#1. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/2938231460_393d9fd250.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Some midwest shithole?
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:25 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i was gonna guess somewhere in michigan
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:25 (fifteen years ago) link
or maybe it's toledo?
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Kiev?
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:27 (fifteen years ago) link
i cant even tell what country that is. the pointy orange thing and two church steeples make me think europe somewhere but that bridge and some of those apartment buildings seem america? wait. is that an amusement park?
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:28 (fifteen years ago) link
god it looks horrible. bad shot maybe?
hmm, yeah that looks like some sort of fun fair doesn't it
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
is someone gonna tell the answer?
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:31 (fifteen years ago) link
if in the US, Pittsburgh?
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:31 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't think it's the US
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:33 (fifteen years ago) link
no wait, I do - all that low-rise construction/sprawl?
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:34 (fifteen years ago) link
hint: heres the city from a slightly different angle!
http://i38.tinypic.com/28s6jhj.jpg
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
helpful clue
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:37 (fifteen years ago) link
ya none of that anywhere else in the world
looks eastern european to me. i'll say warsaw.
oh lol jho :D
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:37 (fifteen years ago) link
minsk
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:38 (fifteen years ago) link
actually we could do this much more easily by working out which eastern european country's dictator-controlled national media outlets have orange as their signature colour
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Some bored googling of "cantilever bridge" and "amusement park" has given me the answer, you are all way off.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
doubt it's in the midwest, since there's appears to be a hill off to the right.
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually, I think I'm wrong. Never mind.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
ah got it,
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
(by doing the ailsa thing)
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I googled "green cantilever bridge" and then got bored of this approach after one fruitless page
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
No, I was right after all. Hurrah! Shall let the rest of you guess away though. Am assuming Ste got the same result as me. Not Europe.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
is that the pole from one of those rotating observation "rides" there? Are those specific to Six Flags?
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
birmingham, al?
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
google is for cheaters
canada?
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Pretty sure you are
#2 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/38531341_eeef3142ac.jpg?v=0
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
ok montreal alisa wins next city
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:47 (fifteen years ago) link
istanbul?
oh boooooring xp to lol canada
my error was to GIS rather than GS
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
ankara
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:48 (fifteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Vampire_laronde.jpg/350px-Vampire_laronde.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
I like how I win by not actually saying "Montreal" at any point :-)
Baghdad?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
actually i found it with fewer google words "bridge amusement park" do i win even more than ailsa?
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, is not cheating, is educational and enterprising and stuff. Honest.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Granny Dainger's is Montreal
― Jibe, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
haaaaaaaa
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Ed - Lahore, right?
― Matt DC, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
^win
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
#3. http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles18126.jpg
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
THATS MONTREAL???
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
many xps obv
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.staronetickets.com/images/Montreal.jpg
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
google search: trees i don't what kind + smallish river + rolling hills + bland low buildings
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, yeah, that's spoiled my research fun.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
#3 url gives it away though
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
#3 is not very easy for Europeans
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm guessing somewhere in the north east of the US - Massachussets or somesuch? Might be way off though. Any clues?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:37 (fifteen years ago) link
This is based on trees and scenery looking like it would be somewhere geographically similar to Northern Europe, but that one building and the grid layout of the roads looking American. Am I on the right lines?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
I was thinking upstate NY.
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Damn I thought it was Legoland...
― snoball, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
If it had a highway cutting through it it would look like Concord, NH.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Ithaca?
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Casper?
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
it's in the Western US
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Vegas
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
it's about the size of Pittsfield, MA
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
or Casper, WY (which it isn't)
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, October 13, 2008 8:28 AM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Haha, you just described Canada without knowing it.
― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 13 October 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Yakima, WA!I give up.
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
closer
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
rapid city?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Everett
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
rapid city is way bigger than Pittsfieldxp
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
corvallis then
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
so is Everett, apparently
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:06 (fifteen years ago) link
cherry blossom wins
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:15 (fifteen years ago) link
#4.http://i34.tinypic.com/xq9set.jpg
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i'll say kiev again
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:20 (fifteen years ago) link
sofia
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Legoland
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd say somewhere in asia, maybe india. Chennai?
― Jibe, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
that looks oriental to me.
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
bangkok
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:34 (fifteen years ago) link
For such a densely packed in place, it looks a bit Day Of The Triffids. No one in the park, no cars visible on the street. Can't see what the sign says, but it looks more likely to be in Roman script, not Japanese or Chinese.
Not New World, somehow not European-looking, I'd guess India, although that doesn't quite seem right either.
xpost yes maybe Bangkok
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:37 (fifteen years ago) link
its not bangkok
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Hanoi?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
No, Saigon
saigon
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
when we eventually join these up they will form a pentangle
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
oop i hit submit by acc u win
it is saigon
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Get in!
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
#5 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/88/241568950_4563ef95f5_o.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:51 (fifteen years ago) link
canada
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
siberia?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Korea?
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
that *could* actually be lisbon from inland
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Riga?
― StanM, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
calgary
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:54 (fifteen years ago) link
edmonton
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Moscow?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
those houses in the foreground look canadian
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:58 (fifteen years ago) link
not hilly enough for lisbon actually. but i reckon it's european
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Scandinavian or Baltic, I reckon.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link
i know what it is now - but i wont say cause i used internet trickery to figure it out
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Pines in foreground plus architecture make me think Soviet-land or possibly Pyongyang.
― dell, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:03 (fifteen years ago) link
tashkent then
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Helsinki? There's a low-rent casino-spire on the left and a church-thing on the right that makes me think Orthodox nation, but it ain't Athens or such. Hmm.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:05 (fifteen years ago) link
The houses in the foreground don't look very Soviet.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Just about to say Helsiniki?
― Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost True, I would peg them as Scandanavian...
If they are houses!!!
― dell, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I was thinking helsinki, but I just don't recall any tower blocks like that, and I don't think it is Kuopio or Tampere. Espoo?
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:07 (fifteen years ago) link
My initial thought was Gothenburg - pretty sure it isn't, but that was what put me on the Scandinavia track.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Bratislava?
― Neil S, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:09 (fifteen years ago) link
this game is too difficult
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been to Bratislava, it didn't much look like that.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Arkhangelsk?
― Poll Wall (Noodle Vague), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Not hilly enough I guess. Could be central European though.
― Neil S, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
budapest?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Deffo not hilly enough!
― Neil S, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
somewhere in former GDR that isn't Berlin ?
― salsa shark, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm guessing that it ain't Europe
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
ok is THAT one warsaw?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
houses look n. american
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah I was thinking E. Europe but that's true about the houses.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
it looks a little Northern Virginia-y, except more communistic-like
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm guessing non-Toronto Ontario.. like London, Ontario.. or Petersborough?
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
xp - my first thought was "somewhere in Alberta" too, but it doesn't look tundra-ey enough.
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:49 (fifteen years ago) link
This one's a bit hard, isn't it? I ended up cheating too and even then I had to zoom out about six times on google maps to find out what country it's in
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 16:58 (fifteen years ago) link
That's what I thought, too, like Shirlington except not enough freeway, or somewhere in western Ffx County.
― Dow 30,000 by 2008 (Pancakes Hackman), Monday, 13 October 2008 16:59 (fifteen years ago) link
how on earth did you cheat on that?
― salsa shark, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Some bored googling of "cantilever bridge" and "amusement park" has given me the answer
A woman after my own heart.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:01 (fifteen years ago) link
googling part of the url leads (eventually) to the original flickr image xp
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
ok cheaters, tell us so we can move on to a less boring image
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:07 (fifteen years ago) link
or give us a good hint
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
*ngghh* I just can't do it, man. I will say that a couple of the answers have been very close, though
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:09 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf that is way too hard
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
A bunch of people were close upthread all saying similar things (v good deduction i thought!)
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
i thought people were about to get it but then others went off on a tangent
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
#6 http://i36.tinypic.com/rlizo8.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
it's definitely scandinavian xpost jakarta
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.bram.us/2008/01/12/my-priceless-flickr-tip-how-to-find-the-original-flickr-photo-url-and-user-from-a-static-flickr-image-url/
How to find the original Flickr Photo URL and User from a Static Flickr Image URL/Permalink
From the URL you’ve got take extract the image name (2177060015_258bcfaff9_m.jpg) and split it on the underscore. The first part is the photoID, the second part is the hash/salt and (if there) the third part the size (Full format: photoId_hash_size.jpg).
Now append that photoId to http://flickr.com/photo.gne?id= and *MAGIC* there you have it, the Original Flickr Photo URL (and the user) :)
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
can't view tinypic stuff at work :(
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:17 (fifteen years ago) link
lithuania
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Just for you, Granny Dainger
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks!
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
bland, delapidated high rise=E. Europe or S. America?
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:41 (fifteen years ago) link
White buildings = hot = not E. Europe
― StanM, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
guess the continent is nearly hard enough for some of these
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
caracas
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry, just nipped out for a quick game of a sport at which this country used to be world champion. No-one has guessed it yet I see (i.e. it's neither Jakarta nor Caracas)
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
rio de janeiro
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
sao paulo
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Kuala Lumpur
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
the sport was not capoeira xp
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
brasilia
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
It looks kinda Indian or Sri Lankan to me.
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Wait. Is it Lahore?
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:04 (fifteen years ago) link
it looks too nice to be india
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Buenos Aires?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:06 (fifteen years ago) link
is the correct answer
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
(and the sport I nipped out to play was polo)
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
did u srsly just nip out to play polo
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
awesome
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2938209745_d66f982b4f_o.jpg
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
7
scranton?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
hang on what was the answer to #5 ?
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
xpjust looked through the thread, did anyone get #5??
― sonderangerbot, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost yes in honor of ray lyman
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
mine was too easy sorry :(
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
lol first guess
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, i guessed! it just looked like the Office
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
kinda ridiculous
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
look ppl just say what the fuck number 5 is so we can move on
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link
8. http://www.centuryconverting.com/images/img-home2.jpg
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link
it was oulu city
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
the fuck
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Omaha
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
^^
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
there u go
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
all u cheated
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
9. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Gomel_high.jpg/800px-Gomel_high.jpg
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, unless there's another one of these somewhere:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Woodmentower.jpg
― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:25 (fifteen years ago) link
gdamn people how hard is it just to put the pic imageshack or where ever
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
?
― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
#9's on the 'beautiful pictures of cities' thread - I think it's Minsk
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
ice cream is referring to the urls, which can give the location away
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought he was revealing himself as the webmaster for wikipedia.
― ☑ (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
9 is either warsaw or minsk, the only places with mile-high radio antennae
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
9 is Gomel people
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
ffs
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Roxy's has the name in the URL, for cheaters. Though well done on not looking, dudes guessing other things...
xpost
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
funhaters go away
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
#10 http://d.imagehost.org/0657/no_cheating.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, it's Gomel, Belarus.
― ○◙i shine cuz i genital grind◙○ (roxymuzak), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
guys, using the url is not 'guess'ing
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I had never heard of Gomel, Belarus.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
tehran
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
#10 is no cheating
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
well it's not Ulan Bator
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
actually i think it's too flat to be tehran nevermind
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
South America, perhaps?
― Michael White, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
athens
― lil yawne (harbl), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Palermo
― Michael White, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
― cameron carr, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Looks like Italy to me
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
those angled roofs suggest that it rains or snows a lot
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Guadalajara
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
germany?
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
looks mediterranean if europe
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:43 (fifteen years ago) link
It looks Spanish to me, though maybe North African?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
It's not any of those. Would you like another picture?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
marseille?
― senator which fanta girl u blap? (Upt0eleven), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
whatever is a big city in corsica or sardinia
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Cyprus?
― Michael White, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
#11:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Skyline-Duluth-20060330.jpg
― jane hussein lane (suzy), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:48 (fifteen years ago) link
url lol
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
duh it's Skyline, MN
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Duluth, and I didn't need a url
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:51 (fifteen years ago) link
looks hillier than i would have imagined
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/lixnixn/mystery.jpg#12
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
need that addl photo, Ismael
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Righto, here's some leisure activity in #10:http://d.imagehost.org/0479/second_view.jpg
(I've got a street scene of this city too, if this isn't enough)
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Tuomas, is yours Riga?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i38.tinypic.com/33pdg1i.jpg#13
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:56 (fifteen years ago) link
This one should be a gimme to some here
Or Tallinn? One of the places I keep seeing on the news when Scotland go over to play them at football anyway.
xpost re Tuomas' one
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Ahh too many mystery cities at once guys.
― What's good for Wall Street (call all destroyer), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link
― gabbneb, Monday, October 13, 2008 1:51 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Tallinn is correct.
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 October 2008 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
14.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2475437051_cdbc159340.jpg?v=0
― jane hussein lane (suzy), Monday, 13 October 2008 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
is 13 in Peru?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
13 is kabul?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
and yes, 5 was Oulu
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
I was thinking Chile for #13. Are there palms in Kabul?
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
13: la paz?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
got it
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
we still need 10
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
15http://lh5.ggpht.com/_653WPJZPo1o/SDhX1_LZT-I/AAAAAAAABcQ/ltGkqSgdBbE/S640/_-103.jpg
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Is 10 saigon?
― L.L.N.L. Cool J (kingkongvsgodzilla), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
10: Mogadishu?
― jane hussein lane (suzy), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
omg a funicular omgomg
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
15: If it weren't for the crowded dangling crumbling buildings, my first guess would be Wellington, NZ.
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
15. valparaiso?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
15: Portmeirion, Wales.
― jane hussein lane (suzy), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link
16http://d.imagehost.org/0447/NICE_TRY_BUDDY.jpg
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link
well aberystwyth is the welsh city with the famous funicular but those buildings sure don't look welsh
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
tall trees in 15 look mediterranean
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
they are monkey puzzle trees + 1 palm, which can grow in british isles
oh wait >1 palm
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
15: Montreux
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Let's see if we can get rid of #10. Here's a street scene:http://d.imagehost.org/0250/another_view.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
rio de janeiro?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
cayenne?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Dakar
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
10. Dakar
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
damn you jaymc
oh wait that's obviously french writing
er uh
yeah those two probably have it
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
cherry blossom right about 15
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
ok 16 guys, c'mon
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
lol is that actually Nice
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
also, 14 still unknown
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
14 looks Germanic, maybe Vienna
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Dakar is correct for number 10, in case there was any doubt (the 'Dakar Location' sign was a nice clue I thought, even if you can hardly read it)
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
16 vladivostok
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link
couldn't read that "Dakar" sign. Googled "Clinique Cashous".
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
clever (but still cheating)
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:32 (fifteen years ago) link
14: Cologne?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:33 (fifteen years ago) link
― velko, Monday, October 13, 2008 2:30 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
n
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
i was thinking Koln for 14, too
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:34 (fifteen years ago) link
but the mountains look rong
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Aye, something very Germanic about suzy's picture. Mainz? Frankfurt?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:36 (fifteen years ago) link
is 16 branson or something?
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i37.tinypic.com/xlgw7c.jpg#17
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I'd go further and say it looks either Bavarian or Austrian. is 17 Venice? :P
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:37 (fifteen years ago) link
No, not Venice.
69 is on the right track, sort of
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
16: New Orleans?
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:38 (fifteen years ago) link
memphis? cincinnati?
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
oh good guess que
more 16
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/2911698720_03a63171a1_b.jpg
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
freetown?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
17: Florence?
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
lol this thread got messy. #11 is a great pic btw
― Ant Attack |=| (Ste), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's a bigger pic of #17:
http://i33.tinypic.com/2drywk8.jpg
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
17: Padova or Udine?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
17: Dublin?
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
a Catholic nation for sure
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Yup.
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
17 - Split? Dubrovnik?
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
16: Galvatraz Galveston? But it looks too hilly
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Naples?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
No.
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
17 might be in Spain now I think about it. It's not a backwater of Barcelona is it?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/94/277238640_b1c3757467.jpg?v=0
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
"right track" was misleading. i'm just guessing you said that cuz there were river boats
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah yeah right
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Is that not an Irish flag hanging from the window in #17?
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
um phnom penh?
ok that is a brazilian seaport, possibly sao paolo
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
What the hell is the first one?
― burt_stanton, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:51 (fifteen years ago) link
irish flag = could be Belfast?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
#1 is NYC
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Looks like so, but it's a red herring. Louis was pretty close already.
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:52 (fifteen years ago) link
There's something really familiar about 17 which is infuriating me.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/2939379318_65d5d2edf5.jpg
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ NUMBER 18
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Is 17 Coatbridge then?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
if Barcelona was close, Valencia? if Naples was close, Rome?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Hint for #17: it's not a big city now but it used to be a major city in the Middle Ages. Hence the big cathedral, which has lots of beautiful historical artifacts, including one of the biggest surviving Medieval tapestries.
(x-post)
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Not Valencia nor Rome.
18 is wasilla?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
hahahaha
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
also c'mon you guys i gotta get to class soon
LOL good job gbx
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Wasilla was my guess, too.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:57 (fifteen years ago) link
#16: Hanoi?
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
louis was pretty close
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:58 (fifteen years ago) link
16 looks like the mekong delta
― joseph sixpack (ice crӕm), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Is 17 Toledo?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
#17: Ghent?
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
16: Santos?
google tells me tuomas' is girona
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes.
― Tuomas, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
How did you find it out?
AARGH, knew it was familiar!
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:01 (fifteen years ago) link
googled biggest medieval tapestry cathedral spain and GIS'd the first result (I guessed Spain ahead of Italy because tapestries are more uh Spanish)
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:01 (fifteen years ago) link
ok 16 still out there?
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
16: Rio?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
16 still out there.
will post answer in 10 minutes unless someone gets it, cuz that's when i go to class
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
18: Gardiner, Montana?
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
14: sooooooo close yet so far, y'all - hint: old Julian Cope song.
― jane hussein lane (suzy), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
no 18 is wasilla, AK - gbx got it!
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
16: Guayaquil?
― L.L.N.L. Cool J (kingkongvsgodzilla), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
19http://lh3.ggpht.com/coucoujennie/SDJ97hCuMeI/AAAAAAAAAyg/OolhhUK_Ufo/s640/IMG_2812.JPG
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
16: Buzios, Florianopolis, Manaus, Belem or Salvador
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
guayaquil looks right: http://www.equateurtourisme.net/images/sites-a-visiter/Guayaquil/01-Guayaquil.jpg
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:07 (fifteen years ago) link
19 reykjavik?
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:08 (fifteen years ago) link
you may only submit one answer
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
ismael: or recife! or porto allegre!
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
anyway i'm gonna pick Salvador
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
20. http://d.imagehost.org/0326/2911051197_af4821948d_o.jpghttp://d.imagehost.org/0326/2911051197_af4821948d_o.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:10 (fifteen years ago) link
20 is somewhere in n england
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Time is running out. Pretend I'm five different guys using one login
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
16: chennai?
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
time is up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manaus
20: stockport?
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
19 very far from iceland
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
special thanks to this game for making my paper LATE
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
damn it was a brazilian RIVERport u sneaky bastard
19 = auckland?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
oh oops, sorry dude, thought the RIVERboats might have been a tip
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
yaaaaaaow
20 = bradford? the red bricks are bradfordian
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link
You'd've been on time if you'd accepted my answer xp!
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:14 (fifteen years ago) link
21. http://www.theminorthirds.com/ilx/city.jpg
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
jgo, nope but right hemisphere for 19
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
cape town?
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:15 (fifteen years ago) link
could be any shithole in Yorkshire/Lancashire going by the colour of the bricks.
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
cape town getting close
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:16 (fifteen years ago) link
j'burg
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
someone told me recently that the houses went from white in leeds to red in bradford, with the demarcation pretty much adhered to throughout
er uh durban?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link
not that close
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
harare?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
20: Darlington
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
I think maybe leeds is limestone when it's stone, but the brick is red.
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:20 (fifteen years ago) link
19 accra?
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
oh no accra in N hemi
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:23 (fifteen years ago) link
er uh what's the capital of malawi again
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
looks coastal, with n euro architecture, and im guessing african.
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
21 is new wasilla
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Closer to Old Wasilla, maybe.
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
22
http://www.wildnatureimages.com/3000%20to%2010000/C6CT3620..jpg
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:28 (fifteen years ago) link
bridge in 22 looks very much like one of the Lisbon bridges, also a Budapest one
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
but copenhagen is my answer
22 is ron niebrugge city
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:29 (fifteen years ago) link
nope
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
actually is the Dutch photographer a clue? Where in Holland has a pontoon bridge?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
ignore the dutch photographer
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean is that a bridge to nowhere?
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
is it AGAIN wasilla
not wasilla
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Astoria, OR
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, it's somewhere Pacific NW
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
gabbneb is a winner^^^
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Suzy's is Strasbourg (thank u Allmusic.com)
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I would have preferred an honest to goodness J Cope fan to get that one, but jgo correct.
― jane hussein lane (suzy), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
im very interested in 21
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
23: http://d.imagehost.org/0035/S645010.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
the first 2 guesses for 19 (iceland & newzealand) were way off in terms of miles, but they do share something in common with the place in question
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I only have Fried of early-period Cope, I'm currently listening to Jehovahkill and Peggy Suicide also resides in my iTunes along with both Teardrop Explodes records. So bloody there.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
23: Kent somewhere?
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
(And I just went through Fried listening out for clues! Ended up enjoying it too much to do so)
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Not Kent
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm just irritated that I've been called out as a non-Cope fan when I don't happen to have one of his albums, and yet generally get around to evangelising him when invited to name my favourite musics. Fucking NOBODY my age is a Cope fan, and yet I'm the one getting it in the neck? Jesus.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
dude, nobody wants to give it to you in the neck
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf?
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:42 (fifteen years ago) link
23. Bristol?
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Land Of Fear!!! Fried is a superb record, but it's trumped by its own bonus track, a jolly and upbeat yet subtly melancholy keyboard drift-along. The last coupla minutes are perfect.
― Obvious Ninja (Haberdager), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 23:25 (2 years ago) Bookmark
DIGGING THE DRUDE 2 YEARS AGO
19 = Antanarivo?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Bristol it is not
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
is 21 lincoln, MT?
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
jgo = correct
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
missing a couple of letters tho
i feel no joy, only hollow irritation. you see, i'd actually started composing my defence of allmusic use ("i have 3 other Cope albums!") and then when I tried to post it Suzy had already gotten in there with the sly dig I had been attempting to repudiate. argh.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
ok ok fine back to the cities
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
21 is not in MT, or in the US for that matter.
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I have been on that bridge in Astoria, and I would never have guessed it. I am bad at this game.
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
you're not bad at this game--your picture is tough. is it in Canada? is it Moosejaw? is it?
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
xp I am, too, but mostly because I haven't even heard of half the cities people have chosen.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
is 21 a city, looks like nowhere
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
21 has "City" in its very name.
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah ive resigned myself to enjoying the narrowing-down, having no chance of off-the-bat success
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
dawson city
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:57 (fifteen years ago) link
the two britishes ones are being quite elusive
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 20:57 (fifteen years ago) link
You've got the right general idea, but no. xp
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 20:57 (fifteen years ago) link
ok i dont know
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
but can we keep playing this tomorrow??
― 69, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
21: Uranium City, Saskatchewan?
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:05 (fifteen years ago) link
20, 21 and 23 are the only ones not gotten thus far I think
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Mackro OTM.
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
I really thought that one would be a gimme for jaymc.xls!
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Is 23 London?
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
also apologies for that Julian Cope buttspazz, just that it's SO annoying when you're writing a disclaimer and someone ploughs in to condemn you first
now it's just 2 shitty English towns, I'm gonna call 20 as Leicester
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
24. http://www.kott.wmeyachtsltd.com/areainfo1.jpg
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
24. Phnom Peng. Next!
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
seriously though. somewhere in the NE US.
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Baltimore, MD
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
23 *is* London. I thought no-one was going to guess it!
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
london = shitty english town done really badly ;-)
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
24 is not Baltimore
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
we need another picture--yr picture is 90% H20
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
no more pictures
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Portsmouth?
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:16 (fifteen years ago) link
no
24: Valencia, Spain
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
is that a famous ship in the foreground?
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't know
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Ismael: do you know where in London? I think my first guess (Kent) was not so far out.
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
25:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2580889617_b9f2cc9526.jpg?v=0
― jane hussein lane (suzy), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
24: Newport, RI?
If it's the Kent side of London I oughta be severely embarrassed for not getting it
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
25: that's not Sheffield, is it?
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
it's not Newport
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
24 is Southfields, a pleasant corner of South-West London. Not quite Surrey, I don't think
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
if i came up with another picture of 24, it would probably make it much easier
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
gabb, it's Boston or NYC.
25: caek gets a cookei. ;-)
I really wanted a pic with that ziggurat of an estate in it.
― jane hussein lane (suzy), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost gee do you think so einstein
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
it is neither Boston nor NYC
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
caek had something of an unfair advantage imo
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
that would be no fun! xxp
Erm, no it isn't xp ... *23* is Southfields
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
so 24 has a very recognizable landmark?
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:23 (fifteen years ago) link
wtf is 20
is it like uh Wigan
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:23 (fifteen years ago) link
gabb post another pic that's an order
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:23 (fifteen years ago) link
i said what i said. i've only said where it isn't, not where it is.
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
damn, I was gonna guess Sheffield. i would like a cookie.
any progress on 20? I want to say somewhere like Oldham but imagine that's too small to be right.
― senator which fanta girl u blap? (Upt0eleven), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I cheated with gabb's pic.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
26.http://www.theminorthirds.com/ilx/city2.jpg
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Southfields vaguely recognisable now you've said it, bah.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:25 (fifteen years ago) link
ok, but this one isn't very hard
http://iaim.aisnet.org/icier2005/LasVegas.jpg
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
20 is Blackburn, btw
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm just saying part of the fun is to have some sort of recognizable building so people can actually make a decent guess.
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Las Vegas is not the city pictured in #24, though.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I think, having been there once about 10 years ago, vaguely recognise the churchy-cathedrally thing (xpost to myself)
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
dammit wigan was so fkn close as well
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
26 is Levittown, PA
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Chris is that Levittown?
― Michael White, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's another view of 24
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1038/1344098364_6c127d4396.jpg?v=0
Yes. Though Gabb was right as to which interchangeable Levittown it was, too.
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:31 (fifteen years ago) link
There's one in NY, too, right?
― Michael White, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:31 (fifteen years ago) link
20 is Blackburn well done. Surprised it didn't go sooner
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes. xp
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
27http://lh5.ggpht.com/IslandGourmet/SHT1qonmREI/AAAAAAAADNQ/CfQwI4flf_k/s640/DSC_1443.JPG
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i was going to post another of 24, but mwhite's got it
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I cheated, fwiw, which is why I'm not saying where it is. I was mildly surprised to find out, though.
― Michael White, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
velko, is that Macao?
Blackburn would have gone sooner had I not been distracted from this thread and then it disappearing up into the "show...messages" bit :-)
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
noxpost
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
24 is Atlantic City. yes?
― jane hussein lane (suzy), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:35 (fifteen years ago) link
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Go west, young lady
― Michael White, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Vegas then.
― jane hussein lane (suzy), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
The old, old west
― Michael White, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Reno yo
― senator which fanta girl u blap? (Upt0eleven), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
28 http://d.imagehost.org/0584/5510934.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
is THAT ulan bator?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
28. Tetris, AK
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:41 (fifteen years ago) link
28 Arkhangelsk
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link
no wait far too built up for ulan bator
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Irkutsk?
28 is amazing. Is it Perm?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i34.tinypic.com/2j4zku1.jpg#29
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
good guesses for 28 but wrong so far
29. coronado?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
nope. not coronado. (Coronado wishes.. OH RAGGETT SNAP!)
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
28 = Omsk?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
re:29 too hasty an answer it seems.
Feels a bit like washington state somewhere?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
no, but closer
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
meaning, closer than coronado
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
west virginia somewhere??
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
28 is Norilsk, Siberia
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
nope. (if W. Va is like that, why the hell haven't I been there already?)
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
xp to QUe
30http://d.imagehost.org/0658/dome.jpg
dammit i GIS'd Yakutsk over Norilsk
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
Imagine living in Norilsk *shudder*
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
cmon, 27 needs a few guesses
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
30 is Cadiz
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:00 (fifteen years ago) link
28 is Norilsk correct.
29...Bend?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
30: Cadiz it iz.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
I GIS Bend but it doesn't appear to match up with 29
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
nor did Eugene
not bend nor eugene
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
29 is in AK?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
27 is Panama City.
― wmlynch, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
29 not in AK
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
29 Eureka?
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:03 (fifteen years ago) link
not eureka (again, eureka wishes, lol)
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
27 not panama city, but getting warm
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:06 (fifteen years ago) link
27: caracas?
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
no, but close
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
29: Nelson, BC?
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/ganjaganja/1-1.jpg
― Michael White, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Tehran?
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
beirut
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
29 is Nelson
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:16 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm obsessing on 29.
BC's a good guess. clearcut...
Port Alberni BC ?
ah fuck xpost
― jergins, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
gabb got it
I've been dyin to visit Nelson BC for years
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Baku?
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
man why was i thinking 29 had to be between Coronado and WA?
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
oh shit it definitely is.
i would live in nelson :D
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
sposed to be unbelievable backcountry skiing near there
not that anyone cares
There's something faceless about (31) that makes me want to say China, but the signs are in latin script and it does say 'Day, Az' in the bottom corner, so ... Phoenix?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Nelson is a relative secret, except to folks in Spokane, which is almost directly south of Nelson.
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
haha, no, xp
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Casuistry got it: Baku.
― Michael White, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha! I didn't think that hunch would pan out.
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
31: is it in Turkey?
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, "Day.Az".
― Casuistry, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
No, Azerbaijan.
32http://d.imagehost.org/0915/1389.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
last call for 27
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:30 (fifteen years ago) link
27: San Juan?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
32 Monte Carlo?
― Granny Dainger, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Not Monte Carlo
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
33
http://d.imagehost.org/0698/U_SUCK.jpg
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
27 is cartagena, colombia
― velko, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Off to bed now. Will reveal 32 in the morning, if it hasn't been guessed yet and anyone's still watching. (Granny Dainger has identified the correct sea at least)
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
32 is Haifa (guessed from that you were after the other end of the Med, and took it from there)
― ailsa, Monday, 13 October 2008 22:51 (fifteen years ago) link
You're too good at this
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 13 October 2008 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
34
http://i38.tinypic.com/s0xtmr.jpg
― wilter, Monday, 13 October 2008 23:06 (fifteen years ago) link
35
http://i37.tinypic.com/21111km.jpg
― wilter, Monday, 13 October 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
34 = hobart?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Monday, 13 October 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
no, but i should have done Hobart
― wilter, Monday, 13 October 2008 23:16 (fifteen years ago) link
34 looks a bit like Cairns, Australia (tho less green)
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 23:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Not Cairns.
― wilter, Monday, 13 October 2008 23:21 (fifteen years ago) link
34 is Darwin?
― jergins, Monday, 13 October 2008 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i38.tinypic.com/29nbjf9.jpg#36
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link
36--AZ or UT??
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
yes
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
UT -- looks like a stake in the background?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link
St. George, UT?
― Mr. Que, Monday, 13 October 2008 23:44 (fifteen years ago) link
hahaha I first read that as steak
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Monday, 13 October 2008 23:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Que is correct
33, 34, 35 still outstanding
― the valves of houston (gbx), Monday, 13 October 2008 23:47 (fifteen years ago) link
34 = cairns?
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Monday, 13 October 2008 23:52 (fifteen years ago) link
24 still ouststanding
― gabbneb, Monday, 13 October 2008 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
Re: 25, I certainly did have an unfair advantage, but I don't actually recognize any of those buildings. Just couldn't think of any other northern cities large enough to have buildings like that with pretty substantial hills that close to the city centre.
― caek, Monday, 13 October 2008 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
34 is not Cairns or Darwin :D
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:00 (fifteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Missoula_Sunset_%282006-07%29.jpg/800px-Missoula_Sunset_%282006-07%29.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:00 (fifteen years ago) link
#37
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
24 is Sandusky OH
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:01 (fifteen years ago) link
PORT LINCOLN
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
TOWNSVILLE!
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
booo
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
38. http://i37.tinypic.com/vhg3y8.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link
ah hell i've been to townsville i shoulda gotten that
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link
should be fairly easy xp
las cruces?
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:41 (fifteen years ago) link
38 = las cruces
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:42 (fifteen years ago) link
correct
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:43 (fifteen years ago) link
39. http://i35.tinypic.com/301py1d.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:46 (fifteen years ago) link
also s/b easy
looks like that village in groundhog day
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:47 (fifteen years ago) link
lol jergins i thought u might have got it.
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:47 (fifteen years ago) link
aspen?
si. didja google the name on the door?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:48 (fifteen years ago) link
40. http://i37.tinypic.com/2ithki0.jpg
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:49 (fifteen years ago) link
41. http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/74138152.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF1934B18D6B6E960467FBE0E23CFAA7C4872284831B75F48EF45
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:52 (fifteen years ago) link
42 http://i38.tinypic.com/2melw3.jpg
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:53 (fifteen years ago) link
42 = winchester?
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:55 (fifteen years ago) link
42 looks like every little midlands town I visited.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link
40 = worcester?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:57 (fifteen years ago) link
43:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1276/543402081_35100c96e9.jpg?v=0
― Trayce, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 00:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Hm that may be a bit difficult but ah well.
there's enough detail in there, just need to get sleuthing
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
jabba hands, no
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
41 ain't showing up
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
40 looks NE US ish
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Hint for mine: the mega-blue blue sky is very much a feature of the area.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
39: You can see how the snow has melted on the heated sidewalks, leaving them wet! So yes, Aspen.
― Casuistry, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Florence?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link
i used to live in aspen!
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:05 (fifteen years ago) link
actually trayce
i'm gonna go for melbourne
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Ken C is making about 300 guesses on AIM just now. He has to get there eventually
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Louis: Nope :) You're sort of in the right neck of the globe though. Sort of.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:07 (fifteen years ago) link
then you should be ashamed you didn't answer first. goooood sushi at blue house.
43: Perth? I don't know.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:07 (fifteen years ago) link
WELLINGTON
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Trayce is it in Vic?
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:09 (fifteen years ago) link
40 is Worcester, MA. Well done Louis
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Granny is VERY CLOSE.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Fremantle?
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:11 (fifteen years ago) link
ding ding!
― Trayce, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:11 (fifteen years ago) link
i was doing other stuff :-/
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:11 (fifteen years ago) link
:D
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link
SCREW U WILTER I HAD THAT ONE
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:12 (fifteen years ago) link
I gave too many clues lol.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:13 (fifteen years ago) link
"piccolo western australia", 3rd result
fuck
i'd been searching "piccolo cafe" worldwide, narrowed it to australia then you tell the bastard it's "very near perth" ffs
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:14 (fifteen years ago) link
ARGH i hope you lose 3-0 to india
haha
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:14 (fifteen years ago) link
44. http://i36.tinypic.com/34sqa1d.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:15 (fifteen years ago) link
now do 42
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:15 (fifteen years ago) link
I demand partial credit for guessing Perth, which I did BEFORE seeing the Melbourne guess.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:16 (fifteen years ago) link
44..geneva?
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Como?
― soderborg, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm going to bed. You can get 37 out of the filename if you give up overnight.
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:19 (fifteen years ago) link
42=Taunton?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:19 (fifteen years ago) link
geneva is close
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Lausanne?
― soderborg, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Granny deserves credit for guessing NE USA for #40
― I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP TO (Colonel Poo), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Annecy?
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:21 (fifteen years ago) link
I was seriously thinking some mid-sized city in Mass for 40, too.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:25 (fifteen years ago) link
no to caek and soderborg
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:26 (fifteen years ago) link
montreux
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Lausanne is a 3.5 hr drive away
xp no
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Zurich?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:29 (fifteen years ago) link
interlaken?
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:29 (fifteen years ago) link
45http://lh3.ggpht.com/Pismotiki/SID-NCpGT-I/AAAAAAAAAiY/XAohufo-GHQ/s576/P7010143.JPG
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:32 (fifteen years ago) link
no and no
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:33 (fifteen years ago) link
42 is prestwick innit
― ILX Systern (ken c), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:33 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^that was something like ken's 230th guess btw
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:34 (fifteen years ago) link
more like 600th
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Ken went through the name of every station road in scotland til he got it
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:35 (fifteen years ago) link
46 http://farm1.static.flickr.com/135/325700276_7ee4fcbe3e.jpg?v=0
― ILX Systern (ken c), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
45=somewhere in Turkey?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:37 (fifteen years ago) link
not too far from turkey
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:39 (fifteen years ago) link
46 knoxville TN
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:39 (fifteen years ago) link
45 - tashkent maybe
― soderborg, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:42 (fifteen years ago) link
harbl wins
― ILX Systern (ken c), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:42 (fifteen years ago) link
46. Knoxville
xp DAMMIT
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:43 (fifteen years ago) link
not tashkent
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:44 (fifteen years ago) link
astana
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:45 (fifteen years ago) link
not in the former ussr, but you're right about communist architecture
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:49 (fifteen years ago) link
ulaan bataar
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:51 (fifteen years ago) link
somewhere in bulgaria?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:51 (fifteen years ago) link
or however u spell it ulan
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:52 (fifteen years ago) link
45 North Cyprus?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:52 (fifteen years ago) link
That city in China that's the furthest city from any sea?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:53 (fifteen years ago) link
oh you said not far from turkey oops
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:53 (fifteen years ago) link
bulgaria is getting close
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:53 (fifteen years ago) link
bucharest
Moldova?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link
it is in the balkans
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Again, you're naming things that just aren't cities Pfunk.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Is it a city that's also an ILX poster?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link
It better not be Bucharest, cause I dismissed it 10 minutes ago.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:55 (fifteen years ago) link
hmmm, i don't think so???
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:56 (fifteen years ago) link
meaning the poster
sofia?
― Pfunkboy Formerly Known As... (Herman G. Neuname), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link
it is in a country that has a controversial name
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:57 (fifteen years ago) link
podgorica?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 01:59 (fifteen years ago) link
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
sarajevo
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
very close in the sense that it is in the former yugoslavia
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:01 (fifteen years ago) link
pristina
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:02 (fifteen years ago) link
y'all close
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:03 (fifteen years ago) link
no it must be in FYROM, skopje?
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:04 (fifteen years ago) link
YES
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:04 (fifteen years ago) link
a winner is me
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
DAMMIT i dismissed skopje
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:05 (fifteen years ago) link
different photo for 35:
http://i38.tinypic.com/sbm3gm.jpg
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
copenhagen
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:06 (fifteen years ago) link
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link
47. http://i36.tinypic.com/1z2qfsy.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:08 (fifteen years ago) link
lubeck for 35
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 02:09 (fifteen years ago) link
48. http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/4530/nicetrysuckayt8.jpg
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 03:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Not Toledo, Spain?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 03:30 (fifteen years ago) link
assisi! beautiful.
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 03:32 (fifteen years ago) link
49.http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/there.jpg
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:20 (fifteen years ago) link
goddammit!
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:20 (fifteen years ago) link
pullman, wa
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:25 (fifteen years ago) link
49 = Pullman?
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:26 (fifteen years ago) link
50http://blog.tapuz.co.il/eastfront/images/501959_34.jpg
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:27 (fifteen years ago) link
hawthorn inn & suites
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:27 (fifteen years ago) link
ha yep thanks to www.hawthorn.com
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:28 (fifteen years ago) link
50 is in israel
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:30 (fifteen years ago) link
how come?
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:31 (fifteen years ago) link
it comes from a blog written in hebrew
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
thats not fair!
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:33 (fifteen years ago) link
;_;
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:34 (fifteen years ago) link
51http://www.ynet.co.il/PicServer2/20122005/931726/TR000858_wa.jpg
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:36 (fifteen years ago) link
NOT PULLMAN
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:37 (fifteen years ago) link
ARLINGTON
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
missoula
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
lol I thought you were basing this on the color of the beach umbrellas
― jaymc, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
nobody has a guess on 47? Hint: on a continent that both starts and ends with A
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
well, that lady in the blue bikini is super fit, was definitely in the israeli armed forces
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:39 (fifteen years ago) link
"NOT PULLMAN
― jergins, ) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― wilter, Suggest Ban Permalink
― velko,
not even close
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:40 (fifteen years ago) link
nope nope no
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I was talking about Jergins's one?
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
xp
KENT
50 is Tel Aviv (that old guy with the hat is def. from a kibutz)
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
ha the url was .il again
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:42 (fifteen years ago) link
50 tel aviv
DAMMIT FUCKITY FUCK
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
51 is not from israel btw
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:44 (fifteen years ago) link
47 = harare?
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:46 (fifteen years ago) link
51 Beirut?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:46 (fifteen years ago) link
no to jabba
hint for 51: look at the people on the sidewalk(not beirut though could be i guess...)
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:47 (fifteen years ago) link
in the ballpark tho xp
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Joburg?
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:47 (fifteen years ago) link
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:49 (fifteen years ago) link
It's Cape Town
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:51 (fifteen years ago) link
you dont give me a chance but to post another pic from the city
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:52 (fifteen years ago) link
no. big hint: north of cape town
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:53 (fifteen years ago) link
ha
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:53 (fifteen years ago) link
51alexandria, egypt
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:53 (fifteen years ago) link
51 Amman?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:55 (fifteen years ago) link
cars on the wrong side for alexandria
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:56 (fifteen years ago) link
51 - not from an arab country
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 04:57 (fifteen years ago) link
51 Maputo?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:01 (fifteen years ago) link
51, again:http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2064/1911655687_a45595b25d.jpg
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Jakarta?
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
52http://img2.travelblog.org/Photos/25851/120667/f/831034-1511--1493--1493--1497--1504--1505--1496--1488--1493--1503---1502--1489--1496--1502--1500--1502--1506--1500--1492-0.jpg
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:05 (fifteen years ago) link
queenstown nz
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:07 (fifteen years ago) link
queenstown
x-post gah
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:07 (fifteen years ago) link
yeh that was easy
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:09 (fifteen years ago) link
53 http://i38.tinypic.com/w7of0n.jpg
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:09 (fifteen years ago) link
about to go to bed. 47 rhymes with Cairobi.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:11 (fifteen years ago) link
hhaha
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey Jergins so yours wasn't Kent?
(no more Hawthorns in Washington)
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:13 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.pubquizhelp.com/misc/leftdrive.html and i still can't figure out 51
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:14 (fifteen years ago) link
no wilteri think they went out of business? maybe a new name now49 from another anglehttp://farm2.static.flickr.com/1395/1291528100_3e7a7ed0d3.jpg
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:15 (fifteen years ago) link
54. http://i38.tinypic.com/19ovg4.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Kathmandu
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:42 (fifteen years ago) link
good work
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:45 (fifteen years ago) link
55.
http://i36.tinypic.com/24v8jzm.jpg
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 05:47 (fifteen years ago) link
49 Walla Walla?
― circles, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 06:12 (fifteen years ago) link
51 is mumbai/bombai btw
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 06:12 (fifteen years ago) link
of course!
55 is a capital city btw.
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 06:14 (fifteen years ago) link
nice work circles
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 06:16 (fifteen years ago) link
port moresby?
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 06:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Yess
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 06:25 (fifteen years ago) link
awesome, looks like a great spot..
no-one trying 53?
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 06:26 (fifteen years ago) link
kagoshima?
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 06:29 (fifteen years ago) link
korrekt :D
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 06:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Good game ppl!
One entirely uncryptic one, showing most characteristic bits:
56:http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/anonwithtower.jpg
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 10:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Knoxville?
― L.L.N.L. Cool J (kingkongvsgodzilla), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 12:23 (fifteen years ago) link
57http://www.sogonow.com/archives/Sarajevo%20--%20lead%20picture.JPG
― chap, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 12:45 (fifteen years ago) link
= Sarajevo
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 12:56 (fifteen years ago) link
anatol_merklich's is brasilia rite
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:01 (fifteen years ago) link
58 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2940810851_94f3059b1b_o.jpg
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Oakham?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Sarajevo is correct.
― chap, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:07 (fifteen years ago) link
"Sarajevo is correct"easy, after left clicking "save picture as"
― Zeno, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha!
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:19 (fifteen years ago) link
56 = Astana
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:19 (fifteen years ago) link
58 looks like southern Scotland
― Forest Pines Mk2, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
59. http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/6015/nopewn8.jpg
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Is 59 Alice Springs?
― Dow 30,000 by 2008 (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:23 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^too easy
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:25 (fifteen years ago) link
is 58 even a city?
59 looks Australian. Alice Springs?
xp DAMMMMMMMITTTTTTT
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
yah too easy :(
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
lol I was like "Is that one of my pictures?"
― Dow 30,000 by 2008 (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:30 (fifteen years ago) link
i still dont believe louis knew it
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:31 (fifteen years ago) link
and fwiw i lived in AUS for 32 years and id have only guessed it somewhere in oz by the queer buildings
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:32 (fifteen years ago) link
desert and cars on the left = Alice Springs
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:33 (fifteen years ago) link
fucking big rock screen left a clue tbh
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:34 (fifteen years ago) link
just looks like a mountain to me
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
i know uluru when i see it, also i know alice springs is right nextdoor
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Uluru is like 50 miles from Alice Springs LJ
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Make that 200 miles
sucka
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:39 (fifteen years ago) link
And that doesn't look anything like Uluru
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:39 (fifteen years ago) link
?! oh yeah it's more rounded than that
Well, I'd have given the right answer for the wrong reason. As, I suspect, did G.D and P.H. :-/
Anyway, 58 is seriously beginning to nark me now.
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah and its RED
― Bright Future (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
ok well i only just woke up and i need something to eat k
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
58 doesn't look like a city and does look like it's in Scotland
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I've taken almost the same picture when I took a 2-wk vacation there, that should be from up by the ANZAC memorial - that's the only reason I knew!
(2 wks in AUS, not Alice Springs.)
― Dow 30,000 by 2008 (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Zelda is k-rekt!
― anatol_merklich, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
pfft sucka don't bring me down with you. Small Australian desert city=Alice Springs.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
lol ok time out guys
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
60.
http://cache.foxsaver.com/thumbnails/2008/04/13/719213898l.jpg
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:49 (fifteen years ago) link
60. http://i34.tinypic.com/20hawja.jpgxp make that 61.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:50 (fifteen years ago) link
61 looks like some Brit colonial capital in the Carribean
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
60 Sao Paolo?
indeed, zelda
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
61. Eastborne? Torquay? Paignton?
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:52 (fifteen years ago) link
61. Perpingon?
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Perpignan, sp
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
no, no, nono
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Not Sao Pauloxpost
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 13:54 (fifteen years ago) link
61. is UK due to deriving on the left and a few other signifiers.
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:03 (fifteen years ago) link
60 LA?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:03 (fifteen years ago) link
61, Bognor Regis
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Lots of countries drive on the left
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
but not so many have triangular yellow no waiting cones.
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Gibraltar
Well spotted!
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:09 (fifteen years ago) link
already established 61 is in Caribbean
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Hamilton, Bermuda
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
did anyone get 33
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
61 = Nassau?
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Ed got it.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
i thought i was the only one that knew the answer!
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Bermuda is the only british overseas territory that uses a red ensign and there's one on the first lamp-post.
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
re: 33, don't think so. trees and mountains making me think Switzerland/Italy.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
33 was sochi, russia, btw
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:17 (fifteen years ago) link
62 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2257/2246537633_84737f1be9_b.jpg
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Never heard of it (xp)
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:18 (fifteen years ago) link
62 looks like UK
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:19 (fifteen years ago) link
im back and im glad this is still goinggggg
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
62 looks a little like england via new england, like new hampshire or something. concord?
sochi is the site of teh 2014 winter olympics
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:24 (fifteen years ago) link
ya cars do appear to be parked on right side of street xp
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Shows how much notice I take of the Winter Olympics! (xp)
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:26 (fifteen years ago) link
they look parked on the left, yo
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:27 (fifteen years ago) link
ah is that red car closer to camera than the blue and silverish?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Definitely looks English to me. What looks like rows of terrace houses to the left
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Trees look parched.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link
we never got 60 huh
Your guess not far off
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
62 = I think Belfast, for some reason
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:33 (fifteen years ago) link
San Diego then? Seems too built up for any LA satellite.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
No, your 1st guess
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Feel like 62 might be Sheffield
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:36 (fifteen years ago) link
60 Rio
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:38 (fifteen years ago) link
There is a bit of a Yorkshire vibe to it, I was gonna offer Bradford.
― chap, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Nottingham
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:39 (fifteen years ago) link
my first thought on 60 was Sao Paolo... I don't remember Rio being so dense...
― graft Veronica's limbless torso to the 'paalmino' pony called Juno (stevie), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Not Rio, Rio looks quite different, mountainous and strung out along the bay
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
63http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/joegood/n2500453_36575661_3064.jpg
― chap, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:49 (fifteen years ago) link
60: Caracas?
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
63: Athens? Or is there too much terracotta...
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
62 definitely Sheffield. From Meersbrook Park by the looks of it
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
ok fine. 60 Buenos Aires?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Athens is the right general area of the world... It's a slightly obscure one, not a capital.
― chap, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 14:57 (fifteen years ago) link
sorrento? tuscany?
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Further East.
― chap, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Izmir?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Not Sarajevo again!
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Further North.
xpost - ha, no.
― chap, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link
63. Llubjana?
― Annoying Display Name (blueski), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
dubrovnik?
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:31 (fifteen years ago) link
NOT a capital :-P
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I GIS'd Ljubljana y'day, looks absolutely lovely
Maybe that one was too tricky... Here's another view of it, the name's in the url if you want to cheat.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Veliko_Turnovo-Old_City.jpg
― chap, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
64. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3146/2942002920_7749581ebb.jpg
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
detroit
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:41 (fifteen years ago) link
too many lights LOL
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:44 (fifteen years ago) link
cherry blossom was right, sorry was in a meeting.
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Is 64 san francisco from an odd angle?
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link
philadelphia
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link
nope, not in america
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
60 santiago?
― circles, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
http://d.imagehost.org/0035/S645010.jpg
My bollocks it is - I lived there for 20 years and can't place this at all.
― Mark C, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
CMONNNNNNNNN KEEP PLAYING
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:12 (fifteen years ago) link
give us another hint for 64.
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
60 is Belo Horizonte
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
ok ok
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2942258104_46837b5871.jpg
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
sapporo?
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:25 (fifteen years ago) link
man i've never even heard of Belo Horizonte
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Xian country. Suspension bridge. Well I've got it narrowed down. Somewhere in Europe.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
no not sapporo
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Oslo?
― circles, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
there is a totally distinctive landmark visible
xp not oslo
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:30 (fifteen years ago) link
tokyo
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:31 (fifteen years ago) link
distinctive landmark: very tall thing in the background?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
behind the bridge
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:32 (fifteen years ago) link
way to mess with us!:) "no, no, it can't be tokyo. i'd know"the japanese love their christmas trees
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
is that a Daihatsu?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
ufj bank was the gamechanger
they're driving on the left!
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:33 (fifteen years ago) link
65. http://i38.tinypic.com/34opp9u.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:35 (fifteen years ago) link
well it's in the states
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:36 (fifteen years ago) link
St. Paul?
― Michael White, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
no way
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
not chicago? that was my first thought.
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:40 (fifteen years ago) link
pittsburgh???
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:40 (fifteen years ago) link
charlotte?
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:41 (fifteen years ago) link
whys it america for sure, btw?
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
us bank
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:42 (fifteen years ago) link
no to all
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:43 (fifteen years ago) link
LOL dumb.
US bank goes across the midwest mostly
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
MILWAUKEE
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
this might be easy:66. http://img387.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nopere4.jpg
― Repair is the dream of the broken thing (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:46 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i think its milwaukee too
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
66 is hard also
http://d.imagehost.org/0035/S645010.jpgSouthfields vaguely recognisable now you've said it, bah.My bollocks it is - I lived there for 20 years and can't place this at all.― Mark C, Tuesday, October 14, 2008 4:18 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Latest research: the photo is dated 1955 and is called 'Southmead Estate'. I think it's taken from near the corner of Augustus Road and Princes Way, looking north
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:47 (fifteen years ago) link
66 - park city?
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
us bank center in milwaukee
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
goddamn imgshack
66: http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/3541/nopere4.jpg
― Repair is the dream of the broken thing (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:48 (fifteen years ago) link
not park city
66 = telluride?
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
― Repair is the dream of the broken thing (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yep, Milwaukee. Props to gbx for the initial within-90-miles guess.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:49 (fifteen years ago) link
Leadville?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
nah
― Repair is the dream of the broken thing (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
gunnison
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
breckenridge!!
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
BRECK
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
DAMMIT
haha..yeah
― Repair is the dream of the broken thing (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
66 : Leavenworth, WA?
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
66 I'm thinking Montana, Idaho or Wyoming
let's kick it off with Butte.
bugger, sonned
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
i thought that was going to be a gbx win for sure
― Repair is the dream of the broken thing (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:55 (fifteen years ago) link
66 is not jackson hole
― Kramkoob (Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
xposts
67 http://www.texas-flyer.com/bolivar/img/concrete_ship02.jpg
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
he beat me by 5 seconds :(
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
68 (as a gag a little) http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/2939462566_49a449dc08.jpg
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i36.tinypic.com/25iy80l.jpg#69
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
semi-cheating: Galveston?xps
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
how do you semi cheat
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
solvang
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
yup, Solvang!
― Simmer 1 Tire Tread or Dead Crow for 15 minutes (Mackro Mackro), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
(was hoping to throw in a Michael Jackson joke, but it was answered too quickly)
semi-cheat: the url has Texas in it. (i've got images set to not be displayed, so it's kinda impossible to not notice)
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
plus que guessed galv before
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:00 (fifteen years ago) link
68 is snoqualmie falls
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
ahh me too you got it though
xpost hahaha what can i say i suck at this game. . . but i love this game
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
jergins heating up!
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
hollow victory for me
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
so wait are we clear? that was three quickies
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
http://d.imagehost.org/0931/F_U.jpg
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:05 (fifteen years ago) link
70
bellingham
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
damn dude!
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:09 (fifteen years ago) link
def looks Cascadian
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I would have had that...
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
71: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2912555519_7411ec9d95_b.jpg
― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Erewhon?
― Michael White, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
72. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3026/2942395812_d68e0ac2e0_m.jpg
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Currently, Unavailabilia
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
72 looks like sim city a little
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
shit, 71 is still in my cache, it's not working for y'all?
― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i changed the flickr properties on it so that you can't cheat but I didn't realize that makes the source poopy.
― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
wild guess: Brisbane
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
That could well be Brisbane, yeah.
― chap, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
73 http://d.imagehost.org/t/0193/Rush_hour.jpgmega version here
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2912555519_ed5ba73c40_b.jpg
^^^ shasta's
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:22 (fifteen years ago) link
aka 71
― ▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒▓▓████▓▓▒▒ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
brisbane is wrong for 72
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:23 (fifteen years ago) link
is 73 Taipei?
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
It is! How'd you know that? It was the only photo I could find without that godawful tower in it
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:30 (fifteen years ago) link
figured out it was chinese, didn't seem like shanghai. taipei seemed to have that uniformity to a lot of the streets, with dense 6-12 story buildings. a good guess, basically!
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
HE'S ON FIRE!
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link
another view of 72: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2159/2941584437_4bb38bb900.jpg
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
74.http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/141264373_3923404051.jpg
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:35 (fifteen years ago) link
miami
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
havana?
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
74: Rio de Janeiro?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
none of those
72 is KILLING ME
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
74 from a little bit different anglehttp://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/img_0699.jpg
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link
ok heres a gimme for 72
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2941649475_63a0c2b120.jpg
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
is 74 in mexico?
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
asia
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
singapore?
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 19:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean, or maybe thats hong kong and kowloon bay
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
72 = Halifax NS
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:13 (fifteen years ago) link
nice one
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
doesn't appear to have any of the recognizable Hong Kong buildings. would probably be hillier, too, I think.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
that park in halifax is crazy as shit, right?
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
what's the meaning behind the layout?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Just 9 blocks from the waterfront, the Citadel has been restored to look much as the fort did in 1856.
You’ll find thick granite walls topped by grassy embankments; in the large cobblestone courtyard you'll find costumed people in kilts and bearskin hats playing bagpipes and firing the noon cannon – a grand tradition since 1749. Find out what life was like at the fort, as tours will show you the barracks and other chambers. While meandering through the halls, stop a soldier, bagpiper, or washerwoman and ask them any questions you may have.
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks. I was thrown off by how blue the water is.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
75. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Malm%C3%B6_view.jpg/800px-Malm%C3%B6_view.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:41 (fifteen years ago) link
Don't think anyone got 37 yet either:
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
ok is that river, lake, or sea in 74?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:43 (fifteen years ago) link
guessing 75 is canada
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
75 looks like the outskirts of leuven or something
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
ok 37 is american, cause canadian football fields have two 50-yd lines
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:48 (fifteen years ago) link
could 37 be tempe, arizona?
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
cars too big to be in Europe?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
oh 75 is in the URL
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I know what 37 is due to tag. Do you think it's hot deserty looking enough for Tempe?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
37 is not tempe
75 is not canada
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
I was thrown off by how blue the water is.
otm. i kept thinking central america
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:54 (fifteen years ago) link
didn't even notice the url in 75! Similar longitude to Canada, at least. Moral victory.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i see what 37 is too now.
yeah its true, basic non-desert appearance trumps sunset over mountains and river and college football
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
37 is missoula
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
guys you're quitting and looking at the urls too quickly!
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:58 (fifteen years ago) link
ya, 37 is missoula.
i didn't look!
that was an xp, I accuse you of nothing
: )
shasta's upthread is a STUMPER
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
76. http://i37.tinypic.com/141vdpy.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:00 (fifteen years ago) link
shasta's looks somewhere in the americas, but it's not cahokia or tehotiuacan. I am stumped.
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
what is first pic of shastas
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
77. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2941964597_726822d0bc.jpg
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
theres only one pic of steve shasta's city
77. Prague?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
77 Venice????????
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
nope nope
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
76 lima?
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i have clearly never been to lima that's wrong
77 looks like Milan almost.
I'm thinking something along the lines of Great Zimbabwe or something for Shasta's pic, but that's not it.
― Michael White, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
77 is indeed milan
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
dammit it looked too worn to be Milan. Yeah I've never left the US, so what.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
not a guess at my 76? hint: long name, single word.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
tegucigalpa
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
cochabamba
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:14 (fifteen years ago) link
Sacsayhuaman, maybe?
― Michael White, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
really wanted shasta's to be naamche, but it isn't >:(
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Porbably down near the Duomo.
Sacsayhuaman
That's my guess for Shasta's city.
― Michael White, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Teotihuacán ?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
jergins got it
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
oh MW's right
yep shasta having just returned from MACHU PICCHU!
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
oh dang
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
haha no one guessed the obvious
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
wait, what was shasta's?
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
tough but gettable, i think...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3014/2942034733_4f29c023a5.jpg
xp shasta's was CUZCO bu the site was what michael white said
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^ oh and that is 78
im heading out of work now, but ill be home to answer yes/no in 45 or so
― 69, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:34 (fifteen years ago) link
79 http://i35.tinypic.com/30vyp9h.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:39 (fifteen years ago) link
bermuda?
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
San Juan?
― jaymc, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
79: manila?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:45 (fifteen years ago) link
jaymc got it
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
78 is Novosibirsk
― I DIED, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Funny, I was thinking Russia.
― Michael White, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
69 gives me voice proxy to confirm that I DIED is correct
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:48 (fifteen years ago) link
finally novosibirsk as an actual correct answer
hasn't it been suggested like a billion times already, for other cities?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
80. http://s4.tinypic.com/skyo9d.jpg
― jaymc, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:56 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^same city as cover of Fugazi's end hits??? those circular buildings look familiar?
