When you want to send a postcard from a particular place, it’s really hard to choose its design. After all, you have to decide what site portrays the essence of that location best. Google goes through the same problem – if a person searches a place, the website has to determine what images appear at the top of the result list. So what ‘postcards’ do Google assign to the cities around the world?
Bored Panda has conducted a Google image search of all the capital cities around the globe (according to United Nations there are 195 of them) and collected the first images of each query. From the sunny coast of Algiers to the buzzing lights of Taipei, these pictures show the incredibly diverse beauty of human civilization.
P.S. Results may vary for each user, but to make our list as objective as possible, we used Google Chrome’s Incognito mode (the queries were formulated as follows: “City, Country” and were conducted on google.co.uk).
#1 Stockholm, Sweden
Image source: Scanrail1
#2 Reykjavik, Iceland
Image source: Diana S.
#3 Moscow, Russia
Image source: conhecendoarussia
#4 Copenhagen, Denmark
Image source: SeanPavonePhoto
#5 Budapest, Hungary
Image source: Mletschert
#6 Havana, Cuba
Image source: Christophe Meneboeuf
#7 Berlin, Germany
Image source: Jean Claude Castor
#8 Lisbon, Portugal
Image source: 4Corners
#9 Baku, Azerbaijan
Image source: dszc
#10 Bern, Switzerland
Image source: Reaast
#11 Ottawa, Canada
Image source: Ottawa Tourism
#12 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Image source: faungg’s photos
#13 Brussels, Belgium
Image source: 4Corners
#14 Dublin, Ireland
Image source: imgur
#15 Male, Maldives
Image source: Shahee Ilyas
#16 Sana’a, Yemen
Image source: Editions Gelbart
#17 Astana, Kazakhstan
Image source: Askar9992
#18 Bangkok, Thailand
Image source: Mulierchile
#19 Paris, France
Image source: sborisov
#20 Tallinn, Estonia
Image source: Scantri
#21 Tokyo, Japan
Image source: imgur
#22 London, United Kingdom
Image source: imgur
#23 San Marino, San Marino
Image source: Matl
#24 Wellington, New Zealand
Image source: imgur
#25 Santiago, Chile
Image source: imgur
#26 Beirut, Lebanon
Image source: imgur
#27 Helsinki, Finland
Image source: imgur
#28 Lima, Peru
Image source: imgur
#29 Riga, Latvia
Image source: Latvia travel
#30 Jakarta, Indonesia
Image source: hanafichi
#31 Rome, Italy
Image source: S.Borisov
#32 Seoul, South Korea
#33 Tbilisi, Georgia
#34 Vienna, Austria
Image source: imgur
#35 Kiev, Ukraine
Image source: Vydubychi Monastery
#36 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Image source: The Travel Sisters
#37 Hanoi, Vietnam
Image source: 4corners
#38 Mexico City, Mexico
Image source: Jeff Kramer
#39 Beijing, China
Image source: imgur
#40 Kathmandu, Nepal
Image source: imgur
#41 Moroni, Comoros
Image source: Woodlouse
#42 Vilnius, Lithuania
Image source: Diliff
#43 Yerevan, Armenia
Image source: Serouj Ourishian
#44 Madrid, Spain
Image source: Carlos Delgado
#45 Warsaw, Poland
Image source: Marek and Ewa Wojciechowscy
#46 Canberra, Australia
Image source: imgur
#47 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Image source: Amos Chapple
#48 Belgrade, Serbia
Image source: Tanjug
#49 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Image source: imgur
#50 Thimphu, Bhutan
Image source: Kuni Takahashi
#51 Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Image source: Sixdown
#52 Basseterre, St. Kitts And Nevis
Image source: John Wollwerth
#53 Bratislava, Slovakia
Image source: imgur
#54 Majuro, Marshall Islands
Image source: The Best Three Years
#55 Nouakchott, Mauritania
Image source: Susanne Bommeli
#56 Pyongyang, North Korea
Image source: Reuters
#57 Baghdad, Iraq
Image source: Karim Kadim
#58 Kabul, Afghanistan
Image source: Shah Marai
#59 Athens, Greece
Image source: imgur
#60 Monaco, Monaco
Image source: R Meehan
#61 Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Image source: Tuul & Bruno Morandi/Corbis
#62 Zagreb, Croatia
Image source: corbis
#63 Lome, Togo
Image source: African union Togo
#64 Oslo, Norway
Image source: imgur
#65 Ankara, Turkey
Image source: imgur
#66 Cairo, Egypt
Image source: Mikael Damkier
#67 New Delhi, India
Image source: t-lorien
#68 Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Image source: imgur
#69 Bucharest, Romania
Image source: imgur
#70 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Image source: 4Corners
#71 Amman, Jordan
Image source: Nadia Bseiso
#72 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Image source: Maciej Dakowicz
#73 Georgetown, Guyana
Image source: 93.1FM
#74 Manila, Philippines
Image source: imgur
#75 Prague, Czech Republic
Image source: imgur
#76 Rabat, Morocco
Image source: imgur
#77 Sarajevo, Bosnia And Herzegovina
Image source: Anosmia
#78 Valletta, Malta
Image source: imgur
#79 Abuja, Nigeria
Image source: imgur
#80 Andorra La Vella, Andorra
Image source: imgur
#81 Asuncion, Paraguay
Image source: Urban Dashboard
#82 Bogota, Colombia
Image source: Colombia travel
#83 Vientiane, Laos
Image source: imgur
#84 San Jose, Costa Rica
Image source: 4Corners
#85 Sao Tome, Sao Tome And Principe
Image source: imgur
#86 Singapore, Singapore
Image source: Tripadvisor
#87 Yaren District, Nauru
Image source: Cedric Favero
#88 Muscat, Oman
Image source: Jose Fuste Raga
#89 Nassau, The Bahamas
Image source: 4Corners
#90 Nicosia, Cyprus
Image source: Miriban
#91 Roseau, Dominica
Image source: Thomson
#92 Islamabad, Pakistan
