diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/alchemy/alchemy.base.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/alchemy/alchemy.base.js.coffee
index 6458d2de0c..def8c9c364 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/alchemy/alchemy.base.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/alchemy/alchemy.base.js.coffee
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ $.extend Alchemy,
       Alchemy.setElementDirty $element
     false
 
-  # Initializes all select tag with .alchemy_selectbox class as selectBoxIt instance
+  # Initializes all select tag with .alchemy_selectbox class as select2 instance
   # Pass a jQuery scope to only init a subset of selectboxes.
   SelectBox: (scope) ->
     $("select.alchemy_selectbox", scope).select2
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/admin.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/admin.scss
index e63b96f752..013e889b4d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/admin.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/admin.scss
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 @import "alchemy/icons";
 @import "alchemy/image_library";
 @import "alchemy/labels";
+@import "alchemy/nodes";
 @import "alchemy/notices";
 @import "alchemy/pagination";
 @import "alchemy/preview_window";
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/forms.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/forms.scss
index 9970a0ab44..c07e9119c7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/forms.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/forms.scss
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ form {
       float: right;
     }
 
+    .input > .select2-container {
+      width: 100%;
+    }
+
     > .autocomplete_tag_list {
 
       .select2-container, .select2-choices {
@@ -49,11 +53,8 @@ form {
       line-height: 16px;
     }
 
-    &.select, &.grouped_select {
-
-      .select2-container {
-        margin: 4px 0;
-      }
+    .select2-container {
+      margin: 4px 0;
     }
 
     &.boolean {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/nodes.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/nodes.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e2d4790e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/nodes.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+.nodes_tree.list {
+  margin: 2em 0;
+
+  &.sorting {
+    padding-top: 100px;
+
+    .page_icon {
+      cursor: move
+    }
+  }
+
+  .sitemap_node-level_0 {
+
+    > .node_name {
+      font-weight: bold;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .node_page,
+  .node_url {
+    width: 200px;
+    max-width: 45%;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    overflow: hidden;
+
+    > a {
+      overflow: hidden;
+      text-overflow: ellipsis;
+      max-width: 100%;
+
+      .external & {
+        max-width: 90%;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  .node_page {
+    padding: 0 8px;
+    margin-left: auto;
+  }
+
+  .node_url {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
+    padding: 0 2*$default-padding;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    background-color: $sitemap-info-background-color;
+    line-height: $sitemap-line-height;
+    font-size: $small-font-size;
+    @include border-right-radius($default-border-radius);
+
+    > i {
+      margin-left: auto;
+      padding-left: $default-padding;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .node_folder {
+    cursor: pointer;
+  }
+
+  ul {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+
+  li {
+    line-height: $sitemap-line-height;
+    padding-left: $default-padding;
+
+    li {
+      padding-left: $sitemap-line-height;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+#node_filter_result {
+  display: none;
+  margin-left: 2*$default-margin;
+}
+
+.sitemap_node {
+  margin: 3*$default-margin 0;
+  transition: background-color $transition-duration;
+
+  &.highlight {
+    background-color: $sitemap-highlight-color;
+  }
+
+  &.no-match .sitemap_pagename_link {
+    color: $medium-gray;
+  }
+
+  &:hover {
+    background-color: $sitemap-page-hover-color;
+    border-radius: $default-border-radius;
+  }
+
+  .node_name {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
+    @include border-left-radius($default-border-radius);
+    padding: 0 0 0 10px;
+    margin: 2px;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    background-color: $sitemap-page-background-color;
+
+    &.without-status {
+      @include border-right-radius($default-border-radius);
+    }
+
+    &.inactive {
+      color: #656565;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+.nodes_tree-left_images {
+  position: relative;
+  width: 32px;
+  line-height: $sitemap-line-height;
+  float: left;
+  padding: 0 2*$default-padding;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+.nodes_tree-right_tools {
+  height: $sitemap-line-height;
+  padding: 0 2*$default-padding;
+  float: right;
+
+  > a {
+    float: left;
+    width: $sitemap-line-height;
+    height: $sitemap-line-height;
+    line-height: $sitemap-line-height;
+    text-align: center;
+    margin: 0;
+
+    &.disabled .icon {
+      opacity: 0.25;
+      filter: grayscale(100%);
+    }
+  }
+
+  .icon.blank {
+    margin-left: 2px;
+    float: left;
+    margin-top: 3px;
+    margin-right: 3px;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/selects.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/selects.scss
index 326403a8db..8a2cf97bb6 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/selects.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/alchemy/selects.scss
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ select {
       font-weight: normal;
       text-align: left;
 
+      .select2-chosen {
+        overflow: visible;
+      }
+
       .select2-arrow {
         top: 0;
         width: $form-field-height;
diff --git a/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/nodes_controller.rb b/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/nodes_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6de40115a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/alchemy/admin/nodes_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Alchemy
+  module Admin
+    class NodesController < Admin::ResourcesController
+      def index
+        @root_nodes = Node.language_root_nodes
+      end
+
+      def new
+        @node = Node.new(
+          parent_id: params[:parent_id],
+          language: Language.current
+        )
+      end
+
+      def toggle
+        node = Node.find(params[:id])
+        node.update(folded: !node.folded)
+        if node.folded?
+          head :ok
+        else
+          render partial: 'node', collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children)
+        end
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def resource_params
+        params.require(:node).permit(
+          :parent_id,
+          :language_id,
+          :page_id,
+          :name,
+          :url,
+          :title,
+          :nofollow,
+          :external
+        )
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/alchemy/pages_helper.rb b/app/helpers/alchemy/pages_helper.rb
index 1cd4197caa..7b0f00d886 100644
--- a/app/helpers/alchemy/pages_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/alchemy/pages_helper.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ def render_site_layout
     end
 
     # Renders the navigation.
+    # @deprecated
     #
     # It produces a html <ul><li></li></ul> structure with all necessary classes so you can produce every navigation the web uses today.
     # I.E. dropdown-navigations, simple mainnavigations or even complex nested ones.
@@ -177,6 +178,33 @@ def render_navigation(options = {}, html_options = {})
         pages: pages,
         html_options: html_options
     end
+    deprecate render_navigation: 'Create a menu and use render_menu instead', deprecator: Alchemy::Deprecation
+
+    # Renders a menu partial
+    #
+    # Menu partials are placed in the `app/views/alchemy/menus` folder
+    # Use the `rails g alchemy:menus` generator to create the partials
+    #
+    # @param [String] - Name of the menu
+    # @param [Hash] - A set of options available in your menu partials
+    def render_menu(name, options = {})
+      root_node = Alchemy::Node.roots.find_by(name: name)
+      if root_node.nil?
+        warning("Menu with name #{name} not found!")
+        return
+      end
+
+      options = {
+        node_partial_name: "#{root_node.view_folder_name}/node"
+      }.merge(options)
+
+      render(root_node, node: root_node, options: options)
+    rescue ActionView::MissingTemplate => e
+      warning <<~WARN
+        Menu partial not found for #{name}.
+        #{e}
+      WARN
+    end
 