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:58 (fifteen years ago) link
what city is this, anyway?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/Fugazi-End_Hits.jpg
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
is that a statue in lwr rt of 80?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:13 (fifteen years ago) link
it's in thailand, yeah?
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
81http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles24770.jpg
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 12:09 (Yesterday) Bookmark
this is wrong btw
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Not Thailand.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:21 (fifteen years ago) link
(But right part of the world.)
― jaymc, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:23 (fifteen years ago) link
81 honolulu?
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
35 was Arhus, Denmark
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:29 (fifteen years ago) link
82
http://i36.tinypic.com/3469tdy.jpg
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 22:31 (fifteen years ago) link
80s pissing me off. 82 should be easy but i can't come up with it.is 81 Galveston TX ?
― jergins, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
is 82 brisbane?
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:04 (fifteen years ago) link
not gavelston (r.i.p.)
― velko, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:04 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i'm stuck on 82
― lil yawne (harbl), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Is that Sydders? looks a bit like Spit bridge but I'm way off I guess.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:15 (fifteen years ago) link
nOT sYD
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
NYC?
― Trayce, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
lol I'm shit at this.
notnyc
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Is that the night city level on Wave Race Blue Storm on the Gamecube?
― caek, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Detroit?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:30 (fifteen years ago) link
ha there was one way up the top i thought 'vice city!'. wasnt even miami
― All my favorite zingers couldn't zing (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
not detroit
during teh day
http://i33.tinypic.com/4v0h2a.jpg
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:33 (fifteen years ago) link
why do i want to say chicago for 82? dirty water?
― All my favorite zingers couldn't zing (sunny successor), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:33 (fifteen years ago) link
81 Cleveland?
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:33 (fifteen years ago) link
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 10:04 (31 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:36 (fifteen years ago) link
oh shit yes it is. I didnt see ur post!
― wilter, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I was two images early on Brisbane. I knew it was coming, y'see.
― Granny Dainger, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
thought i was going crazy. i've walked over that bridge!
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Here's another view of #80:
http://s4.tinypic.com/ohshld.jpg
― jaymc, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:40 (fifteen years ago) link
^^annoying
83 http://i34.tinypic.com/2lsvadf.jpg
― jabba hands, Tuesday, 14 October 2008 23:55 (fifteen years ago) link
83. Lsvadf
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 00:03 (fifteen years ago) link
84. http://i37.tinypic.com/vhywbd.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 00:23 (fifteen years ago) link
That looks like the Japanese one Jabba Hands posted
― wilter, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 00:29 (fifteen years ago) link
yep it's (still) kagoshima :)
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 00:31 (fifteen years ago) link
haha i tried to trick yous
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
it looks amazing btw
― wilter, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
also Jaymc's looks v v weird
― wilter, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 00:34 (fifteen years ago) link
gershy's is still bugging me. i think coastal texas but who knows
― jergins, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 00:42 (fifteen years ago) link
― velko, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:00 (fifteen years ago) link
81 not cleveland but getting close
― velko, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:01 (fifteen years ago) link
erie
― lxy, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:15 (fifteen years ago) link
― velko, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:17 (fifteen years ago) link
haha i can't believe i thought that was honolulu. it has water though! lol erie
― lil yawne (harbl), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:17 (fifteen years ago) link
is 80 in the phillipines?
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:25 (fifteen years ago) link
yuh I was going to say Cebu but gis wasnt overly helpful
― wilter, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 01:28 (fifteen years ago) link
i went through the mid-sized and large philipine cities and none of them looked righti'm thinking indonesia? maybe
― jergins, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 02:04 (fifteen years ago) link
ahhh i think it's COLOMBO
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link
i looked at a few indonesian cities but there were too many for a thorough search
― All my favorite zingers couldn't zing (sunny successor), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link
jabba is CORRECT
― jaymc, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 04:40 (fifteen years ago) link
It was really hard to find a non-obvious photo here.
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/05/a3/94/balloon-festival-2007.jpg
― Trayce, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Sorry, thats rather a shitty pic.
― Trayce, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Canberra?
― wilter, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Ah shit, I knew that would be too easy :(
― Trayce, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 05:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Canberra's too freaking distinctive looking.
86. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3125/2835509001_479f6db98b.jpg
― A B C, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 06:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Is 68 TWIN PEAKS? :)
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 10:05 (fifteen years ago) link
86 Brussels?
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 10:07 (fifteen years ago) link
80 is Coventry
― Glans Christian Christian christian Christian Andersen (MPx4A), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 10:21 (fifteen years ago) link
87:
http://img377.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nocheatingwn6.jpg
― tpp, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 11:36 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/5831/nocheatingwn6.jpg
― tpp, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 11:37 (fifteen years ago) link
^Georgetown Guyana
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:13 (fifteen years ago) link
^ Victoria, Seychelles (googled for the flag!)
― ailsa, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:18 (fifteen years ago) link
which was how I thought it was guyana, I forgot about the indian ocean
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:20 (fifteen years ago) link
doh! such a lovely place!
― tpp, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:28 (fifteen years ago) link
88http://i37.tinypic.com/e9cex2.jpg
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 12:41 (fifteen years ago) link
That photo just made me waste a minute checking out whether I had a scratch on my monitor screen.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:20 (fifteen years ago) link
lolz
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:21 (fifteen years ago) link
89 http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b356/olem/atthebay.jpg
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
58 is still outstanding. It is a lot smaller than I realized
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3143/2940810851_94f3059b1b_o.jpg
Kicking self for not getting Missoula
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:34 (fifteen years ago) link
dig the garbage "can" in Victoria
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:36 (fifteen years ago) link
58 is Keswick
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:41 (fifteen years ago) link
on the huge photo you can read the sign on the side of the hotel (which my uncle used to manage)
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
funky houses in 89
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link
58 is Keswick yes
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:53 (fifteen years ago) link
is 89 Paphos?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:01 (fifteen years ago) link
89: sorry no, entirely different island in other part of world.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Kingston?
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:05 (fifteen years ago) link
89: Closer, but not Jamaican either...
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:07 (fifteen years ago) link
89, Havana?
― ailsa, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
89: nope, but indeed a capital
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Port-au-Prince
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^i know this is right coz I just GIS'd it
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
i win
― 100 tons of hardrofl beyond zings (Just got offed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:14 (fifteen years ago) link
I knew it had to be somewhere that has never seen a well-trained architect haha
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Port-au-Prince correct yes. Indeed.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:27 (fifteen years ago) link
who's going to have a go at 88 then
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
88.http://i35.tinypic.com/504nll.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
haha i meant 90. had ed's post on my brane.
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:41 (fifteen years ago) link
here is another 86...not brusselshttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/346451575_22f57ff1f6.jpg
― A B C, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:43 (fifteen years ago) link
88 is tough. some new, expensive looking buildings, lush foliage. I want to say somewhere like Singapore, but I don't know.
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:44 (fifteen years ago) link
places all look similar at night!
I thought somewhere like Singapore for 88 as well. The again, I've been there and I don't remember any hilly bits. Or, indeed, any uninhabited bits.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:47 (fifteen years ago) link
88 looks southern european, but could easily be south east asian, a hard one
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry 86, I know what 88 is
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:51 (fifteen years ago) link
I think the people in 86 have Asian faces
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm going to take a punt ans say Manilla or Macau, just because they are asian places with former southern european colonisers
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I was thinking Macau, on account of the cobble stones
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
not macau or manilla but it is in asiahttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/242080529_2d5ca1966a.jpg
― A B C, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Chongqing?
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:08 (fifteen years ago) link
had to share this from GIS Chongqing: http://www.chinasnippets.com/images/chongqing-wash-hands.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:09 (fifteen years ago) link
86 is really bugging me
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:38 (fifteen years ago) link
could 90 be salt lake city?
― lxy, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:45 (fifteen years ago) link
nay
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 15:56 (fifteen years ago) link
another view of 90http://i35.tinypic.com/ou1n2h.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Santa Fe?
― Mr. Que, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:20 (fifteen years ago) link
noooo too green
boulder
― lxy, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
No one even taking a punt at 86?
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
90: Provo?
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:14 (fifteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gondola_lifts#Asia
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link
86 Jakarta?
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
could 90 be in british columbia?
― harbl, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:19 (fifteen years ago) link
90. Ogden?
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:22 (fifteen years ago) link
#91
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2945058796_0a7e7bb099_o.jpg
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:23 (fifteen years ago) link
malaga?
― harbl, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:24 (fifteen years ago) link
no to 90 guesses
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:26 (fifteen years ago) link
90 has a Mexican look to it
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:39 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry meant 91
91 is definitely not Malaga. Sydney from a funny angle? (going by the bridge only, not having much clue as to the layout of Sydney - Google Earth not helping)
― ailsa, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
i can't even see a bridge! i'm bad at this game
― harbl, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:56 (fifteen years ago) link
90 = colorado springs?
― lxy, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
91 looks like it has Coit Tower, but the bridge is not the bay bridge and it's taken from where the airport should be.
so, in conclusion, it is not San Francisco.
It's not Sydney either.
― caek, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
90 not the Springs, but getting warmer
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 18:08 (fifteen years ago) link
no to all 86es~
― A B C, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
who guessed the right continent?
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 18:26 (fifteen years ago) link
91: Nassau?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
too hilly, isn't it?
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
90 in Montana?
― Woman Who Force Madonna At House Party To Make Bold Statement (Mackro Mackro), Wednesday, 15 October 2008 22:24 (fifteen years ago) link
92. http://www.grannybuttons.com/granny_buttons/WindowsLiveWriter/Jericho%20boatyard%20site%204586.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 23:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Too easy to google that off the URL :-)
― ailsa, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 23:11 (fifteen years ago) link
so don't look at the URL!
― caek, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 23:14 (fifteen years ago) link
no to Mackro. don't make me post another photo that shows the 1st two were purposefully misleading.
― Granny Dainger, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 23:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Can't help it when thread is loading, sorry.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 15 October 2008 23:29 (fifteen years ago) link
denver, possibly? (90)
― lxy, Thursday, 16 October 2008 01:02 (fifteen years ago) link
90 is ABQ?
― the valves of houston (gbx), Thursday, 16 October 2008 01:08 (fifteen years ago) link
nope, nyet
― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 16 October 2008 01:19 (fifteen years ago) link
93http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u4/nirmaltv/DSC01474.jpg
― velko, Thursday, 16 October 2008 09:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Colombo?
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 16 October 2008 09:52 (fifteen years ago) link
― velko, Thursday, 16 October 2008 10:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Easy one for you allhttp://farm1.static.flickr.com/97/279283657_66f1240463_b.jpg
― not_goodwin, Thursday, 16 October 2008 10:06 (fifteen years ago) link
95:
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/9880/nocheatjv1.jpg
― tpp, Thursday, 16 October 2008 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
95 is Tromso?
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 16 October 2008 10:48 (fifteen years ago) link
yep!
― tpp, Thursday, 16 October 2008 10:50 (fifteen years ago) link
93. Bangalore?
― Jibe, Thursday, 16 October 2008 11:28 (fifteen years ago) link
93 Chennai?
any last guesses on 90?
― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 16 October 2008 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
all guesses on 93 have been relatively close
― velko, Thursday, 16 October 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
looks too clean for Kolkata. Hyderabad?
― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 16 October 2008 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
how is 94 so easy?? lots of contrails, one huge building i dont recognize, couple smaller ones i also dont recognize?
― 69, Thursday, 16 October 2008 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, is 94 Manchester? I'm going only by the lone tower which gets wider halfway up
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 16 October 2008 18:45 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i33.tinypic.com/23vgb3b.jpg
― ciderpress, Thursday, 16 October 2008 21:51 (fifteen years ago) link
Kansas City
― Like sicking a little bit of water into my mouth (HI DERE), Thursday, 16 October 2008 21:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Correct Ismael, it is indeed Manchester.
― not_goodwin, Friday, 17 October 2008 12:24 (fifteen years ago) link
ok one final view of 90http://i38.tinypic.com/svmik7.jpg
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Has anyone got close to 91 yet? It seems familiar to me, but I can't place it at all.
― ailsa, Friday, 17 October 2008 13:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Something about it says france to me. but I can't place it
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Friday, 17 October 2008 14:04 (fifteen years ago) link
90 is baffling!
― 69, Friday, 17 October 2008 14:19 (fifteen years ago) link
and one final guess, granny: palm springs
― lxy, Friday, 17 October 2008 16:12 (fifteen years ago) link
90 is Tucson
― jergins, Friday, 17 October 2008 16:57 (fifteen years ago) link
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 17:08 (fifteen years ago) link
most southern ski area in the US!
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 17:09 (fifteen years ago) link
it's beautiful up in those mountains
― jergins, Friday, 17 October 2008 17:10 (fifteen years ago) link
and the drive up mount lemmon from the desert floor is awesome.
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 17:15 (fifteen years ago) link
96.http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3160/2949972884_9c268b1dda.jpg
― 69, Friday, 17 October 2008 17:44 (fifteen years ago) link
sydney
― caek, Friday, 17 October 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
i thot it might well be tucson - the houses looked very phoenix-y, but the mountains were off - but couldn't GIS a picture that looked similar - are those mountains part of tucson mountain park or something else?
― gabbneb, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't think so, cause that doesn't include Mt Lemmon, right? Which I think is within Catalina State Park. I doubt any of the other surrounding mountains could accumalate that large of an amount of snow.
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:13 (fifteen years ago) link
96 Miami?
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
the rocks over circular quay: A+, would visit again.
― caek, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
It's sydney
it is sydney. the pic i MEANT to post was of pago pago, though. :(
― 69, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:38 (fifteen years ago) link
97. Pago Pago
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
91 is driving me mad. This is what I can see:
- it's on a coast, with open sea beyond - no islands, no opposing coastline, nothing- it's got what looks like 3 harbours. On is man-made, the other two are natural (and could conceivably be rivers or, on the left, a lake)- all the harbours are underused. Only the man-made one has anything in it, being a fairly large cruise ship, a container ship and a couple of smaller craft- one steel-arch bridge over the harbour/river mouth. Quite a big bridge, nice red arch- it's full of high-rises, so really dense, and yet there is loads of woodland on what should normally be perfectly-habitable ground. There's one crazily-dense part in the middle, surrounded by forest. Why build like this?- it's all very green, the only bare ground is on the rocky hills in the foreground- only two distinctive buildings - a round tower block just below and to the left of the bridge; and what could be the top of a space needle dead centre, at the back behind the hill.- looks quite clean- the photographer is higher than the hills in the foreground, so the city lies on a thin strip twixt mountains and sea- the area round the man-made harbour is low-rise, suggesting a historic centre. Not so many tower blocks as would suggest breakneck growth- I'm guessing a population of around 300,000
Help me please. Please.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 17 October 2008 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
looks like it could be a canal between those two green fields?
― 69, Friday, 17 October 2008 19:53 (fifteen years ago) link
it's full of high-rises, so really dense, and yet there is loads of woodland on what should normally be perfectly-habitable ground. There's one crazily-dense part in the middle, surrounded by forest. Why build like this?
key question
― jergins, Friday, 17 October 2008 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
indian burial ground?
― caek, Friday, 17 October 2008 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
haha that's what i was thinking. some sort of ruins. maybe a park?
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
93 is pondicherry/puducherry
― velko, Friday, 17 October 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
lol pudcherry
i'm thinking wet ground/unbuildable swamp
are you guys thinking latin america?
― jergins, Friday, 17 October 2008 20:31 (fifteen years ago) link
that waterway is way too small for panama canal, right?
― 69, Friday, 17 October 2008 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah latin america. first thought was mexico, due to that building in the left foreground resembling a mayan pyramid.
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
91: Kobe?
― I DIED, Friday, 17 October 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i think its not dense enough for kobe. i think its colon, panama.
― 69, Friday, 17 October 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
doesn't appear to be big enough for Kobe, no? per google earth Kobe does have a sizable forested area just nearby though
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
also the one bridge i see in kobe looks different
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
ok not colon either
― 69, Friday, 17 October 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
I got to Kobe too when looking for the bridge, but Kobe's too big I think.I was thinking European Mediterranean, but I see no spires or churches. I think it's too green for east/south Med.I don't think it's an island country because the port isn't busy.I think the bridge is over a rivermouth, as there seems to be the remnants of an old harbour just inside it, and if it was a natural harbour it would have been developed in preference to building a new oneA lot of the residential towers appear to have cube shapes perched on top. Is that characteristic of anywhere?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 17 October 2008 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
it's not kobe, there are not open fields that close to the city center. downtown kobe looks nothing like that. the tiered hotels are not a japanese style.
― jergins, Friday, 17 October 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, I see no shanty town, which I'd expect to see if the country was poor because of all the unused land
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 17 October 2008 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
a lot of things could be out of the frame: shantytowns, a central tourist area, etc
― jergins, Friday, 17 October 2008 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I can't find any coastal city in Mexico or Cen America that is both as large and as hilly.
xp true
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 21:59 (fifteen years ago) link
this part of town could be a holehttp://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/shitholearea.jpg
― jergins, Friday, 17 October 2008 22:02 (fifteen years ago) link
Hualien City is similiar but not quite.
― Jarlrmai, Friday, 17 October 2008 22:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i thought i was onto something with Hobart, but nope
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
is it Penang / Butterworth Malaysia ?
― jergins, Friday, 17 October 2008 22:57 (fifteen years ago) link
i don't think so. there's not two big green fields seperated by a waterway near the shore.
― Granny Dainger, Friday, 17 October 2008 23:47 (fifteen years ago) link
this is frustrating
― jergins, Friday, 17 October 2008 23:49 (fifteen years ago) link
To answer Ismael I'd say most of the points are correct except this one
- I'm guessing a population of around 300,000- I'm guessing a population of around 300,000
I think its population is more like 100,000
― cherry blossom, Monday, 20 October 2008 12:56 (fifteen years ago) link
i feel like im running low on cities i can think of to post.
― 69, Monday, 20 October 2008 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Great, that means it's even less likely that it's somewhere notable xp.
I thought of a reason for the crazy density among the woodland left-of-centre. I think the forest is on higher ground than the buildings, so that the high-rises are in narrow, shallow canyons snaking back from the main city. Don't suppose this'll jog any memories?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 20 October 2008 13:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Not A Coruna, in Galicia?
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 20 October 2008 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
alternate view of 91
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2958597096_63d1ed43b1_o.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 20 October 2008 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
almost has to be japan, korea or Taiwan
― Dead Cat Bounce (Ed), Monday, 20 October 2008 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
97
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/3040343837_1a4f4fa2c8_o.jpg
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Bradford?
― Ed, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Actually I think it is Keighley
― Ed, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Correct first time!
98. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/3040343573_6d41a27c5c_o.jpg
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:29 (fifteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3281/3040343573_6d41a27c5c_o.jpg
Are you going to tell us what 91 is first?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:30 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh yes!
91 is here - you should be able to see the distinctive shape from this
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=38.194347,128.587074&spn=0.050457,0.076904&t=h&z=14
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Well that's a relief. You have no idea how many hours I spent gazing at that photo, hoping the Eiffel Tower or the Pyramids would suddenly emerge into view
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Ha sorry. I know it was kind of an obscure one but people were successful at getting all kinds of obscure ones and I thought the shape kind of distinctive
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Is 94 Charlotte?
― caek, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
98=Roanoke Virginia, from Mill Mountain!
P.S. Hi dere!
― doo dah, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
damn. i was checking everything likely in New England and the mid-Atlantic, and stopped just short, at Lynchburg.
― gabbneb, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
98 is indeed Roanoke, well done! Surpisingly recognisable and distinctive perhaps
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 16:55 (fifteen years ago) link
I grew up there! More recognizable with the star, perhaps ;)
― doo dah, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 17:11 (fifteen years ago) link
99. Ok so its hardly a city but I'm sure someone will get it!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3120/3182129980_226dff369e_b.jpg
― cherry blossom, Friday, 9 January 2009 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
new hope, pa?
― 909090909 Rivethed Brikkchin Reverk now DANZ (Mackro Mackro), Friday, 9 January 2009 16:34 (fifteen years ago) link
It isn't - but that is a very good guess!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 9 January 2009 16:36 (fifteen years ago) link
91: Valdez, Alaska?
― Eazy, Friday, 9 January 2009 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh, wait, I just saw the first 91 photo, and now I says, Halifax?
― Eazy, Friday, 9 January 2009 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm guessing it has to be in the U.S. Right-side driving + use of word "State Law". Then again, maybe some provinces use the word "state" for sign purposes?
― 909090909 Rivethed Brikkchin Reverk now DANZ (Mackro Mackro), Friday, 9 January 2009 17:40 (fifteen years ago) link
and you know, american flags. minor details.
― 909090909 Rivethed Brikkchin Reverk now DANZ (Mackro Mackro), Friday, 9 January 2009 17:41 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/1095/3182129980226dff369ebtiif3.jpg
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 9 January 2009 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
100. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/37173120_8298b74779.jpg?v=0
― tomofthenest, Friday, 9 January 2009 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
101: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3422/3211943005_e759c238cb_b.jpg
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 13:07 (fifteen years ago) link
101: Glossop? It's not Bath is it?
― caek, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Closer with the first guess. Wildly wrong with the second!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:18 (fifteen years ago) link
I said it's not Bath! : )
Uh, Harrogate?
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:21 (fifteen years ago) link
A bit too hilly for Harrogate!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:22 (fifteen years ago) link
#100 is hard - I don't even know what to guess at
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:23 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't actually know what Harrogate is like, but the photo seems a bit posher than a lot of the dumps I'm thinking of.
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:24 (fifteen years ago) link
101 looks a bit like Hebden Bridge to me.
― Tim, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:25 (fifteen years ago) link
I was going to say Wakefield, yeah
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:25 (fifteen years ago) link
bah, you got it
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:26 (fifteen years ago) link
102.http://www.panoramio.com/photos/original/5160844.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:31 (fifteen years ago) link
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/5160844.jpg
Torquay?
― Alba, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Swansea.
― Alba, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 11:06 (fifteen years ago) link
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 11:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Addis Ababa.
― Alba, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 11:42 (fifteen years ago) link
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 11:43 (fifteen years ago) link
clue for #100: its in the UK.
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 12:18 (fifteen years ago) link
99. still unguessed. And how did a tilt shift photo of it appear almost as soon as it was posted?!!
100. I feel like this is maybe in Cumbria?
101. Hebden Bridge yes!
102. Newton Abbot?
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 12:30 (fifteen years ago) link
102 I was thinking Devon too - Sidmouth? Torbay?
100 no, not Cumbria!
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 12:40 (fifteen years ago) link
There's something about 100 that makes me think its on the west somewhere (Strathclyde? Lancashire?)
And then I look at it again and I think of the south bank of the Thames somewhere east of Greenwich.
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Could be Birkenhead or other left Bank Merseyside locale?
― Ed, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I wondered whether 100 was the north bank of the Thames, weast of London, like Grays or somewhere.
102 is blocked from this computer, which is frustrating because my hometown is one of the outstanding guesses!
― Tim, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:08 (fifteen years ago) link
"weast", nice. East, I meant.
#100 Not Thames, Mersey or Clyde. Nor Lancashire.
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:20 (fifteen years ago) link
none of the 102 guesses are right, but none of them are crazy
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:39 (fifteen years ago) link
Truro? Penzance? St Ives?
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:42 (fifteen years ago) link
penzance it is
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link
hooray for me and random guesses.
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:00 (fifteen years ago) link
some good guesses for #100, but no-one's clicked which estuary it is. once you know that, the city should be easy.
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:06 (fifteen years ago) link
grimsby?
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:11 (fifteen years ago) link
close.
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
ha, hull
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes!
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I thought Penzance looked a bit familiar there. And I should have got Hull - the aquarium is very distinctive after all.
103:
http://www.symbolicforest.com/img/ilx/mystery-city-1.jpg
― Forest Pines Mk2, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
bristol
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:48 (fifteen years ago) link
clifton village
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:50 (fifteen years ago) link
Bah, evidently far too easy.
104:
http://www.symbolicforest.com/img/ilx/mystery-city-2.jpg
― Forest Pines Mk2, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:52 (fifteen years ago) link
ah, that's really familiar. I'll get it soon.
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:55 (fifteen years ago) link
99 - North Central/eastern PA, too small for Scranton, hm? Williamsport?
― doo dah, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 14:56 (fifteen years ago) link
104: Southend / Leigh-on-Sea?
― Tim, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 15:29 (fifteen years ago) link
104 is somewhere I've been - Filey maybe?
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link
104 is scarborough, isn't it?
― caek, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
99 is close but not Williamsport
104 - Bridlington?
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
think Caek's right on 104.
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:04 (fifteen years ago) link
104: nobody's right yet, but some people are quite close.
― Forest Pines Mk2, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 18:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Whitby?
― Ant Attack.. (Ste), Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
got it I think... Saltburn?
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 21 January 2009 19:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep, Saltburn
― Forest Pines Mk2, Thursday, 22 January 2009 08:24 (fifteen years ago) link
99. Is it Jim Thorpe?
― jarvis redwine, Thursday, 22 January 2009 23:01 (fifteen years ago) link
this is coolhttp://xl.skyscrapercity.com/?page=satellite
― ilx robot (jergins), Monday, 30 March 2009 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link
^^ 99 isn't Jim Thorpe, still unguessed
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 9 July 2009 07:30 (fourteen years ago) link
altoona?
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
that's impossible but yeah it looks like some pa mining town
― harbl, Monday, 30 November 2009 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link
why's it impossible? i'm basing my guess on the little bit of yellow i see at the bottom of the beige mercury sable or whatever's license plate, plus the rolling hills, plus the too small to be pittsburgh.
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 01:54 (fourteen years ago) link
because it looks a lot like a couple places in pa i think. it's hard to tell them apart.
― harbl, Monday, 30 November 2009 01:59 (fourteen years ago) link
almost looks too big to be altoona to me
― tehresa, Monday, 30 November 2009 02:00 (fourteen years ago) link
it's ashland, pa!
― harbl, Monday, 30 November 2009 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
^^ flickr confirms this as fact! sorry, cherry blossom, for webmail summoning you to this thread needlessly.
does winner choose the next photo, is that how this thread works?
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
i wanted to go read though! i can pick one tomorrow or something.i'm amazed i knew because there must be 100 places that look like that but i just thought it looked like that one place i made my dad detour to so we could see centralia but i forgot what it was called. i remembered there were signs for anthracite real estate there and i googled it to remember it was ashland.
― harbl, Monday, 30 November 2009 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
oh when i said it was impossible i meant it was impossible to guess, not impossible that it was altoona. i don't know what altoona looks like.can someone put up another? i'm no good at picking one
― harbl, Monday, 30 November 2009 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I had promised I wasn't going to play this any more, but here's 105:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/2308/bigboat.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 30 November 2009 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, the ship's the QE2, which doesn't really narrow it down that much really, since it's been everywhere. I'll guess Honolulu.
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
You usually guess mine instantly, ailsa, but not this time. Here's another angle:
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/914/noboat.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 30 November 2009 20:24 (fourteen years ago) link
miami?</lazy>
― tehresa, Monday, 30 November 2009 20:29 (fourteen years ago) link
galveston?
― harbl, Monday, 30 November 2009 20:32 (fourteen years ago) link
the downtown structure def. looks north american, and that little jetty looks forested, and the light makes it look fairly high latitude, which makes me think it's in canada, but since there are no mountains within ~50 miles of the first shot, it's not vancouver. maybe an atlantic city like halifax? thunder bay?
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 20:37 (fourteen years ago) link
You're all way off.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 30 November 2009 20:38 (fourteen years ago) link
A Coruna? Valencia?
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
perth?
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:02 (fourteen years ago) link
(not the one in scotland)
None of those. I could post a suitably gritty street scene, if you'd prefer to guess from micro rather than macro.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:03 (fourteen years ago) link
i thought maybe it was perth earlier, but it doesn't seem to match the google maps aerial. then i checked all 100K+ cities in new zealand, no go. can you tell us which hemisphere this is in? i've already spent way too much time on this one.
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:05 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah post that street scene
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've just been googling round European ports with no joy.
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:07 (fourteen years ago) link
durban?
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
that looks like a rugby ground to me
the buildings almost look too modern to be a developed european city, plus the stadium in the lower left of the second picture looks like a soccer stadium now that i think about it. so now i think this is def. south america and not def. north america like i thought before.
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
(yes, or "rugby")
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
is it kingston
― harbl, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought it was an athletics ground or a v. old football stadium
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i47.tinypic.com/2vimsg5.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
bermuda
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Durban
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Results 1 - 10 of about 10,500 for "mr phone". (0.17 seconds)
damn it
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Correct ailsa, but caek gets the points!
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I googled MTN, found they were South African, and went straight for Durban on google maps
(the ground is a cricket ground, btw)
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Sorry for postponing your moment of triumph, caek, but the street scene picture took about ten minutes to upload - I was bloody well posting it after that wait.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, I never even spotted caek saying Durban. FAIL!
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
hahah
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
someone else post one
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm on dialup, too slow to go looking for a good one
durban was a really good one, btw.
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i45.tinypic.com/1425t2q.jpg
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:26 (fourteen years ago) link
That's beautiful. I'm bowing out now though, I've got work to get on with - you pesky kids have already cost me an hour.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:28 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i49.tinypic.com/k05z09.jpg
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
likewise ismael! and excellent work, caek. i had tried cape town after abandoning canada (???) but then went elsewhere...
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
ailsa yours can be 107 and mine'll be 106.
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
106 almost looks like bristol, but the topography is wrong and they are driving on the right.
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
omg yes the return of my favorite thread ever wahhhh
― 69, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:32 (fourteen years ago) link
107 looks like it's in england (e.g. villa in the bottom right, smallish size of fields in the background), but i don't recognize the river at all, so i guess it's not. hmmm.
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
106 athens?
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
107 is Inverness. And I am bowing out now.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:35 (fourteen years ago) link
106 looks Baltic or Scandinavian. Gdansk, maybe?
Ismael, correct, I have no better imagination that to use my home town!
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, athens was nuts. that's northern europe.
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:37 (fourteen years ago) link
106 nope not athens. gdansk is a gdanswer but you're off by over a thousand miles.
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:39 (fourteen years ago) link
what is ariston?
― 69, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:39 (fourteen years ago) link
oslo?
ariston makes washing machines and stuff
― max, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:39 (fourteen years ago) link
already tried that, i think its a dead end
― max, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
bollocks. Gdansk has some nice cranes as well though. I love this thread.
Ariston = electrical manufacturer
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
ARISTON is some heating company. not traceable to my location, gumshoes! i checked.
not oslo, not even scandinavian.
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
that hill in the top of the frame with houses on it seems distinctive
― 69, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
fabriano?
― tehresa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:40 (fourteen years ago) link
oh nm you said not traceable!
― tehresa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm confused, steep roofs = snowfall, but it looks kind of a dump
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
106 -> Oh damn, I thought it was a hotel and found Thessaloniki. LOL.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Monday, 30 November 2009 21:41 (fourteen years ago) link
porto?
(I am a complete moron when it comes to places. Especially finding'em. So why bother doing this, right? Couldn't even find my own house back when I was a kid.)
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Monday, 30 November 2009 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
not porto, not fabriano. does not even end with an O in fact.
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Murmansk?
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Does it start with an O maybe? Or A? Or B?Or C?
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Monday, 30 November 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
port looks much to big for this, but whatevs. geneva?
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Am googling places in Russia with shipyards and cranes...
thought about that, but wouldn't expect "ARISTON" in russia
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:44 (fourteen years ago) link
107. Inverness?
― go in go hard brother (Billy Dods), Monday, 30 November 2009 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
ailsa you are getting warmer.
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
― Ismael Klata, Monday, November 30, 2009 9:35 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
; )
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
St Petersburg?
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
st petersburg?
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
ah but you said > 1000 miles from gdansk
exactly! so, no and no
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Ha, missed caek's post.
― go in go hard brother (Billy Dods), Monday, 30 November 2009 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
106 Italy???
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Monday, 30 November 2009 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh it's in Russia. never mind.
odessa?
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:48 (fourteen years ago) link
sevastopol?
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh, so you did. Archangel?
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:49 (fourteen years ago) link
So you did say it was >1000 miles from Gdansk, that is.
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
nodessa, sevastono!
it's 50 miles from another country.
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Astrakhan
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
nope, but it does have a k in it!
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Is Russia the country it's in, or the country it's near, or neither?
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
it's vladivostok
― sam (jergins), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
i am gladivostok that you guessed the correct city, sam
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:08 (fourteen years ago) link
ooh, so it is!
― ailsa, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
and i was thinking the country it's 50 miles from is japan, but no, north korea, how about that
― sam (jergins), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:10 (fourteen years ago) link
or china
― sam (jergins), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:11 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it's actually closer to china i think but not by much
sam (jergins), you now have the distinctive honor of being the next to pick a City of Mystery for us all to scrutinize, so choose wisely but mercifully
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
i kinda feel like this isn't that merciful, but here goes. lots of pictures so it's a bit easier. http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/city3.jpghttp://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/city2.jpghttp://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/city1.jpg
― sam (jergins), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:32 (fourteen years ago) link
also, one hint: for as small as it looks, it's the biggest city in its region
kuala lumpar
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:34 (fourteen years ago) link
― sam (jergins), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
― caek, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:36 (fourteen years ago) link
no, think smaller
― sam (jergins), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:38 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd118/embarchie/city4.jpg
suva
― tehresa, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:40 (fourteen years ago) link
haha yes (capital of fiji, biggest city in the south pacific...and it's tiny)
― sam (jergins), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i feel like that was too easy
― tehresa, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
given your situation
or like i cheated somehow
welll....naaatza post 1
― sam (jergins), Monday, 30 November 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
as if some magic flakes tipped me off or something
― tehresa, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i have to go right now so someone else do one and i will post one later ok? <3
― tehresa, Monday, 30 November 2009 22:43 (fourteen years ago) link
109
http://i50.tinypic.com/351srup.jpghttp://i49.tinypic.com/9pvqu0.jpghttp://i47.tinypic.com/3495b3b.jpg
― Sock Puppet Queso Con Concentrate, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link
republic, wa
― tehresa, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Txa wins!
― Sock Puppet Queso Con Concentrate, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 03:48 (fourteen years ago) link
tza did you just type "anderson's grocery" into the google and then press the lucky feeling button?
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 03:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i googled, then found an anderson's grocery headquartered in republic, gis'd republic, wa and bingo!
― tehresa, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 03:55 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty lucky - i bet there are a lot of anderson's groceries.
also i could tell it was somewhere west bc of the trees/mountains
110
http://ultraxs.com/image-F967_4B1497E8.jpg
― tehresa, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 04:17 (fourteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_da_Verrazzano
Val di Greve?
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 04:21 (fourteen years ago) link
damn
― tehresa, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
if there's some traceable text on the photo i am going to google that shit because i am a ruthless and conniving Guess the City player
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 04:26 (fourteen years ago) link
oh damn totally missed that text!!! i was like shit how did he get that so fast!?!!?
― tehresa, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
it's officially called greve in chianti nowadays, btw.
haha yeah i saw that on the wikipedia page in the caption underneath another photo of the courtyard you posted
ok i got a good one, a city near and dear to my heart~
111. http://i50.tinypic.com/6dv52v.png
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 04:39 (fourteen years ago) link
caracas maybe?
― tomofthenest, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 13:31 (fourteen years ago) link
oh maybe not, towers are too shiny
― tomofthenest, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 13:32 (fourteen years ago) link
vegetation is southern hemisphere, i think?
― caek, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 13:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm going to say Madrid.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 14:08 (fourteen years ago) link
too mountainous i think?
― harbl, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 14:17 (fourteen years ago) link
is it bilbao?
― harbl, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 14:18 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm bilbao has towers but not like that
― harbl, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 14:20 (fourteen years ago) link
nope, nope, nope. it's northern hemisphere.
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
111b. http://i47.tinypic.com/1z2f86v.jpg
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 1 December 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Islamabad
― Sock Puppet Queso Con Concentrate, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 05:55 (fourteen years ago) link
actually, horrible guess, given the uh statue there. never mind.
― Sock Puppet Queso Con Concentrate, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 05:58 (fourteen years ago) link
not only is it a statue, it's a house! and it is soooo not islamabad.
111c. http://i49.tinypic.com/sngx0y.jpg
― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 06:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Tegucigulpa?
― Sock Puppet Queso Con Concentrate, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 07:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Tijuana
― AlanSmithee, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 08:13 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i47.tinypic.com/10wux77.gif
― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
hope alan doesn't mind if i take mine now i'm on a decent connection
112.http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f325/caek/city.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link
buenos aires?
― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 15:27 (fourteen years ago) link
― caek, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
perhaps it is the city that they call MONTEVIDEO
― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
it is not
― caek, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/452733176_fd2a0bcb89.jpg
― caek, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 17:53 (fourteen years ago) link
tel aviv?
― harbl, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
It is Casablanca
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
ohhhhh
― harbl, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
yep
― caek, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i had this lined up
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/161/411141818_b8945829e7.jpg
haha, i love this game. my tendency to latch on to an arbitrary detail like street median foliage or misidentified architectural style and be convinced it's representative of one part of the world when it's another altogether, not so much.
― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
113.
http://i45.tinypic.com/f9edeq.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
kiev
― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Odessa
― Nathan, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
It is Odessa. How did you home in so quickly?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I was going to give it some of this next:
http://www.subways.net/ukraine/odessa9.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:26 (fourteen years ago) link
And then finish up with these chaps:
http://www.galen-frysinger.com/ukraine/odessa29.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Thought Odessa before Kiev was posted, thinking Chisinau (slavic/latinate hybrid, light and plants say lowish latitude), then thought too wealthy, mercantile past = Odessa
― Nathan, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:34 (fourteen years ago) link
That's some good work. I didn't think there was too much of a slavic giveaway, other than that little dome and those beautiful, beautiful cars. I'm just noticing that fantastic fire escape up the right-hand side too.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Slavic as Andrei Arshavin on a pogrom tbh
― Nathan, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
That's not a photoshop I want to be seeing.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
sorry i was a bit late but I can confirm that #99 was indeed Ashland, PA
that was really very good, how did you know?
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
because i've been there! i was amazed that i was right though. i thought it looked like that place i had been through when i visited centralia, pa, but i didn't remember what it was called. i did remember that some of the houses for sale had signs from anthracite realty, so i googled that and narrowed down the possibilities from there. i didn't really think it would be the same place, i thought it would be a place that looked like it.
― harbl, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 22:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Well it was v good!
I enjoyed this thread very much
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 8 June 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
114: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/78091611_8ae29021d4_o.jpg
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
huh.
― 156, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
is it boise from a weird angle where you can't see the capital building or something?
― 156, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
not boise!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
is it in west virginia?
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
my guesses are generally horrible though
harbl or cherry blossom, did you go take the mine tour or go to knobels grove when you went to centralia? cuz that's what I did.
― GENE PITNEY'S SWEATER BY KANDAHAR (los blue jeans), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
nah i was just passing through. we got out of the car and walked around but it started pouring. i would love to go back and do a tour!
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't even pass through!
I made a mistake with 114 I put the wrong picture up, its kind of hard (but then so was ashland!). I'm going to leave it up there and put the one i meant to put up as 115
115: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4457256459_4739320f75_b.jpg
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I want to say Glasgow because there are a pair of high-rises behind Celtic Park, but I don't recognise the streets.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, and also it doesn't really look that much like Celtic Park
― ailsa, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I reckon somewhere midlands-y or northern england anyway. Oldham?
― ailsa, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Think the first one might be Glasgow though?
― ailsa, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Stadium in 115 is Elland Road... Leeds.
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
115 is indeed Leeds tom! a pretty easy one
wrong on (the much harder) 114 though
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
That is a good shot of Leeds, love those back to backs. Have you got a link to a bigger version? (yes, I want to steal it).
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I am going to kick myself when 114 is identified because it looks very familiar.
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4457256459_bc99e80d56_o.jpg
The full Leeds pic...so weirdly carless!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
there's mills in 114. Burnley?
― Don't look at the finger (Ste), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Thanks! xp
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link
v close on 114 there ste, but not quite!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Huddersfield?
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Blackburn?
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
neither - I made that pic too hard I think, could have been easier from a different angle maybe
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Rochdale?
― Don't look at the finger (Ste), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
It's really really familiar, but can't place it... yet!
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, Rochdale, from a different angle the big red mill might have given it away more
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
116
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/2554375330_52e07dda04_b.jpg
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
a plain state?
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
these are all hard because at first i assume they are in the u.s. but then i have no idea, and definitely can't recognize anything in the uk
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
116: Pyramids just out of view
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
detroit?
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
detroit was the first to come to my mind, but the street's so wide that it looks like the main street of a much smaller midwest town
― del griffith, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
not detroit (i thought someone might guess there, but it isn't)
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
southern illinois
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
city i don't know
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
east st. louis?
― del griffith, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
harbl you're almost there!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
well i really don't know of any cities there except east saint louis or carbondale and i have a feeling it's neither. probably a small-ish town. i've never been there, i just had a feeling.
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
jacksonville (I am using google maps to guess, can you tell?)
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha, I understand the pyramids reference now, but I cheated so I won't give it away.
― tomofthenest, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, i didn't even see the pyramids thing. it's a place where it's hard out for a pimp right
― del griffith, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
ok is it cairo, illinois? lol
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
west memphis, arkansas?
― del griffith, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
its cairo, illinois...had wanted to post this pic but theres a googleable ghost mural on it
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3585/3361660880_792c48b192_b.jpg
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
how did stan know?
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
xps Ahhh Rochdale! Amazing detail, you can see the fire station and the dome of the rather splendid John the Baptist church.
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
(i'd thought it was sorta...not famous exactly, but well known because of well how it looks!)
xp i wondered that too
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
cairo, i mean
I cheated. "find flickr page from url"
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
116 is an amazing pic
― Don't look at the finger (Ste), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
ah ok. i wouldn't have guessed from the 100s of possibilities without that clue, but i'm still proud of my ability to guess what part of what state.
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
harbl you are mad skilled, stanm you should be ashamed of yourself. i should too though cause i never get anything done when this thread is alive
― del griffith, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
well i did think something in the uk might be west virginia earlier
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry :-(
Won't do it again.
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
are there other small towns in southern illinois that are in the same state of repair as Cairo?
(i know about east stl)
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
i would guess that there must be
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
― harbl, Wednesday, June 9, 2010 2:01 PM (
could say there are sorta similarities in a way between pennine milltowns in the UK and western PA (and parts of WV i guess?)
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
ah I'd picked cairo because I thought it was kind of an extreme example and might be got fairly easily (which it was, i didnt know you could cheat tho - i will be better prepared next time)
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, it was mostly that and the mix of mountains and fields, but WV looks more forested in my experience driving through
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
is cairo known for something then?
I'd thought it was sorta well known just for being a complete wreck (80% depopulation according to wikipedia)
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i'm reading the wikipedia now, i didn't know about it! very interesting.
― harbl, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
there's a couple youtube videos which are pretty good, driving round it. one with an old woman talking about how it used to be before the war, which is great, and one with corny ambient music but does show the almost completely abandoned downtown
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Love Kay-ro an places like that in So. Ill, used to drive over there when I went to SIUC.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
117
http://i46.tinypic.com/9bhrps.jpg
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 10 June 2010 00:42 (thirteen years ago) link
somewhere in Africa? - Ethiopia? probably miles out
― tomofthenest, Thursday, 10 June 2010 10:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Eastern Europe/former USSR somewhere?
― ailsa, Thursday, 10 June 2010 10:26 (thirteen years ago) link
^yeah was thinking this
― Don't look at the finger (Ste), Thursday, 10 June 2010 11:35 (thirteen years ago) link
way off
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 13 June 2010 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
church is making me think greece or cyprus
― circles, Sunday, 13 June 2010 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
nope. think of a region that is heavy on christianity.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 13 June 2010 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
somewhere in south america?
― ⚖ on my truck (dyao), Sunday, 13 June 2010 02:42 (thirteen years ago) link
close!
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 13 June 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
central america? guatemala?
― ⚖ on my truck (dyao), Sunday, 13 June 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
*guatemala city
tegucigalpa?
― about as twee as a being beaten with a phone book (Eisbaer), Sunday, 13 June 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
^ ding ding ding
― StanM, Sunday, 13 June 2010 08:09 (thirteen years ago) link
118
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4745674438_f827cfab86_z.jpg
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 29 June 2010 11:22 (thirteen years ago) link
charleston, wv?
― del griffith, Tuesday, 29 June 2010 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I agree it looks Appalachian -- Scranton, PA?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 29 June 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
both kinda good guesses but at same time not all that close either
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 30 June 2010 11:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Spokane?
― kate78, Wednesday, 30 June 2010 12:15 (thirteen years ago) link
now thats a lot further away!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 30 June 2010 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
montpelier, vt?
― caek, Thursday, 8 July 2010 11:33 (thirteen years ago) link
nope - the first two guesses charleston and scranton were good in general terms - its sorta between the two. Thought someone would have got closer though
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 8 July 2010 11:50 (thirteen years ago) link
there is nothing there to tell me it is american, except (possibly) for the width of the road. the hills in the background look like foothills, old and hunkered down. probably north-eastern, with a river (crossed by a bridge in the background)... could be springfield, ma? a piece of albany, ny?
― ampersand (remy bean), Thursday, 8 July 2010 11:52 (thirteen years ago) link
God you have a lot of cities I've never heard of in the States.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 8 July 2010 11:58 (thirteen years ago) link
being from upstate ny i feel like that is a good guess but i don't know which city. what about utica?
― the girl with the butt tattoo (harbl), Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:00 (thirteen years ago) link
118 is kind of a hard one (though people have got harder ones!) - I'll reveal at the end of the day if no one has it (charleston is nearest guess so far)
this should be achievable though
119
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4142/4773647457_9e8203d837_b.jpg
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:04 (thirteen years ago) link
utica, ny: the only place i have ever seen kids playing in the street next to a car on fire. it was like sarajevo, or one of those movies from the '80s about white teachers who go to bad neighborhoods to condescend to black people.
― ampersand (remy bean), Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:05 (thirteen years ago) link
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, July 8, 2010 9:28 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
This is kinda turning into Guess the College-Town/County Seat/Small Burgh.
― kate78, Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:06 (thirteen years ago) link
That white rounded conical object in the middle foreground of 118 might be a road salt depository, in which case someplace far north enough to get serious snow.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:09 (thirteen years ago) link
what about altoona
― the girl with the butt tattoo (harbl), Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:14 (thirteen years ago) link
getting called a "city" is a pretty easy lay in the u.s., chap.
― caek, Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:21 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3631/ssshf.jpg
― wilter, Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:21 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7254/asassaj.jpg
― wilter, Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ Launceston, Tasmania
― nate woolls, Thursday, 8 July 2010 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link
118 was Pittsburgh (welll... Mckeesport specifically but would have accepted pittsburgh as an answer)
― cherry blossom, Friday, 9 July 2010 06:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Was going to say Homestead but the river was not quite right!
― The swan at dawn is now gone (doo dah), Friday, 9 July 2010 11:17 (thirteen years ago) link
that would have been super close!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 9 July 2010 11:50 (thirteen years ago) link
120.http://i27.tinypic.com/2igopqo.jpg
― 156, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Vancouver
― lexicons of loaf (corey), Friday, 9 July 2010 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
― 156, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
anchorage?
― ailsa, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
nope.
― 156, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
geneva?
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Friday, 9 July 2010 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
nope. vancouver is the closest guess so far.
this one might be too obscure. i always fuck these up like that.
― 156, Friday, 9 July 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
bellevue?
― post class A nasal drip (sunny successor), Friday, 9 July 2010 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
gotta be
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Friday, 9 July 2010 23:34 (thirteen years ago) link
yes! nice!
― 156, Sunday, 11 July 2010 04:19 (thirteen years ago) link
121.http://i29.tinypic.com/50391i.jpg
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, 11 July 2010 06:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Monterrey
― AlanSmithee, Sunday, 11 July 2010 09:01 (thirteen years ago) link
122.http://i28.tinypic.com/w99szq.jpg
― AlanSmithee, Sunday, 11 July 2010 09:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Seen that pic before but I'm not sure - Mediterranean? Something to do with the crusades?
― StanM, Sunday, 11 July 2010 09:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Valletta?
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 July 2010 09:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, Valletta
― AlanSmithee, Sunday, 11 July 2010 09:34 (thirteen years ago) link
123:
http://i35.tinypic.com/wteuy9.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 July 2010 09:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Taipei?
― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 11 July 2010 10:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Not Taipei. I think I actually did Taipei upthread somewhere.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 July 2010 10:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Valetta - so beautiful.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 11 July 2010 11:04 (thirteen years ago) link
kaohsiung? macau?
― rent, Sunday, 11 July 2010 11:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Nope. Here's another view:
http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/3042/graveyardi.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 July 2010 12:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Is this some kind of cemetery?
― StanM, Sunday, 11 July 2010 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I was going to pretend they were really small tower blocks, but you're right, it is a cemetery
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 July 2010 12:44 (thirteen years ago) link
duh, the image is called graveyardi.jpg , I now see. :-)
― StanM, Sunday, 11 July 2010 13:02 (thirteen years ago) link
kyoto
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Correct!
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
but the signage in pic 1 is in mandarin isnt it? wtf this game is impossible.
― rent, Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Turns out they use four alphabets in Japan - one is the same as mandarin, one is the same as Latin. So you see signs in English and you think it's weirdly helpful, but it's not actually that strange
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
hate this game
― rent, Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Is the first picture in the graveyard? Or just it Kyoto as well?
― StanM, Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I did manage to make out the word "calico" on that board, but there are 8 zillion bars/cafes/restaurants in the world called Calico, so that was a no-go.
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
124. http://www.worldofstock.com/slides/TEG2309.jpg
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I think it's the City of Butthurt Image Hosts?
― Matt DC, Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
oh bugger, I'll try to find another one!
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/10/25/102538_9f83adc7.jpg
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Lincoln?
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
must be a record. yes it is.
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
(used URL to look at photo with cathedral visible)
http://i30.tinypic.com/hueik1.jpg
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
First picture of Kyoto is just a shot in some backstreets by the river, I think. I liked the mix of old wooden buildings with higher modern ones, you don't seem to get that so much in other cities (because they were all burnt to cinders in the war basically). It's a fabulous city to visit and stroll in thanks to that, and because the streets are so tight that it's just crammed full of interesting things.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry, mine is obviously #125
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Nicosia?
― AlanSmithee, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Varosha/ Famagusta
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:08 (thirteen years ago) link
apols for quadruple posting. ILX just tripped out on me.
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Ankara?
― orchestral manure in the dark (corey), Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
tomofthenest x 4 correct, is Famagusta
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
like what? what is famagusta?
― rent, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
The dividing line between the two parts of Cyprus runs through it
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:15 (thirteen years ago) link
just, like i googled it, but, tom, ismael -- have you been there? im just impressed.
― rent, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Was evacuated in 1974 following the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, remains uninhabited and exactly as it was then. Residents given two hours to get out, no-one's been back in since.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famagusta#Since_1974
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
oooooh. i read about that somewhere. right.
― rent, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I was a few miles away on holiday in the Greek part of Cyprus a couple of years ago, we took a boat trip up near it, but couldn't go past the Green Line (which extends into the sea) out of Greek waters. I think you can get near enough by land to take better photos, and if we'd have been there longer, I'd have liked to have gone up.
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
um, couple of weeks ago. not couple of years ago.
Wow. If the big hotel in Pyongyang deserves a thread of its own then so does that. I can't imagine why it's still sealed off?
― Matt DC, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
here http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/02/books/review/Schuessler-t.html
would love to frolic
― rent, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Haven't been there, but I really should've made a point of going as in a former life I used to do a lot of work kind of obliquely concerning the place (was still going to guess Nicosia but was saved by xpost!)
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
About two miles from our hotel, there were two military encampments, one used by the UN Peacekeeping Corps on the Greek side, the other by the Turkish armed forces a few hundred yards away on the other side of the arbitrary border. It was totally fucking bizarre to think we were in a lovely holiday resort, looking along at what was built up to be the main holiday resort on the island but stuck in a timewarp and basically condemned to curiosity/anomaly status.
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
in that book i linked to the author uses it as a case study of what would happen, in the short-term, if humans vanished from the earth. so fascinated by places like that though.
― rent, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was really struck by even dull translated-into-five-languages boat commentary. We could have done a tour up nearer, through to the Turkish side and round the city walls and stuff, but never had the time. Will be hitting up the library for some more information soon.
― ailsa, Sunday, 11 July 2010 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
ok, so 126:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/5b7a8d8fd1.jpg
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 10:32 (thirteen years ago) link
is this somewhere in crete? chania?
― ampersand (remy bean), Monday, 12 July 2010 10:53 (thirteen years ago) link
ceuta?
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Monday, 12 July 2010 11:01 (thirteen years ago) link
no no no
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 12:16 (thirteen years ago) link
san juan?
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Monday, 12 July 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Pastel coloured buildings -> Miami?
― StanM, Monday, 12 July 2010 14:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I see a mosque dome...
― orchestral manure in the dark (corey), Monday, 12 July 2010 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
ok, sharp, mosque, with a lot of oil tankers in the background, Djibouti?
― StanM, Monday, 12 July 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Lots of cranes and unfinished buildings too - Dubai?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
is it north african?
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:15 (thirteen years ago) link
no.
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/f612d548a8.jpg
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:25 (thirteen years ago) link
diff angle : http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/f612d548a8.jpg
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, it's back. the picture disappeared for a minute.
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
For real? Nassau.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Got it, it's Male.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
yep. nice work.
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
wow
― Guru Meditation (Ste), Monday, 12 July 2010 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
127
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8784/panoraman.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
― Matt DC, Monday, 12 July 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Marseille?
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Monday, 12 July 2010 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Marseille ... is the right answer
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
cool. I have to dash out, so happy for someone else to take my turn posting the next one.
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Monday, 12 July 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
128.
http://sweetpickles.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5513a321888330120a56997d6970c-800wi
― kenan, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Bogota?
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
not Bogota
― kenan, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Lima
― orchestral manure in the dark (corey), Monday, 12 July 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Thank you for suggesting that Google image search term, corey.
― StanM, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
not Lima
― kenan, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
looool
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
quito
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Quito it is.
― kenan, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
129http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/65423a8fbb.jpg
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Quito?
xpost bah, beaten to it
― ailsa, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
was away googling tall cathedrals :-)
― ailsa, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
these keep disappearing for me so just in case, 129:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/65423a8fbb.jpg
apparently my IP is banned from using tinypic for violating their terms of service. i have no idea...
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
looks a bit like Sim city
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
El Paso
― kenan, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
no...i gotta go to bed soon so hint: it's a capital city, and here's another shot:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/19ccf85d71.jpg
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
kind of obscure i guess
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Hmmm... Cairo?
― kenan, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Driving on the left - Hamilton, Bermuda?
― ailsa, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
not cairo or hamilton
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/aef76e5735.jpg
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Windhoek
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
yes!
― rent, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Bah, was just coming to say that :-(
― ailsa, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I wouldn't have found it if you hadn't pointed out that they were driving on the left. Didn't take much narrowing down after that.
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:48 (thirteen years ago) link
always reminds me of ren höek
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
130.http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u120/kingkonggodzilla/pic.jpg
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Sarasota?
― ailsa, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
(have been there once, it has some buildings in it)
― ailsa, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Not Sarasota. : )
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
looks great lakes-y, is it buffalo?
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Not Buffalo.
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
yesssssss the return of my favorite thread ever!
― 69, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:41 (thirteen years ago) link
it is indeed a great lakes city though, confirm/deny?
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Not a Great Lakes city. Sorry.
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it in America? Was I close with Sarasota?
― ailsa, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
It's in America. Sarasota is nowhere near close. That's a river. Am I supposed to give this many hints?
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Not terribly helpful hints, I know.
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
the car in the lower right looks american, plus speedboats and the architecture of the marina seems totally american
― 69, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
That's too many! I just wanted to see if I was on the right lines since the two guesses were at the opposite ends of the country.
― ailsa, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
can anyone discern the logo on the white building?
it's either a 1, or an I, or one of those fancy F's
is it north of DC, latitude-wise?
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the overcastness may be leading me to believe it's somewhere with a blustery climate despite the fact that all those trees look to be pretty meager, which would suggest otherwise?
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
It's north of D.C.
The 1 is the logo for Bank One, but this is not the corporate headquarters so that shouldn't tell you anything.
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:00 (thirteen years ago) link
God, I gotta stop answering questions! I'm out until someone picks the right city.
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah yeah, i wasnt asking you -- just a general question in case it spurred something in someone else...
― 69, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i see no reason why this lil game couldn't be played with a twenty-questions style yes/no format but maybe that's just me
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
is it bigger than a breadbox?
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:24 (thirteen years ago) link
If it's this easy I'm playing along more often, but North of Washington, on a big river -> Harrisburg?(Googled Harrisburg and I seem to see that capitol building style dome?)
― StanM, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
springfield, il!
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Not Harrisburg, sorry.
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
:-)
― StanM, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
xxp: Close!
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, ha. peoria. the result i got for springfield returned a photo of peoria.
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Bingo!
― kkvgz, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
ok this shouldn't be too hard
131. http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3149/notwichita.jpg
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
― Grand amiral de la marine des licornes (Michael White), Monday, 12 July 2010 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link
that is tehright answer
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
^ played it just to say that btw
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ "notwichita.jpg"
― StanM, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link
well, it's not
― del griffith, Monday, 12 July 2010 19:51 (thirteen years ago) link
132. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6506/clipimage001uk0.jpg
― Grand amiral de la marine des licornes (Michael White), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Miami?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Nope
― Grand amiral de la marine des licornes (Michael White), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
It reminds me of Rio so maybe an angle of that minus the hills?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Getting closer
― Grand amiral de la marine des licornes (Michael White), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Montevideo?
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes
― Grand amiral de la marine des licornes (Michael White), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww232/clobberthesaurus/notwichita.jpg
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
guess that's 133
I'm guessing... not Witchita.
― Aimless, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
bridgeport
― caek, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Nope, but right general idea
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
portland me?
― 156, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Yup
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
134: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/5011421410_61b0c68357_b.jpg
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
i have no idea but i kind of want to visit
― I saw him in convulsive throws I said "I'll have one of those" (sunny successor), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
looks suspiciously similar to #118, are you sure it's not McKeesport, PA again?
― del griffith, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, the incline looks like PA. Pitt suburb maybe?
― brownie, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
does look like western pa or possibly w.v.
i kind of want it to be spokane, though
― dude (del), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I found it by looking for the tips y'all gave me: PA and incline. :-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link
it's gettin funicular itt
― del griffith, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Morgantown WV?
― jaymc, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
135. http://tinyurl.com/2blemm2
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
it's either switzerland, or canada
― del griffith, Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
;)
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
134 - Johnstown PA
― iDeal copy (doo dah), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link
135: Honolulu
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
haha, nevermind. mwhite needs better url masking.
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was too lazy to add it to photobucket
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
So, wait, that is Saudi Arabia?
― Duncan Donuts (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Abha, capital of Asir province in the southwest.
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/BVb6S.jpg
136
― Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 21 September 2010 20:14 (thirteen years ago) link
is 136 somewhere in china?
― caek, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 08:50 (thirteen years ago) link
dont think houses/buildings in China have that kind of sloping roof you see on the ones in the foreground
but the shade of green you can see on some of the buildings definitely matches the construction tarps they drape over buildings under renovation. also signs of some kind of olde wall/tower on the right hand side? intriguing.
― dayo, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 08:56 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, houses in the foreground look eastern european?
