Localized versions of the Monopoly game

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Localized versions of the Monopoly game are marketed worldwide.

Localized versions by country

Officially licensed editions of the board game Monopoly have been produced by Hasbro or its licensees, including Winning Moves Games and USAopoly, for specific markets with the place names and currency being localized for countries, cities and areas. These include:

A

*Argentina: "El Estanciero", with streets changed for estancias located in different provinces of Argentina.
*Australia: An Australian Edition with streets from all over the country. The McGuinness-McDermott Foundation released three special editions to raise money for children's cancer research. The three editions were Adelaide (city) and Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide football clubs. There has also been a Queensland Edition released, a New South Wales edition, Victorian edition and a Western Australian version with proceeds from both going to charities. McGuinness-McDermott Foundation also released a 2007 AFL Premiership edition which features the Geelong Cats. Early 2008 saw the release of 2 more McGuinness-McDermott Foundation AFL editions, those being Carlton and Collingwood football Clubs. McGuinness-McDermott Foundation are also responsible for releasing a V8 Supercars edition and in late 2008 will be releasing an "Icons of South Australia" charity edition.
*Austria: National edition, based on a standard edition board. Street names come from eight Austrian state capitals. 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).

B

*Belgium: There have been several editions of Belgian boards, in Flemish and in French. Some of the editions also use bilingual game boards. [http://www.muurkrant.nl/monopoly/belgie.htm] Street names taken from cities across the country equally divided between the Dutch and French speaking halves of the kingdom. To date, there have been no city editions.
*Brazil: "Banco Imobiliário" ("Real Estate Bank") Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, mix version. It also has a lot of special differences like doing away with the Electric Company and Water Works and replacing them with Railroads, so there are 6 of those, and its rent is $50 times the amount shown on the dice, being very different from the original game.

C

*Canada: major streets from cities across the country; from cheap to expensive: St. John's, Fredericton, Charlottetown, Halifax, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa, Mississauga, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver. See Canadian Monopoly.
*Chile: Metropoli - Each square is an important street from Santiago.
*China: Hong Kong - see Hong Kong Monopoly
*Colombia: Each color group is a different city, including Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, etc.
*Czech Republic: Prague
*Costa Rica: "Gran Banco" with the states of Costa Rica

D

*Denmark: Copenhagen. Two nearly identical versions, "Matador" and "Monopoly". The "Matador" version was introduced in the 1930s, and the "Monopoly" version in 1996. [http://www.danske-nyheder.dk/arkiv/1996.07.31.html] Both localized with a board with prominent Copenhagen streets. Denominated in Danish kroner. Most expensive is the "City Hall square" (Danish: "Rådhuspladsen"). Additionally Monopoly Junior exists.
** Odense A localized version was published in the 1980s, known as "Kong Gulerod i Odense" [http://www.fynbib.dk/is/wocb/full-sh.asp?base=udl&fn=90171577]

E

*Egypt: Cairo
*Estonia: Tallinn
*Europe Special Edition: Instead of streets, it uses the names of capital cities of countries which are already members of the European Union, in order of their admission to the EU (or its predecessor organizations), and some which are expected to be. Currency in euros.

F

*Finland: Helsinki
*France:
**Alsace
**Amiens
**Angers
**Avignon
**Bassin d'Arcachon
**Beauvais
**Besançon
**Bordeaux
**Brest
**Bretagne
**Caen
**Camargue
**Chamonix
**Corse
**Dijon
**Dunkerque
**Grenoble
**Le Havre
**Lille
**Lorraine
**Lyon
**Marseille
**Metz
**Montpellier
**Nantes
**Nice
**Nîmes
**Nord-Pas de Calais
**Orléans
**Paris (main board, also updated for "Monopoly - Nouveau plateau" in 2005)
**Pays Basque
**Périgord
**Poitou
**Reims
**Rennes
**Saint-Étienne
**Strasbourg
**Toulon
**Toulouse
**Tours
**Vendée
**Versailles

G

*Germany
**Aachen
**Baden-Baden
**Berlin, including the 70th Anniversary Edition ("Monopoly Heute" or "Monopoly Today")
**Bremen
**Coburg
**Cologne
**Dresden
**Düsseldorf
**Essen
**Frankfurt
**Freiburg
**Hamburg
**Hanover
**Heilbronn
**Ingolstadt
**Karlsruhe
**Kassel
**Kiel
**Leipzig
**Magdeburg
**Mainz
**Munich
**Nuremberg
**Oberhausen
**Regensburg
**Rostock
**Wiesbaden
**Würzburg
*Greece: Athens - "Monopoly today" version (Monopoly - Modern Greece, "Μονόπολη - Σύγχρονη Ελλάδα") features city landmarks from Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras as well as place names around Greece. Currency is circulated by the use of plastic "credit cards".
*Guatemala: "Bancopoly", with the states of Guatemala.

H

*Hungary
*Hull - see British versions
*Hong Kong - Value of money is ten times more than the US version's. See Hong Kong Monopoly.

I

*Iceland - Called Matador, using Reykjavik street names and Icelandic kronur for currency.
*India - Called "Business" (English version) and "Vyapar" (Hindi version), using Major Indian Cities, Airports and Railway Stations and Indian Rupee for currency.
*Indonesia:Jakarta - It is known as 'Monopoli'.
*Iran: Tehran called Iropoly using iranian Rial for currency. In various versions, with the major difference being the use of pre- or post-Iranian Revolution street names.
*Ireland: In three versions, Irish pound (now discontinued) and euro, and a 'Here and Now' edition, with updated landmarks, and all monetary values multiplied by a factor of 10,000. Original version used mainly Dublin placenames, except for the red squares which were from Cork, and Shannon Airport as a station.
*Israel: It is known as 'מונופול' - "Monopol".
*Italy: Milan. It is known as 'Monopoli'.

