Perfect score on Geoguessr (World Version) - 18 mins 40 secs

It's been nearly 7 years since my arduous quest to get a perfect score on world version in 30 minutes. Times have changed since then. I've improved and so has the map. But how fast can I go? The quest for speed restarts here with this sub 20 minute effort, which includes an unfortunate glimpse at the rear end of an unsuspecting sunbather in the middle of a remote polish field.
PS: How not to travel America news: Episode 7 will be released next Sunday (26th Feb) at 8pm GMT (a day earlier for patreons)

[@GeoWizard]

Forgot to mention in the vid, this was about my 15th go at this. Cobwebs needed blowing. Let me know what geoguessr you’d like to see next, and don’t forget to drop the video a like!

[@almightysosa3007]

Would love to see a team up versus with one of the pros like rainbolt.

[@jackcurtis5901]

11:30 😉😉

[@GeoWizard]

@@almightysosa3007 this isn’t out of the question…

[@ThomasBarthoulot]

would love to watch another video where you try to go up the rankings !

[@jhNic]

playing with your friends?

[@julientaylor8351]

Spends one minute in Poland. Has to recover for 24 hours.

[@danjeory3659]

Underrated comment

[@DoiInthanon1897]

His eyes had been tainted so severely that a period of recovery was in order.

[@Toomuchbullshitt]

Poland is like the Ohio of Europe.

[@eane7238]

​@@Toomuchbullshitt can confirm

[@zsoldos2000]

@@Toomuchbullshitt More likely Hungary...

[@HalfDayBray]

Hey Tom, in the US, if you see an interstate with a 3 digit number, it means it is usually a loop for a 2 digit interstate in a metro area. 494 is a loop to divert around Minneapolis, as is 694, for the primary interstate of 94. Look at any major metro in the US and you'll notice it everywhere.

[@cdw2468]

also odd numbers are north south, even are east west, the 10 is at the very bottom of the US, the 90 is at the very top, for example, the 5 at the very west, the 95 is at the very east

[@williamthomasmi10]

If it starts with an odd number, it deosn't loop back, see 394 off of i94

[@B3Band]

Consequently, there are multiple I-295 highways all up and down the east coast, because of this rule.

[@23Sam]

also if you see a numbered street name (84th st for example) and you dont appear to be in a city, there a 95% chance youre just in a main suburb of a city virtually zero rural areas use numbered street names in america, with the rare exception of a very barren terrain such as the deserts of the southwest and the plains of kansas oklahoma and nebraska

[@tingstrap]

As a UK player, these tips are invaluable! Thank you

[@ArloLipof]

‘There will be no skips or cuts in this video’… cuts out 24 hours after a few seconds! 😂 I absolutely love this channel and the magnificent Tom Davies! ❤

[@Mincher]

Nothing gets me riled up more than spotting it before Tom. Shouting at the screen like a madman!

[@Nevir202]

If you enjoy that, you should check out Cracking The Cryptic, it's the number one pastime of their fans lol.

[@kitano47]

kek i was doing it too

[@SuperchargedW12]

Same

[@theowlfromduolingo7982]

Cheers

[@moltar5898]

dora the explorer vibes

[@sobhaan]

Tom, you can use the checkpoint feature in geoguessr if you want to save a good spot. This way, you dont have to go back all the way to look for signs you saw previously and you can be faster on your speedruns.

[@lenitarandolph]

I constantly forget this and on some rounds it's so helpful!

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

I have the opposite problem. I save a spot, then go very far, then accidently click "go to checkpoint" and all the time spent moving goes to waste. I wish there can be multiple checkpoint options, or at least be able to remove the checkpoint without going back first.

[@sobhaan]

@Cerebrum Maximus Yeah that happens to me as well haha. Removing current checkpoint would be a good upgrade indeed

[@NagelFox]

@@sobhaan You can still return to your checkpoint, undo your previous move and you're back before you were teleported!

[@sobhaan]

@@NagelFox You can undo moves?!? Will try it out, thanks!

[@karo1202]

the beginning of the video was hilarous to me, seeing this guy in the grass I thought to myself "oh no, this might be Poland" and it actually being Poland as well as the text "the following day" a couple of seconds later (meaning that this sight of Poland broke you for that day) absolutely killed me XD

[@aussiegolfer]

Banging thumbnail though

[@Sam-bd2zu]

gotta love watching him play geoguessr

[@Michael-kp4bd]

For real! I know we all love his adventure videos, but this guy’s surprisingly good at Geoguessr. It’s like he’s some kind of wizard or something!! 😄

[@damyr]

@@Michael-kp4bd I don't like his adventure videos, I never watched any and I don't care. I'm here for Geoguessr only.

