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.

75 pts
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Spot a pint of bitter

Find a pint of British ale or bitter on a pub bar (London Pride, Doom Bar, anything with a hand pump). Photograph the glass with the head.

Bingo London
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100 pts
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Spot a pint of gin and tonic

Find a tall G&T in a globe glass with cucumber, juniper or a slice of citrus. Photograph the bubbles.

Bingo London
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Spot a pint of Guinness

Find a pint of Guinness on a bar (the black body with a creamy white head). Bonus for catching it mid-pour with the surge. Photograph the glass.

Bingo Dublin
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200 pts
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Spot a piped haggis at a Burns night menu

Find a Burns Night menu (around 25 January) or a haggis on a pub board with bagpipes references. Photograph the menu.

Bingo Edinburgh
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100 pts
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Spot a Plaka step street

Walk into the Plaka and find a narrow whitewashed stepped street climbing toward the Acropolis. Photograph the steps with bougainvillea cascading.

Bingo Athens
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100 pts
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Spot a Plaza Mayor archway

Walk into Plaza Mayor through one of its nine archways (Arco de Cuchilleros is the most famous). Photograph the archway with the plaza visible beyond.

Bingo Madrid
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150 pts
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Spot a Plaza Mayor fresco

Stand in Plaza Mayor and find the painted frescoes on the Casa de la Panadería (the brightly painted facade at the north end). Photograph the facade close-up.

Bingo Madrid
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100 pts
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Spot a po' boy sandwich

Find a po' boy (oyster, shrimp or roast beef on French bread) at a Cajun deli. Photograph the sandwich.

Bingo New Orleans
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200 pts
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Spot a poffertjes pan

Find a poffertjeskraam with the cast-iron pan of small puffy pancakes mid-cook. Photograph the pan.

Bingo The Hague
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100 pts
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Spot a poffertjes plate

Find a plate of poffertjes (small Dutch puffy pancakes with butter and icing sugar) at a market stall or café. Photograph the plate.

Bingo Utrecht
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150 pts
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Spot a poffertjes plate or stroopwafel iron in Eindhoven

Find a poffertjeskraam or a stroopwafel iron mid-cook at a market stall. Photograph the pan.

Bingo Eindhoven
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50 pts
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Spot a Polish flag

Find a Polish flag (horizontal white-red) flying on a building, balcony or government facade. Photograph it.

Bingo Krakow
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75 pts
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Spot a Polish flower bouquet stall

Find a kiosk or street stall selling fresh flower bouquets (Warsaw has them on many corners). Photograph the colours.

Bingo Warsaw
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200 pts
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Spot a Polish folk-art roosters or paper cut

Find a Polish folk-art shop with łowicz paper-cut roosters, embroidered fabrics, painted wooden boxes. Photograph the folk craft.

Bingo Warsaw
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200 pts
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Spot a Polish folk-art shop

Find a Polish folk-art shop with wycinanki paper-cuts, painted wooden boxes, hand-painted ceramics. Photograph the folk craft.

Bingo Krakow
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100 pts
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Spot a Polish kebab stand

Find a Warsaw kebab stand (Berlin's döner travelled and conquered Warsaw too). Photograph the spit-cone of meat.

Bingo Warsaw
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75 pts
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Spot a Polish marigold or flower stall

Find a Krakow flower stall, especially around Rynek Główny or Mariacki square. Photograph the colours.

Bingo Krakow
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200 pts
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Spot a Polish pope reference (John Paul II)

Find a reference to Pope John Paul II (his statue near Wawel, a portrait in a religious shop, a postcard). Karol Wojtyła was Archbishop of Krakow. Photograph the reference.

Bingo Krakow
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75 pts
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Spot a Polish vodka

Find a Polish vodka bottle (Belvedere, Żubrówka with grass blade, Wyborowa) in a window or on a bar. Photograph the bottle.

Bingo Krakow
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200 pts
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Spot a Polish vodka bar (Wódka Bar)

Find a wódka bar with a row of flavoured vodkas (cherry, hazelnut, quince, juniper) on shelves. Photograph the bottles in a row.

Bingo Warsaw
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100 pts
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Spot a Polish vodka bottle

Find a Polish vodka bottle in a shop or on a restaurant table (Wyborowa, Belvedere, Żubrówka with the grass blade). Photograph the bottle.

Bingo Warsaw
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75 pts
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Spot a Polish-language menu

Find a restaurant menu in Polish only (no English translation). Photograph the menu page for the alphabet alone.

Bingo Warsaw
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150 pts
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Spot a Polynesian Spa sign

Find the Polynesian Spa entrance or pool deck (or any geothermal pool sign). Photograph the steam rising.

Bingo Rotorua
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150 pts
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Spot a Ponte Vecchio jewellery window

On the Ponte Vecchio find a jewellery-shop window with gold rings, brooches or Florentine cameo work. Photograph the window.

Bingo Florence
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