Maps in the Wild

Anita shared this neat little pirate map which comes with an attached cocktail

Doug shared this “The location of Western Michigan University on the shoulder of their jerseys”

Reinder spotted this in a thrift shop. It’s a book of Ukrainian poems translated into English. We are wondering if the map is Kiev or …? Maybe one of our Ukrainian followers can help us out? Regardless this is a high impact book cover and could become one of my […]

Angel Arenas sent me this pic of his latest giant interactive map in a square in Valencia. The map is 230 square metres, that’s pretty massive. Maybe the biggest ever?

Reinder sent us this superb map of Amsterdam made out of padlocks. He said ” map of padlocks in the Groenburgwal (canal) in Amsterdam. To commemorate the 750th anniversary of the city. They do this here because many people attach a padlock to the nearby bridge. To kind of ‘seal’ the […]

Marc-Tobias sent me this picture of his new hat. Can you work out when the map was printed and why? According to Ian Turton this xkcd may help you date the map

Mark shared this impressive map on the entrance to an elevator (lift in English) at the Chicago Hyatt Place.

Reinder spotted this beautiful tiled map on the entrance to an underground car park in The Hague.

Fancy some Italian wines?

Legami is a souvenir shop where maps can be found in various forms.

Back to Rome and the Trastevere.

Lecce is in Italy’s southern Apulia region.

Fancy a visit to Puglia? Here is Polignano a Mare, Puglia, Italy.

Trays as Peak District swag. I already have too many. One more?

Spotted in Rome, Italy, next to the Colosseum