Naming
A chunk of American suburbia is named after London’s Tube stations
It turns out that the pound isn’t the only sterling worth watching if you’re a worldly minded Brit. Sterling is…
The London council names that don’t make any sense
London has a lot of unusual council names, from Tube stations that are nowhere near the things they're named after,…
How many Waterloo stations are there in the world?
Although it takes just over two hours to get from Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston, you can get from…
Why are London’s station names so aggravating?
Where to start? Well, there’s an area of London called Marylebone. It’s not altogether clear that Marylebone station is in…
Where do Paris Metro stations get their names?
I grew up in Paris, so I'm quite familiar with its metro network and history. There are too many metro…
London Overground to be split into separate lines and renamed
Transport for London (TfL) has set aside money in its 2023–24 budget to explore breaking up the London Overground into…
Winnipeg proposes new Indigenous street names, but what’s behind claims they’re too hard to pronounce?
The City of Winnipeg’s Indigenous Relations Division recently submitted suggestions for new names to replace a street and trail currently…
19 ridiculous British place names you can find on Ordnance Survey maps
If only for a moment, it's time to leave the confines of the city, escape that fettered air, and get…
Here are the seven worst city nicknames and slogans in the US
Whether it’s to sound folksier, friendlier or just to scrape a shred of individuality, almost every city is nicknamed or…
27 city metro stations with really cool names
Ok, let's just dive right in. Sol, Madrid Metro Literally “sun”. Named after the Puerta del Sol square. For several…