Metroji clue #35

Apia in five emoji

Samoa

A small Pacific capital where a Scottish novelist spent his last four years and is buried on the hill above town. Two of the five clues are about him.

What each emoji refers to

Robert Louis Stevenson moved to Samoa in 1890 for his health and wrote here until he died four years later.
His house at Vailima is a museum, and his grave is at the top of Mount Vaea above it.
Manu Samoa open matches with the siva tau, and the country produces professional players far out of proportion to its size.
Flowers are worn rather than displayed. The ula garland is everyday dress rather than a special occasion.
Coconut products have been the main export since the German trading companies of the 1800s.

Apia at a glance

Country
Samoa
Coordinates
13.83Β° S, 171.77Β° W
First played

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Apia.

City Distance Direction
Nuku'alofaTonga 890 km
FunafutiTuvalu 1,150 km
SuvaFiji 1,150 km
Port VilaVanuatu 2,170 km
South TarawaKiribati 2,240 km
AucklandNew Zealand 2,890 km

Today's city is a different one

Metroji picks a new city every day at midnight, wherever you are. Everyone gets the same one, so scores are comparable.

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