Okay, the title makes it sound like I do puzzles all the time, but that isn’t the case. I tend to take too long to finish one, so I lose interest for a while and it sits in its puzzle “briefcase” (bol.com) under the couch for way too long.
Also note this post refers to the older version of the puzzle, with weirdly shaped pieces and no accompanying printout to show you how it looks. I purchased it in Chicago some years back from the Transit Tees store, but the puzzle they have on their website looks a bit different now. In a good way, as there is less black in their version than there is in this old version.
With that being said, it was a pretty fun puzzle to put together. It showcases all of the neighborhoods that make up the city:
As you can tell in the pictures, the “fit” of the puzzle wasn’t always that great. But it could very well be that the newer version fits together better. It was still fun to put together and wasn’t a showstopper for me. Here’s a look at some of the oddly shaped pieces (which also shows some of the fitting issues):
I actually enjoyed the oddly shaped pieces as it made getting through the black parts a bit easier. As you can also see, there are gridlines which help you know if the piece belongs in that place or not, although they are faint and a bit hard to see.
The left side and the bottom have a list of streets so you have a sense of where you are at the city as well. They were all but impossible to read on the box (since the old version didn’t come with an enlarged version of the puzzle on paper and you have to make do with only the picture on the box). After I finished the puzzle I made my life easier and created an Excel spreadsheet with the street names in the grid. That way if and when I do this puzzle again I at least know what the order of the streets should be!
I also used this Reddit post and zoomed in on the image as well. But it’s a slightly different version as the pieces are normal sizes there.
Life in the Hague 