Maarten Pullen sent me this. “Helsinki has a fair number of tram lines in its city center. A great way of doing sightseeing when you’re tired of walking. The seats in the tram also have a network map.”
Monthly archives: September 2024
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Reinder sent this from his visit to Warsaw “… in the beautifully 18th C. baroque decorated main hall, Aula Leopoldina, in the University Museum in Wrocław, Poland. “
Doug shared this can of North Quabbin Lager from the Honest Weight Brewing co. Nice spot. In case you have never heard of North Quabbin, it is not a place in a Harry Potter novel, it’s halfway between Albany and Boston
Patrick Curley shared this – A map of the Watervliet Shaker Village at the Shaker Heritage Society in Albany, NY.
Reinder spotted this exquisite flyleaf detailing the travels of Marco Polo. I could gawp at this for ages without ever turning a page. The cover is pretty amazing too. BTW, today is Marco Polo’s birthday (born in 1254)
Greg Fiske said “Admiring the nexus of #IndigenousArt and #mapsinthewild this week. Dena’ina land” In case you are wondering Dena’ina is in south Alaska (the map shows the whole of Alaska)
Michel Stuyts asks “Am I the only one who sees this kind of clock in a shop and the first thing that comes to mind is: I wonder what kind of projection they used?” The answer is definitely not! There are thousands of map lovers here who would love to […]
Matt Malone shared this, he said “Stumbled upon this excellent woodcarved street map of Salt Lake City recently. Airports should have their own #MapsInTheWild category.” We don’t really do categories on Mappery because I would forget to tag things and Arnaud or Dan would probaly tag them differently and there […]
Julien Minet shared this spectacular mappy beer bottle. “Here again an association of cartography and beers, a hand-drawn map of some part of the Ardenne printed on a special edition of the Belgian beer La Tharée”
Brian shared these pics from Yellowhammer Brewing Co in Huntsville, AL. He said “The beer and pizza were great. Maps depict other microbreweries.” That’s one heck of a lot of micro breweries!
To celebrate the Paralympic Closing Ceremony, here are two pictures of the Olympics Closing Ceremony where the stage had the shape of the World
This rather fine coffee table, which used to belong to my father, depicts the River Thames all the way from source to mouth. The river has been carved into the table and then painted silver, with both ends then wrapping around the side of the table. I’m not sure who […]