     # Renders navigation the children and all siblings of the given page (standard is the current page).
     #
@@ -206,6 +234,7 @@ def render_subnavigation(options = {}, html_options = {})
         return nil
       end
     end
+    deprecate :render_subnavigation, deprecator: Alchemy::Deprecation
 
     # Returns true if page is in the active branch
     def page_active?(page)
diff --git a/app/models/alchemy/node.rb b/app/models/alchemy/node.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..125705a881
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/alchemy/node.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Alchemy
+  class Node < BaseRecord
+    VALID_URL_REGEX = /\A(\/|\D[a-z\+\d\.\-]+:)/
+
+    acts_as_nested_set scope: 'language_id', touch: true
+    stampable stamper_class_name: Alchemy.user_class_name
+
+    belongs_to :language, class_name: 'Alchemy::Language'
+    belongs_to :page, class_name: 'Alchemy::Page', optional: true, inverse_of: :nodes
+
+    validates :url, format: { with: VALID_URL_REGEX }, unless: -> { url.nil? }
+
+    # Returns the name
+    #
+    # Either the value is stored in the database
+    # or, if attached, the values comes from a page.
+    def name
+      read_attribute(:name).presence || page&.name
+    end
+
+    class << self
+      # Returns all root nodes for current language
+      def language_root_nodes
+        raise 'No language found' if Language.current.nil?
+        roots.where(language_id: Language.current.id)
+      end
+    end
+
+    # Returns the url
+    #
+    # Either the value is stored in the database, aka. an external url.
+    # Or, if attached, the values comes from a page.
+    def url
+      page && "/#{page.urlname}" || read_attribute(:url).presence
+    end
+
+    def to_partial_path
+      "#{view_folder_name}/wrapper"
+    end
+
+    def view_folder_name
+      "alchemy/menus/#{name.parameterize.underscore}"
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/alchemy/page.rb b/app/models/alchemy/page.rb
index eb9a708482..cb4602eff4 100644
--- a/app/models/alchemy/page.rb
+++ b/app/models/alchemy/page.rb
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ class Page < BaseRecord
       :title,
       :urlname,
       :visible,
-      :layoutpage
+      :layoutpage,
+      :menu_id
     ]
 
     acts_as_nested_set(dependent: :destroy)
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ class Page < BaseRecord
     has_many :site_languages, through: :site, source: :languages
     has_many :folded_pages
     has_many :legacy_urls, class_name: 'Alchemy::LegacyPageUrl'
+    has_many :nodes, class_name: 'Alchemy::Node', inverse_of: :page
 
     validates_presence_of :language, on: :create, unless: :root
     validates_presence_of :page_layout, unless: :systempage?
@@ -143,6 +145,11 @@ class Page < BaseRecord
       if: :should_create_legacy_url?,
       unless: :redirects_to_external?
 
+    after_update :attach_to_menu!,
+      if: :should_attach_to_menu?
+
+    after_update -> { nodes.update_all(updated_at: Time.current) }
+
     # Concerns
     include Alchemy::Page::PageScopes
     include Alchemy::Page::PageNatures
@@ -152,6 +159,8 @@ class Page < BaseRecord
     # site_name accessor
     delegate :name, to: :site, prefix: true, allow_nil: true
 
+    attr_accessor :menu_id
+
     # Class methods
     #
     class << self
@@ -532,6 +541,12 @@ def locker_name
       locker.try(:name) || Alchemy.t('unknown')
     end
 
+    # Menus (aka. root nodes) this page is attached to
+    #
+    def menus
+      @_menus ||= nodes.map(&:root)
+    end
+
     private
 
     def set_fixed_attributes
@@ -577,5 +592,17 @@ def create_legacy_url
     def set_published_at
       self.published_at = Time.current
     end
+
+    def attach_to_menu!
+      Alchemy::Node.find(menu_id).children.create!(
+        language_id: language_id,
+        page_id: id,
+        name: name
+      )
+    end
+
+    def should_attach_to_menu?
+      menu_id && nodes.none?
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/models/alchemy/page/page_natures.rb b/app/models/alchemy/page/page_natures.rb
index bd6445d18e..8f796104d7 100644
--- a/app/models/alchemy/page/page_natures.rb
+++ b/app/models/alchemy/page/page_natures.rb
@@ -55,19 +55,24 @@ def editor_roles
     end
 
     # Returns true or false if the pages definition for config/alchemy/page_layouts.yml contains redirects_to_external: true
+    # @deprecated Please use a menu node with an external url instead.
     def redirects_to_external?
       !!definition["redirects_to_external"]
     end
+    deprecate redirects_to_external?: 'Please use a menu node with an external url instead.', deprecator: Alchemy::Deprecation
 
+    # @deprecated
     def has_controller?
       !PageLayout.get(page_layout).nil? && !PageLayout.get(page_layout)["controller"].blank?
     end
+    deprecate :has_controller?, deprecator: Alchemy::Deprecation
 
     # True if page locked_at timestamp and locked_by id are set
     def locked?
       locked_by? && locked_at?
     end
 
+    # @deprecated Please use a menu node with an url pointing to your controller path instead.
     def controller_and_action
       if has_controller?
         {
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ def controller_and_action
         }
       end
     end
+    deprecate controller_and_action: 'Please use a menu node with an url pointing to your controller path instead.', deprecator: Alchemy::Deprecation
 
