diff --git a/docker-compose.osm.yml b/docker-compose.osm.yml
index c786098..e496720 100644
--- a/docker-compose.osm.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.osm.yml
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ services:
       - ./data:/data         # gleiche DB wie die App (/data/banyaro.db)
     environment:
       - DB_PATH=/data/banyaro.db
-      # - COUNTRIES=switzerland austria germany   # bei Bedarf überschreiben
+      # Abdeckung = TILES_REGIONS im Makefile — Karten- und POI-Abdeckung
+      # synchron halten! Env überschreibt den Default in refresh.sh, daher
+      # wirkt eine Änderung hier OHNE Image-Rebuild.
+      - COUNTRIES=germany austria switzerland france italy czech-republic poland slovakia hungary slovenia netherlands belgium luxembourg denmark liechtenstein
     restart: "no"
diff --git a/tools/osm-extract/refresh.sh b/tools/osm-extract/refresh.sh
index 903ed27..a2f9ec9 100644
--- a/tools/osm-extract/refresh.sh
+++ b/tools/osm-extract/refresh.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 DB="${DB_PATH:-/data/banyaro.db}"
 WORK="${WORK_DIR:-/work}"
-COUNTRIES="${COUNTRIES:-switzerland austria germany}"
+# Default = TILES_REGIONS im Makefile (Karten- und POI-Abdeckung synchron halten).
+# Produktiv setzt docker-compose.osm.yml die Liste zusätzlich per Env.
+COUNTRIES="${COUNTRIES:-germany austria switzerland france italy czech-republic poland slovakia hungary slovenia netherlands belgium luxembourg denmark liechtenstein}"
 GEOFABRIK="${GEOFABRIK_BASE:-https://download.geofabrik.de/europe}"
 KEEP_BACKUPS="${KEEP_BACKUPS:-3}"
 PREBUILT_SQLITE="${PREBUILT_SQLITE:-}"