diff --git a/src/c3nav/routing/exceptions.py b/src/c3nav/routing/exceptions.py
index f887754b..7bd27607 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/routing/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/routing/exceptions.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-class NoRouteFound(Exception):
-    pass
-
-
 class NotYetRoutable(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-class AlreadyThere(Exception):
+class LocationUnreachable(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class NoRouteFound(Exception):
     pass
diff --git a/src/c3nav/routing/router.py b/src/c3nav/routing/router.py
index 59088009..6049ff2a 100644
--- a/src/c3nav/routing/router.py
+++ b/src/c3nav/routing/router.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from c3nav.mapdata.models import AltitudeArea, Area, GraphEdge, Level, LocationG
 from c3nav.mapdata.models.geometry.space import POI
 from c3nav.mapdata.utils.geometry import assert_multipolygon, get_rings, good_representative_point
 from c3nav.mapdata.utils.locations import CustomLocation
-from c3nav.routing.exceptions import NotYetRoutable
+from c3nav.routing.exceptions import LocationUnreachable, NoRouteFound, NotYetRoutable
 from c3nav.routing.route import Route
 
 
@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ class Router:
             location.nodes = set(i for i in location_nodes.keys())
             location.nodes_addition = location_nodes
             locations = tuple((location, ))
-        return RouterLocation(locations)
+        result = RouterLocation(locations)
+        if not result.nodes:
+            raise LocationUnreachable
+        return result
 
     def space_for_point(self, level, point, restrictions=None):
         point = Point(point.x, point.y)
@@ -324,8 +327,6 @@ class Router:
         origins = self.get_locations(origin, restrictions)
         destinations = self.get_locations(destination, restrictions)
 
-        # todo: throw error if route is impossible
-
         # calculate shortest path matrix
         distances, predecessors = self.shortest_path(restrictions)
 
@@ -339,6 +340,9 @@ class Router:
         origin_node = origin_nodes[origin_node]
         destination_node = destination_nodes[destination_node]
 
+        if distances[origin_node, destination_node] == np.inf:
+            raise NoRouteFound
+
         # get best origin and destination
         origin = origins.get_location_for_node(origin_node)
         destination = destinations.get_location_for_node(destination_node)