Image source: imgur
#93 Bridgetown, Barbados
Image source: Pgbk1987
#94 Managua, Nicaragua
Image source: imgur
#95 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Image source: imgur
#96 Port Vila, Vanuatu
Image source: VanuatuInfo
#97 Tirana, Albania
Image source: imgur
#98 Brasilia, Brazil
Image source: imgur
#99 Damascus, Syria
Image source: imgur
#100 Guatemala City, Guatemala
Image source: guynamedjames
#101 Panama City, Panama
Image source: imgur
#102 Pretoria, South Africa
Image source: imgur
#103 Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka
Image source: imgur
#104 St John’s, Antigua And Barbuda
Image source: imgur
#105 Vatican City, Vatican City
#106 Chisinau, Moldova
Image source: imgur
#107 Dili, Timor L’este (East Timor)
Image source: imgur
#108 Doha, Qatar
Image source: unknown
#109 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
#110 Jerusalem, Israel
#111 Podgorica, Montenegro
Image source: imgur
#112 Port Louis, Mauritius
Image source: imgur
#113 Tunis, Tunisia
Image source: imgur
#114 Victoria, Seychelles
Image source: imgur
#115 Accra, Ghana
Image source: Edward Kamau
#116 Algiers, Algeria
Image source: imgur
#117 Asmara, Eritrea
Image source: Asmera
#118 Caracas, Venezuela
Image source: Gloria Rodríguez
#119 Funafuti, Tuvalu
Image source: Stefan Lins
#120 Minsk, Belarus
Image source: Voloya
#121 Mogadishu, Somalia
Image source: Farah Abdi Warsameh
#122 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Image source: imgur
#123 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Image source: Business Wire
#124 Sofia, Bulgaria
Image source: imgur
#125 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Image source: creativei images
#126 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Image source: imgur
#127 Banjul, The Gambia
Image source: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen
#128 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Image source: Vmenkov
#129 Conakry, Guinea
Image source: Joelguinea
#130 Djibouti, Djibouti
Image source: sadkhabar
#131 Luanda, Angola
Image source: imgur
#132 Manama, Bahrain
Image source: Inspired By
#133 Praia, Cabo Verde
Image source: Ingo Wölbern
#134 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Image source: imgur
#135 Antananarivo, Madagascar
Image source: imgur
#136 Apia, Samoa
Image source: imgur
#137 Castries, St. Lucia
Image source: imgur
#138 Freetown, Sierra Leone
Image source: World66
#139 Gaborone, Botswana
Image source: imgur
#140 Lilongwe, Malawi
Image source: Brian Dell
#141 Lusaka, Zambia
Image source: imgur
#142 Monrovia, Liberia
Image source: Erik (HASH) Hershman
#143 Bamako, Mali
Image source: Arensond
#144 Bangui, Central African Republic
#145 Belmopan, Belize
Image source: imgur
#146 Khartoum, Sudan
Image source: imgur
#147 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Image source: imgur
#148 Montevideo, Uruguay
Image source: imgur
#149 Nairobi, Kenya
Image source: imgur
#150 Naypyidaw, Myanmar
Image source: imgur
#151 Palikir, Micronesia
Image source: imgur
#152 Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Image source: imgur
#153 Quito, Ecuador
Image source: imgur
#154 Skopje, Macedonia
Image source: imgur
#155 St George’s, Grenada
Image source: imgur
#156 Tehran, Iran
Image source: imgur
#157 Washington D.c., United States Of America
Image source: imgur
#158 Windhoek, Namibia
Image source: imgur
#159 Dodoma, Tanzania
Image source: Daily news
#160 Harare, Zimbabwe
Image source: imgur
#161 Kuwait City, Kuwait
Image source: imgur
#162 Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Image source: imgur
#163 Tripoli, Libya
Image source: imgur
#164 Yaounde, Cameroon
Image source: imgur
#165 Yamoussoukro, Cote D’ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Image source: imgur
#166 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Image source: Africa News
#167 Juba, South Sudan
Image source: imgur
#168 Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Image source: imgur
#169 Maputo, Mozambique
Image source: imgur
#170 Maseru, Lesotho
Image source: imgur
#171 N’djamena, Chad
Image source: imgur
#172 Paramaribo, Suriname
Image source: imgur
#173 San Salvador, El Salvador
Image source: imgur
#174 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Image source: imgur
#175 Suva, Fiji
Image source: imgur
#176 Brazzaville, Republic Of The Congo
Image source: imgur
#177 Bujumbura, Burundi
Image source: imgur
#178 Dakar, Senegal
Image source: imgur
#179 Honiara, Solomon Islands
Image source: imgur
#180 Kampala, Uganda
Image source: imgur
#181 Kigali, Rwanda
Image source: imgur
#182 Kingston, Jamaica
Image source: imgur
#183 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Image source: imgur
#184 Port Of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago
Image source: imgur
#185 Porto-Novo, Benin
Image source: imgur
#186 Ramallah, Palestine
Image source: imgur
#187 South Tarawa, Kiribati
Image source: imgur
#188 Sucre, Bolivia
Image source: imgur
#189 Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Image source: imgur
#190 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Image source: imgur
#191 Kingstown, St. Vincent And The Grenadines
Image source: imgur
#192 Libreville, Gabon
Image source: imgur
#193 Mbabane, Swaziland
Image source: imgur
#194 Ngerulmud, Palau
Image source: imgur
#195 Niamey, Niger
Image source: imgur
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