     # Returns a Hash describing the status of the Page.
     #
diff --git a/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/_form.html.erb b/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/_form.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd4f79f805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/_form.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<%= alchemy_form_for([:admin, node]) do |f| %>
+  <%= f.input :name, input_html: {
+    autofocus: true,
+    value: node.page && node.read_attribute(:name).blank? ? nil : node.name,
+    placeholder: node.page ? node.page.name : nil
+  } %>
+  <% unless node.root? %>
+    <%= f.input :page_id, label: Alchemy::Page.model_name.human, input_html: { class: 'alchemy_selectbox' } %>
+    <%= f.input :url, input_html: { disabled: node.page }, hint: Alchemy.t(:node_url_hint) %>
+    <%= f.input :title %>
+    <%= f.input :nofollow %>
+    <%= f.input :external %>
+    <%= f.hidden_field :parent_id %>
+  <% end %>
+  <%= f.hidden_field :language_id %>
+  <%= f.submit button_label %>
+<% end %>
+
+<script>
+  $('#node_page_id').select2({
+    data: <%== ([{
+      id: '',
+      text: Alchemy.t(:blank, scope: 'resources.relation_select')
+    }] + Alchemy::Language.current.pages.contentpages.map { |page|
+      {
+        id: page.id,
+        text: page.name,
+        url: "/#{page.urlname}",
+        selected: page.id == node.page_id
+      }
+    }).to_json %>
+  }).on('change', function(e) {
+    if (e.val === '') {
+      $('#node_name').removeAttr('placeholder')
+      $('#node_url').val('').prop('disabled', false)
+    } else {
+      $('#node_name').attr('placeholder', e.added.text)
+      $('#node_url').val(e.added.url).prop('disabled', true)
+    }
+  })
+</script>
diff --git a/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/_node.html.erb b/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/_node.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..341ec8c8e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/_node.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<li>
+  <%= content_tag :div, class: [
+    'sitemap_node',
+    node.external? ? 'external' : 'internal',
+    "sitemap_node-level_#{node.depth}"
+  ] do %>
+    <span class="nodes_tree-left_images">
+      <% if node.children.any? %>
+        <a class="node_folder" data-node-id="<%= node.id %>">
+          <% if node.folded? %>
+            <i class="far fa-plus-square fa-fw"></i>
+          <% else %>
+            <i class="far fa-minus-square fa-fw"></i>
+          <% end %>
+        </a>
+      <% else %>
+        &nbsp;
+      <% end %>
+    </span>
+    <span class="nodes_tree-right_tools">
+      <% if can?(:edit, node) %>
+        <%= link_to_dialog(
+          render_icon(:edit),
+          alchemy.edit_admin_node_path(node),
+          {
+            title: node.root? ? Alchemy.t(:edit_menu) : Alchemy.t(:edit_node),
+            size: node.root? ? '450x120' : '450x360'
+          },
+          title: node.root? ? Alchemy.t(:edit_menu) : Alchemy.t(:edit_node)
+        ) %>
+      <% end %>
+      <% if can?(:destroy, node) %>
+        <%= link_to_confirm_dialog(
+          render_icon(:minus),
+          node.root? ? Alchemy.t(:confirm_to_delete_menu) : Alchemy.t(:confirm_to_delete_node),
+          url_for(
+            controller: 'nodes',
+            action: 'destroy',
+            id: node.id
+          ),
+          {
+            title: node.root? ? Alchemy.t(:delete_menu) : Alchemy.t(:delete_node)
+          }
+        ) %>
+      <% end %>
+      <% if can?(:create, Alchemy::Node) %>
+        <%= link_to_dialog(
+          render_icon(:plus),
+          alchemy.new_admin_node_path(parent_id: node.id),
+          {
+            title: Alchemy.t(:create_node),
+            size: '450x360',
+            overflow: true
+          },
+          title: Alchemy.t(:create_node)
+        ) %>
+      <% end %>
+    </span>
+    <div class="node_name">
+      <%= node.name || '&nbsp;'.html_safe %>
+      <span class="node_page">
+      <% if node.page %>
+        <i class="icon far fa-file"></i>
+        &nbsp;
+        <%= link_to [:edit, :admin, node.page], title: Alchemy.t(:edit_page) do %>
+          <%= node.page.name %>
+        <% end %>
+      <% end %>
+      </span>
+      <% if node.url %>
+        <span class="node_url">
+          <%= link_to node.url, node.url, target: '_blank', title: node.url %>
+          <% if node.external? %>
+            <i class="fas fa-external-link-alt fa-sm"></i>
+          <% end %>
+        </span>
+      <% end %>
+    </div>
+  <% end %>
+  <% if node.children.any? %>
+    <ul class="children<%= node.folded? ? ' hidden' : nil %>">
+      <% unless node.folded? %>
+        <%= render partial: 'node', collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children) %>
+      <% end %>
+    </ul>
+  <% end %>
+</li>
diff --git a/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/edit.html.erb b/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/edit.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca1a427c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/edit.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<%= render 'form', node: @node, button_label: Alchemy.t(:save) %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/index.html.erb b/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/index.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfbcaccbb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/index.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<% content_for(:title) do %>
+  <%= Alchemy.t(:menus, scope: 'modules') %>
+<% end %>
+
+<% content_for(:toolbar) do %>
+  <div class="toolbar_buttons">
+    <%= render 'alchemy/admin/partials/site_select' %>
+    <%= render 'alchemy/admin/partials/language_tree_select' %>
+    <%= toolbar_button(
+      icon: 'plus',
+      label: Alchemy.t(:create_menu),
+      url: alchemy.new_admin_node_path,
+      hotkey: 'alt+n',
+      dialog_options: {
+        title: Alchemy.t(:create_menu),
+        size: '450x120'
+      },
+      if_permitted_to: [:create, Alchemy::Node]
+    ) %>
+  </div>
+<% end %>
+
+<div id="archive_all">
+  <h1 id="node_filter_result"></h1>
+  <% if @root_nodes.any? %>
+    <% @root_nodes.each do |root_node| %>
+      <ul class="nodes_tree list">
+        <%= render 'node', node: root_node %>
+      </ul>
+    <% end %>
+  <% else %>
+    <div class="panel no-resource-found">
+      <%= render_message do %>
+        <%= Alchemy.t(:no_resource_found) % { resource: Alchemy.t(:menu) } %>
+      <% end %>
+      <%= render 'form', node: Alchemy::Node.new(language: Alchemy::Language.current), button_label: Alchemy.t(:create) %>
+    </div>
+  <% end %>
+</div>
+
+<script>
+  $('.nodes_tree').on('click', '.node_folder', function() {
+    var $this = $(this)
+    var node_id = $this.data('node-id')
+    var url = '<%= alchemy.toggle_admin_node_path(id: ":id") %>'.replace(':id', node_id)
+    var $children = $this.closest('li').find('> .children')
+    $this.find('> i').
+      toggleClass('fa-plus-square').
+      toggleClass('fa-minus-square')
+    $children.toggleClass('hidden')
+    $.ajax(url, { method: 'PATCH' }).then(function (nodes) {
+      if ($children.children().length === 0) {
+        $children.append(nodes)
+      }
+    })
+    return false
+  })
+</script>
diff --git a/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/new.html.erb b/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/new.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c4bf359e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/alchemy/admin/nodes/new.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<%= render 'form', node: @node, button_label: Alchemy.t(:create) %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/alchemy/admin/pages/_form.html.erb b/app/views/alchemy/admin/pages/_form.html.erb
index 3bd6eefe8a..a0b0a66e5e 100644
--- a/app/views/alchemy/admin/pages/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/alchemy/admin/pages/_form.html.erb
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
     <label class="control-label"><%= Alchemy.t(:page_status) %></label>
     <div class="control_group">
       <%= render 'alchemy/admin/pages/publication_fields' %>
-      <%= page_status_checkbox(@page, :visible) %>
       <%= page_status_checkbox(@page, :restricted) %>
+      <%= render 'alchemy/admin/pages/menu_fields', f: f %>
       <% if configuration(:sitemap)['show_flag'] %>
         <%= page_status_checkbox(@page, :sitemap) %>
       <% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/alchemy/admin/pages/_menu_fields.html.erb b/app/views/alchemy/admin/pages/_menu_fields.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dadb0f2641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/alchemy/admin/pages/_menu_fields.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<% if @page.menus.any? %>
+  <label class="checkbox">
+    <input type="checkbox" disabled checked>
+    <%= Alchemy.t(:attached_to) %>
+  </label>
+  <% @page.menus.each do |menu| %>
+    <span class="page-menu-name label">
+      <%= menu.name %>
+    </span>
+  <% end %>
+<% elsif Alchemy::Node.roots.any? %>
+  <%= page_status_checkbox(@page, :visible) %>
+  <%= f.input :menu_id, collection: Alchemy::Node.roots.map { |n| [n.name, n.id] },
+    prompt: Alchemy.t('Please choose a menu'),
+    input_html: { class: 'alchemy_selectbox' },
+    wrapper_html: { style: @page.visible? ? 'display: block' : 'display: none' },
+    label: false %>
+  <script>
+    (function() {
+      var $wrapper = $('.input.page_menu_id')
+      $('#page_visible').click(function() {
+        if ($(this).is(':checked')) {
+          $wrapper.show()
+        } else {
+          $wrapper.find('select').val('')
+          $wrapper.hide()
+        }
+      })
+    })()
+  </script>
+<% else %>
+  <%= page_status_checkbox(@page, :visible) %>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/config/alchemy/modules.yml b/config/alchemy/modules.yml
index d48c3eba04..dc8414a3b4 100644
--- a/config/alchemy/modules.yml
+++ b/config/alchemy/modules.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,18 @@
       - controller: 'alchemy/admin/pages'
         action: edit
 
