diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Map/index.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Map/index.tsx
index 0fc3155..45aab72 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Map/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Map/index.tsx
@@ -56,17 +56,23 @@ function Map({
   children,
   boundsFromJson,
   baseMapStyle,
+  onViewportChange,
   ...props
 }: {
   viewportFromUrl?: boolean
   children: React.ReactNode
   boundsFromJson: GeoJSON.Geometry
   baseMapStyle: string
+  onViewportChange: (viewport: Viewport) => void,
 }) {
   const [viewportState, setViewportState] = useState(EMPTY_VIEWPORT)
   const [viewportUrl, setViewportUrl] = useViewportFromUrl()
 
-  const [viewport, setViewport] = viewportFromUrl ? [viewportUrl, setViewportUrl] : [viewportState, setViewportState]
+  const [viewport, setViewport_] = viewportFromUrl ? [viewportUrl, setViewportUrl] : [viewportState, setViewportState]
+  const setViewport = useCallback((viewport: Viewport) => {
+    setViewport_(viewport);
+    onViewportChange?.(viewport);
+  }, [setViewport_, onViewportChange])
 
   const config = useConfig()
   useEffect(() => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/RegionInfo.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/RegionInfo.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf29948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/RegionInfo.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import React, { useState, useCallback } from "react";
+import { createPortal } from "react-dom";
+import _ from "lodash";
+import { List, Header, Icon, Button } from "semantic-ui-react";
+
+import styles from "./styles.module.less";
+
+export default function RegionInfo({ region, mapInfoPortal, onClose }) {
+  const content = (
+    <>
+      <div className={styles.closeHeader}>
+        <Header as="h3">{region.properties.name || "Unnamed region"}</Header>
+        <Button primary icon onClick={onClose}>
+          <Icon name="close" />
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+
+      <List>
+        <List.Item>
+          <List.Header>Number of events</List.Header>
+          <List.Content>{region.properties.overtaking_event_count ?? 0}</List.Content>
+        </List.Item>
+      </List>
+    </>
+  );
+
+  return content && mapInfoPortal
+    ? createPortal(
+        <div className={styles.mapInfoBox}>{content}</div>,
+        mapInfoPortal
+      )
+    : null;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/RoadInfo.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/RoadInfo.tsx
index 5d2758e..8a96103 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/RoadInfo.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/RoadInfo.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, {useState, useCallback} from 'react'
+import {createPortal} from 'react-dom'
 import _ from 'lodash'
-import {Segment, Menu, Header, Label, Icon, Table} from 'semantic-ui-react'
+import {Menu, Header, Label, Icon, Table, Button} from 'semantic-ui-react'
 import {Layer, Source} from 'react-map-gl'
 import {of, from, concat} from 'rxjs'
 import {useObservable} from 'rxjs-hooks'
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ function HistogramChart({bins, counts}) {
   )
 }
 
-export default function RoadInfo({clickLocation}) {
+export default function RoadInfo({roadInfo: info, mapInfoPortal, onClose}) {
   const [direction, setDirection] = useState('forwards')
 
   const onClickDirection = useCallback(
@@ -122,72 +123,42 @@ export default function RoadInfo({clickLocation}) {
     [setDirection]
   )
 
-  const info = useObservable(
-    (_$, inputs$) =>
-      inputs$.pipe(
-        distinctUntilChanged(_.isEqual),
-        switchMap(([location]) =>
-          location
-            ? concat(
-                of(null),
-                from(
-                  api.get('/mapdetails/road', {
-                    query: {
-                      ...location,
-                      radius: 100,
-                    },
-                  })
-                )
-              )
-            : of(null)
-        )
-      ),
-    null,
-    [clickLocation]
-  )
+  const offsetDirection = info.road.oneway ? 0 : direction === 'forwards' ? 1 : -1 // TODO: change based on left-hand/right-hand traffic
 
