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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
Info by Continent and Country
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: .mx
Clues
Central America
Stop Signs: Alto
Guatemala
- Capital & Major Cities: Guatemala, Quetzaltenango
- Drives:
- Language: Spanish
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .gt
Clues
South America
Stop Signs: Pare
Colombia
- Capital & Major Cities: Bogota, Barrangquilla, Cali, Medellín
- Drives:
- Language: Spanish
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .co
Clues
Ecuador
- Capital & Major Cities: Quito, Guayaquil
- Drives:
- Language: Spanish
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ec
Clues
Peru
- Capital & Major Cities: Lima, Chimbote
- Drives:
- Language: Spanish
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .pe
Clues
Brazil
- Capital & Major Cities: Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Goiânia, Salvador, Curitiba,
- Drives:
- Language: Portuguese
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .br
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: .bo
Clues
Chile
- Capital & Major Cities: Santiago
- Drives:
- Language: Spanish
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .cl
Clues
Argentina
- Capital & Major Cities: Buenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba
- Drives:
- Language: Spanish
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ar
Clues
Uruguay
- Capital & Major Cities: Montevideo, Salto
- Drives:
- Language: Spanish
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .uy
Clues
Europe
Iceland
- Capital & Major Cities: Reykjavík
- Drives: Right
- Language: Icelandic (íslenska)
- Script: Icelandic/Latin (ð Ð, þ Þ)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .is
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, mixed use vehicles may have EU numberplates (blue stripe) with part green and part white background (left to right: blue stripe, green, white). Diplomatic plates are yellow text on blue background (and the letters CD).
- Top-Level Domain: .no
Clues
Sweden
- Capital & Major Cities: Stockholm, Gothenburg (Göteborg) and Malmö.
- Drives: Right
- Language: Swedish (svenska)
- Script: Latin (å/Å, ä/Ä, and ö/Ö, never uses æ/Æ or ø/Ø)
- Number Plates: XXX 000
- Top-Level Domain: .se
Clues
- Border with Norway in west, Finland in east and Denmark in the south.
- There is a famous bridge between Malmö, Sweden and Copenhagen, Denmark called Öresundsbron (Øresundsbron in danish).
- Turning Torso is a famous twisted skyscraper in Malmö.
- Street names can end with -gata or -väg.
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), Sámi in North Finland.
- Script: Latin, Åå Ää Öö, never with tilde Õõ. Sámi = Latin + Áá Čč Đđ Ǩǩ Ŋŋ Šš Ŧŧ Žž
- Number Plates: EU-blue, white plate 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
- Street names can end with -tie or -katu.
Estonia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language: Estonian
- Script: Latin ( ä, ö, ü, õ, š, ž)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ee
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: .lv
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: .lt
Clues
United Kingdom
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language: English
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .uk (usually used as .co.uk)
Clues
Republic of Ireland
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language: English
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ie
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: .nl
Clues
Belgium
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language: Dutch, French
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .be
Clues
Luxembourg
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language: French
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .lu
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: .at
Clues
Switzerland
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language: German (Swiss), French
- Script: Latin (Ää, Öö, Üü, ß)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ch
Clues
France
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language: French
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .fr
Clues
Andorra
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ad
Clues
Spain
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .es
Clues
Portugal
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .pt
Clues
Italy
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .it
Clues
Malta
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .mt
Clues
Slovakia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .sk
Clues
Czechia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .cz
Clues
Slovenia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .si
Clues
Croatia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .hr
Clues
Hungary
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .hu
Clues
Greece
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .gr
Clues
Poland
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .pl
Clues
Russia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ru
Clues
Ukraine
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ua
Clues
Romaina
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ro
Clues
Bulgaria
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .bg
Clues
Serbia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .rs
Clues
North Macedonia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .mk
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: .al
Clues
Montenegro
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .me
Clues
Afrika
Tunisia
- Capital & Major Cities: Tunis, Sfax, Bizerte
- Drives:
- Language: French, Arabic
- Script: Latin, Arabic
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .tn
Egypt
- Capital & Major Cities: Cairo, New Cairo City, Alexandria
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .eg
Senegal
- Capital & Major Cities: Dakar, Thies
- Drives:
- Language: French
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .sn
Ghana
- Capital & Major Cities: Accra, Kumasi
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .gh
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: .ng
Uganda
- Capital & Major Cities: Kampala,
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ug
Kenya
- Capital & Major Cities: Nairobi, Mombasa
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ke
Car Meta: White Safari Car (One map)
Botswana
- Capital & Major Cities: Gaborone
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .bw
South Africa
- Capital & Major Cities: Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .za
Lesotho
- Capital & Major Cities: Maseru, Mafateng, Kala
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ls
eSwatini
- Capital & Major Cities: Mbabane
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .sz
Reunion Island (France)
- Capital & Major Cities: Saint-Denis, Le Port
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script:
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .re
Middle East
Israel
- Capital & Major Cities: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Haifa
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Hebrew
- Number Plates: Vellow
- Top-Level Domain: .il
Jordan
- Capital & Major Cities: Amman, Zarqa
- Drives:
- Language: Arabic
- Script: Latin, Arabic
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .jo
United Arab Emirates
- Capital & Major Cities: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah
- Drives:
- Language: Arabic
- Script: Latin, Arabic
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ae
Asia
Kyrgyzstan
- Capital & Major Cities: Bishkek (Бишкек)
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Cyrillic (Special letters: Ң, Ү, Ө)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .kg
Mongolia
- Capital & Major Cities: Ulaanbaatar (Улаанбаатар)
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Cyrillic (Special letters: Ү, Ө)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .mn
Pakistan
Only pedestrian maps
- Capital & Major Cities: Lahore
- Drives:
- Language: Pakistani/Arabic
- Script: Arabic
- Top-Level Domain: .pk
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: .in
Sri Lanka
- Capital & Major Cities: Colombo, Kandy, Galle
- Drives:
- Language: Sinhala, Tamil
- Script: Sinhala (සිංහල), Tamil (தமிழ்)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .lk
Bangladesh
- Capital & Major Cities: Dhaka, Chattogram
- Drives:
- Language: Bengali
- Script: Bengalo (বাংলা)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .bd
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: .bt
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: .th
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: .la
Vietnam
- Capital & Major Cities: Hanoi, Haiphong, Ho Chi Minh City
- Drives:
- Language: Vietnamese
- Script: Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .vn
Cambodia
- Capital & Major Cities: Phnim Penh
- Drives:
- Language: Khmer
- Script: Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .kh
Clues
- Cambodian Peoples Party
Malaysia
- Capital & Major Cities:
- Drives:
- Language: Malaysian
- Script: Malaysian (بهاس مليسيا)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .my
Singapore
- Drives:
- Language:
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .sg
Clues
- Roads called: PIE, AYE, CTE, BKE, KJE, ECP...
China
Pedestrian and Indoor Maps only
- Language:
- Script:
- Top-Level Domain: .cn
South Korea
- Capital & Major Cities: Seoul, Busan, Daegu
- Drives:
- Language: Korean
- Script: Korean/Hangul (한글)
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ko
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: .jp
Philippines
- Capital & Major Cities: Manila, Davao
- Drives:
- Language: Filipino
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .ph
Indonesia
- Capital & Major Cities: Jakarta, Medan
- Drives:
- Language: Indonesian
- Script: Latin
- Number Plates:
- Top-Level Domain: .id
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