― caek, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 09:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Proper high mountains, vague eastern euro look, church on bluff, nakh's name ... Yerevan?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 09:30 (thirteen years ago) link
haha no
yerevan has ararat in the background
http://www.ardani.net/armenia/pics/h-ararat.jpg
― Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 12:52 (thirteen years ago) link
that's a proper high mountain
― Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 12:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it something like Sion in Switzerland? (missing the mid-city double hill though)
― StanM, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
136 looks Russian or ex-USSR
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
there is no way that city is 1) below 5,000 feet elevation 2) south of the 40th parallel, or 3) populated by more than 100,000 inhabitants
― del griffith, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
north of 40th parallel but yr wrong with the other two
― Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
this is how it used to look
http://i.imgur.com/MrhKr.jpg
― Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
i really need to live somewhere surrounded by mountains at some point
― I saw him in convulsive throws I said "I'll have one of those" (sunny successor), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i've always thought the same....or proximity to mountains at least, since having huge mountains surrounding you could be dismal in winter light / snowdrifts
― E-Mil Cioran (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 September 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
can you tell us whether this city is located in the caucasus, and if not, where it is in relation to them?
― del griffith, Thursday, 23 September 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
nowhere near the caucasus
― E-Mil Cioran (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
define "near"
― del griffith, Thursday, 23 September 2010 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
'that kind of sloping roof you see on the ones in the foreground'
― E-Mil Cioran (nakhchivan), Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:18 (thirteen years ago) link
They look sort of Scandinavian, as does the fact that some of the buildings are gaily coloured. Black soil = volcanic, but it's not Rekjavik and nowhere else in Iceland is big enough. Used to look different usually = destroyed in the war, so that'd be Norway. Bergen? But there's no sea in sight, which is confusing.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 23 September 2010 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Somewhere Alpine/Tyrolean? Innsbruck?
― ailsa, Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:01 (thirteen years ago) link
For some reason, it makes me think of Eastern Europe...like maybe Romania?
― Falkor Johnson (askance johnson), Thursday, 23 September 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
ailsa near enough i guess
surprised ppl didn't suss it was alpine pretty quickly
― the decline of the altbro-hongarian empire (nakhchivan), Friday, 24 September 2010 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
137
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l261/krakow81/005.jpg
I expect this one to go quickly, but I like the photo.
― krakow, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah, I was on the wrong side of the Alps with Sion, then (xpost)
― StanM, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:13 (thirteen years ago) link
xp lol erm any more clues?
― F-Unit (Ste), Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:15 (thirteen years ago) link
That tall building with the clock looks a little like that one in Liverpool, but that's on the waterfront, I believe
― StanM, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:22 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost, yeah
Is that the Liver building being built? (Insert obligatory "can't tell if those cars have hubcaps" joke here.)
― Tim, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:24 (thirteen years ago) link
http://shop.manchestergalleries.org/images/72Ub5gmh601Spx69HRqHjAGtGtMf/Oxford-Road-Adolphe-Valette.jpg
― FORTIFIED STEAMED VEGETABLE BOWL (schlump), Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Liverpool indeed, it's my hometown. I liked that it was the Liver Building without the Liver Birds in place.
― krakow, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:27 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Manchester? Looks a bit like Oxford Rd to me...
― Neil S, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:32 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i was shooting for mcr, and the refuge building
― FORTIFIED STEAMED VEGETABLE BOWL (schlump), Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:33 (thirteen years ago) link
That view hasn't changed much since the painting was done.
― Neil S, Sunday, 26 September 2010 10:37 (thirteen years ago) link
139?
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1370/5157777467_53d3afdf33_z.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 8 November 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
frisco?
― F-Unit (Ste), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ thought that
feel like the car is a red herring
― whiney trollins vs. hipsters (dayo), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks like San Francisco, maybe the Marina district.
― Oh do come to the mod illuminati conclave chez (Michael White), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
how would you even begin with that photo? lampposts? the off-turquoise colour of the building suggests a lowish latitude perhaps
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
the man is wearing a hat, which indicates this city is located in a place where people wear hats
― whiney trollins vs. hipsters (dayo), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:49 (thirteen years ago) link
fire escapes, light, oldish, tallish buildings, driving on the right. looks like sf to me.
― caek, Monday, 8 November 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
non-threatening cartoon on kiddies' window blind suggests maybe some liberal influences
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
building looks 30s.....so yeah would rule out a lot of places
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 November 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
it is SF yes. martin luther king square
original pic here by rob koziura
http://www.flickr.com/photos/probablekoz/4928733580/in/set-72157614085709800/
― cherry blossom, Monday, 8 November 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
(i guessed before i saw where it was too - which can make a good "guess the city" candidate to see if others do the same
― cherry blossom, Monday, 8 November 2010 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i would have guessed california cuz kinda 'chill', and sf cuz it's old
but it's interesting how efficient these vague associations can be compared to the more deductive methods that failed to unearth my last city upthread
― Adrian Roosevelt "Adie" Mike (nakhchivan), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
how would you even begin with that photo?
criminally i admit i got this all because of gta san andreas san fierro graphics.
― F-Unit (Ste), Monday, 8 November 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qkRe8.jpg
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
stoke-on-trent?
― Romford Spring (DG), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
nakhchivan to thread
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 30 March 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/2839869032_9f3086eaa4_b.jpg
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Harbin
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i have never heard of harbin but holy shit 10M ppl live there???
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
harbin is almost in siberia, not sure if the vegetation fits
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Is Goalkeeper's Mostar?
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:47 (thirteen years ago) link
No
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 3 April 2011 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
it's nakhchivan
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Changsha
― corey, Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.sochina.net/uploads/allimg/100717/0238040.jpg
Description:(Xinhua) Updated: 2008-04-03 21:28 A chicken Lamborghini LP640 was acutely damaged afterwards abolition into a roadside annual bed in Changsha, basic of Central China's Hunan Province aboriginal Wednesday. The sports car, priced at about... 4.6-mln-yuan Lamborghini crashes in Changsha
(Xinhua)
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
glad they finally abolished lamborghinis
― corey, Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
chicken-flavored, no less
― corey, Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Guangzhou?
― corey, Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
http://users.elite.net/runner/jennifers/jensno.gif
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Sunday, 3 April 2011 22:47 (thirteen years ago) link
― FUN FUN FUN FUN (gbx), Monday, April 4, 2011 5:32 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
you would dig it, they have this giant crazy ice festival!
also 'small cities' in china have like 3-5 million people regularly, where do you think they fit that 1.2 billion
― dayo, Monday, 4 April 2011 01:02 (thirteen years ago) link
ya'll could probably start guessing from this list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_the_People's_Republic_of_China_by_population
RIP america
― dayo, Monday, 4 April 2011 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmn well since yall have narrowed it down,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/philippe/2839869032/lightbox/
the city of eternal spring, thought the mountains and foliage would get u in the right direction
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Monday, 4 April 2011 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/UzR7E.jpg
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Monday, 4 April 2011 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Strasbourg?
― ENBB, Monday, 4 April 2011 14:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Is that Bath? Looks a bit like the Pulteney Bridge.
― Tim, Monday, 4 April 2011 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.abendblatt.de/multimedia/archive/00229/nein0006_HA_Sport_S_229005c.jpg
x2
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Monday, 4 April 2011 14:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought france or belgium but that church looks almost baltic-ish. so no clue!
― Minnie The Minx, Monday, 4 April 2011 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
the spire is very balticish
it isn't, but it's in a place with some architectural influence from the eastern hansa towns
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Monday, 4 April 2011 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Heidelberg?
― corey, Monday, 4 April 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man it better not be
― ENBB, Monday, 4 April 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Monday, 4 April 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link
riga?
― ich habe eine Schwarzzauberfrau (Eisbaer), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
King's Lynn
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 4 April 2011 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Monday, 4 April 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/DHcZS.jpg
Cork?
― corey, Monday, 4 April 2011 20:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Still think it might be Belgium but the bridges make me think it could be north east england, Berwick on tweed?
― Minnie The Minx, Monday, 4 April 2011 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Monday, 4 April 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought Berwick but its bridges aren't quite like that and the mountains in the distance are all wrong. Those awful buildings front right though, it really seems like Britain. Cars are on the left in the first picture too?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 4 April 2011 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Ayr
― dubmill, Monday, 4 April 2011 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fy8Hb70dhmY/S_2RSn1alMI/AAAAAAAAAtc/Km5MQkiGW5o/s1600/congratulations.gif
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Monday, 4 April 2011 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link
the 2nd pic was bound to give it away!
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 4 April 2011 23:29 (thirteen years ago) link
walked over that footbridge The Auld Brig so many times (used to live in the next town and went to secondary school in Ayr)
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 4 April 2011 23:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Never went in the sea though. All the glaswegians came to ayr & prestwick on warm summer days to the beaches but the locals never went in it, too much fucking seaweed and sewage, which is a shame, they could be really nice beaches if they spent the money on it.
― Algerian Goalkeeper, Monday, 4 April 2011 23:33 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Monday, April 4, 2011 10:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
haha outside of a few special cases, nearly all chinese cities look the same, I'm not super familair with chinese topography
― dayo, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 00:50 (thirteen years ago) link
http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicv/vfiles26602.jpg
― ich habe eine Schwarzzauberfrau (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Portland, Maine?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
naw
― ich habe eine Schwarzzauberfrau (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 21:34 (thirteen years ago) link
that's like a collage of every city I've ever been to. Philadelphia.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 21:38 (thirteen years ago) link
New Haven
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 21:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Whatever number it's up to...http://images.wikia.com/icehockey/images/8/84/Villach.jpg
― not_goodwin, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 21:45 (thirteen years ago) link
(mine is paterson, new jersey)
― ich habe eine Schwarzzauberfrau (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Berne?
― blank, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
my guess is Basel?
― ich habe eine Schwarzzauberfrau (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 5 April 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
― ich habe eine Schwarzzauberfrau (Eisbaer), Tuesday, April 5, 2011 6:11 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I should have known that since I'm 10 miles from there. Looks pretty cool from that angle.
― Thraft of Cleveland (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 6 April 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/a3aiN.jpg
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/MHIQP.jpg
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 12 April 2011 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
victoria bc
― harlan, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 07:41 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.allgraphics123.com/graphics/congratulations/congratulations23.gif
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:18 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2205/2538174366_0fb07b12a3_z.jpg
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks kind of Moorish. Seville? Looks kind of like a garden I visited in, I think, Almeria.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 14:54 (thirteen years ago) link
It's not Moorish,
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3024/2645239654_2e0ea6ce5f_z.jpg
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
That looks amazing. Istanbul?
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Going in the right direction,http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3405118100_6c13590301_z.jpg?zz=1
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Damascus?
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Keep going...
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Beirut?
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Aleppo?
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:27 (thirteen years ago) link
further,http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3420/3403168296_f03873f4e7_z.jpg?zz=1
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
That's got to be India somewhere
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:34 (thirteen years ago) link
It's looking more central Asian, now, one of the 'stans, I imagine.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Srinagar
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Diyarbakir?
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Ismael is definitely closest. This ihttp://blog.devstone.com/images/emote_ellipsis.gifuch bigger city than anything suggested so far.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3307/3587688152_b8951c08bc_b.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/1360/olddelhiphiloobloglr9.jpg
Delhi, then - I found this picture which seems to have much of the same generic stuff in it
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I've almost convinced myself it's the same street from a slightly different angle
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Lahore?
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
(Old) Delhi is right. I think both these last photos are from the Jama Masjid looking at the market.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Hurrah! I've just found another version of the same shot:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/273648919_70ad9adcf1.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
And now I'll do a new one
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6008/wherej.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks Italian. Bologna?
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Gah!
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Well that was fun.
Looks like a university town and I can just make out 'via' on the right.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:24 (thirteen years ago) link
love this thread
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:26 (thirteen years ago) link
The guesses for delhi were interesting and show how definitive its islamic character is, to ILX anyway.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, definitely a Mughal influence (it was their capital) that I assumed was more Turkic but the influence of the Persians on all the Turkic ppl is pretty marked.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:34 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/vV8X8.jpg
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Singapore?
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:40 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Vladivostok. I could swear that pic's already upthread.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
yah probably
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
new city yall
Vladivostok!!
― ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
There has been much controversey about whether the Russian league should be split into two leagues, East region and Western region, however this is yet to happen. Igor Akinfeev, the CSKA Moscow goalkeeper, said that "they [FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok] should play in the Japanese League", after his team lost 4-0 after a seven hour flight.[1]
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
every time i click on this thread someone has just guessed the last one, then i post a nice easy one and once it's guessed nobody posts another #firstworldprobs
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8638/paving.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
ty
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Bangkok / Krung Thep Maha Nakhon?
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Santavostok?
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I was just talking about Bangkok, but no it's neither of those
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
this is a good one
can u get a higher res pic or something
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Hmm, tropical climate, early 80s articulated buses, left-hand drivers, no bicycle/moped traffic, European influence, but those griffons and the southeast Asian detailing on the roofline are throwing me off. Manila?
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Not Manila - can't improve the resolution but could offer a second photo with people in it on request. But be warned it looks like a totally different city.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
the time is ~8pm yet it's light, subtropical at most imo
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
How can you tell its PM?
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
cuz it's too light to be 8am at this sort of the latitude, unless it has some strange time correction
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Yep, that Vladivostok pic is already in this thread, I think I named every industrial town in Russia and surrounding areas before someone beat me to it.
That huge Santa in Ismael's one is freaking me out because I didn't even notice it until I zoomed in to try to read what it said on the end of the building.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:21 (thirteen years ago) link
second photo svp
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8130/kids2e.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
left-hand drivers
griffons and the southeast Asian detailing
I might be wrong but I think these are all assumptions. The drivers may be on a one way; we have no proof that the person in the car is driving. The details on the front of the building aren't necessarily Asian at all, either. Speaking of assumptions, has anybody else assumed that this is a Victorian era train station? If it's 8PM and sunny still, I assume it's summertime unless that means it's the southern hemisphere, which might explain the Santa.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
The left side of the street looks pre-war and the right looks post war.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
And then there's the flags (U.S., something with a St. George's cross, and is that a Brazilian flag?).
But the people are too pale in the second photo. Lima, Peru?
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Speaking of assumptions, has anybody else assumed that this is a Victorian era train station
Yeah, I had it pegged as a train station, but have now assumed it's a market hall.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
That was the other thing I thought, too.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
This is a really good one
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Not Lima. I have a third photo for emergencies, but I'll hold it back for now because it's a panorama and that might make it too easy.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
thinking spain
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Montevideo, Uraguay?
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Er, Uruguay
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Now that you say that, it looks vaguely like Atocha in Madrid.
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Neither of those
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5485/panoramaoy.jpg
Nope. Here's the panorama.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Santiago?
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_Fh3thBuiw7I/SaeJ9LjgCuI/AAAAAAAATE4/k975L-4LLhg/s640/DSCN7934.JPG
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Santiago, Chile.
Okay, here's a new one:
http://i52.tinypic.com/2vlpurr.jpg
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 17:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Beijing?
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
chennai?
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i55.tinypic.com/11bqgk3.jpg
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
got a taxi from p much this exact spot before.
― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:05 (thirteen years ago) link
not lying on the floor mind you
shanghai?
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Close. Its a superlative city in some rankings.http://i52.tinypic.com/2wfqp6v.jpg
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:09 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i52.tinypic.com/29apdzd.jpg
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
linfen china
― harlan, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
chongqing
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Harlan wins a vacation to the most polluted city on the planet.
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, Linfen looks like hell on earth based GIS
― Si tu parles, tu meurs. Si tu te tais, tu meurs. Alors, dis et (Michael White), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, Linfen also hosted the Miss Bikini China and Miss Universal Bikini contests in 2005.
― light...sweet...crude (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe in 100 years it'll be like birmingham
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:23 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.fl.uestc.edu.cn/corridor/News/images/Miss%20Bikini%20China%20contest4.jpg
new
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4900070241_91380aba7e_b.jpg
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4444843323_6e81374c5d_z.jpg?zz=1
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
balkan?
― een, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
neinhttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3223/3095866280_a3064dd52a.jpg
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
woah
― ENBB, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:37 (thirteen years ago) link
iberia?
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
we're much closer to the equator here ppl,http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1068/1287092171_edcfe474be_z.jpghttp://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4900670202_df03acd466_z.jpg^this last one is potentially misleading but that seems like a weak reason to withold the drogmobile
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
pretoria
― The Geirogeirgegege (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:47 (thirteen years ago) link
we're much closer to the equator here ppl
― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
this is a hard one but I'll need to stem the flood at some point.http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4104/5046813823_efc075f55d.jpg
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I love that Wayne Bridge has tagged JT's bus
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 18:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Kigali.
― tending tropics (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 13 April 2011 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
good work jim
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 April 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/KnjEE.jpg
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
Vienna?
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
No, wait, read the sign, idiot.
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:52 (twelve years ago) link
nyet
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
― tunnel joe (harbl), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
Vladivostok
― corey, Friday, 13 May 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
Lviv / Lvov / Lwiw / Lwow?
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Friday, 13 May 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
ya
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Friday, 13 May 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VpyTu.jpg
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Friday, 13 May 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
somewhere on the tonle sap? siem reap or kompong phluk?
― rent, Saturday, 14 May 2011 01:40 (twelve years ago) link
different contintent....
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/oq9k0.jpg
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/sVxwc.jpg
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Lisbon?
― corey, Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
this is the same as last night's one
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ZsG30.jpg
local fauna
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
re: the one from 7:06 yesterday... is it somewhere in brazil? let's say brasilia or something?
and re: the latest one... lisbon? my guesses are decidedly portuguese today.
middle one despite the big hint in the picture i can't even begin to guess. bogota?
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
oh duh there were xps in there... didn't realize it was the same one.
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I figured after I posted
obviously somewhere on the south american east coast... cayenne?
― corey, Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
oh, oh, is it LIMA?
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
Cuiabà
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
n/n
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
Salvador then
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
i'll post a picture of a goat when someone gets it
― no xmas for jonchaies (nakhchivan), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
that "BCP" is probably misleading
― corey, Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
Lavanderia = spanish, not portuguese... BCP is also the peruvian bank, and that's their logo... I'm trying to sherlock the crap out of this it's bugging me!
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
Iquitos, Peru
― circles, Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
Iquitos? bahah xp
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't followed the thread in a while os apologies if this one is a repeat but
http://i56.tinypic.com/iypfza.jpg
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
lol, i was going upriver in google maps, had already looked at santarem and manaus
― circles, Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://i53.tinypic.com/5xlsi9.jpg
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
Abidjan?
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Saturday, 14 May 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
yeah! sorry i played video games after posting :/
― Alderaan Duran (Will M.), Sunday, 15 May 2011 05:44 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, this might or might not be difficult:
http://i.imgur.com/OdfYl.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/qTRuM.jpg
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Sunday, 15 May 2011 07:03 (twelve years ago) link
Santo Domingo
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 15 May 2011 07:43 (twelve years ago) link
Not Santo Domingo
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Sunday, 15 May 2011 07:48 (twelve years ago) link
Venezuela? Caracas?
― AlanSmithee, Sunday, 15 May 2011 11:12 (twelve years ago) link
Close! It's Venezuela but not Caracas.
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Sunday, 15 May 2011 11:23 (twelve years ago) link
As it's quite a difficult one, i'll say that the mountains over the nun's shoulder are a clue.
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Sunday, 15 May 2011 11:34 (twelve years ago) link
Merida?
― AlanSmithee, Sunday, 15 May 2011 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
Yep. Well done.
― I LOVE BELARUS (ShariVari), Sunday, 15 May 2011 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Qwxwo.jpg
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 14 August 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
hmm, can we have another?
― ogmor, Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6SjH9.jpg
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
amazing, no idea though
― ogmor, Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2423/3604354143_d5af3cc058_o.jpg
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
south america?
― dayo, Sunday, 14 August 2011 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
maybe skopje
― circles, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:36 (twelve years ago) link
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:49 (twelve years ago) link
It's Plovdiv Bulgaria!
― carstens, Sunday, 14 August 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
caracas.jpg
― nakhchivan, Sunday, 14 August 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
http://i55.tinypic.com/sg1pj7.jpg
― corey, Friday, 26 August 2011 04:32 (twelve years ago) link
Looks Asian to me.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 26 August 2011 05:00 (twelve years ago) link
me too. could it be some part of singapore?
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 05:09 (twelve years ago) link
i really dont think so but im terrible at this game
― god hates fats (Lamp), Friday, 26 August 2011 05:12 (twelve years ago) link
me too, i'm too dumb to play it but i love the thread.
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i gis'd some pix of kuala lumpur cuz i thought its geography might work and was reminded of how amazing like any city can look if u photograph it from far enough away, the order and the beauty of the buildings and shit
― god hates fats (Lamp), Friday, 26 August 2011 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
There's a strange building on the left, a sort of cloisters with a clocktower in it. Doesn't look like a mosque or a church, maybe some sort of temple or monastery?
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 26 August 2011 06:05 (twelve years ago) link
OK, think I got it. Not Asian:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/un_photo/5613321383/
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 26 August 2011 06:24 (twelve years ago) link
WOW.
― ceci n'est pas une witty dn (Schlafsack), Friday, 26 August 2011 06:25 (twelve years ago) link
What was confusing me was that that appears to be an aeroplane just to the right of the large white building in the centre foreground, but there was no runway. Google-mapping zelda's answer (how did you do that, btw?) shows that yes, there's a random aeroplane sitting outside the white building (the building is a museum, the plane is part of it).
― ailsa, Friday, 26 August 2011 09:43 (twelve years ago) link
I GISed "connected by two bridges"
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 26 August 2011 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/cYSZ2.jpg
super highres edition
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
ahhh they resized it nevermind
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
Batalha, Portugal?
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
as in http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/BatalhaFacade1.jpg/300px-BatalhaFacade1.jpg
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 17:17 (twelve years ago) link
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
spain?
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
are we allowed to guess countries? lol
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
that is an incredibly beautiful picture
― come back to the five and dime remy bean, (remy bean), Friday, 26 August 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
agreed
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
burgos!
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 26 August 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
lol u can read Hotel Palacio de la Merced on the right.
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
ha, is that how you got it sondie?
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
wait you can read that?
― come back to the five and dime remy bean, (remy bean), Friday, 26 August 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
well, hotel, palacio & merced
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
i tried but couldn't make that out. got it because of the big ass cathedral instead.
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 26 August 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
knew i should have googled big ass cathedral
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EHnOu.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
view fullsize obv
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
wow. iran?
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
no....not an easy one but there are clues
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not going to spoil, but it's kind of scary how well the reverse Google Image search works.
― Pinktits, Friday, 26 August 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
Pinkass?
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 19:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i have the tineye plugin for firefox and i love it but u know what would be the point.
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 19:52 (twelve years ago) link
Looks African to me. Maybe a place w/Muslims and Xtians?
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
i don't see any bigass mosques - so i doubt Iran.
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 26 August 2011 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
there's kind of a castle thing that looks moorish
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
i'm embarrassed not to know abt those distinctive spires
― zvookster, Friday, 26 August 2011 20:00 (twelve years ago) link
definitely arabic to some extent. feel like those double towers should be a tell.
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 26 August 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
Was there a war there recently?
― Ban or Astro-Ban? (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
Got it.
― Ban or Astro-Ban? (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
I googled "cathedrals in africa" and there it was.
― Ban or Astro-Ban? (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
I think I might have an idea but still not sure
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
More confident now
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/markfgd/markfgd1003/markfgd100300014/6683339-woman-holding-magnifying-glass-with-quizzical-expression.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
Asmara, Eritrea?
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DqimDyZLCvE/S5alk_hNTTI/AAAAAAAABFI/V8pMktQ9BaU/s400/maracas.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
i thought the unusual topography would be a suggestion, also mix of xtian/islamic
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
now someone else pick a city svp
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5102/5743295211_936b3d93aa_b.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
Whoops. Well, now you have the solution.
Valetta?
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
http://tinyurl.com/3tu7uez
It's in Asia
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
Valetta it is. Yours looks like Pakistan...
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
shimla?
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 26 August 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
Quetta.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
I found some gorgeous shots of cities that have unfortunately already been done
i.e. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3364/3330157153_fb55e25361_b.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
Try this, last one
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3475/5710390979_6478470c55_b.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
I'll try that and you try for this:
http://tinyurl.com/3r575g4
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, oh man. I gave you two landmarks! This is just a mood.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
Sweden, right?
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
Nuuk, Greenland?
― corey, Friday, 26 August 2011 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
I gave you two landmarks!
Is yours the Pacific?
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
Mine is neither Sweden nor Greenland but I will give you an additional hint; I wrote it down since I'd never heard of it and wouldn't be exactly sure how to find it again.
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
I want to visit owen's second last city
― god hates FAQs (cozen), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Nuuk is wrong. Not far off. Notice there is a beach.
Here is a lovely photo of Nuuk:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Nuuk_Panorama_image.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
Somewhere in the Faroe Islands?
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 26 August 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
thought faroe islands too at first but all i could find was pictures of whale slaughter
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 26 August 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
If it's not Sweden, it's Russia. I think the font on the left looks Cyrillic, even.It must be a big city because of all the well-trodden snow and six story building.It must be a very cold city because the snow's been there a long time.Is it Novosibirsk? St. Petersburg?
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
It's def Russia.
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
Yours is maybe Iceland?
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
Mine is apparently one of the richest in Russia
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
Not Faroe, no.The most famous thing about this small town is not the kirkja but the fjara
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
ah, owen's is vík í mýrdal right?
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 26 August 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
Vik is correct.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
Is it Vik?
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
Damn!
The Russian one might be Tyumen?
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
About 1k miles off
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Oops, more like 500 miles.
Ugh, damn. I have no idea.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
Getting closer!
Kazan's about that sort of distance and is ostentatious wealthy but i'm not sure.
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
Wrong direction
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
I googled "one of the richest cities in russia" and turned up Nizhnevartovsk.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
The very same.
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/14160531.jpg
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
Wow, that's much bigger than expected...
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
that looks like the lagos branch of the nevada counyu bank iirc
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
*county*
http://thestoryandthetruth.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/dylan_nashville_skyline.jpg?w=320&h=490
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
I don't think you would have quite been able to make that out in the version I had intended to post.
― giraffes have been heard making strange flutelike sounds! (Michael White), Friday, 26 August 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1264/5112443424_24fdbf2da7_b.jpg
An easy one.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 26 August 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
salt lake city
― sonderangerbot, Friday, 26 August 2011 23:34 (twelve years ago) link
great pic
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/42/106047683_9a3fb774de_z.jpg
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:29 (twelve years ago) link
STATISTICS HOUSE
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
oh lol i didn't even notice that
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 27 August 2011 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
I know it now btw, just letting other people have a go ^__^
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 27 August 2011 01:06 (twelve years ago) link
Bah, I had a great picture of Valletta lined up for this thread, and someone gazumps me on the one city I've been to recently.
― ailsa, Saturday, 27 August 2011 09:00 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry. I was actually looking for Mdina but couldn't find a good photo.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Saturday, 27 August 2011 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Harare_from_the_Kopje.jpg
― corey, Saturday, 27 August 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
oh fuck, filename -_-
reading this thread with images off is no fun
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 27 August 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
try again:
http://i56.tinypic.com/315egif.jpg
― corey, Saturday, 27 August 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Saturday, 27 August 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
― corey, Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
nice photo btw
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
hakodate!
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
oui!
was gonna post this photo of the same city
http://i51.tinypic.com/16bbltu.png
― corey, Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
hah well it's not far from russia
i'd like to see hokkaido, it's probably a bit of a backwater but it's the home of japanese whisky and it looks really gorgeous and snowy in hou hsaio hsien's 'millenium mambo'
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
Me too. not to disparage the japan of Lake Biwa/Kyoto/cherry blossom-adorned temples but Hakodate is attractive to me. I like hybrids (and cold places).
― corey, Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4085/5221921081_bda6caf28c.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
Asuncion?
― corey, Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:38 (twelve years ago) link
continent is right
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zKm5t.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
See ya! [moves to Hakodate]
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Saturday, 27 August 2011 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
:)
nakh, is yours Belém?
― corey, Saturday, 27 August 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Saturday, 27 August 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
The foreground buildings in Guess the City (link to corey's post) remind me incredibly of the hub world in Super Mario Sunshine, so probably an influence (along with the whole Mediterranean thing).
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 27 August 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
I loved that game
― corey, Saturday, 27 August 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VU4X7.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Sunday, 28 August 2011 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
(the outskirts of same)
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Sunday, 28 August 2011 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
caracas?
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 28 August 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Sunday, 28 August 2011 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
brasilia?
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Sunday, 28 August 2011 07:59 (twelve years ago) link
x
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Sunday, 28 August 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
http://c0848462.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/783c103a9f03c8071edf38adeb6bc37e68c3a211c9.jpg
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
Alghero?
― Fizzles the Chimp (GamalielRatsey), Sunday, 28 August 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
is that india?
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
it's leo's city from inception
― dayo, Sunday, 28 August 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
it is india
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
based on the pixels i would guess a smallish city in east india, but dunno which.
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
Chennai
― corey, Sunday, 28 August 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
surely not kolkata?
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Mumbai?
― corey, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
nerp
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
― caek, Sunday, August 28, 2011 10:48 AM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
fairly otm btw, hint
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:16 (twelve years ago) link
allahbad
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
no but (geographically) close
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
kanpur
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
wait no, varanasi
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
lol going through list of cities on ganges near nepal
― caek, Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:32 AM (33 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
U WIN
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
there it is
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b5/Varanasi_panorama.jpg
(there it is)
craziest ass place
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
vegetation/light had a v. east indian vibe, plus u love nepal.
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
good call, i took the pic btw fwiw
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
wow that's super beautiful
― iatee, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
is nakh's brasilia?
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/2404868225_047dcbd35e.jpg
vietnam?
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
it's in south america apparently
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
what's the sign say - USED Broccoli? AREA Purrious? NO ENTRY?
― dayo, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
only one city is famous for its USED brocoli
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
toronto
"nes entry" -- it is the way in if you are bringing a nes.
― caek, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
that hotel looks like a spaceship
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 28 August 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
it's the south american biltmore - the biltmas if you will
― del griffith, Sunday, 28 August 2011 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
petropolis
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/DeqqW.jpg
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
hi berlin
― carstens, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:29 (twelve years ago) link
damn, too easy
http://i.imgur.com/Ds4pt.jpg
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
― corey, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
nah it's Daegu South Korea
― carstens, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
2 out of 2 for carstens
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
way daegu carstens
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 28 August 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
This thread makes me feel dumb. :(
― corey, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EcHMB.jpg
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
Brussels
― corey, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
manchester
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
yeah
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
we still haven't solved nakh's yet right?
― carstens, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
prego did
― sonderangerbot, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
really obvious onehttp://i.imgur.com/gOjTo.jpg
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
new orleans?
― zvookster, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
amsterdam i'm thinking.nice work on petropolis btw. i spent a lot of time looking.
― carstens, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
cheers, yeah its amsterdam.
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tXV3x.jpg
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link
Looks European. Paris?
― corey, Sunday, 28 August 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
corey is otm. i thought no-one would get it because of the lack of obvious landmarks
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
http://i54.tinypic.com/fncu44.jpg
― corey, Sunday, 28 August 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://oi54.tinypic.com/fncu44.jpg
― corey, Sunday, 28 August 2011 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
it still doesn't look like earth
― zvookster, Sunday, 28 August 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
that tower kinda looks like the one in berlin, but its obv not coz i just did berlin
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
it it kiev?
― prego, Sunday, 28 August 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
― corey, Sunday, 28 August 2011 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
same city
http://i56.tinypic.com/1z70pz7.jpg
― corey, Monday, 29 August 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
Tashkent
― I DIED, Monday, 29 August 2011 00:48 (twelve years ago) link
Ive posted about this city before on ilx but
http://i.imgur.com/YLwOQ.jpg
― dayo, Monday, 29 August 2011 00:53 (twelve years ago) link
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 29 August 2011 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
I DIED is correct
― corey, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
dayo's is Ordos?
― corey, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
right country
― dayo, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/l1YPp.jpg
^^ woke up in this city yesterday morning, in the most disgusting motel i've ever patronized (and believe you me, i've stayed at a motel 6 in amarillo that was soul-shattering). i'm talking five flies in the room, stains all over the wall, sticky bathroom floor, and what appeared to be a very semen-encrusted carpet. didn't stick around to see what kinda continental breakfast the lobby had lined up for me. anyway, GUESS THE CITY
― del griffith, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
here's a hint: it fuckin sux
you were in tulsa
― circles, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
you, sir, are a person that is correct
never go there btw
― del griffith, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
haha, i never have been. there was a nytimes article yesterday about the building there that looks like the wtc towers
― circles, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:27 (twelve years ago) link
I think the sign in the last one nakhchivan posted says NAO ENTRE which is Portuguese ie Brazil. It's obviously not a coastal city, so I'm guessing Belo Horizonte.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:28 (twelve years ago) link
it's already been guessed, it was Petropolis
― corey, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:33 (twelve years ago) link
Oh.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:35 (twelve years ago) link
pretty sure dayo's is huaxi, "the richest village in china"
― circles, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:56 (twelve years ago) link
p sure yr otm
― zvookster, Monday, 29 August 2011 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
yup
― dayo, Monday, 29 August 2011 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2451/3561004602_5d03905c2a_o.jpg
― wayne swan, wayne swan, party time, excellent (Schlafsack), Monday, 29 August 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
oh crap, nm
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2598/3763617058_aa8cfa50d7_z.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Monday, 29 August 2011 05:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/2442876940_5c23c02ba5.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Monday, 29 August 2011 05:08 (twelve years ago) link
(Different places, easy times)
Oh okay, mine's back in contention then. I didn't know what yours are.
― wayne swan, wayne swan, party time, excellent (Schlafsack), Monday, 29 August 2011 05:10 (twelve years ago) link
second one is cadiz in spain, not sure about the first one
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 07:25 (twelve years ago) link
is it somewhere in america?
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 07:29 (twelve years ago) link
Fir trees, rocky landscape, wooden buildings, some painted a bright blue... some northern clime, maybe Scandinavia?
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 29 August 2011 07:58 (twelve years ago) link
yellowknife!
― rent, Monday, 29 August 2011 08:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/KcLd6.jpg
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 08:11 (twelve years ago) link
nice work rent, i just got there.
― carstens, Monday, 29 August 2011 08:13 (twelve years ago) link
Is that Leeds, Prego?
― Tim, Monday, 29 August 2011 08:24 (twelve years ago) link
leeds?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 29 August 2011 08:25 (twelve years ago) link
gah
yeah its leeds
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/gi0KY.jpg
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 08:34 (twelve years ago) link
Springfield
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 29 August 2011 08:45 (twelve years ago) link
If that's not sunny Middlesborough then someone's stolen their transporter bridge.
― Tim, Monday, 29 August 2011 09:17 (twelve years ago) link
hes got it.
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 09:38 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ykVjn.jpg
It's not very watery, but Stockholm?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 29 August 2011 10:04 (twelve years ago) link
nah, right continent though
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 10:14 (twelve years ago) link
lol i think i know
― caek, Monday, 29 August 2011 10:21 (twelve years ago) link
go-on...
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 10:25 (twelve years ago) link
haha i can see my house from here
― caek, Monday, 29 August 2011 10:25 (twelve years ago) link
Ouch, "right continent though" is the biggest backhander in this game - it was hardly going to be Sana'a or Port Moresby after all.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 29 August 2011 10:35 (twelve years ago) link
really? youre german?
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 10:36 (twelve years ago) link
haha i was gonna say go further south, but theres not much north of sweden lol
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
no but i live in munich. my house is just off the bottom left of that photo.
― caek, Monday, 29 August 2011 11:50 (twelve years ago) link
oh right, awesome
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 12:30 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/y9uyr.jpg
Boston?
― corey, Monday, 29 August 2011 12:56 (twelve years ago) link
that's baltimore
― caek, Monday, 29 August 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
caeks right
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.min.us/iHNMXAsB8IAgs.jpeg
― caek, Monday, 29 August 2011 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
From my travels a few weeks ago:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/High_Falls.jpg
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 29 August 2011 13:29 (twelve years ago) link
monaco?
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
to caek i meant
rochester
― rent, Monday, 29 August 2011 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
ayup
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 29 August 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
not monaco
― caek, Monday, 29 August 2011 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
its valencia
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/HwpF4.jpg
yes, xp
― caek, Monday, 29 August 2011 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
Zagreb?
― sonderborg, Monday, 29 August 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 14:26 (twelve years ago) link
Cologne?
― Pinktits, Monday, 29 August 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
Damn you, it is Cologne - must not waste time checking first
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 29 August 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/l75md.jpg
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
busan
― rent, Monday, 29 August 2011 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/FMgHn.jpg
― rent, Monday, 29 August 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
sammara
― ice cr?m, Monday, 29 August 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
manila
― ice cr?m, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
I can prob guess the continent but that would be drawing on extra-ILX info
― dayo, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
we'll get there fast, and then we'll take it slow xp
― dayo, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
kokomo
― ice cr?m, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:02 (twelve years ago) link
it's none of those places
― rent, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
lebanon
― ice cr?m, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
manila?
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
― rent, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w263/thomas77_photos/3-1.jpg
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
dover?
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Monday, 29 August 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
its defo uk, driving on left etc
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
plymouth?
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
falmouth
― ice cr?m, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
youkissyourmotherwiththatmouth
― caek, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
oh shit its swansea
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/v3I19.jpg
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
^ THAT is Cardiff. Easy.
xxxp Yes to Cadiz and Yellowknife. Shouldn't post just before bed.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/7299/11748929.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
malmo?
― caek, Monday, 29 August 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
that is lille
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
Correct, but it does look like Malmo!If I did Malmo it'd probably have that park in it
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
Can't find an image of Malmo without the Turning Torso in the foreground
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Monday, 29 August 2011 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
really easy one, i was in pretty much the exact spot this photo was taken from last month, nice view
http://i.imgur.com/GiHH2.jpg
― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
um
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 29 August 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
don't you mean ooh eck
― conrad, Monday, 29 August 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
is vienna
― wayne swan, wayne swan, party time, excellent (Schlafsack), Monday, 29 August 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
prego's last is prague
― rent, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/bUz2l.jpg
― rent, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
OH, duh, I should've recognized it.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 02:13 (twelve years ago) link
Looks South American to me. Coastal, tropical climate. Maybe Brazil.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
dense city but then those houses, it's messing with me.
― carstens, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 07:20 (twelve years ago) link
its porto alegre
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 08:32 (twelve years ago) link
it is
― rent, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/FtDzT.jpg
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
its O'Keffetown
― Splendid Curving Oasis of Ivory (Latham Green), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:02 (twelve years ago) link
that is weirdly similar to gateshead, but its not gateshead
― caek, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
It's Glasgow, although I thought G'head first too. Weird.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
Glasgow xp
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:10 (twelve years ago) link
I was about to guess Gateshead but then decided it couldn't be. I'm terrible at this game, anyway.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.min.us/ibmi0wNeuf6pyH.jpeg
― caek, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:17 (twelve years ago) link
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
― caek, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.min.us/ibtHYizCraZ77Z.jpg
― caek, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
Kabul?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
― caek, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.min.us/ibnTy2Hu43GXXW.jpeg
― caek, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
narnia
― dayo, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
no that is gondor
― caek, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
Talinn?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Bonn?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
tallin is right! ffs!
― caek, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
tallinn gahh xp
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
lol I'm on fire!
Okay this might be easy-ish (and no checking the image URL)...
http://www.prinsenhof.com/photos/Antwerpen%20skyline.jpg
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:30 (twelve years ago) link
that is antwerp
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
bingo. Huge cathedrals are a giveaway!
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/L7WnC.jpg
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
Obv answer: Amsterdam
― Neil S, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
that was too easy wasnt it
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/TgidB.jpg
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
Germany?
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
that is, is this a German city?
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
Also, @ Kabul, my first thought was Ogden, ha.
nah, not german
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
Well it looks very familiar, like it might be Stockholm or Oslo or something, but there is too much sprawl to be any of those places.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
another pic of the same place (apparently)
http://i.imgur.com/Cdyc4.jpg
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
Denver!!!!!
― Splendid Curving Oasis of Ivory (Latham Green), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
guess this city
http://i.imgur.com/L7y91.jpg
― Splendid Curving Oasis of Ivory (Latham Green), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:03 (twelve years ago) link
it aint denver
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:09 (twelve years ago) link
The Hague!
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
doctor is otm
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/TtOyZ.jpg
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 16:53 (twelve years ago) link
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=-19.973349,-44.055176&spn=4.810779,17.006836&z=6&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=-19.966053,-44.050237&panoid=9IOTa7LzmE700dBW6vuZVA&cbp=11,307.79,,0,0.58
― Splendid Curving Oasis of Ivory (Latham Green), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
was that a guess? if so, its wrong.
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 19:09 (twelve years ago) link
yes it was a guess and Its correct!
― Splendid Curving Oasis of Ivory (Latham Green), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 19:12 (twelve years ago) link
that says somewhere in brazil, the picture was ulaanbaatar in mongolia
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3g3bQ.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
I guess you just don't "get" geography in the internet age do you
― Splendid Curving Oasis of Ivory (Latham Green), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:10 (twelve years ago) link
evidently not
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
that other one is somewhere in africa right?
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Rustenburg
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
nee
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
Maun?
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link
wait no
nother view
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/335257305_0ba0d0bb7c_z.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
pinetown?
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:14 (twelve years ago) link
:(
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
Nelspruit/Mbombela
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
:( x 2
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
almost definitely Sth Africa
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
okay if its not that, i think i know it
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
not durban
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
its pietermaritzburg then
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
Too low-rise to be Durban/Pietermaritzburg imo, too lush to be e.g. Livingstone, too undulating to be most of Botswana, having said all that it's probably Sweden
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
but I don't think it's Sweden
Pietermaritzburg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
fuuuuck
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
281.
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2875/wheret.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
definitely santorini
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
aagh too blocky to read the logos
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
Not enough skyscrapers for Santorini.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
santorini was a joek
Ho Chi Minh City?
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
not ho chi minh either
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
Nha Trang? (spot the theme)
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
and nope
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
any clues?
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/4881/portyg.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
ulaanbataar
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
i give up
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
big clue here:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6312/outtosea.jpg
I still want that to be Vietnam so
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
Not Plymouth. (all 3 are the same city btw, in case that's not clear)
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
exmouth?
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
getting colder
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
gibraltar?
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
I don't even know'ar!
― Somewhat caliginous but not altogether inspissated (Michael White), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
Not Gibraltar
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
They're driving on the right so that rules out BRITAIN
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
that also rules out the falklands which was my next guess
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
a coruña?
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/C4EzT.jpg
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
I couldn't find a panorama xp so I was going to give you this instead
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3760/fromspace.jpg
and hope the counterintuitive coastal alignment might keep you all guessing 'til morning
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
karachi
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
abuja?
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
both wrong, but nakhchivan is pretty damn close
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
lagos
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
=
http://www.jummahprayer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/central-mosque-lagos-nigeria.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/hDc0W.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
is that an old photo of a place that has since exploded or
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 30 August 2011 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
belize
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VpGqW.jpg
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
Frankfurt.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 05:58 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 07:59 (twelve years ago) link
should i admit that i cross-referenced tom sachs exhibitions with the year volver came out?
based on that, milan? oslo?
― rent, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 08:59 (twelve years ago) link
yeah its milan, nice work there
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 09:09 (twelve years ago) link
easyhttp://i.imgur.com/gr94z.jpg
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
berlin
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 09:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/p7r0a.jpg
Ciudad Juarez
― sonderborg, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
Ah fuck, I thought that was a hard one
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 10:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/BkbkM.jpg
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:23 (twelve years ago) link
Agra
(got juarez through mexican street sign and "edificio victoria"
― sonderborg, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:34 (twelve years ago) link
nuh
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:35 (twelve years ago) link
That's that London
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
hold on
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:51 (twelve years ago) link
This one's easy, but I thought I'd post it, interesting picture
http://structurehub.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/uae-dubai-skyline-view-from-burj-dubai-from-thearchigeek-on-flickr-578x325.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:51 (twelve years ago) link
That can't be real, it looks like a half-loaded Sim City. (what goes on *in* all those buildings, btw?)
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:54 (twelve years ago) link
hula hoops
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:55 (twelve years ago) link
It's Dubai. Here's a real one.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2031/2498459902_4917080bac_b.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 11:56 (twelve years ago) link
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, August 31, 2011 7:46 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol wut
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
maybe ik thought it was regents park?
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
my first guess was brighton tbf
― caek, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
Bermuda?
― Pinktits, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
@ ice cr?am, is that Mysore? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lalitha_mahal_mysore_ml_wiki.JPG
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
nar
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:11 (twelve years ago) link
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:00 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol sry that was obnoxious of me, tbqh u all are amazing at guessing these cities
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
lonely is a mysore
― corey, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wPste.jpg
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
bilbao?
― corey, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
haw that is salford quays which is a pretty lame attempt at engendering 'the bilbao effect'
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/z7m9u.jpg
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
I really wanna get ice cr?m's cricket match + distant domes.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
i thought it was london?
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
it's northern india somewhere is my guess
― caek, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
agra?
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
So many gurdwaras, so little time
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
so its not the taj mahal then?
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:21 (twelve years ago) link
Amritsar?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
no one gonna guess mine then?
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Kingston maybe?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
maybe ik thought it was regents park?― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:00 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol sry that was obnoxious of me, tbqh u all are amazing at guessing these cities― ice cr?m, Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:12 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Haha, not at all - I thought it might be a tight angle of St Paul's from Primrose Hill. As soon as I posted I thought 'hang on, that horse is in wide-angle'. And then I thought: 'where's the rest of The City gone?'
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
guys h8 to be the one to tell u abt what happened to london
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
thought maybe picture form would break the news a lil easier
i need a cup of tea after that news
― caek, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
and some blood sausage
yeah neil s, it is kingston
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/fUfnZ.jpg
― prego, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
bump, its not that hard
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 11:32 (twelve years ago) link
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 1 September 2011 11:33 (twelve years ago) link
lol nah
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 11:49 (twelve years ago) link
sad taht no one knew sdf 1
― Splendid Curving Oasis of Ivory (Latham Green), Thursday, 1 September 2011 12:44 (twelve years ago) link
prego's seems to be plotted on a circle, so it must be medieval
― corey, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:04 (twelve years ago) link
same cityhttp://i.imgur.com/8wWQQ.jpg
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
Transylvania!
― Splendid Curving Oasis of Ivory (Latham Green), Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:21 (twelve years ago) link
it looks like italy, but the 'neghelli' on the tram car wants me to say 'ethiopia' but that doesn't look like ethiopia
― notorious ilx wet noodle (remy bean), Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
its not ethiopia
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
yes it is
― caek, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
i can tell
― caek, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:34 (twelve years ago) link
theres no trams in ethiopia
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:39 (twelve years ago) link
― caek, Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:33 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― caek, Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:34 (4 minutes ago)
^
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
ethiopia means tram in ethiopian!
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
Napoli.
― notorious ilx wet noodle (remy bean), Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
milan
― sonderborg, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3jGJO.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
sonderborg has got it
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
almaty
― corey, Thursday, 1 September 2011 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
heh, no
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
santiago
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
guise ur not solving mine
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
― sonderborg, Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
I still say Agra
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
is yours in india ice?
― caek, Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
yah it could just be the gurdwara in southall or something which would be really devious
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
i feel like the horse chilling in the park makes it not-uk
― caek, Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely looks like South America. Too planned/responsibly industrialized to be Colombia, Peru, etc.... Somewhere in Argentina/Chile?
― notorious ilx wet noodle (remy bean), Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
Got it. Salta.
― notorious ilx wet noodle (remy bean), Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
dunno if this is too easy but
http://wilmarbond.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/img_0101.jpg
― notorious ilx wet noodle (remy bean), Thursday, 1 September 2011 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
harbin?
― corey, Thursday, 1 September 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
ice, provide another picture
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Thursday, 1 September 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
I'd never even heard of Salta but now I want to go.
― Kreayshawnism should be taught alongside evolushawn (Michael White), Thursday, 1 September 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
i dont think i know anyone who has been theremendoza is sposed to be p nice, would suit an oeonawlogist like yrself
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
I've been to Salta and I couldn't recognise the city. I really suck at this game.
― (Jibe) jibé (Jibe), Thursday, 1 September 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
It's spelled oenowlogist according to Hipster Runoff.
― Kreayshawnism should be taught alongside evolushawn (Michael White), Thursday, 1 September 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
jibe have you been to every place under the sun
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
But jibe, have you ever been to you?
― Kreayshawnism should be taught alongside evolushawn (Michael White), Thursday, 1 September 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
i'm working on it, have covered about 32.594% of places under the sun. i've tried going to you [me] bit i've grown so used to it it's become boring, so i go to other places.
― (Jibe) jibé (Jibe), Thursday, 1 September 2011 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
Je est un autre, etc...
― Kreayshawnism should be taught alongside evolushawn (Michael White), Thursday, 1 September 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Thursday, September 1, 2011 11:32 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
http://i.imgur.com/CtBKz.jpg
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 1 September 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
not harbin, corey
― notorious ilx wet noodle (remy bean), Thursday, 1 September 2011 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
― Kreayshawnism should be taught alongside evolushawn (Michael White), Thursday, September 1, 2011 11:59 AM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
loll
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 1 September 2011 17:00 (twelve years ago) link
Calcutta
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 1 September 2011 17:09 (twelve years ago) link
namaste
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 1 September 2011 17:10 (twelve years ago) link
Ah so, it wasn't a gurdwara after all but a "gurdwara"
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Thursday, 1 September 2011 17:15 (twelve years ago) link
what a photo, incredible
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 1 September 2011 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
^ this (also lolled at 'have you ever been to you').
― ailsa, Thursday, 1 September 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
ist shitter town!
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Thursday, 1 September 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/7IP2c.jpg
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
munchen
― the internet and its bountiful crop of aphex twin (Schlafsack), Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
ffs, mine are just too easy
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:45 (twelve years ago) link
Well, it does kind of say it on the road signs :)
― ailsa, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/30uCb.jpg
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
oh right, didnt see that xpost
feel like we just did that one? kabul?
― sonderangerbot, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:47 (twelve years ago) link
― ailsa, Friday, 2 September 2011 08:46 (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
ahaha oh god so it does
this last one i dunno, rio de janeiro
― the internet and its bountiful crop of aphex twin (Schlafsack), Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
nope and nope
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
mine's still up too
― remy bean, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
Libya. Tripoli.
― remy bean, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, nice one
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
bucharest?
http://wilmarbond.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/img_0101.jpg again
― remy bean, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
another one http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2010-05/53632342.jpg
― remy bean, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
not bucharest then?
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
would not have a clue
― the internet and its bountiful crop of aphex twin (Schlafsack), Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
seoul
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
barcelona
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
Have cheated a bit via google, so will leave for someone else to guess. Looks v. nice though!
― ailsa, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
ha, me too
― the internet and its bountiful crop of aphex twin (Schlafsack), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
hint: it's in south america
― remy bean, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
what the hell do you google?
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
wicker structure in garden
That'd be telling :)
― ailsa, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:05 (twelve years ago) link
yes, got it!
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
its medellin, colombia
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
ding ding ding!
(I looked at the wordpress blog that the first photo was taken from, btw)
― ailsa, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
Me too, it was on the first page. btw that's why I've not been volunteering pics, the URLs are too easy to trace. I should just use imgur or something, hey.
― the internet and its bountiful crop of aphex twin (Schlafsack), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
Aye. I'm mostly posting from my phone so it's too much of a hassle to be arsed making a new URL.
― ailsa, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
uhm it's pretty easy to source 90% of these pics
u have to trust ppl aren't posting answers derived from reverse image searching
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/4sAFr.jpg
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:37 (twelve years ago) link
i just googled 'lights in river south america', then it came up in google images
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
cool grain to that photo
― zvookster, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
looks like brazil
― prego, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
gonna go for rio
noop
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 1 September 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
Darjeeling
― sonderborg, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
nice place
― sonderborg, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
totes
― ice cr?m, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
interesting looking
― remy bean, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
http://leicester-accountant.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/leicester-aerial.jpg
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
oops, okay scrap that one then
Leicester?
― emil.y, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
^__^
― emil.y, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:23 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:25 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VFVKY.jpg
very UK-looking keep left sign there
― the internet and its bountiful crop of aphex twin (Schlafsack), Friday, 2 September 2011 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
Small, European cars and a road design that looks Brit-like, and the Al- prefix on one of the shops suggests this is an English-speaking place with a high Muslim/Arabic population.
― remy bean, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
remy bean is spot on, does he know the city though?
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/49810821.jpg
Manchester.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 07:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/1V2kk.jpg
― rent, Friday, 2 September 2011 07:48 (twelve years ago) link
Loads of jacaranda. I want to say Harare but I'm probably wrong.
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 2 September 2011 07:51 (twelve years ago) link
not harare
― rent, Friday, 2 September 2011 08:00 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah too big. Oh man this is going to kill me.
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 2 September 2011 08:02 (twelve years ago) link
― circles, Friday, 2 September 2011 08:21 (twelve years ago) link
aaaagh or course
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 2 September 2011 08:22 (twelve years ago) link
*of
haha yeah aka "jacaranda city". i was rooting for you, AA! thought you had it.
― rent, Friday, 2 September 2011 08:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/2fwA0.jpg
― rent, Friday, 2 September 2011 08:37 (twelve years ago) link
It's weird, I was going through all the cities in that area, kept coming back to Joburg, completely forgot Pretoria for some reason xp
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 2 September 2011 08:38 (twelve years ago) link
that is celebration, florida
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 14:02 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/pak43.jpg
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
Tunis?
― Neil S, Friday, 2 September 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 14:08 (twelve years ago) link
Virginia!
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
nearly
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
Tartletown!
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
Lebanon?
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
thats a country duh!
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
It looks like a Mosque/temple on the left, and a Coptic church to the right, maybe? Flat, dry, limited foliage and reddish soil. Rectilinear stone building construction (& palm tree) make me think it's somewhere hot that industrialized in the '50s-'70s. Middle East or Northern Africa, maybe?
― remy bean, Friday, 2 September 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
Algiers?
― Neil S, Friday, 2 September 2011 14:58 (twelve years ago) link
Peshawar? Karachi?
― remy bean, Friday, 2 September 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
what does the blue mound signify
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
I cheated, and dammit, I could've gotten it if I'd stuck with the 'industrialized in the '50s-'70s' bit
― remy bean, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
You're all close
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Cairo maybe? doesn't look big enough...
― Neil S, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Lebanon closest so far I think
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Not cairo
Tel Aviv?
Warmer, but no
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
"my turf" ST Loiushttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/mike_ramsey_autograph.jpg
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
Gaza.
― Ned Trifle X, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:12 (twelve years ago) link
Yep
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
Long time lurker, first time winner!
― Ned Trifle X, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
Lebanon = "Is this city in Lebanon" obv
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
i meant lebanon was the closest place to gaza guessed so far
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:23 (twelve years ago) link
Incidentally is that really Celebration, Florida in chap's pic? I don't think I've ever seen it from above.
― Ned Trifle X, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
Was about to say it looks really Disney!
― ailsa, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
I biked halfway to Celebration from wherever the House of Blues is at in Disney. Weird neighbourhood!
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6209/6106462754_b17bc124bf_z.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
^ Not Celebration, it's a new one for you to puzzle out
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
lol at another photo of munich right by my house. i take that road to and from work when i drive.
― caek, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
no way is that munich
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
that has to be somewhere in scandinavia
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:34 (twelve years ago) link
oh, i realized, you were talking about the one i posted
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
murmansk
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
that is beautiful
― remy bean, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Oil pipeline above the ground = permafrost. Cars look like Volvos. Sweden?
― remy bean, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Not Murmansk. Not Sweden.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
norway?
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
And that pipeline is likely sewage or water.
Love it - is there a city in Greenland?
― Ned Trifle X, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
Nuuk (Greenland) is considerably larger than this city.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
its that city where a fuckin bear ate a lady
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:42 (twelve years ago) link
is it trondheim?
― prego, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
Murmansk is comparatively a metropolis, btw:
http://image.yaymicro.com/rz_1210x1210/0/db/murmansk-skyline-dbe68.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
Ilulissat
― remy bean, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
Norway is correct, Trondheim is not.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
I read somewhere that their periods attract bears. .
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
This is Ilulissat, which is strikingly similar:
http://i.usatoday.net/travel/_photos/2007/06/22/greenland-topper3.jpg
― remy bean, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
mahherfest
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
Ilulisat is a good guess but incorrect.Man, northern towns in Greenland and Russia seem so much classier than the northern towns in Canada.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Hammerfest is wrong.
stop understanding my typos
http://g.co/maps/n4hs
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
Another image of the city in question:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/427256378_85cd731ace_z.jpg?zz=1
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
The NOrth Pole?
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
Nope, that's in Canada.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
I was just going to go through a list of Norwegian cities but there are more than I thought. This has got to be far north though.
xp haha - yes, v. far north then! So Svalbad.
― Ned Trifle X, Friday, 2 September 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
(not really a city though?)
http://www.tnsantaclaus.com/Santa%20North%20Pole%20Snow.jpg
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:51 (twelve years ago) link
fuck you sanata
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
One final clue cause I need to sign off: It's the most northerly town with a population greater than 1 000.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
Somebody told me about this the other night, very funny: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_Island
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
Ned is pretty much correct, btw, it's on the Svalbard peninsula. The town is Longyearbyen and apparently there's really good skiing in early June
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
Ha, I just looked at a map of Norway and it said Svalbard on this island way up in the north so I just assumed it was a town. Still, Longyearbyen looks like quite the place to be.
― Ned Trifle X, Friday, 2 September 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
haha - so long Canada!!http://pics2.city-data.com/city/maps8/fru279.png
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/i9QWi.jpg
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
doesnt anyone want to guess this city? I give you a hint - it rymhes with nothing
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 17:50 (twelve years ago) link
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, September 2, 2011
lol. swipey island imo
― zvookster, Friday, 2 September 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
that polar bear was like GTF out of here you dick
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 18:09 (twelve years ago) link
I think the polar bear was like "mmm delivery"
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
you all incorrect! it is Kota Balikpapan!!!!!!
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
I looked at it and didn't know where to start.
― Ópen W. (Ówen P.), Friday, 2 September 2011 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
tooh ard? sorry - I suck shit at this
― Birth Control is Sinful in the ILE Marriages (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
that city is the color of vomit
― corey, Friday, 2 September 2011 19:14 (twelve years ago) link
welcome to Vomitville
― did you c/p that randomly or what (Latham Green), Friday, 2 September 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/QZDCj.jpg
― prego, Saturday, 3 September 2011 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
I feel sure that's Scotland, I don't know where though. Dumfries?
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 3 September 2011 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
not scotland
― prego, Saturday, 3 September 2011 08:09 (twelve years ago) link
delft?
― corey, Saturday, 3 September 2011 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
looks UK to me: Bradford?
― Neil S, Saturday, 3 September 2011 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
uk correct, bradford not
― prego, Saturday, 3 September 2011 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
Cardiff? Swansea?
― Neil S, Saturday, 3 September 2011 13:26 (twelve years ago) link
not wales
― prego, Saturday, 3 September 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Flattish land but big hills not too far away; large-scale postwar housing, but old enough to boast a big old church, maybe even a cathedral; photo taken from behind ye olde wall on higher ground, possibly grounds of a castle.
Carlisle?
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 3 September 2011 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
derry?
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Saturday, 3 September 2011 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
yep, tomofthenest has got it
― prego, Saturday, 3 September 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
no checking the URL!
http://www.stdavids.co.uk/trefeiddan/view_of_st_davids.jpg
― Neil S, Saturday, 3 September 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
cork?
