Localized versions of the Monopoly game
The board game Monopoly has been produced for specific markets, with the place names being localized for countries, cities and areas including:
- Argentina: "El Estanciero", with streets changed for estancias located in different Argentinean provinces.
- Australia: the London board, but denominated in dollars. There is also a Special Australian Edition with streets from all over the country. The McGuinness McDermott Foundation released two special editions to raise money for children's cancer research. The two editions were Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide football clubs.
- Austria: National edition, based on a standard edition board. Street names come from eight Austrian cities. These include Eisenstadt (brown properties), Graz (light blue properties), Linz (maroon properties), Klagenfurt (orange properties), Salzburg (red properties), Innsbruck (yellow properties), Vienna (green properties) and Bregenz (dark blue properties).
- Belgium: Brussels
- Brazil: "Banco Imobiliário" ("Real Estate Bank") Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, mix version
- Canada: major streets from cities across the country; from cheap to expensive: St. John's, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver. See Canadian Monopoly. Also, a Monopoly variant was designed and created at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, based on the province's capitol city, called "St. John's on Board".
- Colombia: Each colour group is a different city, including Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, etc
- Czech Republic: Prague
- Denmark: Copenhagen Two nearly identical versions, "Matador" and "Monopoly". Both localized with a board with prominent Copenhagen-streets. Denominated in Danish kroner. Most expensive is the "City Hall square" (Danish: Rådhuspladsen). Additonally Monopoly Junior exists.
- Egypt: Cairo
- Europe: Instead of streets, it uses the names of capital cities of countries which are already members of the European Union, and some which are expected to be. Currency in Euros.
- Finland: Helsinki
- France: Paris
- Germany
- Hungary
- Hong Kong - see Hong Kong Monopoly
- Iran: Tehran In various versions, with the major difference being the use of pre- or post-Iranian Revolution street names.
- Ireland: Dublin In two versions, Irish Pound and Euro
- Japan: Both Japanese and American English boards are sold in Japan. The Japanese board includes districts from several major Japanese cities: the most expensive property is Tokyo's Ginza, followed by Osaka's Umeda.
- Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
- Netherlands (every color group is a city; from cheap to expensive: 'our village', Arnhem, Haarlem, Utrecht, Groningen, The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam.)
- New Zealand Street names taken from cities across the country. The most expensive streets are Queen Street, Auckland, Lambton Quay, Wellington, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, and Princes Street, Dunedin.
- Norway: Oslo
- Portugal: the standard version depicts major streets from cities across the country, including Lisbon, Oporto, Setúbal and Braga.
- Singapore: (Singapore is essentially a city-state)
- South Africa
- 1963 version (from cheap to expensive: Durban, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Johannesburg)
- 2002 version (from cheap to expensive: KwaZulu-Natal, South-Eastern Cape Region, Garden Route Region, Johannesburg, Western Cape Region)
- Spain: Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia editions. The 70th anniversary edition includes the capital cities of the autonomous commnunities instead of streets. There is also an edition about the Spanish national football team.
- Sweden: Stockholm
- Switzerland: This edition presents streets and squares from around the country. Interestingly, both the city AND the street/square name are written. Cities featured: Aarau, Basel, Berne, Bienne, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Chur, Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Lugano, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thun, Winterthur, Zurich. The two most expensive are Place St. François (Lausanne) and Paradeplatz (Zurich)
- Turkey: Istanbul
- United Kingdom:
- Cities:
- Bath (limited edition)
- Belfast (the Northern Ireland edition)
- Birmingham (limited edition)
- Brighton
- Cambridge
- Chester
- Edinburgh
- Kingston upon Hull
- Liverpool
- London (standard edition)
- Manchester
- Newcastle (as Newcastle and Gateshead)
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Reading
- Southampton
- Sunderland
- Swansea
- Counties including:
- Cities:
- United States
- Cities:
- Albany, New York
- Atlanta
- Atlantic City (standard edition)
- Baltimore
- Boston
- Charlotte
- Chicago
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Dallas
- Denver
- Detroit
- Fort Worth
- Grand Rapids
- Hollywood
- Houston
- Indianapolis
- Kansas City
- La Jolla
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles
- Nashville
- New Orleans
- New York City
- Minneapolis, Saint Paul (Twin Cities Edition)
- Orlando
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Portland
- Red Bank, New Jersey
- Seattle
- St. Louis
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Washington, DC
- Waukesha
- States:
- Cities:
- Venezuela: "Monopolio". Streets and properties named after streets and properties from the city of Caracas. Currency in bolívares.
