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Clues that help you narrow down balkans in GeoGuessr — from signage and road surfaces to regional plant life and architecture.

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Bollard with tilted reflector — Serbia

Bollard with tilted reflector

Serbia flag
Serbia
Unique

White bollard with wedged or flat top.

Reflector is always tilted to the left. Red rectangle on the front size and white on the back.


Short top bollard — Croatia

Short top bollard

Croatia flag
Croatia
Unique

Wedge bollard with front dark red rectangle and white on the back

BUT this bollard is shorter at the top (vs Hungary one)


Bollard with black hat — Slovenia

Bollard with black hat

Slovenia flag
Slovenia
Unique

The bollard has a black cap and sometimes a black nipple and. Reflector is red rectangle on the front and white/grey on the back


Bollard rounded — North Macedonia

Bollard rounded

North Macedonia flag
North Mace
Unique

Cylinder thin bollard with long thin red reflector on the front side. Sometimes with black hat or reflector is on the black strip


Greek bollard with a black diagonal stripe and a squarish red and white reflector.

Greek Bollard with Squarish Reflector

Greece flag
Greece
Unique
HookGreek geometry: wedge, diagonal, and square

This Greek bollard has a wedge shape and a black diagonal stripe.

Reflector: A squarish reflector is placed on the black stripe.

Colors: The reflector is red/orange on the front and white on the back.


Bollard — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bollard

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Shape: Wedge-shaped (triangular cross-section) with black flat hat (top)

Color: White with a black top

Material: Plastic

Reflector: Front reflector - thin red vertical rectangle. On the rear side - thin white vertical rectangle


Italian bollard — Albania

Italian bollard

Albania flag
Albania

Wedge bollard with diagonal cut top. Top is fully black with red rectangle front reflector and white back


Octagonal metal lamp poles — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Octagonal metal lamp poles

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Shape: Octagonal tall

Material: Metal


Smallcam coverage with visible back thick antenna — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Smallcam coverage with visible back thick antenna

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

The same as Smallcam coverage meta but

Antenna: Thick black short antenna on the back part of the car


White-and-red chevron — Croatia

White-and-red chevron

Croatia flag
Croatia

Background: White

Arrows: Bold red


White-and-black chevron — Bosnia and Herzegovina

White-and-black chevron

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Background: White

Arrows: Bold black


Bollard with black hat — Montenegro

Bollard with black hat

Montenegro flag
Montenegro

Bollard with tilted reflector — Montenegro

Bollard with tilted reflector

Montenegro flag
Montenegro

White bollard with wedged or flat top.

Reflector is always tilted to the left. Red rectangle on the front size and white on the back.


Smallcam coverage — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Smallcam coverage

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Quality: Same as Generation 4 — high resolution, vibrant colors.

Introduced: Late 2024.

How to recognize: The camera head has a circular body with a small protrusion at the front, resembling a Matryoshka (nesting) doll. It is mounted lower on the car than the standard Gen 4 camera.

Comparisons:

vs Gen 4 (standard): Identical image quality. Physically smaller and mounted lower. The Matryoshka-doll shape is the key visual difference.

vs Lowcam: Both are mounted lower than standard Gen 4. Smallcam has the distinctive front protrusion (Matryoshka shape). Lowcam does not.

vs Shitcam: Better quality. Both can have a large blur.


White-and-red chevron  — Bosnia and Herzegovina

White-and-red chevron

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Background: White

Arrows: Bold red


Type-A guardrail — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Type-A guardrail

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Type: Type-A (It looks like a single continuous wave. If you ran your hand over it, it would feel like two large, smooth bumps),


Black google car with antenna generation 4 — Slovenia

Black google car with antenna generation 4

Slovenia flag
Slovenia

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Regular sedan

Color: Black

Additional details (unique): Small black antenna


Generation 4 white car with antenna — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Generation 4 white car with antenna

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Regular sedan

Color: White

Additional details (unique):Medium size thin antenna


Wedge shaped bollard with diagonal top — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Wedge shaped bollard with diagonal top

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Shape: Wedge-shaped (triangular cross-section) or rectangular (thin or standard width) with chamfered edges and a beveled top. The top is diagonal

Color: White with with the black diagonal frame

Material: Plastic

Reflector:Main reflector – vertical oriented white rectangle in a black diagonal frame. On the rear side, vertical oriented red rectangle. Sometimes they attached on 2 white bolts on top and on the bottom of the reflector


Wedge bollard — North Macedonia

Wedge bollard

North Macedonia flag
North Mace

Wedge bollard with black diagonal strip. Red rectangular reflector on the front side and white on the back.

