The BEST Jigsaw Puzzles of MELBOURNE!

We look through what it takes to be one of the BEST puzzles that expresses Melbourne, essentially helping you to discover the city of Melbourne a piece at a time~

Melbourne is filled with a thousands upon thousands of sights to see – from picturesque landscapes to quaint hidden alleyway gems, and throughout our bustling streets our fine city still offers a unique experience to everybody that comes by. Some of these beautiful little views have been captured by the extremely talented (and local!) photographer, Chris Cincotta, along with one of our most popular puzzles, ‘The Melbourne Map 1,000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle’, a fully illustrated representation of the city of Melbourne, down to the finest details! 

The jigsaw puzzles vary as they’re all set in different locations from across and as an overview of Melbourne. The central theme from Chris Cincotta’s “Melbourne I Love You” collection is designed to capture the essence of the city and to view it from an artistic lens, while the New Zealand (Holdsons Company) manufactured ‘The Melbourne Map’ set is a more illustrated re-make of the city from up high! These lovely jigsaws re-acquaint those with the simplicities of puzzles building, additionally they can be put together either solo or with friends and family which makes for a great group activity as well.

The various pictures from the ‘Melbourne I Love You’ series of jigsaws include ‘Romance on the Yarra’, ‘The Rainbow Laneway’, ‘Iconic Melbourne’, ‘The Great Ocean Road’ (and many more), and ‘The Melbourne Map’ puzzle is essentially a draw-over from an image of the city with some minor yet charming, artistic liberties. Each of these are 1000-piece puzzles and are quite the fun challenge to put together. Here are some of the jigsaws from Chris Cincotta’s series, and their dimensions:

ROMANCE ON THE YARRA - 1000 PIECE JIGSAW PUZZLE

Is a beautiful sunset capture off of the Yarra, as seen from Princes Bridge. The jigsaw comes with an A3 print for reference.

Finished size: 72cm x 51.4cm 

THE RAINBOW LANEWAY 1000 PIECE JIGSAW PUZZLE

A gorgeous image of a mid-afternoon winter’s day in Melbourne with added rain for reflective effect, which is focused around Centre Place Lane in the Melbourne CBD.

Finished size: 72cm x 51.4cm

ICONIC MELBOURNE 1000 PIECE JIGSAW PUZZLE

Here’s an image encapsulating the multi-faceted Melbourne. Its quaint bars and bookstores in the foreground, and its skyscrapers in the background. And in the middle, is the focal point character taking in the sights~

Finished size: 72cm x 51.4cm

GREAT OCEAN ROAD 1000 PIECE JIGSAW PUZZLE

One of Melbourne’s most iconic landmarks, the Twelve Apostles is shown here, in a beautiful and crisp view of what is towards the end of sunset, that seemingly brings the view to life.

Finished size: 72cm x 51.4cm

THE MELBOURNE MAP 1000 PIECE JIGSAW PUZZLE

For an even more challenging difficulty level in puzzle building, then you should go for the extremely complex ‘The Melbourne Map’ puzzle! Its image is an aerial view of the city, in a map-style illustration with graphic elements that are quite well detailed.

Finished size: 72cm x 51.4cm

Whether you are a Melbournian or not, puzzles of any kind are a great way to enhance concentration, reduce stress levels and have loads of fun! Besides that, each piece is printed in high quality to give a more completed jigsaw visual, that can easily attribute itself to that of a work of art. This can doubly serve as a framed picture as well only adding further value to your work of art which you put the hard work into placing together.

So, challenge yourself to an impressively sized jigsaw or gift it to your friends, and create a lovely piece of art, in Melbourne flare and style!