diff --git a/frontend/public/js/location.js b/frontend/public/js/location.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53442fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/public/js/location.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+// Single source of truth for "where is the user" across the home hero map,
+// /map, and Browse Events' location filter — storage, place search, and
+// GPS lookup used to be copy-pasted across all three, which is exactly how
+// one of them (a Nominatim result not being saved) silently drifted out of
+// sync with the other two. Each page still owns what happens once a
+// location resolves (recenter a map vs. navigate to a new URL) — that part
+// genuinely differs per page — but the operations themselves live here once.
+(function (window) {
+  var LAST_LOCATION_KEY = 'vindn:lastLocation';
+
+  function load() {
+    try {
+      var raw = window.localStorage && localStorage.getItem(LAST_LOCATION_KEY);
+      if (!raw) return null;
+      var parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
+      if (typeof parsed.lat === 'number' && typeof parsed.lon === 'number' && isFinite(parsed.lat) && isFinite(parsed.lon)) {
+        return parsed;
+      }
+    } catch (e) { /* localStorage disabled/unavailable, or corrupt value — just skip it */ }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  function save(lat, lon, name) {
+    try {
+      if (window.localStorage) localStorage.setItem(LAST_LOCATION_KEY, JSON.stringify({ lat: lat, lon: lon, name: name || null }));
+    } catch (e) { /* localStorage disabled/unavailable — nothing to persist to */ }
+  }
+
+  function clear() {
+    try {
+      if (window.localStorage) localStorage.removeItem(LAST_LOCATION_KEY);
+    } catch (e) { /* localStorage disabled/unavailable */ }
+  }
+
+  // Nominatim: explicit submit only, never as-you-type — required by its
+  // usage policy (max ~1 req/s, no autocomplete-style querying). Every
+  // "search a place" form on the site should call this instead of its own
+  // fetch, so they all behave identically (and a fix here fixes all three).
+  function searchPlace(query, callbacks) {
+    callbacks = callbacks || {};
+    if (callbacks.onStart) callbacks.onStart(query);
+    fetch('https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&limit=1&q=' + encodeURIComponent(query))
+      .then(function (res) { return res.json(); })
+      .then(function (results) {
+        if (!results || !results.length) {
+          if (callbacks.onNotFound) callbacks.onNotFound(query);
+          return;
+        }
+        if (callbacks.onFound) callbacks.onFound(parseFloat(results[0].lat), parseFloat(results[0].lon), results[0].display_name);
+      })
+      .catch(function () {
+        if (callbacks.onError) callbacks.onError();
+      });
+  }
+
+  // "Use my location" — shared so every page reports the same fixed label
+  // for a GPS-derived point (no reverse geocoding happens) and the same
+  // error/unsupported messaging.
+  function useMyLocation(callbacks) {
+    callbacks = callbacks || {};
+    if (!navigator.geolocation) {
+      if (callbacks.onUnsupported) callbacks.onUnsupported();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (callbacks.onStart) callbacks.onStart();
+    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (pos) {
+      if (callbacks.onFound) callbacks.onFound(pos.coords.latitude, pos.coords.longitude, 'Your location');
+    }, function () {
+      if (callbacks.onError) callbacks.onError();
+    }, { timeout: 8000 });
+  }
+
+  window.VindnLocation = {
+    load: load,
+    save: save,
+    clear: clear,
+    searchPlace: searchPlace,
+    useMyLocation: useMyLocation
+  };
+})(window);
diff --git a/frontend/public/js/map.js b/frontend/public/js/map.js
index 8238632..1dbd3db 100644
--- a/frontend/public/js/map.js
+++ b/frontend/public/js/map.js
@@ -12,28 +12,9 @@
   // so this only matters if that ever gets forgotten.
   var DEFAULT_CENTER = [50.9375, 6.9603];
 
