Before you play

What This Opening Year Means

This game compares official opening years when Wikidata has a separate opening date from the original build year.

  • Opening year is about when a building or monument formally began public or operational life in the source.
  • That can be later than construction and much later than the first foundation stone.
  • Only buildings with a usable opening-year statement make it into this pool.

A landmark can be centuries old and still have a surprisingly recent public debut.