-  if (!clickLocation) {
-    return null
-  }
-
-  const loading = info == null
-
-  const offsetDirection = info?.road?.oneway ? 0 : direction === 'forwards' ? 1 : -1 // TODO: change based on left-hand/right-hand traffic
-
-  const content =
-    !loading && !info.road ? (
-      'No road found.'
-    ) : (
+  const content = (
       <>
-        <Header as="h3">{loading ? '...' : info?.road.name || 'Unnamed way'}</Header>
+    <div className={styles.closeHeader}>
+        <Header as="h3">{info.road.name || 'Unnamed way'}</Header>
+        <Button primary icon onClick={onClose}><Icon name='close' /></Button>
+      </div>
 
-        {info?.road.zone && (
-          <Label size="small" color={ZONE_COLORS[info?.road.zone]}>
-            {info?.road.zone}
+        {info.road.zone && (
+          <Label size="small" color={ZONE_COLORS[info.road.zone]}>
+            {info.road.zone}
           </Label>
         )}
 
-        {info?.road.oneway && (
+        {info.road.oneway && (
           <Label size="small" color="blue">
             <Icon name="long arrow alternate right" fitted /> oneway
           </Label>
         )}
 
-        {info?.road.oneway ? null : (
-          <Menu size="tiny" fluid secondary>
+        {info.road.oneway ? null : (
+          <Menu size="tiny" pointing>
             <Menu.Item header>Direction</Menu.Item>
             <Menu.Item name="forwards" active={direction === 'forwards'} onClick={onClickDirection}>
-              {getCardinalDirection(info?.forwards?.bearing)}
+              {getCardinalDirection(info.forwards?.bearing)}
             </Menu.Item>
             <Menu.Item name="backwards" active={direction === 'backwards'} onClick={onClickDirection}>
-              {getCardinalDirection(info?.backwards?.bearing)}
+              {getCardinalDirection(info.backwards?.bearing)}
             </Menu.Item>
           </Menu>
         )}
 
-        {info?.[direction] && <RoadStatsTable data={info[direction]} />}
+        {info[direction] && <RoadStatsTable data={info[direction]} />}
 
-        {info?.[direction]?.distanceOvertaker?.histogram && (
+        {info[direction]?.distanceOvertaker?.histogram && (
           <>
             <Header as="h5">Overtaker distance distribution</Header>
             <HistogramChart {...info[direction]?.distanceOvertaker?.histogram} />
@@ -198,7 +169,7 @@ export default function RoadInfo({clickLocation}) {
 
   return (
     <>
-      {info?.road && (
+      {info.road && (
         <Source id="highlight" type="geojson" data={info.road.geometry}>
           <Layer
             id="route"
@@ -223,10 +194,11 @@ export default function RoadInfo({clickLocation}) {
         </Source>
       )}
 
-      {content && (
+      {content && mapInfoPortal && (
+        createPortal(
         <div className={styles.mapInfoBox}>
-          <Segment loading={loading}>{content}</Segment>
-        </div>
+          {content}
+        </div>, mapInfoPortal))}
       )}
     </>
   )
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/index.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/index.tsx
index b372dde..f0baf7a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/index.tsx
@@ -1,171 +1,255 @@
-import React, {useState, useCallback, useMemo} from 'react'
-import _ from 'lodash'
-import {Button} from 'semantic-ui-react'
-import {Layer, Source} from 'react-map-gl'
-import produce from 'immer'
+import React, { useState, useCallback, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
+import _ from "lodash";
+import { Button } from "semantic-ui-react";
+import { Layer, Source } from "react-map-gl";
+import produce from "immer";
 
-import {Page, Map} from 'components'
-import {useConfig} from 'config'
-import {colorByDistance, colorByCount, getRegionLayers} from 'mapstyles'
-import {useMapConfig} from 'reducers/mapConfig'
+import api from "api";
+import { Page, Map } from "components";
+import { useConfig } from "config";
+import { colorByDistance, colorByCount, getRegionLayers } from "mapstyles";
+import { useMapConfig } from "reducers/mapConfig";
 