-  // Remembers the last place a user searched/geolocated to, shared between
-  // the home hero map and /map, so switching between them (or coming back
-  // later) doesn't reset to Köln and make them search again.
-  var LAST_LOCATION_KEY = 'vindn:lastLocation';
-
-  function loadLastLocation() {
-    try {
-      var raw = window.localStorage && localStorage.getItem(LAST_LOCATION_KEY);
-      if (!raw) return null;
-      var parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
-      if (typeof parsed.lat === 'number' && typeof parsed.lon === 'number' && isFinite(parsed.lat) && isFinite(parsed.lon)) {
-        return parsed;
-      }
-    } catch (e) { /* localStorage disabled/unavailable, or corrupt value — just skip it */ }
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  function saveLastLocation(lat, lon, name) {
-    try {
-      if (window.localStorage) localStorage.setItem(LAST_LOCATION_KEY, JSON.stringify({ lat: lat, lon: lon, name: name || null }));
-    } catch (e) { /* localStorage disabled/unavailable — nothing to persist to */ }
-  }
+  // Storage/search/GPS lookups live in window.VindnLocation (location.js,
+  // loaded globally in base.html.twig) — shared with Browse Events' own
+  // location filter too, so all three stay in sync by construction.
 
   // Mirrors whatever setUserLocation/setSource just resolved (a searched
   // place name, or nothing for GPS/a map click) into the location search
@@ -490,9 +471,13 @@
       });
     }
 
+    function statusForLimit() {
+      return limit ? ('Showing the ' + limit + ' nearest events') : 'Showing events near you';
+    }
+
     function setUserLocation(lat, lon, statusText, placeName) {
       state.userLoc = [lat, lon];
-      saveLastLocation(lat, lon, placeName);
+      window.VindnLocation.save(lat, lon, placeName);
       setLocationInputValue(placeName);
 
       if (limit) rebuildMarkers(nearest([lat, lon], allEvents.slice(), limit));
@@ -512,26 +497,22 @@
 
     function requestLocation(isAutoCheck) {
       var statusEl = document.getElementById('locateStatus');
-      if (!navigator.geolocation) {
-        setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Location not supported by your browser', true);
-        return;
-      }
-      setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Finding you…', false);
-      navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (pos) {
-        // A manual search/click may have already happened while this
-        // (silent, permission-check-triggered) lookup was still resolving.
-        if (isAutoCheck && manualLocationSet) return;
-        setUserLocation(pos.coords.latitude, pos.coords.longitude, limit ? ('Showing the ' + limit + ' nearest events') : 'Showing events near you', 'Your location');
-      }, function () {
-        setLocateStatus(statusEl, "Couldn't get your location", true);
-      }, { timeout: 8000 });
+      window.VindnLocation.useMyLocation({
+        onUnsupported: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Location not supported by your browser', true); },
+        onStart: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Finding you…', false); },
+        onFound: function (lat, lon, name) {
+          // A manual search/click may have already happened while this
+          // (silent, permission-check-triggered) lookup was still resolving.
+          if (isAutoCheck && manualLocationSet) return;
+          setUserLocation(lat, lon, statusForLimit(), name);
+        },
+        onError: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, "Couldn't get your location", true); }
+      });
     }
 
     var locateBtn = document.getElementById('locateBtn');
     if (locateBtn) locateBtn.addEventListener('click', function () { manualLocationSet = true; requestLocation(false); });
 
-    // Nominatim: explicit submit only, never as-you-type — required by its
-    // usage policy (max ~1 req/s, no autocomplete-style querying).
     var locationForm = document.getElementById('locationSearchForm');
     if (locationForm) {
       locationForm.addEventListener('submit', function (e) {
@@ -541,29 +522,22 @@
         if (!query) return;
         manualLocationSet = true;
         var statusEl = document.getElementById('locateStatus');
-        setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Looking up "' + query + '"…', false);
-        fetch('https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&limit=1&q=' + encodeURIComponent(query))
-          .then(function (res) { return res.json(); })
-          .then(function (results) {
-            if (!results || !results.length) {
-              setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Could not find "' + query + '"', true);
-              return;
-            }
-            setUserLocation(parseFloat(results[0].lat), parseFloat(results[0].lon), limit ? ('Showing the ' + limit + ' nearest events') : 'Showing events near you', results[0].display_name);
-          })
-          .catch(function () {
-            setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Location search failed', true);
-          });
+        window.VindnLocation.searchPlace(query, {
+          onStart: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Looking up "' + query + '"…', false); },
+          onNotFound: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Could not find "' + query + '"', true); },
+          onFound: function (lat, lon, name) { setUserLocation(lat, lon, statusForLimit(), name); },
+          onError: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Location search failed', true); }
+        });
       });
     }
 