J

*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.
*Jersey (Channel Islands): Locations from around Jersey, including streets and landmarks. The stations are replaced by Jersey airport, two harbours and a lighthouse.

L

*Latvia: A Latvian game board has been released with streets and train stations in Riga. The game is called Monopols.
*Luxembourg: "Editioun Lëtzebuerg". The street names are taken from various Luxembourgian cities.

M

*Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya
*Mexico: "Turista" [ [http://www.muurkrant.nl/monopoly/mexico_1.htm Mexico ] ]

N

*Netherlands (every color group is a city; from cheap to expensive: 'our village', Arnhem, Haarlem, Utrecht, Groningen, The Hague, Rotterdam, Amsterdam.)
** Other localized versions in The Netherlands are:
*** Amsterdam
*** Breda
*** Frisian edition
*** The Hague
*** Hoeksche Waard
*** Nijmegen
*** Rotterdam
*** Utrecht

*New Zealand Street names taken from cities across the country. The most expensive streets are Queen Street, Auckland, Lambton Quay, Wellington, Cathedral Square, Christchurch, Princes Street, Dunedin and Dee Street, Invercargill.
*Norway: Oslo; the game is known as Monopol.

O

P

*Pakistan: Karachi Known as Crorepati baopaar
*Peru: Lima
*Poland: Warsaw
*Portugal: the standard version depicts major streets from cities across the country, including Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra, Setúbal and Braga. It was originally named "Monopólio" (literally, "Monopoly" in English); after Parker forced Majora (the licensed manufacturer) change the name, it became as its original.
*Philippines: Includes properties from Laoag, Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao.
*Panama: Includes the most popular tourist destinations in Panama and the main goal is to be the winner by making the largest Hotel chain spread across all the country.

R

*Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe): "Tycoon", produced in limited numbers by Darten in the late 1960s, depicted colonial-era streets in Salisbury (now Harare) and was denominated in Rhodesian dollars. The most expensive properties were First Street and Stanley Avenue (now Jason Moyo Avenue); the cheapest Rotten Row and Victoria Street (now Mbuya Nehanda Street).
*Romania: Bucharest. Produced by Hasbro in 2005. The most expensive property is Bulevardul Primaverii (Spring Avenue) and the cheapest is Rahova.
*Russia. Known as: МОНОПОЛИЯ. Special limited edition - Moscow. At the start of 1990s an edition called "Manager" was produced, featuring different factories of Leningrad.

*Saudi Arabia: Riyadh
*Serbia: Belgrade
*Singapore: two versions were produced, the first in 1987 [http://www.muurkrant.nl/monopoly/singapore_uk.htm] featuring local street names, and a newer "Uniquely Singapore" edition introduced in 2005 with tourism sites in collaboration with the Singapore Tourism Board. [http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/19527] .
*South Africa 'GO' is instead called 'BEGIN'
**1963 version (from cheap to expensive: Durban, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Johannesburg)
***Durban - Musgrave|Gillespie(brown), Durban station, Smith|West|Marine Parade(blue)
***Bloemfontein - Monument|Aliwal|Maitland(purple), Bloemfontein station, President Brand|Hofmeyer|Voortrekker(orange)
***Cape Town - Groote Schuur|Strand|Roeland(red), Cape Town station, Plein|Parliament|Long(yellow)
***Johannesburg - Main|Joubert|De Villiers(green), Johannesburg station, Jan Smuts|Eloff(dark purple)
**2002 version (from cheap to expensive: KwaZulu-Natal, South-Eastern Cape Region, Garden Route Region, Johannesburg, Western Cape Region).
*Spain: Madrid, Barcelona,Vigo [http://www.hasbroiberia.com/AdaptingShop/usuario/productos/fichaproducto2.asp?idProducto=4117&acc=ver&acc2=avanzada&IdCriterio=7&crit35=35&IdGrupo=&IdTipo=0&IdFamilia=436] , Seville [http://www.canalsur.es/Informativos/noticias/ad/2005/09.Septiembre/20/200905.htm] , Málaga [http://www.canalsur.es/Informativos/noticias/ad/2006/11.Noviembre/17/171106a.htm] , Bilbao, Valencia, Zaragoza [http://www.elperiodicodearagon.com/noticias/noticia.asp?pkid=282778 ] and Palma de Mallorca 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. Cities featured: Aarau, Basel, Berne, Bienne, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Chur, Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Lugano, Neuchâtel, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, Solothurn, Thun, Winterthur, Zürich. The two most expensive are Place St. François (Lausanne) and Paradeplatz (Zürich). The Swiss edition is bilingual German/French (with rules also printed in Italian).
**Geneva

T

Turkey: Istanbul Streets and properties are named after Istanbul neighborhoods:

Even more international editions

External links

* [http://your.monopolycentral.net/ Monopoly Central ] Buy Any Monopoly Game
* [http://kasoft.freeyellow.com/Central/PlayK/Monopoly/Database/index.html Database of street names in local editions]
* [http://www.worldofmonopoly.co.uk Monopoly games and places from around the world]
* [http://boneash.oldgame.tw/temp/richman/richman.html Rich Man series review] (Chinese)
* [http://www.inyourpocket.com/romania/bucharest/feature/70037-.html Bucharest Version: Detailed article]