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Recognizing bollards can be key in GeoGuessr; look for unique features like Serbia's off-center red rectangle or Croatia's white-back design. The Czech Republic has fluorescent orange stripes, Ukrainian bollards appear weathered, and Turkey's resemble Australia with a thicker rectangle. Differentiation matters — note Finnish cylindrical shapes, Austrian dark reflectors, and the rare vertical rectangle on Italian and Albanian bollards.

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Bangladeshi bollards look like chimneys and are painted in alternating red and white sections. Sometimes the bollards are shorter than this image and thus have less red and white sections.

🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Although bollards are relatively rare in the UK compared to some other European countries, they are rather unique looking and consist of black and white sections with a large red rectangle on top.

🇬🇧 United Kingdom (UK)

Bollards in Luxembourg are wedge-shaped with a grey rectangular reflector in the front and two circular reflectors in the rear.

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

In Ecuador, bollards are quite common, which is unique in Latin America. Bollards are either round with two red stripes or flat with two red reflectors on a black background. While various other styles of bollards can be found in Ecuador, they typically maintain a consistent color scheme and style.

🇪🇨 Ecuador

Hungarian bollards have a red rectangle on the front. The back side has the same rectangle but in white.

🇭🇺 Hungary

These white and yellow stone markers indicate how far away the nearest village, town or city is in Bhutan. In this example, the village of Dewathang is 1km away. The other side of the stone also has information about how far away the nearest village is for those travelling in the opposite direction.

🇧🇹 Bhutan

The is a Czech bollard. It has unique fluro orange stripes in the black section of the bollard. The back of the bollard has a white rectangle in the black section.

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

These narrow, red and white chevrons are very common in South Africa.

🇿🇦 South Africa

Germany has these bollards featuring a white, vertical strip on the front and two white dots on the rear.

🇩🇪 Germany

In Australia, bollards are typically white, featuring a red reflector on the front and a grey reflector on the back.

🇦🇺 Australia

You will regularly see a long row of these stone slabs in Bhutan. Sometimes you will see more elongated road side markers made from stone slabs.

🇧🇹 Bhutan

There are two types of French bollard, both are the same distinct shape and different from typical European bollard shapes. This is the first type with a gray reflector strip running around it. The second type has a red reflector strip.

🇫🇷 France

Croatian bollards have a red rectangle on the front. The back side has the same rectangle but in white.

🇭🇷 Croatia

Mexican bollards are typically white and cigarette-shaped, with a black section near the base of the bollard and a yellow section at the back.

🇲🇽 Mexico

Swiss bollards are often this curved-cylindrical shape. This is the front of the bollard.

🇨🇭 Switzerland

Polish bollards have a red diagonal stripe wrapping around the bollard.

🇵🇱 Poland

The most common type of Ukrainian bollard features a red rectangle wider than those in Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, and North Macedonia. Typically, these bollards in Ukraine appear run-down, with the red rectangle often damaged.

🇺🇦 Ukraine

Thai bollards have alternating black-and-white colors and have a square shape.

🇹🇭 Thailand

Sri Lanka uses small white and black stone bollards.

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka

The most common bollards in Peru look like cigarettes. Sometimes they feature black stripes, but in other instances like here, they lack these stripes.

🇵🇪 Peru

Greece has wedge-shaped bollards with a rectangular reflector, which is red in the front and white on the back.

🇬🇷 Greece

Estonian bollards are cylindrical with a rectangular reflector in the front and two circular ones in the back.

🇪🇪 Estonia

The main type of Serbian bollard resembles those in Slovenia and Montenegro, with the key difference being that the red rectangle on Serbian bollards is always positioned to one side, not in the center.

🇷🇸 Serbia

This is the front view of the Slovenian bollard.

🇸🇮 Slovenia

Uruguayan bollards are distinctive, with the front painted white and a rectangular reflector near the top.

🇺🇾 Uruguay

Albanian bollards have a unique design with a vertical red rectangle inside a black diagonal strip on the front, where the black part extends to the top of the bollard, a rarity in bollard designs. The rear of these bollards features a white rectangle instead of the front's red one.

🇦🇱 Albania

These bollards are a common sight throughout Turkey and resemble the Australian and Netherlands bollards however they have a slightly fatter rectangle in Turkey.

🇹🇷 Turkey

In Denmark, bollards have a distinctive appearance and are abundant throughout the country. The front of these bollards features a yellow section, which is absent on the rear.

🇩🇰 Denmark

Finnish bollards appear cylindrical from the front, a shape not shared with bollards in other Nordic countries.

🇫🇮 Finland

In Sweden, bollards are typically black-and-white, often featuring a grey reflector. Near intersections, reflectors can be orange. These bollards come in various shapes, including wedge-shaped, round, or thin and curved.

🇸🇪 Sweden

Cambodian bollards are red and white. They can be striped or divided into just two sections as shown here.

🇰🇭 Cambodia

Malaysian bollards will often have the colours black, white, grey and red. Here is an example of a black & white bollard.

🇲🇾 Malaysia

The is a Slovakian bollard. It has unique fluro orange stripes in the black section of the bollard. The back of the bollard has a white rectangle in the black section.

🇸🇰 Slovakia

In Iceland, bollards are recognizable for their distinct yellow color and top edge.

🇮🇸 Iceland

North Macedonian bollards have a red rectangle on the front. The back side has the same rectangle but in white.

🇲🇰 North Macedonia

Spain uses wedge-shaped bollards with an orange rectangular reflector in the front and two white circular reflectors in the back. They are typically hollow.

🇪🇸 Spain

Italian bollards have a unique design with a vertical red rectangle inside a black diagonal strip on the front, where the black part extends to the top of the bollard, a rarity in bollard designs. The rear of these bollards features a white rectangle instead of the front's red one.

🇮🇹 Italy

Lithuania has wedge-style bollards, similar to many other European countries, with orange rectangular reflectors on the front and white ones on the back.

🇱🇹 Lithuania

Latvian bollards are thin with a white rectangle on the front and two white circles on the back.

🇱🇻 Latvia

The front and back view of Japanese bollards.

🇯🇵 Japan

The reflectors on the front of Austrian bollards are either blackish or dark red in colour. Seeing this black reflector and the black hat on the bollard is one of the easiest ways to tell that you are in Austria. No other countries have both of these features on their bollards.

🇦🇹 Austria

Malaysian bollards will often have the colours black, white, grey and red. Here is an example of a white & red bollard.

🇲🇾 Malaysia

Bulgarian bollards have a red rectangle on the front. The back side has the same rectangle but in white.

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

This is a Russian bollard.

🇷🇺 Russia

This is the front view of the Montenegrin bollard.

🇲🇪 Montenegro

In New Zealand, bollards have a red strip around the upper part of the bollard.

🇳🇿 New Zealand