Scratch maps are one of my favourite forms of travel memorabilia and I particularly enjoy scratching off the places that I have visited and seeing a once grey/colourless map turn into a stunning mixture of colour.
I have recently come across Scratch Trip which is a company that creates scratch maps and cards based on popular cities throughout Europe. Being a European traveller, I felt that I needed to make these scratch cards my new travel essential and I can assure you that when they arrived, they did not disappoint! The company ships from Netherlands, therefore the cards took a while to arrive but they were definitely worth the wait. I went for the bundle of the hangable city scratch map and the city scratch cards and I was pleasantly surprised with how easy the scratch map was to hang. In less than ten minutes of receiving the scratch maps, I had scratched off all my visited cities and the map was proudly hanging in the bedroom.
I like how the cards feature a mixture of cities throughout Europe and I was particularly surprised to see Liverpool on the list, which heightens my desire to make the effort to visit Liverpool and other northern cities. It was also a nice reminder that there are some amazing cities here in the UK which I still need to make the effort to explore. There are 60 included cities within the map and each city is accompanied by a scratch card, which includes some of the top attractions for that city. This is a great way to ensure that you see all the best sights when visiting a certain location and I really wish that I had these cards before I had visited certain places. Although, it gives me a good excuse to go back to a lot of my favourite places and visit areas that I overlooked, so I can feel the joy of scratching them off on my new cards!
It will likely come to no surprise to you that London was the one card with my most scratched-off sights, although even in London there are still some places that I am yet to visit and these cards are a great starting point for organising things to do whilst in different cities. Next time that I visit one of the listed cities, I will be checking the associated card as inspiration for things to see. Each card also has a handy map of the city on the back so you can work out where would be the best area to base yourself when exploring new cities. I am placing a link to these cards and scratch map below, alongside some pictures.
Happy Travelling ✈
Scratch Trip - https://scratchtrip.com/
