Kathmandu in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

🏔️

Everest expeditions start here, though the mountain itself is not visible from the city.

🎏

Prayer flags are printed with mantras and hung so the wind carries them rather than to be read.

🥟

Momos are steamed dumplings that came down from Tibet and became the everyday street food.

🛕

The valley holds seven UNESCO monument zones, several of which were rebuilt after 2015.

🐒

Swayambhunath is called the monkey temple, and the macaques there are entirely unafraid of people.

Kathmandu at a glance

Country

Nepal

Coordinates

27.72° N, 85.32° E

First played

2 August 2026

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 Kathmandu.