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@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ The Open Source Routing Machine is a high performance routing engine written in
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 ## Building
 
@@ -19,9 +18,47 @@ To quickly try OSRM use our [free and daily updated online service](http://map.p
 
 ## Documentation
 
+### Full documentation
+
 - [osrm-routed HTTP API documentation](docs/http.md)
 - [libosrm API documentation](docs/libosrm.md)
 
+### Quick start
+
+Building OSRM assuming all dependencies are installed:
+
+```
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+cmake --build .
+sudo cmake --build . --target install
+```
+
+Loading preparing a dataset and starting the server:
+
+```
+osrm-extract data.osm.pbf -p profiles/car.lua
+osrm-contract data.osrm
+osrm-routed data.osrm
+```
+
+Running a query on your local server:
+
+```
+curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/13.388860,52.517037;13.385983,52.496891?steps=true&alternatives=true
+```
+
+### Running a request against the Demo Server
+
+First read the [API usage policy](https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/wiki/Api-usage-policy).
+
+Then run simple query with instructions and alternatives on Berlin:
+
+```
+curl https://router.project-osrm.org/13.388860,52.517037;13.385983,52.496891?steps=true&alternatives=true
+```
+
 ## References in publications
 
 When using the code in a (scientific) publication, please cite