― prego, Saturday, 3 September 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
tewkesbury?
― sonderangerbot, Saturday, 3 September 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
nope and nope- latter's not a city either, I don't think, which is a clue I guess.
― Neil S, Saturday, 3 September 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
its defo wales
― prego, Saturday, 3 September 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link
St Asaph? St Davids?
― ailsa, Saturday, 3 September 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
good call, it's the latter...
― Neil S, Saturday, 3 September 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/kBTaW.jpg
― prego, Saturday, 3 September 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
beirut? tel aviv?
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Saturday, 3 September 2011 19:31 (twelve years ago) link
Nope and nope, same area though
― prego, Saturday, 3 September 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6BVQB.jpg
― prego, Sunday, 4 September 2011 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
looks p dope
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 4 September 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
good place to set up a colony of noize dudes
― dayo, Sunday, 4 September 2011 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 4 September 2011 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Oq9WU.jpg
― prego, Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
same city again
Banghazi, fuck. I just surveyed the entire Lebanese/Israeli/Palestinian/Egyptian coastline plus parts of Cyprus..
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
Go:
http://i446.photobucket.com/albums/qq183/rammanpandu/3043910119_14a7dbbcd7_b.jpg
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
woah, thats devotion to the game right there
― prego, Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
norwich?
― prego, Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:44 (twelve years ago) link
tibet?
― prego, Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
lloyd?
― dayo, Sunday, 4 September 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
No no and no. I love that the authenticity of this photo is debatable. It could easily be Tibet or an off-season amusment park.
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Sunday, 4 September 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah that's got to be a theme park, nowhere that German can exist authentically. I'm saying Japan, the shallow pitch of the roof on the left gives it away (plus who else builds stuff like that?)
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 4 September 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
No, scratch that, it's nonsense. Zooming in produces what looks like a dragon on the clock tower - not typical of Germany iirc. That 'king of hearts' has still got to be a love hotel, though 'tashi exhang' suggests Nepal.
― Ismael Klata, Sunday, 4 September 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
its defo china or somewhere like that
― prego, Sunday, 4 September 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
nowhere that German can exist authentically
???
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Sunday, 4 September 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
Nobody is even close.
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Sunday, 4 September 2011 23:03 (twelve years ago) link
Ennh, not true. Close but not 'warm'. I'll find another image of same.
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Sunday, 4 September 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/308089923_2fb0d90a63_z.jpg?zz=1
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Sunday, 4 September 2011 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
nepal?
― prego, Sunday, 4 September 2011 23:13 (twelve years ago) link
not nepal, not tibet, not china, not germany.
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Sunday, 4 September 2011 23:26 (twelve years ago) link
bhutan?
― prego, Sunday, 4 September 2011 23:32 (twelve years ago) link
Thimphu, Bhutan!
― (Jibe) jibé (Jibe), Sunday, 4 September 2011 23:35 (twelve years ago) link
Some more pics of same:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Memorial_Chorten%2C_Thimphu.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Tashich%C3%B6dzong_Thimphu-2008-01-23.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Thimphu_view_080907.JPG
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Monday, 5 September 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
Unfortunately you have to pay for a private guide if you want to visit, plus visa costs, ~$200 a day.
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Monday, 5 September 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
Here's an easy one, nice photo:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2362624944_ff0444d675_o.jpg
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Monday, 5 September 2011 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Monday, 5 September 2011 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
sao paoloaaaaagh xp
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Monday, 5 September 2011 00:20 (twelve years ago) link
hah
― ice cr?m, Monday, 5 September 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
8 seconds
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Monday, 5 September 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
that's actually from sim city 3000
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 5 September 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/3121/75611815.jpg
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 September 2011 00:26 (twelve years ago) link
pittsburg
― ice cr?m, Monday, 5 September 2011 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/OAeU2.jpg
― ice cr?m, Monday, 5 September 2011 00:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Q5q2a.jpg
should be easy for photo nerds
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 00:36 (twelve years ago) link
butte
― ice cr?m, Monday, 5 September 2011 00:52 (twelve years ago) link
cr?m not otm although a solid guess considering the source
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 September 2011 00:57 (twelve years ago) link
yes xp
― dayo, Monday, 5 September 2011 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
kansas city
― ice cr?m, Monday, 5 September 2011 00:59 (twelve years ago) link
it does have a street named after jfk tho
― mookieproof, Monday, 5 September 2011 01:11 (twelve years ago) link
cincinnati
― ice cr?m, Monday, 5 September 2011 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
is ice cr?m's jerusalem?
― prego, Monday, 5 September 2011 09:59 (twelve years ago) link
searched all citys with streets named after jfk, its montreal
― prego, Monday, 5 September 2011 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
mookieproofs i mean
― prego, Monday, September 5, 2011 5:59 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― ice cr?m, Monday, 5 September 2011 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
athens?
― prego, Monday, 5 September 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
pristina?
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 5 September 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Monday, 5 September 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
Mookieproof's is in fact Montreal, as seen from Mont Royal.
― Bass Materialism (EDB), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
i shouldve known that
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
sao paulo is weird man w/all those same size same color towers
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
y'all correct
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
I also think it's funny that the first photo - also of Montreal - was mistakenly guessed to be "Some midwest shithole?"
― Bass Materialism (EDB), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:46 (twelve years ago) link
Also, it was that Zigguratty tower in the middle that gave it away.
― Bass Materialism (EDB), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
the phillips screwdriver building?
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SDoYK.jpg
― prego, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
Berlin?
― Jibe, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
definitely deutsch
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:38 (twelve years ago) link
im really gonna stop doing berlin now
― prego, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
everyone gets it on first guess
― prego, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
Style of road signs gave it away for me (oddly).
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ZJv9T.jpg
Probably an easy one
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
holland?
― prego, Tuesday, 6 September 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
That is a good Indian restaurant iirc
― ockfen aprilscherz (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 00:32 (twelve years ago) link
is that sydney?
― caek, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 08:14 (twelve years ago) link
did anyone get the ice cr?m one yet? looks a bit like johannesburg but only a bit.
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 09:18 (twelve years ago) link
Hints:
- caital (and largest) city of its country- not a trick photo (that building is probably the closest thing the city has to a landmark)
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 09:41 (twelve years ago) link
*capital
Reykjavik?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
wrong... hemisphere
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
I have no idea, looks like an industrial park outside King's Lynn but I'm assuming it's something much grander. It's a weird building because the bit on the left looks like it should be huge but it's only about 10 floors high? And that is some nondescript landscaping (or countryside).
― Ned Trifle X, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 10:26 (twelve years ago) link
So, definitely not King's Lynn.
― Ned Trifle X, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 10:27 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely not King's Lynn.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 10:28 (twelve years ago) link
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Wednesday, September 7, 2011 5:18 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 10:57 (twelve years ago) link
It could be some industrial estate on the eastern edge of London, and it *is* quite a striking landmark
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 11:11 (twelve years ago) link
I need to be careful with hints because I could give it away very easily. English is very widely present in the country.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 11:15 (twelve years ago) link
Wellington
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 11:19 (twelve years ago) link
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
khartoum?
― prego, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 11:39 (twelve years ago) link
Belmopan
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 11:54 (twelve years ago) link
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:05 (twelve years ago) link
heres another of mine
http://i.imgur.com/J6pqV.jpg
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ljZJf.jpg
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/oTdin.jpg
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:38 (twelve years ago) link
Shimla?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:42 (twelve years ago) link
nape
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:45 (twelve years ago) link
leh?
― Jibe, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
Chandigarh?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
vietnam? indonesia?
― prego, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
First of Icecream's most recent pictures features Hindi script, unless I'm mistaken?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
i thought it was urdu
― prego, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
Almanac's is Gabarone, Botswana.Details like hemisphere + city status make this game more fun
― twyla, the curator (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Gaborone = correct!
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
Icecream's 3 photos feature: Hindi script, people wearing jackets even though sky is blue, and godawful hackneyed paintings on conspicuous display. Leads me to suspect westerner-friendly tourist location at reasonable altitude in northern India or Nepal, but I don't really know any such places. I'll guess Rishikesh, if that's even a city.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
another one
http://trialx.com/curetalk/wp-content/blogs.dir/7/files/2011/05/cities/Mexicali-3.jpg
― prego, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
damn, i did it again!
try again
http://i.imgur.com/TcOrH.jpg
aaaaaaahahahhahahahaha
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 23:55 (twelve years ago) link
asmara?
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Wednesday, 7 September 2011 23:56 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Wednesday, 7 September 2011 23:59 (twelve years ago) link
there's some deco going on in the background
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Thursday, 8 September 2011 00:04 (twelve years ago) link
think ice cr?m's is kathmandu
― circles, Thursday, 8 September 2011 00:38 (twelve years ago) link
Prego: is that Morocco?
― twyla, the curator (Ówen P.), Thursday, 8 September 2011 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
nope, not morocco
― prego, Thursday, 8 September 2011 06:56 (twelve years ago) link
another view
http://i.imgur.com/JiiNL.jpg
― prego, Thursday, 8 September 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
Ummm...Ahmedabad?
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 8 September 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
Cairo?
― I like wasting my emotions on the interwebs (Michael White), Thursday, 8 September 2011 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Thursday, 8 September 2011 23:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zi4fC.jpg
― prego, Friday, 9 September 2011 17:52 (twelve years ago) link
Is that in ruins or not?
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 9 September 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
no, its not in ruins
― prego, Friday, 9 September 2011 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
― circles, Wednesday, September 7, 2011 8:38 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
correct!
― ice cr?m, Sunday, 11 September 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
same cityhttp://i.imgur.com/UMZuO.jpg
― prego, Sunday, 11 September 2011 08:33 (twelve years ago) link
that building really reminds me of the at&t logo
khartoum
― circles, Monday, 12 September 2011 06:27 (twelve years ago) link
finally
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 08:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/FJC0s.jpg
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
sheffield
― caek, Monday, 12 September 2011 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
The whole of England
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 September 2011 14:03 (twelve years ago) link
heh, I immediately thought Manchester, then though oh yeah, Sheffield, then oh that could even be London.
quick google, definitely Manchester.
― Skrillex Ferguson (useless chamber), Monday, 12 September 2011 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
ok i've got it
― caek, Monday, 12 September 2011 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
assumed sheffield because of the potholes but i guess i should have known it's a bit flat
http://i.imgur.com/Lyavq.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 12 September 2011 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah its manchester, moss side
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
nakhchivan's is Innsbruck
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 12 September 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
nah :(
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 12 September 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
Hmmm, Linz then?
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 12 September 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
different country
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 12 September 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
luxembourg
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 15:05 (twelve years ago) link
Um, are you sure about this? If it's not Innsbruck then it's some weird shit duplicate of it.
Innsbruck:
http://euroalps.eu/countries/austria/Innsbruck/0706020743.jpg
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 12 September 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
the church spire looks identical so i guess it's mislabelled
original page had it as vaduz liechtinstein
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 12 September 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Monday, 12 September 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
first time I've ever played this game, you had me going there :)
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 12 September 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/wJg4b.jpg
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
haha thought you'd posted munich for a second there. that's somewhere in w. germany though imo.
― caek, Monday, 12 September 2011 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
I think it might be Bratislava.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Monday, 12 September 2011 16:50 (twelve years ago) link
Hannover
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 12 September 2011 16:52 (twelve years ago) link
its hannover, does look like munich though
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 16:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://wondergetaways.com/wp-content/thumbnails/290.jpg
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 12 September 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
Krakow
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 12 September 2011 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Tak
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 12 September 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/n89hI.jpg
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
Lodz
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 12 September 2011 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/Newcastle_australia.jpg
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
ffs, that is the 3rd time ive messed up copying and pasting from imgur, it was a good one aswell!
Is it Newcastle, Australia?
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 12 September 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/esExd.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 12 September 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Monday, September 12, 2011 2:02 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
http://myopiclunacy.com/2009/12/25/upgur-an-imgur-bookmarklet
― ice cr?m, Monday, 12 September 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
nice link, cheers
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
not newcastle, australia
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
newcastle, UK?
sweet bridge btw
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Monday, 12 September 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Monday, 12 September 2011 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/4798/9vej13.jpg
― circles, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
probably should view full size
― circles, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
the mid west somewhere?
― caek, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 11:48 (twelve years ago) link
i would say no, but that could be contentious.
― circles, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
Moose Jaw?
― sofatruck, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
― circles, Tuesday, 13 September 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
is it lincoln, nebraska?
― prego, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
it's smaller than lincoln
another picturehttp://img830.imageshack.us/img830/9987/98dlvb.jpg
― circles, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
bump
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Monday, 19 September 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
Delmonico Grill, 609 Main Street, Rapid City, SD
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Monday, 19 September 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
lol, i was hoping you wouldn't be able to read that with the pole in the way
― circles, Monday, 19 September 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
and the blurriness
― circles, Monday, 19 September 2011 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/xOHtg.jpg
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Monday, 19 September 2011 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
Bucharest?
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Not Bucharest.
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Monday, 19 September 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Cluj?
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, it's Brasov.
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
Yep, Brasov!
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Monday, 19 September 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3448/3923303568_598245a885_z.jpg
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 18:27 (twelve years ago) link
portugal?
― prego, Monday, 19 September 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
List of cities ending in "-ca", page 1 of 277
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Monday, 19 September 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
I have no clue. Vegetation suggests mid-northern latitude + European street signs + non-British architecture + English signage.
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Monday, 19 September 2011 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
It's not an English speaking country
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
Here's another view:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2625/3922510341_15d039acd9_z.jpg
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
that's not monaco is it?
― caek, Monday, 19 September 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
is it france?
― caek, Monday, 19 September 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
France would never have a "Port Of" sign anywhere
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Monday, 19 September 2011 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
The 'of' is confusing if it's not English-speaking. Maybe it's part of another word? Like Port Officiel de Nice. Is it Nice?
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 19 September 2011 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
Good point. But that statue looks vaguely communist
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Monday, 19 September 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
I'd guess that it's a former Yugoslavian country
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Monday, 19 September 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Rijeka?
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Monday, 19 September 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
Getting closer.
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
Split?
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Monday, 19 September 2011 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Not Split
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
Actually a good clue if you can see it.
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Monday, 19 September 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
So it does end in -ca?
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Monday, 19 September 2011 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
There are no former Soviet cities of note that end in -ca except the "non port" city of Ganca, Azerbaijan. I still think it's former Yugoslav
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Monday, 19 September 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Those two letters could be Cyrillic - Odessa? - though that wouldn't explain why it's Latin on the other side of the gate.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 06:31 (twelve years ago) link
After five minutes of googling, and not having verified via actually looking at any pics of the place, I have uncovered that Zadar has a port called Gazenica. Is it that?
― ailsa, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 06:50 (twelve years ago) link
It is Odessa. The signs are in English and Russian.
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 07:41 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/MaVYj.jpg
― prego, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 08:52 (twelve years ago) link
Wherever that is, the weather makes it feel very familiar.
― just call me brian (krakow), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 09:03 (twelve years ago) link
It's the colour of Aberdeen but it's not British. The white-on-black registration plates are like the old Portuguese ones, but the buildings are too plain for Portugal. The Agfa shop spells Kosmetic with a K and there seems to be a Kzny... above it, so maybe Poland?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 09:09 (twelve years ago) link
it is poland
― prego, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
Lublin?
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 09:24 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 09:45 (twelve years ago) link
Looks familiar. Maybe Rzeszow?
― A little bit like Peter Crouch but with more mobility (ShariVari), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 10:04 (twelve years ago) link
Poznan's got a plain and kind-of-grim pedestrian street a bit like that. They're not very similar in layout, but that might be the other end?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 10:04 (twelve years ago) link
Lodz? (License plate begins with LF.)
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
It is Lodz.
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah lodz
― prego, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
loldz
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yes3u.jpg
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
that is bratislava
― prego, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Vi3gx.jpg
― prego, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
After some good guesses I have been completely rubbish at this for ages. That could be anywhere in the continent of Europe (so it's probably New Zealand or something).
― Ned Trifle X, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Wherever it is they really like red tiles on their houses.
― Ned Trifle X, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
lol its not new zealand
― prego, Tuesday, 20 September 2011 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
Somewhere in Wales?
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Balkans?
― em vee equals pea queue (Michael White), Tuesday, 20 September 2011 16:42 (twelve years ago) link
Looks like Hawthorns in the lower left.
Czech, Poland, Serbia or something. I can't read the billboard but it looks like Czech.
― fear itself (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 21 September 2011 00:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/WZ3G2.jpg
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 26 September 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Monday, 26 September 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
different continent
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Monday, 26 September 2011 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
Amman
― sofatruck, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
mine was valjevo serbia
― prego, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
― sofatruck, Tuesday, 27 September 2011 22:02 (1 hour ago)
✓
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 27 September 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/xZY9m.jpg
― prego, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
Odense?
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
that was quick
― prego, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
The reason I got it was because I Googled it a while ago, but never got round to posting the picture.
I spent a week there a couple of years ago. A week is a long time in Odense.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
hopefully this ones harder
http://i.imgur.com/LWiaB.jpg
― prego, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
Kiel?
― What does one wear to a summery execution? Linen? (Michael White), Wednesday, 28 September 2011 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Wednesday, 28 September 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link
uh.... Helsinki?
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 29 September 2011 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:37 (twelve years ago) link
southampton, uk
― circles, Thursday, 29 September 2011 08:57 (twelve years ago) link
― prego, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/BjG5J.jpg
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 29 September 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
portsmouth?
― prego, Thursday, 29 September 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
somewhere in devon?
― prego, Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
nerp, wrong continent fwiw
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
Is it near yr current location? Thought maybe Portland Maine?
― will eat pudding (ENBB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
its not portland
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
new zealand?
― prego, Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
argentina?
― sometimes all it takes is a healthy dose of continental indiepop (tomofthenest), Thursday, 29 September 2011 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
n, n
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 29 September 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Is it in America?
― will eat pudding (ENBB), Thursday, 29 September 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
south africa?
― prego, Friday, 30 September 2011 11:18 (twelve years ago) link
it is in neither of those countries
― ice cr?m, Friday, 30 September 2011 12:06 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Ot8lZ.jpg
― ice cr?m, Friday, 30 September 2011 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
another angle
― ice cr?m, Friday, 30 September 2011 12:14 (twelve years ago) link
falklands?
― prego, Friday, 30 September 2011 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Friday, 30 September 2011 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
Must be Canadian then. Nantucket?
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Friday, 30 September 2011 13:03 (twelve years ago) link
nantucket is in the usa mate
― ice cr?m, Friday, 30 September 2011 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
lol oops, I'm British btw
Am I right in thinking Canada though?
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Friday, 30 September 2011 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Friday, 30 September 2011 13:25 (twelve years ago) link
Fredricton?
― sofatruck, Friday, 30 September 2011 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Friday, 30 September 2011 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
Halifax then.
― sofatruck, Friday, 30 September 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Friday, 30 September 2011 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/n7HG4.jpg
― prego, Saturday, 1 October 2011 09:15 (twelve years ago) link
no ideas?
― prego, Monday, 3 October 2011 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
shit, even i cant remember
― prego, Monday, 3 October 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
doncaster?
― remy bean, Monday, 3 October 2011 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
lol xp
― ice cr?m, Monday, 3 October 2011 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
so it's a combination of big hills with a river that has sailboats moored in it...seems like there has to be a big lake or an ocean just out of frame to the left.
― circles, Monday, 3 October 2011 19:15 (twelve years ago) link
okay, i remember now. and yeah there is an ocean
― prego, Monday, 3 October 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6Qrg9.jpg
― Aerosol, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Didn't we have this one already? New Haven or somewhere up that way.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 19:33 (twelve years ago) link
close but not quite
― Aerosol, Wednesday, 5 October 2011 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
Portland ME?
― the emancipation of distraction (askance johnson), Thursday, 6 October 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
Paterson, NJ
― Aerosol, Monday, 10 October 2011 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5zkuP.jpg
― Nigel Farage is a fucking hero (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/NYlEC.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/SKhny.jpg
the watermark makes it easy I guess
― dayo, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 13:18 (twelve years ago) link
Sikk
― ice cr?m, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
Bespin Cloud City
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 16:57 (twelve years ago) link
Hello i wish i knew what that city was but i'm not as good at guessing a city as I used to be basically i would like to know what "good luck in your pyramid" is a reference to it seems familar i quite like it even though i don't approve of usernames with that many words usually
― post, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
The last two are obv Shanghai
― Do you know what the secret of comity is? (Michael White), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
Guess the City
― The Triumph of the Will High (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.travelpod.com/users/bob8888/5.1256083761.coat-factory.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
I think pplains is right.
― Do you know what the secret of comity is? (Michael White), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
Those Shanghai pics are gorgeous. nfi what the one before it is.
― Wilco Pump Pant (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Burlington, VT
― Do you know what the secret of comity is? (Michael White), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
VT is...
― Wilco Pump Pant (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
oh vermont usa, right
― Wilco Pump Pant (Schlafsack), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
― Do you know what the secret of comity is? (Michael White), Tuesday, November 15, 2011 12:20 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
sorry, neil s was right, that was actually bespin
― dayo, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
xxxp hi post, my username's a quote made by a clueless TV interviewer to Sun Ra, when Sun Ra revealed his plans to live in a pyramid. Sadly I can't find the original quote, but I think it's on one of the ILX jazz threads somewhere, I'll do some digging and see if I can find it.
― good luck in your pyramid (Neil S), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link
http://maxgif.com/2LQ
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:00 (eleven years ago) link
Wow that looks familiar. Very Stalinist feel to the architecture. Feel like I should recognize the plaza. Rrrrgh.
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 5 May 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
― Jibe, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
ha idk what it is
looks too grand for riga i would think
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
dammit, its not riga. i'm 90% sure i've been to that place i just can't remember when & where.
― Jibe, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:52 (eleven years ago) link
ha, perils of the frequent flyer
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 5 May 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
German flag.
― poxen, Saturday, 5 May 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
Heckuva lot of German cities with underground transportation
― poxen, Saturday, 5 May 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
not figurin out what this place is was keeping me up but i've got it: this is kiev !
― Jibe, Saturday, 5 May 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
huh. is it?
yup, it is. that flag doesn't look blue/yellow to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDzcDG0Q9vw
― poxen, Saturday, 5 May 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
wp, jibe
― tebow kortwa (nakhchivan), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/X7Wzn.jpg
i love this photo
― tebow kortwa (nakhchivan), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:16 (eleven years ago) link
Is that Malaga?
― ailsa, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
tis!
― tebow kortwa (nakhchivan), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:18 (eleven years ago) link
Don't know why I asked rather than said, I've been there often enough to know what it looks like.
― ailsa, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
id guess it looks better from afar than at ground level in the shadow of a billion 20 storey apartment complexes
― tebow kortwa (nakhchivan), Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
It's all right, actually. The apartment blocks are further along the coast. The castle where the photo was taken from and those gardens are lovely. Also A+ Picasso museum.
― ailsa, Thursday, 10 May 2012 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
Gorgeous photo!
― poxen, Thursday, 10 May 2012 23:57 (eleven years ago) link
revive
http://imageshack.us/a/img826/6248/cityw.jpg
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 09:41 (eleven years ago) link
Almaty?
― ogmor, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
no, further west than that
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
somewhere in the southern balkans? skopje?
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
Tbilisi?
― clouds, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
first guess was pristina
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
still not quite there
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
it looks quite a bit like plovdiv which i posted on here ages ago
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
noskopje was v close
tirana
always damn tirana
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://files.citycatalogue.com/634190285485884194_0.JPG
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:01 (eleven years ago) link
Belgrade?
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
a long way from belgrade
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:04 (eleven years ago) link
hope this isn't too big a giveaway, but at least one ilx poster is from there
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:05 (eleven years ago) link
London? ;)
― The windiest militant trash (Michael White), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
it's called londonistan these days
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
San Salvador
― The windiest militant trash (Michael White), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:38 (eleven years ago) link
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
The cathedral is not unknown in SF
― The windiest militant trash (Michael White), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
i am more drawn to the building that has trees several times higher than itself in its courtyard
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
wiki has a picture taken from the same view but obviously before the cathedral was completed, interesting.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/San_Salvador_downtown.jpg
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
The National Palace
There are 5 araucaria pine (Cook's pine) trees representing the five nations of Central America.
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4054/4420551545_d43af51a50_z.jpg?zz=1
― The windiest militant trash (Michael White), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
judging by that pic the belize tree is not doing too well
― A.R.R.Y. Kane (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
The archbishop was murdered at the Municipal Cathedral in '80 and the old building was rebuilt finishing in '99
― The windiest militant trash (Michael White), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/7XVHH.jpg
― lil queequeg (peter grasswich), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
Given the "Pay here" sign I'd guess East Coast of America
― whiter than... this? (Ówen P.), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/R9phT.jpg
― 乒乓, Saturday, 3 November 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
La Paz?
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 3 November 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
yuh
― 乒乓, Saturday, 3 November 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry! Here's 209:
http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/981/cartagenacolombia.jpg
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 3 November 2012 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
Hmmm. Cordoba?
― Tim, Saturday, 3 November 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
I can see why you'd say that, but not Cordoba.
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 3 November 2012 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Sdm5d.png
― 乒乓, Saturday, 3 November 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
oy klats no filenames like that for iphone readers
― koné ireland bébé (nakhchivan), Saturday, 3 November 2012 17:12 (eleven years ago) link
'tis but a ruse to unmask cheaty types
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 3 November 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
phnom penh, then
― koné ireland bébé (nakhchivan), Saturday, 3 November 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
neither Phnom Penh nor Cartagena
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 3 November 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
http://i46.tinypic.com/mb012f.jpg
― sweetántangó (clouds), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
trying to remember the capital of the faroe islands
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
haha dammit
rly i just wanted an excuse to post a picture of tórshavn
― sweetántangó (clouds), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 21:46 (eleven years ago) link
second thought was that the vegetation seems a bit wrong, so considered stanley aka port stanley, falkland islands and it's quite similar
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7-xYJzO8JCU/T32tVF-7R-I/AAAAAAAAL2E/0JbwvW3qbWc/s1600/ilhas+malvinas.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
ooh
― sweetántangó (clouds), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-It-h749jOzU/ThX9Ed_vz_I/AAAAAAAAFAw/VRSCQ9cse9c/s1600/DSCF3258.JPG
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
belem?
― sweetántangó (clouds), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
not brazil actually :o
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
Portuguese-speaking but not Brazil or Portugal, people mostly of lightish tones ... Praia, Cape Verde?
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:54 (eleven years ago) link
Oslo
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/xDCnv.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 4 December 2012 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/KyDIT.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 01:08 (eleven years ago) link
stoke
― bill paxman (darraghmac), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
We are in Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. I pop down to "the City of the East" whenever I need a rejuvenating baby blood detox. It's a totally natural - but naturally totally illegal - scurve-potion you buy from the scar-faced bib-dribblers who punt and grub it over the nearby Brazilian border.
― Grampsy, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 03:12 (eleven years ago) link
busan?
― sweetántangó (clouds), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not just guessing that it's Ciudad del Este, I'm stating that it is. Compare the photo three pictures up with this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onildo_lima/5675940205/
― Grampsy, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
p sure it's stoke, the southern aspect, just down from the cake factories
― bill paxman (darraghmac), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 09:09 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/FqoD1.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 01:27 (eleven years ago) link
somewhere in spain?
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
no, but not that far away
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
michael white to thread
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
yeah those mile long dead-straight streets in old world cities usually signify a dirigiste disregard for property rights
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
Is it Braga?
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:37 (eleven years ago) link
it's a city dear to the heart of old school ILM posters
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
riese-moraine, france
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
that sounds like it would be nearby
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
Munich?
― Jeff, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
try this one in the meantime
http://i48.tinypic.com/2nvul43.jpg
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
fukuoka?
― bertrim hapaz (anky), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
japan is correct, but not fukuoka
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
not munich. no hills around munich. somewhere in central france i reckon.
― caek, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
this game isn't fun anymore once you've got the "Search Google with this image" extension
― "poop floats" starring sandra buttock (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
honor system
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
caek ✓
japanese one idk
the skeletal space needle thing in the background suggests the sort of contrived landmarks that otherwise unremarkable provincial cities build to give themselves a 'skyline'
for a japanese city it looks fairly modest, guessing from the trees in foreground that it is towards the south
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
all correct guesses
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
I know what it is I know I know!!!
― "poop floats" starring sandra buttock (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
daytime shot:
http://i.imgur.com/2ps0G.jpg
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
I am into the tan-n-brown thing in the middle there, very
http://www.owningpink.com/sites/default/files/images/wp/i-gotta-be-me.jpg
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
ha yes, didn't even notice it
another hint: it's pretty far south
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
kumamoto
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:54 (eleven years ago) link
further south :o
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
Not Naha? I don't see any palm trees
― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
Ah it is Naha
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Naha_montage.jpg
― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
indeed
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:15 (eleven years ago) link
That is perhaps the only angle of Naha that obscures the endless ocean views (looks like it's taken from the Crowne Plaza). You can kind of see the horizon on the middle-left.
This is more reminiscent of Naha, from my last visit:http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr8c5ffttM1r2m6v9o1_1280.png
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
nice
it is definitely a place i want to visit (despite my dislike for hot humid climes)
― clouds, Tuesday, 18 December 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
Nice. The Okinawan people and culture are really amazing. But yes it is quite hot and humid.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 18 December 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
is the french one toulouse?
― caek, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
nice panoramic photo
http://i.imgur.com/lOu12.jpg
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:25 (eleven years ago) link
add a few terraces and get rid of the terracotta roofs and it would look like somewhere in northern england
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
yeah my first impression was sheffield
clermont ferrand?
― caek, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:07 (eleven years ago) link
not seeing any ILM connections with clermont....
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
Saint-Etienne!
― doctor, doctor, give me the news (askance johnson), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 21:12 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ZfXBU.gif
― Suggest Banlieue (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
I looked and thought France (lack of steeples, European architecture), never would've narrowed it down to St. Etienne though
― you, your max is on fire (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
tbh I didn't even know st. etienne was a city, but I was scanning france in google maps and I had some vague recollection that ye olde ilxors liked that band.
― doctor, doctor, give me the news (askance johnson), Wednesday, 19 December 2012 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
i've been to st etienne and i would not have recognized it. in my mind it's a city where it's always gray and sooty. mining city cliché.
― Jibe, Wednesday, 19 December 2012 22:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/dzU5vBO.jpg
― every soulless meta poster is a ✰ (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 15 February 2013 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
asunción
― polski smak (clouds), Friday, 15 February 2013 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://i48.tinypic.com/16hrk2p.jpg
― bertrim hapaz (anky), Friday, 15 February 2013 05:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/x3i6VQI.jpg
― þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla (clouds), Friday, 22 February 2013 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
some port nestled in a fjord in norway or iceland or the faroes.
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 22 February 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/o0qGSdh.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Sunday, 3 March 2013 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
almaty?
― þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla (clouds), Sunday, 3 March 2013 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
estes park?
― Gunoka Cuntles (Matt P), Sunday, 3 March 2013 06:41 (eleven years ago) link
uh nm
― Gunoka Cuntles (Matt P), Sunday, 3 March 2013 06:43 (eleven years ago) link
south of almaty
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Sunday, 3 March 2013 14:03 (eleven years ago) link
Quetta?
― Head Cheerleader, Homecoming Queen and part-time model (ShariVari), Sunday, 3 March 2013 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
closer....
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Sunday, 3 March 2013 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/pdz92Kb.jpg
― clouds, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 12:22 (ten years ago) link
this remnds me of two places... is it male or bandar seri bagawan?
― Jibe, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
Jakarta
― Treeship, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 18:00 (ten years ago) link
it is male
― clouds, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
the last one i posted itt was abbotabad
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 9 May 2013 02:06 (ten years ago) link
the last one i posted itt was greymouth nz
― anky, Thursday, 9 May 2013 05:07 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/OqNJKiT.jpg
― clouds, Thursday, 9 May 2013 12:40 (ten years ago) link
somewhere in china
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 9 May 2013 12:42 (ten years ago) link
― clouds, Thursday, 9 May 2013 12:42 (ten years ago) link
like shenzhen or something
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 9 May 2013 12:43 (ten years ago) link
holy fuck. correct.
― clouds, Thursday, 9 May 2013 12:46 (ten years ago) link
ace
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 9 May 2013 12:48 (ten years ago) link
what made you think shenzhen?
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 9 May 2013 12:57 (ten years ago) link
the wide boulevard, and there's a familiar looking (for some reason) highrise on the left
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 9 May 2013 13:00 (ten years ago) link
the boulevard does suggest a newer city (not that the ccp is afraid of eminent domain)
i used to know the names of every largish city and there is something dispiriting about finding out about all of these places like shangrao with 5m people and i know nothing about them
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 9 May 2013 13:07 (ten years ago) link
my friend, when travelling in China, reported that when he talked to people on trains and asked where they were from he would regularly get replies like "oh a place called Haikou, you wouldn't have heard of it, only 2m people live there".
― Neil S, Thursday, 9 May 2013 13:11 (ten years ago) link
http://geoguessr.com/it's a game!
― kinder, Friday, 10 May 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
rad!
― caek, Friday, 10 May 2013 17:47 (ten years ago) link
haha i just searched up this thread to post that, i am internet slow i guess. also i failed to recognize Deadhorse, Alaska so i hang my head in shame now
― ciderpress, Friday, 10 May 2013 18:45 (ten years ago) link
love it
― ogmor, Friday, 10 May 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
man I am surprisingly good at this although there seems to be a lot in Florida
― kinder, Friday, 10 May 2013 20:31 (ten years ago) link
I always am way off with places I'm Australia.
― Jeff, Friday, 10 May 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
agh bloody Canada just tricked me with a red phone box
― kinder, Friday, 10 May 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link
my rule is if it looks like texas but the middle line of the road is not yellow it's probably australia
― caek, Friday, 10 May 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
i'm starting to get repeats, i was hoping these were procedurally generated somehow but it seems like there's just several dozen preset ones
― ciderpress, Friday, 10 May 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
yep same with the Australia rule!I've had the same bridge three times but no other repeats.
― kinder, Friday, 10 May 2013 21:15 (ten years ago) link
I just got one that was totally inside a restaurant - no view of outside or anything :(
― kinder, Friday, 10 May 2013 21:22 (ten years ago) link
14873 highscore
northern canada/michigan/alaska look too similar
― dylannn, Friday, 10 May 2013 21:31 (ten years ago) link
my restaurant one was this: not technically a streetview photo
― kinder, Friday, 10 May 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
wow, I did better than I thought. 11269. when I saw red dirt I thought alabama or somewhere in the south, but then I saw a sign that said "railway crossing" and correctly guessed australia.
― wk, Friday, 10 May 2013 21:46 (ten years ago) link
eatview xp
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 10 May 2013 21:47 (ten years ago) link
This is a nice idea but boy do I wish it involved less clicking - like Geosense where you just smack down your pin and that's that.
Nice way to make you realize how much of the world now basically looks like suburban Knoxville though. Ugh.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
i was trying this but then it ended up being south africa :(
― circles, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
i started wandering around searching for clues which is not in the spirit of the game but kills timesometimes you're somewhere familiar and you can take a good guess from the hints around you, oh i might be in the ukraine but sometimes it's just a blind great paranoid wander down a dirt road in the boreal forest with no signs of life except suddenly a dog on the road, suddenly an unreadable highway sign, a crossroads and you have to decide which way will bring you to some hint of your location faster. you eventually hit pavement and see a few big trucks passing you. but any streetsign could be thousands of clicks, thousands of screen reloads in either direction. you might be in northern michigan or northern saskatchewan.
― dylannn, Friday, 10 May 2013 22:59 (ten years ago) link
it's thrilling to suddenly pop up somewhere you've been before, too.
we used to play this at work in teams, one team selects a spot and fullscreens streetview. rule is no moving, no changing the view, can't touch the mouse. we developed a scoring system based on correctly guessing continent, country, city, and arbitrarily awarded bonus points for extra details.
― dylannn, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:01 (ten years ago) link
I think that's the appeal of the game! Got the Nasa center wrong, and I hate myself for it. (Scoring regurlary around 13k-15K.)
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:02 (ten years ago) link
these can't be randomly chosen places right? it landed in the cathedral square of santiago de compostela, giving me 7000 points
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 10 May 2013 23:34 (ten years ago) link
got 10 metres from the actual location because it was an amply signposted three way junction on the finland/norway/sweden border
― caek, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:34 (ten years ago) link
western australia seems to come up more than it should
― caek, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:35 (ten years ago) link
yeah, I got Tulum which was really easy
― wk, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
the first one to give me the flash of recognition was hinton, alberta right in the middle of town on the yellowhead.
i'm going to liveblog a streetview drive across canada.
― dylannn, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:47 (ten years ago) link
northern tip of norway + areas of australia (portland. the northwest coast) come up a lot for me. but no repeats.
― dylannn, Friday, 10 May 2013 23:48 (ten years ago) link
Never got South America and mainland Asia once. Big amounts of Midwest, Japan and Australia and a few landmarks. Can't be random. (Regularly around 25k now)
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 11 May 2013 16:43 (ten years ago) link
well i mean places that have google street view aren't exactly an unbiased sample of planet earth.
― circles, Saturday, 11 May 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
australia is so awful
― ogmor, Saturday, 11 May 2013 17:24 (ten years ago) link
You missed with 8.324 km which gave 5837 points.
this is my best with the countryside ones (vineyards in norcal)
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 12 May 2013 00:02 (ten years ago) link
My o/h missed with half a kilometre and only got 3000-something points. I dunno if some are deemed harder than others... Or if it's a bit random?
― kinder, Sunday, 12 May 2013 10:15 (ten years ago) link
haha i just searched up this thread to post that, i am internet slow i guess.
Ha, me too.
― i, norbit (jaymc), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:06 (ten years ago) link
Game finished!
You got 19215 points in total.
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
― caek, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
take like 3000 of that off cuz one of them was right next to a shop saying dubrovnik, otherwise i'd have guessed randomly along the yugoslav adriatic coast
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Monday, 13 May 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
i want to break 20000. i've blocked off my afternoon.
― dylannn, Monday, 13 May 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
I thought I'd got one because I was next to a van which said it was from Fort Myers, except it was actually just outside Miami. Stupid movable vehicles.
― ailsa, Monday, 13 May 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
gah, 19169. got bored looking round cancun. nifty pinpointing of a road in the middle of nowhere in south africa.
― ogmor, Monday, 13 May 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
I got over 25000, due to landing next to places with googleable roadsigns (including an entrance to the Kruger National Park). Kostromo looks a nice place for a nosey about (that was the only one I was way off on, guessing it to be in one of the Baltic states)
― ailsa, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/66975_543653468990167_1334380881_n.jpg
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 02:30 (ten years ago) link
Oof. Uh. Harbin?
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 02:35 (ten years ago) link
it's reminding me of ho chi minh for some reason
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 02:40 (ten years ago) link
no to those
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 04:39 (ten years ago) link
guys how the fuck do you learn so much abt cities to be able to guess them like this, i want to learn to do this
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 04:42 (ten years ago) link
i went to some and have seen footage of othera
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 04:44 (ten years ago) link
others
go to enough places and it turns into elimination & working with the map
― anky, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 04:47 (ten years ago) link
i want to go to all of the places
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 05:00 (ten years ago) link
is it even in asia? i like the haerbin guess... decaying euro architecture and new apartment blocks. but i don't think it's china. if it is somewhere in asia, i want to say, like, a tough industrial south korean city like... busan? i don't know....
― dylannn, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 05:06 (ten years ago) link
Looks superficially Asian, but my gut feeling now is somewhere formerly behind the Iron Curtain...
It's definitely not Korea. The cars are too colourful.
― Millsner, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 05:16 (ten years ago) link
the points against it being in asia are: the quietness of the street scene + no advertising or other shit all over the buildings + no obvious informal commercialization of public spaces + lack of development across the river
― dylannn, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 05:20 (ten years ago) link
is it somewhere in scandanavia?
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 05:25 (ten years ago) link
is it helsinki? is that what helsinki looks like?
That green building looks Russian or Ukrainian. Maybe Dniepropetrovsk?
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 07:44 (ten years ago) link
Or Tomsk, idk.
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 07:46 (ten years ago) link
Has taken me about 100 goes on that geoguessr.com site to land somewhere I've actually been! (Cocoa Beach, FL)
― ailsa, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 11:00 (ten years ago) link
Agreed that the lack of signage seems odd for China. What put me over there was the way the courtyard is organized...but that might be a red herring. I like the Iron Curtain angle...maybe one of the Asian Soviet states?
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 13:29 (ten years ago) link
no hits yet but closer
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
The bottom row of buildings looks like classic imperial Russian architecture but I'm thrown by the marsh stretching of into the distance.
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
I bet it's Vladivostok.
― Millsner, Tuesday, 14 May 2013 22:18 (ten years ago) link
the copper roofed buldings suggest official architecture of former soviet union, the geography (low elevations to horizon, probable articial lake in proximity to river) suggests the eastern european plain, only the tower in the top left corner suggests post-FSU development, other buildings look relatively old, no development on far side of the river suggests relatively small city, narrowish river discounts lower volga
fairly sure it is either ukraine or russia, probably the latter
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 14 May 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
Nakhichevan was a field of wheat away.
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Wednesday, 15 May 2013 00:32 (ten years ago) link
so... where was it?
― dylannn, Friday, 17 May 2013 18:08 (ten years ago) link
not sure what a field of wheat is in this context
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 17 May 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
are you "nakhichevan"?
― dylannn, Friday, 17 May 2013 18:34 (ten years ago) link
i think so
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 17 May 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
unless he means the place, but it doesnt look like anything in anatolia or the caucusus
― there is no special cathexis with mini fried donuts (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Friday, 17 May 2013 18:38 (ten years ago) link
Volgograd, maybe?
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Friday, 17 May 2013 19:16 (ten years ago) link
Not ashamed to admit I spent the better part of an hour combing Google Earth views of Volgograd, Rostov, Baku and a few other Caucasus-ish cities. I couldn't find any matches for the view in that pic. Stumped.
― Millsner, Friday, 17 May 2013 19:31 (ten years ago) link
mattybuddy
i need another hint, something....
― dylannn, Saturday, 18 May 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
please.
― dylannn, Sunday, 19 May 2013 13:53 (ten years ago) link
Kiev.
― Grampsy, Sunday, 19 May 2013 14:00 (ten years ago) link
*farts*
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:34 (ten years ago) link
rostov-on-don
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
Nakhichevan-on-DonIn 1779, Rostov-on-Don became associated with a settlement of Armenian refugees from the Crimea. The two settlements were separated by a field of wheat. In 1928, the two towns were merged. The former town border lies beneath the Teatralnaya Square of central Rostov-on-Don.
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
jeez.good one.
― dylannn, Monday, 20 May 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
i got the pic from roman flugel's fb. probably from a hotel?
― the display names will fall like rain (Matt P), Monday, 20 May 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/haEJ0Co.jpg
― 乒乓, Saturday, 8 June 2013 12:26 (ten years ago) link
Moscow!
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Saturday, 8 June 2013 13:17 (ten years ago) link
eeeezy I'd know that subway map anywhere
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 8 June 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
the moscow subway stations are really cool/ornate.
― Treeship, Saturday, 8 June 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
unfortunately, i wasn't there long enough to get to visit this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dostoyevskaya_%28Moscow_Metro%29
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Dostoyevskaya_station_%28Moscow_Metro%29.jpg/800px-Dostoyevskaya_station_%28Moscow_Metro%29.jpg
― Treeship, Saturday, 8 June 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
A fairly easy one:
http://i.imgur.com/gve0SzG.jpg
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Monday, 10 June 2013 13:26 (ten years ago) link
Dubrovnik?
― Neil S, Monday, 10 June 2013 13:50 (ten years ago) link
Not Dubrovnik.
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Monday, 10 June 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
I realise that saying it's relatively easy is a) probably not true and b) potentially misleading, now. I'm pretty sure some ILXors will have been there though.
― хуто-хуторянка (ShariVari), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 07:41 (ten years ago) link
http://geoguessr.com/
(google earth game of guess where the hell you are)
― Ste, Monday, 24 June 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
scored 8959
― Ste, Monday, 24 June 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
okay somehow I wound up on the field in a stadium and I can only go in a circle around the field
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 24 June 2013 22:23 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I did that too (I think it's in Japan somewhere)
― ailsa, Monday, 24 June 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
is the underground transit mass grave scene in the background of dayo's pic one of those dancing gorilla things you only see if you are concentrating specifically on it or is there another reason nobody is mentioning it
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Monday, 24 June 2013 22:28 (ten years ago) link
https://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&q=soccer+cafe+wolfsburg&fb=1&gl=us&hq=soccer+cafe&hnear=0x47af92424757e6b1:0x425ac6d94ac3ad0,Wolfsburg,+Germany&cid=0,0,13740006234275570925&ei=vsfIUeHeNqvi4APbiYFQ&ved=0CLIBEPwSMAQ
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 24 June 2013 22:29 (ten years ago) link
http://bit.ly/12lNbO1 i just got 10,890 on this. Challenge my score!
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 24 June 2013 22:47 (ten years ago) link
http://bit.ly/16vwSTo 18726. Weird how we ended up almost exactly the same distance from the random bit of landmark-free countryside in Canada.
― ailsa, Monday, 24 June 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link
10387 ooh
― Ste, Monday, 24 June 2013 23:17 (ten years ago) link
maybe should be a separate thread, don't want to derail this one
― Ste, Monday, 24 June 2013 23:18 (ten years ago) link
I wondered that, but I didn't mention it because no-one was mentioning it.
― ailsa, Monday, 24 June 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
is it cheating to use another browser window to google stuff like names of businesses and towns or is that part of the game?
― shohreh aja/danteloo (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 24 June 2013 23:43 (ten years ago) link
Oh, I totally do that. Makes up for the times when you land on a random stretch of highway with nothing but trees in sight.
― ailsa, Monday, 24 June 2013 23:47 (ten years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/Cloud_city_zpscd43e03f.jpg
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 29 June 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
I googled a business and got 0.147 km away and 6500 points
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 29 June 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
Enh it just started to feel like cheating. I preferred the game when you couldn't explore around
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 29 June 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
http://stochasticplanet.tumblr.com/
― caek, Thursday, 25 July 2013 04:21 (ten years ago) link
interesting. i've never known anyone who uploads to panoramio but it seems quite popular as a post-holiday thing in continental europe.
― zvookster, Thursday, 25 July 2013 05:12 (ten years ago) link
that site makes me love the planet
― ogmor, Friday, 26 July 2013 17:30 (ten years ago) link
there are beautiful places on earth. ok, i'm off to drive my car to a cafe in a shopping complex.
― fervently nice (Treeship), Friday, 26 July 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/DySVLbc.jpg
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link
the terrain, fortresses, some of the other buildings suggest adriatic coast within the venetian sphere of influence
is it even a city, it looks fairly small
― Lama Bloody SwagYurt (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 15 September 2013 14:29 (ten years ago) link
surely we do not need a 'guess the hamlet' thread
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link
half of the assumptions in your post were correct, aye
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
makarska?
― ogmor, Sunday, 15 September 2013 14:45 (ten years ago) link
Positano?
― I_Got_Loaded, Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:08 (ten years ago) link
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
city in the old world is an ecclesiastical term so some places with mediaeval or earlier significance are cities even if they are smallish today, in contrast to that place which seems to derive its importance from being written about 50 yrs ago
― Lama Bloody SwagYurt (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
no cathedral no credibility as pope urban iv used to say
― Lama Bloody SwagYurt (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
except cambridge ofc
not obscure but a pleasing picture:
http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1390/1132698255_43cc76b538_o.jpg
― ogmor, Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
no need to be a city rockist! xp
― 乒乓, Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
she said it's your birthday, are you feeling alright?
― markers, Sunday, 15 September 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
Not really valid for a guess-the-city game, but I figured this would be as good a place to talk about this as any:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Hluttaw-Naypyidaw.jpg
― REDACTED got your back (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 7 October 2013 13:05 (ten years ago) link
a friend of mine just got back from there and says all online information is incorrect and it is an empty, ghost city where nobody lives
What does all online information say about it? That it is bustling and vibrant?
― Stevie D(eux), Monday, 7 October 2013 13:27 (ten years ago) link
That the roofs are color-coded?
No, that it has a population of almost 1m. That it's the third largest city in the country in which it exists. That it was built-from-scratch as the new political capital a la Brasilia but (despite online reports) (according to my friend) there is an occupancy rate of 10% or something equally incredulous.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Uppatasanti_Pagoda-02.jpg
― REDACTED got your back (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 7 October 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
Where is everyone!
― Stevie D(eux), Monday, 7 October 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
Maybe they're inside?
Xxxxxx is a unique city in the region. It is a fully constructed large city but with very few inhabitants compared to its size, so you can experience the amazing and unprecedented experience of never ever being stuck in traffic. It is between two mountain ranges so has little to offer in the way of day trips or activities. The city was constructed to be the capital by the military and lacks the dissarray and wonder found throughout the rest of Xxxxx.
Xxxxxx was constructed in secret by the Xxxxx Junta in the early 2000s. In November 2005 it was officially announced as the country's new capital. Government workers were given two months notice that they would have to move from Yangon, as all government offices and ministries were relocated. Embassies and international organisations like the UN have not yet relocated but are expected to at some point. The international retail chains found throughout all other capital cities are not present in Xxxxxx.
The city has wide boulevards/highways (still almost empty) and extravagant roundabouts. It has housing for government workers, but many still maintain residences for their families in Xxxxx as education and health infrastructure is not yet in place.
― Stevie D(eux), Monday, 7 October 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
Is it in Bhutan?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 7 October 2013 18:07 (ten years ago) link
oh come now. I thought "junta" and this country were basically synonymous
― REDACTED got your back (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 7 October 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
or even "yangon"
― dylannn, Monday, 7 October 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
Haha yeah, and Yangon. I'm actually planning on going to this country after xmas.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 7 October 2013 18:18 (ten years ago) link
Xxxxxx was constructed in secret by the Xxxxx Junta in the early 2000s.
No government could do something like this in secret without having an iron grip on the media. I'll say it's in Myanmar. The gov there is self-aggrandizing enough and despotic enough, plus it fits the geographic profile for erecting a stupa-like monstrosity, but hell if I know the name of the city.
― Aimless, Monday, 7 October 2013 18:19 (ten years ago) link
Apparently it is actually quite beautiful! But crazily empty.
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.gadling.com/media/2008/10/naypyidaw.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_alPN3KAIcZs/TGNoLlL4EQI/AAAAAAAABio/2eQq59ijLRg/s400/senate_in_naypyidaw1ss.jpg
― REDACTED got your back (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 7 October 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
The name of the city shows up in the jpg names of those pics. Even while seeing the name I cannot pronounce it.
― Aimless, Monday, 7 October 2013 18:29 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yaG6CUM.jpg
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 11 November 2013 12:47 (ten years ago) link
yerevan?
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 12:48 (ten years ago) link
yesevan
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 11 November 2013 12:50 (ten years ago) link
the church in the middle looks like one of those old armenian monasteries
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 12:52 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/yapJ8PS.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 12:54 (ten years ago) link
You ppl are cray what w all yr knowledge of obscure cities
― Homo schaduwkabinet (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 11 November 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link
i was going to post one but no one's got this yet !
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 14:20 (ten years ago) link
amman?
― eretz afl (nakhchivan), Monday, 11 November 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
not far off. this is a bigger capital
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 14:50 (ten years ago) link
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Monday, 11 November 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
not as old as damascus
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
shanghai
― moneyma$e, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
Riyadh?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Monday, 11 November 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
totally riyadh
― clouds, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it's Riyadh, I'm pretty sure.
― ailsa, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
100% riyadh
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
We all agreed it's Riyadh then?
― ailsa, Monday, 11 November 2013 16:14 (ten years ago) link
The building with the eyelet is the Four Seasons
― The normative power of the factual (Michael White), Monday, 11 November 2013 16:34 (ten years ago) link
a harder one
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5341/10103040795_022e17d6e7_c.jpg
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 16:37 (ten years ago) link
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Monday, 11 November 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
my first guess would have been india or sri lanka cos of the rickshaw but it doesn't feel right. somewhere in africa would be my guess, so i've only got like a million cities to go through.
― Jibe, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
closer to colombo than suva but a long way from both
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3800/10802607453_4daf6b7186_z.jpg
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
port louis
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:07 (ten years ago) link
addis adeba
― Jibe, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
fuck that is amharic script isn't it
glanced and thought it was dravidian based on first supposition (tropical with overseas indian population)
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:14 (ten years ago) link
this is in africa & that is a tuk-tuk. the above photo was taken just over a month ago which is the start of the ethiopian new year but it's not addis.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/9374354793_434134b076_z.jpg
― ogmor, Monday, 11 November 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
bahir dar
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 06:06 (ten years ago) link
bahir dar it is
― ogmor, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 11:34 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/C1OIRNb.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 11:44 (ten years ago) link
i want to be there
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:03 (ten years ago) link
some remote city in kazakhstan or kyrgyzstan?
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:08 (ten years ago) link
not too far away
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:23 (ten years ago) link
somewhere like Bukhara
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
not Uzbekistan tho, somewhere nearer mountains - Afghanistan, Pakistan?
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:28 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/9h7Zm6t.jpg
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:29 (ten years ago) link
architecture looks like it should be somewhere in the post-Soviet group of nations?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:31 (ten years ago) link
I gave up and GIS'd this, very obscure
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:31 (ten years ago) link
mmmm sort of
not ex cis
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:34 (ten years ago) link
cheated too. steppe and mountains makes sense. v. much want to visit.
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 12:36 (ten years ago) link
steppe and mountains = mongolia? i know the names of two cities there but i'm quite confident it's neither ulan baatar nor erdenet.
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 13:08 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khovd_%28city%29
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 13:10 (ten years ago) link
yeah would not have found it. love this thread, every time i'm on it, i long for that wonderful tv/movie thing where i just say enhance and am finally able to read the license plates on cars or billboards to help me figure out whch city it is.
http://imgur.com/oPHypxn
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:20 (ten years ago) link
this should workhttp://i.imgur.com/oPHypxn.jpg?1
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:24 (ten years ago) link
somewhere in xinjiang, kashgar?
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
not the right country
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
osh?
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
nohttp://i.imgur.com/iZsAQUs.jpg?1
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:58 (ten years ago) link
this last image isn't actually in the city, but it's nearby
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 16:59 (ten years ago) link
Lhasa?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
no. different country. here's a huge pic that should help in identifying the city.http://i.imgur.com/XbHmQp3.jpg
― Jibe, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
leh
― c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:15 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/MX1Trsb.jpg
― c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 18:21 (ten years ago) link
vaduz?
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 12 November 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
B O O O O M
i think
That's an interesting guess, Noodle. But it is incorrect.
Hint 1: It's in the Southern Hemisphere.
― c21m50nh3x460n, Tuesday, 12 November 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
dharamsala?
― clouds, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:12 (ten years ago) link
India is in the Northern Hemisphere.
Hint 2:
http://i.imgur.com/ZbTrSpS.jpg
You can see a bit of the architecture and the people.
I'll give one last hint and if no one can guess it, I'll reveal the answer!
― c21m50nh3x460n, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
― balls, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:43 (ten years ago) link
the "buddhist thangkas" sign made me think it was somewhere in sikkim
― clouds, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:49 (ten years ago) link
southern hemisphere? i wanted to say somewhere in madagascar but the people don't really look malagasy. not in africa either i'd guess so south america, in the andes. is it in bolivia?
― Jibe, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:50 (ten years ago) link
oh and that was for jibe
― clouds, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:50 (ten years ago) link
Can I go?
― cardamon, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 04:57 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/rasRxjv.jpg
ya, go ahead, cardamom.
One last, big hint for mine. Hint 3:
http://i.imgur.com/nYoYOmG.jpg
Traditional architecture
― c21m50nh3x460n, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 05:05 (ten years ago) link
cardamon my pic was leh, crimsonhexagon got it right. but sikkim makes sense too.crimhex, that last picture really has me stumped. hungarian and german(?) flags? southern hemisphere? googling with that (is that allowed?) gives me three places in peru: is it one of Oxapampa, Pozuzo or Villa Rica?
― Jibe, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 05:12 (ten years ago) link
http://cde.elcomercio.pe/66/ima/0/0/6/3/6/636142.jpg
"Welcome to Pozuzo. The only Austro-German colony in the world"
― c21m50nh3x460n, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 05:23 (ten years ago) link
How Borgesian.
― cardamon, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 05:38 (ten years ago) link
an Austro-German enclave in South America? who'd've thought it?
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 07:33 (ten years ago) link
cardamon's looks very British
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 07:34 (ten years ago) link
minaret makes me think Birmingham or something
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 07:35 (ten years ago) link
not cos it's the only mosque in the UK but there's one in the Hagley Road area that's v. similar i think
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 07:37 (ten years ago) link
Yeah if that's not Britain I'll be amazed (and I'd be surprised if it was Scotland tbh). Could easily be Leeds - the tower which I'm assuming is a minaret could easily be one of those Italianate Victorian jobs just south of the town centre.
― Tim, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 10:11 (ten years ago) link
Bradford was another thought yes
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 10:14 (ten years ago) link
http://norwich.tab.co.uk/files/2012/10/1958700_4fdf5bbf.jpg
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 12:49 (ten years ago) link
having images turned off at work kinda blew the gaff on that one
― a strident purist when it comes to band-related shirts (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 12:55 (ten years ago) link
need more photos of that wetherspoons
― Tom (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 12:57 (ten years ago) link
dont click here if u want to embrace the mystery
― Tom (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:01 (ten years ago) link
do click there if u want a nyrb length review of a jdw breakfast
― Tom (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:02 (ten years ago) link
The coffee cost just £1.15 but wasn't very special
― Tom (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
#accidentalpartridge
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
#uktwitterscene
― Tom (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:05 (ten years ago) link
should have picked this one really, got a nice continental sheen to it:http://www.tournorfolk.co.uk/norwich/norwichtomblandlatasca.jpg
― the Shearer of simulated snowsex etc. (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 13:13 (ten years ago) link
Clue for my one: not a minaret
― cardamon, Thursday, 14 November 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
― ogmor, Thursday, 14 November 2013 23:03 (ten years ago) link
wtf am i talking about that's manchester/strangeways
― ogmor, Thursday, 14 November 2013 23:19 (ten years ago) link
i thought it was birmingham university?
― caek, Thursday, 14 November 2013 23:46 (ten years ago) link
ogmor is correct
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 02:28 (ten years ago) link
http://photos.cinematreasures.org/production/photos/32065/1324240887/large.JPG
― Homo schaduwkabinet (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 15 November 2013 02:51 (ten years ago) link
Back end of that car makes me think North America
Paved street so an older city there
So maybe Boston?
Not a clue, really.
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 03:17 (ten years ago) link
Definitely American, probably east coast or Old Northwest. Boston doesn't strike me as a bad guess at all. Maybe Richmond? Charleston?
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 15 November 2013 03:27 (ten years ago) link
― balls, Friday, 15 November 2013 03:29 (ten years ago) link
Thread is amazing btway
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 03:34 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/S1NCgcH.jpg
― del griffith, Friday, 15 November 2013 03:45 (ten years ago) link
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/04/15/magazine/15election600.1.jpg
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
Paris
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 15 November 2013 16:21 (ten years ago) link
Vraiment
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 16:51 (ten years ago) link
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_wEYtODVIIFw/TPFSQM_EEEI/AAAAAAAAADY/lH0WJOH7Vi4/s1600/Jakarta-Slum.jpg
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
Your Anis
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Friday, 15 November 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
Thanks!
Oh - no, good guess though
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
It is on an island.
