Geoguessr

Sometimes on Ellen's Twitch we play Geoguessr, specifically Country Guesser. Feel free to add any tips, clips or funny snips below. Don't use this information during a stream as it counts as external information.

General Tips

• Ghana has tape on one of the bars of the Google car.
• Bars, snorkel and yellow numberplates are Kenya.

Links

Many tipps

Top Level Domains

North America

United States

• Drives: right
• Language: English
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:

Clues

Canada

• Capital & Major Cities: Ottawa, Quebec City, Winnipeg, Vancouver
• Drives: right
• Language: English, French
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain: .ca

Clues

Mexico

• Capital & Major Cities: Mexico City, Monterrey, Mérida
• Drives: right
• Language: Spanish
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Central America

Stop Signs: Alto

Guatemala

• Capital & Major Cities: Guatemala, Quetzaltenango
• Drives:
• Language: Spanish
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

South America

Stop Signs: Pare

Colombia

• Capital & Major Cities: Bogota, Barrangquilla, Cali, Medellín
• Drives:
• Language: Spanish
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Ecuador

• Capital & Major Cities: Quito, Guayaquil
• Drives:
• Language: Spanish
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Peru

• Capital & Major Cities: Lima, Chimbote
• Drives:
• Language: Spanish
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Brazil

• Capital & Major Cities: Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Goiânia, Salvador, Curitiba,
• Drives:
• Language: Portuguese
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Bolivia

• Capital & Major Cities: La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
• Drives:
• Language: Spanish (and more)
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Chile

• Capital & Major Cities: Santiago
• Drives:
• Language: Spanish
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Argentina

• Capital & Major Cities: Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba
• Drives:
• Language: Spanish
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Uruguay

• Capital & Major Cities: Montevideo, Salto
• Drives:
• Language: Spanish
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Europe

Iceland

• Capital & Major Cities: Reykjavík
• Drives:
• Language: Icelandic
• Script: Icelandic/Latin (íslenska, ð Ð, þ Þ)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Norway

• Capital & Major Cities: Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger, Trondheim, Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg, Drammen
• Drives: right
• Language: Norwegian
• Script: Latin (common: æ, ø, å, Æ, Ø, Å, less common: é, è, ê, ó, ò, ô)
• Number Plates: Standard EU plates with a single blue stripe on the left, black text on white background, format XX 00000. Vans and cargo vehicles may have black text on green background. Diplomatic plates are yellow text on blue background (and the letters CD).
• Top-Level Domain: .no

Clues

Sweden

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: Swedish
• Script: Latin (Å/å, Ä/ä, and Ö/ö)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Denmark

• Capital & Major Cities: Copenhagen (København), Århus, Odense, Aalborg
• Drives: Right
• Language: Danish. Has Æ, Ø, Å, never Ä or Ö
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates: XX 00 000
• Top-Level Domain: .dk

Clues

• White bollards with yellow stripes, and often numbering

Finland

• Capital & Major Cities: Helsinki/Helsingfors, Turku/Åbo, Tampere/Tammerfors, Oulu
• Drives: Right
• Language: Finnish & Swedish (mostly in coastal areas and main language in Åland/Ahvenanmaa)
• Script: Latin, Åå Ää Öö, never with tilde Õõ
• Number Plates: EU-blue, XXX-000
• Top-Level Domain: .fi

Clues

• Border with Sweden, Norway and Russia
• Warning signs: Yellow base color, red stroke and black icon
• Mandatory signs: Blue with white icons
• Information signs: Blue or green, all capital letters
• Service signs: Blue or brown
• Chevrons: Black with yellow
• Road speeds: Motorway 120 km/h, main roads
• Road signs/numbers: Green/white E = motorway, red/white = primary road, yellow/black = secondary road, white/black = regional road, blue/white = ordinary road

Estonia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: Estonian
• Script: Latin ( ä, ö, ü, õ, š, ž)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Latvia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: Latvian
• Script: Latin (Ā ā, Ē ē, Ū ū, Ģ ģ, Ķ ķ, Ļ ļ, Ņ ņ, Č č š, ž)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Lithuania

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: Lithuanian
• Script: Latin (ą Ą č Č ę Ę ė Ė į Į š Š ų Ų ū Ū ž Ž)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

United Kingdom

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: English
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Republic of Ireland

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: English
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Netherlands

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: Dutch
• Script: Latin (ij, looks like a y with two dots above in some fonts/handwritten signs)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Belgium

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: Dutch, French
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Luxembourg

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: French
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Germany

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: German
• Script: Latin (Ää, Öö, Üü, ß)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain: .de

Clues

Austria

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: German
• Script: Latin (Ää, Öö, Üü, ß)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Switzerland

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: German (Swiss), French
• Script: Latin (Ää, Öö, Üü, ß)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

France

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: French
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Andorra

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Spain

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Portugal

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Italy

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Malta

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Slovakia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Czechia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Slovenia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Croatia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Hungary

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Greece

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Poland

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Russia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Ukraine

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Romaina

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Bulgaria

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Serbia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

