Can you guess the British city from the vintage travel poster?
Leeds or Llandudno? Can you tell these popular destinations from their marketing material?
Nick Van Mead
22, May, 2019 @12:44 PM
Quiz: guess the city from its skyline
A city’s skyline can be its defining feature – from Sydney’s Opera House to New York’s skyscrapers – but can you identify places based on their skylines alone?
Francesca Perry
03, Feb, 2017 @7:15 AM
Quiz: can you guess the world city from its cold war Soviet spy map?
From 1950 to 1990, the Soviet army created incredibly detailed maps of much of the world. These have been gathered together in The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World
Nick Van Mead
27, Apr, 2018 @6:00 AM
Can you guess the city from its bike lane maps?
Mapping company Bike Citizens has trawled its database of city cycle infrastructure to create these ‘naked’ cycle maps. Blue lines = protected bike lanes; grey lines = painted lanes. Can you identify the cities?
Nick Van Mead
15, Jun, 2017 @11:01 AM
Water worlds: can you guess the city from the river?
Designer Alex Szabo-Haslam has stripped out the street names and highlighted the water features around 11 world cities. Can you identify them?
Nick Van Mead
13, Dec, 2016 @7:00 AM
Quiz: can you guess the city from the literary quote?
Which city did Margaret Atwood describe as ‘New York without the garbage and muggings’? Which writer called one London area ‘ungentrified, ungentrifiable’? Pit your wits against our quiz
Naomi Larsson Piñeda
09, May, 2018 @10:00 AM
Can you ID the city from its metro 'M' sign – quiz
Since most underground subway systems are known as a ‘metro’ the letter M is used as their symbol in many cities around the world. Designs vary wildly, though. Can you place them? HT to the Metrobits website
Naomi Larsson Piñeda
21, May, 2018 @10:00 AM
Quiz: can you identify the city from the blank street map?
Gretchen Peterson’s City Maps: A Coloring Book for Adults will no doubt take up all of an urban geek’s spare time, but can you recognise the cities from the book’s maps showing only outlines?
31, May, 2016 @10:53 AM
Can you guess the world city from the cycle lane icon?
Some cities use images of bikes and riders, with or without helmets. Some use riderless bikes – and others just get the geometry all wrong. Can you tell what city it is from its cycle lane icon?
26, Jun, 2019 @12:00 PM
Quiz: can you identify these cities from their historic maps?
Cities evolve, but the old core stays same. Or does it? We’ve trawled the archives for a selection of historic maps. Can you ID the cities?