Sri LankaAsia
my city isColombo
A long sea-facing strip, a lake in the middle, and the old fort by the harbour.
6.9271° N 79.8612° E
Neighbourhoods
- Fort
- Kompannaweediya
- Kollupitiya
- Bambalapitiya
- Wellawatte
- Borella
- Havelock Town
- Thimbirigasyaya
- Narahenpita
- Milagiriya
- Kirulapona
- Mattakkuliya
Constellation
the neighbourhoods of Colombo
17 places, joined nearest to nearest
Ring yoursThe lines
Colombo, in our lines
Our lines, made for Colombo: on a print, a tee, a hoodie or a mug.
In words
Colombo, in so many words
From Colombo's own names, set in the city's type: its neighbourhoods, its streets from A to Z and the sentence. Each one a print you can make yours.
About Colombo
A straight coast road running south along the sea, a lake with arms reaching into the centre, and the port tucked behind breakwaters to the north. Colombo is Sri Lanka's commercial capital, laid along its western shore.
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Colombo, drawn and written out
01 · 10 maps
Out to the coast
Colombo's streets and the coast, drawn eight ways, plus studies of only its water or roads.
The coast leads; streets whisper.
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02 · 7 designs
Twelve neighbourhoods, one by one
Colombo in words: the sentence, finished, every neighbourhood run together and its name built big. Bauddhaloka Mawatha runs longest through the middle of town.
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03 · 6 designs
Counted and measured
Colombo, measured: the distance to somewhere else, its year, month by month and how far it is to everywhere else. Chennai is 686 km away, as the crow flies.
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04 · 7 date designs
A date of your own
A day in Colombo, set like an invitation and signed 6.927° N, 79.861° E: the day you moved, married, met or arrived. You write the words.
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05 · 14 designs to wear and use
Out and about
Colombo on tees, stickers, crewnecks and hoodies, made for you.
Ways in
A day in Colombo, set up to keep.
Each one has the words, a pin, a date and a style already in place for Colombo. Open it, then make every part yours.