Recommended Hotel From Reinder's Tour de France: "Recommended Hotel in Lille, France (Hotel Brueghel, that was). Quite nice, actually."

Globes in Lille Market From Reinders Tour de France "Globes in a 2nd hand book market in Lille, France. Not quite spectacular -- but still." 

French Cheese Board Map Another one from Reinder. "A fromagerie where they present cheese on a 'France-shaped' wooden-and-straw kind of plateau... Avec plaisir, au revoir,

Les Vins de France Reinder spotted this in Amiens

Around the world in 80 days Reinder has been visiting France and has sent a few maps in the wild which I will post over the next few days. "The Jules Verne museum in Amiens, France. On the floor is a giant reproduction of the map that Verne used, while composing his most famous novel: 'Around the…

Amsterdam Heart Reinder shared this - "This is an advertisement for a kind of party / festivity, for new students to make them feel comfortable, organised by the Humanities Faculty of the University of Amsterdam. To draw the attention, they created this kind of heart shaped image, that consists of…

Map on a plate We were having a geographical conversation over dinner with friends and Toby drew this map from the remains of pimentos padron and olive pips. Can you work out where the map is illustrating?

Celeste We were drinking this wine on a family holiday in Ibiza when my son spotted the celestial map on the label.

The Coves of Ibiza I love those paper maps that you get from hotel receptions when you all for directions. This one comes from the stylish retro Hotel Mongibello in Ibiza. Perfect for planning a day’s exploring.

Silverton’s Gaol Another one from Anna Barca's visit to Broken Hill. Imagine a gaol with stained glass windows and a global projection (bonus points for correctly identifying the projection). For more info see

Mappy lamp I found this lamp in a shop in Arles

Mappy Phone Cases Marc-Tobias said "Otterbox currently has a special edition with maps of New York, London, Paris, Tokyo Might not be 'in the wild' enough." I think that is wild enough but if anyone has a pic of their own case with a map, do send it to us.

US Route 1 at the Arles photo festival

Under the Overpass Walter Schwartz spotted this beautiful mural (or is it graffiti?). He said "Here’s a large scale map of part of the Glen Park - Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. It is hidden away at a dead end under a pedestrian overpass. I discovered this while hiking the…

Grenoble Grenoble, a very long time ago. Poster visible on the wall of a museum down town.

Irish Whiskey Distilleries It seems wherever Reinder travels he finds a Map in the Wild. This one is from a pub in Dublin showing the locations of some of the most famous Irish whiskey (correct spelling for Irish as opposed to Scottish whisky). My favourite, Redbreast, isn't on there.

Australia at the Arles photo festival

Vancouver Convention Centre Ken was at the Vancouver Convention Centre for the ICC conference, appropriately they had this rotating globe in the entrance.

City DNA – Deventer Reinder shared this art piece by Lu Xinjian entitled City DNA/Deventer. "This painting in the Eicas museum in the Dutch town of Deventer, turns out to be inspired by the street pattern - by Lu Xinjian. Quite amazing ... " The detail is almost hypnotic

Mappy bottle These nappy bottles are from the French retail distributor: Decathlon.

Mining Claims in Broken Hill, NSW Anna Barca shared these pics from her visit to the museum in Broken Hill, NSW, Australia

HBC Nantes My brother-in-law lives in Nantes and he's a huge fan. Great, they have the brilliant idea to put a map on their shirts!

Lunch at Ballater Bothy Kevin Carey said "After a nice morning walk up Craigendarroch in Ballater. It was nice to see this table top decoration in the local cafe (The Bothy Ballater)"

Some birthday fun! My word, (and forgive the language), but what an arse of a job they've made of this. This is at the Brussels terminal of the Eurostar where they've superimposed some historical mapping, geology maps, the tube map and a picture of Shakespeare and some other random graphics to…

7 Happy 7th birthday, Mappery! I travelled with my OS flask all summer, but I admit I forgot it when hiking in the mountains. I took it when I visited Arles for the photo festival. There were a few maps at the exhibits so that they will arrive in a few days.

