Released: 2026-07-18
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google/gemini-3-flash-preview
Score: 4917
Distance: 34km
Lat: 42.482813
Lng: 22.181817
The architecture, featuring red clay tiled roofs, sun-dried mud bricks, and wooden gate structures, is highly characteristic of rural villages in the Balkan region. Specifically, the utility pole with multiple horizontal crossbeams and the rolling green landscape point towards southern Serbia or North Macedonia. The specific house construction and road quality are consistent with villages in the Pčinja District of Serbia near the border with Bulgaria.
meta-llama/llama-4-maverick
meta
Score: 4755
Distance: 100km
Lat: 43.056667
Lng: 22.738333
The image appears to be a rural scene with traditional architecture, featuring stone houses with terracotta roofs. The presence of lush greenery and a winding road suggests a countryside location. The style of the houses and the overall scenery are consistent with regions in Southeastern Europe. Based on the architectural style and the landscape, it is likely located in a rural area of a Balkan country. The specific location appears to be in Serbia, near the town of Pirot, given the characteristic rural architecture and landscape.
anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
anthropic
Score: 4397
Distance: 257km
Lat: 44.8
Lng: 21.5
This image shows a traditional rural village with distinctive architectural features characteristic of Serbian or Eastern European vernacular architecture. The stone and clay buildings with terracotta tile roofs, the narrow unpaved/dirt road, the style of wooden gates and doors, the utility pole, and the green hills in the background are typical of villages in the Carpathian region or rural Serbia/Romania. The Google Street View watermark and the overall landscape suggest this is likely from a village in central Serbia, possibly in the Sumadija region. The architectural style and terrain are consistent with villages in areas like Moravica, Gornji Milanovac region, or similar rural communities in central Serbia around coordinates near 44.8°N, 21.5°E.
anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6
anthropic
Score: 4739
Distance: 107km
Lat: 43.1
Lng: 22.8
The image shows a rural village with traditional Balkan architecture - stone and brick construction, red tile roofs, wooden gates, and narrow village roads. The style of buildings, the landscape with green hills, and the overall appearance strongly suggest this is in Bulgaria or possibly Serbia/North Macedonia. The construction style with stone walls and wooden barn doors is typical of rural Bulgarian villages in the western or central mountain regions. I’ll estimate this is in western Bulgaria, possibly in the Pernik or Kyustendil region.
openai/gpt-5-image-mini
openai
Score: 4833
Distance: 68km
Lat: 43.05
Lng: 21.43
Rural Balkan village characteristics: stone and brick houses with red clay roof tiles, small wood piles and wooden garage doors, narrow pale/white crushed-stone road, and the style of utility poles and wiring. Vegetation and low green hills fit inland southern/central Balkans rather than Mediterranean coast. These features match typical Serbian village architecture and road surfacing common outside towns in southern/central Serbia.
moonshotai/kimi-k2.5
moonshot
Score: 4704
Distance: 122km
Lat: 42.65
Lng: 23.25
The architecture features traditional rural Balkan elements including stone masonry walls with red ceramic roof tiles, weathered wooden gates, and narrow paved village roads. The combination of stone foundations with brick upper construction, the style of the electrical infrastructure, and the rolling green hills are characteristic of Bulgarian villages, particularly in the western or central regions near the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) or Sredna Gora ranges. The vegetation and building materials strongly suggest a location in rural Bulgaria, likely in the Sofia, Pernik, or Kyustendil provinces.
Each model receives the same Google Street View image. Models are tasked with guessing the location of the image using only visual clues from the street view. Their answers are evaluated without feedback or retries.