- Wales/CYMRU: This issue has mainly places from Cardiff, and the Stations are replaced by 2 ports and an aeroport. Also, a common factor with all versions is a minor mistype which makes Llanarthane and Canaston bridge, Narbeth have each others values.
In Malaysia, there is also an independent version marketed, known as Saidina. Saidina is a Malaysian rendition of the game featuring local places and currency, and written in Bahasa Melayu. Saidina
- Kalliopoly, a Finnish version of the game, playing in the streets in the Helsinki district Kallio.
Property names
The names of the properties in some of the more common versions are listed in the following table. The values and rents of all the properties are proportionally scaled in all versions; thus, only the Go money is listed here.
| US (Atlantic City) | Britain (London) | Germany | Spain (Madrid) | Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special spaces | ||||
| Go - $200 | Go - £200 | Los - DM 4,000 (on classic boards, €200 on boards after 2000) | Salida - 20,000 Pesetas | Go - $200 |
| Community Chest | Community Chest | Gemeinschaftsfeld | Caja De Comunidad | Community Chest |
| Income Tax | Income Tax | Einkommenssteuer | Impuesto Sobre El Capital | Income Tax |
| Chance | Chance | Ereignisfeld | Suerte | Chance |
| Free Parking | Free Parking | Frei Parken | Parking Gratuito | Free Parking |
| Go To Jail | Go To Jail | Gehen Sie in das Gefängnis | Vaya A La Carcel | Go To Jail |
| Luxury Tax | Super Tax | Zusatzsteuer | Impuesto De Lujo | Sales Tax |
| Railroads | ||||
| Reading Railroad | Kings Cross station | Südbahnhof (Southern Station) | De Goya | Perth Station |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | Marylebone station | Westbahnhof (Western Station) | Las Delicias | Adelaide Station |
| B&O Railroad | Fenchurch Street station | Nordbahnhof (Northern Station) | Mediodía | Flinders Street Station |
| Short Line Railroad | Liverpool Street station | Hauptbahnof (Central Station) | Norte | Sydney Station |
| Utilities | ||||
| Electric Company | Electric Company | Elektrizitätswerk | Compañía De Electricidad | Australia Post |
| Water Works | Water Works | Wasserwerk | Compañía De Aguas | Telecom Australia |
| Purple (United States, Germany) | Brown (Rest of the World) | |||
| Mediterranean Avenue | Old Kent Road | Badstraße | Ronda de Valencia | Todd Street |
| Baltic Avenue | Whitechapel Road | Turmstraße | Plaza Lavapiés | Smith Street |
| Cyan properties | ||||
| Oriental Avenue | The Angel Islington | Chausseestraße | Glorieta Cuatro Caminos | Salamanca Place |
| Vermont Avenue | Euston Road | Elisenstraße | Avenida Reina Victoria | Davey Street |
| Connecticut Avenue | Pentonville Road | Poststraße | Calle Bravo Murillo | Macquarie Street |
| Magenta properties | ||||
| St. Charles Place | Pall Mall | Seestraße | Glorieta De Bilbao | William Street |
| States Avenue | Whitehall | Hafenstraße | Calle Alberto Aguilera | Barrack Street |
| Virginia Avenue | Northumberland Avenue | Neue Straße | Calle Fuencarral | Hay Street |
| Orange properties | ||||
| St. James Place | Bow Street | Münchner Straße | Avenida Felipe II | North Terrace |
| Tennessee Avenue | Marlborough Street | Wiener Straße | Calle Velázquez | Victoria Square |
| New York Avenue | Vine Street | Berliner Straße | Calle Serrano | Rundle Mall |
| Red properties | ||||
| Kentucky Avenue | The Strand | Theaterstraße | Avenida de América | Stanley Street |
| Indiana Avenue | Fleet Street | Museumstraße | Calle María De Molina | Petries Bight |