[@stephenk5577]

@@damyr ok... also, how would you know you don't like his adventure videos, if you've never seen them? lol

[@Michael-kp4bd]

@@damyr i much prefer the Geoguesser as well, i was just making a joke. His straight line missions are amazing though, and it’s what propelled his channel from the 20k channel i used to watch while going to bed, into a well-known legend with that massively viral series. I haven’t yet watched his “how not to travel in “ vids yet, but i know they’re probably fire and will watch soon. But yeah even as an OG viewer who watched him play cam-less for over a year without knowing what he looked like, I have to admit his adventure videos are so fun and well done. (i actually donated to help find his “crazy” first mission and DO NOT REGRET IT! But I do really like that he’s balancing it back out with more of the classic Geoguessr content that sold me on subscribing and consistently watching for years.

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@damyr watch the How Not To Travel Europe series, you won't regret it

[@ftgv1]

How did the sunbathing guy know the Google car would come by ? Also he was out in a field in the middle of nowhere. So peculiar ! Great Geoguesser content, love these.

[@seamonsterKT]

You're telling me you've never gone on a solo picnic in your underpants in the middle of nowhere? 🤣

[@ftgv1]

@@seamonsterKTHahah it must be a polish thing ? Ill ask the guys at work tomorrow. Must say I’m tempted to try it though, he looked like he was living life

[@zacharymorgan6110]

I had to pause the video after seeing that to find the comment. Dude has me rollin over here with that zoom in 🤣

[@rolllimbo973]

i swear thats something my polish dad would do, they just dont give a fuck lmao

[@Bisirsky]

By Polish car

[@claudiocarbone9880]

This was one of the best episodes of Geoguessr in a while, i think Tom enjoyed playing and that was what made it so nice to watch!

[@gshufelt09]

These are so much harder to watch when you live in a place he is looking. As you panned around Minnesota I was internally screaming “Bloomington” public schools!!! Great episode as always.

[@natebrunette]

Bloomington public schools, Edina realty, and normandale, all dead giveaways when you live here 😂

[@jonathananderson260]

I KNOW I was doing the same thing.

[@rpk675]

@@natebrunette Randy’s garbage disposal too 😂

[@Drummingwolverine]

@@rpk675 that’s the first thing I thought too, and then seeing the Edina Realty sign confirmed it

[@limbridk]

"do you want to see..." YES TOM! We do. We want to see you play geoguessr. Every day please if you can. Thank you very much.

[@zariarogers2846]

Nice to see the old format back. Looking forward to more content like this.

[@LocozillaYT]

Lmao the naked dude is everything!

[@johnwhite2506]

Hey Tom, For the north of Spain, it's easy to tell what region you're in by the language. Northwest (near Portugal) many signs will be in Galician which resembles Portuguese (words and sounds like o/os, ao, inxao), in central northern Spain it will be in Spanish, and in the Northeast it will be in basque which uses more k, sk, and eu sounds. It's a niche tip but hope this helps if you ever have another northern Spain round!

[@Redddragon]

He also ignored a sticker that said galicia on it!

[@maciejbala477]

@@Redddragon he actually misread "Galicia" as something else entirely ahaha

[@w3sp]

This comment will probably end up being unread and such, but I still wanted to write it 🙂 I randomly stumbled across your channel last year or so when some twitch streamer was playing Geoguessr and showed one of your videos. I've since subbed, watched all new uploads and bingewatched all "mission" videos (straight line mission, etc.). Nowadays I eagerly await the next episode of the USA trip and even if it releases late at night I'll still bingewatch it despite work early the next morning. Your way of editing and more importantly narrating these videos is absolutely fantastic and makes them really unique and special to me. You truly have a gift! Thanks!

[@isaacparadis7951]

It's so cool when geoguesser goes to your hometown. I grew up in Richfield, (another suburb of Minneapolis) so I see those roads and buildings every day. Great job finding it, Tom!