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 15 November 2013 17:06 (ten years ago) link
Nope, you're fairly near the right bits of sea though
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 15 November 2013 18:27 (ten years ago) link
― cardamon, Friday, 15 November 2013 18:36 (ten years ago) link
Fairly gettable:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f223/joegood/377140_10150448160031957_1251364664_n_zps3c006c9f.jpg
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 15 November 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
lisbon?
― lxy, Friday, 15 November 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Wrong continent.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 15 November 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
Valparaiso funicular!
― Lo Ambient Limit Switch (doo dah), Friday, 15 November 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
Si claro!
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 15 November 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/qXiSsAK.jpg
― cardamon, Saturday, 16 November 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
that has to be lisbon.
― wmlynch, Saturday, 16 November 2013 20:39 (ten years ago) link
I thought so too, but it's actually
― cardamon, Sunday, 17 November 2013 05:00 (ten years ago) link
Lisbon.
Valparaiso funicular!― Lo Ambient Limit Switch (doo dah), Friday, 15 November 2013 19:57 (2 days ago) Permalink
― Lo Ambient Limit Switch (doo dah), Friday, 15 November 2013 19:57 (2 days ago) Permalink
You can see that one from my mother's apartment window!
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 17 November 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Magadan,_Lenin-Street.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
dont right click on that one
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
thank you
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:14 (ten years ago) link
Somewhere in the far East of Russia. Khabarovsk?
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:17 (ten years ago) link
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:24 (ten years ago) link
or "close", i should say
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:26 (ten years ago) link
yakutsk?
― dylannn, Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:30 (ten years ago) link
getting closer
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 17 November 2013 19:38 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ZwdDuiH.jpg
― clouds, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
Kuala Lumpur, somewhere like that?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
correct part of the world, wrong country tho
― clouds, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:12 (ten years ago) link
brunei
― soft snow dogsblood and grain alcohol (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:45 (ten years ago) link
just typed bruneau there eugh
Bandar Seri BegawanCapital of Brunei
that?
― soft snow dogsblood and grain alcohol (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
hint: probably more well-known in the western world under its colonial name.
― clouds, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
Exurban Guangzhou?
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
rangoon?
― just got dope thai food (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
Macao?
― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 19:01 (ten years ago) link
Yangon?
― Lo Ambient Limit Switch (doo dah), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
― Homo schaduwkabinet (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 21:00 (ten years ago) link
georgetown malaysia?
― anky, Wednesday, 20 November 2013 22:32 (ten years ago) link
bangkok?
― Jibe, Thursday, 21 November 2013 05:21 (ten years ago) link
it is Rangoon/Yangon!
― clouds, Thursday, 21 November 2013 13:16 (ten years ago) link
too obvious to post straight after, but that new city the burmese junta have built in the jungle is fascinating (as well as depressing waste of resources / attempt at autocratic consolidation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hluttaw-Naypyidaw.jpg
― iateeogenic illness (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 21 November 2013 13:20 (ten years ago) link
http://imageshack.us/a/img21/7605/vlcsnap2013060416h36m24.png
gothenburg?
― clouds, Thursday, 21 November 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
close
― iateeogenic illness (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 21 November 2013 13:44 (ten years ago) link
― ogmor, Thursday, 21 November 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
screenshot from 'the killing', which i might just have to get around to wtach
― iateeogenic illness (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Thursday, 21 November 2013 14:14 (ten years ago) link
That's not a screenshot from The Killing, since it's not pitch black and raining.
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 21 November 2013 15:07 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bubblews.com/assets/images/news/1689809751_1363903490.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 23 November 2013 04:25 (ten years ago) link
^same city i posted upthread, different angle.
leeds
― caek, Saturday, 23 November 2013 04:28 (ten years ago) link
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 23 November 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
i can't get enough of this city. here's another shot:
http://nl.media.rbth.ru/all/2013/0709/30141/1.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 23 November 2013 04:41 (ten years ago) link
not far from the above location:
http://nl.media.rbth.ru/all/2013/0709/30141/7.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 23 November 2013 04:53 (ten years ago) link
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Saturday, 23 November 2013 06:30 (ten years ago) link
Go east, young man. Khabarovsk was a closer guess.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 23 November 2013 15:09 (ten years ago) link
Vladivostok?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Saturday, 23 November 2013 15:11 (ten years ago) link
Further north.
The closest major city is well over a thousand miles away on an unpaved road.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 23 November 2013 15:54 (ten years ago) link
Perm?
― Doctor Casino, Saturday, 23 November 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
Magadan
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Saturday, 23 November 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
Magadan it is!
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 23 November 2013 18:38 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/DqrHKyk.jpg
― clouds, Sunday, 24 November 2013 13:21 (ten years ago) link
Nuuk?
― ✓B (Matt P), Sunday, 24 November 2013 16:51 (ten years ago) link
not in greenland
― clouds, Sunday, 24 November 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
akureyri
― ogmor, Sunday, 24 November 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
― clouds, Sunday, 24 November 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link
the light is beautiful in that photo, prbably their only good 20 minutes of light old day at this time of year
― carla jenkinvingne (nakhchivan), Sunday, 24 November 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
/all/ day
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2668/3975201508_2da8780d66_z.jpghttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7209/6972253797_3d9be88dbe_z.jpg
― ogmor, Sunday, 24 November 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
vishakhapatnam, india?
― clouds, Sunday, 24 November 2013 18:46 (ten years ago) link
Malacca?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Sunday, 24 November 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
not in india or malaysia
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r307/metalgrin/sahid3.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3539/3350582106_03384fb6a2_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7109/7566661748_bd8763e972_z.jpg
http://archnet.org/library/imgdownloader/jpg/24657/big/IAA6752.JPG
― ogmor, Sunday, 24 November 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
I was gonna guess Chennai
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 24 November 2013 19:29 (ten years ago) link
we're on island
http://www.pilihdia.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/114550_terapung1-868x600.jpg
― ogmor, Sunday, 24 November 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
an island
Brunei (sort of Malaysia I know)? Somewhere in Indonesia?
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Sunday, 24 November 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
it's in indonesia if i'm reading that mcdonalds sign correctly. buka means open iirc.ok just found that exact same mcdonalds pic - makassar then.
― Jibe, Monday, 25 November 2013 05:53 (ten years ago) link
a+ work! i tried to post a pic of this mosque in there as well but it didn't show:
http://landmark.indonesia.is/auto_/intranett1/Product/1915/1.jpg
― ogmor, Monday, 25 November 2013 07:03 (ten years ago) link
yes good work jibe
idk shit about indonesia
― a poet and Educational Consultant based in Peterborough (nakhchivan), Monday, 25 November 2013 08:03 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/zsGZYSy.jpg
― a poet and Educational Consultant based in Peterborough (nakhchivan), Monday, 25 November 2013 08:05 (ten years ago) link
definitely on the mediterranean sea, i'm desperately trying to zoom in to that little café by the church to see if i can read its name. it's in sicily, elba , sardinia or corsica?
― Jibe, Monday, 25 November 2013 08:24 (ten years ago) link
― A Skanger Barkley (nakhchivan), Monday, 25 November 2013 08:25 (ten years ago) link
got it, ajaccio
― Jibe, Monday, 25 November 2013 09:12 (ten years ago) link
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ovsUVSIM-6c/TW-uOlJYibI/AAAAAAAADM8/QBJxG4FMH1k/s1600/cerrosillap.jpg
― Jibe, Monday, 25 November 2013 09:24 (ten years ago) link
― clouds, Monday, 25 November 2013 12:32 (ten years ago) link
― Jibe, Monday, 25 November 2013 12:43 (ten years ago) link
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Monday, 25 November 2013 13:25 (ten years ago) link
the weird saddle mountain of monterrey
― ogmor, Monday, 25 November 2013 14:07 (ten years ago) link
yup ogmor has it
― Jibe, Monday, 25 November 2013 14:48 (ten years ago) link
Tehran, Monterrey, easy to confuse IMO
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Monday, 25 November 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
fewer domed churches in tehran
― A Skanger Barkley (nakhchivan), Monday, 25 November 2013 14:52 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SQlVDIb.jpg
― clouds, Monday, 25 November 2013 15:10 (ten years ago) link
kansas city?
― ogmor, Monday, 25 November 2013 15:20 (ten years ago) link
not in north america
― clouds, Monday, 25 November 2013 15:22 (ten years ago) link
ok i spent too long looking for somewhere in colombia or venezuela and then cheated & wow i was so far off
― ogmor, Monday, 25 November 2013 16:01 (ten years ago) link
i used to live with someone from [this place] and it seems kind of funny looking at photos that he was so into mountain biking
― ogmor, Monday, 25 November 2013 16:02 (ten years ago) link
I correctly guessed it was someplace very hot (white vans) and went through a number of countries on the correct continent before succumbing and cheating. Good one clouds
― kroegerboros (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 25 November 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
It does weirdly look American though, huh, until you see the streets
― kroegerboros (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 25 November 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Cartagena_de_Indias_desde_el_cerro_La_Popa.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 04:18 (ten years ago) link
^refrain from right-clicking
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Tuesday, 3 December 2013 04:19 (ten years ago) link
I'm going to guess... Panama City? (Or is it called just "Panama"?)
― fields of salmon, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 11:19 (ten years ago) link
cartagena
― clouds, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
didn't cheat — i've stared at that pic longingly at least once.
― clouds, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6FFJSJZ.jpg
― clouds, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link
You devil. That's a very misleading angle, but I got it.
― fields of salmon, Tuesday, 3 December 2013 18:47 (ten years ago) link
xpost- you got it, clouds, well done. Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 04:32 (ten years ago) link
ha salmon — most shots make it too easy ;)
― clouds, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 06:00 (ten years ago) link
wtf i am still astounded by how you ppl can do this
― KMFAO (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 5 December 2013 13:43 (ten years ago) link
This is the most astoundingly fun game I can think of. I can spend hours coming through skyline photos looking for similarities and differences and stuff like mountains in the background. BTW nobody has posted a guess/solution for clouds' last one? Should I give it away?
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 5 December 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link
North America I'm guessing. Houston, somewhere like that?
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Thursday, 5 December 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
― clouds, Thursday, 5 December 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
blaaaaargh I got it but it took me forever
― fear of zing failure (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 5 December 2013 16:41 (ten years ago) link
1. Spotted the language in the picture2. Tried to read the english script, googled "yamashiwa"?3. Tried to place the blue logo, lotta googling4. Sorted through endless skyline photos and actually ruled out the correct city once before coming back around to it by accident5. Speculated that this photo was perversely taken from a famous landmark but I can't tell
― fear of zing failure (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 5 December 2013 16:43 (ten years ago) link
there is one famous landmark in this city that would certainly give it away
― clouds, Thursday, 5 December 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Brno_View_from_Spilberk_130.JPG/800px-Brno_View_from_Spilberk_130.JPG
No right-clicking!
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Thursday, 5 December 2013 16:51 (ten years ago) link
I was in the wrong country, but the right general... part of this continent. Went through at least a dozen cities in that country before deciding to look through cities that would have similar rooftops. Then I got sidetracked because this city, if you look at it from any other angle, has a bunch of buildings that don't appear in this photo.
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 5 December 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
yeah this isn't the view across the city centre as such
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 6 December 2013 09:05 (ten years ago) link
That's Brno cathedral.
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Friday, 6 December 2013 09:50 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/DdKrg5b.jpg?1
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Friday, 6 December 2013 09:53 (ten years ago) link
Easy one. Port of Spain.
― fields of salmon, Friday, 6 December 2013 09:59 (ten years ago) link
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Friday, 6 December 2013 10:01 (ten years ago) link
yes, correct ShariVari
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 6 December 2013 10:05 (ten years ago) link
http://www.prospect.eu/assets/projects/31/legoland.jpg
― fear of zing failure (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 6 December 2013 16:15 (ten years ago) link
Lego Stockholm?!
― I like to think I have learnt a thing or two about music (Neil S), Friday, 6 December 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
Lego Copenhagen?
― Tim, Friday, 6 December 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
Sorry couldn't resistSomething about Port of Spain reminded me of bricks
― fear of zing failure (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 6 December 2013 17:32 (ten years ago) link
http://farm1.staticflickr.com/1/369335_f3bb9378e4_z.jpg
― ogmor, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 07:03 (ten years ago) link
Wild guess: Cordoba?
― fear of zing failure (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 07:13 (ten years ago) link
― ogmor, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 07:21 (ten years ago) link
Seville.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 11:11 (ten years ago) link
i've never been, but i bet it'd be good for some flanerie, even better a few hundred years ago
― ogmor, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 12:38 (ten years ago) link
First time I've checked ILX today, and it's finally somewhere I've been! (assuming it actually is Seville, which it looks incredibly like)
― ailsa, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
should I go or should I just keep watching flamenco videos on youtube?
― ogmor, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 19:25 (ten years ago) link
Andalusian food is amazing, go now
― fear of zing failure (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link
(I've only been to Valencia & Malaga but both places? Great food)
― fear of zing failure (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
everywhere round the mediterranean has great food, i would definitely like to eat my way round seville sometime
― ogmor, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 22:36 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/poxtJhl.jpg
― clouds, Thursday, 12 December 2013 04:19 (ten years ago) link
THAT, is St. John's, Nfld.
― fear of zing failure (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 12 December 2013 07:42 (ten years ago) link
(Although my first guess was Thunder Bay. "Canada" logo on the red building gave the game away)
― fear of zing failure (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 12 December 2013 07:43 (ten years ago) link
This is an easy one I think.
http://i.imgur.com/53Dli9a.jpg
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Thursday, 12 December 2013 08:09 (ten years ago) link
goon tie: correct!
― clouds, Thursday, 12 December 2013 14:09 (ten years ago) link
I'm kind of curious what the other guesses would have been for St Johns. Anybody care to post what they thought it might be, even knowing the answer?
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 12 December 2013 15:01 (ten years ago) link
sharivari's is baikonur, right?
http://i.imgur.com/G9m0BSd.jpg
― clouds, Saturday, 21 December 2013 15:16 (ten years ago) link
Right!
― Ramnaresh Samhain (ShariVari), Saturday, 21 December 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
We've had that one before, I think (recognise the bridge, can't remember where it is and am not loading all messages to find out!), but iirc it's in China/Japan/Korea somewhere.
― ailsa, Saturday, 21 December 2013 15:21 (ten years ago) link
did a search for it, couldn't find. you are right to think it's in east asia, though.
― clouds, Saturday, 21 December 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
wait, damn you're right
anyway it's busan
― clouds, Saturday, 21 December 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link
http://images.travelpod.com/tripwow/photos/ta-00e7-3f9e-fabc/skyline-view-of-managua-managua-nicaragua+1152_12978777739-tpfil02aw-5152.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 21 December 2013 20:34 (ten years ago) link
No 855
http://25.media.tumblr.com/af9374a7a5af9e2196001e9da1693804/tumblr_mvf37vz4O71skzy1xo1_1280.jpg
― cog, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 08:13 (ten years ago) link
st. john's?
― dylannn, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 08:56 (ten years ago) link
ketchikan, alaska?
― clouds, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 13:03 (ten years ago) link
My favourite thread :)
That is definitely St. John's
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 13:14 (ten years ago) link
I was way off on the one above. Could have sworn it was Guam.
― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link
St John's it is!
― cog, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 18:46 (ten years ago) link
er...856?
Easyish one
http://31.media.tumblr.com/0f03423e8001b8163cc1871b590d0fbc/tumblr_mwpritSBKs1t0k8l1o1_1280.jpg
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 20 February 2014 10:35 (ten years ago) link
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Thursday, 20 February 2014 10:37 (ten years ago) link
Halifax?
― Tim, Thursday, 20 February 2014 12:27 (ten years ago) link
Close, both
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 20 February 2014 12:45 (ten years ago) link
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Thursday, 20 February 2014 12:52 (ten years ago) link
Burnley?
― Tim, Thursday, 20 February 2014 13:04 (ten years ago) link
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S)
Correct answer, I don't think there were many left it could have been!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 20 February 2014 13:36 (ten years ago) link
looked indefinably more Yorks than Lancs
― Kim Wrong-un (Neil S), Thursday, 20 February 2014 13:53 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I thought so - W Yorks in fact - but I couldn't make it make sense in terms of what I recognise in Hudd (which I don't know amazingly well but which I've visited maybe 15 times). And it looked too big to be Dewsbury!
― Tim, Thursday, 20 February 2014 14:05 (ten years ago) link
Guess the football ground must be just out of shot? Or hiding behind that hill? Still can't see Hudd in there!
― Tim, Thursday, 20 February 2014 14:06 (ten years ago) link
Picture is taken from the south east facing north west, so the football ground would be out of shot to the right of the picture. I was more surprised at how unprominent the bus station was
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 20 February 2014 15:09 (ten years ago) link
http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/091109/GAL-09Nov09-3047/media/PHO-09Nov09-186727.jpg
― ogmor, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 22:04 (ten years ago) link
Would guess either India or Bangla. Chittagong?
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 22:09 (ten years ago) link
Ha, I was looking through some pics of Chittagong as well as this place. Photo is from a transport worker strike in 2009
http://www.johnopenshaw.com/Galleries/Resources/IMG_1899.jpg
― ogmor, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/HzGXAIm.jpg
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 03:21 (ten years ago) link
baku, azerbaijan?
― clouds, Friday, 18 April 2014 19:19 (ten years ago) link
north of there
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
Kashira, Russia?
― "got ye!" (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 18 April 2014 19:31 (ten years ago) link
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 20:23 (14 minutes ago)
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 19:38 (ten years ago) link
Surgut?
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Friday, 18 April 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 20:38 (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link
The toxic-looking fog actually suggests Norilsk more than Surgut.
― Yuri Bashment (ShariVari), Friday, 18 April 2014 20:05 (ten years ago) link
― Little Saint Hugh of Lincoln (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 April 2014 20:22 (ten years ago) link
difficult to get north of norilsk
http://i.imgur.com/dNBSKx2.jpg
― Eggs and the marketing board behind them, Friday, 18 April 2014 20:33 (ten years ago) link
Hint: Java
― Eggs and the marketing board behind them, Monday, 21 April 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
Higher res?
― "got ye!" (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 21 April 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link
surabaya?
― clouds, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 11:39 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/C2gK6Q8.jpg
― 龜, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 11:42 (ten years ago) link
宁波市
― conrad, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 12:00 (ten years ago) link
Yuh
― 龜, Tuesday, 22 April 2014 12:02 (ten years ago) link
Answer to above: Surakarta (Solo)
Next:http://https%3A//i.imgur.com/CQCeG0l.jpg
― Eggs and the marketing board behind them, Monday, 28 July 2014 22:33 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/CQCeG0l.jpg
― Eggs and the marketing board behind them, Monday, 28 July 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
i'm gonna say gijon with 0 research why not
― Jorge Wah Wah (anky), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 07:59 (nine years ago) link
Right country, wrong side.
― Eggs and the marketing board behind them, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:26 (nine years ago) link
Malaga
― ailsa, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 08:14 (nine years ago) link
Taken from up at the Alcazaba.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 08:15 (nine years ago) link
Oui, c'est vrai. Prochain?
― Eggs and the marketing board behind them, Thursday, 31 July 2014 03:35 (nine years ago) link
http://i57.tinypic.com/2hx8yth.jpg
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Thursday, 31 July 2014 04:19 (nine years ago) link
Germany, nein?
― fields of salmon, Saturday, 2 August 2014 15:45 (nine years ago) link
looks like the olympiaturm in the background and the roofs are the right colour, but i dont recognize any of the foreground buildings as munich.
― caek, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
germany, jah
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
the craxy thing is all the german cities pop 80,000-250,000 all look virtually identical amd its a big country so theres lots of them. i thought i was on the right track with this one based on some bundesliga kick i was on, but i was a bit off. for german cities you have to really carefully A/B church steeples and other things
― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 01:04 (nine years ago) link
The photo doesn't really help and i very carefully selected one that doesn't show the one truly distinctive thing about this city.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 6 August 2014 01:06 (nine years ago) link
is it a model?
― ogmor, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 02:35 (nine years ago) link
Okay, I'll go since no one else is. Wuppertal.
― fields of salmon, Friday, 8 August 2014 08:47 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SueribY.jpg
― lag∞n, Friday, 8 August 2014 09:04 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/K1XmBsr.jpg
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 13:51 (eight years ago) link
xp Lisbon?
I'm going to say Lyon for this latest one.
― Neil S, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 14:29 (eight years ago) link
yes lisbon
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 14:30 (eight years ago) link
not Lyon
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Tuesday, 17 November 2015 14:53 (eight years ago) link
Don't know, but I think I still owe the thread one:
http://i66.tinypic.com/hs3slx.jpg
― ailsa, Tuesday, 17 November 2015 15:28 (eight years ago) link
I'm going to guess Inverness
― fields of salmon, Monday, 23 November 2015 11:34 (eight years ago) link
It is. It's a lovely picture looking up towards my parents' house from the town centre.
― ailsa, Monday, 23 November 2015 11:40 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/d2GUYKt.jpg
― 龜, Thursday, 28 April 2016 11:56 (seven years ago) link
Dunno but I want to go there.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Thursday, 28 April 2016 12:03 (seven years ago) link
China? Mongolia? Tibet?
― ghosts that don't exist (Neil S), Thursday, 28 April 2016 12:27 (seven years ago) link
seda
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/8o4OUkp.jpg
― 龜, Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:57 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/0MhWCbE.jpg
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 April 2016 15:59 (seven years ago) link
that is Boulder, CO if i'm not mistaken
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
― lag∞n, Thursday, 28 April 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/TegHroA.jpg
― clouds, Monday, 2 May 2016 15:24 (seven years ago) link
How about... Oran?
― fields of salmon, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 22:23 (seven years ago) link
AshGABat
― normcore strengthening exercises (benbbag), Thursday, 19 May 2016 00:12 (seven years ago) link
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/12313010.jpg
― normcore strengthening exercises (benbbag), Thursday, 19 May 2016 00:23 (seven years ago) link
ashqabat was correct
― clouds, Friday, 20 May 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link
ever since the election i've been meaning to revive this loveliest of threads, for some deep unknowable reason. anyhow, here's a bit of a toughie i think:
http://www.intendenciaantofagasta.gov.cl/media/2015/09/BORDE-COSTERO-TOCOPILLA-01.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 21 November 2016 02:00 (seven years ago) link
oh fuck. that did not work as intended.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 21 November 2016 02:01 (seven years ago) link
Tocopilla, Chile?
― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 November 2016 02:03 (seven years ago) link
Ha yeah. Hometown to Alejandro Jodorowsky and Alexis Sanchez. An export point for copper and saltpeter.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 21 November 2016 02:04 (seven years ago) link
That's a huge cemetery.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 November 2016 02:09 (seven years ago) link
Proportionally, I mean
And so central
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 21 November 2016 02:14 (seven years ago) link
make sure you change the filename/url for those of us who have images off
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 November 2016 02:19 (seven years ago) link
ya put it on imgur or w/e
― lag∞n, Monday, 21 November 2016 02:28 (seven years ago) link
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/18249281.jpg
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Monday, 21 November 2016 02:38 (seven years ago) link
that's the dc metro station in alexandria, VA
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 November 2016 02:44 (seven years ago) link
as seen from the George Washington Masonic Memorial!
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Monday, 21 November 2016 02:45 (seven years ago) link
cn i just
http://i.imgur.com/xQQwSwh.png
― lag∞n, Monday, 21 November 2016 03:13 (seven years ago) link
^ that one's killing me.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 03:42 (seven years ago) link
this is in the alps somewhere. alpsburg
― Treeship, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 03:47 (seven years ago) link
rly? that light-colored church (i'm assuming) in the upper right corner doesn't looks more vaguely iberian or eastern orthodox than something you'd see in the alps.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 03:55 (seven years ago) link
(uh that sentence didn't come out how i intended)
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 03:56 (seven years ago) link
i was thinking eastern alps, like somewhere in slovenia or some country like that
― Treeship, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 03:59 (seven years ago) link
the roofs don't look steep enough for the alps. transilvania? it looks like a messy japan tbh.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 04:16 (seven years ago) link
maybe it's in central asia
― Treeship, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 04:18 (seven years ago) link
oh eastern alps yes, totally could be, I thought the same. I guess I've always thought of Slovenia in terms of the Dinarides ... But even those are an extension of the alps after all.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 04:18 (seven years ago) link
The vegetation doesn't suggest harsh winters.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 04:22 (seven years ago) link
i think it's in austria
― Treeship, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 04:31 (seven years ago) link
no i don't
― Treeship, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 04:40 (seven years ago) link
it's somewhere asian with alps-style mountains
think about that last post some more
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 04:44 (seven years ago) link
oh i've thought about it.
my posts go through multiple drafts before submission. haven't you noticed?
― Treeship, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 04:45 (seven years ago) link
I meant you're getting warm
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 04:55 (seven years ago) link
omg stop giving hints
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 04:59 (seven years ago) link
Thimphu?
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 05:49 (seven years ago) link
there's no cross on that temple. i think it's hindu. orthodox domes always have them
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 06:02 (seven years ago) link
Mountains plus church plus lush vegetation plus India suggests Darjeeling or somewhere close.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 06:32 (seven years ago) link
Could be Nepal (where almost all Darjeeling tea actually comes from) though.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 06:52 (seven years ago) link
mcleod ganj/dharamsala would be lagoonish
― ogmor, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 08:30 (seven years ago) link
its darjeeling
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 10:46 (seven years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/lixnixn/whichcity_zps1bbjtmys.jpg
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 11:33 (seven years ago) link
Here's a daytime view near the building in the middle of the above photo, if that helps:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/lixnixn/whichcity3_zpsxuufq6gp.jpg
(I obscured a sign on top of one of the buildings, so it won't give you an obvious hint.)
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 12:38 (seven years ago) link
Georgetown, Guyana
― Treeship, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 13:32 (seven years ago) link
It's somewhere in Central America or the Caribbean
― Treeship, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 13:33 (seven years ago) link
I think the reverse sign in the top left corner of the first picture says Banco something so i'd lean towards Spanish-speaking Caribbean or close to it.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 13:39 (seven years ago) link
Not Georgetown.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 13:48 (seven years ago) link
Plaza detailing makes me think it's somewhere with a metro, though I guess it could just be a mall or parking garage.
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 13:51 (seven years ago) link
San Jose, Costa Rica. Was the red taxis that did it.
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 30 November 2016 14:02 (seven years ago) link
Sí!
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 30 November 2016 14:05 (seven years ago) link
time to stump the chumps
http://i.imgur.com/hQkuvBU.jpg
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 December 2016 02:13 (seven years ago) link
Is there any other Sunsphere than Knoxville's?
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 1 December 2016 02:38 (seven years ago) link
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/ohio/images/s/toledo.jpg
― Treeship, Thursday, 1 December 2016 02:43 (seven years ago) link
looks like somewhere on the coast
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 December 2016 02:50 (seven years ago) link
i almost photoshopped out the buildings to make it a real challenge
― Treeship, Thursday, 1 December 2016 03:01 (seven years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 1 December 2016 03:09 (seven years ago) link
Miami in a couple years?
― nickn, Thursday, 1 December 2016 04:08 (seven years ago) link
I read the url
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 1 December 2016 04:14 (seven years ago) link
well that's obviously cheating and you're banned
― Treeship, Thursday, 1 December 2016 04:25 (seven years ago) link
Some of us have images turned off.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 1 December 2016 07:39 (seven years ago) link
So it's impossible not to see the url.
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cDY-0_IbL4M/maxresdefault.jpg
― Tuomas, Thursday, 1 December 2016 07:48 (seven years ago) link
Rostock?
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 December 2016 07:54 (seven years ago) link
Or Hamburg. Somewhere wet and German.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 December 2016 07:55 (seven years ago) link
It's HafenCity in Hamburg
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Thursday, 1 December 2016 08:10 (seven years ago) link
The under construction building is the philharmonic
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Thursday, 1 December 2016 08:11 (seven years ago) link
If it hadn't been for the lifebelt and the masts and the Elbphilharmonie, I would have guessed Offenbacher Hafeninsel.
― Wes Brodicus, Thursday, 1 December 2016 08:19 (seven years ago) link
Lion in Winter is correct!
― Tuomas, Thursday, 1 December 2016 11:10 (seven years ago) link
http://imgur.com/a/Rw5Ka
― clouds, Thursday, 1 December 2016 13:30 (seven years ago) link
http://imgur.com/a/Rw5Ka.jpg
― clouds, Thursday, 1 December 2016 13:31 (seven years ago) link
fuck nevermind
http://i.imgur.com/6hah1de.jpg
― ogmor, Thursday, 1 December 2016 13:44 (seven years ago) link
so that looks like the colombian flag (or maybe ecuador). and i guess colombia does have colonial buildings...
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Thursday, 1 December 2016 18:57 (seven years ago) link
i see red and yellow on the flag but i don't see blue (which is not to say it's not there, it's not that big)
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 1 December 2016 19:08 (seven years ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flags_by_color_combination
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Thursday, 1 December 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
that's a limestone stream
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Friday, 2 December 2016 17:52 (seven years ago) link
flag suggests somewhere in cantabria or the republic of georgia. the architecture points me in both directions equally, however.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Friday, 2 December 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
Goa
― Treeship, Saturday, 3 December 2016 05:34 (seven years ago) link
jk, mysore. this is entirely based on the flag, which i think is from the state of karnataka in india.
― Treeship, Saturday, 3 December 2016 05:38 (seven years ago) link
Maybe it is my colour settings but that looks more like red and white than red and yellow. The bus would potentially fit more with Poland than India but the architecture would be unusual.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 3 December 2016 08:37 (seven years ago) link
this is clouds' pic btw, but I can tell you that you have gradually got further off course
― ogmor, Saturday, 3 December 2016 11:16 (seven years ago) link
tryin to get some of the tiny people in that photo to answer me but they ain't talking
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 3 December 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link
it's not in asia or europe
― clouds, Saturday, 3 December 2016 19:13 (seven years ago) link
so its in... eurasia B-)
― lag∞n, Saturday, 3 December 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
I still think it's in the Americas -- the graffiti doesn't look like something you'd find in India, say.
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 19:37 (seven years ago) link
oh good catch
― Treeship, Saturday, 3 December 2016 19:39 (seven years ago) link
Is it Guadalajara?
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
no; not in mexico
― clouds, Saturday, 3 December 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
It's Cuenca, Ecuador. I knew that flag was yellow, blue and red.
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
https://s3.postimg.org/wbzyx4noj/25107956.jpg
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 3 December 2016 20:33 (seven years ago) link
is that a stave church? the surrounding architecture and climate look decidedly un-scandinavian.
― Treeship, Saturday, 3 December 2016 20:38 (seven years ago) link
it looks like a church in any case, but maybe one influenced by pagodas. the apparent tropical or subtropical climate makes me think southeast asia somewhere. but the sprawling construction makes me think china.
― Treeship, Saturday, 3 December 2016 20:40 (seven years ago) link
i like that red building
― lag∞n, Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
there's a minaret in the background (white, next to the dome). wherever this is has a muslim population. also, the women look like they're wearing saris.
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:37 (seven years ago) link
still have no idea where or what it is. though i have done a lot of reading in the last hour on hindi, buddhist and islamic spires.
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
It's not as old as you might assume.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:45 (seven years ago) link
dhaka!
― ogmor, Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:47 (seven years ago) link
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:47 (seven years ago) link
bangladesh always looks so beautiful, I'd love to go
― ogmor, Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:52 (seven years ago) link
Google Image Search for red temple bangladesh comes up with all sorts of NSFL pics
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 3 December 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
It's called the Chistia Palace and was built by a religious eccentric in the 90s, though with reference to historical Islamic architectural styles.
Dhaka has some interesting architecture. I would have posted the fabulous brutalist parliament building as a clue had nobody got it..
https://s11.postimg.org/6nnf7nitv/36dcb37a92ac7533d347c2eb8944b954.jpg
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 3 December 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
stump the chumps part II
http://i.imgur.com/H4urh3R.jpg
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 3 December 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
― ogmor, Saturday, 3 December 2016 22:10 (seven years ago) link
ninja'd
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 3 December 2016 22:11 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/CuMneq3.jpg
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 22:49 (seven years ago) link
Panama City?
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 3 December 2016 22:58 (seven years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:01 (seven years ago) link
Cartagena de Indias
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
yeah, it's bocagrande in cartagena.
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:10 (seven years ago) link
http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18m1uhghaavsnjpg/original.jpg
― Treeship, Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:15 (seven years ago) link
Macau?
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:24 (seven years ago) link
Kowloon Walled City
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:25 (seven years ago) link
oh yeah
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:26 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/nF4LbTb.jpg
i would've loved to have seen that place while it was still standing
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:26 (seven years ago) link
collardio's is somewhere in the middle east. kuwait or something like that.
― Treeship, Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link
Dubai! I have been to one of the towers on the right.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
Kuwait is not that fancy.
not in the Middle East
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:36 (seven years ago) link
dubai is in the middle east.
― Treeship, Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:41 (seven years ago) link
the middle east is a state of mind idiots
― lag∞n, Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:42 (seven years ago) link
I could have sworn that was Jumeirah Towers and Sheikh Zayed Road but I might be wrong.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:43 (seven years ago) link
http://imgur.com/a/z7TXA
it's dubai
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:45 (seven years ago) link
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:46 (seven years ago) link
you were right shari vari. don't let collardio gelatinous gaslight you.
― Treeship, Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:47 (seven years ago) link
i was lied to!
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:50 (seven years ago) link
the photo was labelled kinshasa, my apologies
― Treeship, Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:51 (seven years ago) link
there goes my ilx cred
straight down the boulevard
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:52 (seven years ago) link
the sad thing is, it's probably unmistakably dubai to anyone who's looked at more than a few photos of the place
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:53 (seven years ago) link
https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/392/18852721743_c28a8856e1_b.jpg
― ogmor, Saturday, 3 December 2016 23:57 (seven years ago) link
That looks like Kazan with the multi-minareted mosque in the background.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 4 December 2016 00:02 (seven years ago) link
I thought there was a good chance you'd get it immediately
― ogmor, Sunday, 4 December 2016 00:05 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/pgAE84D.jpg
hint: not dubai
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 December 2016 00:06 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/sSQ1Jcq.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 December 2016 00:13 (seven years ago) link
Antananarivo, Madagascar
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Sunday, 4 December 2016 00:32 (seven years ago) link
Indeed
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 December 2016 00:59 (seven years ago) link
Shari Vari's is Dhaka I think, the parliament buildings?
― .robin., Sunday, 4 December 2016 01:34 (seven years ago) link
Oops I just read all the replies, carry on!
― .robin., Sunday, 4 December 2016 01:45 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ajRYXIU.jpg
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 4 December 2016 05:58 (seven years ago) link
Huntsville, Alabama. Home of Space Camp!
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Sunday, 4 December 2016 06:01 (seven years ago) link
https://s15.postimg.org/uhs5u1rbv/maxresdefault.jpg
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 4 December 2016 07:51 (seven years ago) link
tehran?
― ogmor, Sunday, 4 December 2016 09:35 (seven years ago) link
It's not Tehran. As a small clue, in case it doesn't come across that well in the picture resolution, there is water in front of the mountains.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 4 December 2016 09:40 (seven years ago) link
South America?
― Dinsdale, Sunday, 4 December 2016 10:18 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/AnDL9Z8.jpgapologies if I violate unspoken thread protocols
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Sunday, 4 December 2016 11:21 (seven years ago) link
Xp, it's Europe
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 4 December 2016 11:27 (seven years ago) link
vlore!
― ogmor, Sunday, 4 December 2016 11:41 (seven years ago) link
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 4 December 2016 11:44 (seven years ago) link
somewhere mountainous in europe that doesn't look like europe had to be albania
― ogmor, Sunday, 4 December 2016 11:48 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/7Br5iaT.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 December 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
That is a tough one. The mountains and style of the buildings makes me think somewhere like Almaty but idk.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 4 December 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
somewhere with bad air
― lag∞n, Sunday, 4 December 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link
not Almaty, sorry
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 December 2016 20:04 (seven years ago) link
The uniformity of the central block looks more planned than I envisage Almaty. I am leaning towards China.
Does Shijiazhuang have mountains like that?
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 4 December 2016 20:10 (seven years ago) link
harbin
― clouds, Sunday, 4 December 2016 20:48 (seven years ago) link
urumqi, china. skyscraper page is a great resource. http://www.website.com/yourimage.jpeg
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Sunday, 4 December 2016 20:51 (seven years ago) link
rather: https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=25792
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Sunday, 4 December 2016 20:56 (seven years ago) link
Urumqi it is. Farthest from the sea of all major cities in the world.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:04 (seven years ago) link
good factiod
― lag∞n, Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:12 (seven years ago) link
it's within bragging distance from the remotest "continental pole of inaccessibility" (a term i only learned of today)
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:22 (seven years ago) link
Inaccessibility? Seems like an outdated term. Airplanes fly and the ocean of air touches every part of the globe terrestrial globe.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:34 (seven years ago) link
aimless...
― clouds, Sunday, 4 December 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
idk what MatthewK's is. Busan?
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 4 December 2016 22:11 (seven years ago) link
Hiroshima
― tha frash prance (alomar lines), Sunday, 4 December 2016 23:08 (seven years ago) link
Yes. Motomachi estate at left.
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Monday, 5 December 2016 01:44 (seven years ago) link
Headed here Friday:http://i68.tinypic.com/2sb7epj.jpg
― tha frash prance (alomar lines), Monday, 5 December 2016 04:11 (seven years ago) link
Honolulu?
― Treeship, Monday, 5 December 2016 04:12 (seven years ago) link
Ciudad de Guatemala!
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 5 December 2016 05:12 (seven years ago) link
― tha frash prance (alomar lines), Monday, 5 December 2016 05:14 (seven years ago) link
great. it took me so long to arrive at that. i circled around the globe mentally like a dog looking for a spot to settle down in. the lack of highways pointed me away from US cities, but then it was the shape of the dark green hills in the background combined with the relatively low-profile sprawl -- vaguely recollected from time I spent there in the murderous eighties -- that zeroed me in.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 5 December 2016 05:20 (seven years ago) link
enjoy yr trip, alomar!
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 5 December 2016 05:21 (seven years ago) link
This is an easy one but i am going here tomorrow:
https://s11.postimg.org/ugei1zqkz/image1.jpg
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Monday, 5 December 2016 08:34 (seven years ago) link
Paris?
― Tuomas, Monday, 5 December 2016 13:35 (seven years ago) link
Paris was my first thought as well, but the layout of the parks seems off. I'm going with Moscow.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 5 December 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
Moscow is correct. Excellent park-spotting!
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Monday, 5 December 2016 14:20 (seven years ago) link
Thank you. All those nights in the Bois de Boulogne paying off finally. (kidding kidding)
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 5 December 2016 16:18 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/2UqMGRM.jpg
looks kinda like some of the mexican cities on the US border. Nogales?
― ciderpress, Monday, 5 December 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
i like that city
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 December 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
i found a mosque
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 December 2016 16:41 (seven years ago) link
hmm i could be way off then, was going by the look of those hills in the background mostly
― ciderpress, Monday, 5 December 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
where are there lots of yellow cabs
― ciderpress, Monday, 5 December 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
maybe its new york
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 December 2016 16:47 (seven years ago) link
ah yeah this must be 'queens'
― ciderpress, Monday, 5 December 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
one of the five boroughs
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 December 2016 16:49 (seven years ago) link
Somewhere in Egypt possibly?
― AlanSmithee, Monday, 5 December 2016 17:12 (seven years ago) link
I was thinking a more prosperous ME country, maybe Jordan?
― nickn, Monday, 5 December 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
― Dinsdale, Monday, 5 December 2016 17:55 (seven years ago) link
not in mexico, not in egypt. not in jordan, not tunis. not on a train, not in a tree, not in a car, sam let me be!
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:11 (seven years ago) link
is it in a tree
― lag∞n, Monday, 5 December 2016 18:16 (seven years ago) link
no, nor in a box
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:24 (seven years ago) link
It looks a bit further south in Africa than Tunis but idk where. Ethiopia?
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:34 (seven years ago) link
Could be Yemen, though.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:35 (seven years ago) link
further south than Tunis, yes
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 5 December 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
i found a photo of Monrovia with a lot of yellow cabs in it, this is all i have to go on
― ciderpress, Monday, 5 December 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
is it Bamako? The vegetation around there seems similar.
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Monday, 5 December 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
You're on the right continent
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 5 December 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
Djibouti?
― Dinsdale, Monday, 5 December 2016 20:03 (seven years ago) link
No-bouti
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 5 December 2016 20:07 (seven years ago) link
here's a street-level view of the same city:
http://i.imgur.com/HZ04yug.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 04:21 (seven years ago) link
Asmara in Eritrea?
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 04:27 (seven years ago) link
Yes!!
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 04:34 (seven years ago) link
You came mighty close with Ethiopia.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 04:35 (seven years ago) link
Are you sure it's not Heaven?
― "Stop researching my life" (Ste), Tuesday, 6 December 2016 12:26 (seven years ago) link
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/23374914.jpg
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 13:36 (seven years ago) link
Rotterdam?
― Tim, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 13:42 (seven years ago) link
Copenhagen.
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 13:43 (seven years ago) link
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
My ex's sister and her gf used to live in one of those blocky buildings... The area was once poor, but for the last 10+ years they've been building those kind of modernist houses theres, so now it's quite posh.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 14:03 (seven years ago) link
https://s15.postimg.org/56tdppi3v/rome.jpg
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
Somewhere Czech?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:21 (seven years ago) link
cluj?
― ogmor, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:23 (seven years ago) link
ogmor is correct!
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/c1h5PMR.jpg
― ogmor, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 15:28 (seven years ago) link
open it in another tab to have a better look
Mombasa, methinks
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:00 (seven years ago) link
very good!
― ogmor, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:17 (seven years ago) link
I tried to narrow my choices by looking in the map for coastal cities in Islamic Africa with estuary-like features.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:23 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ANldwZY.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:41 (seven years ago) link
I get the feeling that collardio gelatinous must be an excellent test-taker and game strategist.
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:47 (seven years ago) link
oh i wish, but thank you
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 18:51 (seven years ago) link
Anadry, Siberia
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:03 (seven years ago) link
Anadyr, rather
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
does a town of 13,000 people count as a city?
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:05 (seven years ago) link
Nicely done, lion!
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
xp I wondered the same thing (about its "city-ness"), and this one's definitely pushing the envelope, but I did see it described as "a port city" in one place and as the "easternmost city in Russia" in another, so since I basically just wanted y'all to see the whimsical colors, I went for it
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/9Ztrhb9.jpg
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:10 (seven years ago) link
fair enough. it's wild looking
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
Yeah. Anadyr looks to me like a town planned by folks highly sensitive to Seasonal Affective Disorder
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:11 (seven years ago) link
istanbul
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:21 (seven years ago) link
not in turkey
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:22 (seven years ago) link
somewhere in mexico is my first guess. DF?
― I've read Ta-nehisi Coates. (marcos), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:29 (seven years ago) link
it is not the distrito federale
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:44 (seven years ago) link
oaxaca?
― .robin., Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:47 (seven years ago) link
i vote oaxaca as well
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
i do not understand how you guys are getting these
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:20 (seven years ago) link
It is Oaxaca!
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:22 (seven years ago) link
Utterly delicious, beautiful city. I was there during a teacher's strike that ended in some pretty tragic violence. People were wonderful.
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:24 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5BK0Gft.jpg
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:36 (seven years ago) link
enhance... enhance
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:42 (seven years ago) link
willimantic
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:46 (seven years ago) link
― slathered in cream and covered with stickers (silby), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 23:02 (seven years ago) link
I should've found a better picture I just like those frogs and wanted to put them in this thread (b/c I'm never gonna be able to guess anybody else's city that's for sure)
So I just learned that those frogs have to do with The Great Frog Battle of 1754:
Legend has it that in 1754 in the hamlet of Windham in the Connecticut colony, the Battle of the Frogs commenced. No, we're not talking about the French. It was literally a battle pitting frog against frog. At the time, a number of men in the area had departed to fight the French and the Indians. One hot night in June, the remaining men in the town heard screeching and began to fire wildly, believing they were under attack. The next morning they discovered that the sounds had come from frogs that were either battling over the last remnants of water in a drought-stricken pond or just ticked off at each other. They never really knew why the whole episode occurred, but hundreds, some said thousands, of frogs died.
Source: http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2040762_2040769_2040778,00.html
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 00:49 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/LRTCKvf.jpg
^i recommend opening it in a new tab. it's quite a sight.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 00:51 (seven years ago) link
sau paulo
― lag∞n, Thursday, 8 December 2016 00:58 (seven years ago) link
on the right track
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 00:59 (seven years ago) link
buenos aires
― lag∞n, Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:04 (seven years ago) link
you were closer before
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:07 (seven years ago) link
the image went byebye
― lag∞n, Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:11 (seven years ago) link
oh damn sorry let me repost
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:13 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/R6puCOp.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:16 (seven years ago) link
i cant be googling brazilian cities ive never heard of before that apparently have millions and millions of ppl in them its against my religion gonna have to punt this one to someone else
― lag∞n, Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
am interested in reading up on their zoning regulations tho
― lag∞n, Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
here's their groovy bus system:
http://i.imgur.com/wnukGRV.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:30 (seven years ago) link
nice, looks v 70s futuristic
― lag∞n, Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
porto alegre?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:31 (seven years ago) link
not porto alegre, sorry.
here's their urban plan:
http://i.imgur.com/0xsCPyy.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:32 (seven years ago) link
groovy zoning:
http://i.imgur.com/o1c4sMq.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:36 (seven years ago) link
turtles all the way down
― lag∞n, Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:40 (seven years ago) link
more turtle:
http://i.imgur.com/TkcSaad.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:42 (seven years ago) link
turtle worship requires recycled offerings:
http://i.imgur.com/Wa5UIE9.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 01:46 (seven years ago) link
Curitiba, though I'd never heard of it before either
― rob, Thursday, 8 December 2016 02:09 (seven years ago) link
Yes that's it! A bit of a mecca for sustainable urban planning.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 8 December 2016 02:19 (seven years ago) link
i want to go to there
― clouds, Thursday, 8 December 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
A couple of pictures from my current location:
https://s28.postimg.org/45euo9o5p/20161209_163751.jpghttps://s30.postimg.org/arav4396p/20161209_164518.jpg
https://s30.postimg.org/dkgar6hk1/20161209_172407.jpg
https://s30.postimg.org/eggn3bekx/20161209_172752.jpg
...but where in the world am i?
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Friday, 9 December 2016 11:41 (seven years ago) link
The one time I went to Moscow (1989!) we saw a stadium which I remember looking just like that. But My guess is that there are stadia which look rather like that in every major city in the former Soviet Union? But it's rare enough for me to see anywhere on this thread which I even think I recognise.
― Tim, Friday, 9 December 2016 11:49 (seven years ago) link
Most of the big Moscow grounds have been upgraded in the last ten years or so. This city has kept the League Two vibe alive though!
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Friday, 9 December 2016 11:53 (seven years ago) link
A couple of additional clues:
Despite the flags looking slightly like a shahada in the pic above, they are green irl. The team they are associated with is not particularly good but arguably punches above its weight.
The time zone is closer to Tokyo than to Moscow.
It's currently minus 16 and minus 27 with windchill.
https://s27.postimg.org/c9x93jk0z/20161210_112027.jpg
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 December 2016 07:20 (seven years ago) link
Harbin? Or did we do that one recently?
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 10 December 2016 12:42 (seven years ago) link
It's not Harbin.
Tim was on the right track with the former Soviet Union.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 December 2016 12:44 (seven years ago) link
Novosibirsk?
― rob, Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:07 (seven years ago) link
Very close!
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:12 (seven years ago) link
― Treeship, Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:17 (seven years ago) link
Getting further away.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:20 (seven years ago) link
Tomsk?
― rob, Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:38 (seven years ago) link
It's Tomsk! Jewel of Siberia!
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:40 (seven years ago) link
somebody do bishkek next, bishkek looks awesome
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:42 (seven years ago) link
how is siberia in winter
― lag∞n, Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:43 (seven years ago) link
It's pretty cold, tbh.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:43 (seven years ago) link
Will drop below minus 40 next week but i will be back by then.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:44 (seven years ago) link
btw there are some Russian and Central Asian cities with beautiful stadiums
― rob, Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
ive seen -40 in vermont (the temperature where fahrenheit and celsius converge!)
― lag∞n, Saturday, 10 December 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5GYW9fq.jpg
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
I actually went to the trouble of finding one that won't give you the answer via Google Images
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
nice photo
― lag∞n, Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
Norilsk?
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Saturday, 10 December 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
Gary, Indiana
― rob, Saturday, 10 December 2016 17:06 (seven years ago) link
hell
― clouds, Saturday, 10 December 2016 20:59 (seven years ago) link
Ulaanbaatar?
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 11 December 2016 09:14 (seven years ago) link
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 11 December 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
shape of roofs suggests asia
― clouds, Sunday, 11 December 2016 17:30 (seven years ago) link
Is it Bishkek, by any chance?
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Sunday, 11 December 2016 17:33 (seven years ago) link
found this from google image searching bishkek, more points in its favor http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LqvbnxgVU8Q/VCPcBuiQYSI/AAAAAAAABqw/6UMJlbhBnIs/s1600/20140921-_DSF8229.jpg
― ciderpress, Sunday, 11 December 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
i don't see that bar and grill in tombot's image, though
― Treeship, Sunday, 11 December 2016 17:41 (seven years ago) link
same chimneys?
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c6/10/4a/c6104ab003c972a37f31d86bc8c4de74.jpg
― ogmor, Sunday, 11 December 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
http://www.imgrum.net/media/1402256408170384059_2943656252
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:19 (seven years ago) link
turned up this rad looking block of flats in my search which I think is in bishkek https://svbtleusercontent.com/pdlmxlpdphejlw.jpg
― ogmor, Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link
whoa dude that is amazing
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 11 December 2016 21:41 (seven years ago) link
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54e21523e4b0cc0f086836a9/t/54e254d4e4b00f1b031d6884/1424118998141/6cc46a07.jpeg?format=500w
this is a serious question because i am writing an article that requires i know where this is
― Treeship, Monday, 12 December 2016 00:13 (seven years ago) link
gondolas suggest venice but idk the name of the structure
My guess: tinted B&W photo of a Beaux-Arts/''City Beautiful'' environment ginned up for one of the great exhibitions/worlds' fairs. Could even be Chicago 1893.
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Monday, 12 December 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
yeah Chicago 1893 had gondolas
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Monday, 12 December 2016 00:22 (seven years ago) link
Too much open space for Venice.
― nickn, Monday, 12 December 2016 00:46 (seven years ago) link
St Louis worlds fair
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3507/3290123283_e50a51b87e_z.jpg
― El Tomboto, Monday, 12 December 2016 01:10 (seven years ago) link
Another one
http://www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/webprojects/LiveMiss/stlouis/graphics/wordfair.jpg
Doctor Casino gets 98% of the credit here though for sure
― El Tomboto, Monday, 12 December 2016 01:12 (seven years ago) link
― Treeship, Monday, 12 December 2016 01:21 (seven years ago) link
The Guardian has a variation today - guess the city from a stripped down aerial map highlighting rivers etc. I feel this will be trivial compared the standard of play in this thread.... https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/dec/13/water-features-id-city-rivers-harbours-quiz
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 10:50 (seven years ago) link
i only got 6/11 but tbh the rivers were less of a help than the street plans
(spoiler alert the north american cities and brasilia were p obvious because of this)
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link
10/11, but multiple choice was criiiiitical
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
I got the same for the same reason.
I was thinking that a spin-off thread of speculative city plans that were never built or ambitious development ideas currently in the works but not yet existing, and guessing where they were / are meant to be, would be interesting - but i would probably be terrible at it.
This one is real:
https://s23.postimg.org/gyrlyzenv/rome.jpg
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
^ China's Phoenix Island, which is not doing great
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 05:24 (seven years ago) link
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Wednesday, 14 December 2016 05:43 (seven years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/lixnixn/IMG_20161213_1326102_zpsusrcfwh9.jpg
I came back home from here yesterday.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 19:48 (seven years ago) link
tallinn
― clouds, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
Nah.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 20:02 (seven years ago) link
some steps
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 22:04 (seven years ago) link
creepystatueville
― clouds, Wednesday, 14 December 2016 23:44 (seven years ago) link
Budapest? I don't know the statue but the buildings in the background look kind of Hungarian.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Thursday, 15 December 2016 00:02 (seven years ago) link
Also Hungarians loved their moustaches.
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Thursday, 15 December 2016 00:04 (seven years ago) link
you're right
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 15 December 2016 00:05 (seven years ago) link
that's a statue of attila jozsef
― harold melvin and the bluetones (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 15 December 2016 00:06 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Dfhy0nu.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 15 December 2016 01:16 (seven years ago) link
Legoland, Denmark
― Treeship, Thursday, 15 December 2016 01:17 (seven years ago) link
lego-lol
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 15 December 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
La Paz
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Thursday, 15 December 2016 06:35 (seven years ago) link
that looks dope as hell
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 06:39 (seven years ago) link
u know abt this guy i died http://www.newyorker.com/project/portfolio/high-aspirations
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 06:41 (seven years ago) link
yeah his work is wild, wish someone would give him a huge commission or a Miami project
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Thursday, 15 December 2016 06:43 (seven years ago) link
when i look at those photos this partial memory of a sugary juice drink i liked as a child appears out of my deep brain but i cant quite place it
― lag∞n, Thursday, 15 December 2016 06:45 (seven years ago) link
https://s30.postimg.org/mromy404x/untitled.jpg
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Thursday, 15 December 2016 06:49 (seven years ago) link
Phoenix?
― the ilx meme is critical of that line of thought (lion in winter), Thursday, 15 December 2016 07:43 (seven years ago) link
xxxxxp Not La Paz, sorry
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 15 December 2016 13:03 (seven years ago) link
hmmm I believe it is indeed La Paz and its Hernando Siles stadium
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 15 December 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
Oh fuck you
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 15 December 2016 14:09 (seven years ago) link
It was labeled Sucre where I found it
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 15 December 2016 14:10 (seven years ago) link
Second time I fuck up like this
Gonna hide from ilx for a year out of shame now, k see ya
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 15 December 2016 14:11 (seven years ago) link
Phoenix is correct for the last image - it's the hypnotically planned Sun City development
― controversial but fabulous (I DIED), Thursday, 15 December 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
might be easy but I promise this is a real city
http://orapweb.rcahms.gov.uk/coflein/D/DI2006_0524.jpg
― Neil S, Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:31 (seven years ago) link
St Davids?
― ailsa, Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:35 (seven years ago) link
bam! too easy I guess, it is a lovely place though
― Neil S, Thursday, 15 December 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5ZgPMTY.jpg
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link
Monterey!
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 15 December 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
An easy one to pass time
http://i.imgur.com/i5AjguF.jpg
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 15 December 2016 20:30 (seven years ago) link
that's Quebec City
― Plasmon, Friday, 16 December 2016 03:16 (seven years ago) link
Ok I wasn't trying to be so easy with my last one - what gave Monterey away so easy?
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Friday, 16 December 2016 03:19 (seven years ago) link
lots of googling for "harbor house"
― Dinsdale, Friday, 16 December 2016 07:15 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3d8p2AX.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Friday, 16 December 2016 18:55 (seven years ago) link
― Bubba H.O.T.A.P.E (ShariVari), Friday, 16 December 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
― Dinsdale, Friday, 16 December 2016 21:36 (seven years ago) link
Islamabad it is!
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Friday, 16 December 2016 21:44 (seven years ago) link
gratuitous shot of the karakorams:
http://i.imgur.com/ciP1FOp.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Friday, 16 December 2016 22:10 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/vK1Oqys.jpg
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Saturday, 17 December 2016 17:43 (seven years ago) link
Googling the stadium by name gives it away, but maybe someone else knows it on sight.
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 17 December 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
aw nuts I didn't realize the stadium name was so clear once you blow it up
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Saturday, 17 December 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
mostly just shared bcz cool photo
― a Warren Beatty film about Earth (El Tomboto), Saturday, 17 December 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
Yeah totally. At first glance I woulda put it out in the land of obscure Soviet mineral-exploitation towns or something.
― walk back to the halftime long, billy lynn, billy lynn (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 17 December 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
It's been too long peeps!
https://i.imgur.com/ErsGekK.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Saturday, 24 February 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
some officious russian looking building near the bend in the river
― lag∞n, Sunday, 25 February 2018 01:27 (six years ago) link
That’s the river Kuban if I am not mistaken. I think it’s Krasnodar.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Sunday, 25 February 2018 01:38 (six years ago) link
ShariVari I was kinda hoping you’d take a little longer to show up... ;-) Cuz yeah, Krasnodar it is!
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 25 February 2018 01:54 (six years ago) link
Apologies!
This might be an easy one for some people:
https://s14.postimg.org/xn416pfn5/193958_AC-92_E3-4_E95-9_A90-97_B058_E0_D9_B6.jpg
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Sunday, 25 February 2018 02:04 (six years ago) link
I’ve never been there , but I’m gonna say Taxco.
Looks stunning.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 25 February 2018 03:28 (six years ago) link
Yep!
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Sunday, 25 February 2018 03:32 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/3MsyUp0.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Sunday, 25 February 2018 19:53 (six years ago) link
ah beautiful stqss
― lag∞n, Sunday, 25 February 2018 20:19 (six years ago) link
Porlamar?
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Monday, 26 February 2018 00:25 (six years ago) link
Sao Vicente
― El Tomboto, Monday, 26 February 2018 01:19 (six years ago) link
^ the island is São Vicente, but the city is....
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 26 February 2018 01:34 (six years ago) link
oh come on
― El Tomboto, Monday, 26 February 2018 02:24 (six years ago) link
(looks up the name of the rock again)
MINDELO
― El Tomboto, Monday, 26 February 2018 02:57 (six years ago) link
Aw don't be mad
I'm still impressed. Have you been there?
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 26 February 2018 03:29 (six years ago) link
nope but I am good at patiently using image search engines for things like "bay islet africa"
― El Tomboto, Monday, 26 February 2018 03:56 (six years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/nLVVKTnj/DSCF0017.jpg
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 10:18 (four years ago) link
I'm going to pretend that's deliberately fuzzy so you can't read the sign on the building.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 10:19 (four years ago) link
jakarta?
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 10:47 (four years ago) link
No, she walked there.
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Thursday, 5 March 2020 10:48 (four years ago) link
Jakarta is correct!
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 10:52 (four years ago) link
was trying to think of big muslim cities with skies like that and I don't really know anywhere else in indonesia! were you there?
this is probably p tough:
https://i.imgur.com/fQlhPUl.jpg
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 11:23 (four years ago) link
I was, that's the view from my hotel window.
That's a tough one. I'd guess somewhere in Southern Spain but i can't place it.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 11:36 (four years ago) link
you are truly ilx's carmen sandiego. how is vegan eating in indonesia?
it is in spain, here's one more....
https://live.staticflickr.com/8572/28770404312_0631841d5a_b.jpg
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 11:47 (four years ago) link
i like this thread even though i don't know any answers
― nxd, Thursday, 5 March 2020 11:54 (four years ago) link
Bilbao? That looks more like how I think of the north of Spain.
I’m only vegetarian thankfully, but ate a lot of Gado-Gado
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:04 (four years ago) link
it is bilbao, a city which seduced me p quickly. never had gado-gado but peanut sauce is always good eating.
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:09 (four years ago) link
remember ilx, no matter how darling and cosmopolitan this exchange is, both of these men are wedded to a soccer team whose star player yesterday waded into the crowd to have a fight after losing on penalties to
https://live.staticflickr.com/296/19587744406_13423e587e_b.jpg
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:16 (four years ago) link
Norridge!
