The real old town
Explore each city’s historic centre, rebuilt in 3D from OpenStreetMap with every building at its height, past its squares, churches and canals.
Instant Cities BETA
Take a virtual 3D tour of famous cities, then explore them yourself by bike, on foot or even on horseback.
Ride through old towns from Bruges to Rome and Istanbul, and on to New York, with every street and building from OpenStreetMap at its real height. Play free in your browser, with nothing to install.
Play: Paris Play: Rome Pick a city Watch a tour
Free · no account · works on PC, tablet and phone
An experiment vibe-coded with love by Wouter & Julia using Claude Opus, OpenAI Sol, three.js, OpenStreetMap and Mapillary.
Pick a city
- Paris FranceThe Île de la Cité and the banks of the Seine, from Notre-Dame to the Pont Neuf and the Louvre.
- Rome ItalyFrom Piazza Venezia along the Via del Corso to the Pantheon, with the Forum and the Colosseum at the edge.
- London United KingdomFrom Trafalgar Square down Whitehall to Big Ben, and back along the Thames.
- New York United StatesThe city of skyscrapers and yellow cabs: Times Square, the Empire State Building, Grand Central and the Chrysler Building.
- Venice ItalyFrom Piazza San Marco through the Mercerie to the Rialto bridge, between the canals.
- Barcelona SpainDown the Rambla to the Columbus monument, and back through the Gothic Quarter past the cathedral.
- Istanbul TurkeyThe city on two continents: the Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Grand Bazaar and the ferries on the Golden Horn.
- Amsterdam NetherlandsFrom the Dam along the Singel to the Spui, between the canals and their gabled houses.
- San Francisco United StatesFrom Chinatown's lanterns past the Transamerica Pyramid to the Ferry Building on the bay.
- Florence ItalyFrom the Duomo to Piazza della Signoria and the Ponte Vecchio over the Arno.
- Prague CzechiaFrom the Old Town Square through the Jewish Quarter to the river by the Charles Bridge.
- Vienna AustriaFrom the Stephansdom down the Graben to the Hofburg, and round the Ring to the Opera.
- Berlin GermanyFrom the Brandenburg Gate along Unter den Linden to the Gendarmenmarkt.
- Madrid SpainFrom the Puerta del Sol along the Calle Mayor to the Royal Palace and the Plaza de Oriente.
- Copenhagen DenmarkFrom Nyhavn past Christiansborg to the City Hall Square, and back along the Strøget.
- Brussels BelgiumRound the Grand-Place, past the Bourse and the Manneken Pis.
- Bruges BelgiumFrom the Markt and its Belfry along the canals to the Church of Our Lady.
- Antwerp BelgiumFrom the Grote Markt to Het Steen on the Scheldt, and back past the cathedral.
- Avignon FranceThe city of the popes: the Palais des Papes, the Place de l’Horloge and the bridge on the Rhône.
- Salerno ItalyThe town on the gulf at the start of the Amalfi Coast: the Duomo, the old merchants’ street and the palms of the Lungomare.
- Siena ItalyThe Gothic town of brick on three hills: the shell of the Campo, the Torre del Mangia and the striped cathedral.
- Pisa ItalyThe old sea republic on the Arno: the Leaning Tower on the Piazza dei Miracoli, the university streets and the palazzi along the river.
- Utrecht NetherlandsThe town of the Dom Tower, with its medieval canals and their wharf cellars at the water.
- Rotterdam NetherlandsThe port city that rebuilt itself after 1940: the Markthal, the cube houses and the Erasmusbrug over the Maas.
- Delft NetherlandsVermeer’s town of canals and gables: the Markt, the Nieuwe Kerk of the House of Orange and the leaning Oude Kerk.
- Lecce ItalyThe baroque old town of Puglia, from Santa Croce to the Roman amphitheatre.
- Ghent BelgiumAbout 40,000 buildings at their real height, from the Belfry to the Overpoort.
In every city
Bike, foot or horse
Ride or race a bike, run on foot or gallop on a horse. Or pick a cow, a tiger, a pig or a unicorn: they are all equally fast and strong.
Races, quests and tours
Race along real streets, beat short missions against the clock, sit back for a guided 3D tour past the sights, or just ride about and look around.
About the project
Instant Cities is an open source project with one aim: to bring a city to life on your screen with as low a barrier as possible. You open a link and you are riding through its streets, with nothing to install, no account and no fast computer needed.
Every city is built from OpenStreetMap and drawn with three.js in the browser, and AI writes most of the code. The code is on GitHub for anyone to read, use and improve.
Ready to go?
Play: Paris Play: London Play: Rome
Or pick another city · Still in development: expect some rough edges.