[@jeffjags1]

I went to Poplar Bridge for elementary school about 20 years ago, no longer live in MN anymore but I've been down all those roads hundreds of times haha

[@corrinajhartman7543]

Crazy finding another person from richfield in the comments!! it was so fun finally getting it before tom

[@isaacparadis7951]

@@corrinajhartman7543 I know right? It’ll never happen again when I get it before Tom I can tell ya that! 😂

[@isaacparadis7951]

@@jeffjags1 yeah, it’s really cool to recognize the city before Tom! 😂

[@whatdoyousuppose]

oh hey! I used to work in Bloomington so seeing somewhere close to home pop up here was a huge surprise haha!

[@sebastianb3308]

That’s an amazing thumbnail and first location Tom. Just amazing.

[@hanswoast7]

24 hours recovery time. worth it xD

[@RustyforksYT]

Hey Tom, little tip on US interstates. All interstates with 3 digit numbers are spur routes of the 2 digit main interstates and usually located in and around urban areas. You can tell what the main interstate is because the last 2 numbers are the same as the primary interstate. In the Minnesota round for example I-494 is an auxiliary of I-94. Once you found I-94 you know that 494 is going to be nearby and likely in a large city which could have helped you find it in Minneapolis quicker. Hope this tip helps, thanks for the great content as always!

[@jonathanmellette8541]

Came here to say this. :) But, in my heart, I knew it had already been said.

[@AACraft555]

did you get this from the CGPGrey video?

[@moltencucumber6514]

@@AACraft555 I didn't comment it, but I knew it because I live in the States and didn't always have Google maps to tell me routes.

[@TimEubanks]

Less useful for GeoGuesser, but also if the 3-digit road starts with an EVEN number it’s a bypass or loop. ODD first numbers are a spur. (As always, there are exceptions). There can be multiple identically named 3-digit loops/spurs along an interstate, but not in the same state. And for the non-US players, the interstates are generally N/S or E/W and numbered as such. Odd 2-digit interstates are N/S. Evens are E/W. And they increase in value West to East (5 in California etc., 95 on the East Coast) and increase South to North (8 and 10 along the Mexico border and Gulf of Mexico, 90 and 94 along the northern states).

[@theemeralddream7020]

@@TimEubanks there is a similar system in germany: 1 digit indicates cross-national size, 2 digits large regional size and 3 digits small size. As soon as there are 2 or more digits, the first digit indicates the region. Odd numbered highways have N/S alignment, even numbered highways E/W alignment (usually). Also there are no duplicates (germany is not that big).

[@Cartafilo_XXI]

Trying to find a main road in Galicia is some tough business, Tom. Cheers from Spain!

[@janina90]

At 14:45, when you were about to read the pole, but then decided to not "look around" too much, you really should have 😄 The pole itself said "Galicia" on the top... Great game!

[@averagebeetle]

it also said Galicia right at the start of the round but Tom didn't read it properly

[@brennandonner8604]

I live super close to the second round in Minnesota and have literally driven on those roads, love the content ❤

[@yesterdaydream]

Legend has it that first guy laid there for years, desperately hoping the Google car would drive by.

[@cdw2468]

when tom missed that the street sign pole said “galicia” i about cried @ 14:44

[@Jose-jw6vi]

@11:38 it clearly said Galicia in the top left corner, I spent that whole round almost screaming at the monitor

[@3PSILONletsplays]

Oh yeah that's *really helpful*

[@thankssoi22]

I honestly think this is the best channel on KZbin full stop, love the geoguessr, and love the adventure stuff

[@Jewgubu]

Twin Cities metro finally! Hell yah! Tom: "Distinctive blue plates." Me: "Minnesota has blue plates." *zooms in to Randy's sanitation* Me: "That seems really familiar." *Edina Realty sign* Me: "LOOOOOOL"

[@LHyoutube]

11:05 - Wow, it's saddening to see how tiny that shack for sale is, and that it's presumably intended for someone to live in! 😲

[@LHyoutube]

14:55 - You should have stopped and asked that very distinguished looking cat for directions! 😂

[@supersemo4159]

1:03 caught me so off guard bro 💀

[@YPOC]

Wow that very first scene was like an accident that you know you shouldn't look at, but you just can't take your eyes off.

[@justyndelbridge7467]

Absolutely love this kind of GeoGuesser content! Thank you so much for continuing to make it 🤘😻

[@MrZiggyB]

Geoguesser content is the best!