| Illinois Avenue | Trafalgar Square | Opernplatz | Calle Cea Bermúdez | Wickham Terrace |
| Yellow properties | ||||
| Atlantic Avenue | Leicester Square | Lessingstraße | Avenida De Los Reyes Católicos | Collins Street |
| Ventnor Avenue | Coventry Street | Schillerstraße | Calle Bailen | Elizabeth Street |
| Marvin Gardens | Piccadilly | Goethestraße | Plaza De Espana | Bourke Street |
| Green properties | ||||
| Pacific Avenue | Regent Street | Rathausplatz | Puerta del Sol | Castlereagh Street |
| North Carolina Avenue | Oxford Street | Hauptstraße | Calle Alcalá | George Street |
| Pennsylvania Avenue | Bond Street | Bahnhofstraße | Gran Vía | Pitt Street |
| Blue properties | ||||
| Park Place | Park Lane | Parkstraße | Paseo De La Castellana | Flinders Way |
| Boardwalk | Mayfair | Schlossallee | Paseo del Prado | Kings Avenue |
More international editions
| Argentina | France (Paris) | Italy (Milan) | New Zealand | Russia (Moscow) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special spaces | ||||
| Salida | Départ | VIA! | Go | VPERJOT - 200,000 Rubles |
| Community Chest | Obschestwenaja kazna | |||
| Income Tax | ||||
| Chance | Shans | |||
| Libre Estacionamiento | Parc Gratuit | Free Parking | Besplatnaja stojanka | |
| Vaya a la cárcel | Allez en prison | Go To Jail | Otpravljatjes v Tjoermoe | |
| Super Tax | ||||
| Railroads | ||||
| Ferrocarril Roca | Gare Montparnasse | Sud | Balclutha Station | Rieschkaja Zjeleznaja Doroga |
| Ferrocarril Mitre | Gare de Lyon | Ovest | Taumarunui Station | Koerskaja Zjeleznaja Doroga |
| Ferrocarril Belgrano | Gare du Nord | Nord | Kaikoura Station | Kazanskaja Zjeleznaja Doroga |
| Ferrocarril San Martín | Gare Saint-Lazare | Est | Frankton Junction | Leningradskaja Zjeleznaja Doroga |
| Utilities | ||||
| Energía Eléctrica | Electric Company | Elektrostantsija | ||
| Aguas Corrientes | Water Works | Vodoprovod | ||
| Brown properties | ||||
| Ushuaia | Boul. de Belleville | Vicolo Corto (Short Street) | Palmerston Street | Mitnaja Oelitza |
| Glaciar Perito Moreno | Rue Lecourbe | Vicolo Stretto (Narrow Street) | Mackay Street | Nagatinskaja Oelitza |
| Cyan properties | ||||
| Península de Valdez | Rue de Vaugirard | Bastioni Gran Sasso | East Street | Warschavskoje Schosse |
| Esquel | Rue de Courcelles | Viale Monterosa | Stafford Street | Oelitza Ogareva |
| Lago Nahuel Huapi | Avenue de la République | Viale Vesuvio | Thames Street | Pjerwaja Parkovaja Oelitza |
| Magenta properties | ||||
| Cerro Tronador | Boul. de la Villette | Via Accademia | Gladstone Road | Oelitza Poljanka |
| San Martín de los Andes | Avenue de Neilly | Corso Ateneo | Marine Parade | Sretenka |
| Valle de las Leñas | Rue de Paradis | Piazza Università | Bank Street | Rostovskaja Nab. |
| Orange properties | ||||
| Puente del Inca | Avenue Mozart | Via Verdi | Devon Street | Rjazanskij Prospekt |
| Aconcagua | Boulevard Saint-Michel | Corso Raffaello | Rangitikei Street | Oelitza Vawilowa |
| Cosquín | Place Pigalle | Piazza Dante | Victoria Avenue | Rublevskoje Schosse |
| Red properties | ||||
| Villa Carlos Paz | Avenue Matignon | Via Marco Polo | High Street | Oelitza Gorkogo |
| Termas de Río Hondo | Boulevard Malesherbes | Corso Magellano | Market Street | Poesjkinskaja Oelitza |
| Valle de la Luna | Avenue Henri-Martin | Largo Colombo | Trafalgar Street | Plosch. Majakovskogo |
| Yellow properties | ||||
| Tren de las Nubes | Faubourg Saint-Honoré | Viale Costantino | Cameron Road | Oelitza Groezinskij val |
