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The window seat has to be one of the most frustratingly restricted vantage points out there.

Yet, every now and then, it’ll throw up a tantalizing glimpse of an absolutely breathtaking view…that is, if you’re looking in the right place at the right time!

Here, we’ve put together photos of five iconic cities – all taken through airline windows hundreds or thousands of feet above ground (complete with window marks and reflections…no Photoshop trickery here).

Just for fun, can you guess which cities they are? Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the answers!

City A

 

City B

 

City C

 

City D

City E

Scroll down for the answers!

 

 

 

 

 

A. New York

B. Sydney

C. Chicago

D. London

E. San Francisco

(Main image: dsearls)

Written by insider city guide series Hg2 | A Hedonist’s guide to…

About the author

Brett AckroydBrett hopes to one day reach the shores of far-flung Tristan da Cunha, the most remote of all the inhabited archipelagos on Earth…as to what he’ll do when he gets there, he hasn’t a clue. Over the last 10 years, London, New York, Cape Town and Pondicherry have all proudly been referred to as home. Now it’s Copenhagen’s turn, where he lends his travel expertise to momondo.com.

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