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Twinhoods is a free map that translates any city into yours: pick the city you know and the one you’re curious about, and every neighbourhood of the second gets the name of its closest match in the first. Everything you need to write about it is on this page.
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The story
Arriving in a new city, everyone asks a local the same question: “so which part is like…?” Twinhoods answers it for the whole map at once. Tell it you know Istanbul and want to see Berlin, and Charlottenburg becomes Bağdat Caddesi, Kreuzberg becomes Beyoğlu and the Nikolaiviertel becomes Sultanahmet. Each of its more than 7,000 neighbourhoods in 180 cities has a profile of 17 traits, from nightlife and history to how green or how gritty it is, and Twinhoods pairs them so every name from your city is used once, the way a translator would. Tap a place and it tells you why: what the two have in common, where they differ and how alike they are. It works in the browser, costs nothing and needs no account, and new cities join through Add my city, a race in which people pledge for the city they want added next.
About Twinhoods
Twinhoods (twinhoods.com) is a map that shows any city in the neighbourhood names of a city you already know. It launched with 180 cities and more than 7,000 neighbourhoods on six continents, is free to use with no ads, accounts or cookies, and grows through Add my city, a race in which the city in the lead joins the map at each departure. Twinhoods is made by Kerem Özcan at Space Island Ltd, a small studio registered in England and Wales.
Key facts
- Live nowat twinhoods.com since 20 October 2026, in English
- 180 citiesat launch, in 78 countries on six continents; any of them can be the city you know or the one you explore
- 7,000+ placesneighbourhoods, about 25 to 75 per city, centres as well as the suburbs locals mention
- 17 traitsper neighbourhood, scored 0–100 on one scale for the whole world
- Freeno ads, no accounts, no cookies, no third-party trackers; works in any browser, nothing to install
- Independentmade by Kerem Özcan at Space Island Ltd, a small UK studio
How it works
- Pick two cities. “I know” is your city, “Show me” is the one you’re curious about. The address is shareable: /istanbul/amsterdam shows Amsterdam translated into Istanbul.
- Every place is profiled. Each neighbourhood is scored on 17 traits (nightlife, creative, upscale, historic, waterside, LGBTQ+ and more) plus how central it is. Profiles are researched with AI help (Anthropic’s Claude), validated and checked against OpenStreetMap.
- The whole map is matched at once. Instead of giving every place its single closest twin, Twinhoods finds the pairing that fits the whole map best, each name from your city used once, and shows how alike each pair is as a “% same vibe”.
Add my city is a race to decide which city comes next. Anyone can put $5 to $250 towards a city that isn’t on the map yet, paid straight away in their own currency. At each departure the city in the lead joins the map; departures come more often as the race gets busier, and the next one is always on the board. $250 puts a city straight onto the map. If a city hasn’t won within 60 days, everyone who pledged for it gets a full refund, automatically. A pledge is a pre-order for adding the city, not a donation. Details in the FAQ.
Example matches
Real results from the app’s matching, each with its “% same vibe” score. Every card opens that match on the map.
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Berlin, translated into London
Neukölln → Peckham
Neukölln is the Peckham of London: canal-side bars, Turkish grills and a young, arty crowd.
Both: multicultural, creative, food97% -
London, translated into Paris
Peckham → Belleville
Peckham is the Belleville of Paris: immigrant high streets, artist studios and rooftop bars.
Both: multicultural, creative, food99% -
Lisbon, translated into San Francisco
Príncipe Real → Castro
Príncipe Real is the Castro of San Francisco: the city’s gay bars around a handsome square.
Both: LGBTQ+, upscale, food99% -
Berlin, translated into Istanbul
Charlottenburg → Bağdat Caddesi
Charlottenburg is the Bağdat Caddesi of Istanbul: old money, flagship stores and smart cafés.
Both: shopping, upscale, food86% -
Barcelona, translated into Mexico City
El Born → Roma Norte
El Born is the Roma Norte of Mexico City: old lanes full of cocktail bars, galleries and restaurants.
Both: food, nightlife, creative90% -
Tokyo, translated into San Francisco
Harajuku → Haight-Ashbury
Harajuku is the Haight-Ashbury of San Francisco: street fashion, vintage shops and a big park next door.
Both: touristy, creative, green99%
Matches can change slightly as neighbourhood profiles are refined. Please check the live map before publishing.
Screenshots
At 2× resolution, free to use with the credit below. Click one for the full-size file; all four are in the press kit.
Logo and brand
The mark is two map pins whose tips meet to form a heart; the name is written Twinhoods, one word. Use the files in the press kit as they are: don’t redraw, recolour or rotate them. Colours, type and the full rules are on the brand page.
Press contact
For interviews, data questions or a city pair for your story, write to hello@twinhoods.com. A real person reads every message.
Suggested credit
Image: Twinhoods (twinhoods.com). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Screenshots include map tiles from OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles with data from OpenStreetMap; please keep the OpenStreetMap credit when you use them.