North Macedonia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Albania

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Montenegro

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

Afrika

Tunisia

• Capital & Major Cities: Tunis, Sfax, Bizerte
• Drives:
• Language: French, Arabic
• Script: Latin, Arabic
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Egypt

• Capital & Major Cities: Cairo, New Cairo City, Alexandria
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Senegal

• Capital & Major Cities: Dakar, Thies
• Drives:
• Language: French
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Ghana

• Capital & Major Cities: Accra, Kumasi
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

• Car Meta: Black Tape on one of the 4 Bars

Nigeria

• Capital & Major Cities: Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Uganda

• Capital & Major Cities: Kampala,
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Kenya

• Capital & Major Cities: Nairobi, Mombasa
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Botswana

• Capital & Major Cities: Gaborone
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

South Africa

• Capital & Major Cities: Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Lesotho

• Capital & Major Cities: Maseru, Mafateng, Kala
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

eSwatini

• Capital & Major Cities: Mbabane
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Reunion Island (France)

• Capital & Major Cities: Saint-Denis, Le Port
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Middle East

Israel

• Capital & Major Cities: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Haifa
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Hebrew
• Number Plates: Vellow
• Top-Level Domain:

Jordan

• Capital & Major Cities: Amman, Zarqa
• Drives:
• Language: Arabic
• Script: Latin, Arabic
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

United Arab Emirates

• Capital & Major Cities: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah
• Drives:
• Language: Arabic
• Script: Latin, Arabic
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Asia

Kyrgyzstan

• Capital & Major Cities: Bishkek (Бишкек)
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Cyrillic (Special letters: Ң, Ү, Ө)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Mongolia

• Capital & Major Cities: Ulaanbaatar (Улаанбаатар)
• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Cyrillic (Special letters: Ү, Ө)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Pakistan

Only pedestrian maps

• Capital & Major Cities: Lahore
• Drives:
• Language: Pakistani/Arabic
• Script: Arabic
• Top-Level Domain:

India

• Capital & Major Cities: New Delhi, Kanpur, Mumbai
• Drives:
• Language: Many!
• Script: Sanskrit (संस्कृत), Tamil (தமிழ்), Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), Telugu (తెలుగు) and many more!
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Sri Lanka

• Capital & Major Cities: Colombo, Kandy, Galle
• Drives:
• Language: Sinhala, Tamil
• Script: Sinhala (සිංහල), Tamil (தமிழ்)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Bangladesh

• Capital & Major Cities: Dhaka, Chattogram
• Drives:
• Language: Bengali
• Script: Bengalo (বাংলা)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

• Bangla Link Posters

Bhutan

• Capital & Major Cities: Thimphu
• Drives:
• Language: Main: Dzobkha, Over a dozen more
• Script: Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ་)
• Number Plates: Red
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

• Info Signs: Red background with yellow letters
• White Stones with round top painted Yellow as Roadmarkers

Thailand

• Capital & Major Cities: Bangkok, Chang Mai, Pattaya City
• Drives:
• Language: Thai
• Script: Thais (ภาษาไทย)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

• There are many Pictures of the Royals everywhere

Laos

• Capital & Major Cities: Vientiane
• Drives:
• Language: Lao
• Script: Lao (ພາສາລາວ)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Vietnam

• Capital & Major Cities: Hanoi, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City
• Drives:
• Language: Vietnamese
• Script: Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Cambodia

• Capital & Major Cities: Phnim Penh
• Drives:
• Language: Khmer
• Script: Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

• Cambodian Peoples Party

Malaysia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives:
• Language: Malaysian
• Script: Malaysian (بهاس مليسيا)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Singapore

• Drives:
• Language:
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Clues

• Roads called: PIE, AYE, CTE, BKE, KJE, ECP...

China

Pedestrian and Indoor Maps only

• Language:
• Script:
• Top-Level Domain:

South Korea

• Capital & Major Cities: Seoul, Busan, Daegu
• Drives:
• Language: Korean
• Script: Korean/Hangul (한글)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Japan

• Capital & Major Cities: Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sendai, Sapporo
• Drives:
• Language: Japanese
• Script: Kanji (日本語), Hiragana (ひらがな), Katagana (カタカナ)
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Philippines

• Capital & Major Cities: Manila, Davao
• Drives:
• Language: Filipino
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Indonesia

• Capital & Major Cities: Jakarta, Medan
• Drives:
• Language: Indonesian
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain:

Oceania

Australia

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives: left
• Language: English
• Script:
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain: .au

Clues

• US Style Warning Signs (Yellow Diamond)
• Give Way Signs with writing "Give way" in black
• Images with 3px per sqm and nothing is legible very old street view images in Australia

New Zealand

• Capital & Major Cities:
• Drives: left
• Language: English, Maori
• Script: Latin
• Number Plates:
• Top-Level Domain: .nz

Clues

• US Style Warning Signs (Yellow Diamond)
• Utility Poles have metal sheets at 1-3 meter height (to prevent possums climbing them)
• Give Way Sign: With writing "Give way" in red