-- name: languages
+- name: menus
   engine_name: alchemy
   position: 3
+  navigation:
+    name: 'modules.menus'
+    controller: 'alchemy/admin/nodes'
+    action: index
+    icon: list-ul
+
+- name: languages
+  engine_name: alchemy
+  position: 4
   navigation:
     name: 'modules.languages'
     controller: 'alchemy/admin/languages'
@@ -39,7 +48,7 @@
 
 - name: sites
   engine_name: alchemy
-  position: 4
+  position: 5
   navigation:
     name: 'modules.sites'
     controller: 'alchemy/admin/sites'
@@ -48,7 +57,7 @@
 
 - name: tags
   engine_name: alchemy
-  position: 5
+  position: 6
   navigation:
     name: 'modules.tags'
     controller: 'alchemy/admin/tags'
@@ -57,7 +66,7 @@
 
 - name: archive
   engine_name: alchemy
-  position: 6
+  position: 7
   navigation:
     controller: 'alchemy/admin/pictures'
     action: index
diff --git a/config/locales/alchemy.en.yml b/config/locales/alchemy.en.yml
index 9582c3e451..d7593224c1 100644
--- a/config/locales/alchemy.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/alchemy.en.yml
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ en:
     assign_file: "Assign a file"
     assign_file_from_archive: "assign a file from your archive"
     assign_image: "Assign an image"
+    attached_to: "attached to"
     attachment_filename_notice: "* Please do not use any special characters for the filename."
     auto_play: "Play movie after load"
     big_thumbnails: "Big thumbnails"
@@ -320,6 +321,8 @@ en:
     confirm_to_delete_image: "Do you really want to delete this image from server?"
     confirm_to_delete_image_from_server: "Do you really want to delete this image from the server?"
     confirm_to_delete_images_from_server: "Do you really want to delete these images from the server?"
+    confirm_to_delete_menu: "Do you really want to delete this menu?"
+    confirm_to_delete_node: "Do you really want to delete this menu node?"
     confirm_to_delete_page: "Do you really want to delete this page? All its elements (even trashed ones) will get lost!"
     content_essence_not_found: "Content essence not found"
     content_not_found: "Field for content not present."
@@ -335,12 +338,16 @@ en:
     "Create language": "Create a new language"
     "Create site": "Create a new site"
     create_language_tree_heading: "Create empty language tree"
+    create_menu: "Add a menu"
+    create_node: "Add a menu node"
     create_page: "Create a new subpage"
     currently_edited_by: "This page is locked by"
     cut_element: "Cut this element."
     delete_file: "Delete this file from server."
     delete_image: "Remove this image"
     delete_language: "Delete this language"
+    delete_menu: "Delete this menu"
+    delete_node: "Delete this menu node"
     delete_page: "Delete this page"
     delete_tag: 'Delete tag'
     document: "File"
@@ -351,6 +358,8 @@ en:
     edit_file_properties: "Edit file properties."
     edit_image_properties: "Edit image properties."
     edit_language: "Edit language"
+    edit_menu: "Edit menu"
+    edit_node: "Edit menu node"
     edit_page: "Edit this page"
     edit_page_properties: "Edit page properties"
     edit_tag: 'Edit tag'
@@ -418,6 +427,7 @@ en:
     male: "Male"
     me: "Me"
     medium_thumbnails: "Medium thumbnails"
+    menu: Menu
     meta_data: "Meta-Data"
     meta_description: "Meta-Description"
     meta_keywords: "Meta-Keywords"
@@ -428,6 +438,7 @@ en:
       languages: "Languages"
       layoutpages: "Global Pages"
       library: "Library"
+      menus: "Menus"
       pages: "Pages"
       tags: "Tags"
       sites: "Sites"
@@ -435,7 +446,7 @@ en:
       users: "Users"
     name: "Name"
     names: "Names"
-    navigation_name: "Navigation name"
+    node_url_hint: "Please use either a leading slash (/) or an url with protocol (ie. https:)"
     no_image_for_cropper_found: "No image found. Please save the element first."
     no: "No"
     "no pages": "no pages"
@@ -445,6 +456,7 @@ en:
     no_files_in_archive: "You do not have any files in your archive."
     no_images_in_archive: "You don't have any images in your archive."
     no_more_elements_to_add: "No more elements available."
+    no_resource_found: "No %{resource} found. Please add your first one below."
     no_search_results: "Your search did not return any results."
     "not a valid image": "This is not an valid image."
     "or": 'or'
@@ -704,6 +716,9 @@ en:
       alchemy/language:
         one: "Language"
         other: "Languages"
+      alchemy/node:
+        one: "Menu node"
+        other: "Menu nodes"
       alchemy/page:
         one: "Page"
         other: "Pages"
@@ -762,6 +777,13 @@ en:
         code: ISO Code
       alchemy/legacy_page_url:
         urlname: "URL path"
+      alchemy/node:
+        name: "Name"
+        title: "Title"
+        nofollow: "Search engine must not follow"
+        url: "URL"
+        page: "Page"
+        external: "Open link in new tab"
       alchemy/page:
         created_at: "Created at"
         language: "Language"
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index b4a1479228..2353d5b4c1 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
   namespace :admin, {path: Alchemy.admin_path, constraints: Alchemy.admin_constraints} do
     resources :contents, only: [:create]
 
