diff --git a/src/lib/components/Header.svelte b/src/lib/components/Header.svelte
index 696d733..4f2a225 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/Header.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/Header.svelte
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ nav{
 	box-shadow: 0 1em 1rem 0rem rgba(0,0,0,0.4);
 	height: var(--header-h);
 	padding-left: 0.5rem;
+	view-transition-name: site-header;
 }
 .nav-toggle{
 	display: none;
diff --git a/src/lib/components/recipes/CompactCard.svelte b/src/lib/components/recipes/CompactCard.svelte
index 07fbd56..95d9da9 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/recipes/CompactCard.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/recipes/CompactCard.svelte
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 	const img_color = $derived(recipe.images?.[0]?.color || '');
 
 	const isInSeason = $derived(icon_override || recipe.season?.includes(current_month));
+
+	function activateTransitions(event) {
+		const img = event.currentTarget.querySelector('.img-wrap img');
+		if (img) img.style.viewTransitionName = `recipe-${recipe.short_name}-img`;
+	}
 </script>
 <style>
 .compact-card {
@@ -63,6 +68,7 @@
 	height: 100%;
 	object-fit: cover;
 	transition: transform 0.4s ease;
+	border-radius: var(--radius-card) var(--radius-card) 0 0;
 }
 .info {
 	position: relative;
@@ -157,7 +163,9 @@
 }
 </style>
 
-<div class="compact-card">
+<!-- svelte-ignore a11y_click_events_have_key_events -->
+<!-- svelte-ignore a11y_no_static_element_interactions -->
+<div class="compact-card" onclick={activateTransitions}>
 	<a href="{routePrefix}/{recipe.short_name}" class="card-link" aria-label={recipe.name}></a>
 	{#if showFavoriteIndicator && isFavorite}
 		<span class="favorite">❤️</span>
@@ -167,6 +175,7 @@
 			src="https://bocken.org/static/rezepte/thumb/{img_name}"
 			alt={img_alt}
 			loading={loading_strat}
+			data-recipe={recipe.short_name}
 		/>
 	</div>
 	<div class="info">
diff --git a/src/lib/components/recipes/TitleImgParallax.svelte b/src/lib/components/recipes/TitleImgParallax.svelte
index 909eb06..1d5816b 100644
--- a/src/lib/components/recipes/TitleImgParallax.svelte
+++ b/src/lib/components/recipes/TitleImgParallax.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script>
 	import { onMount } from "svelte";
 
-	let { src, color = '', alt = "", children } = $props();
+	let { src, color = '', alt = "", transitionName = '', children } = $props();
 
 	let isredirected = $state(false);
 
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ dialog button{
 	<!-- svelte-ignore a11y_no_static_element_interactions -->
     	<div class:zoom-in={!isredirected} onclick={show_dialog_img}>
 		<div class="image-wrap" style:background-color={color}>
-			<img class="image" {src} {alt}/>
+			<img class="image" {src} {alt} style:view-transition-name={transitionName || null}/>
 		</div>
 		<noscript>
 			<div class="image-wrap" style:background-color={color}>
diff --git a/src/routes/[recipeLang=recipeLang]/+layout.svelte b/src/routes/[recipeLang=recipeLang]/+layout.svelte
index b98d388..8338a77 100644
--- a/src/routes/[recipeLang=recipeLang]/+layout.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/[recipeLang=recipeLang]/+layout.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,37 @@
 <script>
 import '$lib/css/recipe-links.css';
 import { page } from '$app/stores';
+import { onNavigate } from '$app/navigation';
 import Header from '$lib/components/Header.svelte'
+
+onNavigate((navigation) => {
+	if (!document.startViewTransition) return;
+
+	// Only use view transitions when navigating to/from a recipe detail page
+	const toRecipe = navigation.to?.params?.name;
+	const fromRecipe = navigation.from?.params?.name;
+	if (!toRecipe && !fromRecipe) return;
+
+	// Measure title block position so the slide animation covers exactly the right distance
+	const title = document.querySelector('[style*="view-transition-name: recipe-title"]');
+	if (title) {
+		const dist = window.innerHeight - title.getBoundingClientRect().top;
+		document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--title-slide', `${dist}px`);
+	}
+
+	return new Promise((resolve) => {
+		document.startViewTransition(async () => {
+			resolve();
+			await navigation.complete;
+
+			// Set view-transition-name on the matching CompactCard image for reverse morph
+			if (fromRecipe) {
+				const card = document.querySelector(`img[data-recipe="${fromRecipe}"]`);
+				if (card) card.style.viewTransitionName = `recipe-${fromRecipe}-img`;
+			}
+		});
+	});
+});
 import UserHeader from '$lib/components/UserHeader.svelte';
 import LanguageSelector from '$lib/components/LanguageSelector.svelte';
 import OfflineSyncButton from '$lib/components/OfflineSyncButton.svelte';
diff --git a/src/routes/[recipeLang=recipeLang]/[name]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/[recipeLang=recipeLang]/[name]/+page.svelte
index c6e24d4..ecbc246 100644
--- a/src/routes/[recipeLang=recipeLang]/[name]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/[recipeLang=recipeLang]/[name]/+page.svelte
@@ -282,6 +282,20 @@ h2{
 	margin-bottom: 0;
 }
 
+/* View transition: slide title block up from bottom */
+:global(::view-transition-new(recipe-title)) {
+	animation: slide-up 0.35s ease both;
+}
+:global(::view-transition-old(recipe-title)) {
+	animation: slide-down 0.25s ease both;
+}
+@keyframes slide-up {
+	from { transform: translateY(var(--title-slide, 100vh)); }
+}
+@keyframes slide-down {
+	to { transform: translateY(var(--title-slide, 100vh)); }
+}
+
 </style>
 <svelte:head>
 	<title>{data.strippedName} - {labels.title}</title>
@@ -299,8 +313,8 @@ h2{
 	<link rel="alternate" hreflang="x-default" href="https://bocken.org/rezepte/{data.germanShortName}" />
 </svelte:head>
 
-<TitleImgParallax src={hero_img_src} color={img_color} alt={img_alt}>
-	<div class=title>
+<TitleImgParallax src={hero_img_src} color={img_color} alt={img_alt} transitionName="recipe-{data.short_name}-img">
+	<div class=title style="view-transition-name: recipe-title">
 		{#if data.category}
 			<a class="category g-pill g-btn-dark" href='/{data.recipeLang}/category/{data.category}'>{data.category}</a>
 		{/if}