[@Gameboygenius]

@Don't Read My Profile Photo

[@teslaaddict]

Get in!! Thanks for your continuous posts Tom, you're the best. Can't wait for the upcoming straight-line challenge

[@DoiInthanon1897]

Try not to read the reply above me, it’s not worth mine or anyone else’s time.

[@26acorn34]

Tip for interstates-the three digit numbered ones mean they’re branches or loops off the interstate with the second two numbers-ie I494 is a loop off of I94. Might help with your searching!

[@daredevilcodm2381]

When there is a new video from him it makes my day 1000% better

[@Kerrathul]

FYI, Because 494 is an even number, you know that the main Interstate, the 94 (not necessarily the 494 branch) runs East - West. Then, if it is a three digit number, like 494, that means it is a branch OFF the 94. This usually only happens in big cities to get to other locations in the city. So when you see the Shield icon with 494, first thing you should do is go to a main city and look for the 94, then find the bypass branch off of it that is 494. Also, because the third digit 4 is even, you also know that the branch off the 94 rejoins the 94 (bypass route). If it was the 594, you would expect it to not rejoin the 94 (spur route). Another example in LA is the main Interstate is the 5. The bypass route is the 405, to follow the 3 digit numbering convention, they add a zero so 405 is three digits.

[@arthurbrowne9379]

Must be careful though that the 3 digit interstates can repeat along the main route. going up 95 on the east coast you will pass many 195s, 295s, 395s, 495s, etc.

[@thoride_]

Unsure if you know this already but the road system in the US does actually have a bit of a pattern that could be useful for rounds like the Minnesota one. In short though: Double digit interstates are majors and Odd numbers run north-south with numbers increasing from west to east, while even numbers run east-west with numbers increasing from south to north. Interstate minors are spurs/loops that are 3 digit and the last two digits are usually the major it came off of. if the leading digit is odd, then that means it is a spur and does not connect back, whereas if the first digit is even, then it is a bypass or loop that does connect back to the original major. For example: in the Minnesota stage, you found a sign for interstate 494, which using the info above is defined as a loop off of 94, therefore you could look for 94 and then go to the nearest major city that may require a loop as 494 will probably be there, similarly, you could just go straight to looking for cities since you know it's a loop, and loops only exist around major cities as they have demand for it. In this case that would've been Minneapolis. here's a really good video by CGPgrey who does a much better job at explaining than I do: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnfRkGZmdqlqhs0 Thanks for the amazing content as per usual!

[@Baton793]

Another great and impressive video. I laughed out loud when you said you had to give up after the polish round, lol

[@kyleturner3559]

Great vid Tom mate, getting back into the swing of the game you still have all the core skills. Genuinely think if you did a no coms (with post coms) run you could drag that down under 10 mins in no time. Keep up the good work, been one of my fave creators on this platform for a while as you're such a lovely and sound bloke, would love to share a pint with you one day and hear some stories you have to tell. Top class man 🤙❤️

[@mintsjams8862]

Incredible video. No matter how many years I watch you it's always fun to see how much raw skill you have at this game. I've always appreciated that you're able to get things so quickly without having to rely on a bunch of metas. Shoot for under 15, Tom!

[@hipmotion]

On a cycle tour last summer I stopped at the exact location of the 4th round to drink some water. I'd been stuck in Porto for a few days with mechanical problems so I got the train up to Vallenca just south of the Spanish border. It was a really magical day on the bike. That whole region of northern Spain is perfect for it - there's a massive network of tiny, empty roads.

[@FMuscleZ28]

It pays to know road numbering logic. In the US, odd numbers go North-South, starting East (1) to West (101), and even numbers go East to West, starting North (2) to South (98). A 1XX or 2XX is an offshoot of highway "XX", usually around a city. There's more to it, but if you only have an interstate number to go with, it can point in the right direction.

[@Leffe192]

Narvik took me 10s to identify, when he zoomed in on the LKAB-sign at 18:19 :)

[@patsk8872]

Imagine if in the second attempt somewhere else in the world, it was the same old guy laying there 🤣

[@maryelmore478]

You are so honest. If I'd seen one of those u.s. area codes I would have been asking Alexa straight away where that was. I guess that's why I'm a newbie and you're a professional! By the way I'm here because of your thumbnail. It may have scarred you for life but it got me clicking.

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

That Polish dude... amazing

[@essengeebee]

I love the smell of good old classic Geoguessr in the evening.