+    resources :nodes do
+      member do
+        patch :toggle
+      end
+    end
+
     resources :pages do
       resources :elements
       collection do
diff --git a/db/migrate/20191029212236_create_alchemy_nodes.rb b/db/migrate/20191029212236_create_alchemy_nodes.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70ba5332ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20191029212236_create_alchemy_nodes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+class CreateAlchemyNodes < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+  def change
+    create_table :alchemy_nodes do |t|
+      t.string :name
+      t.string :title
+      t.string :url
+      t.boolean :nofollow, null: false, default: false
+      t.boolean :external, null: false, default: false
+      t.boolean :folded, null: false, default: false
+
+      t.integer :parent_id, index: true
+      t.integer :lft, null: false, index: true
+      t.integer :rgt, null: false, index: true
+      t.integer :depth, null: false, default: 0
+
+      t.references :page, foreign_key: { to_table: :alchemy_pages, on_delete: :cascade }
+      t.references :language, null: false, foreign_key: { to_table: :alchemy_languages }
+      t.references :creator, index: true
+      t.references :updater, index: true
+
+      t.timestamps
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/alchemy/permissions.rb b/lib/alchemy/permissions.rb
index 0e86878355..951a6c118a 100644
--- a/lib/alchemy/permissions.rb
+++ b/lib/alchemy/permissions.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def alchemy_author_rules
           :alchemy_admin_attachments,
           :alchemy_admin_dashboard,
           :alchemy_admin_layoutpages,
+          :alchemy_admin_nodes,
           :alchemy_admin_pages,
           :alchemy_admin_pictures,
           :alchemy_admin_tags,
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ def alchemy_author_rules
         can :manage,                Alchemy::EssenceFile
         can :manage,                Alchemy::EssencePicture
         can :manage,                Alchemy::LegacyPageUrl
+        can :manage,                Alchemy::Node
         can :read,                  Alchemy::Picture
         can [:read, :autocomplete], Alchemy::Tag
         can(:edit_content,          Alchemy::Page) { |p| p.editable_by?(@user) }
diff --git a/lib/alchemy/test_support/factories/node_factory.rb b/lib/alchemy/test_support/factories/node_factory.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e031e43688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/alchemy/test_support/factories/node_factory.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'factory_bot'
+require 'alchemy/test_support/factories/language_factory'
+require 'alchemy/test_support/factories/page_factory'
+
+FactoryBot.define do
+  factory :alchemy_node, class: 'Alchemy::Node' do
+    language { Alchemy::Language.default }
+
+    trait :with_name do
+      name { 'A Node' }
+    end
+
+    trait :with_page do
+      association :page, factory: :alchemy_page
+    end
+
+    trait :with_url do
+      url { 'https://example.com' }
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/menus_generator.rb b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/menus_generator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40b4d91f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/menus_generator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require_relative '../base'
+
+module Alchemy
+  module Generators
+    class MenusGenerator < Base
+      desc "This generator generates Alchemy menu partials."
+      source_root File.expand_path('templates', __dir__)
+
+      def create_partials
+        menus = Alchemy::Node.roots
+        return unless menus
+
+        menus.each do |menu|
+          conditional_template "wrapper.html.#{template_engine}",
+            "app/views/#{menu.view_folder_name}/_wrapper.html.#{template_engine}"
+          conditional_template "node.html.#{template_engine}",
+            "app/views/#{menu.view_folder_name}/_node.html.#{template_engine}"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/node.html.erb b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/node.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3dce4c726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/node.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<%%= content_tag :li, class: ['nav-item', node.children.any? ? 'dropdown' : nil].compact do %>
+  <%%= link_to_if node.url,
+    node.name,
+    @preview_mode ? 'javascript: void(0)' : node.url,
+    class: ['nav-link', current_page?(node.url) ? 'active' : nil].compact,
+    title: node.title,
+    target: node.external? ? '_blank' : nil,
+    rel: node.nofollow? ? 'nofollow' : nil %>
+  <%% if node.children.any? %>
+    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
+      <%%= render partial: options[:node_partial_name],
+        collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children),
+        locals: { options: options },
+        as: 'node' %>
+    </ul>
+  <%% end %>
+<%% end %>
diff --git a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/node.html.haml b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/node.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..058d6f74d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/node.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+= content_tag :li,
+  class: ['nav-item', node.children.any? ? 'dropdown' : nil].compact do
+  = link_to_if node.url,
+    node.name,
+    @preview_mode ? 'javascript: void(0)' : node.url,
+    class: ['nav-link', current_page?(node.url) ? 'active' : nil].compact,
+    title: node.title,
+    target: node.external? ? '_blank' : nil,
+    rel: node.nofollow? ? 'nofollow' : nil
+    - if node.children.any?
+      %ul.dropdown-menu
+        = render partial: options[:node_partial_name],
+          collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children),
+          locals: { options: options },
+          as: 'node'
diff --git a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/node.html.slim b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/node.html.slim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa88ff6a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/node.html.slim
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+= content_tag :li,
+  class: ['nav-item', node.children.any? ? 'dropdown' : nil].compact do
+  = link_to_if node.url,
+    node.name,
+    @preview_mode ? 'javascript: void(0)' : node.url,
+    class: ['nav-link', current_page?(node.url) ? 'active' : nil].compact,
+    title: node.title,
+    target: node.external? ? '_blank' : nil,
+    rel: node.nofollow? ? 'nofollow' : nil
+    - if node.children.any?
+      ul.dropdown-menu
+        = render partial: options[:node_partial_name],
+          collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children),
+          locals: { options: options },
+          as: 'node'
diff --git a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/wrapper.html.erb b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/wrapper.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d648063f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/wrapper.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<ul class="nav">
+  <%%= render partial: options[:node_partial_name],
+    collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children),
+    locals: { options: options },
+    as: 'node' %>
+</ul>
diff --git a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/wrapper.html.haml b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/wrapper.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8021b59b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/wrapper.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+%ul.nav
+  = render partial: options[:node_partial_name],
+    collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children),
+    locals: { options: options },
+    as: 'node' %>
diff --git a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/wrapper.html.slim b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/wrapper.html.slim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4afb2ece57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/menus/templates/wrapper.html.slim
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ul.nav
+  = render partial: options[:node_partial_name],
+    collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children),
+    locals: { options: options },
+    as: 'node' %>
diff --git a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/views/views_generator.rb b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/views/views_generator.rb
index d193ceffcf..93e263781b 100644
--- a/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/views/views_generator.rb
+++ b/lib/rails/generators/alchemy/views/views_generator.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 module Alchemy
   module Generators
     class ViewsGenerator < ::Rails::Generators::Base
-      ALCHEMY_VIEWS = %w(breadcrumb language_links messages_mailer navigation)
+      ALCHEMY_VIEWS = %w(breadcrumb language_links messages_mailer)
 
