Javier Jimenez Shaw shared this beauty “3D globe jigsaw puzzle in my living room. 30 cm diameter. Unfortunately it is not produced anymore.” Amazing object, I have never seen anything like this before, have you? It turns out that Ravensburger make a newer version of a 3D globe which you […]
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Stephen Mather, a good friend of Mapppery, shared this “Here’s one from Stone Town, Zanzibar, November of 2016. I think it’s up top of Emerson Spice.” You might say “not very wild” but I love the idea of a hotel called Emerson Spice, sounds pretty wild to me.
Anton van Tetering shared this “Map of the meanders of the river Ahr on the wall of restaurant Ruland in Altenahr, Germany. Just like many other buildings in the Ahr-valley, this restaurant was severely damaged in the flood catastrophe of July 2021 which killed at least 135 people in this […]
Ian Wagner shared this pic of a map of Italy in a Pinocchio themed park in South Korea. Who knew Pinocchio was a thing there?
Gregory Marler said “I got a scarf for my birthday, it’s got 2 country maps on it! Would @mappery count this as a map in the wild? At the least it is being worn beside my wild/unkempt beard.” The answer is definitely “Yes” Who can work out the country that […]
Kaakapoo shared this “A lack of #MapsintheWild today” I’m sure this will prompt some debate as to whether the absence of a Map qualifies as an entry here, but you know the rules (editors are always right)
Javier asks whether this qualifies as a map in the wild? And we say “Why not?” The blurb on the bottle should say “This wine will coordinate well with food from any latitude”
Reinder sent this pic, he said “In Amsterdam, they named the Balthasar Floriszstraat after a 17th C. mapmaker. In this street I ran into a rather peculiar world map. The caption says ‘No Cigars'”
Walter Schwartz said “Every Wednesday my hiking group covers about 15 km of distance and 500 meters of elevation, almost always “in the wild.” As one of us changed into hiking shoes I spotted this insole. It’s a kind of map that has seen plenty of wild!” I think we […]
Rollo was drinking this tasty South African Malbec from the Cape Geography Co and was inspired to send us a pic before he finished the bottle!
Mark Iliffe spotted this neat t-shirt in a New York shop. You may need to enlarge the picture to appreciate it. I want (L please).
Maarten Pullen sent us this pic of a vending machine that he spotted in Amsterdam. If you are puzzled by this one, Maarten explained “The shot was taken in Amsterdam, at the Amsterdam School of Real Estate. They probably want to show some of their local identity to all the […]