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 Royal Guard at the palace

Find a Swedish Royal Guard in blue uniform (or in the summer green dress uniform) outside the Royal Palace. Photograph the guard from across the courtyard.

Bingo Stockholm
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250 pts
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Spot a Royal Life Guard horse

Find a mounted Royal Life Guard near Amalienborg or at a state event. Photograph the horse and the rider in dress uniform.

Bingo Copenhagen
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200 pts
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Spot a Royal Mile bagpipe shop

Find a dedicated bagpipe shop on the Royal Mile (or a kilt-maker with sets of pipes in the window). Photograph the storefront.

Bingo Edinburgh
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200 pts
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Spot a Royal Mile statue (Hume or Smith)

On the Royal Mile find one of the statues (David Hume, Adam Smith). Photograph the philosopher with his polished toe (rubbed for luck).

Bingo Edinburgh
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250 pts
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Spot a Rubik's Cube reference

Find a Rubik's Cube reference: souvenir shop window, mural, advert. Erno Rubik is Hungarian, his invention is omnipresent. Photograph the cube.

Bingo Budapest
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200 pts
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Spot a ruin bar entrance

Walk into the Jewish Quarter and find a ruin bar entrance (Szimpla Kert, Instant, Mazel Tov). The eclectic doorway is the photo. Photograph the entrance.

Bingo Budapest
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200 pts
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Spot a Sagrada Família stained glass

Inside the Sagrada Família, find the colourful stained glass throwing patterns on the stone columns. Photograph the light.

Bingo Barcelona
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200 pts
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Spot a Saints "Who Dat" sign

Find a "Who Dat" sign, mural or Saints fan-shirt reference. Photograph the reference.

Bingo New Orleans
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150 pts
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Spot a Salesforce Tower

Find the Salesforce Tower (the tallest in SF) from a viewpoint. Photograph it.

Bingo San Francisco
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75 pts
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Spot a salmon plate

Find a salmon plate on a Norwegian restaurant table (graavlaks, smoked, with dill and lemon). Photograph the pink flesh.

Bingo Oslo
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150 pts
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Spot a salmorejo bowl

Find a bowl of salmorejo (Cordoban cold-tomato soup, much-loved in Sevilla too). Photograph the bright orange with jamón shavings.

Bingo Seville
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250 pts
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Spot a Sam Adams (Samuel Adams) statue

Find the Samuel Adams statue outside Faneuil Hall. Photograph the bronze.

Bingo Boston
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100 pts
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Spot a Sam Adams beer

Find a Sam Adams Boston Lager on a pub bar. Photograph the glass.

Bingo Boston
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75 pts
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Spot a sangria pitcher

Find a glass pitcher of sangria on a café table, the red wine with fruit floating on top. Photograph the pitcher.

Bingo Madrid
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200 pts
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Spot a São Bento station azulejo panel

Walk into the São Bento train station and find the giant azulejo panels in the entrance hall (20,000 tiles). Photograph one panel of scenes.

Bingo Porto
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150 pts
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Spot a sauna sign

Find a sauna sign (the universal Finnish institution: there are more saunas than cars in Finland). Allas Sea Pool, Löyly, public-pool saunas all work. Photograph the sign.

Bingo Helsinki
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200 pts
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Spot a sausage seller in costume

During Oktoberfest find a Wirtin in Dirndl with a tray of pretzels or beers. Outside Oktoberfest, find a Trachten shop with the costume on a mannequin. Photograph the costume.

Bingo Munich
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150 pts
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Spot a Scandi minimal storefront

Find a Scandinavian minimalist storefront (Acne Studios, Filippa K, Granit, Designtorget) with the clean lines and white interior visible. Photograph the window.

Bingo Stockholm
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250 pts
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Spot a Scheveningen beach kite

On Scheveningen beach find a kite-surfer or a colourful kite in flight. Photograph the kite against the sky.

Bingo The Hague
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200 pts
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Spot a Scheveningen kibbeling cone

At Scheveningen find a paper cone of kibbeling (battered fish chunks) at a beach stand. Photograph the cone.

Bingo The Hague
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200 pts
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Spot a Scottish pound note

Find a Scottish banknote (Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of Scotland or Clydesdale issued, differs from English notes). Photograph the note (in your hand or a shop window display).

Bingo Edinburgh
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100 pts
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Spot a Scottish saltire shortbread tin

Find a Walker's shortbread tin or any Scottish-souvenir shortbread tin with tartan or saltire packaging. Photograph the tin.

Bingo Edinburgh
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150 pts
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Spot a Scottish tartan in Dunedin

Find a Scottish tartan or kilt reference (Dunedin's Scottish heritage shows up everywhere). Photograph the tartan.

Bingo Dunedin
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100 pts
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Spot a Scottish tartan shop

Find a tartan shop with rows of kilts, scarves and clan-tartan books in the window. The Royal Mile has dozens. Photograph the window.

Bingo Edinburgh
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