Standard Dutch streetname signs

Dutch streetname signs are very formal in lightbleu and there is an explaination under the streetname.

http://www.gaypnt.demon.nl/img/engelschmanlaan.jpg

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/258/straatnaambordpf5.jpg

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af302/parmentier09/kn.jpg?t=1267297334

http://www.irislerutte.nl/pix/141b1-straatnaambord-uithoorn-dubbel-x.jpg

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af302/parmentier09/ll.jpg?t=1267295216

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af302/parmentier09/tt.jpg?t=1267296507

http://i1018.photobucket.com/albums/af302/parmentier09/hj.jpg?t=1267296221

Amsterdam
Amsterdam signs are darkbleu and they added the boroughname at the bottom.
http://members.chello.nl/pcuriere/03Henkcurierekade/afbeeldingenAB/Straatnaambord.jpg

http://www.overhoeks.nl/contentimages/Straatnaambord_414.jpg

Chinatown Amsterdam
http://amsterdam.nl/contents/pages/102549/straatnaambordgeldersekade.fotoedwinvaneis.jpg

http://www.vandaagopstap.nl/activiteiten/afbeeldingen/20883.jpg

Chinatown The Hague
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Wagenstraat-Den_Haag.jpg/800px-Wagenstraat-Den_Haag.jpg

Bilingual Sign in Dublin. Brown Signs are usually for tourist attractions.
http://www.dublin.ie/dynamic/img/gallery/street-signs-dublin25.jpg

Street Sign in O'Connell Street. The Number 1 on the Right means its in Dublin 1.
http://www.toimg.net/managed/images/10014177/w647/h298/image.jpg

http://www.hamiltonhouse.ie/images/streetSign.jpg

Street signs in Warsaw, Łódź and Wrocław

This:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uacbaj_dxik/SVH1bOB2hVI/AAAAAAAABYI/x1-RA61zQJM/s320/tab+gasienicowa.jpg
is the standard polish commie-times street sign. The font varied from city to city, but the general layout, colours and shape was like this.

In the 1996 the city of Warsaw decided that those were rather crappy and introduced new Miejski System Informacji - The Information System of the City. It consists of several elements, the most basic of which is the street name sign:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/POL_2007_08_28_warsaw_miedzyborska_08.JPG/792px-POL_2007_08_28_warsaw_miedzyborska_08.JPG

http://www.zdm.waw.pl/uploads/pics/pic710.jpg

http://www.zdm.waw.pl/uploads/pics/pic694.jpg

Apart from the street name you get the borough name (at the red field) and the house numbering range in the current block (in the upper right corner).

The signs are brown in the historical boroughs:
http://www.zdm.waw.pl/uploads/pics/pic706.jpg

The other elements of the system are:

Fingerposts for pedestrians:
http://www.zdm.waw.pl/uploads/pics/pic712.jpg

Direction signs for cars:
http://www.zdm.waw.pl/uploads/pics/pic718.jpg


Signs informing about your position related to the Vistula river:
http://www.zdm.waw.pl/uploads/pics/pic720.jpg

Maps:
http://www.zdm.waw.pl/uploads/pics/pic724.jpg

Street name explaination:
http://www.zdm.waw.pl/uploads/pics/pic726.jpg

Currently the same system is being introduced in Łódź and Wrocław.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ALTG36u4ryU/SbZ7ckySPVI/AAAAAAAABEI/6jl1wWVVlVU/s400/Placa+indicativa+Pra%C3%A7a+Dr.+Clemente+x+Rua+Ant%C3%B4nio+Bento.jpg

http://www2.uol.com.br/interpressmotor/imagens/14688.jpg

http://www.viajenaviagem.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/wurtstrasse.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sgwzC3DuDV8/R_L8QEqTlWI/AAAAAAAAAWE/7FXsnMhAvc8/s320/placa_de_rua.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Xec_vZC_whU/R98Uf08lBAI/AAAAAAAABlo/EydjZmkEkrg/s400/Placa1.jpg

http://blog3.opovo.com.br/pliniobortolotti/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Imagem0148-300x225.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kkSPALNq49c/R4ZDakFBt8I/AAAAAAAAAEw/wuATKK0xPzg/s400/P4190037.JPG

http://www.streetcomunicacao.com.br/imagem_banco/placa-mac.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_170ttTG9iXk/SPS95usZkFI/AAAAAAAAEek/9XECumoOr-U/s400/100_4961.jpg

http://www.bentogoncalves.rs.gov.br/sites/6700/6728/Noticias2008/SemtespPlacasSinalizacao.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2708/4171932691_dd9b115014_o.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o269/ncjrsa/Sao%20Paulo/Bairro%20Jardim/Imagem078.jpg

