Bananas for Scale

Cities & Urban

Metropolitan areas where millions live, work, and shape the modern world, measured by the footprints they stamp on the planet.

Tokyo Metropolitan Area

The world's most populous metropolitan area with 37 million residents

Greater London

The sprawling English capital governing 32 boroughs and the City

Paris (Ile-de-France)

The City of Light and its surrounding region

Rome (Metropolitan Area)

The Eternal City, capital of modern Italy and the ancient Roman Empire

Dubai

The desert city reinvented as a global hub of commerce and spectacle

Mumbai Metropolitan Area

India's financial capital on a narrow peninsula and reclaimed land

Sydney Metropolitan Area

Australia's largest city, spread around one of the world's great harbours

Mexico City Metropolitan Area

One of the Western Hemisphere's largest cities, built on a drained lakebed

Singapore (City-State)

The island nation that became one of the world's richest urban centers

New York City

The city so nice they named it twice, spread across five boroughs

Beijing

China's capital spanning over 16,000 square kilometers

Istanbul

The only city straddling two continents

Dubrovnik

A fortified medieval port city on the Adriatic coast of Croatia

Bruges

A canal-laced medieval trading hub preserved in Flemish stone