       desc "Generates Alchemy views for #{ALCHEMY_VIEWS.to_sentence}."
 
diff --git a/lib/tasks/alchemy/convert.rake b/lib/tasks/alchemy/convert.rake
index be1ded824b..8b42d1fdb9 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/alchemy/convert.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/alchemy/convert.rake
@@ -31,5 +31,49 @@ namespace :alchemy do
         puts "Done."
       end
     end
+
+    namespace :page_trees do
+      desc "Converts the page tree into a menu."
+      task to_menus: [:environment] do
+        if Alchemy::Node.roots.exists?
+          abort "\n⨯ There are already menus present in your database. Aborting!"
+        end
+
+        def convert_to_nodes(children, node:)
+          children.each do |page|
+            has_children = page.children.any?
+            next unless page.visible || has_children
+
+            Alchemy::Deprecation.silence do
+              new_node = node.children.create!(
+                name: page.visible? && page.public? && !page.redirects_to_external? ? nil : page.name,
+                page: page.visible? && page.public? && !page.redirects_to_external? ? page : nil,
+                url: page.redirects_to_external? ? page.urlname : nil,
+                external: page.redirects_to_external? && Alchemy::Config.get(:open_external_links_in_new_tab),
+                language_id: page.language_id
+              )
+              print "."
+              if has_children
+                convert_to_nodes(page.children, node: new_node)
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        menu_count = Alchemy::Language.count
+        puts "\n- Converting #{menu_count} page #{'tree'.pluralize(menu_count)} into #{'menu'.pluralize(menu_count)}."
+        Alchemy::BaseRecord.transaction do
+          Alchemy::Language.all.each do |language|
+            locale = language.locale.presence || I18n.default_locale
+            menu_name = I18n.t('Main Navigation', scope: 'alchemy.menu_names', default: 'Main Navigation', locale: locale)
+            root_node = Alchemy::Node.create(language: language, name: menu_name)
+            language.pages.language_roots.each do |root_page|
+              convert_to_nodes(root_page.children, node: root_node)
+            end
+          end
+        end
+        puts "\n✓ Done."
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/alchemy/admin/nodes_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/alchemy/admin/nodes_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83bf187953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/alchemy/admin/nodes_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+module Alchemy
+  describe Admin::NodesController do
+    routes { Alchemy::Engine.routes }
+
+    before do
+      authorize_user(:as_admin)
+    end
+
+    describe '#index' do
+      context 'if root nodes present' do
+        let!(:root_node)  { create(:alchemy_node) }
+        let!(:child_node) { create(:alchemy_node, parent_id: root_node.id) }
+
+        it "loads only root nodes from current language" do
+          get :index
+          expect(assigns('root_nodes').to_a).to eq([root_node])
+          expect(assigns('root_nodes').to_a).to_not eq([child_node])
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#new' do
+      it "sets the current language on new node" do
+        get :new
+        expect(assigns('node').language).to eq(Language.current)
+      end
+
+      context 'with parent id in params' do
+        it "sets it to new node" do
+          get :new, params: { parent_id: 1 }
+          expect(assigns('node').parent_id).to eq(1)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#create' do
+      context 'with valid params' do
+        let(:language) { create(:alchemy_language) }
+
+        it "creates node and redirects to index" do
+          expect {
+            post :create, params: { node: { name: 'Node', language_id: language.id } }
+          }.to change { Alchemy::Node.count }.by(1)
+          expect(response).to redirect_to(admin_nodes_path)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#update' do
+      let(:node) { create(:alchemy_node) }
+
+      context 'with valid params' do
+        it "redirects to nodes path" do
+          put :update, params: { id: node.id, node: { name: 'Node'} }
+          expect(response).to redirect_to(admin_nodes_path)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#toggle' do
+      context 'with expanded node' do
+        let(:node) { create(:alchemy_node, folded: false) }
+
+        it "folds node" do
+          expect {
+            patch :toggle, params: { id: node.id }
+          }.to change { node.reload.folded }.to(true)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'with folded node' do
+        let(:node) { create(:alchemy_node, folded: true) }
+
+        it "expands node" do
+          expect {
+            patch :toggle, params: { id: node.id }
+          }.to change { node.reload.folded }.to(false)
+        end
+
+        context 'with node having children' do
+          before do
+            create(:alchemy_node, parent: node)
+          end
+
+          render_views
+
+          it "returns nodes children" do
+            patch :toggle, params: { id: node.id }
+            expect(response.body).to have_selector('li .sitemap_node')
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/footer_navigation/_node.html.erb b/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/footer_navigation/_node.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed71624a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/footer_navigation/_node.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<%= content_tag :li, class: ['nav-item', node.children.any? ? 'dropdown' : nil].compact do %>
+  <%= link_to_if node.url,
+    node.name,
+    @preview_mode ? 'javascript: void(0)' : node.url,
+    class: ['nav-link', current_page?(node.url) ? 'active' : nil].compact,
+    title: node.title,
+    target: node.external? ? '_blank' : nil,
+    rel: node.nofollow? ? 'nofollow' : nil %>
+  <% if node.children.any? %>
+    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
+      <%= render partial: options[:node_partial_name],
+        collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children),
+        locals: { options: options },
+        as: 'node' %>
+    </ul>
+  <% end %>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/footer_navigation/_wrapper.html.erb b/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/footer_navigation/_wrapper.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f314d3eedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/footer_navigation/_wrapper.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<ul class="nav">
+  <%= render partial: options[:node_partial_name],
+    collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children),
+    locals: { options: options },
+    as: 'node' %>
+</ul>
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/main_navigation/_node.html.erb b/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/main_navigation/_node.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed71624a72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/main_navigation/_node.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<%= content_tag :li, class: ['nav-item', node.children.any? ? 'dropdown' : nil].compact do %>
+  <%= link_to_if node.url,
+    node.name,
+    @preview_mode ? 'javascript: void(0)' : node.url,
+    class: ['nav-link', current_page?(node.url) ? 'active' : nil].compact,
+    title: node.title,
+    target: node.external? ? '_blank' : nil,
+    rel: node.nofollow? ? 'nofollow' : nil %>
+  <% if node.children.any? %>
+    <ul class="dropdown-menu">
+      <%= render partial: options[:node_partial_name],
+        collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children),
+        locals: { options: options },
+        as: 'node' %>
+    </ul>
+  <% end %>
+<% end %>
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/main_navigation/_wrapper.html.erb b/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/main_navigation/_wrapper.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f314d3eedc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/dummy/app/views/alchemy/menus/main_navigation/_wrapper.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<ul class="nav">
+  <%= render partial: options[:node_partial_name],
+    collection: node.children.includes(:page, :children),
+    locals: { options: options },
+    as: 'node' %>
+</ul>
diff --git a/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 3179502411..17d080b35d 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/spec/dummy/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
 </head>
 <body>
+  <nav>
+    <%= render_menu('Main Navigation') %>
+  </nav>
   <%= yield %>
-  <div id="navigation">
-    <%= render_navigation(:all_sub_menues => true) %>
-  </div>
   <%= render "alchemy/edit_mode" %>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/spec/dummy/db/migrate/20191029212236_create_alchemy_nodes.rb b/spec/dummy/db/migrate/20191029212236_create_alchemy_nodes.rb
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..8acd47089e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/dummy/db/migrate/20191029212236_create_alchemy_nodes.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../db/migrate/20191029212236_create_alchemy_nodes.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb b/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb
index e46c70ecb7..14cf121075 100644
--- a/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb
+++ b/spec/dummy/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2019_10_16_073858) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2019_10_29_212236) do
 
