Maps in the Wild

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

Spotted outside the Queen’s Park Farmers’ Market, London.

I was sitting near the entrance to the Carmel Market (shuk) in Tel Aviv and I spotted this map of Israel made out of iron plates. Felt significant to me but I understand others won’t agree.

Elizabeth spotted this in Delhi, apparently it is some kind of musical instrument. It looks a bit like a cross between a drum and a xylophone, if anyone knows better please correct me in the comments.