Places & cultures
- Explore countries, cities and regions through the stories connected to them
- Discover food, languages, art and books from around the world
- Let the random cube introduce you to something you might never have searched for
What will you discover today?
Let the cube choose a country. Find it on the globe, guess its capital, then read a little about somewhere new.
A place to start wandering
A song can make you curious about a city. A dish can lead you to a region you’ve never heard of. A word in another language can send you across an ocean.
Hookito is being built around those little connections.
The globe is the starting point. The full experience will bring places, culture and geography games together, with a random cube for the days when you’d rather be surprised.
Try the random country generator →Social media shows you what it thinks you want. Hookito shows you what is actually there.
Available now
What you can try today
Everything below works in your browser, free and without an account.
- The interactive 3D globe. Drag Earth in any direction. Its lit and dark sides are calculated from today’s date and the current time, so the night side shows where the sun has already set.
- A random country generator. Let the cube pick one of 208 countries and territories, see it on the globe and reveal its capital.
- Two geography quizzes. Match a flag to its country or choose the right capital from four answers, then find the country on the globe.
- A list of countries by continent. Look up capitals, flags and coordinates, or use it to study before a quiz.
In development
More ways to discover the world
More geography games
- Guess a place from a photo or a series of clues
- Follow your curiosity from an answer back to its place on Earth
Music, radio & a window on the world
- Tune into radio and discover music from different places
- Explore curated videos and live cameras
- Find a new sound, a different perspective or a place to come back to
A Google Earth alternative for curious explorers?
If you enjoy looking around Earth, Hookito offers another place to begin. The focus here is on discovery: choosing somewhere unfamiliar and getting curious about the people, sounds and stories connected to it.
Right now, you can turn a sunlit 3D globe, pick a random country, play flag and capital quizzes and browse countries by continent. We’re developing the culture, music and radio features next. This preview doesn’t offer zooming to street level, Street View, detailed 3D city views or route planning.
FAQ
What is Hookito?
Hookito is a world and culture discovery project built around an interactive 3D Earth globe. You can try the globe, random country generator, flag quiz, capital quiz and list of countries now. The full discovery experience is still in development.
What can I do with the interactive globe?
Drag to turn Earth, right in your browser. The day and night sides follow the sun’s current position, so you can see where it is daytime now. The globe turns slowly on its own until you drag it. To discover a country at random, open the country generator using the cube.
Is the preview free?
Yes. The globe preview, random country generator, flag quiz and capital quiz are free to use, with no account required. Pricing for the full experience has not been announced.
What does the random cube do?
On this homepage, the cube opens the random country generator. There you can pick a country, see its capital when available and find it on the globe. Broader random discoveries are still in development.
Do I need an app or an account?
No. The preview runs in your browser, with no download or signup. The interactive globe needs WebGL; if it is unavailable, you can still use the country generator and read the results.