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?
Quiz: can you identify these world cities from their density maps alone?
The LSE Cities Urban Age Programme has created density diagrams showing the number of people living in each square kilometre of a 100km by 100km area for cities around the world. Can you identify them?
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
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
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
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?
From the Tower Bridge to the Parthenon, it’s not just China that likes to build copies of famous landmarks – after all, why change a winning design? Some, though, are more convincing than others
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?
Quiz: can you identify the world cities from their running heatmaps?
Smartphones and GPS watches now leave digital traces behind many urban runners, as they wind their way along the river or round the park. Can you identify the cities from the telltale tracks?
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?
Are you the ultimate trainspotter: can you ID the cities from their stations?
Can you tell Grand Central from Glasgow Central, or Penn from Paddington, using a satellite image alone? We’ve highlighted the train stations but stripped out the street names
