City bingo challenges

A city bingo is a treasure hunt for the typical things that define a city or country. Walk the streets, tick off the bingo card by photographing what you spot, and see who completes it first. No fixed route, no time pressure, just looking around and laughing along the way.

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Spot a Frans Hals painting reference

Find a Frans Hals reference: museum poster, postcard, the painter himself in a souvenir shop. Photograph the reference.

Bingo Haarlem
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100 pts
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Spot a Franzbrötchen

Find a Franzbrötchen (Hamburg cinnamon-sugar pastry, the city's signature bake) in a bakery window. Photograph the swirl.

Bingo Hamburg
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200 pts
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Spot a Fremont Street neon canopy

Walk to Fremont Street and find the LED canopy overhead. Photograph the lit canopy.

Bingo Las Vegas
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100 pts
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Spot a French Quarter pastel facade

Find a Creole-Spanish pastel facade in the French Quarter (Royal, Dumaine, St. Peter). Photograph the colour.

Bingo New Orleans
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250 pts
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Spot a Frenchmen Street live music venue

Find a Frenchmen Street venue with live jazz (the Spotted Cat, Three Muses, d.b.a.). Photograph the storefront.

Bingo New Orleans
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Spot a fritole or frittelle

Find a tray of fritole (Venetian doughnut balls with cream or raisins) in a bakery window or on a café tray. Photograph the powdery balls.

Bingo Venice
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Spot a fritti misti or sarde in saor

Find a Venetian classic plate (fritto misto of seafood, sarde in saor sweet-and-sour sardines) in a trattoria or bacaro. Photograph the plate.

Bingo Venice
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100 pts
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Spot a fromagerie window

Find a cheese shop (fromagerie) window with cheeses stacked behind glass. The smell from the doorway is a giveaway. Photograph the display.

Bingo Paris
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200 pts
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Spot a Frost Tower or skyline view

Find a view of the Frost Bank Tower (the owl-eye crystalline top). Photograph the silhouette.

Bingo Austin
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Spot a gable hook

Find a wooden or iron hook sticking out at the top of a canal house facade, used for hoisting furniture up the narrow stairwells. Photograph it against the sky.

Bingo Amsterdam
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200 pts
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Spot a Garden District mansion

Walk into the Garden District and find a Greek-Revival or Italianate mansion. Photograph the columns.

Bingo New Orleans
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150 pts
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Spot a Garrett popcorn bag

Find a Garrett Popcorn shop or souvenir bag with the iconic caramel-cheese mix. Photograph the orange bag.

Bingo Chicago
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250 pts
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Spot a Gaudí dragon detail

Find any other Gaudí dragon detail in the city: the Casa Vicens, the Finca Güell entrance gate, the Park Güell roof. Photograph the dragon work.

Bingo Barcelona
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Spot a gelato cone

Find a gelato cone with at least two flavours in someone's hand or stacked behind glass at a gelateria (Giolitti, San Crispino, Old Bridge). Photograph it before it melts.

Bingo Rome
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Spot a Georgetown cobblestone street

Walk into Georgetown and find a cobblestone street (M Street side streets, the O Street). Photograph the stones.

Bingo Washington D.C.
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Spot a German beer stein

Find a beer stein or tall pilsner glass on a beer-garden table. Photograph the head of foam on top.

Bingo Berlin
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Spot a German bratwurst

Find a grilled bratwurst (a longer, finer sausage than currywurst) on a paper plate or in a roll. Photograph it with mustard on the side.

Bingo Berlin
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Spot a German pretzel

Find a Brezel (German soft pretzel) in a bakery window or on a café table. Photograph the salt-studded loop.

Bingo Berlin
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Spot a ginjinha shop

Find a ginjinha bar (the cherry-liqueur shots served in tiny glasses) in Baixa or near Rossio. A Ginjinha and the Eduardino are classic stops. Photograph the doorway or a tray of glasses.

Bingo Lisbon
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200 pts
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Spot a Girl with a Pearl Earring poster

Find a Girl with a Pearl Earring reproduction: museum-shop poster, postcard rack, café print. Photograph the famous gaze.

Bingo The Hague
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100 pts
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Spot a glass of ouzo or tsipouro

Find a small glass of ouzo or tsipouro (clear anise spirit that turns milky with water) on a taverna table with meze plates. Photograph the cloudy spirit.

Bingo Athens
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75 pts
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Spot a glass of port wine

Find a glass of port wine (ruby red or tawny gold) at a bar or restaurant. Photograph the glass with the colour clear.

Bingo Lisbon
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150 pts
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Spot a glögg or pepparkakor

In winter find glögg (mulled wine) or pepparkakor (gingerbread) in shop windows or on a fika tray. Photograph the seasonal goods.

Bingo Stockholm
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250 pts
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Spot a Glow festival light or DDW poster

In November find a Glow festival light installation. In October find a Dutch Design Week poster. Outside the season find a Philips lighting shop. Photograph the light or poster.

Bingo Eindhoven
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