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The geography behind the games, with the numbers worked out from the same data the puzzles use.
Why Europe is further north than it feels
Paris is further north than Montreal, and Rome sits level with Chicago. Why our sense of latitude slips, and the anchor cities that fix it.
26 October 2026 · 5 min read
How many people live in a square of land?
Most land has nobody on it, and some city squares hold a small town per block. How to read a satellite square.
26 October 2026 · 6 min read
How to tell Europe's licence plates apart
Most share the same blue band. Colours, shields in the middle and letter patterns give each country away.
26 October 2026 · 6 min read
How long is a day? Daylight from the equator to the Arctic
Every equator day is a little over 12 hours, June in Helsinki is nearly 19, and the midnight sun starts south of the Arctic Circle.
26 October 2026 · 5 min read
Why the shortest flight looks curved on a map
London to New York is 5,585 km, and the straight line on a flat map is the long way round. Great circles, explained.
26 October 2026 · 5 min read