― Tim, Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:21 (four years ago) link
Always surprising to see how places you know fit together, when you're only used to seeing them from ground level.
― Tim, Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:22 (four years ago) link
It's a place I need to visit tbh - having only been fleetingly twice, aged 6 and 17. Most UK towns and cities have some delight to them, barring a recent example which I won't name owing to a notable former ilxor coming from there
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:27 (four years ago) link
Easy enough:https://i.postimg.cc/fR5Vm5fL/2-E69-E01-F-94-A9-4-CC3-9-DFC-C54-BF0-BFBF23.jpgMaybe less so?!https://i.postimg.cc/DZ5gJ1Y3/9-ADF854-C-240-B-4225-9-A1-F-D8-D0-DF02-B370.jpg
― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:29 (four years ago) link
even that gull digs SV's sweater game
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:34 (four years ago) link
(guessing buenos aires based on vague recollection of yr recent joint holidaying, and something about the architecture etc lol)
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:37 (four years ago) link
Not BA. That gull was a legend, here’s another.https://i.postimg.cc/qRBdfVtc/E04-BA049-46-D1-45-F5-A005-B897-CC78-D9-D0.jpg
― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:44 (four years ago) link
idk like odessa or something
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 12:48 (four years ago) link
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Thursday, 5 March 2020 13:10 (four years ago) link
No to Baku and Odessa
― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 5 March 2020 13:12 (four years ago) link
Constanta?
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 5 March 2020 13:39 (four years ago) link
Chekhov?
― Frederik B, Thursday, 5 March 2020 13:45 (four years ago) link
All in the right general area but much more obvious, though that's possibly the least glamorous picture of a spectacular view you'll ever see.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 13:56 (four years ago) link
Zoom in on the spur of land in the background for a clue.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 13:59 (four years ago) link
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:01 (four years ago) link
is the other one a market selling live fish?
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:04 (four years ago) link
It is, in a sense
― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:08 (four years ago) link
One morehttps://i.postimg.cc/Pqg3wN8r/19-D23300-0-E1-B-41-A0-ABF4-BBB909-A67448.jpg
― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:11 (four years ago) link
vaduz
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:13 (four years ago) link
― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
innsbruck
(one of the few places in mountainous Europe I've been to, fact fans)
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
damn that was my guess too
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:17 (four years ago) link
Should have said it first time around. Instantly reminded me of the place
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:19 (four years ago) link
was that becauseit was the place😎😎😎😎
― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
It's been 7 years!
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/QtWRNgNn/EJj1x-P6-Xk-AAXg-Kz.jpg
Possibly a little more difficult.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
Guangzhou!
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:26 (four years ago) link
Ok, not more difficult! That's correct.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:27 (four years ago) link
Tbf, I had to map several of the buildings visible here for an architectural tour/guidebook some years back. Otherwise it's a big old axis in a skyscraper city by night, and probably pretty tough!
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:43 (four years ago) link
https://live.staticflickr.com/7204/6860444391_e6f57f65f3_c.jpg
my "dusk" version of that view
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/R97Ry2B4/Screenshot-2020-03-05-at-14-24-55.png
I have a couple, going with the easy one first:)
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
sarajevo?
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
Definitely too easy, ok lets go with the other one
https://i.postimg.cc/QCNRkGKP/Screenshot-2020-03-05-at-14-43-53.png
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:03 (four years ago) link
Aha, I know that church but won’t spoil it for everyone else.
― ShariVari, Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
I've guessed an obnoxious amount already so I'll throw this in the mix:
https://i.imgur.com/DgIscnJ.jpg
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
Easy enough:🖼
― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/NjF5nvgR/PICT0089.jpg
for the "I know that church!" crowd
― Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
My first one is still unguessed!
Stabbing in dark here but Sapporo?
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
euler's is lyon!
gyac's I have no clue, beijing?
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link
No to both
― median punt (gyac), Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
ogmor is of course right
― Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
ogmor "I've guessed" no u haven't u've not guessed a single one of these
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
thanks
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 16:13 (four years ago) link
that isn't a cheating accusation btw lol
unless being a human travel website is cheating
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
(I guess the Beijing one was a guess, oops)
― strangely hookworm but they manage ream shoegaze poetry (imago), Thursday, 5 March 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
He dodged having a guess at my white church by the river too
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 5 March 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
my first guess was downriver
― ogmor, Thursday, 5 March 2020 16:25 (four years ago) link
White church still unguessed but here's another maybe easier one to go with it
https://i.postimg.cc/v83cZRJk/Screenshot-2020-03-06-at-07-47-40.png
― cherry blossom, Friday, 6 March 2020 07:56 (four years ago) link
ok if no one else is playing, I think the river one is volgograd but this easier one is much harder. maybe east africa somewhere?
― ogmor, Friday, 6 March 2020 09:41 (four years ago) link
I could sort of see it being suburban Manila but idk.
― ShariVari, Friday, 6 March 2020 09:50 (four years ago) link
My first one was Tokyo, specifically Ueno Park looking at the National museum during a koi sale.Two more, and that’s all I have on this phone I think:1: https://i.postimg.cc/K866BD7n/3-FAB3-CEC-89-E0-4-F57-BB20-C06-F66564596.jpg2. https://i.postimg.cc/hGM0cSGf/091-AB7-A3-E884-4-F24-B13-A-86-EB73-A6192-B.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/KYm56Kx6/8-B6-E98-DD-DCE6-4440-85-ED-12-B07-E3-F4435.jpg
― median punt (gyac), Friday, 6 March 2020 09:53 (four years ago) link
I think, though on reflection, am not 100% sure, that the river one is Tver.
― ShariVari, Friday, 6 March 2020 09:55 (four years ago) link
Ding ding ding Tver it is!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 6 March 2020 09:56 (four years ago) link
1 is Hong Kong?
the second two are interesting, thinking...
― cherry blossom, Friday, 6 March 2020 10:00 (four years ago) link
Indeed it is.
― median punt (gyac), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:07 (four years ago) link
I feel like narrowing down to either Poland or Czechia
― cherry blossom, Friday, 6 March 2020 10:08 (four years ago) link
I'll have stab in the dark at Wroclaw, but leave it to someone else after that if it isnt!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 6 March 2020 10:13 (four years ago) link
― median punt (gyac), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:18 (four years ago) link
gdansk?
― ogmor, Friday, 6 March 2020 10:20 (four years ago) link
― median punt (gyac), Friday, 6 March 2020 10:24 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/xCzMf94Q/C0679-F67-DF5-E-42-A4-8451-62629-E280-FED.pnghttps://i.postimg.cc/gj17wcYK/2-B3-FCBBE-BFC2-447-F-85-F3-7-DAEEEA4-E37-B.jpg
― ShariVari, Saturday, 7 March 2020 10:49 (four years ago) link
We're playing on hard mode now?
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Saturday, 7 March 2020 11:01 (four years ago) link
Interesting markings!
We can do this!
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 7 March 2020 11:09 (four years ago) link
I have faith
― ShariVari, Saturday, 7 March 2020 11:21 (four years ago) link
I have brought in supplies, ordered infra-red goggles and unlocked the cabinet with the antique hunting knife. I'm going in
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 7 March 2020 11:23 (four years ago) link
The writing at the top isn't quite decipherable. I'd be tempted by Bishkek otherwise. Those markings on the side tho hmm
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 7 March 2020 11:29 (four years ago) link
The markings on the side are pretty much unique to one city.
― ShariVari, Saturday, 7 March 2020 11:39 (four years ago) link
Or two cities in the same country to be more accurate.
― ShariVari, Saturday, 7 March 2020 12:00 (four years ago) link
the only place I've been where there were markings on buildings that seemed like those is Brazil, specifically São Paolo, but that's all I've got.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Saturday, 7 March 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
looks a bit like amharic/ge'ez so given the look of the place maybe armenia or albania? tirana? I know they go in for wacky tower block decorations
― ogmor, Saturday, 7 March 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
That’s all you need. It’s right.
The graffiti is Pixação.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/jan/06/pixacao-the-story-behind-sao-paulos-angry-alternative-to-graffiti
― ShariVari, Saturday, 7 March 2020 15:28 (four years ago) link
ha! nice. I saw a lot of it on the interminable (because of traffic) bus ride between São Paolo airport and Campinas. I found it menacing.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Saturday, 7 March 2020 15:30 (four years ago) link
Well done Euler!
― ogmor,
Good attempt - I think it qualifies as being in that region
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 7 March 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
hmm borderline east africa... kampala?
― ogmor, Saturday, 7 March 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
no!
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 7 March 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
"Easy one": the cars are all white so I assume it's somewhere hot, it looks "inland", I cannot identify the flag for the life of me
― meaner stinks meat bake it cone (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 8 March 2020 01:17 (four years ago) link
Flag looks most like Guatemala but... that doesn't look like Guatemala (at least not how I'd imagine Guatemala to look like)
― meaner stinks meat bake it cone (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 8 March 2020 01:24 (four years ago) link
I didn’t notice the flag but it looks like the East African Community one, so if not Kampala, maybe Kigali?
― ShariVari, Sunday, 8 March 2020 05:57 (four years ago) link
He shoots, he scores!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 8 March 2020 06:17 (four years ago) link
There's a good film on Pixacao called Pixadores, for people who are interested
― Frederik B, Sunday, 8 March 2020 08:00 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/fLRVvTW0/Screenshot-2020-03-08-at-16-41-49.png
sunday guesser
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 8 March 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
A completely wild guess, somewhere in Mexico maybe. Torreón?
― ShariVari, Sunday, 8 March 2020 17:06 (four years ago) link
Worrying loss of form for ShariVari here
― cherry blossom, Monday, 9 March 2020 08:50 (four years ago) link
A v different wild guess: bergen?
― ogmor, Monday, 9 March 2020 09:43 (four years ago) link
also off-target
― cherry blossom, Monday, 9 March 2020 11:57 (four years ago) link
White houses with splashes of colour suggest somewhere hot to me but that's about as far as i can get.
― ShariVari, Monday, 9 March 2020 11:59 (four years ago) link
ushuaia?
― ogmor, Monday, 9 March 2020 12:00 (four years ago) link
DAMN, out of nowhere! top bins!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 9 March 2020 12:10 (four years ago) link
Oh how funny, i was looking at going there last year and didn't get around to it.
― ShariVari, Monday, 9 March 2020 12:17 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1CFWx1s.png
― ogmor, Monday, 9 March 2020 12:21 (four years ago) link
One of my clients' offices, though i have never been.
― ShariVari, Monday, 9 March 2020 12:24 (four years ago) link
But i won't spoil it.
― ShariVari, Monday, 9 March 2020 12:25 (four years ago) link
Scale feels Chinese to me. Lotta buses, tho.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 9 March 2020 12:25 (four years ago) link
not china
― ogmor, Monday, 9 March 2020 12:42 (four years ago) link
I think I got one!
Hyderabad, India.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 9 March 2020 12:54 (four years ago) link
that's a bingo!
― ogmor, Monday, 9 March 2020 12:57 (four years ago) link
hyderabad is, for a while at least, capital of two difference states in india
― ogmor, Monday, 9 March 2020 12:58 (four years ago) link
Yas! Now to vainly try and find something not entirely obvious for you all...
― brain (krakow), Monday, 9 March 2020 13:06 (four years ago) link
Probably entirely obvious after all, but the game must continue.
https://i.imgur.com/QHT2MIn.jpg
― brain (krakow), Monday, 9 March 2020 13:40 (four years ago) link
That red brick with faux-Roman pillars has to be Britain, somewhere. Lancaster?
― ShariVari, Monday, 9 March 2020 13:57 (four years ago) link
The building on the right doens't seem as British as it should
― cherry blossom, Monday, 9 March 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
I can't think of a bit of liverpool docks that looks quite like that but lots that looks similar
― ogmor, Monday, 9 March 2020 15:26 (four years ago) link
I'm over-thinking it though, it definitely feels like England
― cherry blossom, Monday, 9 March 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
It's Gloucester, isn't it?
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Monday, 9 March 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
All solid thinking, but aldo has it. It is indeed Gloucester: https://goo.gl/maps/XqsvKyXNqNDxW63x6
― brain (krakow), Monday, 9 March 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/wgkvq7Xj/Screenshot-2020-03-08-at-16-34-07.png
tuesday head scratcher
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 09:18 (four years ago) link
this is like geoguesser without being able to move
― ogmor, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 09:39 (four years ago) link
ok lets start the ball rolling: ulaanbaatar?
― ogmor, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 09:56 (four years ago) link
East africa somewhere, tanzania?
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 11:25 (four years ago) link
Georgetown, Guyana is my opening bid.
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 12:48 (four years ago) link
I'll add another shot as its a tough one
https://i.postimg.cc/9Q7R7szd/Screenshot-2020-03-10-at-13-35-52.png
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 13:38 (four years ago) link
Futhark runes on the boat? Too barren to be Alvdalen, but somewhere in Norway, or Gotland maybe? Maybe Fårö?
― meaner stinks meat bake it cone (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 18:42 (four years ago) link
no way that's in Europe imo
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
Asmara?
― gramsci in your surplice (gyac), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 19:00 (four years ago) link
Makes me think of somewhere on the west coast of NZ. Okarito?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
From the other side of the river (the hilltop in the background of the first two shots)
https://i.postimg.cc/d0wXWF9R/Screenshot-2020-03-11-at-08-53-20.png
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 09:07 (four years ago) link
Jesus Christ now I have no idea. It looks like Haiti.
― meaner stinks meat bake it cone (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:06 (four years ago) link
I was misled by that boat, that really does look like some runic stuff there
Yes, this is really tough.
The houses could be somewhere like North-West Russia but idk.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:21 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/tyPLppZR/g.png
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:53 (four years ago) link
Another angle
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:54 (four years ago) link
― rob, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
Willemstad?
― rob, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 15:57 (four years ago) link
it feels icelandic.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:14 (four years ago) link
roads are in too bad a state to be a rich western european nation imo.
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
Thorshavn??
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:24 (four years ago) link
I'll be so embarrassed if it's Nuuk or Torshavn...
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:27 (four years ago) link
It looks like there is a fairly large factory or set of Soviet-style mid-rise tower blocks in the background. Idk, Narva?
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:32 (four years ago) link
too big and too many trees for Greenland surely
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:35 (four years ago) link
yeah, the mountains are too worn too, Nuuk is a lot craggier
― rob, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk?
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/syyc8hWc/Screenshot-2020-03-11-at-16-38-29.png
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:45 (four years ago) link
not a bad effort, warming up a little
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
Def looks Russian to me but could be Alaska somewhere. Norne?
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:07 (four years ago) link
Terrible guess!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:12 (four years ago) link
jim in vancouver has played the best so far with good team play, Citroen surged forward with a driving run but then the move all came to nothing with a disappointing effort there
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:16 (four years ago) link
jim in vancouver has played the best so far
I can list places it isn't too :)
― rob, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:19 (four years ago) link
eager to see where this ends up.... not guessing because unless the photo actually includes a city i suck at this. architecture and urbanism are my cribs here, I suck at general landscape, foliage, accoutrements, geography and micro-clues.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 17:44 (four years ago) link
is this going to end up being mongolia?
― Yerac, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:00 (four years ago) link
i suck at all geography but i like the feelings of places.
Manchuria?
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:07 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/wHdGqqfj/Screenshot-2020-03-11-at-17-29-14.png
https://i.postimg.cc/rFcmJQr3/aaa.png
https://i.postimg.cc/3rtWJ26v/Screenshot-2020-03-11-at-18-07-59.png
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
Komsomolsk-on-amur?
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
last minute winner from covid and his gang
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:26 (four years ago) link
damn I actually looked at that place earlier but decided against it for some reason
― rob, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
I have let myself down. Well done Jim.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:29 (four years ago) link
Assist points to Citreon too for Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk even if no one got on the end of it to get it over the line!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
I'm going to follow that very challenging one up with a picture of the tower of London
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
This has reminded me that someone I vaguely know flew out to DJ at a night in Khabarovsk at some point in the...00's?
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 March 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
there's something intriguing about the Russian far-east, that's for sure
https://i.imgur.com/3KMvfNT.png
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 12 March 2020 23:09 (four years ago) link
That wouldn't load for me yesterday! Now it loads but is super small. I'm getting a Levant feeling, maybe Amman?
― cherry blossom, Friday, 13 March 2020 11:54 (four years ago) link
Not v close
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Friday, 13 March 2020 14:07 (four years ago) link
It looks like Iran or Pakistan to me. Karachi?
― ShariVari, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:10 (four years ago) link
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Friday, 13 March 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
No way!
― ShariVari, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:18 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xyW1P4m.jpg
― ogmor, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:24 (four years ago) link
Accra?
― rob, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:27 (four years ago) link
Kumasi!
― Tim, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
tim is right. v quick work!
― ogmor, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
Unibank + this:
https://www.ibike.org/bikeafrica/ghana/essay/2011/IMG_0640.JPG
― Tim, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:35 (four years ago) link
(I have seen some pretty groovy Ghanaian church architecture in the last few minutes.)
― Tim, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/N08Q7HC7/10845947-10154939178375068-4201083983461022976-n.jpgA tough one.
― ShariVari, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:37 (four years ago) link
Dilijan, Armenia?
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Friday, 13 March 2020 14:44 (four years ago) link
Haha. Yes.
― ShariVari, Friday, 13 March 2020 14:47 (four years ago) link
my reading and typing words into google skills are second-to-none.
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Friday, 13 March 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
https://live.staticflickr.com/6164/6164636106_53a907857a_b.jpg
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Friday, 13 March 2020 14:53 (four years ago) link
Is that Antananarivo in Madagascar? I realise this is a very specific guess.
― Tim, Friday, 13 March 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link
excellent! i was hoping the rice fields would be misleading.
― Paperbag raita (ledge), Friday, 13 March 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
the speed of some of this answers is quite something.
I mean I basically half expected sharivari to get mine right away but there's lots of heavy hitters itt
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Friday, 13 March 2020 16:42 (four years ago) link
oh lol I almost posted Antananarivo myself but had no clue on ledge's photo
there are several ideas I've had but immediately thought "nah ShariVari will know that instantly"
― rob, Friday, 13 March 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/y6SRqkMM/2019-05-151.jpg
(its not Komsomolsk-on-Amur)
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 15 March 2020 11:27 (four years ago) link
but it is Blackpool!
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 15 March 2020 12:54 (four years ago) link
Nice easy one!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 15 March 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
you guys are amazing.
― Yerac, Sunday, 15 March 2020 14:55 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I have no idea how they do it.
― romanesque architect (pomenitul), Sunday, 15 March 2020 14:56 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/2SqzbNTW/Screenshot-2020-03-15-at-20-54-41.png
self-distancing edition
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 15 March 2020 20:56 (four years ago) link
monday morning self-isolating team have at it!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 16 March 2020 06:47 (four years ago) link
― ShariVari, Monday, 16 March 2020 10:42 (four years ago) link
Actually that's a terrible guess. Limassol?
― ShariVari, Monday, 16 March 2020 10:46 (four years ago) link
I really wanted it to be Recife, but it is not Recife.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 16 March 2020 11:03 (four years ago) link
It's probably not Limsassol either tbf.
Thought process is that the cars appear to be driving on the left, which suggest ex-British Empire or Japan, air con among other things means it's not the UK, none of the cars are white, which would be statistically unusual for Southern Africa, doesn't feel much like India to me so likely to be Malta, Cyprus, Sri Lanka or Japan, but not much of a clue beyond that possibly faulty logic.
― ShariVari, Monday, 16 March 2020 11:11 (four years ago) link
Cars are driving on the right
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 16 March 2020 11:15 (four years ago) link
Damn it!
― ShariVari, Monday, 16 March 2020 11:17 (four years ago) link
I really wanted it to be Santander, but I'm pretty sure it's not Santander.
― Tim, Monday, 16 March 2020 11:25 (four years ago) link
One of the cars might be a black and yellow taxi, which suggests spain, but also might be anywhere else.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 16 March 2020 11:27 (four years ago) link
Last one was too easy, one before that too hard, this one might be just right!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 16 March 2020 13:13 (four years ago) link
I think we can get there!
Pandemic or not, this fine city isn't going to guess itself
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 10:38 (four years ago) link
I think the way the weather looks is seducing people, that housing block front left looks suspiciously Soviet to me and there's a minaret halfway up.
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 10:58 (four years ago) link
yeah I was thinking either danube or volga but nothing obvious coming up
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:01 (four years ago) link
The importance of the river makes me think it's somewhere on the cruise circuit, and the only non-obvious candidate for the Volga is Nizhny Novgorod.
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:11 (four years ago) link
definitely Danube. Galati.
― thomasintrouble, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 11:45 (four years ago) link
Galati it is! good work Columbo
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:10 (four years ago) link
I would never guess any of these but I insist on making occasional offerings that amuse me so here’s this curiosity:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mW6uXqmdPXc/TCUs70ZHt3I/AAAAAAAAAnc/OsfAudL5jrg/s1600/DSC00106.JPG
― silby, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 15:21 (four years ago) link
Hmmmm. I'm guessing some place with a big tourist investment in Swiss-chalet imagery. AFAIC there is no McDonald's in Helen, GA, but someplace like that maybe?
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 15:27 (four years ago) link
you're in the right conceptual neighborhood
― silby, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 15:43 (four years ago) link
Leavenworth?
― The fillyjonk who believed in pandemics (Lily Dale), Tuesday, 17 March 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
yeah :)
― silby, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 16:01 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/NBnZVy17/Screenshot-2020-03-17-at-16-34-30.png
wfh special
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
Ithaca, NY
― rob, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 18:31 (four years ago) link
not too bad a guess but no, not really, nope, nada,
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 08:42 (four years ago) link
Nikolaevsk, Alaska?
― Neil S, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 09:58 (four years ago) link
way off the mark
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 18 March 2020 10:01 (four years ago) link
Ok I'll give a clue
If you look very carefully inside one of the windows of the first house, you can just make out Joe Biden standing behind a curtain (if anyone was wondering where he had got to lately)
― cherry blossom, Friday, 20 March 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/wTsfb61X/Screenshot-2020-03-21-at-12-46-08.png
I've leave Joe In The Window to simmer for a little bit, and throw in this lil ssturday sparrow
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 21 March 2020 13:19 (four years ago) link
― ogmor, Saturday, 21 March 2020 18:06 (four years ago) link
Not San Juan!
Here's another shot
https://i.postimg.cc/Ssdq5zgm/Screenshot-2020-03-27-at-13-31-07.png
― cherry blossom, Friday, 27 March 2020 13:31 (four years ago) link
Is the previous one Reading PA and the most recent one Mexico City?
― I_Got_Loaded, Friday, 27 March 2020 13:42 (four years ago) link
Reading PA is an excellent guess, 9/10. Its more rural than Reading but only around an hour or so's drive from there.
The second one....you're in the right hemisphere, but its not Mexico
― cherry blossom, Friday, 27 March 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
First very very closer but still not quite over the line
Second needs work to get closer
Third is here
https://i.postimg.cc/m2bsv0R6/Screenshot-2020-04-09-at-16-33-33.png
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 9 April 2020 15:46 (four years ago) link
Viña del Mar?
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
I've never heard of Viña del Mar and had to google it! I'm not sure which thats a guess for, but its closest to the second one with the blue and yellow houses though still some ways off
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
Oh I misunderstood your instructions. I thought all three were for one city, and I had a hell of a time trying to think of a city that would feature all three scenes. The topography in the third photo is reminiscent of Viña's hilly outskirts (where my mother lives!), and they have views of the Pacific. The first photo had a couple of compatible indicators.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:50 (four years ago) link
yeah I think I'm confused as to which pictures are the same city
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:52 (four years ago) link
now I'm not haha
the second one is in Brazil?
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 9 April 2020 18:53 (four years ago) link
I'm gonna wager the second one is Lima, if only for the combination of apparent aridity combined with what looks like persistent cloud cover.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
#2 its not Lima but we're getting in the zone now
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 9 April 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
3 unguessed (though the first is so close I might just give it!) and a now fourth, just trying to get some action going here!
https://i.postimg.cc/DZ0DFPVn/ig.png
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 12 April 2020 10:35 (four years ago) link
somewhere in NZ, Nelson/Richmond? haven't found the right roundabout yet
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 12 April 2020 12:43 (four years ago) link
other end of the island. Invercargill !
― thomasintrouble, Sunday, 12 April 2020 12:45 (four years ago) link
is #1 Gettysburg?
― dip to dup (rob), Sunday, 12 April 2020 12:57 (four years ago) link
and let's try Quito for #2
― dip to dup (rob), Sunday, 12 April 2020 13:00 (four years ago) link
Invercargill it is, top bins no messing about!
Gettysburg/Quito are both not bad guesses, but both are worse than the previous best guesses of Reading/Lima. Gettysburg is going on wrong direction
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 12 April 2020 13:08 (four years ago) link
alright Cusco then
― dip to dup (rob), Sunday, 12 April 2020 13:13 (four years ago) link
If Viña del Mar was really close then, unlikely as it seems, is it Valparaiso?
― all the best people go on holiday to Fife (aldo), Sunday, 12 April 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
Lima is the closest so far for #2!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 12 April 2020 14:01 (four years ago) link
Wow... I spent a long time dropping pins on every single Smith & Smith location in New Zealand to try and guess Invercargill.
Oddly enough, I found another place (in Invercargill!) that has a Market South adjacent to a Smith & Smith, on a roundabout:
https://goo.gl/maps/jBn4brjZV4bSikEM9
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 12 April 2020 14:29 (four years ago) link
Thats the same one!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 12 April 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
Found the church!https://goo.gl/maps/gwBTDHiDJM6iDVk77
― bougie white woman (doo dah), Sunday, 12 April 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
Great work doo dah! You are now promoted to the first team.
It was indeed Nesquehoning!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 12 April 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
I spent way too much time looking in Homestead & Braddock!
― bougie white woman (doo dah), Sunday, 12 April 2020 16:12 (four years ago) link
You get it from looking for orthodox churches?
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 12 April 2020 16:50 (four years ago) link
xp omg YES I see it now, there's ANOTHER roundabout
My Googlemaps tour of NZ showed me a lot of aluminum siding, the entire country looks like suburban Quebec
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Sunday, 12 April 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
XP - yes, though your hint about Biden helped, so I looked for orthodox churches around Scranton.
― bougie white woman (doo dah), Sunday, 12 April 2020 22:47 (four years ago) link
that’s impressive doo dah
don't know where that street with blue/tan/white houses is but I like the image
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 April 2020 23:12 (four years ago) link
the street is amazing and I'm surprised it's not super easy to find!
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 13 April 2020 09:13 (four years ago) link
Trujillo for #2? I can't find the streets but the lighting and some of the architecture look right?
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 13 April 2020 10:06 (four years ago) link
Trujillo is definitely close, but not it
No takers for #3 with the tower blocks?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 11:02 (four years ago) link
XP - yes, though your hint about Biden helped,
Impressive, as the comment about Biden was actually a red herring. I was just imagining him hiding in that window, it wasn't a location hint!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 11:03 (four years ago) link
although maybe subconsciously it was!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 11:04 (four years ago) link
Some of the towers are similar in design to ones I saw in Lisbon
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 13 April 2020 11:07 (four years ago) link
Though they had flat roofs
― Non, je ned raggette rien (onimo), Monday, 13 April 2020 11:08 (four years ago) link
Its not Lisbon! Here's another angle
https://i.postimg.cc/Qjfdnchb/Screenshot-2020-04-13-at-12-31-31.png
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 11:35 (four years ago) link
Guessing Chimbote or (Nuevo Chimbote) for #2. I've googled pretty much every city in Peru and it seems the most likely
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
Its Chimbote!
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-9.1307225,-78.5367944,3a,75y,320.09h,82.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVeofQI8KrjUHx4pIuu7CRg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 14:49 (four years ago) link
I can't quite remember the location of the first Chimbote pic, but it was around here somewhere
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@-9.0618,-78.5812719,3a,75y,295.33h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s82RJUKxvpwRpRvd4nqZ2wA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 14:52 (four years ago) link
is the game to post just pics you've taken yourself?
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 13 April 2020 14:57 (four years ago) link
Not at all Euler. The world is your oyster.
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Monday, 13 April 2020 15:24 (four years ago) link
Get one in there Euler!
And have a go at NotLisbon Tower Blocks too
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 April 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
GOD I'm so happy I figured out it was Chimbote
I was confusing which pics were of which city (to be honest). I wouldn't have got Chimbote without other people's guesses of Lima/Trujillo... I was literally googling "fastest growing cities in Peru" just to track down where such commie-looking suburbs might've popped up
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 21:19 (four years ago) link
Is #3 (not Lisbon) in Turkey?
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 21:43 (four years ago) link
The minaret suggests "Islamic", it looks too verdant to be Northern Africa, too dry to be India/Bangladesh/Indonesia, too modern to be Middle Eastern, both "new economy" and also "not rich", I actually don't think it's Turkey but think it's a former USSR -stan country
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Monday, 13 April 2020 21:47 (four years ago) link
Turkey seems a good bet, Izmir/Smyrna?
― ogmor, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 00:26 (four years ago) link
It isn't Izmir.
There's some decent coastline/mountain/terrain info in that last photo!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 April 2020 09:52 (four years ago) link
No takers for NotLisbon (or Izmir)?
https://i.postimg.cc/QtMrCCmW/Screenshot-2020-04-30-at-06-39-56.png
Here's a new one to go with it, ThursdaySkyline
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 30 April 2020 05:55 (three years ago) link
I've forgotten where ThurdaySkyline is! Going to have to try guess my own city!
DoubleHeader-1
https://i.postimg.cc/dqKXx7N1/Screenshot-2020-05-19-at-21-33-48.png
DoubleHeader-2
https://i.postimg.cc/1RKbGyrt/Screenshot-2020-05-19-at-21-23-31.png
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
first one is Dundee?
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:41 (three years ago) link
rusty tin roofs of the second one is making me think Russia but I'm out of my element
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
Chelyabinsk?
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 19 May 2020 21:54 (three years ago) link
Dundee YES!Chelyabinsk NO!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 04:57 (three years ago) link
second one Norilsk?
― thomasintrouble, Wednesday, 20 May 2020 13:43 (three years ago) link
Second one is Norilsk, too iconic to be anywhere else!
Shall I give the answer to NotLisbonOrIzmir? Or leave it to posterity?
I can't give the answer to ThursdaySkyline because I've forgotten where it is. I might try guess it myself later today
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 24 May 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/8zvR70x2/gtc1407.jpg
guess the city 14/07
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 18:32 (three years ago) link
it's Batumi, right?
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
bravo, right off the bat!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
this thread never fails
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:21 (three years ago) link
wow, never got even close to any of these, but the single Turkish-type minaret gave me something very concrete to work with: sea port city in a non-muslim country in the Eastern Mediterranean or Black Sea. actually checked and discarded Batumi at first (but of course you wouldn’t pick a photo that displayed the actual city centre) - but when I searched for the minaret-golden onion-shaped dome combination Batumi was the top result, and then that distinctive church tower sealed the deal.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
oh, it’s a clock tower turned boutique hotel apparently.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
"clock tower turned boutique hotel" I'm sold
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
very affordable prices!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 20:35 (three years ago) link
https://jennyrightside.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/is2009-1016-08.jpg
― rumpy riser (ogmor), Tuesday, 14 July 2020 21:38 (three years ago) link
I want to say Kandahar, other than the colouring is maybe too light. The low rise layout points there though
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 11:07 (three years ago) link
Kandahar indeed!
― rumpy riser (ogmor), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 12:52 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/JEAfm6k.jpg
what a place eh?
― rumpy riser (ogmor), Wednesday, 15 July 2020 12:53 (three years ago) link
I thought Kandahar straightaway, then had a quick look at first image that came up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_Kandahar#/media/File:Aerial_view_of_a_section_of_Kandahar_in_2013.jpg
but both of these look darker and not as sandy as yours so I wasn't 100 on it but thought it close to enough!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 July 2020 12:57 (three years ago) link
27th July trees
https://i.postimg.cc/69d5WXXw/aa.png
― cherry blossom, Monday, 27 July 2020 19:42 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/t4T0k7m0/kb.jpg
31st July curved road
― cherry blossom, Friday, 31 July 2020 22:40 (three years ago) link
I will say: is it in Asia? just to get the ball rolling
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 1 August 2020 09:43 (three years ago) link
31st is in Asia, and 27th isn't!
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 1 August 2020 09:48 (three years ago) link
oh yeah, I meant the 31st, sorry. East Asia, no? (but that will probably all from me)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Saturday, 1 August 2020 10:56 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/SNgj5H3X/Screenshot-2020-08-18-at-20-01-26.png
18th August
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 18 August 2020 19:04 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/vmh22Y3k/Screenshot-2020-08-21-at-14-22-33.png
Another angle for 18th August
― cherry blossom, Friday, 21 August 2020 13:25 (three years ago) link
― cherry blossom, Friday, 21 August 2020 13:26 (three years ago) link
not a clue.
ominous looking and disused Eastern European train station?
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:21 (three years ago) link
I'm struck by how it's all very clean, with no litter or visible graffiti.
There's some characters/a logo on the modern building in the background on the right hand side of the last photo, but I'm not sure what to make of them - are they Japanese maybe?
Definitely wondering about Asia, but struggling to guess a country even.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:44 (three years ago) link
In the first photo there's a motorway-esque road in the background with green gantry signs, if anyone knows which countries use that colour for those.
There also looks like what could be two flags on the right in front of the road, but sadly no wind to display them. Looks like they might be white and red, maybe blue too? My brain keeps filling them in as British flags, but that seems like nonsense.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 21 August 2020 17:55 (three years ago) link
ah, interesting. seem to be characters that are either not roman (nor Cyrillic) or if they are perhaps with diacritics not usually found in European languages
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Friday, 21 August 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
Could be Vietnamese, Hanoi?
― nickn, Friday, 21 August 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
those bare trees make me think it isn't subtropical tho
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 21 August 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
are those .. american flags? red white and blue at least
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 21 August 2020 19:29 (three years ago) link
Those look like US green highway signs in the first picture and honestly everything about this looks like a desolate NJ Transit station except the wooden slats on the train tracks
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 21 August 2020 19:33 (three years ago) link
this is USA for sure
― budo jeru, Friday, 21 August 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
ah
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Friday, 21 August 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
The shape of the buildings feels like New Jersey but that obelisky thing in the first picture is making me consider Massachusetts.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 21 August 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
definitely east coast, mid atlantic-new england
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 21 August 2020 19:44 (three years ago) link
Chicago?
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 21 August 2020 19:50 (three years ago) link
Hartford?
― Yerac, Friday, 21 August 2020 19:51 (three years ago) link
Great team effort, finished off with precision by Yerac. Hartford it is!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 21 August 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 21 August 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
rip Whalers
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Friday, 21 August 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
The strange writing is of course the logo for a Red Roof Inn
― cherry blossom, Friday, 21 August 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
I was close, it starts with "Ha!"
― nickn, Friday, 21 August 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 21 August 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
I feel like my answer of "it seems like Massachusetts but also like a desolate part of New Jersey" was morally correct
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 21 August 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
― budo jeru, Friday, 21 August 2020 20:49 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/bvW5hkSJ/aee.jpg
Saturday atmosphere
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 22 August 2020 13:58 (three years ago) link
baku ?
― budo jeru, Saturday, 22 August 2020 18:02 (three years ago) link
Tirana?
― オニモ (onimo), Saturday, 22 August 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
Lots of clues (poverty, light skin-tones, ex-communist-style architecture) that indicate the poorer parts of Europe or west/central Asia. The most intriguing clue is how flat the landscape is, so most of the Balkans are out. Looks more like the steppes than a littoral, since it is so bereft of vegetation.
― the unappreciated charisma of cows (Aimless), Saturday, 22 August 2020 19:10 (three years ago) link
Makhachkala?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 22 August 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/L40ZfJGp/f4.jpg
Second angle, facing the other way
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 23 August 2020 13:35 (three years ago) link
Ferentari, Bucharest?
― I_Got_Loaded, Sunday, 23 August 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
Stolipinovo?
― I_Got_Loaded, Sunday, 23 August 2020 14:55 (three years ago) link
idk feels like we have a winner here, no?
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Sunday, 23 August 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link
I would have accepted Plovdiv given thats the city, but if we're down to neighbourhood level then Stolipinovo is a gold star answer!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 23 August 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
that's impressive! because of this i found a documentary about stolipinovo on youtube that i will save to watch later.
― contorted filbert (harbl), Sunday, 23 August 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
Is that the documentary from 2009? I found it and watched yesterday
― cherry blossom, Monday, 24 August 2020 05:32 (three years ago) link
― contorted filbert (harbl), Monday, 24 August 2020 12:03 (three years ago) link
Hay can you give us another clue for the 27th July?
― Tim, Monday, 24 August 2020 12:17 (three years ago) link
27 July looks northern European, possibly Scandi: Sundsvall?
― Neil S, Monday, 24 August 2020 12:27 (three years ago) link
― Tim, Monday, 24 August 2020 05:17 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
https://i.postimg.cc/bNkxH8jv/Screenshot-2020-08-25-at-12-42-57.png
second shot for 27th July
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 25 August 2020 11:46 (three years ago) link
Looks a bit German to me
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 25 August 2020 11:51 (three years ago) link
I can see a two-spired cathedral on July 27th photo. Is it Fulda?
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 17:11 (three years ago) link
Sheffield?
― オニモ (onimo), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 17:36 (three years ago) link
no those roofs are extremely mitteleuropäische
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 17:49 (three years ago) link
the chimney stack in front of the hills does look a lot like the hope valley cement works though!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
that does look like dear old Blighty to me but mind you I've never been to central europe
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 18:35 (three years ago) link
i think the roofs are too steep (they're designed for snow) and too red (they're slate in the UK).
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 25 August 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
I spent ages thinking it was somewhere in the UK too - the neoclassical pile towards the right hand side of the Jul 27 pic, but (as Caek said) I'd be amazed if those roofs were in the UK. That little two-spired church spotted by FGTI (visible between the two left-most tree trunks on the Jul 27 pic, I reckon it's probably too small to be the town cathedral?) makes me think Germany or nearby.
"Germany or nearby" too big. I am left with absolutely no clue where it might be.
― Tim, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 10:09 (three years ago) link
Could it be Stuttgart? That church could be the St. Maria Kirche?
― Tim, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 10:22 (three years ago) link
what are those buildings (or is it one complex?) with those two minaret-like chimneys or whatever they are in the centre of yesterday's pic? is it something industrial?
(there's a church somewhat to the left of it/them that looks Central European to me)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 10:38 (three years ago) link
I put Stuttgart Factory chimneys into google image search and got these, from yer actual kraftwerk (Heizkraftwerk Stuttgart-Gaisburg in this case) and they could be the same? The complex slightly behind them in yesterday's pic could be the Mercedes plant / museum.
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/B9HP8K/district-heating-power-plant-stuttgart-gaisburg-with-gas-turbines-B9HP8K.jpg
which might mean that church, if we're looking at the same one, is the Evangelisches Pfarramt Gaisburg:
http://www.gaisburger-kirche.de/fileadmin/images/startseite/gaisburger-kirche.jpg
― Tim, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 11:09 (three years ago) link
result!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 11:17 (three years ago) link
Applause! Stuttgart is the one
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 12:47 (three years ago) link
This may be very easy.
https://i.postimg.cc/pLDN2GCb/Test.png
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 13:15 (three years ago) link
I'm feeling Southeast Asia/Oceania....
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 15:08 (three years ago) link
it may be cheating a little bit because I remember you had plans of going there like a year ago - but could it be Guangzhou? (if it’s not that it’s definitely in that region, probably more to the south than to the north of it)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 15:30 (three years ago) link
Looks to be on the coast?
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 16:16 (three years ago) link
Off the cuff guess is Salvador, but this needs some thinking
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 16:18 (three years ago) link
Those streets are super quiet but maybe its a post-covid photo!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 16:24 (three years ago) link
manila ?
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 16:34 (three years ago) link
https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-8bea5e8df195c965c724835f7a3296d9
Panama City!
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 17:46 (three years ago) link
I had looked at every South American skyline this morning but forgot about Central America, as one often does :(
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 17:47 (three years ago) link
always impressed by my fellow ilxors itt
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
I think the only one I have got recently is when someone posted one of the 4 cities in my country lol
― Temporary Erogenous Zone (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
Panama City is correct!
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 18:12 (three years ago) link
I was in the right hemisphere at least, but would never have got that
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 19:11 (three years ago) link
much more than can be said for me lol (at least if we’re talking Eastern vs Western)
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 19:32 (three years ago) link
panama city sounds awful tbr
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
http://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50271663343_356a8b6704_b.jpg
I have one
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:11 (three years ago) link
My failure to engage with this thread makes me feel better about my ecological footprint.
― pomentiful (pomenitul), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:13 (three years ago) link
And another of the same city, just to make it easier:
http://flic.kr/p/2jAkub7
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50271677138_a768cd3c2c_b.jpg
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:16 (three years ago) link
Port-au-Prince?
― pomentiful (pomenitul), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:19 (three years ago) link
It’s Haiti, I’m guessing Port-au-Prince, although the Coca Cola van leads me to Mirebalais.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
ha xp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OuJs1JKU54
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:30 (three years ago) link
Those colourful portico streets appear to be typical of Cap-Haïtien.
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
but no, it’s Jacmel!
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 20:57 (three years ago) link
Success!! it is Jacmel
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 21:07 (three years ago) link
Can I have a go?
Used to catch the bus here.
https://i.imgur.com/Rp2JifO.jpg
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 21:52 (three years ago) link
lovely photo
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 22:06 (three years ago) link
Ummmm.... somewhere in the UK? Or Canada?
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 22:39 (three years ago) link
it's in Europe but not the UK. A well-known city, though not this bit of it.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
you've got to wait before you start giving out hints! i just wrote a long post and now it is consigned to history.
i got that it wasn't in the UK. driving on the right and the street signs are wrong.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 22:47 (three years ago) link
ah, sorry! I will shut up.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 26 August 2020 22:53 (three years ago) link
ah duh i wasn't even looking at the basics!
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 26 August 2020 22:54 (three years ago) link
That is France (couple kissing in public, also that yellow-diamond street sign is unique to France)
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 August 2020 00:55 (three years ago) link
Red-and-white checkered antenna in the distance.. this is by an airport
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 August 2020 00:58 (three years ago) link
Mm I guess it could be Belgium, too. I'd guess Brussels. Looks dingy
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 August 2020 01:02 (three years ago) link
I was going to say somewhere out near the peripherique in Paris, it has that vibe. But having googled the upside down triangle sign, it has "cedez le passage" underneath it in France, but not in Belgium, so I'm guessing Brussels. That curved lattice structure to the right should be identifiable.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 27 August 2020 01:13 (three years ago) link
And the apartment block sizes are too small for peripherique Paris, further strengthening the case for Brussels.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 27 August 2020 01:17 (three years ago) link
no more clues but nobody has got it yet
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 27 August 2020 07:17 (three years ago) link
Those road signs (red triangle and yellow diamond) are used in many countries I think. This is very thin soup indeed but the serif on the 1 looks fairly Dutch to me!
― Tim, Thursday, 27 August 2020 08:31 (three years ago) link
There's a distinctive structure on the right behind the ramp, looks like a stadium maybe.
― neith moon (ledge), Thursday, 27 August 2020 08:35 (three years ago) link
The dutch priority road ends sign has a striped not solid bar.
― neith moon (ledge), Thursday, 27 August 2020 08:41 (three years ago) link
Lisbon? The bus station is right next to the Sporting Lisbon stadium and it kinda looks like the roof of that just in pic on the right?
― or something, Thursday, 27 August 2020 08:53 (three years ago) link
xp Good one - I didn't even notice that sign hiding at the back there.
― Tim, Thursday, 27 August 2020 08:58 (three years ago) link
The apartments don't feel right for Lisbon, but I'm getting football stadium roof vibes too
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 27 August 2020 09:04 (three years ago) link
Either a stadium or some kind of bridge.
The red bus sign brackets say central / Eastern Europe to me but idk.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 27 August 2020 09:12 (three years ago) link
I didn't even notice that sign hiding at the back there.me neither, I was yelling ENHANCE at my computer screen but to no avail
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 27 August 2020 09:18 (three years ago) link
Have just gone down a rabbit hole looking at street sign typefaces of European countries and that 11 looks pretty Germanic to me or maybe middle European
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 27 August 2020 10:20 (three years ago) link
Because of the yellow diamond road sign and the design of the apartment blocks, I'm hazarding a guess at the Netherlands, perhaps Rotterdam?
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 27 August 2020 10:24 (three years ago) link
Netherlands DEBUNKED by ledge in road sign sleuth drama
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 27 August 2020 10:36 (three years ago) link
Haha, those yellow diamonds are everywhere too by the looks of things.
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 27 August 2020 10:42 (three years ago) link
I was thinking Prague but I can't find exactly where it would be.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Thursday, 27 August 2020 10:53 (three years ago) link
Welp, if it's not France then my next guess is Lisbon, only because the paving stones look like an approximation of that city's typical masonry patterns. But idk otherwise, it does look like a glimpse of a Euro megafootball stadium there ya
― my god, it's full of bugles (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 August 2020 12:00 (three years ago) link
I dunno, I find it hard to imagine those noticeboards with tattered "take one" strips at the bottom in the bus stops attached to stadium, or what look like pasted-up photocopied flyers/ posters for events - they have more of the feel of a university or hospital or something.
― Tim, Thursday, 27 August 2020 12:19 (three years ago) link
the streetlights
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 27 August 2020 12:36 (three years ago) link
they match prague pretty well though i doubt they're unique to there.
― neith moon (ledge), Thursday, 27 August 2020 12:45 (three years ago) link
The call is coming from inside the streelights
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 27 August 2020 12:46 (three years ago) link
Czech Republic fails the "Ledge Test", as it's become known, by having a striped not solid bar on its priority road ends sign.
― Tim, Thursday, 27 August 2020 12:59 (three years ago) link
Well done Euler, it's Prague. Černý Most Metro Station to be precise.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:00 (three years ago) link
Apparently the "Ledge Test" is flawed
Here are my other photos from Prague 03/04, there is another view of the station immediately after this one, wonder if it would"ve been easier or harder.https://haonowshaokao.com/2015/03/01/prague-2003-2004/
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:05 (three years ago) link
The "football stadium" is actually the perspex cover of the raised metro line
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:06 (three years ago) link
lovely scans, CaAL!
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
here's a sign with a striped bar, maybe they were changed after 2003-4?
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.0529234,14.4733772,3a,75y,42.99h,82.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjHjoYAGq9AeFO3v8rfDZuw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― neith moon (ledge), Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
should this issue arise again with contemporary photographs, here's the definitive resource:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_European_road_signs#Table_of_traffic_signs_comparison
― neith moon (ledge), Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:22 (three years ago) link
That page is the rabbit hole I've been down for a chunk of today. Comparing the morphology of figure 1s was a particular high point.
― Tim, Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:24 (three years ago) link
I've seen some pretty intense guides that serious geoguessr players have written up regarding road signs, road markings, bollard types, crash barrier styles, distance markers etc etc etc that could be very useful too, but sadly don't have any links saved.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 27 August 2020 13:30 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/JhVwX346/lll.jpg
Sunday ambience
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 30 August 2020 08:50 (three years ago) link
Whitley Bay?
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 30 August 2020 09:25 (three years ago) link
Its not Whitley Bay! Too early to be giving any more hints other than what can be determined in the picture itself though!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 31 August 2020 08:27 (three years ago) link
I have picked up nothing worth having, past being fairly certain this is in the UK somewhere (I mean, if you told me it was Ireland I wouldn't be utterly amazed) (I suppose this goes for all the little islands as well but you know what I mean). Doesn't look rocky enough for Cornwall. I'd expect more red stone if it was Devon. It might be the power of NV's suggestion but somewhere on the east coast seems a fair guess.
I can't even work out what that tower is supposed to be: a windmill that's had a chimney built on to it?
― Tim, Monday, 31 August 2020 10:55 (three years ago) link
I'm not convinced this is a city
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 31 August 2020 11:20 (three years ago) link
Hmm, this is correct - it isn't a city. I may have made this one too difficult
― cherry blossom, Monday, 31 August 2020 11:26 (three years ago) link
the sea does look very east coast to me but i am gonna peruse the picture some more
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Monday, 31 August 2020 11:26 (three years ago) link
i'd swear it's UK or Ireland and the bungalows look more UK to me
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Monday, 31 August 2020 11:29 (three years ago) link
church seems to have a buttress on it so reasonably old, i feel like the round tower with the conical roof must be the big clue but i've no idea what it is
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Monday, 31 August 2020 11:32 (three years ago) link
ENHANCE
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 31 August 2020 11:45 (three years ago) link
― 29 facepalms, Monday, 31 August 2020 11:54 (three years ago) link
road markings surely confirm it's uk or Ireland. I would say this feels like the south west somewhere.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 31 August 2020 11:55 (three years ago) link
The key is that circular building
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 31 August 2020 12:09 (three years ago) link
Tim's suggestion that it's an old windmill seems plausible. It's looks more like that than an old defensive tower to me.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 31 August 2020 12:27 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/rpxXWDSw-/sra.jpg
Second view
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 05:13 (three years ago) link
Alnwick?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 07:06 (three years ago) link
Trying to make out the station sign on the far left but it's no easy task. The last few letters could be CIA or CLE, something like that.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 07:56 (three years ago) link
I can assure you the CIA are not connected on this particular operation
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 08:07 (three years ago) link
Seascale in Cumbria?
― or something, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 09:37 (three years ago) link
Can't be that many small UK towns with rail lines running along the coast. I mean, too many for me to be bothered to check them all out, but still...
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 09:56 (three years ago) link
it makes me think of all those little towns on that line along the south coast between hove and portsmouth, landscape and buildings look wrong though. this does not look like a resort.
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 10:06 (three years ago) link
the east coast main line hugs the coast north of newcastle and up beyond dundee.
― neith moon (ledge), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 10:11 (three years ago) link
Seascale! After looking at lots of pictures of railway stations on the Exe and Thames estuaries, many of which were could-be-nearly-maybe it's such a pleasure to be told the right answer.
Looks like the damn thing was a water tower: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1348657 But the windows look original, which is why I had discounted that possibility, shows how much I know.
― Tim, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 10:23 (three years ago) link
That was fun. Tough ones are good. or something, is it somewhere you know? How did you get it in the end?
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 10:36 (three years ago) link
I used the Ordnance Survey app on my tablet and followed the coast for any likely looking train stations. Found one with a row of houses at a right angle to the station and sea and then spotted the tower. I'm from the north west of england and do have a friend who lived there for a short while tho, it's close to Sellafield power station
― or something, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 10:45 (three years ago) link
Good one. I did something similar, but convinced myself the dark bank of cloud on the second photo was the opposite bank of an estuary - hilariously that meant I had a look around Morecambe Bay and drifted up as far north as Kirkby-in-Furness but then gave up. So close!
― Tim, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 10:49 (three years ago) link
Bravo! ended up being as good as the Hartford one
I'd thought the rail line/station might have been spotted in the first image but it was probably just that bit too far away
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 1 September 2020 11:22 (three years ago) link
i thought the station was a bus stop in the first picture
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 1 September 2020 11:36 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/HWXSG3CH/ey.jpg
Friday at the water
― cherry blossom, Friday, 4 September 2020 11:21 (three years ago) link
Russia or someplace Baltic?
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:39 (three years ago) link
Lübeck?
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:42 (three years ago) link
I bet ShariVari will get this in a flash
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:52 (three years ago) link
NV, I feel like Lubeck doesn't have that proportion of green roofs, and there are A LOT more churches along the water if my memory serves.
My mom was born in a DMZ there so there's also that.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 4 September 2020 11:59 (three years ago) link
Fair enough, I was guessing based on how I imagine it tbh
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:10 (three years ago) link
Some of those gable ends look Hanseatic to me
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:11 (three years ago) link
NV my immediate thought was Lubeck, too, so I get it.
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Friday, 4 September 2020 12:14 (three years ago) link
Those green roofs made me think of Kyiv but (unless this is a weird view) Kyiv’s got to be more built up than that so... I’m way past the end of my knowledge. Somewhere post-Soviet would be my guess.
― Tim, Friday, 4 September 2020 12:51 (three years ago) link
pretty! Yoshkar-Ola.
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 4 September 2020 13:02 (three years ago) link
Good shout
― A Short Film About Scampoes (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 September 2020 13:05 (three years ago) link
Hats off! what gave it away?
― cherry blossom, Friday, 4 September 2020 13:07 (three years ago) link
ooh I was going to suggest Nizhny or Kazan just from looking at places along the Volga but seemed too big and pretty to be either
― nashwan, Friday, 4 September 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link
small rather!
― nashwan, Friday, 4 September 2020 13:18 (three years ago) link
That place looks really gorgeous wow
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 4 September 2020 14:13 (three years ago) link
It sounds super-weird! A row of houses copied directly from Bruges? https://www.calvertjournal.com/articles/show/7303/yoshkar-ola-mari-el Built with the specific aim of making ILXors think it was Hanseatic, I imagine.
― Tim, Friday, 4 September 2020 14:19 (three years ago) link
― thomasintrouble, Friday, 4 September 2020 15:13 (three years ago) link
knew i should have picked one facing the other way!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 11 September 2020 05:15 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/pX093mJR/Screenshot-2020-09-11-at-06-12-07.png
Clouds
No guesses? I'll try find another angle later this week.
― cherry blossom, Monday, 21 September 2020 01:26 (three years ago) link
didn’t see this ! will have a look tomorrow
― budo jeru, Monday, 21 September 2020 01:50 (three years ago) link
Very little to go on here - the mass of apartment towers on the right make me think of Eastern Europe I guess...
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 21 September 2020 02:10 (three years ago) link
IKEA store at a highway intersection in the mid distance narrows options considerably. Red tiled roofs suggest Mediterranean. That color scheme on the apartment towers matches some around Madrid. But having looked at five dozen options none quite matches. And I'm very worried that the nosebleed seats in that futbol stadium are a deathtrap.
― Disgraced, committing sudoku (Sanpaku), Monday, 21 September 2020 14:49 (three years ago) link
nice catch re: ikea.
i was also thinking mediterranean.
rijeka ?
― budo jeru, Monday, 21 September 2020 15:33 (three years ago) link
if it’s indeed rIjEKA it would make that Ikea a brilliant clue
― No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Monday, 21 September 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
With the IKEA crib, it's now a brute-force problem: search every IKEA, see if it's the right kind of intersection, get yourself oriented relative to the intersection, and try to find either the low-rise Plattenbau up the hill, or the 1960s concrete stadium for local sports off to the left.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 21 September 2020 15:44 (three years ago) link
Map of countries with IKEA stores Legend: [blu] Current market locations [yel] Future market locations [gre] No current or planned market locations
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Map_of_IKEA_stores.svg/2880px-Map_of_IKEA_stores.svg.png
― budo jeru, Monday, 21 September 2020 17:57 (three years ago) link
Far too verdant to be Madrid surely
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Monday, 21 September 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link
this isn't saying mediterranean to me. Western Europe for sure
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Monday, 21 September 2020 18:30 (three years ago) link
Yeah, it doesn't look Mediterranean to me either.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 21 September 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
Braga
― or something, Monday, 21 September 2020 18:58 (three years ago) link
haha, it's definitely that (I remember the stadium from Celtic playing them). damn, wrong again
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Monday, 21 September 2020 19:11 (three years ago) link
wow, i think you nailed it
― budo jeru, Monday, 21 September 2020 19:12 (three years ago) link
the Atlantic humidity through me off the scent
― rascal clobber (jim in vancouver), Monday, 21 September 2020 19:14 (three years ago) link
threw even
Yep, iconic stadium that
― or something, Monday, 21 September 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link
Braga it is!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 21 September 2020 22:32 (three years ago) link
Hats off to the Ikea spotter, didn't even notice that! Good work all round
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 07:27 (three years ago) link
Bravo!
I don't feel too bad about the Mediterranean thing as it's decidedly Northern Atlantic in the end.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 22 September 2020 10:44 (three years ago) link
Oh, missed this one entirely, yeah, love that stadium.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 11:50 (three years ago) link
Still think its a death trap.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Eduardo_Souto_de_Moura_-_Braga_Stadium_02_%286010593292%29.jpg/1280px-Eduardo_Souto_de_Moura_-_Braga_Stadium_02_%286010593292%29.jpg
― Disgraced, committing sudoku (Sanpaku), Wednesday, 23 September 2020 18:04 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/Sxl2qNi.png
more clouds
― budo jeru, Thursday, 24 September 2020 00:57 (three years ago) link
Looks European to me. Buildings on the left have a bit of a French Haussmann vibe to them, but then further on there's a group that looks more middle European. The tower with the strange roof is probably key.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 24 September 2020 02:10 (three years ago) link
Reminds me of Warsaw
― healthy cocaine off perfect butts (the table is the table), Thursday, 24 September 2020 12:19 (three years ago) link
Minneapolis.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 24 September 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/rHlkPKT.png
more clouds pt. 2: same bridge, different view
― budo jeru, Monday, 28 September 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
Some really distinctive buildings there but I'm lost, except to say it has a northern European feel. The style of the cathedral towers could give the region perhaps...
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 28 September 2020 01:19 (three years ago) link
Actually the domed towers on that cathedral seem to me more Spanish or Portuguese. But the rest of the pic certainly doesn't scream Spanish/Portuguese... There's what looks like a village in the top right hand corner, all slate-roofed, again making it feel more Northern European.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 28 September 2020 01:47 (three years ago) link
no more guesses ?
― budo jeru, Thursday, 1 October 2020 20:29 (three years ago) link
Santiago Chile
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 1 October 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
is it Paris?
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 1 October 2020 20:39 (three years ago) link
The combo of the roofs and the church gives me Central Europe vibes, Czechoslovakia?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 1 October 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
― or something, Thursday, 1 October 2020 22:09 (three years ago) link
Having lived in Nantes, this looked really familiar to me. That looks like the Loire.
― Alternative Ulsterbus, Thursday, 1 October 2020 22:25 (three years ago) link
North end of Pont Mirabeau, Tours.
― Alternative Ulsterbus, Thursday, 1 October 2020 22:26 (three years ago) link
nicely done
― budo jeru, Thursday, 1 October 2020 22:33 (three years ago) link
Yeeeoo.
― Alternative Ulsterbus, Thursday, 1 October 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
With the first image north end of the Pont Napoleon.
― Voulez-vous un coup d'etat, ce soir? (Sanpaku), Thursday, 1 October 2020 22:56 (three years ago) link
Or actually, from the Ile Simon that the Pont Napoleon passes over.
― Voulez-vous un coup d'etat, ce soir? (Sanpaku), Thursday, 1 October 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
Oui exactement. Tower in the first pic just looks like a 70s block with a weird pitched roof added to match surrounding buildings.
― Alternative Ulsterbus, Thursday, 1 October 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
right, i should have written "same river, different bridge"
sorry if that threw anybody off xp
― budo jeru, Friday, 2 October 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
damn i was so close
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Friday, 2 October 2020 07:48 (three years ago) link
https://www.mummytravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/cornwall-falmouth-national-maritime-museum.jpg
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Friday, 2 October 2020 10:37 (three years ago) link
That building has a horrified face on the left hand side.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 2 October 2020 10:42 (three years ago) link
9
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Friday, 2 October 2020 10:44 (three years ago) link
g
Also, it's Falmouth in Cornwall.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 2 October 2020 10:45 (three years ago) link
certainly is.
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Friday, 2 October 2020 10:46 (three years ago) link
Yas! Ok, new one coming...
