Unique Manhole Covers - Europe

Instead of the usual tourist snaps and selfies, how about taking photos of each city's manhole covers?


Each one is unique, contains landmarks of each town and tells a story. So when sightseeing, don't always look around, look down.

Bergen, Norway (Bryggen)

Stockholm, Sweden (Gamla stan)

Weird photo collections - manhole covers in Japan

Travelling around the islands of Honshu and Kyushu, Japan we were bowled over by these beautiful drain covers in city streets. These beautiful designs feature motifs or stories from each city. Photos from Kobe, Tokyo, Nagoya, Takayama, Kyoto, Okayama, Nagasaki and Kamakura. Trust the Japanese to put beauty into even sewerage covers.