Gissa platsen (Dagens Nyheter)

About Gissa platsen (Dagens Nyheter)

Gissa platsen, Swedish for "guess the place", is the geography game on the site of Dagens Nyheter, the Stockholm daily newspaper. The page itself is titled Dagens Nyheter x GeoGuessr, and it plays like GeoGuessr: you are set down somewhere in the world in a street-level view, look and move around for clues, and then mark on a map where you think you are.

Each day there are three new places, the same for every player. The closer your pin lands to the real spot, the more points you get, and your total for the day is the sum of the three rounds. You can play without signing in, but DN asks you to log in to keep going: a free DN account gives you all three places each day, with no paid subscription needed.

The page and its buttons are in Swedish, but the game itself needs no language: road signs, number plates, vegetation and the side of the road people drive on do the work. It suits players who already like GeoGuessr and want a short, fixed daily round to compare with friends, and readers of DN who want a break from the crossword.

How to play Gissa platsen (Dagens Nyheter)

1. Open Gissa platsen on DN.se and sign in with a free DN account to get all three places.
2. Look around the street-level view and move along the road to find clues such as signs, language and landscape.
3. Open the map and place your pin where you think you are, then confirm the guess.
4. See how far off you were and your points, then go on to the next place.
5. After the third place, compare your total for the day.

Tips

• Read every sign you can find: the alphabet and language narrow the country quickly.
• Check which side of the road cars drive on, and the colour of road markings.
• If you know the country but not the region, zoom the map before placing your pin; distance decides the points.

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