   create_table "alchemy_attachments", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name"
@@ -204,6 +204,32 @@
     t.index ["urlname"], name: "index_alchemy_legacy_page_urls_on_urlname"
   end
 
+  create_table "alchemy_nodes", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string "name"
+    t.string "title"
+    t.string "url"
+    t.boolean "nofollow", default: false, null: false
+    t.boolean "external", default: false, null: false
+    t.boolean "folded", default: false, null: false
+    t.integer "parent_id"
+    t.integer "lft", null: false
+    t.integer "rgt", null: false
+    t.integer "depth", default: 0, null: false
+    t.integer "page_id"
+    t.integer "language_id", null: false
+    t.integer "creator_id"
+    t.integer "updater_id"
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+    t.index ["creator_id"], name: "index_alchemy_nodes_on_creator_id"
+    t.index ["language_id"], name: "index_alchemy_nodes_on_language_id"
+    t.index ["lft"], name: "index_alchemy_nodes_on_lft"
+    t.index ["page_id"], name: "index_alchemy_nodes_on_page_id"
+    t.index ["parent_id"], name: "index_alchemy_nodes_on_parent_id"
+    t.index ["rgt"], name: "index_alchemy_nodes_on_rgt"
+    t.index ["updater_id"], name: "index_alchemy_nodes_on_updater_id"
+  end
+
   create_table "alchemy_pages", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name"
     t.string "urlname"
@@ -331,4 +357,6 @@
   add_foreign_key "alchemy_contents", "alchemy_elements", column: "element_id", on_update: :cascade, on_delete: :cascade
   add_foreign_key "alchemy_elements", "alchemy_pages", column: "page_id", on_update: :cascade, on_delete: :cascade
   add_foreign_key "alchemy_essence_pages", "alchemy_pages", column: "page_id"
+  add_foreign_key "alchemy_nodes", "alchemy_languages", column: "language_id"
+  add_foreign_key "alchemy_nodes", "alchemy_pages", column: "page_id", on_delete: :cascade
 end
diff --git a/spec/features/admin/page_editing_feature_spec.rb b/spec/features/admin/page_editing_feature_spec.rb
index cc56d20aa1..d77a4f21cc 100644
--- a/spec/features/admin/page_editing_feature_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/admin/page_editing_feature_spec.rb
@@ -109,10 +109,15 @@
         expect(page).not_to have_selector('#alchemy_menubar')
       end
 
-      it "navigation links are not clickable" do
-        visit alchemy.admin_page_path(a_page)
-        within('#navigation') do
-          expect(page).to have_selector('a[href="javascript: void(0)"]')
+      context 'with menu available' do
+        let!(:menu) { create(:alchemy_node, name: 'Main Navigation') }
+        let!(:node) { create(:alchemy_node, url: '/page-1', parent: menu) }
+
+        it "navigation links are not clickable" do
+          visit alchemy.admin_page_path(a_page)
+          within('nav') do
+            expect(page).to have_selector('a[href="javascript: void(0)"]')
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/features/page_feature_spec.rb b/spec/features/page_feature_spec.rb
index 23aa37fa55..11333afa91 100644
--- a/spec/features/page_feature_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/page_feature_spec.rb
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@
     end
   end
 
-  it "should show the navigation with all visible pages" do
-    create(:alchemy_page, :public, visible: true, name: 'Page 1')
-    create(:alchemy_page, :public, visible: true, name: 'Page 2')
-    visit '/'
-    within('div#navigation ul') do
-      expect(page).to have_selector('li a[href="/page-1"], li a[href="/page-2"]')
-    end
-  end
-
   describe "Handling of non-existing pages" do
     before do
       # We need a admin user or the signup page will show up
@@ -146,15 +137,17 @@
   end
 
   describe 'navigation rendering' do
-    context 'with page having an external url without protocol' do
-      let!(:external_page) do
-        create(:alchemy_page, urlname: 'google.com', page_layout: 'external', visible: true)
-      end
-
-      it "adds an prefix to url" do
-        visit "/#{public_page.urlname}"
-        within '#navigation' do
-          expect(page.body).to match('http://google.com')
+    context 'with menu available' do
+      let(:menu) { create(:alchemy_node, name: 'Main Navigation') }
+      let(:page1) { create(:alchemy_page, :public, visible: true, name: 'Page 1') }
+      let(:page2) { create(:alchemy_page, :public, visible: true, name: 'Page 2') }
+      let!(:node1) { create(:alchemy_node, page: page1, parent: menu) }
+      let!(:node2) { create(:alchemy_node, page: page2, parent: menu) }
+
+      it "should show the navigation with all visible pages" do
+        visit '/'
+        within('nav ul') do
+          expect(page).to have_selector('li a[href="/page-1"], li a[href="/page-2"]')
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/alchemy/pages_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/alchemy/pages_helper_spec.rb
index 3f8f5c77eb..9a6d79f619 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/alchemy/pages_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/alchemy/pages_helper_spec.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,33 @@ module Alchemy
       end
     end
 
