diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrate/template.js b/backend/src/db/migrate/template.js
index 1d63673b4..9adb0786d 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/migrate/template.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrate/template.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export async function up(next) {
     await transaction.rollback()
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
   } finally {
     session.close()
   }
diff --git a/backend/src/db/migrations/20200206190233-swap_latitude_with_longitude.js b/backend/src/db/migrations/20200206190233-swap_latitude_with_longitude.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..619e30320
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/db/migrations/20200206190233-swap_latitude_with_longitude.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { getDriver } from '../../db/neo4j'
+
+export const description = `
+This migration swaps the value stored in Location.lat with the value
+of Location.lng. This is necessary as the values of lat and lng were
+stored incorrectly. For example Hamburg, Germany, was stored with the
+values lat=10.0 and lng=53.55, which is close to the horn of Africa,
+but it is lat=53.55 and lng=10.0
+`
+
+const swap = async function(next) {
+  const driver = getDriver()
+  const session = driver.session()
+  const transaction = session.beginTransaction()
+  try {
+    // Implement your migration here.
+    await transaction.run(`
+        MATCH (l:Location) WHERE NOT(l.lat IS NULL)
+        WITH l.lng AS longitude, l.lat AS latitude, l AS location
+        SET location.lat = longitude, location.lng = latitude
+    `)
+    await transaction.commit()
+    next()
+  } catch (error) {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log(error)
+    await transaction.rollback()
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+    console.log('rolled back')
+    throw new Error(error)
+  } finally {
+    session.close()
+  }
+}
+
+export async function up(next) {
+  swap(next)
+}
+
+export async function down(next) {
+  swap(next)
+}
diff --git a/backend/src/db/seed.js b/backend/src/db/seed.js
index cf36f3039..d1e430629 100644
--- a/backend/src/db/seed.js
+++ b/backend/src/db/seed.js
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ const languages = ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'pl']
         id: 'region.5127278006398860',
         name: 'Hamburg',
         type: 'region',
-        lat: 10.0,
-        lng: 53.55,
+        lng: 10.0,
+        lat: 53.55,
         nameES: 'Hamburgo',
         nameFR: 'Hambourg',
         nameIT: 'Amburgo',
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ const languages = ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'pl']
         id: 'region.14880313158564380',
         type: 'region',
         name: 'Berlin',
-        lat: 13.38333,
-        lng: 52.51667,
+        lng: 13.38333,
+        lat: 52.51667,
         nameES: 'Berlín',
         nameFR: 'Berlin',
         nameIT: 'Berlino',
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ const languages = ['de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pt', 'pl']
         id: 'region.9397217726497330',
         name: 'Paris',
         type: 'region',
-        lat: 2.35183,
-        lng: 48.85658,
+        lng: 2.35183,
+        lat: 48.85658,
         nameES: 'París',
         nameFR: 'Paris',
         nameIT: 'Parigi',
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/locations.spec.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/locations.spec.js
index a2929f65a..34d0f2e9d 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/locations.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/locations.spec.js
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ describe('resolvers', () => {
           id: 'region.9397217726497330',
           name: 'Paris',
           type: 'region',
-          lat: 2.35183,
-          lng: 48.85658,
+          lng: 2.35183,
+          lat: 48.85658,
           nameEN: 'Paris',
         })
 
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users/location.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users/location.js
index 3f3638bf5..cc00d9e0a 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users/location.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users/location.js
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ const createLocation = async (session, mapboxData) => {
     namePL: mapboxData.text_pl,
     nameRU: mapboxData.text_ru,
     type: mapboxData.id.split('.')[0].toLowerCase(),
-    lat: mapboxData.center && mapboxData.center.length ? mapboxData.center[0] : null,
-    lng: mapboxData.center && mapboxData.center.length ? mapboxData.center[1] : null,
+    lng: mapboxData.center && mapboxData.center.length ? mapboxData.center[0] : null,
+    lat: mapboxData.center && mapboxData.center.length ? mapboxData.center[1] : null,
   }
 
   let mutation =
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users/location.spec.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users/location.spec.js
index 5b9a49a6a..04216dcb5 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users/location.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/users/location.spec.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const updateUserMutation = gql`
 let newlyCreatedNodesWithLocales = [
   {
     city: {
-      lng: 41.1534,
+      lat: 41.1534,
       nameES: 'Hamburg',
       nameFR: 'Hamburg',
       nameIT: 'Hamburg',
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ let newlyCreatedNodesWithLocales = [
       name: 'Hamburg',
       namePL: 'Hamburg',
       id: 'place.5977106083398860',
-      lat: -74.5763,
+      lng: -74.5763,
     },
     state: {
       namePT: 'Nova Jérsia',
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('userMiddleware', () => {
       newlyCreatedNodesWithLocales = [
         {
           city: {
-            lng: 53.55,
+            lat: 53.55,
             nameES: 'Hamburgo',
             nameFR: 'Hambourg',
             nameIT: 'Amburgo',
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ describe('userMiddleware', () => {
             namePL: 'Hamburg',
             name: 'Hamburg',
             id: 'region.10793468240398860',
-            lat: 10,
+            lng: 10,
           },
           country: {
             namePT: 'Alemanha',