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s234/Fabius_BR/477f408b.jpg

http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Rio/foto/0,,13081558-EX,00.jpg

http://www.arq.ufsc.br/arq5661/trabalhos_2003-2/mobiliario_urbano/fotos_mobiliario/fpolis/placa_logradouro.jpg

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r221/PejatBR/placa.jpg

http://www.arq.ufsc.br/arq5661/trabalhos_2003-2/mobiliario_urbano/fotos_mobiliario/fpolis/placa_logradouro1.jpg

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/Sussudio_2008/Pao.jpg

http://www.venezaverona.com.br/placa.jpg

http://cpc.com.pt/IN/images/Entrada%20Proibida%20Txt.bmp

http://www.lojamaxipas.com.br/prd/3900/3949/04___desc.jpg

http://www.arq.ufsc.br/arq5661/trabalhos_2003-2/mobiliario_urbano/fotos_mobiliario/fpolis/placa_informativa.jpg

Sydney's suburbs can range from extremely basic, for small streets
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6729/forsythjph.jpg
to less basic for freeways and major roads:
http://www.ozroads.com.au/NSW/Freeways/WarringahFreeway/Map%201/West%20St-ID2.JPG

I liked this NZ- streetsign - because it has a roadnumber on it:

http://www.autosnelwegen.net/NZ/S_PICT1272.JPG
http://www.autosnelwegen.net/NZ/S_nz15.jpg

Location (http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=nl&geocode=&q=Fairlie&sll=-44.73015,171.041336&sspn=0.335615,0.614548&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Fairlie,+Canterbury,+Niew+Zeeland&ll=-44.092316,171.244733&spn=0,359.980795&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=-44.092239,171.244668&panoid=2NIsjeFZQf6npaSveGKb2Q&cbp=12,173.23,,1,3.69).

Silistra, Bulgaria:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/416/pic3545.jpg

Budapest, Hungary:


http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/158/tablak.jpg


source: http://hg.hu/cikk/design/8465-hova-tovabb-budapest-utcain

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2050/budapest.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/i/budapest.jpg/)

bilingual signs in Serbia´s villages

Serbian and Hungarian

http://www.krstur.com/seoske_slike/seoske_slike_galerija/ulica_vuka_karadzica/images/0_tabla_ulice_vuka_karadzica.jpg

http://www.krstur.com/seoske_slike/seoske_slike_galerija/ulica_vuka_karadzica/Resize%20of%200_tabla_ulice_vuka_karadzica_small.jpg http://www.krstur.com/seoske_slike/seoske_slike_galerija/ulica_jovana_s_popvica/Resize%20of%20Ulica%20J%20S%20Popovica_small.jpg http://www.krstur.com/seoske_slike/seoske_slike_galerija/ul_sv_save/Resize%20of%200_tabla_ul_svetog_save_small.jpg

Serbia, street names from 1931. from village Мokrin.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_-SrVrOPjXO0/SjSiMhjCa2I/AAAAAAAALnc/SiRr72ZZP84/s720/Mokrinski%20nazivi%20ulica%201931.%20god..jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_-SrVrOPjXO0/SR2XIEvlDEI/AAAAAAAAAsU/ZX2gtMfJ8o4/s800/Tabla%20na%20ku%C4%87i%20P.%20Badrljica%20iy%201931.g..jpg

Signs of Argentina

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-9w2NViIZBk/SQ8IXMUIV9I/AAAAAAAAUng/rL8e_wtQn4s/s400/cartel.jpg

http://www.rosajc.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/personalpatrocina.jpg

http://www.sergiobuenosaires.com/images/CartelCallePedernera.jpg

Zagreb, Croatia

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VJp-rPOmsRg/SbkymhVXWSI/AAAAAAAAGAY/G1HO5CPeQIc/s800/tabla2.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VJp-rPOmsRg/SbkyoUEKDSI/AAAAAAAAGAw/3SMPcb0pzaY/s800/tabla5.jpg

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VJp-rPOmsRg/SbkypJyyiKI/AAAAAAAAGA4/Xs1ZFjlucp8/s800/tabla6.jpg

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VJp-rPOmsRg/Sbkyrz8470I/AAAAAAAAGBg/S1qkj9I57Xs/s800/broj4.jpg

Street names trough history, Belgrade

http://www.politika.rs:8080/uploads/rubrike/27772/i/1/Promena-naziva-ulica.jpg