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 Lisbon Miradouro

Walk to one of Lisbon's many viewpoints (Miradouro da Senhora do Monte, Miradouro de Santa Luzia, Miradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara) and photograph the city laid out below.

Bingo Lisbon
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75 pts
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Spot a Lisbon rooster (Galo de Barcelos)

Find a ceramic Galo de Barcelos (Portuguese rooster) in a souvenir shop, on a tile, on a fridge magnet. The polka-dot rooster is Portugal's symbol. Photograph it.

Bingo Lisbon
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200 pts
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Spot a Lisbon street artist

Find a piece of Lisbon street art (Bordalo II animals, Vhils carved portraits, large-scale murals). Photograph the wall.

Bingo Lisbon
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100 pts
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Spot a Lisbon trolleybus or autocarro

Find a Carris bus or a heritage trolleybus on its route. Photograph it climbing one of the city's hills.

Bingo Lisbon
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150 pts
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Spot a Lisbon vintage shop

Find a vintage shop in Chiado, Bairro Alto or LX Factory with old radios, tile-stamps, port glasses in the window. Photograph the window curation.

Bingo Lisbon
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150 pts
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Spot a Litfaßsäule

Find a Litfaßsäule, the cylindrical advertising column invented in Berlin in 1855, plastered with concert posters and flyers. Photograph the round column.

Bingo Berlin
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100 pts
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Spot a litre Maß beer stein

Find a 1-litre Maß beer stein on a beer hall or biergarten table. Photograph the glass with the head and the brewery logo (Hofbräu, Augustiner, Paulaner, Spaten, Löwenbräu).

Bingo Munich
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250 pts
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Spot a Little Havana domino game

Walk into Domino Park on Calle Ocho and find men playing dominoes. Photograph the game.

Bingo Miami
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50 pts
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Spot a London bus stop

Find a red TfL bus stop with the digital timetable display. Photograph the bus-stop pole and timetable.

Bingo London
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150 pts
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Spot a London Christmas wreath / Mayfair facade

In Mayfair or Marylebone, find a Georgian townhouse facade with a flower-box, wreath or ironwork. Photograph the elegant frontage.

Bingo London
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250 pts
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Spot a London phone box library

Some old phone boxes have been converted into mini libraries, defibrillators or coffee kiosks. Find a repurposed phone box and photograph the inside.

Bingo London
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100 pts
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Spot a London pigeon on a statue

Find a London pigeon perched on a statue (Nelson on his column, any of the lions in Trafalgar Square). Photograph the irreverent gathering.

Bingo London
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50 pts
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Spot a London Underground roundel

Find a red-and-blue Underground roundel at any tube entrance. Photograph the disc with the station name across the bar.

Bingo London
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150 pts
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Spot a London zebra crossing

Find a zebra crossing in classic black-and-white stripes with the orange Belisha beacons (Abbey Road is the famous one). Photograph the crossing.

Bingo London
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200 pts
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Spot a Lone Star beer bottle

Find a Lone Star beer bottle (the National Beer of Texas) on a bar. Photograph the bottle.

Bingo Austin
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200 pts
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Spot a longhorn cow figure

Find a longhorn statue, mural or souvenir (the UT mascot or a Texas Longhorn cow). Photograph the horns.

Bingo Austin
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150 pts
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Spot a lopapeysa

Find a lopapeysa (traditional Icelandic wool sweater with the yoke pattern) on a hanger, on a tourist or in a shop. Photograph the yoke pattern.

Bingo Reykjavik
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100 pts
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Spot a Louisiana fleur-de-lis

Find a fleur-de-lis (Louisiana symbol) on a flag, mural, gate or wall. Photograph it.

Bingo New Orleans
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200 pts
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Spot a love padlock

Find a padlock locked to a bridge railing, fence or gate. The Pont des Arts had them removed in 2015 but Pont de l'Archevêché, the Pont Notre-Dame and Pont Marie still carry plenty. Photograph one.

Bingo Paris
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200 pts
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Spot a Loveless Café biscuit window

Find the Loveless Café sign on a bottle or window display. Photograph the brand.

Bingo Nashville
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150 pts
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Spot a Lower Broadway honky-tonk neon

Walk Lower Broadway and find a honky-tonk neon sign (Tootsie's, Robert's Western World, The Stage). Photograph the neon.

Bingo Nashville
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100 pts
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Spot a Luas tram

Find a Luas tram (Dublin's light rail) at a stop or in motion. Photograph the green or red carriage.

Bingo Dublin
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200 pts
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Spot a lupine flower

In June through August find Alaskan lupines blanketing roadside hills, parks or souvenir prints. Photograph the purple fields.

Bingo Reykjavik
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200 pts
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Spot a Lycabettus or Filopappou view

Climb up Lycabettus Hill or Filopappou Hill and photograph the city spread out with the Acropolis in the panorama.

Bingo Athens
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