     // A remembered search/geolocation takes priority over asking the
     // browser again — restoring it counts as the user's own manual choice,
     // so a slower-to-resolve auto-geolocation check below can't clobber it.
-    var lastLocation = loadLastLocation();
+    var lastLocation = window.VindnLocation.load();
     if (lastLocation) {
       manualLocationSet = true;
-      setUserLocation(lastLocation.lat, lastLocation.lon, limit ? ('Showing the ' + limit + ' nearest events') : 'Showing events near you', lastLocation.name);
+      setUserLocation(lastLocation.lat, lastLocation.lon, statusForLimit(), lastLocation.name);
     } else if (navigator.permissions && navigator.permissions.query) {
       // If the user already granted location access (on this or an earlier
       // visit), center on it automatically — this only *reads* the current
@@ -730,7 +704,7 @@
     // conservative: reload whenever full coverage isn't guaranteed,
     // rather than risk silently showing an incomplete result.
     function setSource(lat, lon, placeName) {
-      saveLastLocation(lat, lon, placeName);
+      window.VindnLocation.save(lat, lon, placeName);
       setLocationInputValue(placeName);
       var distFromOriginal = distanceKm(originalCenter[0], originalCenter[1], lat, lon);
       if (distFromOriginal + state.rangeKm > maxRangeKm) {
@@ -781,8 +755,6 @@
       });
     }
 
-    // Nominatim: explicit submit only, never as-you-type — required by
-    // its usage policy (max ~1 req/s, no autocomplete-style querying).
     var locationForm = document.getElementById('locationSearchForm');
     if (locationForm) {
       locationForm.addEventListener('submit', function (e) {
@@ -792,37 +764,28 @@
         if (!query) return;
         manualLocationSet = true;
         var statusEl = document.getElementById('locateStatus');
-        setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Looking up "' + query + '"…', false);
-        fetch('https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&limit=1&q=' + encodeURIComponent(query))
-          .then(function (res) { return res.json(); })
-          .then(function (results) {
-            if (!results || !results.length) {
-              setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Could not find "' + query + '"', true);
-              return;
-            }
-            setSource(parseFloat(results[0].lat), parseFloat(results[0].lon), results[0].display_name);
-          })
-          .catch(function () {
-            setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Location search failed', true);
-          });
+        window.VindnLocation.searchPlace(query, {
+          onStart: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Looking up "' + query + '"…', false); },
+          onNotFound: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Could not find "' + query + '"', true); },
+          onFound: function (lat, lon, name) { setSource(lat, lon, name); },
+          onError: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Location search failed', true); }
+        });
       });
     }
 
     function requestLocation(isAutoCheck) {
       var statusEl = document.getElementById('locateStatus');
-      if (!navigator.geolocation) {
-        setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Location not supported by your browser', true);
-        return;
-      }
-      setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Finding you…', false);
-      navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (pos) {
-        // A manual search/click/drag may have already happened while this
-        // (silent, permission-check-triggered) lookup was still resolving.
-        if (isAutoCheck && manualLocationSet) return;
-        setSource(pos.coords.latitude, pos.coords.longitude, 'Your location');
-      }, function () {
-        setLocateStatus(statusEl, "Couldn't get your location", true);
-      }, { timeout: 8000 });
+      window.VindnLocation.useMyLocation({
+        onUnsupported: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Location not supported by your browser', true); },
+        onStart: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, 'Finding you…', false); },
+        onFound: function (lat, lon, name) {
+          // A manual search/click/drag may have already happened while this
+          // (silent, permission-check-triggered) lookup was still resolving.
+          if (isAutoCheck && manualLocationSet) return;
+          setSource(lat, lon, name);
+        },
+        onError: function () { setLocateStatus(statusEl, "Couldn't get your location", true); }
+      });
     }
 
     var locateBtn = document.getElementById('locateBtn');
@@ -832,21 +795,26 @@
     // own reload-threshold redirect, or a shared link) can't carry the
     // place name in the URL — fill the field back in from localStorage
     // regardless of whether that load also needs the redirect below.
-    var savedForName = loadLastLocation();
+    var savedForName = window.VindnLocation.load();
     if (savedForName && savedForName.name) setLocationInputValue(savedForName.name);
 
