Where the World’s Millionaires Live
Compare the top 25 countries with the highest number of millionaires in 2019 and 2024. Find out where wealth is growing, and how the millionaire landscape has shifted worldwide.
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The Barriers that Protect the Netherlands
Discover how the Dutch protect one‑third of their country below sea level. This post covers Rijkswaterstaat’s role, key movable barriers, dunes, dikes, and climate‑future plans—with a detailed map we made using Rijkswaterstaat open data and elevation models.
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Racism in Europe
Many people in Eastern and Central Europe associate black faces with negative sentiments, according to Harvard University’s Project Implicit, which
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Carbon dioxide emissions in European countries
CO2 is the most significant long-lived greenhouse gas in the Earth’s atmosphere. Since the Industrial Revolution, anthropogenic emissions – primarily
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Atlas of Spanish Food
Spain isn’t just a feast for the eyes – it’s one for the palate too. These clever food maps show what each part of the country is best known for, using real ingredients to tell the story of Spanish regional cuisine.
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Tearing Poland apart
This crowd-made map of Poland is a mix of humor, stereotypes, and biting commentary. It’s not scientific — and that’s exactly the point.
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Tautological Geography: When Place Names Say the Same Thing Twice
Ever wondered why we call it the “Sahara Desert” when Sahara already means desert? Join us on a journey through the world’s most redundant place names and learn how colonial history created these linguistic oddities.
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Half of Greenland’s Population Lives Here — And It’s Only 0.036% of the Land
Greenland is vast, frozen, and nearly empty – except for one small area. A new map shows that 53% of Greenland’s population lives on just 0.036% of its land.
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12 ways to divide South America
South America is big, diverse, and hard to pin down—but that hasn’t stopped people from trying. These 12 humorous maps stereotype the continent in surprising and absurd ways.
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Tearing Switzerland apart
Two maps reimagine Switzerland in 17 unusual ways – from real divides like language and geography to playful stereotypes about cities, drivers, and even naked hiking
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