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.

200 pts
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Spot a Painted Ladies house

Find Alamo Square and the row of Painted Ladies Victorian houses. Photograph them with the skyline.

Bingo San Francisco
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50 pts
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Spot a palm tree

Find a Miami palm tree on a beach, boulevard or hotel front. Photograph the palms.

Bingo Miami
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75 pts
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Spot a palm-tree boulevard

Find an LA street lined with tall palms (Beverly, Sunset, Vermont). Photograph the silhouettes.

Bingo Los Angeles
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150 pts
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Spot a Panettone box

Find a Panettone (Milanese Christmas cake) in a bakery or shop. Year-round in pastry shops, peak in December. Photograph the dome cake.

Bingo Milan
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100 pts
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Spot a panino (Tuscan sandwich)

Find a Tuscan panino (often porchetta, prosciutto and pecorino on a soft schiacciata bread) at a shop like All'Antico Vinaio. Photograph the sandwich.

Bingo Florence
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100 pts
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Spot a panino or supplì

Find a panino (Italian sandwich) or a fried supplì (rice-and-ragù croquette) at a counter or in someone's hand. Photograph it before the first bite.

Bingo Rome
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100 pts
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Spot a papal flag

Find a yellow-and-white papal flag with the crossed-keys emblem (Vatican area, religious shops, in front of churches). Photograph it.

Bingo Rome
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100 pts
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Spot a paprika pepper string

Find a string of red dried paprika peppers hanging in a market stall or souvenir shop window. The Central Market Hall is full of them. Photograph the cascade.

Bingo Budapest
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75 pts
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Spot a Parisian bicycle

Find a bicycle parked or being ridden, a Vélib bike-share, a vintage step-through or a courier on the move. Take a photo with the bike clearly in shot.

Bingo Paris
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200 pts
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Spot a Park Güell mosaic bench

In Park Güell's upper terrace find the trencadis mosaic bench (the long undulating mosaic bench). Photograph the colours.

Bingo Barcelona
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75 pts
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Spot a pasta plate

Find a plate of pasta on a trattoria table or in a restaurant window (cacio e pepe, carbonara, amatriciana, gricia, the four Roman classics). Photograph the plate.

Bingo Rome
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75 pts
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Spot a pastel de nata

Find a pastel de nata in a Porto bakery window or on a café plate (the Manteigaria branches on Galerias de Paris are famous). Photograph the tart.

Bingo Porto
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100 pts
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Spot a pastel Miami lifeguard tower

Find a pastel Miami Beach lifeguard tower (each one is painted a different colour). Photograph the tower against blue sky.

Bingo Miami
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50 pts
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Spot a patisserie sign

Find a storefront with "Pâtisserie" lettered above the door (often combined with Boulangerie). Photograph the sign.

Bingo Paris
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150 pts
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Spot a Paul Revere statue or reference

Find the Paul Revere statue on the Mall or a Paul-Revere reference. Photograph the horseman.

Bingo Boston
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150 pts
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Spot a pavlova or cream-topped meringue

Find a pavlova (meringue with cream and fruit) at a Queenstown bakery or café. Photograph the dessert.

Bingo Queenstown
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150 pts
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Spot a pecorino cheese wheel

Find a Tuscan pecorino cheese wheel in a cheese-shop window or market stall. Photograph the wax-rimmed wheel.

Bingo Florence
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200 pts
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Spot a Petřín lookout

Find the Petřín Lookout Tower (small Eiffel cousin) on Petřín Hill, or photograph the funicular climbing up. Photograph the tower or the funicular.

Bingo Prague
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200 pts
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Spot a Philips heritage logo

Find a Philips logo on a building facade, neon sign, Lichttoren or Strijp-S sign. Photograph the brand.

Bingo Eindhoven
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100 pts
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Spot a piazza statue with pigeons

Find any major Roman statue (Bernini's Four Rivers, Marcus Aurelius on the Capitoline) with pigeons perched on it. Photograph the irreverent gathering.

Bingo Rome
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200 pts
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Spot a Picasso reference

Find a Picasso reference in Barcelona: the Picasso Museum on Montcada, a poster, a souvenir mural. Photograph the reference.

Bingo Barcelona
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75 pts
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Spot a pierogi plate

Find a plate of pierogi (Polish dumplings) at a restaurant, milk bar or street stall. Sweet, savoury, fried or boiled. Photograph the half-moons.

Bingo Warsaw
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250 pts
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Spot a Pilgrim Fathers plaque or reference

Find a Pilgrim Fathers plaque, Leiden American Pilgrim Museum sign or another Mayflower reference. Photograph it.

Bingo Leiden
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150 pts
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Spot a pilsner pour

Find a bartender pouring a Czech pilsner the traditional way (often three pours with the slanted glass technique). Photograph the pour.

Bingo Prague
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