+    describe '#render_menu' do
+      subject { helper.render_menu(name) }
+
+      let(:name) { 'Main Navigation' }
+
+      context 'if menu exists' do
+        let(:menu) { create(:alchemy_node, name: name) }
+        let!(:node) { create(:alchemy_node, parent: menu, url: '/') }
+
+        context 'and the template exists' do
+          it 'renders the menu' do
+            is_expected.to have_selector('ul.nav > li.nav-item > a.nav-link')
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'but the template does not exist' do
+          let(:name) { 'Unkown' }
+
+          it { is_expected.to be_nil }
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'if menu does not exist' do
+        it { is_expected.to be_nil }
+      end
+    end
+
     describe "#render_navigation" do
       let(:user) { nil }
 
diff --git a/spec/models/alchemy/node_spec.rb b/spec/models/alchemy/node_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05e396b078
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/alchemy/node_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+module Alchemy
+  describe Node do
+    it "is only valid with language given" do
+      expect(Node.new).to be_invalid
+      expect(build(:alchemy_node)).to be_valid
+    end
+
+    describe '.language_root_nodes' do
+      context 'with no current language present' do
+        before { expect(Language).to receive(:current) { nil } }
+
+        it "raises error if no current language is set" do
+          expect { Node.language_root_nodes }.to raise_error('No language found')
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'with current language present' do
+        let(:root_node)  { create(:alchemy_node) }
+        let(:child_node) { create(:alchemy_node, parent_id: root_node.id) }
+
+        it "returns root nodes from current language" do
+          expect(Node.language_root_nodes).to include(root_node)
+          expect(Node.language_root_nodes).to_not include(child_node)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#url' do
+      it 'is valid with leading slash' do
+        expect(build(:alchemy_node, url: '/something')).to be_valid
+      end
+
+      it 'is invalid without leading slash' do
+        expect(build(:alchemy_node, url: 'something')).to be_invalid
+      end
+
+      it 'is valid with leading protocol scheme' do
+        expect(build(:alchemy_node, url: 'i2+ts-z.app:widget.io')).to be_valid
+      end
+
+      context 'with page attached' do
+        let(:node) { create(:alchemy_node, :with_page) }
+
+        it "returns the url from page" do
+          expect(node.url).to eq("/#{node.page.urlname}")
+        end
+
+        context 'and with url set' do
+          let(:node) { build(:alchemy_node, :with_page, url: 'http://google.com') }
+
+          it "still returns the url from the page" do
+            expect(node.url).to eq("/#{node.page.urlname}")
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'without page attached' do
+        let(:node) { build(:alchemy_node, url: 'http://google.com') }
+
+        it "returns the url from url attribute" do
+          expect(node.url).to eq('http://google.com')
+        end
+
+        context 'and without url set' do
+          let(:node) { build(:alchemy_node) }
+
+          it do
+            expect(node.url).to be_nil
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#name' do
+      context 'with page attached' do
+        let(:node) { build_stubbed(:alchemy_node, :with_page) }
+
+        it "returns the name from page" do
+          expect(node.name).to eq(node.page.name)
+        end
+
+        context 'but with name set' do
+          let(:node) { build_stubbed(:alchemy_node, :with_page, name: 'Google') }
+
+          it "still returns the name from name attribute" do
+            expect(node.name).to eq('Google')
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'without page attached' do
+        let(:node) { build_stubbed(:alchemy_node, name: 'Google') }
+
+        it "returns the name from name attribute" do
+          expect(node.name).to eq('Google')
+        end
+
+        context 'and without name set' do
+          let(:node) { build_stubbed(:alchemy_node) }
+
+          it do
+            expect(node.name).to be_nil
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#to_partial_path' do
+      let(:node) { build(:alchemy_node, name: 'Main Menu') }
+
+      it 'returns the path to the menu wrapper partial' do
+        expect(node.to_partial_path).to eq('alchemy/menus/main_menu/wrapper')
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#view_folder_name' do
+      let(:node) { build(:alchemy_node, name: 'Main Menu') }
+
+      it 'returns the path to the menu view folder' do
+        expect(node.view_folder_name).to eq('alchemy/menus/main_menu')
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/alchemy/page_spec.rb b/spec/models/alchemy/page_spec.rb
index df854e9120..e9e8506be5 100644
--- a/spec/models/alchemy/page_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/alchemy/page_spec.rb
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ module Alchemy
         subject { page.find_elements(options, true) }
 
         it 'warns about removal of second argument' do
-          expect(Alchemy::Deprecation).to receive(:warn)
+          expect(Alchemy::Deprecation).to receive(:warn).at_least(:once)
           subject
         end
       end
@@ -2325,5 +2325,67 @@ module Alchemy
         end
       end
     end
+
+    describe '#attach_to_menu!' do
+      let(:page) { create(:alchemy_page) }
+
+      context 'if menu_id is set' do
+        let(:root_node) { create(:alchemy_node) }
+
+        before do
+          page.menu_id = root_node.id
+        end
+
+        context 'and no nodes are present yet' do
+          it 'attaches to menu' do
+            expect { page.save }.to change { page.nodes.count }.from(0).to(1)
+          end
+        end
+
+        context 'and nodes are already present' do
+          let!(:page_node) { create(:alchemy_node, page: page) }
+
+          it 'does not attach to menu' do
+            expect { page.save }.not_to change { page.nodes.count }
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'if menu_id is not set' do
+        it 'does not attach to menu' do
+          expect { page.save }.not_to change { page.nodes.count }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#nodes' do
+      let(:page) { create(:alchemy_page) }
+      let(:node) { create(:alchemy_node, page: page, updated_at: 1.hour.ago) }
+
+      it 'returns all nodes the page is attached to' do
+        expect(page.nodes).to include(node)
+      end
+
+      describe 'after page updates' do
+        it 'touches all nodes' do
+          expect {
+            page.update(name: 'foo')
+          }.to change { node.reload.updated_at }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe '#menus' do
+      let(:page) { create(:alchemy_page) }
+      let(:root_node) { create(:alchemy_node) }
+
+      let!(:child_node) do
+        create(:alchemy_node, page: page, parent: root_node)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns all root nodes the page is attached to' do
+        expect(page.menus).to include(root_node)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end