| Quebrada de Humahuaca | Place de la Bourse | Viale Traiano | Fenton Street | Oelitza Tsjajkovskogo |
| Cataratas del Iguazú | Rue Lafayette | Piazza Giulio Cesare | Garden Place | Smoljenskaja Ploschad |
| Green properties | ||||
| Gualeguaychú | Avenue de Breteuil | Via Roma | Dee Street | Oelitza Schoesewa |
| Rosario | Avenue Foch | Corso Impero | Princes Street | Gogolevskij Boelwar |
| Mar del Plata | Boulevard des Capucines | Largo Augusto | Cathedral Square | Koetoezovskij Prospekt |
| Blue properties | ||||
| La Boca | Avenue des Champs-Élysées | Viale dei Giardini | Lambton Quay | Malaja Bronnaja |
| Obelisco | Rue de la Paix | Parco della Vittoria | Queen Street | Arbat |
Even more international editions
| Finland (Helsinki) | Britain (Edinburgh) | Britain (Here And Now, 2005) | Brazil (Mix of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special spaces | |||
| Lähtö - € 200 | Go - £200 | Go - £2,000,000 | Ponto de Partida - 200 |
| Yhteismaa | Community Chest | Community Chest | Lucros ou Dividendos |
| Tulovero | Income Tax | Income Tax | Imposto de Renda |
| Sattuma | Chance | Chance | Sorte-Revés |
| Vapaa pysäköinti | Free Parking | Free Parking | Parada Livre |
| Mene vankilaan | Go to Jail | Go to Jail | Vá para a Prisão |
| Lisävero | Super Tax | Super Tax | <?> |
| Railroads | |||
| Pasilan asema | Forth Road Bridge | London City Airport | Companhia Ferroviária |
| Sörnäisten asema | Haymarket Station | Stansted Airport | Companhia de Viação |
| Rautatieasema | Edinburgh Airport | Gatwick Airport | Companhia de Taxi |
| Tavara-asema | Waverley Station GNER | Heathrow Airport | Companhia de Navegação |
| Utilities | |||
| Sähkölaitos | Electric Company (British Energy) | Telecoms | Companhia de Aviação |
| Vesijohtolaitos | Communications (Cable & Wireless) | The Sun (newspaper) | Companhia de Taxi Aéreo |
| Brown properties | |||
| Korkeavuorenkatu | Shore Place | Portobello Road Market | Leblon |
| Kasarmikatu | Barnton Grove | Camden Market | Av. Presidente Vargas |
| Av.Nossa S. de Copacabana | |||
| Cyan properties | |||
| Rantatie | Lady Stairs Close | Hammersmith Apollo | Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima |
| Kauppatori | Lauriston Castle | Wembley Arena | Av. Rebouças |
| Esplanadi | Princes St Gardens | GMTV Studios | Av. 9 de Julho |
| Magenta properties | |||
| Hämeentie | Easter Road | The Oval | Av. Europa |
| Siltasaari | Tynecastle Stadium | Wimbledon | Rua Augusta |
| Kaisaniemenkatu | Murrayfield / Scottish Rugby Union | Wembley Stadium | Av. Pacaembu |
| Orange properties | |||
| Liisankatu | Corstorphine Road | Science Museum | Interlagos |
| Snellmaninkatu | Royal Mile | Natural History Museum | Morumbi |
| Unioninkatu | George Street | Tate Modern | |
| Red properties | |||
| Lönnrotinkatu | Newhaven Harbour | London Eye | Flamengo |
| Annankatu | Morningside Road | Hyde Park | Botafogo |
| Simonkatu | Penicuik | Trafalgar Square | |
| Yellow properties | |||
| Mikonkatu | Castle Street | Tottenham Court Road | Av. Brasil |
| Aleksanterinkatu | Grindlay Street | Covent Garden | Av. Paulista |
| Keskuskatu | Rose Street / North Lane | Regent Street | Jardim Europa |
| Green properties | |||
| Tehtaankatu | Leith Walk | Notting Hill | Copacabana |
| Eira | Rutland Court | Soho | Av. Vieira Souto |
| Bulevardi | St Andrew Square | Kings Road | Av. Atlântica |
| Ipanema | |||
| Blue properties | |||
| Mannerheimintie | Princes Street | Canary Wharf | Jardim Paulista |
| Erottaja | Edinburgh Castle | The City | Brooklin |