "delete-nogo-areas": "Delete all no-go areas",
+    "delete-pois": "Delete all points of interest",
     "delete-route": "Delete route",
-    "delete-route-nogos": "Delete route and nogos",
+    "draw-poi-start": "Draw points of interest (P key)",
+    "draw-poi-stop": "Stop drawing points of interest (ESC key)",
     "draw-route-start": "Draw route (D key)",
     "draw-route-stop": "Stop drawing route (ESC key)",
+    "enter-poi-name": "Enter Point of Interest name",
     "hikebike-hillshading": "Hillshading",
     "hiking": "Hiking",
     "layer": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0a1449a..93b6ab2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
         "leaflet-routing": "nrenner/leaflet-routing#dev",
         "leaflet-sidebar-v2": "nrenner/leaflet-sidebar-v2#dev",
         "leaflet-triangle-marker": "^1.0.1",
+        "leaflet.awesome-markers": "^2.0.5",
         "leaflet.locatecontrol": "^0.60.0",
         "leaflet.snogylop": "^0.4.0",
         "leaflet.stravasegments": "2.3.2",
@@ -175,6 +176,13 @@
         "leaflet.stravasegments": {
             "main": "dist/index.js"
         },
+        "leaflet.awesome-markers": {
+            "main": [
+                "dist/leaflet.awesome-markers.js",
+                "dist/leaflet.awesome-markers.css",
+                "dist/images/*.png"
+            ]
+        },
         "font-awesome": {
             "main": [
                 "css/font-awesome.css",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 70417ee..05b9746 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4453,6 +4453,11 @@ leaflet-triangle-marker@^1.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/leaflet-triangle-marker/-/leaflet-triangle-marker-1.0.1.tgz#0775ee4903c6c0b71b20023dfb295dfc026bc23d"
   integrity sha512-nK2Wtp5tUPwg9STrE78oKLQJvcDZTMU5i+4la1zhHZKZcjoTl9oVVd0f6keMx+wN70IiHsoDkHCFzIiVcCs9eQ==
 
+leaflet.awesome-markers@^2.0.5:
+  version "2.0.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/leaflet.awesome-markers/-/leaflet.awesome-markers-2.0.5.tgz#b7b0210d87e2566359bf478c1ab3ab07c7246f30"
+  integrity sha512-Ne/xDjkGyaujwNVVkv2tyXQUV0ZW7gZ0Mo0FuQY4jp2qWrvXi0hwDBvmZyF/8YOvybyMabTMM/mFWCTd1jZIQA==
+
 leaflet.locatecontrol@^0.60.0:
   version "0.60.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/leaflet.locatecontrol/-/leaflet.locatecontrol-0.60.0.tgz#fc7be657ca9b7e8b8ba7263e52b0bb902b7cd965"