diff --git a/lib/maptool/pmtiles_builder.rb b/lib/maptool/pmtiles_builder.rb
index 4354978..9f9cd50 100644
--- a/lib/maptool/pmtiles_builder.rb
+++ b/lib/maptool/pmtiles_builder.rb
@@ -266,18 +266,30 @@ module Maptool
     # plain #get buffers the whole response body in memory first, which
     # read_body's block form avoids) and returns its Last-Modified header
     # (free off the same GET, no separate HEAD needed) for the sidecar
-    # meta / update-check below.
-    def self.download_extract(url, dest)
+    # meta / update-check below. Geofabrik 302s (e.g. .../europe/austria
+    # redirecting to wherever actually serves it) — followed manually
+    # since request_get's block form doesn't do this itself.
+    def self.download_extract(url, dest, limit: 5)
+      raise BuildError, "too many redirects downloading #{url}" if limit.zero?
+
       uri = URI(url)
       last_modified = nil
+      redirect_to = nil
       Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") do |http|
         http.request_get(uri) do |response|
-          raise BuildError, "could not download #{url} (HTTP #{response.code})" unless response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-
-          last_modified = response["last-modified"]
-          File.open(dest, "wb") { |file| response.read_body { |chunk| file.write(chunk) } }
+          case response
+          when Net::HTTPSuccess
+            last_modified = response["last-modified"]
+            File.open(dest, "wb") { |file| response.read_body { |chunk| file.write(chunk) } }
+          when Net::HTTPRedirection
+            redirect_to = URI.join(url, response["location"]).to_s
+          else
+            raise BuildError, "could not download #{url} (HTTP #{response.code})"
+          end
         end
       end
+      return download_extract(redirect_to, dest, limit: limit - 1) if redirect_to
+
       last_modified
     end
 
@@ -316,12 +328,16 @@ module Maptool
       nil
     end
 
-    def self.fetch_geofabrik_last_modified(url)
+    def self.fetch_geofabrik_last_modified(url, limit: 5)
+      raise BuildError, "too many redirects reaching #{url}" if limit.zero?
+
       uri = URI(url)
       response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.head(uri) }
-      raise BuildError, "could not reach #{url}" unless response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-
-      response["last-modified"]
+      case response
+      when Net::HTTPSuccess then response["last-modified"]
+      when Net::HTTPRedirection then fetch_geofabrik_last_modified(URI.join(url, response["location"]).to_s, limit: limit - 1)
+      else raise BuildError, "could not reach #{url}"
+      end
     end
 
     def self.offline_meta_path(data_dir)