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Can You Guess the Famous City Based on Their Skylines?

Morgan CutoloUpdated: Aug. 20, 2019

Tall buildings, bright lights—many city skylines look the same. This is harder than you think!

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Can you guess the city that is this historic skyline?

We’ll start out easy. There’s one monument that should make this one a no-brainer. You won’t believe that these hilarious town names are actually real.

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Paris, France

The Eiffel Tower gives this city skyline away.

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Think you know this skyline?

This one is a little bit harder.

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Dallas, Texas

If you’re good at this, you can probably guess what these pictures are based on their close up images.

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What famous city is this at sunset?

We bet you know this one.

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New York, New York

It’s the city so nice they named it twice.

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What skyline is this?

Nope, that’s not the Eiffel Tower. Don’t be fooled

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Tokyo, Japan

Can you also spot the one image that isn’t like the others in this puzzle?

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Recognize these buildings?

This may be a bit further from home, but this architecture is pretty quintessential.

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Venice, Italy

If you like puzzles, try to figure out how many squares are in this image.

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Know this city?

If you want a hint, this city is known for being very windy.

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Chicago, Illinois

This is the surprising reason Chicago is known as the “windy city.”

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Where is that famous building located?

That tall, skinny building should give it away.

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Toronto, Canada

This funky optical illusion will make your brain hurt.

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What city has that many lights?

This may not be the city that never sleeps, but how can they sleep with all those lights?

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Hong Kong, China

Can you guess the one letter that’s not in any U.S. state name?

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Do you recognize this landscape?

Does that dome look familiar?

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Rome, Italy

That bridge is the Ponte Cavour and the building sitting up in the background is the Basilica Saint Peter.

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What city does this skyline belong to?

The tallest building in the world is in this city.

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Dubai, UAE

That tall, pointy building is Burj Khalifa. It’s 2,722 feet tall.

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Know this skyline?

This one may be a bit trickier, especially if you’ve never been here.

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Melbourne, Australia

Check out these stunning photos that aren’t what they seem.

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What famous skyline is this?

We love how the skyline reflects on the water, but what body of water is that?

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Shanghai, China

If you can solve this image puzzle, you might qualify to be an astronaut.

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Know where that building is located?

That famous building gives this one away.

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Seattle, Washington

That well-known building is the Space Needle. If you got a lot of these right you might also be able to guess the airport from its code.

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What city is this?

Look closely in the bottom right corner and you’ll know the city.

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Sydney, Australia

Check out these gorgeous photos of the most colorful towns in the world.

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Last skyline. Know this one?

Well-traveled readers may know this one, but don’t feel badly if you don’t. This is a tricky one.

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Budapest, Hungary

So the skylines were a giveaway, but can you guess the cities from just one skyscraper?

Originally Published: August 20, 2019

Morgan Cutolo
Morgan Cutolo
Morgan is an Associate Editor at Reader’s Digest. She graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2016 where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. She writes for rd.com, helps lead the editorial relationship with our partners, manages our year-round interns, and keeps the hundreds of pieces of content our team produces every month organized. In her free time, she likes exploring the seacoast of Maine where she lives and works remotely full time and snuggling up on the couch with her corgi, Eggo, to watch HGTV or The Office.