[@TheFreeBro]

I really love this video series. I really feel good watching them and I hope you do more

[@smgibb]

Some help on US interstates - 3 digit numbers are spurs and loops/bypasses. If they start with an odd number, they are a spur off the main interstate, so like I-195 spurs off of I-95. If an even number, they loop back around to their originating route, and are often loops/bypasses around cities. So if you were looking for I-495, you'd probably find I-95 easily because it's the main interstate, then look for where it seems to branch off and make a loop back onto itself. Other rules are odd numbered single and double-digit routes will run north/south and even run east/west. Odd route numbers increase west->east and even route numbers increase south->north. So, as an example, Connecticut has I-95 and I-84 while San Diego has I-5 and I-8. There's certain routes where it's sort of an exception because they were planned a certain way but never completed or have since been extended beyond what they used to be.

[@Trekkie_Gal]

Love these old fashioned Geoguessr episodes!

[@kiranclarke869]

6:20 love how changeable the weather is

[@JulianCarr24]

I was amazed seeing the first two locations back-to-back, as I've personally been to both of them! What are the odds!

[@ivo3111]

Well done on this round! And I loved the first bit :D

[@stefanf922]

A tip for American interstate highway numbers. (Blue shield) 2 digit Odd numbers run N-S 2 digit even run E-W 3 digit are bypass or spurs for the last two digits, ie: 395 is a spur for 95 495 is a bypass for 95

[@Christophe_L]

Quick tip for romance languages: "os", "as", "o" and "a" are the Portuguese equivalent of Spanish "los", "las", "el" and "la" respectively, so you know you're in or near Portugal (or Brazil).

[@mrglenn233]

Man this is so impressive. Of course we would love to see how fast you can go

[@RaphaelBriand]

14:45 There was a sign you zoomed past in Galicia with the word GALICIA on it a couple of minutes in. Crushing. Knowing what Galician and Portuguese look like helps too there, it's totally different from Basque.

[@pedrokayser]

that happend when geoguesser only give you only nordic countries all the time , if he coulded see early the kind of house are used in galiza and north portugal because we share history between galiza and minho since makind existed in iberia

[@Blast-Forward]

😂 That was so easy to miss in a rush. I would have thought it's Portugal by the names. Then we came to the highway and I was like "oops, forgot about Galician". 😅

[@carolinegreenwell9086]

thoroughly enjoyed that, thanks

[@mytube001]

Just a tip, at least in Sweden (but most likely Norway as well), banks aren't named like in the UK and Ireland, where you have regional branches, except for one type of bank which has a system like that but there the regions are small and usually have historical names (from old hundreds or parishes) that you won't find on a modern map (like "Färs & Frosta Sparbank"). If it says "Sparebanken", then that is the name of the actual bank, and "Narvik" is then the actual location of it. There could be the odd exception, but this holds well as a general rule.

[@matldb]

Its not always like that in Norway nowadays. Tom was lucky, because the name of the bank could have been Sparebank1 Nord-Norge (northern norway), which indicate the region, and not the town/city. Almost all of the smaller banks are phased out and the largest banks often buy them so the town still has a option.

[@slightlyaboveaveragebutaverage]

In the future the three digit interstate highways are auxiliary roads that connect to larger interstates and typically pass through or loop around cities. The moment you saw a three digit sign in Minnesota you can easily determine that you're likely in Minneapolis/St. Paul.

[@tonyfandango8182]

Always and forever the 🐐 Would love the 15 min challenge

[@collinmadden4874]

Always fun seeing a local round! I live about a 10 minute drive from that minnesota round

[@ajaysgoodreview2881]

Congrats friend

[@pbrynild]

0:37 "There will be no skips or cuts in this video." 10 seconds later there is a cut.

[@vidnikicic1729]

Three days ago I watched a WWII movie based in the city of Narvik, the second I heard you read it out my mouth dropped!

[@OanaGeorgiana]

i really hope there's going to be a comeback of a perfect score on the 'an urban world' map

[@zubb5120]

I really like your geoguessr content, keep it up!

[@Mahdijp7]

Yes! More GeoGuessr videos please :) Would definitely enjoy seeing you shave minutes off the clock

[@JramLisztfan]

1:11 greatest GeoGuessr moment in history

[@harisserdarevic4913]

Whenever you see a three digit US interstate (blue and red symbol) example 494, this designates that it's a brother/sister interstate of the bigger 94. So if you find the 94, the 494 would be along it and usually in a bigger city. When you get to the northeast this doesn't work as nice due to the density of interstates but in the midwest, south and west it usually works very well.