-import RoadInfo from './RoadInfo'
-import LayerSidebar from './LayerSidebar'
-import styles from './styles.module.less'
+import RoadInfo from "./RoadInfo";
+import RegionInfo from "./RegionInfo";
+import LayerSidebar from "./LayerSidebar";
+import styles from "./styles.module.less";
 
 const untaggedRoadsLayer = {
-  id: 'obs_roads_untagged',
-  type: 'line',
-  source: 'obs',
-  'source-layer': 'obs_roads',
+  id: "obs_roads_untagged",
+  type: "line",
+  source: "obs",
+  "source-layer": "obs_roads",
   minzoom: 12,
-  filter: ['!', ['to-boolean', ['get', 'distance_overtaker_mean']]],
+  filter: ["!", ["to-boolean", ["get", "distance_overtaker_mean"]]],
   layout: {
-    'line-cap': 'round',
-    'line-join': 'round',
+    "line-cap": "round",
+    "line-join": "round",
   },
   paint: {
-    'line-width': ['interpolate', ['exponential', 1.5], ['zoom'], 12, 2, 17, 2],
-    'line-color': '#ABC',
+    "line-width": ["interpolate", ["exponential", 1.5], ["zoom"], 12, 2, 17, 2],
+    "line-color": "#ABC",
     // 'line-opacity': ['interpolate', ['linear'], ['zoom'], 14, 0, 15, 1],
-    'line-offset': [
-      'interpolate',
-      ['exponential', 1.5],
-      ['zoom'],
+    "line-offset": [
+      "interpolate",
+      ["exponential", 1.5],
+      ["zoom"],
       12,
-      ['get', 'offset_direction'],
+      ["get", "offset_direction"],
       19,
-      ['*', ['get', 'offset_direction'], 8],
+      ["*", ["get", "offset_direction"], 8],
     ],
   },
   minzoom: 12,
-}
+};
 
 const getRoadsLayer = (colorAttribute, maxCount) =>
   produce(untaggedRoadsLayer, (draft) => {
-    draft.id = 'obs_roads_normal'
-    if (colorAttribute.endsWith('_count')) {
+    draft.id = "obs_roads_normal";
+    if (colorAttribute.endsWith("_count")) {
       // delete draft.filter
-      draft.filter = ['to-boolean', ['get', colorAttribute]]
+      draft.filter = ["to-boolean", ["get", colorAttribute]];
     } else {
-      draft.filter = draft.filter[1] // remove '!'
+      draft.filter = draft.filter[1]; // remove '!'
     }
-    draft.minzoom = 10
-    draft.paint['line-width'][6] = 6 // scale bigger on zoom
-    draft.paint['line-color'] = colorAttribute.startsWith('distance_')
+    draft.minzoom = 10;
+    draft.paint["line-width"][6] = 6; // scale bigger on zoom
+    draft.paint["line-color"] = colorAttribute.startsWith("distance_")
       ? colorByDistance(colorAttribute)
-      : colorAttribute.endsWith('_count')
+      : colorAttribute.endsWith("_count")
       ? colorByCount(colorAttribute, maxCount)
-      : '#DDD'
+      : "#DDD";
     // draft.paint['line-opacity'][3] = 12
     // draft.paint['line-opacity'][5] = 13
-  })
+  });
 
 const getEventsLayer = () => ({
-  id: 'obs_events',
-  type: 'circle',
-  source: 'obs',
-  'source-layer': 'obs_events',
+  id: "obs_events",
+  type: "circle",
+  source: "obs",
+  "source-layer": "obs_events",
   paint: {
-    'circle-radius': ['interpolate', ['linear'], ['zoom'], 14, 3, 17, 8],
-    'circle-color': colorByDistance('distance_overtaker'),
+    "circle-radius": ["interpolate", ["linear"], ["zoom"], 14, 3, 17, 8],
+    "circle-color": colorByDistance("distance_overtaker"),
   },
   minzoom: 11,
-})
+});
 