-    // An explicit ?lat=/&lon= in the URL (e.g. a shared link) always wins.
-    // Otherwise, a remembered search/geolocation takes priority over asking
-    // the browser again — restoring it counts as the user's own manual
-    // choice, so a slower-to-resolve auto-geolocation check below can't
-    // clobber it. If it's far enough from this page's own server-resolved
-    // center, setSource's own reload-threshold logic kicks in as usual.
+    // An explicit ?lat=/&lon= in the URL (e.g. a shared link, or this same
+    // page reloading itself after setSource's own redirect) always wins —
+    // and, crucially, also skips the auto-geolocation check below entirely.
+    // That check used to run on *every* fresh page load regardless of the
+    // URL, which meant searching for a place far enough to trigger the
+    // redirect immediately got overwritten by GPS again the moment the
+    // reloaded page re-ran this same check with a clean (unset)
+    // manualLocationSet. Otherwise, a remembered search/geolocation takes
+    // priority over asking the browser again — restoring it counts as the
+    // user's own manual choice, so a slower-to-resolve auto-geolocation
+    // check can't clobber it.
     var urlHasExplicitLocation = /[?&]lat=/.test(window.location.search);
     var lastLocation = urlHasExplicitLocation ? null : savedForName;
     if (lastLocation) {
       manualLocationSet = true;
       setSource(lastLocation.lat, lastLocation.lon, lastLocation.name);
-    } else if (navigator.permissions && navigator.permissions.query) {
+    } else if (!urlHasExplicitLocation && navigator.permissions && navigator.permissions.query) {
       navigator.permissions.query({ name: 'geolocation' }).then(function (status) {
         if (status.state === 'granted') requestLocation(true);
       }).catch(function () {});
diff --git a/frontend/templates/base.html.twig b/frontend/templates/base.html.twig
index 39230c2..2bd8b9a 100644
--- a/frontend/templates/base.html.twig
+++ b/frontend/templates/base.html.twig
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
   </div>
 </footer>
 
+<script src="{{ asset('js/location.js') }}"></script>
 <script src="{{ asset('js/nav.js') }}"></script>
 {% block scripts %}{% endblock %}
 </body>
diff --git a/frontend/templates/events/list.html.twig b/frontend/templates/events/list.html.twig
index 4f2eddc..fb999b5 100644
--- a/frontend/templates/events/list.html.twig
+++ b/frontend/templates/events/list.html.twig
@@ -133,27 +133,10 @@
   var currentLon = {{ hasLocation ? lon : 'null' }};
   var rangeSelect = document.getElementById('rangeSelect');
 
-  // Shared with the home hero map and /map (see map.js) so a search/
-  // geolocation made on any of the three sticks when moving between them.
-  var LAST_LOCATION_KEY = 'vindn:lastLocation';
-
-  function loadLastLocation() {
-    try {
-      var raw = window.localStorage && localStorage.getItem(LAST_LOCATION_KEY);
-      if (!raw) return null;
-      var parsed = JSON.parse(raw);
-      if (typeof parsed.lat === 'number' && typeof parsed.lon === 'number' && isFinite(parsed.lat) && isFinite(parsed.lon)) {
-        return parsed;
-      }
-    } catch (e) { /* localStorage disabled/unavailable, or corrupt value — just skip it */ }
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  function saveLastLocation(lat, lon, name) {
-    try {
-      if (window.localStorage) localStorage.setItem(LAST_LOCATION_KEY, JSON.stringify({ lat: lat, lon: lon, name: name || null }));
-    } catch (e) { /* localStorage disabled/unavailable — nothing to persist to */ }
-  }
+  // Storage/search/GPS lookups live in window.VindnLocation (location.js,
+  // loaded globally in base.html.twig) — shared with the home hero map and
+  // /map, so a search/geolocation made on any of the three sticks when
+  // moving between them.
 
