diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/model/NearbyResultItem.kt b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/model/NearbyResultItem.kt
index c39d8901d..770a1900d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/model/NearbyResultItem.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/nearby/model/NearbyResultItem.kt
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ class NearbyResultItem(
     private val item: ResultTuple?,
     private val wikipediaArticle: ResultTuple?,
     private val commonsArticle: ResultTuple?,
-    private val location: ResultTuple?,
+    private val location: ResultTuple?, @field:SerializedName("label")
     private val label: ResultTuple?,
+    @field:SerializedName("itemLabel") private val itemLabel: ResultTuple?,
     @field:SerializedName("streetAddress") private val address: ResultTuple?,
     private val icon: ResultTuple?,
     @field:SerializedName("class") private val className: ResultTuple?,
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ class NearbyResultItem(
 
     fun getLocation(): ResultTuple = location ?: ResultTuple()
 
-    fun getLabel(): ResultTuple = label ?: ResultTuple()
+    fun getLabel(): ResultTuple = label ?: itemLabel ?: ResultTuple()
 
     fun getIcon(): ResultTuple = icon ?: ResultTuple()
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/resources/queries/query_for_item.rq b/app/src/main/resources/queries/query_for_item.rq
index 2957b9b5b..fdc349d18 100644
--- a/app/src/main/resources/queries/query_for_item.rq
+++ b/app/src/main/resources/queries/query_for_item.rq
@@ -1,50 +1,32 @@
 SELECT
   ?item
-  (SAMPLE(?label) AS ?label)
-  (SAMPLE(?class) AS ?class)
-  (SAMPLE(?description) AS ?description)
-  (SAMPLE(?classLabel) AS ?classLabel)
-  (SAMPLE(?pic) AS ?pic)
-  (SAMPLE(?destroyed) AS ?destroyed)
-  (SAMPLE(?endTime) AS ?endTime)
-  (SAMPLE(?wikipediaArticle) AS ?wikipediaArticle)
-  (SAMPLE(?commonsArticle) AS ?commonsArticle)
-  (SAMPLE(?commonsCategory) AS ?commonsCategory)
-  (SAMPLE(?dateOfOfficialClosure) AS ?dateOfOfficialClosure)
-  (SAMPLE(?pointInTime) AS ?pointInTime)
+  ?itemLabel
+  ?itemDescription
+  ?class
+  ?classLabel
+  ?pic
+  ?destroyed
+  ?endTime
+  ?wikipediaArticle
+  ?commonsArticle
+  ?commonsCategory
+  ?dateOfOfficialClosure
+  ?pointInTime
 WHERE {
   SERVICE <https://query.wikidata.org/sparql> {
-    values ?item {
-      ${ENTITY}
-    }
+    VALUES ?item {${ENTITY}}
   }
 
-  # Get the label in the preferred language of the user, or any other language if no label is available in that language.
-  OPTIONAL {?item rdfs:label ?itemLabelPreferredLanguage. FILTER (lang(?itemLabelPreferredLanguage) = "${LANG}")}
-  OPTIONAL {?item rdfs:label ?itemLabelAnyLanguage}
-  BIND(COALESCE(?itemLabelPreferredLanguage, ?itemLabelAnyLanguage, "?") as ?label)
+  # Get item label/class label/description in the preferred language of the user, or fallback.
+  SERVICE wikibase:label { bd:serviceParam wikibase:language "${LANG},en,aa,ab,ae,af,ak,am,an,ar,as,av,ay,az,ba,be,bg,bh,bi,bm,bn,bo,br,bs,ca,ce,ch,co,cr,cs,cu,cv,cy,da,de,dv,dz,ee,el,eo,es,et,eu,fa,ff,fi,fj,fo,fr,fy,ga,gd,gl,gn,gu,gv,ha,he,hi,ho,hr,ht,hu,hy,hz,ia,id,ie,ig,ii,ik,io,is,it,iu,ja,jv,ka,kg,ki,kj,kk,kl,km,kn,ko,kr,ks,ku,kv,kw,ky,la,lb,lg,li,ln,lo,lt,lu,lv,mg,mh,mi,mk,ml,mn,mo,mr,ms,mt,my,na,nb,nd,ne,ng,nl,nn,no,ny,oc,oj,om,or,os,pa,pi,pl,ps,pt,qu,rm,rn,ro,ru,rw,sa,sc,sd,se,sg,sh,si,sk,sl,sm,sn,so,sq,sr,ss,st,su,sv,sw,ta,te,tg,th,ti,tk,tl,tn,to,tr,ts,tt,tw,ty,ug,uk,ur,uz,ve,vi,vo,wa,wo,xh,yi,yo,za,zh,zu". }
 
-  # Get the description in the preferred language of the user, or any other language if no description is available in that language.
-  OPTIONAL {?item schema:description ?itemDescriptionPreferredLanguage. FILTER (lang(?itemDescriptionPreferredLanguage) = "${LANG}")}
-  OPTIONAL {?item schema:description ?itemDescriptionAnyLanguage}
-  BIND(COALESCE(?itemDescriptionPreferredLanguage, ?itemDescriptionAnyLanguage, "?") as ?description)
+  # Get class (such as forest or bridge)
+  OPTIONAL {?item p:P31/ps:P31 ?class}
 
-  # Get the class label in the preferred language of the user, or any other language if no label is available in that language.
-  OPTIONAL {
-  ?item p:P31/ps:P31 ?class.
-    OPTIONAL {?class rdfs:label ?classLabelPreferredLanguage. FILTER (lang(?classLabelPreferredLanguage) = "${LANG}")}
-    OPTIONAL {?class rdfs:label ?classLabelAnyLanguage}
-    BIND(COALESCE(?classLabelPreferredLanguage, ?classLabelAnyLanguage, "?") as ?classLabel)
-  }
-
-  OPTIONAL {
-  ?item p:P31/ps:P31 ?class.
-  }
-
-  # Get picture
+  # Get picture (items without a picture will be shown in red on the Nearby map)
   OPTIONAL {?item wdt:P18 ?pic}
 
-  # Get existence
+  # Get existence (whether an item still exists or not)
   OPTIONAL {?item wdt:P576 ?destroyed}
   OPTIONAL {?item wdt:P582 ?endTime}
   OPTIONAL {?item wdt:P3999 ?dateOfOfficialClosure}
@@ -64,5 +46,4 @@ WHERE {
     ?commonsArticle schema:about ?item.
     ?commonsArticle schema:isPartOf <https://commons.wikimedia.org/>.
   }
-}
-GROUP BY ?item
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+}
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