THE WORLD IS STILL SURPRISING.AN INDEPENDENT ATLAS / EST. 2026

COUNTRIES · CULTURE · CURIOSITY

The world,
a little closer.

Go somewhere new, even from here. Explore country stories, wander through remarkable places and turn curiosity into a plan.

START WITHNigeria Japan Egypt Surprise me

IN THE FRAME / 01Patagonia, Chile South America · Photo: Chris Stenger / Unsplash

Start exploring

A few places to begin

Follow a place.
Find a story.

Country profiles connect the geography, people and culture with the details that make a visit possible.

Open the country index

4 places to begin

Mount Fuji · Sora Sagano / Unsplash

East Asia

Japan

Find a different rhythm.

Luxor · Destination guide

North Africa

Egypt

Look a little further back.

Abuja · Destination guide

West Africa

Nigeria

Start closer to home.

Okonjima · Nadine Marfurt / Unsplash

Southern Africa

Namibia

Room for a new perspective.

Just a few starting points. The full atlas is yours to explore.

Browse all countries

A change of scene

A window into
somewhere else.

A short escape can be a good place to start. Look around, follow a story, stay a little longer.

All virtual escapes

Egypt / Guided photo journey

A different sense of scale

An afternoon
in ancient Egypt.

Follow the journey

Granite, forest and water near Jordan Pond, Maine

United States / 360° panorama

Open a window. Take a breath.

A quiet mountain morning.

A little forest, a little water, and no rush to be anywhere.

Look around

From curious to going

Where do you go next?

A place that fits you. The details before you go. Or a journey beyond Earth.

01 / FIND YOUR PLACE

Find a destination that fits.

Start with your budget, climate and the things you enjoy.

Try the destination matcher 02 / BEFORE YOU GO

Check the practical details.

Explore passport requirements, then plan a call across time zones.

Open travel tools 03 / LOOK A LITTLE FURTHER

Take a tour of the solar system.

Meet eight planets, compare them with Earth and explore their orbits.

Enter the observatory

Choose a chapter

Five chapters.
Endless stories.

Browse by region, then follow your curiosity into a country, a city or a story.

Browse all countries

01 / 54 countries

Old landscapes. New perspectives.

Africa

Okonjima, Namibia · Nadine Marfurt / Unsplash

02 / 47 countries

Follow a different rhythm.

Asia

Mount Fuji, Japan · Sora Sagano / Unsplash

03 / 45 countries

A story around every corner.

Europe

Alpstein, Switzerland · Niklas Tidbury / Unsplash

04 / 35 countries

Room to get a little lost.

Americas

Patagonia, Chile · Chris Stenger / Unsplash

05 / 14 countries

Another shade of blue.

Oceania

Great Barrier Reef, Australia · Joan Li / Unsplash

Start closer to home

Nigeria, beyond
the familiar.

Plan a day in a new city, or see a familiar place with fresh eyes. Our city guides give you somewhere to begin.

Open the Nigeria travel file

Abuja

Architecture, green spaces and a different pace.

Port Harcourt

Follow the city into the Niger Delta.

Asaba

A riverside city with stories to tell.

Ibadan

History written into the hills.

Benin City

A kingdom’s history, a city’s present.

Put a place to the name

A new perspective
is a drag away.

Turn the globe, choose a country, or compare a published data layer. Every place opens into a profile of its own.

IN FOCUS / NIGERIA237.5 million

Population · 2025 observation

Get to know Nigeria

See the world in numbers

YOUR WORLD, WITHIN REACH195 countries

Opening your atlas195 places to begin.

A different perspective.Drag to turn · Tap to discover

Reference boundaries: mledoze / World Borders · Data · ODbL

A different perspective

One planet.
Endless rabbit holes.

Fly over Earth, follow a guided tour, or put a country’s history on the map. Open the immersive explorer when you feel like going deeper.

Browse countries instead →

NASA Earth imagery · Opens on request

A few more paths to follow

Curiosity doesn’t
stay in one lane.

01 / Sports

The world,
a little closer.