We are 7! Today is our 7th birthday, really quite amazing. That's 2,000 posts and 3,000 images! I chose these pix from the Shipping House in Amsterdam (aka Scheepvaarthuis) that Reinder sent to me for 2 reasons - firstly, because the windows are absolutely beautiful and represent the essence of a…

Inside with Jen Psaki Carol Ely spotted this, "While maps are often used on TV news shows, it took a while for the penny to drop that the entire background and graphic scheme of the MSNBC (US) show Inside with Jen Psaki is a stylized map of Washington DC. It often looks like a Mondrian grid!  I’m…

Exquisite Map Art at London Hilton Damian Spangrud sent us these pics of an art installation at Hilton Metropole in London. These all hand cut designs using old maps - beautiful work.

Halfords Motoring Club Elizabeth shared this nice mappy sign for our local Halfords at a nearby retail park

Graduation Show goes Global Reinder saw this at the graduation show at the K A B K: The Hague Royal Academy of Art.  

Glbal Gaming at Dusseldorf Airport Marc-Tobias said "Giant globe at Dusseldorf Airport. A QR code points to an online multiple-choice game."

Daventer Book Market These maps were on sale at the Deventer Book Market which is apparently the second largest in Europe. Who knows which is the largest?

Doha Carpet Map Mark Iliffe snapped this carpet map when transiting through Doha

Tryptich in Daventer This Tryptich, entitled Daventriptiek, was made by Marco Mout en Gezellen. Reinder explained "Daventriae = Latin for Deventer: an old town in the Dutch province of Overijssel - so the title of this triptych is quite appropriate"

Chapel Hill Steven Gordon sent us these pics from the bathroom walls from Lapin Bleu Bar and Art Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC. (the bathrooms are unisex, accessible to all) Lapin Bleu Facebook page

Carto Protest Posters Reinder spotted this series of posters on the Rue Piat in the 20th Arrondissement of Paris. The heading of the map translates (according to Google as "The Seine's upheavals - watershed, living basin" - would love to know what Greendock is that needs to be stopped if any of…

Bloomin Noosance Elizabeth spotted this piece of carto based art in Granary Square, Kings Cross. The underlying map is from the Great Northern Railway which used to run into Kings Cross.

Absolut Hotel Reinder spotted this in the lobby of the Absolut Hotel in Paris - bold!

Stone landmark The coordinates 56.4907 N, 4.2026 W lead to the Stone landmark. I found the coordinates on a site titled "Where is Scotland?" Happy to have more information from our followers on the subject.

Mercator Picture from Javier Jimenez Shaw taken in Mostar during FOSS4G Europe 2025. And now Javier and @EvenRouault in front of this Supermarket sign

Chocolate fountain If you visit the Darwin Centre in Bordeaux, France, you will be able to see this Chocolate Fountain with a world map showing where this factory sources its cocoa beans.

Map art Laure sent me this piece of art seen in shop in Bordeaux

Birds Laure sent me this picture. Birds seen in an art and souvenir shop in Bordeaux, France

Round Church Street I took this photo in Cambridge. A new development had the most fantastic idea to show the old block around Bridge Street and Round Church Street.

Tramway Seen in Bordeaux, France, not far from Saint-Jean Railway Station.

France 1918 Mr LeCartographe found this map with the borders of France at the end of the war in 1918.

Quechua I took this snap in Cambridge, but the coordinates lead to their store in Passy, in the valley near Chamonix.

Star Map Tied Up All those constellations on a tie, thanks to Elizabeth

Toulouse La Villa Rose ("The Pink City"), Toulouse, offers numerous Maps in the Wild. I am biased, but I highly encourage everyone to visit and enjoy the city. Photo from Laure.

Town Plan Sculpture Reinder shared this pic of a bronze town plan in Harlingen, in the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands.