Asia.

Asia37.57° N 126.98° E

Seoul

서울South Korea

A wide river through the middle, mountains at the edges, and alleys in between.

Asia1.29° N 103.85° E

Singapore

Singapore

Shophouse rows, hawker tables, and an afternoon storm right on time.

Asia24.45° N 54.38° E

Abu Dhabi

United Arab Emirates

An island grid in shallow water, with smaller islands scattered all around it.

Asia36.20° N 37.13° E

Aleppo

Syria

A citadel on a hill in the centre, and old lanes spreading out on every side.

Asia39.93° N 32.86° E

Ankara

Turkey

A castle on a hill above the old town, and a capital laid out on the plain below.

Asia36.90° N 30.71° E

Antalya

Turkey

Cliffs along a wide bay, an old harbour tucked below, and mountains across the water.

Asia33.32° N 44.37° E

Baghdad

Iraq

A wide river looping through the middle, and neighbourhoods on both banks.

Asia40.38° N 49.83° E

Baku

Azerbaijan

A wide curved bay, a walled old town above it, and hills climbing behind.

Asia8.34° S 115.09° E

Bali

Indonesia

Rice terraces on the slopes, mountains in the middle, and surf all round.

Asia6.92° S 107.62° E

Bandung

Indonesia

A wide basin ringed with volcanic mountains, and a city filling the floor.

Asia12.97° N 77.59° E

Bangalore

India

High flat ground, lakes scattered through the city, and old market streets.

Asia13.76° N 100.50° E

Bangkok

Thailand

A wide river in long loops, canals off both banks, and towers along the water.

Asia39.90° N 116.41° E

Beijing

China

Ring roads around ring roads, old lanes inside them, and mountains to the west.

Asia33.89° N 35.50° E

Beirut

Lebanon

A headland in the sea, a seafront walk around it, and hills climbing to the east.

Asia39.77° N 64.43° E

Bukhara

Uzbekistan

A flat plain, a tight old centre of lanes, and ancient roads running east and west.

Asia30.66° N 104.06° E

Chengdu

China

Ring roads one inside the next, a river looping through, and a flat basin.

Asia13.08° N 80.27° E

Chennai

India

A long straight beach, flat ground behind it, and two rivers out to the sea.

Asia22.33° N 91.83° E

Chittagong

Bangladesh

A river mouth crowded with ships, low hills inland, and the bay just beyond.

Asia29.56° N 106.58° E

Chongqing

China

Two rivers round a steep peninsula, roads stacked up the slopes, and bridges.

Asia6.93° N 79.86° E

Colombo

Sri Lanka

A long sea-facing strip, a lake in the middle, and the old fort by the harbour.

Asia38.91° N 121.61° E

Dalian

China

Hills running down to the sea, a harbour bay, and roads circling round plazas.

Asia33.51° N 36.31° E

Damascus

Syria

Bare mountains to the west, a river running out of them, and old lanes at the centre.

Asia28.67° N 77.22° E

Delhi

India

A wide river on the east side, a rocky ridge to the west, and ring roads between.

Asia23.76° N 90.39° E

Dhaka

Bangladesh

Rivers on every side, lakes threaded through the middle, and flat delta ground.

Asia25.29° N 51.53° E

Doha

Qatar

A crescent bay, a waterfront road around it, and towers rising on the far tip.

Asia25.26° N 55.29° E

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

A creek, a coast of man-made islands, and towers along a single long road.

Asia5.41° N 100.33° E

George Town

Malaysia

Old streets packed onto the island's north-east point, and jetties over the water.

Asia23.13° N 113.26° E

Guangzhou

China

A broad river through the middle, islands in the stream, and many bridges.

Asia35.86° N 129.22° E

Gyeongju

South Korea

Temple ruins and palace grounds on a low plain, with hills all around.

Asia45.76° N 126.63° E

Harbin

China

A wide river, a large island opposite, and long, hard winters.

Asia34.39° N 132.46° E

Hiroshima

Japan

Rivers fanning out across a flat delta, with bridges at almost every turn.

Asia22.28° N 114.16° E

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

A deep harbour between two shores, and steep peaks rising behind them both.

Asia17.36° N 78.47° E

Hyderabad

India

A river through the old city, bare rock on the plateau, and a big lake north.

Asia37.46° N 126.71° E

Incheon

South Korea

A long, low coast of reclaimed land, islands offshore, and a port on the west.

Asia38.42° N 27.13° E

Izmir

Turkey

A long gulf reaching inland, a city wrapped around it, and hills behind.

Asia26.92° N 75.82° E

Jaipur

India

A grid of straight bazaar streets, colonnades along them, and hills north.

Asia31.77° N 35.21° E

Jerusalem

Israel

A walled old city on high ground, with valleys falling away on every side.

Asia7.80° S 110.37° E

Yogyakarta

Indonesia

A palace compound at the centre, a long straight road north, and a mountain.

Asia24.86° N 67.00° E

Karachi

Pakistan

A flat shore on the Arabian Sea, with creeks and a deep harbour cut into it.

Asia27.72° N 85.32° E

Kathmandu

Nepal

A flat-bottomed valley, tight old lanes in the middle, and ridges all the way round.

Asia9.97° N 76.24° E

Kochi

India

Islands and backwaters, a harbour mouth, and big fishing nets along the shore.

Asia22.57° N 88.36° E

Kolkata

India

A wide river, a steel bridge across it, and old streets crowding the east bank.

Asia3.14° N 101.69° E

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Two rivers meeting in the middle, towers above, and green hills all round.

Asia25.04° N 102.72° E

Kunming

China

A long lake to the south, hills to the west, and a high plateau all round.

Asia29.38° N 47.98° E

Kuwait City

Kuwait

A flat shoreline along a wide bay, with ring roads stepping out inland.

Asia31.57° N 74.31° E

Lahore

Pakistan

A river to the north-west, a dense old core, and canal-side roads running south.

Asia19.88° N 102.13° E

Luang Prabang

Laos

A narrow tongue of land between two rivers, and a hill at its centre.

Asia26.23° N 50.59° E

Manama

Bahrain

Flat land at the sea's edge, causeways to nearby islands, and shallow water.

Asia14.60° N 120.98° E

Manila

Philippines

A wide bay, a winding river, and an old walled quarter by the water.

Asia21.42° N 39.83° E

Mecca

Saudi Arabia

A narrow valley among bare hills, with the city filling every fold of it.

Asia24.47° N 39.61° E

Medina

Saudi Arabia

A flat plain, ring roads circling the centre, and a mountain to the north.

Asia19.08° N 72.88° E

Mumbai

India

A long peninsula, a curved seafront, and a deep harbour on the inside.

Asia12.30° N 76.64° E

Mysore

India

A palace at the centre, broad roads around it, and a lone hill to the southeast.

Asia32.06° N 118.80° E

Nanjing

China

An old city wall, lakes inside and out, and the Yangtze along the west side.

Asia11.56° N 104.93° E

Phnom Penh

Cambodia

Two rivers joining in front of town, a long riverfront, and an island opposite.

Asia11.94° N 79.81° E

Pondicherry

India

A grid of straight streets, a seafront promenade, and the Bay of Bengal beyond.

Asia18.52° N 73.86° E

Pune

India

Two rivers joining by the old city, hills to the west, and plateau all round.

Asia24.64° N 46.72° E

Riyadh

Saudi Arabia

A wide flat grid on the plateau, with a long valley down its western side.

Asia39.65° N 66.98° E

Samarkand

Uzbekistan

Old domes and madrasas, a wide square between them, and long avenues beyond.

Asia15.37° N 44.19° E

Sana'a

Yemen

Tall tower houses of earth, gardens between them, and mountains on every side.

Asia25.35° N 55.42° E

Sharjah

United Arab Emirates

A lagoon in the middle, covered souks near the water, and a long open seafront.

Asia22.54° N 114.06° E

Shenzhen

China

Wide straight boulevards, a bay to the west, and a border river to the south.

Asia29.61° N 52.54° E

Shiraz

Iran

A seasonal riverbed, old gardens, and bare hills along the edge of the valley.

Asia7.26° S 112.75° E

Surabaya

Indonesia

A river delta, a narrow strait, and a long bridge out to the island opposite.

Asia41.31° N 69.28° E

Tashkent

Uzbekistan

Wide avenues, big squares, and canals running in long lines across a flat city.

Asia41.69° N 44.80° E

Tbilisi

Georgia

A river gorge, a fortress on the ridge, and old houses stacked up the slopes.

Asia32.09° N 34.78° E

Tel Aviv

Israel

A straight Mediterranean shore, a long beach, and a grid of streets behind it.

Asia8.51° S 115.26° E

Ubud

Indonesia

Rice fields reaching to the edge of town, and river valleys cutting through.

Asia17.98° N 102.63° E

Vientiane

Laos

A long, low riverfront, a few wide avenues, and a great stupa to the north-east.

Asia30.59° N 114.31° E

Wuhan

China

Two rivers joining, three old towns on their banks, and lakes all through.

Asia34.26° N 108.94° E

Xi'an

China

A rectangular city wall, a grid inside it, and a wide flat plain all round.

Asia16.80° N 96.16° E

Yangon

Myanmar

Two rivers meeting, a grid by the water, and a gilded pagoda above it all.