― brain (krakow), Friday, 2 October 2020 10:54 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GGY97ii.jpg
― brain (krakow), Friday, 2 October 2020 10:59 (three years ago) link
got it from the photo credit in the corner which is probably cheating
― neith moon (ledge), Friday, 2 October 2020 11:07 (three years ago) link
Ah, blast, I missed that! I had even stripped the gps data from the exif. Edited now to remove the credit. Not my photo btw - apologies to the photographer for nabbing the image for entertainment purposes.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 2 October 2020 11:22 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the tip off and not revealing the answer ledge. I'm sure someone will get it in the more traditional manner before too long.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 2 October 2020 11:30 (three years ago) link
🖼
― Boring, Maryland, Friday, 2 October 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
wherever it is it looks dope tbh
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 2 October 2020 16:14 (three years ago) link
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Friday, 2 October 2020 16:20 (three years ago) link
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Friday, October 2, 2020 3:37 AM (nine hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
ste, for future reference a lot of us browse ilx with images turned off so this just displays like this with the whole url
― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Friday, 2 October 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link
It's not Colombo and it's not in India. Does indeed look dope though and I hope to go there at some point.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 2 October 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link
xpAlso, when I opened it in a separate window, that was the window's title.
― nickn, Friday, 2 October 2020 22:10 (three years ago) link
ah right, noted thanx.
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Friday, 2 October 2020 23:16 (three years ago) link
Bamako?
― Alternative Ulsterbus, Saturday, 3 October 2020 02:05 (three years ago) link
Or maybe I'm just interested in the way the Niger river flows to the desert.
― Alternative Ulsterbus, Saturday, 3 October 2020 02:22 (three years ago) link
Not Bamako.
A couple of the guesses more so than the other, but you're all very far away thus far.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 3 October 2020 10:25 (three years ago) link
building in the bottom right is the thing to look at here, I think. Architecture looks maybe Turkish, or central Asian, though the plants look more tropical.
― 好 now 烧烤 (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 3 October 2020 10:49 (three years ago) link
Suspect its provincial Indonesia, but I've yet to find a match.
― Sanpaku, Saturday, 3 October 2020 18:00 (three years ago) link
managua ?
― budo jeru, Saturday, 3 October 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
Indonesia is very far away.
It's been a few days now, so I'll say that it's not Managua, but that is much closer than other guesses so far.
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 4 October 2020 11:13 (three years ago) link
Paramaribo?
― 好 now 烧烤 (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 4 October 2020 11:22 (three years ago) link
Ciudad Bolívar?
― or something, Sunday, 4 October 2020 11:24 (three years ago) link
Actually looks quite like Georgetown, low buildings and lots of trees there.
― 好 now 烧烤 (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 4 October 2020 11:27 (three years ago) link
It's remarkable how newer residential / small business architecture has converged to a single style throughout the middle income tropics. Before cinder blocks, rust painted galvanized steel roofing, and rooftop tanks for water, it would have been possible to narrow down to a region just from foreground structures.
― Sanpaku, Sunday, 4 October 2020 14:43 (three years ago) link
These newer ones are all good guesses, but not right. I'll try to find an additional non-revealing photo tonight.
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 4 October 2020 15:46 (three years ago) link
A bit closer in, so maybe this will give it away.
https://i.imgur.com/OYLC9Rg.jpg
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 4 October 2020 21:42 (three years ago) link
ok yeah very strong spanish/portuguese colonial vibe
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 4 October 2020 22:02 (three years ago) link
Belem?
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, 4 October 2020 22:23 (three years ago) link
Cienfuegos, Cuba
― nate woolls, Monday, 5 October 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
Yes! You've got it nate woolls, it is Cienfuegos.
I was meant to be going there next spring, but not now, for obvious reasons.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 5 October 2020 09:40 (three years ago) link
I just googled "grey building with red dome" and it was the 4th image result
― nate woolls, Monday, 5 October 2020 09:55 (three years ago) link
Ha. I guess it is striking, but that's impressive.
The second image is a view of Parque José Martí and I believe the "grey building with red dome" in question is the Palacio de Gobierno, the regional government headquarters.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 5 October 2020 10:12 (three years ago) link
quickie
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CWQPiRoLgik/X3r_oK-xEVI/AAAAAAAAA3c/S1i4kmjPDzsgF7vv1-yBdpQaYt3qrUMEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/cityquestionmark.jpg
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Monday, 5 October 2020 11:15 (three years ago) link
The yellow building with balcony looks Portuguese or former Portuguese colony to me
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 5 October 2020 11:39 (three years ago) link
Croatian maybe
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Monday, 5 October 2020 12:46 (three years ago) link
gut instinct is Poland but I think that's just the weather
― thomasintrouble, Monday, 5 October 2020 12:48 (three years ago) link
I get mountain resort vibes but, like the above, that may be the weather
― or something, Monday, 5 October 2020 12:50 (three years ago) link
yeah my mind went Russia, weather certainly a factor
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 5 October 2020 12:52 (three years ago) link
vilnius? istr it looking a bit like that
― Jibe, Monday, 5 October 2020 12:59 (three years ago) link
you are very close Jibe
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Monday, 5 October 2020 13:08 (three years ago) link
(that should give it away)
Kaunas then
― here we go, ten in a rona (onimo), Monday, 5 October 2020 13:13 (three years ago) link
yaw
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Monday, 5 October 2020 13:14 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/rsBcw39w/uxd9.png
Christmas Town
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 15:10 (three years ago) link
Looks Netherlandsish
― or something, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 16:05 (three years ago) link
yeah, so so so flat.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
Does remind me of a timelapse video I saw a few months back of a boat (camera tethered above) journey from Rotterdam to Amsterdam
― nashwan, Wednesday, 23 December 2020 16:27 (three years ago) link
yep, it is Rotterdam, not Noordereiland, my first thought, but Eiland van Feijenoord, just around the corner from it.
― obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 23 December 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
Yes, Rotterdam it is, fairly easy one!
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 26 December 2020 08:47 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/2zqm8jfV/Screenshot-2020-12-26-at-07-52-51.png
Boxing Day City
https://i.postimg.cc/bzvWdhpN/d5.png
Boxing Day City (different angle)
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 27 December 2020 12:54 (three years ago) link
I have no idea but I love the white-yellow-red color scheme on that skyscraper in the foreground of pic two
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 27 December 2020 18:31 (three years ago) link
ottowa?
― ffolkes (map), Sunday, 27 December 2020 21:00 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I'm right stumped, though somewhere in Canada does seem a correct guess.
― "Bi" Dong A Ban He Try (the table is the table), Sunday, 27 December 2020 22:44 (three years ago) link
Mostly due to the red and white color scheme of the train in the pic. But I can't find any bridges in Ottawa that look like that one, unless I'm missing something huge.
― "Bi" Dong A Ban He Try (the table is the table), Sunday, 27 December 2020 22:52 (three years ago) link
You're not missing anything huge, its not Ottawa
https://i.postimg.cc/SQcyGFL5/Screenshot-2020-12-28-at-10-34-08.png
Third angle
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 18:55 (three years ago) link
my guesses are never thoroughly vetted, i just like looking at cities :)
― ffolkes (map), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 19:02 (three years ago) link
wherever it is, it looks nice lol
Calgary?
― "Bi" Dong A Ban He Try (the table is the table), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 23:15 (three years ago) link
Edmonton
― ffolkes (map), Thursday, 31 December 2020 00:18 (three years ago) link
Doesnt look like canada to me
― Babby's Yed Revisited (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 31 December 2020 00:32 (three years ago) link
That is Ufa
https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/photo/ufa-royalty-free-image/1076757122
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 31 December 2020 01:44 (three years ago) link
It's def Canadianesque boreality, so I googled a bunch of Scando cities but they all looked richer. Figured it must be Russia and I was right
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 31 December 2020 01:45 (three years ago) link
Also the coal smokestack in the downtown core? Вот где собака зарыта!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 31 December 2020 01:47 (three years ago) link
I guess the Boxing Day City thing threw me off...for some reason I assumed it must be a pic of a city where Boxing Day is celebrated, even if the pics themselves weren't seasonally appropriate.
But yes, it's definitely Ufa given the train station's gold some and the color of the passenger trains in that area.
― "Bi" Dong A Ban He Try (the table is the table), Thursday, 31 December 2020 02:12 (three years ago) link
Ufa it is!
https://i.postimg.cc/mRZtCtTX/Screenshot-2020-12-31-at-08-02-09.png
This is the next image I was going to use if it hadn't been guessed. Seasonally appropriate in this one!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 31 December 2020 08:04 (three years ago) link
There are certainly a lot of striking photos of Ufa
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 31 December 2020 08:05 (three years ago) link
Not sure if this is pretty easy or not that easy, anyway, here you go.
https://i.imgur.com/u9irecX.jpg
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 3 January 2021 11:56 (three years ago) link
Japan
Which is not a city, but it looks like Japan
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 3 January 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
does it now?
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 3 January 2021 23:30 (three years ago) link
Somewhere in South Korea?
― Boring United Methodist Church (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 4 January 2021 00:02 (three years ago) link
Pyongyang?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 4 January 2021 05:19 (three years ago) link
Thata working off the premise that police car on the left is pretty old, the bus looks kind of old too. The buildings are a touch on the brutalist side and there doesn't seem to any advertizing
― cherry blossom, Monday, 4 January 2021 05:28 (three years ago) link
cars in general look on the dated side
― cherry blossom, Monday, 4 January 2021 05:29 (three years ago) link
It could be China. Kunming?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 4 January 2021 07:56 (three years ago) link
it's a taxi on the far left rather than a police car. this photo was taken in 2007, so some things may look slightly older for this reason.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 09:03 (three years ago) link
Pyongyang cosign
― StanM, Monday, 4 January 2021 09:05 (three years ago) link
it's not North Korea.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 09:06 (three years ago) link
Dalian?
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Monday, 4 January 2021 09:48 (three years ago) link
If we're going that route then Shenzhen
― cherry blossom, Monday, 4 January 2021 09:55 (three years ago) link
Shenzhen is certainly warmer than Dalian
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 10:51 (three years ago) link
Hong Kong has green and white taxis and yellow and red buses and Shenzhen is closer to it. I'm going with Hong Kong
― cherry blossom, Monday, 4 January 2021 11:21 (three years ago) link
Yeah I gave up on thinking it was Japan once I re-looked at those distinctive Japanese overhanging direction signs and saw they did not match
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 January 2021 11:43 (three years ago) link
The street sign there looks like it must feature logograms, but not Japan, so probably China, yeahHorizontal traffic lights are specific to Taiwan, says a random commenter on QuoraI would guess Taipei but it looks too... broad and uncrowded, so I'm gonna guess uh "Taipei surrounding area" (Keelung?)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 January 2021 12:29 (three years ago) link
It's not Taiwan, sorry
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 12:32 (three years ago) link
Also would point out that in HK they drive on the left
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 12:35 (three years ago) link
Last guess: Da Nang?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 January 2021 12:55 (three years ago) link
(I'm really hung up on those horizontal traffic lights, and the intracity buses in Da Nang look like that bus, as do the energy efficient lights they are so proud of; not crowded enough to be Hanoi or HCMC)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 January 2021 12:58 (three years ago) link
I have been to Da Nang and yes it does look quite like that. But not Vietnam, no.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
I think we might need a clue.
A lot of cities across China have the same layout of road but i don't think i've ever seen a Tier 1 city with so little traffic, even in the mid-00s. It could be somewhere like Nanning.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 4 January 2021 13:20 (three years ago) link
it's China, but not Tier 1 (I would say that if you've been to China this should be evident from the ubiquitous grey mianbaoche vans in the foreground)Don't want to just give it away, but will say that Shenzhen is easily the best guess so far, and that if you look for photos of this city you will usually find quite a different sort of scene.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 13:29 (three years ago) link
This morning I looked for yellow chinese buses and the only image I came across with similar livery was this one: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bus-service-in-china-gm458286057-22656726 which is says is Zhuhai; I didn't find another Zhuhai bus with the same colours though, so I gave up. But now I guess Zhuhai.
― Tim, Monday, 4 January 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link
yes, it is Zhuhai!
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 13:40 (three years ago) link
haha blimey.
― Tim, Monday, 4 January 2021 13:40 (three years ago) link
I took the photo when I was living there in 2007, but this one on Alamy seems to be the same intersection.https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-zhuhai-city-streets-taxis-and-buses-in-the-streets-kapok-blooming-54794771.htmlIt is one of the least crowded places I have been to in China.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 13:43 (three years ago) link
Wikipedia agrees!
According to a report released in 2014 by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhuhai is the most livable city in China.
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Monday, 4 January 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
My mom used to tell me I was the most livable kid in my grade
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 January 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
Yeah it often gets these kind of plaudits, for me the best thing about living there was the street barbecues, but the local govt police closed them all down. It's the border town to Macau like Shenzhen is to Hong Kong, so instead of factories you have triads, semi-abandoned wives of international trade guys, seafood restaurants (all the fish is from the Pearl River estuary, leading to v. high levels of thyroid cancer)Still liked living there more than Beijing or Guangzhou though.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 14:23 (three years ago) link
I wanna do oneThis might be easy, idk
http://flic.kr/p/2koWXAG
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 January 2021 14:29 (three years ago) link
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50799157128_9e1a7f74b8_b.jpg
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 January 2021 14:31 (three years ago) link
So a French-speaking place, hot climate but not tropical?
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 14:34 (three years ago) link
black & silver number plates are pretty distinctive
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 14:36 (three years ago) link
Zhuhai is the first entry in this that I've never even heard of before
― cherry blossom, Monday, 4 January 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
1.5 million people, that's more than Munich or Milan, but it doesn't rank in the top 50 for China.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
Somewhat notable for the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau bridge system, which according to wp "is both the longest sea crossing and the longest open-sea fixed link in the world.
― anatol_merklich, Monday, 4 January 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
is fgti's Port Louis?
― rob, Monday, 4 January 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
they seem to have the black & silver license plates
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 4 January 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
Port Louis is an excellent and incorrect guess
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 January 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
Victoria, in the Seychelles?
― "Bi" Dong A Ban He Try (the table is the table), Monday, 4 January 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
my guess is Madagascar, also a former French colony in the same region. is it Antananarivo?
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Monday, 4 January 2021 18:38 (three years ago) link
(the licence plate seems to match as well)
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Monday, 4 January 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrhKs2ejdVxXXKCVLGpMLZTNf5ykxFA8k59Q&usqp=CAULycée Andohalo
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Monday, 4 January 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
Other angles:
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2ABAE9P/cathedrale-catholique-d-andohalo-antananarivo-madagascar-2ABAE9P.jpg
https://travel2madagascar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/bigstock-In-The-Streets-Of-Antananarivo-101524019-e1498467221265.jpg
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 January 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
Very cool, one of the places I've wanted to visit more than most.
― "Bi" Dong A Ban He Try (the table is the table), Monday, 4 January 2021 19:08 (three years ago) link
That second one is "the other cathedral", wrong image sorry :)
One of my closest friends took a trip to Madagascar some fifteen years ago to shoot a documentary on a musician who was there. He had the best time!
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 4 January 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
He told me a funny story that involved a pig but it's pretty gross so I won't repeat it
It is a pretty fucked up place, from what I can tell, given the nature of the colonialist extraction economy that continues to fuck everything unabated. But all that biodiversity!
― "Bi" Dong A Ban He Try (the table is the table), Monday, 4 January 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/mknj9xJL/ok.jpg
Blue
― cherry blossom, Friday, 8 January 2021 05:50 (three years ago) link
Want to spout English seaside cities as I'm sure that's what it is but I've no idea which
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Friday, 8 January 2021 07:49 (three years ago) link
Jim OTM.
Is it Hastings / St Leonards?
― Tim, Friday, 8 January 2021 09:20 (three years ago) link
I never have the slightest clue with these but this looks familiar. I want to say Penzance, but worried it might be too hilly. Possibly too built up as well.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 8 January 2021 09:31 (three years ago) link
It looks like Anglesey too but again, too built up.
Swansea
― ledge, Friday, 8 January 2021 09:45 (three years ago) link
Haven't found the blue house yet but there's a hill in the right place, that looks like the civic centre on the left and it would be devon across the water.
― ledge, Friday, 8 January 2021 09:48 (three years ago) link
Good spot Ledge - quick google for Swansea steep hill leads me to https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4049845 - Constitution Hill.
― Tim, Friday, 8 January 2021 09:52 (three years ago) link
"In the early 20th century, the Swansea Constitution Hill Incline Railway operated up and down this hill."
Phwoar.
― Tim, Friday, 8 January 2021 09:53 (three years ago) link
I had managed to persuade myself that the land visible across the water was in fact a cloud formation. Bah. I do try my best not to think too much about north Devon.
― Tim, Friday, 8 January 2021 09:56 (three years ago) link
I have never been to Swansea but whenever I see a photo of Swansea I think "that looks like exactly like Swansea"
Wasn't sure how easy/difficult to make this one
― cherry blossom, Friday, 8 January 2021 11:12 (three years ago) link
That looks pretty
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 8 January 2021 12:27 (three years ago) link
https://cdn2.wanderlust.co.uk/media/1004/shutterstock_1281338881-1.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=1440&height=0&format=auto&quality=90&rnd=132246828580000000
― ledge, Friday, 8 January 2021 12:28 (three years ago) link
I was going to say Iceland but too many trees.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 8 January 2021 12:39 (three years ago) link
Also, driving on the left?
Port Stanley?
― cherry blossom, Friday, 8 January 2021 12:52 (three years ago) link
yep. i think finding a decent city / pic to guess is harder than the actual guessing.
― ledge, Friday, 8 January 2021 12:59 (three years ago) link
It felt like Stanley right off the bat, but those Rover vehicles clinched it
― cherry blossom, Friday, 8 January 2021 13:06 (three years ago) link
Feel like somebody will get this one very quickly
https://i.imgur.com/L3Lufe3.jpg
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 11 January 2021 11:27 (three years ago) link
Helsinki?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Monday, 11 January 2021 11:46 (three years ago) link
I think that's Helsinki, based on (a) the sign you can see from behind bottom left saying Helsingen something and (b) the brick tower on the right.
― Tim, Monday, 11 January 2021 11:47 (three years ago) link
Was thinking Helsinki too.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 11 January 2021 11:48 (three years ago) link
the ferry port right in the city and the island in the bay are also characteristic, if we're right
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Monday, 11 January 2021 11:48 (three years ago) link
I got helsinki based on 'tapiola' on one of the buildings but took me ages to confirm, the brick tower is erottaja fire station.
― ledge, Monday, 11 January 2021 11:48 (three years ago) link
yeah it's Helsinki
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 11 January 2021 12:44 (three years ago) link
That was interesting - I've never been to Helsinki and I imagined it as a modernist / International Style wonderland; although it looks nice I'm a bit disappointed to see quite a lot of neoclassical / 19th century gothicish architecture.
― Tim, Monday, 11 January 2021 13:44 (three years ago) link
My experience w Helsinki and Finland in general is that the interfacing of of old and new architecture is spectacular. Tallinn, too
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 11 January 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link
I've visited once, and there's a lot of monumental Hanseatic architecture, redolent of Hamburg or Copenhagen, along with some excellent modernism. The huge central station marries the two.
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Monday, 11 January 2021 13:48 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/8zxWC86S/oy.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 11 January 2021 14:23 (three years ago) link
Lisbon? Looks like another landmass across a bay.
― ledge, Monday, 11 January 2021 14:38 (three years ago) link
doesn't feel like Lisbon to me, couldn't exactly tell you why though
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 11 January 2021 14:44 (three years ago) link
First thought was Corsica or Sardinia. Going by the geography (with Sardinia to the south) is it Bonifacio?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 11 January 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
Stop sign in English, though? Gibraltar?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 11 January 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
there is what looks like a French blue/white street sign on the right side, though it's perhaps too low down to be a street sign.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 11 January 2021 15:04 (three years ago) link
yeah looks like provincial France to me, no idea where though
― All cars are bad (Euler), Monday, 11 January 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
Stop signs in France say "Stop" in English, no? I hope that is true as it's one of my favorite things about Quebec (where they stubbornly say "Arrêt")
― rob, Monday, 11 January 2021 15:10 (three years ago) link
yes, they say stop in English here!
― All cars are bad (Euler), Monday, 11 January 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
I've been looking at some streets in Ajaccio on Google Maps and it looks kind of right, all the streets seem to be in a better state of repair though.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 11 January 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
It does look a little raggedy for Corsica to be honest (at least the parts I've seen).
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 11 January 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
xp though I can't remember having seen one in ages, could it be that there aren't stop signs in Paris? I've barely been out of my quartier since 2019, between strikes & lockdowns, and I don't think there are any around here.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Monday, 11 January 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
xp yes, raggedy is the word, this isn't a big tourist spot
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 11 January 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
I lived for more than a year in Marseille & have spent time in numerous other cities in the south of France, like for example Narbonne, and that decrepit vibe is par for the course, even in Marseille's city center. I'm not guessing Marseille though, the sky is wrong.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Monday, 11 January 2021 15:18 (three years ago) link
it looks like a place where a dirtbag (me) can live in peace
― map, Monday, 11 January 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
Maybe Perpignan?
― Daz White (darraghmac), Monday, 11 January 2021 16:01 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/Cx36kHCK/Screenshot-2021-01-12-at-12-21-35.png
Another view
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 12:30 (three years ago) link
Still reminds me of Corsica. Porto Vecchio? Could also be Alghero on Sardinia.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 12:43 (three years ago) link
Croatia somewhere?
― or something, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 12:46 (three years ago) link
yeah I was thinking Dalmatian coast, Split maybe?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:39 (three years ago) link
I've been to Split and it definitely reminds me of there but geographically nothing quite fits
― or something, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
Figures tbf
― Ole Blueyes Solskjaer (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:55 (three years ago) link
is Malta an option?either way, that white building down there in the bay looks like it's the biggest clue.
― partyin' maskless with Rudy G. and Vanilla Ice, it's a gas gas gas (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:57 (three years ago) link
still reminds me of the south of France, somewhere between Marseille & the Côte d'Azur, like Toulon or Hyères, but I dunno
― All cars are bad (Euler), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 14:29 (three years ago) link
― Boring United Methodist Church (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
Those jokes are peculiarly funny to me. Desperate.
"I say, my wife and I took a holiday in eastern Europe.""Moldova?""No, we decided quite quickly actually."
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
my favourite oneMy wife's gone to Hugo Chavez's funeral in Venezuela.Caracas?No, she has a nuanced opinion of his controversial time in power.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
please, I beg you
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
San Remo?
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
It definitely looks French to me though... St-Raphael?
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 23:10 (three years ago) link
Is there anything to say it couldnt be the Mediterranean coast of spain too
― Ole Blueyes Solskjaer (darraghmac), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 23:19 (three years ago) link
Both pics look south of France to me, and the first pic has a very typical French house number on the left hand side (although do they have those same blue house numbers in Spain/Italy? I don't know).
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 23:59 (three years ago) link
Cars look French too
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 00:02 (three years ago) link
I thought Malta for a second but apparently there are no palm trees in Malta any more
I'd actually guess Northern Africa... Melilla or Nador
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 00:43 (three years ago) link
Still think it looks French, but I also wonder about the terraced houses in pic 1 - not so common in France, old quarters tend to have small apartment blocks not houses. Also the window shutters are green, which is more common in Italy than France, although still perfectly possible for France.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 02:41 (three years ago) link
is it Basse-Terre?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 08:30 (three years ago) link
Those palm trees with the big clusters of red fruit don't look like any I've seen and feel like a clue! But I don't know enough about palms to identify the species. Maybe this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonidia_merrillii
or this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactris_gasipaes
or...?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 15:36 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/8NpnkhB9/Screenshot-2021-01-12-at-12-04-01.png
View #3
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
Messina?
― nashwan, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
Now I don't know what to think at all -- Naples but with a British cathedral in it?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
Actually, is it Naples? That glass arcade in the foreground looks a lot like the 19th century glass mall there.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
huh yes the church does make it look like Messina, and that's consistent with it seemingly being on a strait. I've not been there!
― All cars are bad (Euler), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
The big McDonalds sign at the bottom left in the second pic (if you zoom in) had me googling branches of McD's that would match up with the geography but needed the third pic with the proximity of what looks like mainland over the water and the shape of the docks to really narrow that down.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
Messina it is
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
That second pic on Streetview
― nashwan, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
yeah the green McDo sign helped me see that this was Europe. I was looking for pertinent McDos in the Côte d'Azur earlier, didn't succeed obviously but now I reallllllllllly want to be there.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
I just want to go to McDonald’s
― Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:51 (three years ago) link
There aren’t any close to me
― Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@38.2092891,15.5515575,3a,37.5y,130.11h,84.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syYU5gDcCgpsF2lklUwUkPQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
the original streetview here
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/w6Qh9TzQ/naaa.jpg
Friday view
― cherry blossom, Friday, 15 January 2021 08:31 (three years ago) link
Doesn't look European, I'm guessing US
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 15 January 2021 08:51 (three years ago) link
I wondered if it might be Boulder but not sure it's built up enough.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 15 January 2021 08:57 (three years ago) link
some kind of small sports stadium in the middle of the picture, looks pretty distinctive
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 15 January 2021 11:41 (three years ago) link
I'm drawn to the circular lawn with towered building centre left (an historic university/college?), but it's not helping, yet.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 15 January 2021 11:57 (three years ago) link
Missoula, Montana
― All cars are bad (Euler), Friday, 15 January 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
^ that was so awfully specific it couldn't be wrong - and it wasn't :-)
https://www.google.com/maps/@46.8585585,-113.973594,3a,75y,9.83h,86.58t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipN0D9re2W1odv16GyYc8zy52UUlhtjc7zKFMJAN!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipN0D9re2W1odv16GyYc8zy52UUlhtjc7zKFMJAN%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya54.536785-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
― StanM, Friday, 15 January 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link
Aha, I think maybe this featured in a GeoWizard video a good while ago, I remember the M on the hillside causing much discussion. Need to see if I can find it and check.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 15 January 2021 13:25 (three years ago) link
― All cars are bad (Euler),
Yes, was it one of those you just see it right off the bat?
― cherry blossom, Friday, 15 January 2021 14:53 (three years ago) link
It looked at first glance like a Rockies place, and it looked like a university what with stadium and the buildings around it, so I thought of a few western university towns and looked if they were on rivers. I tried the university of Idaho first, then Montana second and bingo. I knew it wasn’t Boise State because I’d been to Boise and the stadium has purple turf.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Friday, 15 January 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
Way to go, I was about to start looking up Utah State
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 15 January 2021 15:24 (three years ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, January 15, 2021 3:24 PM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol i have utah expertise and it definitely seemed like it was either further north or higher up to me (evergreens at street level). missoula is beautiful and a nice place to visit.
― map, Friday, 15 January 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
Yeah I thought Utah myself at first
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 15 January 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
i don't know exactly how to tell it isn't utah but it's some combination of: no sagebrush, no cedar trees, no juniper trees, looks like it gets a few more inches of rain per year, no lds churches, the wasatch is more abrupt-looking.
― map, Friday, 15 January 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
i was going to guess medford. definitely north of utah though. good pic.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 15 January 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link
Methford is not that nice, my man
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 15 January 2021 22:24 (three years ago) link
I caught a trout in that river once, right downtown
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 15 January 2021 23:07 (three years ago) link
I caught a needle in that river once, right downtown
― map, Friday, 15 January 2021 23:11 (three years ago) link
i ate a very nice slice of cherry pie in medford once. did not detect any meth.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
Alright, think this one might be a quickie
https://i.imgur.com/UpDmtUK.jpeg
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:40 (three years ago) link
I mean
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:45 (three years ago) link
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:46 (three years ago) link
Ho Chi Minh City
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Friday, 15 January 2021 23:53 (three years ago) link
would like to try one
january 15 no. 2
https://images.snapwi.re/4cc5/556cd98182a5e84845918aba.w800.jpg
― map, Saturday, 16 January 2021 00:37 (three years ago) link
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver),
South East Asia for sure, but doesn't seem modern enough for HCMC
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 16 January 2021 12:21 (three years ago) link
@ map
Tampico, Mexico
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
(I went to Structurae and scrolled down through the list of cable-stayed bridges until Puente Tampico showed its hideous face)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:09 (three years ago) link
― cherry blossom
Is it Vientiane?
― chap, Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:12 (three years ago) link
it is! that's the biggest street in the Laotian capital, as viewed from the "vertical runway" (a giant stone arch thing made with concrete which the USA donated for the building of an airport)
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:32 (three years ago) link
I was there for a few days in 2005, perhaps the most laid back capital I've ever visited.
― chap, Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:34 (three years ago) link
this is from when I was there in 2008, yes very laid back, big contrast to horrible Vang Vieng
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 January 2021 13:42 (three years ago) link
I had a lot of fun in Vang Vieng but I was only young.
― chap, Saturday, 16 January 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
it was like Bad Boy Island in Pinocchio, thought I saw someone die within an hour of arriving.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 January 2021 14:46 (three years ago) link
I went to Structurae and scrolled down through the list of cable-stayed bridgesi thought of this except a) using wikipedia or something as I hadn't heard of structurae and ii) i wrote it off as insane as there are probably a million cable stayed bridges. so, kudos.
― ledge, Saturday, 16 January 2021 15:25 (three years ago) link
I did look at about a thousand bridges until I found the one
― flamboyant goon tie included, Saturday, 16 January 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/rcHnyZPh/Screenshot-2021-01-16-at-16-23-11.png
Well in that case
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 16 January 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
I was looking for tallest, diamond shaped cable-stayed, anything to narrow it down but it's clearly not particularly tall or particularly anything so I found nothing xp
― or something, Saturday, 16 January 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
Does anyone here play geoguessr?
― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Saturday, 16 January 2021 16:39 (three years ago) link
I did for a while last year, but mainly just watch GeoWizard videos nowadays instead!
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 16 January 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
I played geoguessr in class sometimes when it was free, you get hardly anything in the free version now
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 January 2021 16:51 (three years ago) link
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length)
I think perhaps it deteriorated somewhat in the three years between our visits.
― chap, Saturday, 16 January 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
cityguessr is a reasonable alternative to geoguessr but cities only
With those games there are clues which make sense in that context but wouldn't work on Guess The City (if a phone number appears someone would just google it)
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 17 January 2021 08:46 (three years ago) link
― cherry blossom, Monday, 18 January 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
The differences between that one and the first view are... subtle :)
― Tim, Monday, 18 January 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
This feels like the US Midwest to me
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 January 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
That's what I thought too FWIW, I wondered whether it was Rockford, IL but it's not.
― Tim, Monday, 18 January 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
Oops, I'm not sure where the other image is maybe I only uploaded one. I'll find and post the other one tonight
― cherry blossom, Monday, 18 January 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
The bluffs coming up off the river remind me of La Crosse but the Mississippi is way wider than this in this part of the country.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 January 2021 17:48 (three years ago) link
Looks too hilly for the midwest, though that might be because I grew up in Illinois
― rob, Monday, 18 January 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link
Driftless Zone baby
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 January 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
oh yeah it's by no means impossible -- it's just my personal "looks like the US midwest" = a flat cornfield with nary a bump for hundred of miles, so my thoughts went more to western PA or like Hudson Valley type places
― rob, Monday, 18 January 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
Western PA is also the US Midwest by many people's lights, but I think we already have a thread for that...
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 18 January 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
It's worth noting that there are TWO bridges in that photo, the suspension one in the foreground and a tied arch bridge behind it. Tied arch bridge suggests a railway. It looks like Ontario, and even vaguely familiar, but I can't place it at all.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 18 January 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
There's a symbol on the bike path. Also looks like it's a historical park with a some sort of sign in the foreground. Not that I have any intuitions about the city....
― that's not my post, Monday, 18 January 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
Really looks like an Ohio River town. I noticed the two bridges, but the couple of places that had two bridges weren't those types.
― tots & pears (doo dah), Monday, 18 January 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link
That's a city?
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Monday, 18 January 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
I said the same thing to myself, Tom
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 18 January 2021 21:32 (three years ago) link
I was thinking Ohio River too. Looks like some places near Cincinnati maybe.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 01:42 (three years ago) link
Ok its not Chicago or Chengdu but there have been at least two places many multiples smaller than this one that got guessed!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 12:57 (three years ago) link
I don't know exactly how US cities are defined but seems like they can be almost any size.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 13:11 (three years ago) link
Perth is a city, Tom. people in glass hooses...
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
Where's the second view?? I'm intrigued by this one now.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
same!
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
(xxp) Yes, but, for instance, there are 69 cities in New York State alone (there's 62 in the entire UK) ranging in size from 8,175,133 to 3,071! Admittedly one of the UK cities only has a population of 1,841 but that's only through some daft religious designation of a city in medieval Wales.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
I'm basically playing "guess the river", trying to see what rivers are of this width in which cities. I think I've ruled out Michigan
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
I've been googling green suspension bridge/next to green tied arch bridge/green truss bridge/sculpture of bridge/sculpture of tied arch bridge/public park/by river and every combo thereof but nothing
― or something, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
Like everybody else I'm convinced it's US
― or something, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
xxxp but there are also very large towns, for example 337,000 people in Reading / surrounding built-up area, and that's not a city, has this come up as a point of contention on this thread before?
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
Of course, I just don't know how so many miniscule towns in the US are designated as cities.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
Wondering how unusual it is that the river is quite narrow (narrower than much of the Ohio river from what I've seen) yet there are two bridges quite close together for a river that narrow. Not noticing anything that fits whizzing between Pittsburgh and St Louis on GMaps and as far south as Memphis and Charlotte.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
Things like the words “city”, “town”, “village” etc often have specific legal definitions in different states. In Michigan for example everything is in a “township” by default, some of those are “charter” townships, some municipalities are “villages” and others are “cities” depending on how much autonomy they have from the surrounding townships. Then multiply all that by 50 states
― joygoat, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
No one complained when we had Seascale! (population 1,754)
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
Ok let me get that second view
https://i.postimg.cc/dQgfnjTm/Screenshot-2021-01-19-at-17-24-58.png
Another Look
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link
That looks so much like Ontario. Is it London?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 18:01 (three years ago) link
It's a very US-looking street sign, but maybe they're the same in English-speaking Canada?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
It feels like Dubuque, IA but the river is just too small.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, January 19, 2021 10:40 AM (sixteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
those street signs could be in canada.
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
i would guess ontario somewhere but i have only been to toronto, belleville and bancroft and it isn't one of those
The "window open on a miserable day" is kinda the cue for me
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:02 (three years ago) link
I don't think it's Ontario any more... it just doesn't fit any town/city I can think of
It's not Quebec ("STOP")
The distant "historical-looking" house on the hill suggests this is an older town
The pathetic bandshell in the park suggests ~20-40k population
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:18 (three years ago) link
i don't think it's concord nh (not hilly enough), youngstown oh (idk looks different). feels like maybe somewhere in penn. the river looks like it cuts through some limestone maybe.
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
On closer look, I think the street sign (the one with the name of the street) above the One Way sign on the left is dark red, which is rare though not unknown in the US; does Canada do this?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
Then again, the giant silver SUV is a signal of Americanness
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
All this North American fine-tuning is gonna seem dumb when we find out it's Trondheim
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
i say this about every city posted itt but it looks like a cool place, would visit. i like raininess, rivers, humidity and brick buildings, lol.
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, January 19, 2021 11:30 AM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
we have these here too. some of them are even built here.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, January 19, 2021 11:28 AM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
otoh i don't think that we have these
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
can imagine that sign in the first picture being all "this is where charlton titherswain, bricklayer, offloaded the material that built city hall" or w/e
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link
On the definition of “city”
Mobile City, TX, the city with the highest population density in the state of Texas, consists of about 60 mobile homes, a butcher shop, and a liquor store. It was incorporated in 1990 so as to permit the liquor store, per Wikipedia. pic.twitter.com/a8xbquvyYn— Dan Keshet (@DanKeshet) January 17, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
having a google now, the butcher shop is also a taqueria
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
Those older brick buildings could be from Virginia or North Carolina.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
Easton, Pennsylvania?
― or something, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
That seems correct, from Delaware Canal State Park. Looks like PA tbh, I've just never spent any time in Easton.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
Shucks I had a feeling it was PA but kept centering my search on the Susquehanna and Allegheny
― KPH, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
susquehanna too big imo
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:02 (three years ago) link
oh wait nm lol
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link
double nm, i was looking at "eaton", not "easton", which is on the susquehanna. so confused. and posting about it.
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
The Delaware gets very very small in those parts--
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
it looked really close to allentown but i couldn't find the bridge
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
Easton's pop is 27,000, give or take, btw.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
The Easton guesser has logged on, there it is
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
this part of pennsylvania has an unmistakeable green to it that i feel like i am very familiar with based on my exposure to paintings of joseph smith
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:22 (three years ago) link
Keep em coming, this is my favourite way to while away another lockdown
― or something, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:35 (three years ago) link
'the green dome' of spring into early autumn in PA is among its most charming characteristics.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 23:26 (three years ago) link
Tbh that's also why I had so much trouble figuring it out-- there are so many towns that look like this.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
Your pathetic bandshell will snitch on you
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
It's a town of 27k, fgti, maybe lay off the bandshell
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 23:39 (three years ago) link
Wow, Mid-Atlantic is my home region and I would never have guessed this one was so far east!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
Jan 19 #1
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsI-13kU0AIphVY?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:04 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsI-13lUcAELcYj?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:06 (three years ago) link
going out on a limb and saying Auchtermuchty
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:08 (three years ago) link
lol i debated dropping the second photo, hope it isn't too easy
xp not auchtermuchty
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:09 (three years ago) link
look i had never heard of that city it sounds like it could be arabic
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:10 (three years ago) link
Benghazi?
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:10 (three years ago) link
me neither tbh until abt twenty minutes ago xp
― John Wesley Glasscock (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:11 (three years ago) link
i think this is in morocco for some reason. or another country in the maghreb.
― treeship., Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:13 (three years ago) link
The y in pharmacy and Al Talhy is very un-French.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:14 (three years ago) link
good insight
― treeship., Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:16 (three years ago) link
muscat, oman
― pomenitul, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:10 AM (twenty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:38 (three years ago) link
BENGHAZI
― superdeep borehole (harbl), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:51 (three years ago) link
#Benghazi
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:53 (three years ago) link
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 03:00 (three years ago) link
#2
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOKY2Ll03cz7adVIyZq6I1_6TqhtnT2Ub5UfoZy=h1440
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 03:01 (three years ago) link
is that an ant hill?
― treeship., Wednesday, 20 January 2021 03:01 (three years ago) link
i think this looks like florida. jacksonville.
― treeship., Wednesday, 20 January 2021 03:02 (three years ago) link
view number two
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipMvAmsyTpEss9yUm1amWYHr7B2M9YLGod6Iogt4=h1440
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 03:17 (three years ago) link
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 09:19 (three years ago) link
It looks a bit like Port of Spain, though possibly a little less built-up.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 10:06 (three years ago) link
― or something, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 10:06 (three years ago) link
Freetown?
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 10:51 (three years ago) link
Not much to offer so far, first pic has sleepy/date. Those last two answers are influencing me to go in that direction too but not with any conviction
In the left, that looks like a seafaring boat? The building on the little hill behind it feels like it might offer something too
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 11:46 (three years ago) link
― or something, Wednesday, January 20, 2021 10:06 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― satanist of size (map), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
Woah! On a roll here
― or something, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
Termite mound was key
― or something, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
Incredible scenes from or something
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 21 January 2021 02:01 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/YCkmXn3G/Screenshot-2021-01-21-at-01-56-23.png
A new world
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 21 January 2021 02:02 (three years ago) link
Belfast?
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 21 January 2021 02:40 (three years ago) link
Could only be the UK surely. But not much to go on as to where.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 21 January 2021 03:31 (three years ago) link
I assume deems is correct ?
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 21 January 2021 03:49 (three years ago) link
You assume wrong
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 21 January 2021 04:11 (three years ago) link
Liverpool?
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 21 January 2021 04:21 (three years ago) link
Quite a lot of those back-to-backs in Leeds too.
― Tim, Thursday, 21 January 2021 09:00 (three years ago) link
Looks a lot like Liverpool
― or something, Thursday, 21 January 2021 10:55 (three years ago) link
Wavertree, to be specific
― or something, Thursday, 21 January 2021 10:56 (three years ago) link
Just to throw another one in the mix, it could maybe be Salford or another bit on the outskirts of Manchester.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 21 January 2021 10:57 (three years ago) link
It's not Auchtermuchty.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 January 2021 11:02 (three years ago) link
And yet... the houses look a touch boxy for wavertree. Could be any big northern city
― or something, Thursday, 21 January 2021 11:03 (three years ago) link
very familiar but I've never seen corner houses like this before with the ground floor window at the side and not at the front door side.
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 21 January 2021 11:31 (three years ago) link
Also that's one house per corner? no back area, weird.
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Thursday, 21 January 2021 11:33 (three years ago) link
Yeah I think Ive only seen that type in Leeds, but I'm not anywhere near as familiar with the housing stock of other big northern towns. (I remember someone who worked in housing there in the early 90s telling me that the vast tracts of these back to backs in north-east Leeds were the highest density housing in Europe; even most of those had little front yards.)
― Tim, Thursday, 21 January 2021 11:48 (three years ago) link
If you're right then we've dodged the bullet of having to look at more photos of Leeds.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 January 2021 12:39 (three years ago) link
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Thursday, 21 January 2021 12:54 (three years ago) link
I'll take this as the guess and it is correct, Leeds it is. Though south-west Leeds, not north-east. Holbeck to be precise
― cherry blossom, Friday, 22 January 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
Jan 23
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipNHVsX5vxVS1GT8lWXun2-UK2mzl8Tim0DCDuIr=h1440
― satanist of size (map), Sunday, 24 January 2021 03:05 (three years ago) link
FUCK, i forgot to crop it lol.
Brrrr
― Canon in Deez (silby), Sunday, 24 January 2021 04:10 (three years ago) link
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 24 January 2021 04:48 (three years ago) link
JFC those terraced neighbourhoods are depressing (been google streetviewing though Holbeck just now)
― StanM, Sunday, 24 January 2021 10:48 (three years ago) link
I've seen worse. A lot worse.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Sunday, 24 January 2021 11:33 (three years ago) link
I lived in two or three back-to-back houses like that in Leeds, they were solidly-built and fine to live in. You really are living close to other people though, you can hear life going on through the walls on three sides.Best not think about the risk of fire with only one way in and out, of course.
― Tim, Sunday, 24 January 2021 12:13 (three years ago) link
There was the occasion when a friend of mine was up to no good with a young lady in one of these, on the next street along from his actual girlfriend of the time. He hadn’t worked out that these two women’s bedrooms shared a back wall. Unfortunately my friend had an extremely characteristic smoker’s cough at the time and found himself dumped in short order.
― Tim, Sunday, 24 January 2021 12:20 (three years ago) link
can we just forget i posted jan 24? it'll save some people the displeasure of rooting around american interior west shitholes until they stumble on laramie, wyoming.
― satanist of size (map), Monday, 25 January 2021 22:44 (three years ago) link
I've been there, it was nice
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 25 January 2021 22:57 (three years ago) link
But, like, for one night
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 25 January 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
Yes this is a city
https://i.imgur.com/oxImAQz.jpg
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 25 January 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
Hmm I think I've worked it out but googling what I did to do so, for such a quick result, seems a little..unsporting.
― nashwan, Monday, 25 January 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
I did think someone would probably get this one quite quickly
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 25 January 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
I'll just give it a few minutes if someone else knows without needing to do cursory research of Europe's tallest urban viaducts.
― nashwan, Monday, 25 January 2021 23:28 (three years ago) link
that bridge/viaduct is distinctive - not that i can find it via google
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Monday, 25 January 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
Luxembourg?
― pomenitul, Monday, 25 January 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
it is, yes
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 25 January 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
did you get it from the viaduct or via another method?
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 25 January 2021 23:38 (three years ago) link
ARGH I knew it looked familiar, and I did a similar Google search
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 01:40 (three years ago) link
I've been to Luxembourg and that photo sparked some distant memories.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 01:40 (three years ago) link
another city
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipN_icxJzdQEGq81BmONOH4UjH1q2Vs24xACcLp_=h1440
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 02:07 (three years ago) link
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 02:18 (three years ago) link
― satanist of size (map), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 02:36 (three years ago) link
yesssss
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 02:38 (three years ago) link
how are you people so good at this
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 02:48 (three years ago) link
Lemme try one:
https://i.imgur.com/wL4GCrI.png
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 03:07 (three years ago) link
is that ... penza?
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 03:37 (three years ago) link
xxxpost, but seriously, how do you look at that photo and guess, correctly, Vladivostok on the first guess? i'm genuinely curious.
― alpine static, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 08:26 (three years ago) link
yeah i'm stumped too, I don't see anything distinctive in that night photo
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 08:53 (three years ago) link
I would never have got the Vladivostok one. I came across some good Vladivostok shots a couple of weeks ago and was going to use one. It does have a distinctive feel - but thats in the daytime. Night time shots are really tough
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 09:09 (three years ago) link
Struggling with that last one too. I thought the lights might be a clue
― budo jeru,
I checked and they have similar lights (that I could fine) but with two bulbs not three (this was near the Duma)
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 09:11 (three years ago) link
how do you look at that photo and guess, correctly, Vladivostok on the first guess?
1. Ex-Soviet apartment blocks2. Port town3. If you zoom in, there's a truncated word that gives you a partial clue
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
These are too easy, let's go back to Podunk, Arkansas (pop. 3,220).
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 13:05 (three years ago) link
Yeah there's a "Sollers" sign, makes sense (in the Vladivostok photo)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 13:09 (three years ago) link
I think the last one might be Samarkand?
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 15:53 (three years ago) link
hey hey hey!
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6558293,66.9642106,3a,75y,94.6h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPaUtHBSFUv0G4gg7eRDWAjryx5wjwuDWdyb8oO!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPaUtHBSFUv0G4gg7eRDWAjryx5wjwuDWdyb8oO%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya194.80452-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
An impressive showing.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 15:56 (three years ago) link
crazy
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
I've been to Samarkand but I don't recognize that area. Didn't venture far beyond the Registan.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
I was going to guess Ashgabat, figuring it would be somewhere between the Caspian and the stans/Chinese border
― nashwan, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
I'm impressed by how well travelled people are too tbh.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
lol yeah I think i'm just jealous of everyones insane travel knowledge.
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 16:47 (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
posts that need a beat
― new variant (onimo), Tuesday, 26 January 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
Here's an easy one
Just screen-grabbed a photo bc it was so lovely to look at
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50878668013_36474bc7c3_h.jpg
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 23:49 (three years ago) link
Monaco?
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 23:52 (three years ago) link
Yep, that's got to be Monte Carlo. Stock photos are too easy. :)
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 23:56 (three years ago) link
Lemme try another:
https://i.imgur.com/srdvqTS.png
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 00:34 (three years ago) link
Pretty distinctive pink building that looks like a church, well maintained while everything else looks a bit decrepit. I'll take a wild guess at somewhere in Africa, maybe former French or Portuguese colony
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 00:54 (three years ago) link
Intrigued by the anchor crosses on the building behind the church (if it is a church). Sadly I can't nail down any organisation that uses an anchor cross as their symbol. But it is used by Methodist missionaries - which might go with the fact that the "church" doesn't look Catholic (no stained glass windows, too austere). Which might rule out my initial thought of Francophone or Lusophone Africa.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 06:05 (three years ago) link
why am I googling pink churches - what's Google going to think of me now?
― StanM, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 06:57 (three years ago) link
i could easily be wrong but the two entrances suggests its a mosque to me...
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
no visible crosses either
― rob, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 18:00 (three years ago) link
looks more like a church than a mosque to me but yes, no crosses
― Fenners' Pen (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
anyway a lot of cities feature both lol
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
Looks like French Switzerland to me... is it Basel? Lausanne?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
if that's true I have been wildly misled by the mural and the anchors
― rob, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
I was noting the brands of cars, the particular quality of the trim, and the fact that Basel and Switzerland are the 'grotty' Swiss cities (rich kids who are into Emma Goldman)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
*Basel and Lausanne, that is
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
Something about it says southern hemisphere to me, maybe the roof of the building on the right but thats very tentative
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 19:12 (three years ago) link
window AC = not europe. but the grafitti makes me think not asia. i think it's south america somewhere. santiago?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
graffiti on wall ends "her" which certainly suggests someplace where Roman script is used.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-17.5434455,-149.573821,3a,75y,258.17h,99.47t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipO2FTstMNMar_NldxyiZU4t4uAxGmKp9YTtHmCU!2e10!3e11!7i7680!8i3840
Papeete
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
bien fait damn
― rob, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
Correct!Colour me impressed x infinity.xp
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
tell us your secret, cherry blossom!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
I thought it was south Pacific straightaway from the church/roof but nothing more than that. Initial thought it was Noumea and couldn't see beyond there. I couldn't think of anywhere else french and polynesian other than Tahiti and there's only about 12 churches in Papeete on google maps
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
whence the French connection tho?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
seriously. I did idly think "looks like Hawaii" but never got much further than ruling out Hawaii
― rob, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
It kind of felt French too / I subconsciously think of most of Polynesia as French / Zelda Zonk with the assist
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
WOW I'm so impressed cb
That big tree-- not an arborist, don't know the species-- but it doesn't look European in retrospect, at all
idk why it "looks French", something about that red car and les camions, can't identify the makes but it just said "Franch" at me
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
merci et chapeau, cb!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
how about this one then?
https://i.imgur.com/Tx42CO5.jpeg
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
it's Thames Town in Shanghai
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
ha, really thought I was being sneaky with that one
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
You were. I did suspect an ersatz but my google-fu was foiled nonetheless.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
ha, I immediately thought it had to be some faux-European project in China (with Japan as a second option, but there it's more in the form of amusement parks, I think). (well, the first thing I googled was of course the Elephant House/Euro (or Buro?) Fashion combo, turns out EH is a Harry Potter thing, I had no idea)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Town
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
this paper has a photo that's very similar to the one CaAL posted: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3544032(see Figure 9)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:43 (three years ago) link
it was an odd place and surprisingly hard to find (nobody in Shanghai had heard of it) - here is my alternate view photo.
https://i.imgur.com/tgVmDaw.jpg
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link
I’m reasonably familiar with Shanghai, but I haven’t heard of it either. Not that that means anything, it’s... quite a big place.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
Wait... does "Thames Town" really qualify as a city?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
Shanghai certainly does
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
lol, i've been to thames town and would never have made the connection from either posted photo, nice job.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link
what gives it away for me are the air conditioners.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:02 (three years ago) link
now that you mention it, they may have subconsciously tipped me off
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
Is the "Elephant House" supposed to an olde time English pub?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
The Elephant House, one of the cafés in Edinburgh in which Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter novel
https://elephanthouse.biz/
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
also the plastic lettering of "Euro Fashion" is very Chinese to me
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
Wee Britain
― Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
haha shanghai?! my guess was going to be one of those bullshit villages in westchester county!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 27 January 2021 23:46 (three years ago) link
One more:
https://i.imgur.com/j3geVIe.png
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 01:33 (three years ago) link
looks like Northern France or Benelux perhaps?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 28 January 2021 10:37 (three years ago) link
was gonna guess winningen
― nxd, Thursday, 28 January 2021 10:42 (three years ago) link
completely different viaduct there - not Brussels/Vilvoorde in Belgium either, that one is much wider
― StanM, Thursday, 28 January 2021 10:44 (three years ago) link
It looks a little dusty for benelux?
The optical illusion of the woman in a sari that is in fact some kind of waterslide is distracting
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 14:47 (three years ago) link
"It looks a little dusty for benelux?"
this thread blows my mind. i need to travel more.
― alpine static, Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
Tbh, it also blows my mind, but then I remember that I've seen some of the wildest and most remote places in the US, and I smile knowing that I could play "guess that National Forest" and beat the pants off some of you.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 28 January 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
Tbf it can also be down to 'watched a lot of foreign films' or 'watched a lot of travel TV' or 'is addicted to Street View'. I've been to a grand total of eleven countries in my life (this includes those I've lived in), which is more or less the international average (ten, apparently).
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
True enough! I've watched a fair number of foreign films, though, and some of the correct guesses here still blow my mind. (I've been to eleven foreign countries)
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
I don't know, I'm not basing it on much it just feels further east to me
Also do they need to build viaducts right up there in benelux? Maybe they do!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
Tisnt ghent?
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:35 (three years ago) link
If It's Dusty, This Must Not Be Belgium
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
I'll post another view tonight if need be. Don't know what the exact rules are (if any) but I figure a 24h interval is fair.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
one of the reasons why i like this thread is because it's a nice way to engage with different places and cultures without having to travel.
― satanist of size (map), Thursday, 28 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
is there a church behind the trees? (still, not enough to go on)
― StanM, Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link
(the left row of trees)
― StanM, Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link
One tree is usually enough by itself to go under, what exactly are u packin dude
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
This thread blows my mind too. I've been to 28 countries and I don't think I've guessed a single city on here from sight!
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 28 January 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
How about Stavanger?
― or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
Correct.
Here, have your bragging rights.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
How'd you guess?
― pomenitul, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
Norway is one of the 11 countries I've visited and it reminded me of there. Fortunately there are only what... 4 cities in Norway?
― or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:29 (three years ago) link
Stavanger is the first city in this thread I've been in (still didn't recognize it).
― nickn, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
I think it would have taken me a year at least to guess that. I'd got it into my head that it was Riga but just couldn't make it fit
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@58.9728828,5.7497169,3a,75y,220.22h,91.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s60hEyPabXlcCuxwm7owr2Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
and there it is, in all its dusty majesty
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
I was trying to link to that street view but couldn't figure out how in time
― or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
(been to 12 countries on counting, still a poor effort)
― or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
But not for Scandinavia.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link
Thats what tripped me up and sent me in the wrong direction!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
ive only been to 11 countries and that's both counting england and scotland as separate countries and counting driving through france and staying a night at a travelodge (or similar) in the reims area
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
Lol display name
― or something, Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
https://drimble.nl/bedrijf/naarden/19251688/dusty-benelux.html
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:23 (three years ago) link
(xxp) Never been to Wales and Norn Iron?
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
yes, and i haven't been to the free state either
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 28 January 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/ni4QHFuWLlFIFLrcK6o4w-BfxuTELPWfCugyxr4GdKq1fBy_eLNI7SwXXha7BRNJT0ABdccirXyF4v6-nmfHWxz6yAkzmBlWWLE6rhCNxtJO6x8Yu-lpmtUNyfWLLZBCH_pp5UUT8RuKrLQMsXj4XkCkhxEt2ek1z1_aQkaKg-_S5r5IksW3bJYsemi well-known Benelux drag queen Dusty
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 28 January 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
lol cherry blossom
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 28 January 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
i very much appreciate that photo
― satanist of size (map), Thursday, 28 January 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
Might as well keep the ball rolling:
https://i.imgur.com/1Ma9WRj.jpg
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 00:21 (three years ago) link
Anaheim!
― alpine static, Friday, 29 January 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link
i have very little confidence that is correct, i just wanted to guess one ... never seen a pic w/o a guess before. after this, i will go back to observing. :)
actually, i did figure out Missoula way upthread w/o any hints or research, etc.
― alpine static, Friday, 29 January 2021 00:37 (three years ago) link
this one is odd because it looks just like this one place in Berlin, but there are several signs that it cannot be Berlin, and my mind simply cannot move on
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 29 January 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link
Every time I post a new pic I feel like a dungeon master.
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
That a' flag seems significant
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 00:47 (three years ago) link
sort of reminds me of the kind of square that you find in spain or its former colonies but doesn't really scream either spain or latin america to me
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Friday, 29 January 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
Yeah i though seville tbh
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Friday, 29 January 2021 00:56 (three years ago) link
it kinda reminds me of some towns in northern CA actually but i don't think i could actually say why
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 29 January 2021 01:12 (three years ago) link
looks like ca to me too but the red-white dashes on the curb seem weird and maybe not u.s. also, what is that, a bus shelter? also looks non u.s. to me but what do i know.
― satanist of size (map), Friday, 29 January 2021 01:14 (three years ago) link
and i think that's an accented a.
It's coastal. That weird green Dr Who type shed and the even sandier than Benelux terrain are screaming it's coastal
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 01:15 (three years ago) link
Even sandier than Not-Benelux I should say
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 01:18 (three years ago) link
just realized the red-white dashes are scooter / motorcycle parking? us usually does it with lines in the street afaict.
― satanist of size (map), Friday, 29 January 2021 01:21 (three years ago) link
Don't think it's Seville or Southern Europe because people seem to be well wrapped up, despite the fact that there are leaves on most of the trees therefore it's not winter. So it's somewhere with a colder climate I'd say. Plus the little green shelter says cold to me. The 'a' flags should make this easy, but are proving resistant to my google searches. My first impressions are a well to do northern European city - but the "taxi" sign is a bit lo-fi. Trees look quite distinctive too.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 01:23 (three years ago) link
There is a palm tree (queen/king palm common name) on the left, so not too far north.
― nickn, Friday, 29 January 2021 01:37 (three years ago) link
Bahia Blanca?
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 29 January 2021 01:38 (three years ago) link
Can see a couple other palms, looking closer.
― nickn, Friday, 29 January 2021 01:39 (three years ago) link
Yes you're right - this one is confusing! But those trees lining the street are strange - I guess they're like plane trees and have a bit of a latin city feel to me...
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 01:42 (three years ago) link
Reminds me a bit of some parts of Mexico City.
― o. nate, Friday, 29 January 2021 02:39 (three years ago) link
I have been to that cityI've seen the banners and I remember thinking "that A is irrelevant to the city name"The only places I've been to that look like that are in IberiaThere is a busker playing guitarIt is Spain, I think it's Madrid
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 04:02 (three years ago) link
*waits patiently for the DM to resolve the turn*
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 04:06 (three years ago) link
Madrid makes sense - palm trees, and yet could still be coldish in spring
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 04:46 (three years ago) link
That shelter looks a little dus
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 08:25 (three years ago) link
I'm not sure the shelter feels right for Madrid but I've never been to Madrid
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 08:26 (three years ago) link
I’ve been to paradise...
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 29 January 2021 10:33 (three years ago) link
My first thought was Zurich but also, weirdly, has the feel of Ciutadella on Menorca.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 29 January 2021 10:39 (three years ago) link
If only we had a list of all the places FGTI had ever gone, this would be much easier.
― Tim, Friday, 29 January 2021 11:09 (three years ago) link
God, idk. In the deep background there is a storefront that looks very Latin America, or like, El Paso.
Coming to this game after playing Geoguesser every day feels like putting on a straitjacket and sitting in a waiting room (I'm not complaining, just describing)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 11:11 (three years ago) link
@ Tim I have been to all 48 states except Arkansas
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 11:15 (three years ago) link
― plax (ico), Friday, 29 January 2021 11:16 (three years ago) link
The green shelter kind of looks like something you'd find in a French park. Only I don't think this France, so I'm extrapolating to Latin countries - but I don't think Italy or Portugal so I reckon northern half of Spain is a good guess. Unless it's some wealthy southern bit of South America, aaaargh!
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 11:19 (three years ago) link
That streetlight looks very short
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 11:22 (three years ago) link
Almost stunted, so the air could be a little on the dusty side
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 11:23 (three years ago) link
I think it's Zaragoza
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 29 January 2021 11:36 (three years ago) link
I think there's a clue in the trees lining the road (plane trees I think). They've been treated in a particular way - central trunk cut out and branches growing up around the stump. I'm sure I've seen that but not sure where. Not France, again I think Spain.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 11:52 (three years ago) link
Or Portugal?
