Spotted by Locals (2008) is an online travel community publishing city guides in 82 (63 in Europe) cities. All content is created by hand-picked local writers and photographers. Our Spotters live in the city they write about, speak the local language, write only about their favourite spots and keep their tips up-to-date.

We’re different from our main competitors - user-generated travel information websites, travel guides written by journalists, and blogs by individual locals - on a few important points:

Truly local: writers (Spotters) are locals who live in the city, speak the local language and love their city. Spotters are not allowed to write about obvious tourist spots and international franchises. This increases the chance that the travel budget ends up with the local entrepreneur.

Personal: Spotters are presented with their real names, social media channels, pictures, and motivation.

Edited quality content: all articles are grammar checked and edited by our professional editors before publication. Only their personal favourites - strictly non-commercial

Up-to-date: All tips are always up to date & up to season. We only display articles written by Spotters who currently live in the city and are part of our lively community of nearly 500 Spotters worldwide. 

Our long-time wish is to expand our vision to more cities in Europe and thereby help understand each other's culture. A broader network of cities and change-makers within the EU would greatly help us. We attract travel-savvy users and help cities attract qualitative tourists. 
Our target is to be active in 100+ cities in Europe in 2025.

Real people, awesome spots, slow travel - experience a city through the eyes of a local. Make contact, meet people & support the local economy. That’s what Spotted by Locals is all about!