[@dominikrobak5837]

So cool finally seeing Minnesota! I've driven on those roads shown.

[@82tonypr]

Didn't expect to see a part of the US that I recognize and drive near frequently! I live about 20 miles from that area of Minnesota, and I went to Normandale College.

[@Wolfofthenightt]

I can't believe it! 6:33 the white Chevy Equinox is me!

[@mackedosrs]

Tom, I'd recommend you watch CGP Grey's video on the US interstate system, "The Internet's Forgotten Code". 8 minutes, entertaining, and will explain how to decipher interstate numbers. They are a tool that you can use to find your location fairly quickly within the US, without needing city or state names. Pretty helpful!

[@timmys1877]

always look forward to your uploads, keep it up!!!!

[@BabuZeko]

You caught me in the field

[@corrinajhartman7543]

wait the Minnesota one was so goofy I was like that's fully Bloomington what an honor to be in the video

[@Alex-bw7hv]

Knew this would be a good one the moment we saw that dude in the first location

[@ayejay5603]

"Took me a whole day to recover from that." Lol

[@tschulietta219]

The bin you were so hopeful about actually contained some useful info: there was a crown on it, so Mexico was out of the question and it had to be Spain! :)

[@nothinginnumerous]

I want you to hunt the 50 countries streak on no moving/zooming. I loved that series the most, with all the failures and excitement that maybe we can get it this time, and the pressure of getting close

[@alexjamesbebbington4606]

Best thumbnail I've ever seen.

[@denninosyos]

Round 5 trivia: When you see LKAB it is either Kiruna or Luleå, Sweden or Narvik, Norway. LKAB a Swedish state-owned mining company based in Kiruna. The ore from the mines is transported via Malmbanan (Ore track) by train to Narvik for ocean transport. The HQ is located in Luleå.

[@sinatrabone]

Here’s a U.S Tip - typically the freeways that are in the 200’s, 300’s, or 400’s will be circular routes around major cities. They’ll share the next two numbers with the main interstate line that goes through the city (so the 494 circles the twin cities in Minnesota, while the 94 goes through the state).

[@paultveite4060]

Oh man, this was surreal - that second one is literally the street I grew up on.

[@VideoNOLA]

Don't forget that U.S. Interstate highways use a numbering scheme, where "494" means "a loop of I-94 around a major city". The leading "4", being even, tells you it's a looping bypass as opposed to a spur or connector, denoted by odd numbers.

[@CopeML]

In the U.S. Interstates that are even numbered go East to West, Odd numbered Go north to south, Major interstates that cross multiple states with few exceptions end in either 0 or 5, lower numbers interstates start in the south west corner of the U.S. and increase in number as you go north-eastward. Interstates that don't end in a 0 or a 5 are newer bypasses that connect around the outskirts of major cities but connect to a highway of the first number, a 3 digit interstate is a bypass that connects around a major city typically back to the same interstate with the same last two digits. U.S. Highways marked with a white shield start in the North-East corner of the U.S. and increase incrementally towards the south-west, the same numbering scheme applies as with Interstates except in the opposite direction and are more regionalized. State highways typically link one town to another and may not follow a numbering scheme depending on the state. Typically county roads start with the lowest number closest to the county seat or major township of the county it resides in.

[@triscuitbiscuit]

Tip for America- a 3 digit interstate will be a spur off of a main interstate (usually around bigger towns). So 494 will be off of 94. 295 will be off of 95, etc.

[@c99kfm]

In the final one, you immediately zoomed in on the "LKAB" on the other side of the fjord. That's Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB ("inc"), which means you're either in Kiruna, Gällivare or Luleå in Sweden, or in Narvik in Norway. Kiruna and Gällivare are inland, and Luleå is significantly flatter (and more dilapidated) than Narvik.

[@jacpaq4875]

Helpful tip for the forth round that allowed me to know the exact region of Portugal that he was in; the wine growing region behind Porto (the Duoro Valley) is world famous for its wineries that grow their grapes on tiered terraces along the valleys walls. Right from the starting point, you can see the tiered terraces (something totally unique for Europe) and therefore know its probably the Duoro Valley

[@karo1202]

he was in spain tho xd he missed a "galicia" text on the post when he was zooming in on a sign in Os Muinos

[@Maravone]

He wasn't in Portugal though. Nowhere near the Douro. The landscape in Galicia is very similar however.

