CITY INDEX / 30 PLACES
Explore the
city index.
Start with a city guide, spot the most recognizable visual clue, then test yourself in a regional round.
CITY COLLECTION
Answer correctly to add the city to your route.
08 CITIES
North America
New YorkUnited States · easy tell · Manhattan’s skyline is a lesson in stacked setbacks.ChicagoUnited States · easy tell · Chicago reads as a lakefront wall of big-shouldered boxes.SeattleUnited States · medium tell · Seattle’s tell is a flying-saucer tower standing apart from the office blocks.San FranciscoUnited States · medium tell · San Francisco is hills plus a pyramid plus a long suspension span.Los AngelesUnited States · deep cut · Downtown Los Angeles is a short, wide cluster rather than a needle city.TorontoCanada · easy tell · Toronto is built around one exceptionally legible landmark: the CN Tower.Mexico CityMexico · medium tell · Mexico City mixes a narrow historic tower with a low civic roofline and mountains beyond.VancouverCanada · medium tell · Vancouver reads as glass towers backed immediately by mountains and softened by a waterfront landmark.
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Europe
LondonUnited Kingdom · easy tell · London’s postcard mixes a medieval clock tower with a handful of one-off modern shapes.ParisFrance · easy tell · Paris is a low limestone city with one iron exclamation mark.RomeItaly · medium tell · Rome is domes, not towers.BerlinGermany · medium tell · Berlin’s skyline is anchored by a television tower: a slim shaft, a sphere, and a thin spire.AmsterdamNetherlands · deep cut · Amsterdam is a low skyline of narrow canal houses, stepped gables, and one or two church spires.BarcelonaSpain · medium tell · Barcelona's skyline is defined by the clustered spires of the Sagrada Familia.IstanbulTurkey · easy tell · Istanbul is a layered waterfront of domes and needle-thin minarets.
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Asia
TokyoJapan · easy tell · Tokyo often shows two towers of different generations.Hong KongChina · easy tell · Hong Kong is a cliff of towers with hills behind it.DubaiUnited Arab Emirates · easy tell · Dubai is a desert of modern spikes ruled by one extreme needle.SingaporeSingapore · easy tell · Singapore’s Marina Bay is a three-tower hotel wearing a boat.SeoulSouth Korea · deep cut · Seoul’s readable pair is an observation tower on a hill and a single tapered supertall.BangkokThailand · medium tell · Bangkok combines ornate temple roofs with a modern river city.TaipeiTaiwan · easy tell · Taipei 101 makes Taipei unusually easy to spot.Kuala LumpurMalaysia · easy tell · Kuala Lumpur is organized around the Petronas Twin Towers: two matching shafts with pointed spires and a visible bridge joining them partway up.
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South America
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Africa
Cape TownSouth Africa · easy tell · Cape Town's skyline sits at the foot of one enormous natural landmark.JohannesburgSouth Africa · deep cut · Johannesburg is an inland skyline with two unusual towers rising above a broad city mass.CairoEgypt · easy tell · Cairo places ancient triangles beside a modern river city.
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