Kolkata in five emoji

What each emoji refers to

📚

Tagore won the Nobel in 1913, the first outside Europe, and College Street still sells second-hand books by the kilometre.

🚋

The only city in India that still runs trams, though the network keeps being cut back.

🐅

The Sundarbans delta south of the city is the largest mangrove forest in the world and holds tigers that swim.

🎨

The idol makers of Kumartuli build the Durga figures from river clay each year, to be immersed at the end of the festival.

🍬

Bengali sweets are made from curdled milk rather than sugar syrup, which is why rosogolla is spongy.

Kolkata at a glance

Country

India

Coordinates

22.57° N, 88.36° E

First played

2 July 2026

Also accepted

Calcutta

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 Kolkata.