 const getEventsTextLayer = () => ({
-  id: 'obs_events_text',
-  type: 'symbol',
+  id: "obs_events_text",
+  type: "symbol",
   minzoom: 18,
-  source: 'obs',
-  'source-layer': 'obs_events',
+  source: "obs",
+  "source-layer": "obs_events",
   layout: {
-    'text-field': [
-      'number-format',
-      ['get', 'distance_overtaker'],
-      {'min-fraction-digits': 2, 'max-fraction-digits': 2},
+    "text-field": [
+      "number-format",
+      ["get", "distance_overtaker"],
+      { "min-fraction-digits": 2, "max-fraction-digits": 2 },
     ],
-    'text-allow-overlap': true,
-    'text-font': ['Open Sans Bold', 'Arial Unicode MS Regular'],
-    'text-size': 14,
-    'text-keep-upright': false,
-    'text-anchor': 'left',
-    'text-radial-offset': 1,
-    'text-rotate': ['-', 90, ['*', ['get', 'course'], 180 / Math.PI]],
-    'text-rotation-alignment': 'map',
+    "text-allow-overlap": true,
+    "text-font": ["Open Sans Bold", "Arial Unicode MS Regular"],
+    "text-size": 14,
+    "text-keep-upright": false,
+    "text-anchor": "left",
+    "text-radial-offset": 1,
+    "text-rotate": ["-", 90, ["*", ["get", "course"], 180 / Math.PI]],
+    "text-rotation-alignment": "map",
   },
   paint: {
-    'text-halo-color': 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)',
-    'text-halo-width': 1,
-    'text-opacity': ['interpolate', ['linear'], ['zoom'], 15, 0, 15.3, 1],
+    "text-halo-color": "rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)",
+    "text-halo-width": 1,
+    "text-opacity": ["interpolate", ["linear"], ["zoom"], 15, 0, 15.3, 1],
   },
-})
+});
+
+interface RegionInfo {
+  properties: {
+    admin_level: number;
+    name: string;
+    overtaking_event_count: number;
+  };
+}
+interface ArrayStats {
+  statistics: {
+    count: number;
+    mean: number;
+    min: number;
+    max: number;
+    median: number;
+  };
+  histogram: {
+    bins: number[];
+    counts: number[];
+  };
+  values: number[];
+}
+interface RoadDirectionInfo {
+  bearing: number;
+  distanceOvertaker: ArrayStats;
+  distanceStationary: ArrayStats;
+  speed: ArrayStats;
+}
+
+interface RoadInfo {
+  road: {
+    way_id: number;
+    zone: "urban" | "rural" | null;
+    name: string;
+    directionality: -1 | 0 | 1;
+    oneway: boolean;
+    geometry: Object;
+  };
+  forwards: RoadDirectionInfo;
+  backwards: RoadDirectionInfo;
+}
+type Details =
+  | { type: "road"; road: Object }
+  | { type: "region"; region: RegionInfo };
 
 export default function MapPage() {
-  const {obsMapSource} = useConfig() || {}
-  const [clickLocation, setClickLocation] = useState<{longitude: number; latitude: number} | null>(null)
+  const { obsMapSource } = useConfig() || {};
+  const [details, setDetails] = useState<null | Details>(null);
 
-  const mapConfig = useMapConfig()
+  const onCloseDetails = useCallback(() => setDetails(null), [setDetails]);
+
+  const mapConfig = useMapConfig();
+
+  const viewportRef = useRef();
+  const mapInfoPortal = useRef();
+
+  const onViewportChange = useCallback(
+    (viewport) => {
+      viewportRef.current = viewport;
+    },
+    [viewportRef]
+  );
 
   const onClick = useCallback(
-    (e) => {
-      let node = e.target
+    async (e) => {
+      // check if we clicked inside the mapInfoBox, if so, early exit
+      let node = e.target;
       while (node) {
         if (node?.classList?.contains(styles.mapInfoBox)) {
-          return
+          return;
         }
-        node = node.parentNode
+        node = node.parentNode;
       }
 
-      setClickLocation({longitude: e.lngLat[0], latitude: e.lngLat[1]})
-    },
-    [setClickLocation]
-  )
+      const { zoom } = viewportRef.current;
 
-  const [layerSidebar, setLayerSidebar] = useState(true)
+      if (zoom < 10) {
+        const clickedRegion = e.features?.find(
+          (f) => f.source === "obs" && f.sourceLayer === "obs_regions"
+        );
+        setDetails(
+          clickedRegion ? { type: "region", region: clickedRegion } : null
+        );
+      } else {
+        const road = await api.get("/mapdetails/road", {
+          query: {
+            longitude: e.lngLat[0],
+            latitude: e.lngLat[1],
+            radius: 100,
+          },
+        });
+        setDetails(road?.road ? { type: "road", road } : null);
+      }
+    },
+    [setDetails]
+  );
+
+  const [layerSidebar, setLayerSidebar] = useState(true);
 
   const {
-    obsRoads: {attribute, maxCount},
-  } = mapConfig
+    obsRoads: { attribute, maxCount },
+  } = mapConfig;
 
