29 September 2026 · 5 min read
Pin My Map for digital nomads: keeping the people, not just the places
You meet someone brilliant in a coworking space in Lisbon, swap handles, and never see them again. That is the part Pin My Map fixes.
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25 October 2026 · 5 min read
How to make friends abroad (and keep them)
The fastest way to make friends abroad is to see the same people every day. Here are the programmes and trips that do it, and how Pin My Map keeps them.
2 October 2026 · 6 min read
How to get your friends on Pin My Map
Pin My Map only works when the people you actually know are on it. Here are the ways that work, from your Instagram bio to the QR code at a goodbye party.
26 September 2026 · 4 min read
Pin My Map for frequent travellers: stop asking the internet
Ranked lists, sponsored reviews, the same five restaurants. Meanwhile someone you know spent a month there last year. Pin My Map is how you find out which friend that is.
24 September 2026 · 6 min read
Pin My Map for Erasmus and exchange: after everyone goes home
The hardest part of an exchange is not the goodbye. It is the year afterwards, when twenty close friends turn into twenty cities you have never visited.
21 September 2026 · 5 min read
Pin My Map for expats and immigrants: telling everyone you are home
You fly back for ten days, see four people, and afterwards three others find out from your photos and are quietly hurt. Pin My Map is how you tell everyone at once.
15 September 2026 · 5 min read
How Pin My Map started
A trip to Singapore and Thailand, a phone full of contacts saved with city names, and one question that was somehow impossible to answer.
8 September 2026 · 4 min read
Meet up more: turning your Pin My Map into real plans
A map full of pins is nice. A map that gets you in the same room as someone you miss is the point.
22 September 2026 · 6 min read
Who to put on your Pin My Map (it is not just your best friends)
Close friends and family are the easy ones. The tags that make Pin My Map genuinely useful are the ones nobody thinks of at first.
28 August 2026 · 5 min read
Staying safe on Pin My Map: tips for user safety
How your pins stay yours, what Pin My Map never collects, and exactly what to do if someone makes you uncomfortable.