Which is Einsteins most favourite geocaching country?

A few weeks ago we looked at which country had the most favourites per cache. But as Albert Einstein teached us: "Every thing is relative". So this week we don't look at the number of favourites an average cache scores, but to the favourites relative to the number of found logs in a country.

When we look at the numbers we see again the countries with few caches score the extremes. Yemen with only two caches with eighteen founds and five favourite ends in the first place with almost thirty percent favourites per log. Second are the Wallis and Futuna Islands which only cache collects with twenty five percent favourites. Third place for Tonga with just under twenty five percent favourites.

Again we look at the countries with at least ten thousands of  caches. Then we got the following result:

Switzerland	7.4%
Netherlands	7.0%
Belgium	6.8%
Germany	6.6%
Ireland	6.3%
Austria	5.8%
Denmark	5.8%
Norway	5.5%
Sweden	5.4%
United Kingdom	5.0%
New Zealand	5.0%
South Africa	4.9%
Finland	4.8%
Australia	4.7%
Italy	4.6%
France	4.5%
Canada	4.5%
Spain	4.5%
Slovakia	4.3%
Czechia	4.1%
Portugal	4.1%
United States	3.9%
Poland	3.2%
Japan	3.1%

Who would expect the country Einstein moved to in 1895 and became a citizen of in 1901 would be his favourite country.

When we compare this week top with that of a tree weeks ago, we see the Netherlands has dropped one place with seven precent. Belgium gained one place and Germany lost one. The last country with more than six percent favourites per log is Ireland.

What's the most favourite geocaching country?

I'm not wondering in what country the most favourites are given. That is bound to be the country with the most caches: The United States has accumulated almost four hundred thousands favourites with overr one million caches.

When we look to the number of favourites per cache. We get the extreme results for countries with very few caches. The nine caches of Vatican City have accumulated almost three thousand favourites. We see also big numbers for Gibraltar, Sint Maarten, San Marino, Lichtenstein and Monaco.

At the other side, there's only one cache in Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau both have not gotten a favourite yet, and neither have the nine caches in Comoros.

When we look at only countries with a decent number of caches, where I define a decent number as at least ten thousands caches. The following list appears:

Netherlands	29.3
Czechia	20.5
Germany	16.9
Belgium	16.8
Switzerland	16.7
Austria	13.2
Finland	11.3
Denmark	10.5
Slovakia	7.8
Portugal	7.2
Ireland	6.8
United Kingdom	6.1
Sweden	6.0
Norway	5.0
Australia	4.7
New Zealand	4.4
Spain	4.2
France	4.0
Italy	3.9
United States	3.8
Canada	3.4
South Africa	3.0
Poland	2.5
Japan	1.0

The country with the most favourites is The Netherlands with an average of almost thirty favourites per cache. Followed by Czechia with more than twenty. Runners up are Germany, Belgium and Switzerland with almost seventeen favourites per cache.

The glorious winner of the absolute numbers end in the bottom five, only leaving behind Canada, South Africa, Poland and Japan.

The most average favourite caches In Germany

Last week we saw that places with a large number of caches (cities) also accumulate many favourites. I wonder what the result is when we divide the number of favourites in an area by then number of caches in that area. That will give us the average number of favourites for a cache in that area. In the map below we can see where caches get many favourites.

As expected with the results from last week in mind the top result are Einhausen, between Lorsch and Bürstadt, and Wachtendonk. Both places manage to receive almost two hundreds favourites per cache. Again a my congratulations and thanks for creating great caches to die Helden and Hotbina.


The third position with more than seventy favourites per cache is for the city of Hamburg. Quite an accomplishment since cities are also hosts to many uninteresting micro's. With just over sixty favourites per cache is Waldsolms, where finkenpiraten have created high rated caches.

Also just over sixty favourites per cache can be found in Rodgau and also in Friedrichsdorf. High rated caches in the first town are created by Plotino in the second one by TCapitano.

Where can you find the most favourites in Germany?

Last weeks I showed the number of caches and number of founds. But I prefer quality over quantity. Last week we've seen caches with a large number of finds don't have to be high quality caches. This week I try a different metric for quality: Favourites. 

So this week I show you the number of favourites per square kilometre. Off course areas with many geoaches are also areas where many favourites are given. But there are differences with last weeks maps.

Despite the fact that Hamburg is only placed in fifth position with regards to the number of caches, it's this week's number one with more than five hundred favourites per square kilometre. The number two in number of caches, Berlin, is here also number two with just under five hundered caches.

On the third place we find the first non urban area. The caches from die Helden and their friends have given the the area between Lotsch and Burstadt more than four hundreds and sixty favourites per square kilometres.

Then again two urban areas. Fourth place for Dresden with just over four hundreds favourites. Hanover has the fifth place with over three hundreds and thirty. At last a compliment for Hotbina, with two hundreds and  seventy five favourites per square kilometre, their caches put the small town of Wachtendonk in sixth position on this list.

Why are the most found caches not the most interesting?

Combining the data from the previous two weeks we find the area's where caches have the most founds. If you think that are also the most interesting caches, your are in for a surprise.

The area with the most logs per cache is Walsleben. There you find two autobahn caches: Walsleben - West and Walsleben - Ost, they have more than four thousand log each and not many other caches in the neighbourhood. Giving this area an average of more than 1350 found logs per cache.

If you've read the two previous post, you might have guessed Hamburg will end up high in this list, and you are correct. It has the second position with an average of 1160 found logs  per cache.

The many caches in Borken in Wernigerode give it's it third place with almost 1140 logs per cache. Positions number four and five are for Neuzelle and Goldelund. The only two other area's that have more than one thousand logs per cache. Both areas have a geotrail that attracts many logs. Schlaubetal- Rundherum in Neuzelle and Zwischen den Meeren near Goldelund.


You probably know with more than 35 thousand founds Lego - einer ist zuviel is Germany's most found geocache. But since there are many caches in Berlin with not many founds, the average number of founds in Berlin is so low, it doesn't appear in the top ten.

Where are the most caches found in Germany?

Last week I showed you where the most caches can be found in Germany. This week I show you where caches actually are found. The map of the week shows the number of founds in Germany.

It's logical places with many caches will also receive many find logs. So it's no surprise last week number one Dresden is also this weeks number one with almost seven thousand found logs per square kilometre.

A surprise is Hamburg. With only the seventh place last week, it's now coming in second with just over six thousand founds per square kilometre. Pushing last week second place Berlin with fifty eight hundreds to the third place.

München, not even in the number of caches top ten comes in at fourth place with almost four thousand and The fifth place is for Hannover with just over three thousand logs per square kilometre.

Where can you find the most caches in Germany?

To get an overview of where to cache, maps can be a handy tool. But when planning for a larger area the maps of geocaching.com tends to be overcrowded with geocache icons. I try a different approach. With the help of heat maps, I try to find out where the most interesting caches can be found. This maps shows where the most geocaches per square kilometre.

As expected the most geocaches can be found in Urban areas.

With more than nine geocaches per square km Dresden has the highest concentration of geocaches in Germany. Followed by Berlin with seven and a half. Hanover has a little more than seven caches per square kilometre.

Fourth place is for Freigericht near Frankfurt with almost six and a half. Hamburg and Leipzig both have six and a quarter geocaches per square kilometre.