Same variants (with fewer or more space between reflector and top of the bollard) exist in Croatia (fewer white space) and Hungary (more white space)


Generation 4 white car — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Generation 4 white car

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Regular sedan

Color: white

Additional details (unique): Small white hole is visible on the back part of the car


Black google car generation 4 — Slovenia

Black google car generation 4

Slovenia flag
Slovenia

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Regular sedan

Color: Black

Additional details (unique): Small or big no-blur slot on the rear side


Blue google car generation 4 — Slovenia

Blue google car generation 4

Slovenia flag
Slovenia

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Regular sedan

Color: Blue

Additional details (unique): Small or big no-blur slot on the rear side


Greek pedestrian crossing sign with a blue square, white triangle, black figure, and two dashed lines.

Greek Pedestrian Crossing Sign

Greece flag
Greece

Sign Background: This Greek sign has a blue square background with a white triangle inside.

Pedestrian Figure: The pedestrian is a black, realistic figure, shown with hair.

Road Marking: Instead of zebra stripes, there are two dashed horizontal lines.


Yellow-and-red chevron — Croatia

Yellow-and-red chevron

Croatia flag
Croatia

Background: Yellow

Arrows: Bold red


Pedestrian crossing sign — Croatia

Pedestrian crossing sign

Croatia flag
Croatia

Shape and color: Square blue background with the white triangle which placed closer to the bottom of the sign. Usually with white border

Figure: Black rounded with the white belt and straight legs. 3 separate parts - head, upper body and lower body

Zebra stripes: 5 zebra thick stripes


Google car with antenna generation 3 — Slovenia

Google car with antenna generation 3

Slovenia flag
Slovenia

Camera: Generation 3

Car: Regular sedan

Color: Black

Additional details (unique): Small or big no-blur slot on the rear side


Nektar beer (local) — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nektar beer (local)

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Nektar beer (Pivo) is a traditional lager produced by the Banjalučka Pivara (Banja Luka Brewery) in Bosnia and Herzegovina


Dark blue/black google car generation 4 — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dark blue/black google car generation 4

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Camera: Generation 4

Car: Regular sedan

Color: Dark blue/black

Additional details (unique): Smal hole is visible on the back part of the car


Type-B guardrails — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Type-B guardrails

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Type: Type-B (It has a flatter, wider middle section compared to the Type A. It looks more "ribbed" or industrial because the peaks of the waves are more angular rather than perfectly round)


2d bollard — Bosnia and Herzegovina

2d bollard

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Shape: 2d bollard with flat top.

Color: White with a black top

Material: Plastic

Reflector: Front reflector - thin red vertical rectangle placed on the side (not centered). No back reflector


Flag — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Flag

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

A blue field with a yellow right triangle symbolizing the country’s, mountainous shape and three constituent peoples (Bosniaks, Croats, Serbs).

A diagonal row of nine white, five-pointed stars, representing Europe, spans the triangle's hypotenuse


Greek street sign with text written in the unique Greek alphabet, featuring several uppercase letters.

Greek Alphabet

Greece flag
Greece

Alphabet: The Greek alphabet has unique letters that are easy to recognize: Δ, Λ, Θ, Ψ, Ω, Σ, Σ, ζ,ξ

Text Style: Signs often use only uppercase letters.

Location: This language is found in Greece and Cyprus. In Cyprus, you might also see English or Russian alongside Greek.


Address signs — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Address signs

Bosnia and Herzegovina flag
Bosnia and

Usually they are:

  • Horizontal rectangle
  • Dark blue background
  • White digits

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