GuessTheDotSverige · Cities, villages & sights
Build a Swedish map through cities, lakes and local places. Go beyond Stockholm by connecting Uppsala, Arvika and landmarks to their own parts of the country.
The sample needs no account. This guide is in English; game languages vary.
Your learning route
Swedish locality recognition and region-based travel practice.
Short rounds. Immediate feedback.
GuessTheDot brings those two ideas together: short, playful rounds that help you place real cities, villages and landmarks. One name, one map, immediate feedback.
| Feature | GuessTheDotThe combination for geography | DuolingoLanguage lessons | GeoGuessrClassic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short practice sessions | |||
| Immediate answer feedback | |||
| Geography map gameplay | |||
| Practise named cities and villages | |||
| Infer locations from Street View | |||
| Adaptive language lessons | |||
| Free access and extras | Free demo and base game. Account for villages; Pro for extras. | Free language lessons; paid subscriptions for extras. | Limited free version; Pro for broader access. |
On a small screen, scroll the table horizontally.
Want to remember where a city or village is? Practise connecting its name to its location. Choose a country, start with big cities and build a more detailed mental map. GeoGuessr Classic suits discovering locations through street imagery; Duolingo suits practising languages.
The table compares Duolingo language lessons, GeoGuessr Classic and the current GuessTheDot map quiz. Other games or products from these companies are outside its scope. The combination describes the practice format; GuessTheDot does not offer an equivalent adaptive language curriculum or Street View game.
Duolingo: teaching method ↗ · GeoGuessr: access and subscriptions ↗ · GeoGuessr Free ↗ · Duolingo: free access ↗
Access checked on 9 October 2026. Offers may change.
Guess the city. Guess the village. Place the landmark.
This is the actual GuessTheDot solo game, already set up for three big-city rounds in this country. Choose a map dot, see the real answer feedback and play the next round. Continue in the app when you want a full game.
Three rounds drawn from the country’s big-city dataset. No timer: take your time.
The actual map, dots and feedback. Preconfigured for three rounds.
Log in to keep playing →LearnTheDot
First learn the country’s big cities. Then choose a province or region to continue.
Short levels, scheduled reviews and Dottie as your companion.
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Learn the geography, not just the capital
Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö are useful anchors, but they leave much of Sweden unexplored. Before choosing a dot, notice whether the question belongs to the south, the middle or a much more northerly part of the map. A national view helps orientation; a tighter regional round can be better for distinguishing nearby places.
The game’s region labels follow its data and can be different from the landskap names a learner knows. Arvika in Värmland provides a concrete local example. Use the label as a clue and check the position, rather than assuming every regional name is a legal or cultural synonym.
Vänern is a useful natural reference, while Drottningholm Palace belongs to the Stockholm context. Sightseeing practice can link those names to locations without asking you to identify a road sign first. The sample includes a capital-area landmark and more distant places so the map is not reduced to one city.
Existing in-game content
Stockholm
Begin with a capital-area reference.
59.329°, 18.069°
Stockholm är Sveriges huvudstad och största stad samt landets kulturella, politiska, mediala och ekonomiska centrum.
Read the source ↗Uppsala
Distinguish a nearby city from the capital.
59.859°, 17.639°
Uppsala () (äldre stavning Upsala) är en tätort i Uppland, centralort i Uppsala kommun och residensstad för Uppsala län.
Read the source ↗Värmland
A locality to connect to Värmland.
59.655°, 12.585°
Arvika är en tätort i västra Värmland och centralort i Arvika kommun, Värmlands län.
Read the source ↗Sightseeing reference
A capital-area landmark to place precisely.
59.322°, 17.886°
Drottningholm Palace is a royal palace in Drottningholm, on the island of Lovön in Ekerö Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. Built beginning in 1662, it served as a regular summer residence of the Swedish royal court during much of the 18th century and is today the residence of the Swedish royal family. The palace is part of the Royal Domain of Drottningholm, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991 under criterion (iv).
Read the source ↗Sightseeing reference
Use a lake as a broader geographical anchor.
58.917°, 13.500°
Vänern (VAY-nərn, US also VEN-ərn) is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia. It is located in the provinces of Västergötland, Dalsland, and Värmland in the southwest of the country.
Read the source ↗Sightseeing reference
A northern reference beyond the southern city map.
67.883°, 18.550°
Kebnekaise (from Sami Giebmegáisi or Giebnegáisi, "Cauldron Crest") is the highest mountain in Sweden. The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian mountain range, has two main peaks. The glaciated southern peak used to be the highest at 2,120 metres (6,960 ft) above sea level, but has shrunk by 24 meters during the last 50 years, making the northern icefree peak at 2,096.8 metres (6,879 ft) the highest.
Read the source ↗Explore Sweden sightseeing guides →
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The current dataset contains 529 place records and 694 distinct sightseeing names. These are dataset counts, not a claim to cover every settlement or attraction.
Categories are gameplay population bands, not official settlement classifications.
Start country practice →Yes. The category guides show the smaller places included in the playable dataset. They are not a complete register of every Swedish tätort or locality.
Tourism references provide country context. The audience and practice routes on this page are editorial choices, not measured search-demand claims.
