Are these places real?

Yes. Every destination in the register is a real place. The dates and measurements printed on the badges are sourced, and the sources are kept. The remarks the Bureau makes about them are its own. The places are real; the Bureau is not.

What is the Gazetteer Bureau?

A merchandise brand in the form of a punctilious government tourism office. It designs travel insignia — badges, shirts, stickers — for real places, in the visual language of mid-century travel posters and national park patches.

Who prints and ships the products?

Products are printed on demand and fulfilled by Spreadshirt, which is the seller of record for orders placed through the shop.

What does the seal mean?

The circular seal reads GAZETTEER BUREAU OF TOURISM & EXPLORATION and carries the fictional founding date 1954. It appears unchanged on every design and is the mark that identifies a badge as issued by the Bureau.

Travel insignia for places that have been surveyed.

The Bureau has issued travel insignia since 1954. It gazettes places that exist, records what can be verified about them, and prints the badge. Every design carries the Bureau seal. The first series covers Switzerland.

The Swiss register

10 entries · Surveyed, gazetted and printed by the Bureau. First series.

Switzerland

Alpine Republic · from €3,49

Zermatt

Alpine Station · from €3,49

Lucerne

Bridge Quarter · from €3,49

Interlaken

Lake Station · from €3,49

Geneva

Lake Station · from €3,49

Bern

Federal City · EST. 1191

Zurich

On The Limmat · EST. 1218

Grindelwald

Glacier Village · ALT. 1034 M

Lauterbrunnen

Bernese Oberland · BERNESE OBERLAND

Montreux

Lake Station · CHILLON 1150

Questions put to the Bureau

Standing answers

Are these places real?: Yes. Every destination in the register is a real place. The dates and measurements printed on the badges are sourced, and the sources are kept. The remarks the Bureau makes about them are its own. The places are real; the Bureau is not.
What is the Gazetteer Bureau?: A merchandise brand in the form of a punctilious government tourism office. It designs travel insignia — badges, shirts, stickers — for real places, in the visual language of mid-century travel posters and national park patches.
Who prints and ships the products?: Products are printed on demand and fulfilled by Spreadshirt, which is the seller of record for orders placed through the shop.
What does the seal mean?: The circular seal reads GAZETTEER BUREAU OF TOURISM & EXPLORATION and carries the fictional founding date 1954. It appears unchanged on every design and is the mark that identifies a badge as issued by the Bureau.