Street markings can significantly differentiate countries in Geoguessr; for example, yellow dashed edge lines suggest Ireland, while long white dashes on the sides indicate France. Unique features like Chile's all-yellow lines or Uruguay's triple lines with double yellow and white dashes are noteworthy, and double white center lines often point to Greece or Malaysia.

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Many French roads have these very long, white dashes along both sides of the road. Nowhere else in Europe has such long side dashes as French dashes.

🇫🇷 France

In Denmark, main roads often feature distinct short-dashed edge markings.

🇩🇰 Denmark

In Indonesia, the outer road lines are always white. The center line is white or yellow.

🇮🇩 Indonesia

In Norway, roads often feature yellow center lines and white side lines.

🇳🇴 Norway

Norway often has dashed white lines on the side of the road.

🇳🇴 Norway

In Iceland, some roads feature white, dashed edge markings, with grass often extending right up to the edge of the road. Additionally, roads in Iceland often have a distinctive dark color.

🇮🇸 Iceland

In Chile, all-white road lines are common. This is a good clue for Chile when in South America, but it's not unique. Argentina also sometimes has all-white roads.

🇨🇱 Chile

In Finland, road lines usually consist of solid white side lines (when present) and a center line that can be white or yellow, sometimes accompanied by a secondary line or stripes.

🇫🇮 Finland

In Sweden, roads typically have white dashed side lines and a white center line, with the gaps between the side dashes being longer than the dashes themselves.

🇸🇪 Sweden

The French island of Corsica often has shorter, white dashes on the sides of the road. It also has mountains in the centre of the island and a Mediterranean feel elsewhere.

🇫🇷 France

Yellow, dashed edge lines on the road are quite common in Ireland but very rare in the U. K.. This is a good method to tell Ireland apart from the U.K.

🇮🇪 Ireland

Thailand sometimes has yellow middle lines, striped or solid. However, white middle lines are common too.

🇹🇭 Thailand

Many Greek roads feature a double white or yellow center line.

🇬🇷 Greece

Street markings in the Philippines are typically white but can sometimes be single or double yellow lines.

🇵🇭 Philippines

The paved road quality in Rwanda is high. Roads typically feature a yellow center line and white sidelines. Black-and-white curbs are common.

🇷🇼 Rwanda

In Uruguay, road lines frequently consist of white dashes in the center alongside a continuous yellow line. copy

🇺🇾 Uruguay

Qatari roads are mainly surrounded by these black and white curbs that look like they have been freshly painted.

🇶🇦 Qatar

In Brazil, roads typically have double yellow lines in the middle and white outer lines.

🇧🇷 Brazil

Malaysia often has black-and-white street markings and guardrails.

🇲🇾 Malaysia

Malaysia sometimes has these double, white, continuous road lines. These are fairly rare around the rest of the world.

🇲🇾 Malaysia

In Argentina, road lines frequently consist of white dashes in the center alongside a continuous yellow line.

🇦🇷 Argentina

Chile sometimes has all-yellow road lines. In South America, this is unique to Chile.

🇨🇱 Chile

In Uruguay, roads often feature triple lines, consisting of double yellow lines with white dashes in between. This design is not found elsewhere in the Americas.

🇺🇾 Uruguay

Malaysia occasionally features a unique road characteristic: thick, yellow lines that run perpendicular to the road.

🇲🇾 Malaysia

Poland’s double middle lines are very common and usually a good clue for Poland.

🇵🇱 Poland

In Czechia, roads often have solid outer lines with no center line, a feature useful for distinguishing Czechia from Slovakia.

🇨🇿 Czech Republic