   function currentRangeKm() {
     return rangeSelect ? parseInt(rangeSelect.value, 10) : {{ rangeKm }};
@@ -170,7 +153,7 @@
       var locInput = document.getElementById('locationSearchInput');
       name = locInput ? locInput.value : null;
     }
-    saveLastLocation(lat, lon, name);
+    window.VindnLocation.save(lat, lon, name);
     var url = new URL(window.location.href);
     url.searchParams.set('lat', lat.toFixed(5));
     url.searchParams.set('lon', lon.toFixed(5));
@@ -186,8 +169,6 @@
     el.classList.toggle('is-error', !!isError);
   }
 
-  // Nominatim: explicit submit only, never as-you-type — required by its
-  // usage policy (max ~1 req/s, no autocomplete-style querying).
   var locationForm = document.getElementById('locationSearchForm');
   if (locationForm) {
     locationForm.addEventListener('submit', function (e) {
@@ -195,35 +176,24 @@
       var input = document.getElementById('locationSearchInput');
       var query = (input.value || '').trim();
       if (!query) return;
-      setStatus('Looking up "' + query + '"…', false);
-      fetch('https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&limit=1&q=' + encodeURIComponent(query))
-        .then(function (res) { return res.json(); })
-        .then(function (results) {
-          if (!results || !results.length) {
-            setStatus('Could not find "' + query + '"', true);
-            return;
-          }
-          navigateWithLocation(parseFloat(results[0].lat), parseFloat(results[0].lon), currentRangeKm(), results[0].display_name);
-        })
-        .catch(function () {
-          setStatus('Location search failed', true);
-        });
+      window.VindnLocation.searchPlace(query, {
+        onStart: function () { setStatus('Looking up "' + query + '"…', false); },
+        onNotFound: function () { setStatus('Could not find "' + query + '"', true); },
+        onFound: function (lat, lon, name) { navigateWithLocation(lat, lon, currentRangeKm(), name); },
+        onError: function () { setStatus('Location search failed', true); }
+      });
     });
   }
 
   var useMyLocationBtn = document.getElementById('useMyLocationBtn');
   if (useMyLocationBtn) {
     useMyLocationBtn.addEventListener('click', function () {
-      if (!navigator.geolocation) {
-        setStatus('Location not supported by your browser', true);
-        return;
-      }
-      setStatus('Finding you…', false);
-      navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function (pos) {
-        navigateWithLocation(pos.coords.latitude, pos.coords.longitude, currentRangeKm(), 'Your location');
-      }, function () {
-        setStatus("Couldn't get your location", true);
-      }, { timeout: 8000 });
+      window.VindnLocation.useMyLocation({
+        onUnsupported: function () { setStatus('Location not supported by your browser', true); },
+        onStart: function () { setStatus('Finding you…', false); },
+        onFound: function (lat, lon, name) { navigateWithLocation(lat, lon, currentRangeKm(), name); },
+        onError: function () { setStatus("Couldn't get your location", true); }
+      });
     });
   }
 
@@ -240,9 +210,7 @@
   if (clearLocationLink) {
     // Otherwise the restore-on-load check below would immediately undo
     // the clear on the very next visit.
-    clearLocationLink.addEventListener('click', function () {
-      try { window.localStorage && localStorage.removeItem(LAST_LOCATION_KEY); } catch (e) {}
-    });
+    clearLocationLink.addEventListener('click', function () { window.VindnLocation.clear(); });
   }
 
   var sortSelect = document.getElementById('sortSelect');
@@ -253,7 +221,7 @@
     });
   }
 
-  var saved = loadLastLocation();
+  var saved = window.VindnLocation.load();
 
   // Every full reload here (search, geolocation, range change) already
   // lands with an explicit ?lat=, so this doesn't overwrite it — it only