-  const layers = []
+  const layers = [];
 
   if (mapConfig.obsRoads.show && mapConfig.obsRoads.showUntagged) {
-    layers.push(untaggedRoadsLayer)
+    layers.push(untaggedRoadsLayer);
   }
 
-  const roadsLayer = useMemo(() => getRoadsLayer(attribute, maxCount), [attribute, maxCount])
+  const roadsLayer = useMemo(
+    () => getRoadsLayer(attribute, maxCount),
+    [attribute, maxCount]
+  );
   if (mapConfig.obsRoads.show) {
-    layers.push(roadsLayer)
+    layers.push(roadsLayer);
   }
 
-  const regionLayers = useMemo(() => getRegionLayers(), [])
-  layers.push(...regionLayers)
+  const regionLayers = useMemo(() => getRegionLayers(), []);
+  layers.push(...regionLayers);
 
-  const eventsLayer = useMemo(() => getEventsLayer(), [])
-  const eventsTextLayer = useMemo(() => getEventsTextLayer(), [])
+  const eventsLayer = useMemo(() => getEventsLayer(), []);
+  const eventsTextLayer = useMemo(() => getEventsTextLayer(), []);
   if (mapConfig.obsEvents.show) {
-    layers.push(eventsLayer)
-    layers.push(eventsTextLayer)
+    layers.push(eventsLayer);
+    layers.push(eventsTextLayer);
   }
 
   if (!obsMapSource) {
-    return null
+    return null;
   }
 
   return (
     <Page fullScreen title="Map">
-      <div className={styles.mapContainer}>
+      <div className={styles.mapContainer} ref={mapInfoPortal}>
         {layerSidebar && (
           <div className={styles.mapSidebar}>
             <LayerSidebar />
           </div>
         )}
         <div className={styles.map}>
-          <Map viewportFromUrl onClick={onClick}>
+          <Map
+            viewportFromUrl
+            onClick={onClick}
+            onViewportChange={onViewportChange}
+          >
             <Button
               style={{
-                position: 'absolute',
+                position: "absolute",
                 left: 44,
                 top: 9,
               }}
@@ -180,10 +264,24 @@ export default function MapPage() {
               ))}
             </Source>
 
-            <RoadInfo {...{clickLocation}} />
+            {details?.type === "road" && details?.road?.road && (
+              <RoadInfo
+                roadInfo={details.road}
+                mapInfoPortal={mapInfoPortal.current}
+                onClose={onCloseDetails}
+              />
+            )}
+
+            {details?.type === "region" && details?.region && (
+              <RegionInfo
+                region={details.region}
+                mapInfoPortal={mapInfoPortal.current}
+                onClose={onCloseDetails}
+              />
+            )}
           </Map>
         </div>
       </div>
     </Page>
-  )
+  );
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/styles.module.less b/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/styles.module.less
index e4b8de1..1c4ce55 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/styles.module.less
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/MapPage/styles.module.less
@@ -20,11 +20,38 @@
 }
 
 .mapInfoBox {
-  position: absolute;
-  right: 0;
-  top: 0;
-  max-height: 100%;
   width: 36rem;
   overflow: auto;
-  margin: 20px;
+  border-left: 1px solid @borderColor;
+  background: white;
+  padding: 16px;
+}
+
+.closeHeader {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+}
+
+
+@media @mobile {
+  .mapContainer {
+    height: auto;
+    min-height: calc(100vh - @menuHeight);
+    flex-direction: column;
+  }
+
+  .map {
+    height: 60vh;
+  }
+
+  .mapSidebar {
+    width: auto;
+    height: auto;
+  }
+
+  .mapInfoBox {
+    width: auto;
+    height: auto;
+  }
 }