[@whatdoyousuppose]

So random the second one is not very far from where I live in Minnesota 😮 what are the odds of that?! It was fun finally guessing something immediately wayyy before Tom 😂 can’t promise it’ll happen again for me haha, this was fun!

[@Nibby49]

I see plenty of people mentioning the interstate numbers, but no one commenting on the telephone numbers on the trash cans. Though if that has been mentioned somewhere I do apologize in advance. In the US, the first three digits of our telephone numbers are the area code. Large cities generally have multiple area codes, but most places have just one code to cover a fairly large area. The telephone number for "Randy's," starting with 763, tells you that "Randy's" is likely _headquartered_ in the northwest Minneapolis region. I'm italicizing "headquartered" here because, as you'll notice, the spot wasn't actually on that side of the city. Area codes are not nearly as specific as they were in the landline days of old, what with the advent of mobile phones, but just knowing those three digits _might_ significantly narrow down your search area. However, there is also the possibility that it's a either a really tiny or really large business with either one guys cellphone or headquartered on the opposite side of the country. Whether an telephone area code can be trusted as a shortcut or not really depends on what the numbers being used for. A phone number on a huge expensive billboard could possibly be anywhere near or far while a number on a public service like trash collection would more likely (but in no way certainly) be in the same city (or at very least in the same region) as it's bins. An area code is not guaranteed to be used only in the region said code encompasses, but it has the potential to help nonetheless. I'll close off by mentioning in passing that exchange codes (the next three digits in our telephone numbers) also do in fact exist, but are incredibly unreliable, semi-defunct and therefore not relevant here.

[@rmichaeldeutsch]

At 14:46, the street pole says "Galicia"! I was yelling at my screen for Tom to notice it! Could've easily saved 2 minutes.

[@wild_phil5570]

I stayed in Montecatini Terme for a school trip a few years ago, it was as idyllic as small Italian towns get!

[@RichardHolmesSyr]

When you see a US Interstate with 3 digits, it's always a spur or bypass in an urban area connecting to the 2-digit Interstate with the same last 2 digits. I-494 could really be nowhere but in the Minneapolis metro area since that's the only major Minnesota city I-94 goes through.

[@sambang3471]

In the second round I immediately knew where you were based on the big building with the pyramid roof that you can see from the neighborhood. I live close to Bloomington and went to Normandale community college in high school and I immediately started screaming at my screen because I knew exactly where you were lol!

[@silentgreybox]

I definitely would've wasted a lot of time searching the Indiana and Illinois Bloomingtons as soon as I saw that school sign. Funny how in this case knowing more about US geography would have made me slower than Tom, not faster.

[@bellini9374]

8:27 "Ooh, oh God, what's this, this is Africa" Never change, Tom

[@JJ-ig6ot]

I was yelling at the screen when you looked for Akeja - I saw it to the right and you almost put the marker down somewhere else :)

[@DuckOfRubber]

I did a double take on the Minnesota one my aunt used to live in that neighborhood. There are some interstate numbering rules- 1 and 2 digit numbers are regular interstate highways. Even numbers run east-west and odd numbers run north-south. In general numbers also increase as you go west to east or south to north. There are a few exceptions where interstates cross each other (74 is north of 70 as it should be west of Indianapolis but south of 70 east of Indianapolis) or new interstates have been built but there are no conforming numbers available. 3 digit numbers are spur or loop routes. They are almost always in a large city and the second 2 digits will tell you what interstate they come off of. If the first digit is even it is a loop that either reconnects to itself or connects to another interstate. For example 494 splits from 94, goes around the south and west sides of Minneapolis/St Paul, then reconnects with 94. They are generally used to avoid the city center. If the first digit is odd it is a spur route. These generally carry traffic into the city center from an interstate. Some 3 digit numbers get reused; there are at least a half dozen 295s between the Canadian border and Miami. If the number has an H in front of it (H1, H2, H3, and H201) it is in Hawaii, more specifically the island of Oahu where Honolulu is located. Alaska and Puerto Rico also have highways that are technically classified as part of the interstate system for funding purposes and have an A- or PR- designation on paper, but are still known and signed with their former name or number.

[@Icemaam]

Seriously freaked out that one of those was literally in my backyard! Greetings from MN 😉