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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