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Friday, 29 January 2021 11:53 (three years ago) link
Maybe! But the scene all looks a bit tidy for Portugal. Tons of park benches, a council with money.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 11:55 (three years ago) link
Also very flat: if it was Portugal it would have to be in the north, and it's hilly up there
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 12:05 (three years ago) link
I do feel like I saw a few trees like that in Seville - likewise the red and white blocks
― nashwan, Friday, 29 January 2021 12:22 (three years ago) link
I ruled out Portugal because the sidewalk paving is too disconsolate. The place might be "untidy" but the sidewalks are spectacular
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 12:31 (three years ago) link
"the sidewalk paving is too disconsolate" is too beautiful a line *not* to have been in Robert Ashley's Private Parts.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 29 January 2021 12:34 (three years ago) link
"The poster has made the thread look stupid."
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 12:45 (three years ago) link
(ref to my fave line in "Perfect Lives", "the sculptor has made the horse look stupid", not a commentary.)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 12:47 (three years ago) link
I'm really invested in knowing where the hell this is now! I'm sticking with northern Spanish city
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 12:48 (three years ago) link
Will post another view anon. This is hard mode, admittedly.
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 12:53 (three years ago) link
Going completely against the crowd and trying Cairns
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 12:59 (three years ago) link
Wow. I'm in Oz, so will have to think about that one.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
Here you go:
https://i.imgur.com/GGHninQ.png
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:04 (three years ago) link
Wish I'd waited for that pic before trying Cairns
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:06 (three years ago) link
Was about to say. Those trees lining the road: surely not Aussie.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:07 (three years ago) link
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Friday, 29 January 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
Spain or former Spanish colony
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:09 (three years ago) link
Nah, it's too tidy for that. :)
Our churches are quite different too.
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:10 (three years ago) link
(to Neil S, in case there was any doubt)
That's a Spanish no parking sign surely. I'll go Albacete.
― nashwan, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link
Stop sign says Pare so Latin America is likely
― All cars are bad (Euler), Friday, 29 January 2021 13:35 (three years ago) link
100% South America, so thats the continent. Now to find the street
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:36 (three years ago) link
I've been thinking Andean plateau because of the way it seems cold but I've only been to Bolivia there, and only a handful of places there, and this isn't one of them. But the cars (old & small) match those I saw there. The pickup truck suggests something in the USA's orbit, and that this is not total poverty (so again, probably not Bolivia).
― All cars are bad (Euler), Friday, 29 January 2021 13:42 (three years ago) link
no cars like that in a reasonably affluent European country I don’t think
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 29 January 2021 13:44 (three years ago) link
(or (some of) what Euler said)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 29 January 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
Agree that the cars absolutely aren't well-off European, so I guess Spanish South American. But it's still cold, people are still wrapped up. Argentina? Uruguay?
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link
That's why I said Andean plateau. It's chilly to cold there year round, at least in many places, because it's so high up.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Friday, 29 January 2021 13:57 (three years ago) link
Unless this photo is from the 90s, I'm very confused by these cars. I did a bunch of street drops across Latin/South America and Bolivia was the only one that remotely matched
I swear to god I've seen those banners before, I thought maybe they were a cellphone provider name I'd seen elsewhere or something but it doesn't seem to be the case
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
the "accent mark" does look like a text bubble
― rob, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
yeah, what about that banner? on this one more letters are visible
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:02 (three years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANTEL
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
I thought the red telephone box was key but now I'm not so sure
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
Breakthrough! xp
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
FUCK
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
I figured out the banners. It's for ANTEL, the state telecom company of Uruguay.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:07 (three years ago) link
xp fuck!
& lol
― All cars are bad (Euler), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
fuck & loleven when I was 17
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe,_Canelones
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:10 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.5245801,-56.282197,3a,75y,112.79h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_H7Fb2gxrnHQZ3bn0_QOGQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
I knew it was Madrid
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
If you can guess a pop. 20,000 town in Uruguay within less than 24h based on two adjacent photos, then perhaps the true hard mode is a random nondescript highway in the middle of nowhere.
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
last few times I tried geoguesser it was always like that: some random dirt road in rural Brazil or Australia or Russia, zero text anywhere, often no buildings
― rob, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:14 (three years ago) link
The first photo was impossible though, even if we'd been able to figure out the logo
The church was first on the list of "cathedrals in Uruguay"
― cherry blossom, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:15 (three years ago) link
I am less impressed with movie spies now I have to say
― rob, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:16 (three years ago) link
Respect to the owner of the green car. Maybe it belongs to the parish.
― nashwan, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
Looking at street view now that little green shed has moved
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:19 (three years ago) link
True. I should have posted the Museo Spikerman second and the Catedral last.
― pomenitul, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link
First photo was at least enough to lean towards Spanish/Spanish heritage I think
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
perhaps the true hard mode is a random nondescript highway in the middle of nowhere.
Insofar as "random highways" I think this might actually be somewhat easy
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50886930893_294d6ee71b_k.jpg
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:24 (three years ago) link
Reykjavik
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:31 (three years ago) link
Hafnarfjörður to be exact
Figured somebody'd immediately be like "that is a smelting plant"
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:32 (three years ago) link
Was there a few years ago. That's on the way from the airport to the city, it's huge
― or something, Friday, 29 January 2021 14:39 (three years ago) link
That pipe mounted to the side of it is like half-a-kilometer long and it gets smaller and smaller and it's pretty transfixing to see as you drive past it
― flamboyant goon tie included, Friday, 29 January 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
Okay, hope this works.
https://i.imgur.com/1gxVPuL.jpg
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 30 January 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
The last few have burned up almost all my remaining brain cells and this already looks another tough nut to crack
Another one with distinctive streetlights. I got nothing so far other than 'looks like somewhere in Russia'.
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
I was thinking somewhere in Eastern Germany but this is a totally unscientific hunch on my part.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:07 (three years ago) link
Plenty in that pic that could be dublin 12 tbh so im not seeing much to grasp at
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
I was going to semi-seriously say Detroit
― rob, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
I'll post another later today.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
Do they have cars like that in Motor City? Looks European to me, but I don't even have a driver's licence, so don't mind me.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link
That streetlamp is like a beautiful graceful heron
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
Xp no, the cars generally argue against North America
― rob, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
Currently, around 300 trolleybus systems are in operation, in cities and towns in 43 countries.
― circles, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
The visible electrical wires also look vaguely Eastern European to me. Maybe more Central European since this place doesn't look too run down.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
The banner on the lightpost looks, to me, a lot like the banners you see on college campuses promoting the college?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 30 January 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
Its a little dusty to be a college banner, I think thats a politician
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
the street lights look like Concorde or some kind of jet plane?
― StanM, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
I think so too. Not to mention that such banners are more of a North American thing, no?
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
the people look too white for it to be Kourou (French Guyana, ESA launch site) imho - nor would I expect to see a Renault or Peugeot in Baikonur
― StanM, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
I've seen those kinds of banners in Europe.
Not that I know where this is. The number of people walking around points me toward Europe rather than North America though.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
The college ones? A political ad seems way likelier imo.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
yes at the newly dumbly named Université de Paris for example
― All cars are bad (Euler), Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
though I agree that these are not likely college banners
Fair enough. I guess this photo doesn't strike me as very campus-y, although it's not impossible.
Also, are we certain that those suspended wires indicate the presence of a trolleybus system?
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:23 (three years ago) link
Why is politician partly whited out and is he holding some kind of torch?
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
It def can’t be North America, hardly any trolleybuses here, and it def gives an eastern Central Europe post soviet vibe. Somewhere in Romania?
― Boring United Methodist Church (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 30 January 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
Sizable trolley bus network in Seattle but it’s not Seattle
― Canon in Deez (silby), Saturday, 30 January 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
Seems a bit too clean to be Romania but I might be wrong. We've still got trolleybuses in some cities, that much is true.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
― pomenitul, Saturday, January 30, 2021 12:23 PM (two hours ago)
also not sold on this trolley idea fwiw
― rob, Saturday, 30 January 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
The parallel cables do point towards it, I suppose.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
Vilnius, maybe?
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
We're ignoring the mural
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
and not paying enough attention to the politician
Needs more jpeg.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
I feel like I've seen the character in the right hand side of the mural somewhere before
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
Shirley Temple?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
Will be getting another up shortly.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
I mean, pom is right:
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
I'm intrigued by the sign next to the red gate, looks like it's representing a church or something like that. Like it's telling us "this hasn't always been a shithole, there used to be a beautiful church around here"
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
wish list (apart from higher resolution photos obv)- ability to maximize pictures by more than the current 500%- larger computer screen
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
is this Ukraine?
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
Could be Russia too. Or Belarus.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
Yeah Belarus too, I was thinking of something in the Chernobyl area.
― Dinsdale, Saturday, 30 January 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
Making it easy
https://i.imgur.com/VKm0Sno.jpg
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
Nice place.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:19 (three years ago) link
квитки, eh? That helps, but ticket booths are a dime a dozen in trolleybus land.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
Cumbernauld
― or something, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@49.7879571,24.0164532,3a,75y,307.13h,80.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sURF6uj4CyLZpcJZuuxrmhw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Lviv
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
Was thinking Auchinstarry myself.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
How'd you find it so fast?
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
I mean:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trolleybus_systems_in_Ukraine
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
I'd found very similar streetlights in Kiev before but not quite the same. The blue/yellow in the mural was starting to make me ditch Russia (even though it turned out to be a red herring). I dropped on a couple of others, then saw the streetlights again in Lviv but when I went to other streets they changed back to standard so I figured they might be unique to where I'd dropped onto, moved along a minute or so and came across it
Didn't look at the trolley thing at all xp, wasn't convinced by that
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:31 (three years ago) link
Well played, as always.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
I was still trying to work out why it seemed to say квитк instead of квиток for “ticket”, but forgot to check for the plural, which is indeed квитки, with the last letter not visible here - and then it would have been on to the over 40 UKR cities that currently have trolleybus systems... but knew others would get there much faster. well done!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
I now have a very clear picture in my head of the blue and yellow guy in my imagination of the mural. That is completely different from the guy in the actual mural.
He is a Ukrainian national mascot with a yellow football for a head. I can picture him clear as day, but it is becoming clear that it most likely doesn't exist
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
Was wrong about the banner being a politician, looks like it is a university banner
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
Hah, and I was even wronger.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
Lviv it is— the Lviv-1 Stryiskyi Bus Station, which is nowhere near the center of the city, and instead is set way back in the midst of Soviet apartment blocks many kilometers from the town center.
The last I was there, in 2005, there were packs of wild dogs running around, goats wandering that median, and we had to take the scariest jitney ride I've ever been on to get to the town center.
Certainly my most memorable travel experience.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
We'd also taken an all-night train ride from Kraków to Przemyśl, then a bus-ride from there through the western Ukrainian countryside immediately beforehand, so were haunted by delirium, vodka, and statues of Stalin still proudly surrounded by roses in small town squares.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:55 (three years ago) link
https://ukranews.com/uploads/news/2010/09/28/457e1c05c31089fb1a48994d3f7a83ed8b4b706d.jpgthis is the mascot of local football team FC Karpaty Lviv, looks kinda similar (I’d say the one in the photo is lion-like as well) but their shirt colour is emphatically green, so seems unlikely. if someone could only decipher the cyrillic graffiti...
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 30 January 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
I was pretty convinced it was Russia, possibly eastern Ukraine but discounted Lviv altogether at first. Those weird streetlights don't seem common. Definitely mostly luck on that one
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link
That ad says 'Get a European education'.
xps
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link
there were packs of wild dogs running around
In Romanian, we call stray dogs 'maidanezi'. Same root as the Ukrainian майдан (public square) of Euromaidan fame.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 22:04 (three years ago) link
Looks like its for a university in Lublin
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 30 January 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
Relevant:
https://www.kyivpost.com/wp-content/uploads/data/uploads/d/iblock/en_articles/90143/2405/original.jpg
― pomenitul, Saturday, 30 January 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
I still think it's Cumbernauld.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Saturday, 30 January 2021 23:26 (three years ago) link
this is incredibly easy i just wanted to post this cool picture
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EtFeVxsW4AIbvT3?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
― Joses Chrust (map), Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link
I don't know where that is but what an awesome pic indeed.
― pomenitul, Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
I think this is Pittsburgh
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
yeppers
― Joses Chrust (map), Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
I'd been thinking about doing a Pittsburgh one. Its just one of those cities that says "Here I am, this is me"
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
10/10 shot too!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
yeah it's pretty unique! n.b. the photo is not mine and i already lost the twitter source lol
― Joses Chrust (map), Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
Makes me want to sell my shit and move to Pittsburgh tbh
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
Pittsburgh enthusiasts should check out my friend Ed's work:https://edpanar.com/index.htmlhttps://www.instagram.com/edpanar/
― rob, Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
Nice!
These are good for Pittsburgh too though
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dans240z/
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
very cool! They're probably friends
― rob, Sunday, 31 January 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link
Pittsburgh is okay, it is INCREDIBLY dreary, though. After Portland, it has the most days with cloud cover of any major US city. Of course, some might find that appealing.
I will note that I have driven through Pgh and spent a number of days in Pittsburgh, and I never, ever saw the sun. Anecdotal, sure, but still.
I'm also from Philadelphia, tho, so talking shit on Pittsburgh is like second nature.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Sunday, 31 January 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
can someone tell me *where* in Pittsburgh that is? like maybe what's that street running prominently up the right half of the photo or something? is it meeting train tracks at the bottom?
― alpine static, Sunday, 31 January 2021 23:13 (three years ago) link
twitter said the south shore
― Joses Chrust (map), Monday, 1 February 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
It is the Southside Slopes, from beloved local photographer, (Dave DiCello.
― Bernie's two left mittens (doo dah), Monday, 1 February 2021 02:45 (three years ago) link
Was betting Hooville
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 February 2021 03:44 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/L2cyyH7v/yes2.jpg
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 12:35 (three years ago) link
Hiroshima?
― wangdalf the blight (gyac), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 12:37 (three years ago) link
Actually idk why I said Hiroshima when I meant Onomichi.
― wangdalf the blight (gyac), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 12:45 (three years ago) link
Bellingham
― rob, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 13:31 (three years ago) link
yeah those are USA signs
― All cars are bad (Euler), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link
the walk sign and the no parking sign, I mean
I picked somewhere in the Pacific Northwest that I'd been to, but I'm assuming it could also be in British Columbia
― rob, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 13:55 (three years ago) link
yeah strong Astoria vibes tho i don't know if the downtown's as built up as that, or ever went for sky-bridges which (usually but def not exclusively) suggest someplace with subzero winters.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
might be a weird angle trick, but I don't think the steepness of the hill works for Astoria
― rob, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 14:03 (three years ago) link
Hm might have just talked myself out of Bellingham wrt steepness as well
― rob, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
Juneau!
https://goo.gl/maps/gPoF85H458Pjt9176
― doctor johnson (askance johnson), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
Ah-ha! didn't even occur to me dammit
― rob, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
Lol @ st
― Qanondorf (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 February 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
Yeah that grim intrabuilding tunnel should've been a dead giveaway for the north
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 15:49 (three years ago) link
Comfortably dispatched by askance johnson, and nice to see the exact street in the answer!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 3 February 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/fk4xyNb6/yay.png
Magic handrail
― cherry blossom, Friday, 5 February 2021 12:09 (three years ago) link
Looks like Amman from the citadel?
― or something, Friday, 5 February 2021 12:38 (three years ago) link
Can't totally tell, but that seems correct.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Friday, 5 February 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
Not Amman
― cherry blossom, Friday, 5 February 2021 18:15 (three years ago) link
jerusalem?
― plax (ico), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
gaziantep
― plax (ico), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
the view from the castle maybe
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.0668848,37.3831682,3a,75y,35.26h,89.74t/data=!3m11!1e1!3m9!1sAF1QipOQChz4PLcbsG250eyndNKpUptQo4E8aXhtWl5b!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOQChz4PLcbsG250eyndNKpUptQo4E8aXhtWl5b%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya212.19893-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!9m2!1b1!2i51
― plax (ico), Friday, 5 February 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link
no maybe!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:23 (three years ago) link
a city I’ve been to
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
a long long time ago
the world capital of pistachio nuts
these are delicious:https://www.pirpirimci.com/image/cache/catalog/Antepbaklava/F%C4%B1st%C4%B1k%20Ezmesi4-800x800.jpg
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
yah i went there on a week trip with i guy i went out with for c two weeks. if i wasn't locked out of my fb account i might be able to find a photo of us at the (at the time recently opened) mosaic museum which is what i recognised.
― plax (ico), Friday, 5 February 2021 20:28 (three years ago) link
Gaziantep it is, floating handrail and all!
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 6 February 2021 06:18 (three years ago) link
How about this one?
https://i.imgur.com/Fyju8zx.jpg
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 6 February 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
Man that looks like any irish town just as you pass the speed limits tbh
― cpt otm (darraghmac), Saturday, 6 February 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
Scranton?
― pomenitul, Saturday, 6 February 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
eesh not much to go on there. Ireland was my initial thought too
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
I was about to say, that looks like Ireland.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
It isn't Scranton.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
Sorry, dumb joke.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
Sorry, not very good at recognising jokes, dumb or otherwise.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
Cambridge
― calzino, Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:44 (three years ago) link
It is! Are you familiar with that particular road?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 6 February 2021 21:56 (three years ago) link
no sorry I'm a dirty rotten cheat who used search google for image, my first guess was Salisbury!
― calzino, Saturday, 6 February 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
I assumed Calzino had been shown the road out of Cambrige many times.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 February 2021 22:07 (three years ago) link
some people do say I'm a total punt!
― calzino, Saturday, 6 February 2021 22:08 (three years ago) link
well Fen Road is not at all "the road out of Cambridge" - it's a mile-long cul-de-sac behind Cambridge North Station, ending in a steep bank at the side of the A14. It's where the local Irish Travelers live, so interesting that everyone was saying Ireland. Here's the spot - https://goo.gl/maps/v5LrRrrbRurABkDt5
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 6 February 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
it looks very flat to this hillbilly who lives high up enough to often see the weather coming a good twenty mins before it arrives. The bungalow does look quite Irish but they like painting them in bolder colours from my memory of annual tours there thirty odd years ago.
― calzino, Saturday, 6 February 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
Everywhere is flat round here. I'm from Herefordshire where everywhere is the side of a hill.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 6 February 2021 22:31 (three years ago) link
yeah the flat plains of much of the south is something I've never really took to much. Being able to watch birds flying from an above vantage and the way going down a hill sometimes takes you to spots where you are insulated from most noise pollution and the silence is quite a sensory treat, well apart from the odd tractor or the odd reversing alarm on a farmer's forklift.
― calzino, Saturday, 6 February 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/R9jrQzmT/moo.jpg
Work
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 7 February 2021 12:50 (three years ago) link
Looks like rich bits of New York I've seen in films.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 7 February 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
good faces on those construction vehicles
― nashwan, Sunday, 7 February 2021 13:12 (three years ago) link
Philadelphia?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 7 February 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
Not Philly.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 8 February 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
just a shot in the dark: washington dc.
― Joses Chrust (map), Monday, 8 February 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
I have spent a lot of time in DC-Baltimore-Philly and these solid streetfronts don't look to me like those solid streetfronts (in particular the iron on the windows doesn't look right to me)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 8 February 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
The tile-work(?) is not something you find in Philly, except for ten years in California, I've been living here or returning here for nearly forty years, never seen anything like those.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 8 February 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
idk looks like france to me
― plax (ico), Monday, 8 February 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
i was going to say: reminds me of France
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 8 February 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
flat roofs, residential street is far too wide for a pre-automobile city. not europe IMO.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 February 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
hmm i'm zooming in and now i'm not so sure. it's not a residential street for one thing.
buildings suspiciously low rise for europe but ... maybe?
this is a good one.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 February 2021 17:28 (three years ago) link
having spent the last three years taking my son to construction sites, i will say: the construction vehicles do not look north american.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 February 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
Maybe it's Canada! I really do think the white-collonade face of that long brick building looks New England, and so do the trees, but the construction stuff reads to me as French, that's where I'm getting Canada.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 8 February 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
trees bare & no snow though
― Joses Chrust (map), Monday, 8 February 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
The tile work on the stairs at left seem very unAmerican.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 8 February 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link
Bordeaux?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 8 February 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
hmm. amsterdam?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 February 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
i would have guessed maybe somewhere in provence but less glitzy than arles or aix
― plax (ico), Monday, 8 February 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
im just seeing it as a blvd 'in the style of hausman' with a town hall at the end. i mean it could just as easily be latvia idk
― plax (ico), Monday, 8 February 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
it does feel kinda Northern European, I think
― StanM, Monday, 8 February 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
Could it be Goteborg?
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 8 February 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
surely to fuck this is europe not north america.
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Monday, 8 February 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
Tiles make me think Portugal and I've thought Lisbon a couple of times recently but it hasn't been but maybe this is? So, Lisbon?
― or something, Monday, 8 February 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
I think the key may lie in finding out which country/city is apt to space out those cubic orange/white channelizing barricades in such a manner.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 8 February 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link
The green truck seems to have a word on the front -- looks like MACNYE to me but I'm not getting any hits for that
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 8 February 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
that's what I was thinking. the Blue on white tile and then the orange-roofed building in the distance made me think "southern Sweden" for some reason.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 8 February 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link
Or somewhere in Denmark, maybe? Northern Europe seems like the best bet so far.
― pomenitul, Monday, 8 February 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
Bunch of very dark haired people in the photo.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Monday, 8 February 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
But the sand/dried mud on the roads seems more chalky Mediterranean, that's why I thought Bordeaux but what do I know
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 8 February 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
It looks very reminiscent of Tartu, Estonia.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 8 February 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
I thought the roller vehicle said something like MACHTENS but I may be forcing it to be dutch
― StanM, Monday, 8 February 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
or maybe it's Argentina
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 8 February 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
The buildings are the wrong height for France. Need one more story for provincial villes. Also I’ve never seen tiles like that here.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Monday, 8 February 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
Nother vote here for europe, baltic maybe
― cpt otm (darraghmac), Monday, 8 February 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link
Agree that it doesn't look like France, does look like Europe. But not necessarily Northern Europe? Tiles look Iberian to me, although it's pretty flat for Portugal so maybe Spain? Or a colonial Spanish city in South America? The barricades seem not like something you'd see in a wealthy country...
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 8 February 2021 22:39 (three years ago) link
can't think of a pic on this thread that has prompted a wider geographic range of good guesses
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 February 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
Trees look a bit Latin city boulevard too
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 8 February 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
Yeah, a little "warm!" or "colder!" would be of help right now.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 8 February 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
There's a slow-moving vehicle sign on that steam-roller, which I believe are unique to North America. It looks like Charleston SC or something, something old and Southern
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 8 February 2021 23:32 (three years ago) link
I'm going to guess Ulaanbaatar
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:13 (three years ago) link
something old and Southern
I mean New Orleans was the first thing I thought of when I saw those wrought iron minibalconies but I can't convince myself this is someplace that warm
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link
Yeah, no magnolia trees
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:36 (three years ago) link
Wait, is this a Left Hand Traffic country?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:44 (three years ago) link
I was wondering too... but there are not traffic signs to judge by, and the road equipment could be traveling in either direction
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
The car braking at the end of the street appears to be LHT.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:01 (three years ago) link
― Mosholu Porkway (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:02 (three years ago) link
22 Paço da Rainhahttps://maps.app.goo.gl/eYWcpi6pdPa2ctm58
― or something, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:14 (three years ago) link
I said Lisbon upthread and I'm pretty sure I've found it? More trees but looks right
― or something, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:15 (three years ago) link
I say more trees, I mean more foliage. cherry blossom's pic obvs winter
― or something, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:17 (three years ago) link
Looks right
― scampsite (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:19 (three years ago) link
Yep, well played.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:23 (three years ago) link
I wondered if the tall building behind the trees was a church, yet it's flanked on both sides by those barn-colored apartments, which made me pause. But it is indeed a church. Good work!
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:29 (three years ago) link
I've visited a grand total of 12 countries and 3 of them have come up here recently, it can't last
― or something, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:30 (three years ago) link
you people
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 01:49 (three years ago) link
amazing work
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 03:45 (three years ago) link
A tough one - interesting that quite a few people thought it was North America. I did think the Iberian peninsula or possibly South America. The tiles certainly pointed to Portugal but despite having been to Lisbon several times, I forgot there are bits of it that aren't hilly!
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 04:03 (three years ago) link
Awesome work!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 04:54 (three years ago) link
I did start googling 'red building city Lisbon' and similar last night suspecting that the caption 'Work' had a double meaning :)
― nashwan, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 09:25 (three years ago) link
Oops, no, no double meaning. Someone assumed that about a previous photo too. There's never a clue in the caption, everything is in the photo only
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 09:50 (three years ago) link
Nice one
Yeah those [whatever you call the glossy mosaics] look so Lisbonian
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 13:52 (three years ago) link
check out the 2009 version on Streetview though
― nashwan, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
Not there in 2014 either!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
This one is going to be relatively easy, i think:
https://i.postimg.cc/PqycJp00/Street-LI-3.jpg
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 14:37 (three years ago) link
Not Europe, not North America, or South America I don't think. Looks Asian, more specifically subcontinental, judging from the men's dress / skin colour. Couple of yellow taxis too which makes me think India. I'm guessing an Indian megalopolis, Mumbai or Delhi.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
Black and yellow curbs could provide the answer
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 20:35 (three years ago) link
But isn't that an oak tree?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
I can confirm that it’s not Mumbai or Delhi.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
looks kind of post--soviet to me but what do i know
― lord of the ting tings (map), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
actually it might be africa?
― lord of the ting tings (map), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
wait no it's definitely antarctica, getting a strong fort mcmurdo vibe
― lord of the ting tings (map), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
Phuket?
― scampsite (darraghmac), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:02 (three years ago) link
Islamabad?
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:03 (three years ago) link
― scampsite (darraghmac), Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:02 PM (twenty-eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
agree
― lord of the ting tings (map), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
The anomalous oak tree is a good spot.
The only clues I will give are that people play cricket there and nobody is super close yet.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
My initial thought was also Delhi but I see thats already been thrown out of court.
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:17 (three years ago) link
Dhaka?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
If I say nobody has the country right yet, that will probably make it a lot easier.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Colombo
― rob, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
Not Sri Lanka.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
found it! Sharjah, UAE - Rolla Square, to be precise
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:54 (three years ago) link
not good at manoeuvring through Google Maps/Street View, but it's around here: https://www.google.com/maps/@25.3564388,55.3896858,3a,75y,348.82h,107.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sL91ToI9apzg3kBC34OPfgg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=nl
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 21:55 (three years ago) link
Good work
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:01 (three years ago) link
not good at manoeuvring through Google Maps/Street View
I am!
https://goo.gl/maps/ZpGU8n69oQw9g66H6
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
a search for black and yellow curbs in Asia got me this pic: http://geotips.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/srwpd3s.jpgwas expecting Bangladesh or Pakistan, but it turned out to be a UAE construction firm. then checked UAE for cricket-ness, not expecting anything, but yes! tried Abu Dhabi parks first, but then switched to Sharjah, which was also mentioned as a cricket-friendly city, and found a pic of a park that seemed to match.Al Rolla Square, as it happens, is actually named after its banyan trees!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
ah thanx, right on the money!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
I thought those black and yellow curbs might do the trick!
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:32 (three years ago) link
yep, I went with your suggestion, seemed like the only way in
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:38 (three years ago) link
I only just noticed it actually says Sharjah on that pic as well!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:41 (three years ago) link
I looked up street views of Dhaka & Colombo and there would be thousands of scooters and Vespa Apes parked on the sidewalk if it was one of those towns, and the sky would be smoggy, and abject poverty
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
time for some red & white curbs
https://i.imgur.com/AuRAomp.jpg
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:54 (three years ago) link
or are they black & white? (honestly can't tell the difference, sorry)
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 22:55 (three years ago) link
that looks like spain?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 9 February 2021 23:26 (three years ago) link
Maybe somewhere in the Caribbean?
― o. nate, Tuesday, 9 February 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
Is that car driving on the left though?
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link
Somewhere warm, somewhere (it seems to me) left hand driving, so former British colony?
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:17 (three years ago) link
These are very good questions, ZZ, and there is an interesting answer which would be too much of a clue at this stage.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link
Convinced myself that it's India but there's really not a lot to go on. Feel like identifying the spongebob-like cartoon on the mural is key
― or something, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link
Driving on the left + scrubbiness of vegetation consistent with Anglophone Caribbean.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 00:40 (three years ago) link
From the comment that there's an interesting answer to my questions that would give too much away, I surmise that this isn't exactly a former British colony, but perhaps once occupied by the British or maybe is still a British overseas territory. For a moment I got excited about Israel, as they seem to have red and white curbs, but sadly they drive on the right. However, Cyprus drives on the left, could it be Nicosia?
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 01:50 (three years ago) link
The far right tbh
― scampsite (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 02:08 (three years ago) link
Feel like we can be a little quick with the clues. Clues were popping out for Sharjah before I'd even seen the pic! (not that I was anywhere close to getting it)
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 03:56 (three years ago) link
Clues from the poster of the pic I mean, not from guessers!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 03:57 (three years ago) link
I'm leaning somewhere in Cyprus for now, but the road signs don't quite feel right for there
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 04:54 (three years ago) link
Googling black and white curbs, I come up with Singapore and Malaysia. Could this be Malaysia? Drives on the left and has "interesting" (to say the least) former relations with Britain. Not quite tidy enough looking to be Singapore, I feel
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 05:31 (three years ago) link
Is it like a big roundabout thing? Whats in the middle? like a raised angled plaque.
I'm stuck on this being Limassol but can't quite make it work
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:30 (three years ago) link
Not Limassol or Nicosia.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link
Or any other city in Cyprus
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:39 (three years ago) link
I'll do a reverse view in a few hours.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:48 (three years ago) link
It definitely feels Caribbean to me but doesn’t remind me of anywhere I know. If the cars are on the left, perhaps Charlotte Amalie in the USVI. If they’re on the right, Belize City?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link
Georgetown, Guyana?
― nickn, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
I was going to do a reverse view but can't find the exact spot, so here is just another view of the city, think this should be a bit more helpful.
https://i.imgur.com/21ruP92.png
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
Alexandria
― rob, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
Definitely driving on the left!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
https://goo.gl/maps/UiAGMT5JUXFcrnyz5
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:08 (three years ago) link
Yes, well done! How did you work it out?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:14 (three years ago) link
I tried for 5 mins to find the original location but I cannot find it. I believe it's somewhere around the roundabout near Christuskirche but I don't have the time today for further goofing off.
The 2nd pic was way more telling. I could make out Alexander F____ House which suggested it was an English speaking country. The palm trees made me believe it was equatorial or southern hemisphere and definitely a coastal city.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:24 (three years ago) link
...except for the coastal bit :)
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
Second pic definitely required, that first one was a real needle in a haystack
― or something, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
Sorry "coastal" may not have been the best descriptor but when looking at maps of continents, Windhoek seems coastal from that perspective.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 10 February 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
I believe it's somewhere around the roundabout near Christuskirche but I don't have the time today for further goofing off.
It's in Limassol. Or, at least its twin is. I was sure I found the building in the distance, the kerb markings, almost everything, in Limassol. Definitely wide of the mark once again
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 February 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
My turn?
https://i.imgur.com/NTtLTW3.png
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 11 February 2021 05:13 (three years ago) link
too easy
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 11 February 2021 09:32 (three years ago) link
Beersheba?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 February 2021 09:46 (three years ago) link
Monterey, California?
― or something, Thursday, 11 February 2021 09:57 (three years ago) link
definitely reminds me of Israel
― All cars are bad (Euler), Thursday, 11 February 2021 10:58 (three years ago) link
also like the hills above Palo Alto, looking toward the Pacific, but the colors and tbh the fences look more like the eastern edges of Jerusalem
― All cars are bad (Euler), Thursday, 11 February 2021 10:59 (three years ago) link
That's a race track no? Hence my guess. A few minutes googling famous racetracks (or raceways as I found they're called in the US) took me to Laguna Seca outside Monterey. This looks a lot like it, even down to the blue and white strip along the track
― or something, Thursday, 11 February 2021 12:13 (three years ago) link
Looks close to the spot
The Corkscrewhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/9npXDVUyBQx5NDiH7
― or something, Thursday, 11 February 2021 12:39 (three years ago) link
correct, the corkscrew at Laguna Seca! Apologies if that was too easy.
I have vomited at the apex of that climb three times in an hour long event.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 11 February 2021 13:59 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/5yvg6GYy/16387-A3-C-2-AC4-495-B-90-CE-06-D38371-F1-E6.jpg
Quite a few leads in the picture for this one.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
Laguna Seca
Is this actually in a city?
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
I checked with your mom and she said that yes it is.
― lord of the ting tings (map), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
Yours said it isn't.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 February 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
Yes Tom Dombadilly, Laguna Seca is in Monterey, CA, USA.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 11 February 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
https://virtualvacation.us/guess now with video
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 12 February 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari),
I can't really look properly until tomorrow but this looks a good one
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 February 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
singapore
― treeship., Friday, 12 February 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
Not Singapore.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 12 February 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
the sign says "BOUISI" so somewhere that was formerly part of french indochina. it just seems like that region to me.
― treeship., Friday, 12 February 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
Surabaya
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 February 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-7.2393138,112.7373624,3a,75y,3.29h,98.77t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sbBEjYxN59iAra0jfGD16oQ!2e0!5s20190201T000000!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 February 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
I figured it was Indonesia but no real clue where, dropped in Surabaya and saw similar roofs straightaway, but finding the actual building was tougher
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 February 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 12 February 2021 20:46 (three years ago) link
I was clear on it being Indonesia and found the similar buildings and all, but then I thought the same thing with thinking Windhoek was in Cyprus and that I'd found the right building in Limassol
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 February 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
gah, what a missed opportunity! thought it might be a police car, but couldn’t quite read how exactly the word was spelled here, and then fixated on that street lamp pole, which looked so familiar, but I couldn’t get it through googling. never occurred to me those red shapes could be letters. “polisi” would have been such a dead giveaway. damn you, low resolution!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 12 February 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/PrgcBGQS/ux20.jpg
Monday
― cherry blossom, Monday, 15 February 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
That looks so much like Toronto, that style of high school underpass mural. Can't place it, or the red trusses, though
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 15 February 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
I'm deeply tempted to say Philadelphia, but I don't know that mural and can't find anything about it on the local mural sites. The buildings toward the center-right look deeply eastern US seaboard to me, or at least east of the Mississippi.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 15 February 2021 15:30 (three years ago) link
I *really* think it's Philadelphia, in the "I feel like I've driven by that mural on the way to the airport" sense. Does on the way to the airport give a clue?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 15 February 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
The foliage does place it around Philly, to my eyes... slightly too verdant for Toronto
― flamboyant goon tie included, Monday, 15 February 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
it's not on the way to the airport
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 15 February 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
oh well
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 15 February 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
Those buildings could rly be anywhere influenced by edwardian architecture
― scampsite (darraghmac), Monday, 15 February 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
i can understand where you'd get that, though, eephus— of the several routes one can take to the Philly airport, one of them requires the driver to stop at a light near a bridge with a mural that has similar vibe. That mural, however, is nowhere near any hills, or within sight of a residential neighborhood, and doesn't feature a red bridge, but some sort of old school concrete/stone amalgam...
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Monday, 15 February 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
welp I just exhausted 5 minutes of various permutations of search terms:
red orange steel art deco rail truss trestle underpass overpass mural
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 15 February 2021 18:04 (three years ago) link
The part of the mural under the bridge depicts a cityscape which maybe represents the city this is? Maaaaaaybe Chicago? There's one building in front which seems to have a diagonal front face like that tower in Chicago that has that.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 15 February 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
Chicago railroad underpasses tend to be concrete in my experience.
― Mosholu Porkway (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 15 February 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
it reminds me so much of one neighbourhood in montreal but like if four different parts of the neighbourhood were kinda patched together like in a dream
― Kompakt Total Landscaping (Will M.), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 18:38 (three years ago) link
any other hints?
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
That stop light is interesting -- only two lights and they're both red (or is one orange?).
― doctor johnson (askance johnson), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
I know of one similar one-lane-wide underpass that has a 2-way light (red & blinking-yellow once triggered).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link
@Will I was also thinking it could be Canada.... but East Van or West Windsor?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
Looks like it could be in New Jersey.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
xp. definitely not east van
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:02 (three years ago) link
I think it’s just a yellow blinking light, the kind that are used as a warning of a possible obstruction.
― Mosholu Porkway (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 16 February 2021 23:11 (three years ago) link
with all due respect to the many good players in this thread, i would like to read an extensive interview with cherry blossom about their approach to the Guess the City game
― alpine static, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 08:23 (three years ago) link
It could probably be anywhere in New England, how about Northampton MA
― Canon in Deez (silby), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/XjxR26nY/Screenshot-2021-02-17-at-17-45-25.png
Reverse angle
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
image was not found or removed
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/nhFFsYkd/aap.jpg
technical issues!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
A whole new worldA new fantastic point of view
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
Feeling much less Philadelphia now
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
Mural shows this is a place with palm trees along the shore (unless it's a mural depicting a completely different place, which just seems too mean of cherry blossom)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
I don't know. The vegetation across the road there looks like it comes from a very different climate. The mural seems to depict some place in the Middle East, but everything else looks very Eastern US to me.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
is that a pool? sign reads something like "stairs could be slippery"?
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:31 (three years ago) link
Looks like a cable stayed bridge in the first picture's mural, but that led me nowhere.
― bulb after bulb, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
stairs closed
and isn't that an elevated train station?
― rob, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
it's Upham's Corner train station in Boston
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
thanks to rob's hint
It's not *technically* a reverse angle, it's around the corner (the cherrypicker is partially obscuring the right side of the mural/ivy from pic 1).
Definitely a smallish train station, the tracks in pic 1 lead into this building.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
lol nevermind well done
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link
https://goo.gl/maps/7Qdzhr5H5WoGwuo88
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
my first ever guess!
only took a shitton of scrolling on Google Image search results for "rail station mural mountains"
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
crossing one off my bucket list
― Dinsdale, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
ha nice one, I have looked at a ton of train-themed murals today
― rob, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
good work!
The second mural depicts Cabo Verde, the first mural is a depiction of Boston
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:04 (three years ago) link
(unless it's a mural depicting a completely different place, which just seems too mean of cherry blossom)― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:21 PM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, February 17, 2021 12:21 PM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:42 (three years ago) link
but OK, I get it, big Cap Verdean community
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:43 (three years ago) link
My northeast US seaboard general vibe was right, at least.
― The return of our beloved potatoes (the table is the table), Thursday, 18 February 2021 02:56 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/vmHZ6tbf/GTC2.png
This one will likely be easy for a few people.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:23 (three years ago) link
Bridgetown, Barbados?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:32 (three years ago) link
lol, yes. Well done.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:40 (three years ago) link
if you recognise it's a cricket ground you're in business with that one
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:40 (three years ago) link
and it's on my list of cricket grounds to visit!
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:41 (three years ago) link
how do we do with ports?
https://i.imgur.com/EVxTEs5.jpg
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 10:47 (three years ago) link
Think it's Trieste? Looks European so got a top 10 of Europe's largest freight ports and did a gis of each, Trieste came in 8th
― or something, Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:37 (three years ago) link
Think you're right
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6374214,13.7671163,3a,15y,211.32h,90.88t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sNgxxgsv1qRBS-N4Zb2MVSA!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DNgxxgsv1qRBS-N4Zb2MVSA%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D250.3017%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
There's the green and white building
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:53 (three years ago) link
(not that I got that! Just going off your answer, I was going to guess maybe Genoa
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 11:54 (three years ago) link
Trieste has the same yellow cranes also
― nashwan, Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:14 (three years ago) link
yes, well done!
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 12:23 (three years ago) link
I heard everyone likes murals:
https://i.postimg.cc/vBgK3hnp/GTC3.png
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:04 (three years ago) link
Qom, Iran?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
Not Qom.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:12 (three years ago) link
varanasi, india
― Jibe, Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:16 (three years ago) link
it's the varanasi junction railway station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi_Junction_railway_station
― Jibe, Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:21 (three years ago) link
Looking pretty chilly out there
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:21 (three years ago) link
Jibe is correct!
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link
xp maybe. In my limited experience, Indians will dress like that as soon as the temperature drops below 10
― rob, Thursday, 18 February 2021 13:30 (three years ago) link
Ooooh I like this pace :) more more more
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/V5QSCZV9/GTC4-LI.jpg
Another relatively easy one, though i have artlessly obscured two of the most Googleable clues.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:11 (three years ago) link
Almost certainly a college campus with the football stadium the structure in front. Looks like Stanford to me, it certainly has those tall palms along the side of roads bordering big lawns.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
The red color is right for Stanford too.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link
I don't think Stanford Stadium is that dumpy, although I don't think I've ever walked next to the stadium.
It looks more like Brazil to me, but I have no feeling for where (I have traveled rather little there).
― All cars are bad (Euler), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
Not Stanford (only one BMW amid subcompact economy hatchbacks). Looks more tropical.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 18 February 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
What an interesting thing on the left. Looks like a pavilion of some sort, reminds me of Venice Biennale (but isn't that)
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
Not Stanford (only one BMW amid subcompact economy hatchbacks)
those might be the humanities professors' cars
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link
Whats the tall thing to the left of the two trees on the left? Sort of looks like a floodlight?
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
Ah, looks like thats already covered
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
Do stadiums in the US have seating go right up like that? Cars don't feel right for US, South America feels a better bet
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
small colleges sometimes have stadiums like that
― treeship., Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
Yeah that totally looks like a US college football stadium to me
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 18 February 2021 17:58 (three years ago) link
It's hard to shake the idea it's California, but it's also p modest looking for a US campus venue for nearly any sport. Plus I'm struggling to think of an English word ending in -cial that would make sense as the last word of the name of that building on the left, whereas in, say, Spanish "ciencia social" would be logical
― rob, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link
yeah I suppose a small liberal arts college could have a dinky entrance like that
btw "brutalist football stadium" is kind of a fun gis
― rob, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
I thought i had this for a second in Rio.
Its not Rio
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:07 (three years ago) link
Flamengo made sense for a moment but no
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
Next guess was Curitiba but absolutely no on that one
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Marcelo_Bielsa_OM_2015.jpg
Got it, I think
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:15 (three years ago) link
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
Thuogh blurred, I can tell the license plates shapes/colors are definitely not USA.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-32.9562396,-60.6596461,3a,75y,273.61h,83.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syj_IdGDoNRITdm839nJoxw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Rosario
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
always quite fancied going to rosario
― Dusty Benelux (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
Marcelo Biela stadium
Bielsa
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
Was thinking Flamengo all along and forgot Newell's Old Boys play in red and black too
That is an absolute unit of a city
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
impressive as always. is there an easy level for this thread where CB is barred from playing? :)
― rob, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link
I knew you were going to get it when you said Rio. xp
Rosario’s very nice.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:22 (three years ago) link
small cars, stadium, red and black, it narrowed down pretty quick
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/9Q5ch11G/GTC5.png
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 19 February 2021 13:28 (three years ago) link
Central Asian feel about the gold guys on the left. Lego building interesting, holding something pretty tall but not that long. Looks almost like a military fair to show off rockets is being set up
― cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
Gaborone, Botswana
https://goo.gl/maps/Kjffcn6jZZ4LHrgP7
― ledge, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:33 (three years ago) link
Good work!
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 19 February 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
damn, nowhere near
― cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
― alpine static,
Still want that interview?
I got lucky, 'large bronze statues in africa' led nowhere but i thought maybe the low building was an airport - it isn't, but 'large bronze statues outside airport in africa' still delivered. built by north korea! https://theculturetrip.com/africa/articles/spectacular-african-monuments-built-by-north-korea/
― ledge, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
Is that building just an apartment block with a cafe in it?
― cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
report of another failed attempt:the small building with the thatched roof on the left suggested Africa to me, but I just couldn’t bring up that white cube building through Google. (it still doesn’t come up when you add Botswana - weird, you’d think it was pretty distinctive). saw the statues, but it seemed too vague a clue.thanx for reading and commiserating
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 19 February 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
Yes that thatched roof building was a red flag for central asia (though it could have been the Botswana stand at the military fair in Uzbekistan)
― cherry blossom, Friday, 19 February 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
― flamboyant goon tie included, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:20 (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
How much do i love it when i love footy phrasings travel like this
― scampsite (darraghmac), Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:13 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/QdrnnK0v/Screenshot-2021-02-22-at-14-21-09.png
Here we go
― cherry blossom, Monday, 22 February 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link
Those look like river cruise boats rather than ocean boats. Guessing Turkey or elsewhere in Central Asia.
― All cars are bad (Euler), Monday, 22 February 2021 15:00 (three years ago) link
Yep, one of the Russian cruise ports like Rostov-na-Donu would make sense.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 22 February 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
I actually think it looks like somewhere on the US west coast, Vancouver even, but I'm definitely wrong.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 22 February 2021 16:27 (three years ago) link
The people look Russian.
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Monday, 22 February 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
Got me thinking Black or Caspian Seas. How about Sochi?
― or something, Monday, 22 February 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link
I guess I don't think they look Russian only because I'm clocking the two people in the bottom right as queer, and quite visibly so imho.
(Not that there aren't queer people in Russia, obv, but just because the look is a little too on the nose queer)
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:15 (three years ago) link
Who knows! But I did take one look at the photo and think they were Russian and then noticed two posts below that someone mentioned Russian cruise ports ... still might be bullshit of course!
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
Definitely a river port because that boat is unable to handle open water swells.
Guessing the Volga for obvious reasons.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
Cheboksary, Chuvashia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@56.1513137,47.2549255,3a,75y,111.11h,83.98t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1szt4qN2Iq5DnJxZnn5CAlEg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3Dzt4qN2Iq5DnJxZnn5CAlEg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D27.551838%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 February 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
Good one. I guess there's a certain "Russian fashion is unintentionally gay" thing that goes on.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 22 February 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
Lmao
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 22 February 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
Sometimes it's hard to tell if gay porn was made in Iowa or outside Petrovostok or whatever.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
HOW
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 22 February 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
Great closing down of the options. I knew someone would get it once the boats were identified as river boats
As for the clothing/fashion, I presume they are Chuvash rather than Russian, but not necessarily
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 06:16 (three years ago) link
Coincidentally, for Russian, Chuvash sounds like dudes
чуваш: Chuvashчувак: Chuvak (Dude)
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 06:24 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/OVXi69O.png
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 08:07 (three years ago) link
https://goo.gl/maps/baidnk5B9Poqb5FB7Chatan, Okinawa, Japan
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 08:29 (three years ago) link
That has to be the quickest return by far!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 09:15 (three years ago) link
https://imgur.com/a/53J6kea
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:47 (three years ago) link
hopefully this time it'll work
https://i.imgur.com/nycdQvW.jpeg
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 10:50 (three years ago) link
Kolkata?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:06 (three years ago) link
Is that a cricket pitch/ground/field?
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:15 (three years ago) link
Bangalore
― or something, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:26 (three years ago) link
(xp) Looks like it. Which would make India possible.
― I'm Going to Bring a Watermelon to Mark Grout Tonight (Tom D.), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:28 (three years ago) link
well done or something it is Bangalore's MG road
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:39 (three years ago) link
@cherry blossom: the area on the right is a parade ground that belongs to the military iirc, but you can see the floodlights of the cricket stadium in the background
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:41 (three years ago) link
(Xp) Bengaluru I should say, apologies. Found the stadium but cant nail the spot
― or something, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:45 (three years ago) link
it's somewhere near the corner of residency road and mg road
― Jibe, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:52 (three years ago) link
Found it, Chief Engineer Offive and Civil Courts, no streetview tho
― or something, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 11:57 (three years ago) link
Nice one Jibe! Here I was waking up and expecting to have to field clues lol. I tried to make my submission a little harder (America town in Okinawa which has a lot of English/Roman signs) but I obviously failed at that lol.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 15:21 (three years ago) link
Sometimes it's hard to tell if gay porn was made in Iowa or outside Petrovostok or whatever.― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, February 22, 2021 2:05 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkHOW― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, February 22, 2021 2:09 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, February 22, 2021 2:05 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, February 22, 2021 2:09 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
I could explain using images, but that would be very NSFW.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link
lol I thought eephus! was asking "how" did Albert figure it out, but now I'm not sure
― rob, Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
ha ha I meant how did Albert figure it out but both are fair questions
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
ahahaha lol
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
"river ports along the Volga" led me to this list of principal ports:
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Volga+Basin+River+Ports
then results "volga river port [x]" for "volga river port cheboksary" got me to this img srch:
https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=volga+river+port+cheboksary
took ~10 mins
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/nLcr0039/graowu.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 1 March 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
that looks like England to me. Stafford?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Monday, 1 March 2021 14:12 (three years ago) link
Certainly feels northern European but something doesn't look quite right for England, I might be wrong
― or something, Monday, 1 March 2021 14:50 (three years ago) link
It does looks like England. Stafford's not a city though.
― Punk's not daft (Tom D.), Monday, 1 March 2021 14:52 (three years ago) link
I did wonder about that. It has that central England feel to it though. Stoke-on-Trent?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Monday, 1 March 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
Holy shit, that was a lucky drop. Tampere, Finland
Kalevantiehttps://maps.app.goo.gl/586xDRm4cCXKPrpVA
― or something, Monday, 1 March 2021 15:06 (three years ago) link
Great!I was wondering about the church/tower's shape on the left but I didn't see any cyrillic on the bridge's sign (...ITTI) or the building on the left (...OSIA) but it's not far from Russia after all
― StanM, Monday, 1 March 2021 15:13 (three years ago) link
nice, that white building does look Nordic
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Monday, 1 March 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
Sorcery
― cherry blossom, Monday, 1 March 2021 15:24 (three years ago) link
I tried Turku, Gothenburg and Stockholm before Tampere. Oh and Derby
― or something, Monday, 1 March 2021 15:32 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/NjDVzGNd/yae.jpg
Friday
― cherry blossom, Friday, 5 March 2021 19:35 (three years ago) link
it's the UK, and pretty sure I've driven through that junction, or one just like it, is it Liverpool?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 5 March 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
My first thought was Leeds
― calzino, Friday, 5 March 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
actually scratch Leeds, the junction approaching Beeston I was thinking of has a view of the ugly Leeds skyline.
― calzino, Friday, 5 March 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
nottingham?
― nxd, Friday, 5 March 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
Dont think its liverpool, looks a bit like edge lane but too hilly. Reminds me of Birmingham
― or something, Friday, 5 March 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
bleak image, no wonder post-punk sounds like that
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 5 March 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
Oxford?
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 5 March 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
Glasgow? The houses in the distance look Scottish.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Friday, 5 March 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link
that looks like the A38 into bristol
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 5 March 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
it does look a bit bleak for the south. don't recognize the junction, but ... sheffield?
that looks like the A38 into bristol― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, March 5, 2021 9:42 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, March 5, 2021 9:42 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Yes, that might be what I'm thinking of!
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 5 March 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
A6177https://maps.app.goo.gl/VTbpy3VpQBizrX2U6
Got it, heading into Bradford
― or something, Friday, 5 March 2021 23:08 (three years ago) link
Stupid question but are you manually blurring the number plates or are these from google street view?
― that's not my post, Saturday, 6 March 2021 01:42 (three years ago) link
They're from google streetview, which autoblurs number plates (at least most of the time). Images are as is!
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 6 March 2021 12:59 (three years ago) link
oh I knew I'd seen it before. I made several journeys through that junction taking my dog to the Bradford PDSA a couple of years back.
― calzino, Saturday, 6 March 2021 13:01 (three years ago) link
― or something,
Correct, Bradford it is xp
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 6 March 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
it's a lot prettier approaching the Keighley side of Bradford through the beautiful desolation of Bronte country.
― calzino, Saturday, 6 March 2021 13:18 (three years ago) link
I didn't pick the best shot thats for sure!
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 6 March 2021 14:17 (three years ago) link
I didn't mean to pick one with a junction for Bradford because of the next choice
https://i.postimg.cc/43sMjnZL/sss.jpg
weekend view
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 6 March 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
Looks like US signage. Palm trees. Looks a bit green for California. Maybe Florida?
― o. nate, Saturday, 6 March 2021 23:36 (three years ago) link
Could be anywhere along the Gulf Coast tbh
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Sunday, 7 March 2021 00:29 (three years ago) link
As an ex-Floridian my first thought was that's Florida, but I would say East Coast. Boca Raton or Delray Beach, somewhere around there.
― Josefa, Sunday, 7 March 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
US cities are the toughest to find, so many of them
― or something, Sunday, 7 March 2021 00:58 (three years ago) link
i want to say those are florida east coast railway tracks, but every time i drop down beside them in street view the landscaping is rougher
― circles, Sunday, 7 March 2021 01:21 (three years ago) link
2 E Atlantic Blvdhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/VexzGpfLZKKoCYWv5
Pompano Beach, never heard of it. Thanks to the clues above I dropped at several crossroads in florida with a highway running parallel to the tracks before stumbling across it
― or something, Sunday, 7 March 2021 02:18 (three years ago) link
Awesome! I spent a lot of time in Pompano back in the day. It's two towns south of Boca Raton, so I was close. That was tricky because along those railroad tracks, even within the same city, there are some very skanky stretches as well as some nicely landscaped ones as in the photo.
― Josefa, Sunday, 7 March 2021 02:26 (three years ago) link
Good work! Yeah I did think after I posted it that I should have picked a less landscaped stretch
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 7 March 2021 03:19 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/P5LQSF5B/ohla.jpg
Monday back to work
― cherry blossom, Monday, 8 March 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
definitely china
― map ca. 1890 (map), Monday, 8 March 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
I'm getting Chesterfield vibes, pedestrian rocking the tight black leggings and big foofy boots look noted.
― calzino, Monday, 8 March 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
for a second I thought I saw a badge of the Barsnley fc mascot on the rear side window that little white car that looks a bit like a Clio. I magnified it and it seems more like Barney Bear.
― calzino, Monday, 8 March 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
oops I forgot Chesterfield isn't a city, the famous spire made me think there was a cathedral!
― calzino, Monday, 8 March 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
my final proper guess is going to be Nottingham
― calzino, Monday, 8 March 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
Not much to go on there, could be anywhere in England from the midlands up. Is that a St George flag in the back of that car? If so I'd may be rule out one of the larger,more cosmopolitan, northern cities and maybe guess Derby?
― or something, Monday, 8 March 2021 18:37 (three years ago) link
there isn't an external intruder alarm box on every single house, it's some kind of utopia!
― calzino, Monday, 8 March 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
Not Derby then
― or something, Monday, 8 March 2021 18:55 (three years ago) link
Or Stoke-on-Trent.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
can't find exact spot on google maps but p sure its hell
― plax (ico), Monday, 8 March 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
Kingston-on-Hell?
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Monday, 8 March 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
Sorry, Kingston upon Hell
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Monday, 8 March 2021 19:01 (three years ago) link
i feel like i say this for every question but is that sheffield (abbeydale, specifically)?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 March 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
looks a bit flat for Sheffield but maybe that's why it was chosen
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 8 March 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link
if you guys think that place looks like hell, you should see Manor Park!
― calzino, Monday, 8 March 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
Vaguely reminds me of parts of Southampton and the geography mostly fits (the rising land in the distance).
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 8 March 2021 19:58 (three years ago) link
Gonna go with Rochdale for some reason
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 8 March 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
how strict are we being about "city"?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 March 2021 20:23 (three years ago) link
Guess the Census-Designated Place
― Canon in Deez (silby), Monday, 8 March 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
No matter how lax you are Rochdale can never be a city.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Monday, 8 March 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
So far I've learned that there are endless minor variations of window lintels on terraced houses in the UK (but none quite like in the picture yet) and that Sunderland has a surprising number of single story terraces
― or something, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 01:05 (three years ago) link
https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BYCP5B/creswell-model-village-derbyshire-england-BYCP5B.jpg
This is a pic of the Creswell Model Village in Chesterfield aka what was the poshest council estate in England I've ever seen. But some of the surrounding houses in the area looked a bit like the houses in that pic. But lol, that sure narrows it down.
― calzino, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 01:29 (three years ago) link
I think Giorgio de Chirico was a very mediocre artist but he did successfully visualise the claustrophobic angst of perspective in some way... not even sure if that makes any sense.. but anyway it's definitely Wakefield.
― calzino, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 02:21 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/1zK9dtVn/viewtwo.jpg
An alternate view
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
Doncaster?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/NfY7mC7g/Screenshot-2021-03-10-at-20-32-48.png
Bonus Beats, as alternate view is probably too similar to original view
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 20:35 (three years ago) link
I think it's already been mentioned by Tom D, Stoke?
― or something, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
looks a little like Bosom Manor to me
― map ca. 1890 (map), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
I've been combing through Stoke trying to find that terrace with no joy. The raised ground in the background reminded me of looking from Stoke towards Newcastle-under-Lyme
― or something, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
84 Church Sthttps://maps.app.goo.gl/2auaoTQS9bZ9BReZ6
Googled Card Factory Stoke, now to find that terrace...
― or something, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
bloody card factory
― calzino, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
Boom
27 Welby Sthttps://maps.app.goo.gl/Nf3EEJaDaJmhUbxg8
― or something, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:36 (three years ago) link
Hold on, did I get one right?
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
Oh no, I said, "It can't be Stoke then".
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
sorry stoke-on-trent but you're the first city in a while that i would not want to visit
― map ca. 1890 (map), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:42 (three years ago) link
Stoke does look ever so slightly like bits Doncaster or Dewsbury or loads of other verified N shitholes. Vale Park is a nice place to go for an way trip, some decent pubs and utterly horrid people!
― calzino, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
(xp) Very wise.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:48 (three years ago) link
I was there at the early days of the Card Factory empire story. I worked for a company called Power Plus that at the time had the contract do the leccy installation stuff where they were opening up shops 15 metres from every Clinton's Cards in the North and aggressively undercutting them and putting them out of business. They got a lot bigger since then, the founder Dean Hoyle sold them for £400m about 10 years ago.
― calzino, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 21:56 (three years ago) link
or something PI is on a hot streak right now!
― calzino, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
I've got a lot of time on my hands
― or something, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:46 (three years ago) link
Good curries in Stoke is all I remember.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:49 (three years ago) link
Stoke on Trent it is.
I thought the initial terrace might be too hard but couldn't tell. It felt like Stoke but at the same time if felt like both nowhere. Looking round it, it started to feel like this isn't anywhere it might be, and that only leaves Stoke.
Leaving in Card Factory in Bonus Beats might have been too big a clue, but refinding the original street even where I knew its location was tough, so good work to Or Something in finding that
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 11 March 2021 04:27 (three years ago) link
― map ca. 1890 (map),
Whats Bosom Manor?!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 11 March 2021 04:40 (three years ago) link
it's from a bit where Americans do British-isms to "hilarious" effect
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 11 March 2021 09:30 (three years ago) link
I should have done a couple moves down the street to include that, might have made a touch easier - especially as people were in the right ballpark early on
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 11 March 2021 10:54 (three years ago) link
Bosom Manor was coined by silby, iirc, to make fun of the endless churn of tv & film born out of nostalgia for the British aristocracy (your Downton Abbeys etc.), not to mock British-isms.
― rob, Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:43 (three years ago) link
Yeah but now it just gets deployed when Brits talk about TV shows or celebrities that the American poster hasn't heard of.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
It's a bit too LOL Funny Foreigners tbh.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
Okay, I looked through some old posts and you're both right. I guess I retconned it to make into a more useful joke. Also: apologies to NA, who actually came up with the original.
― rob, Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:59 (three years ago) link
much obliged guv'nah
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
anytime m'lud
― rob, Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
Don't mention blood pudding.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/7h00LQCM/ploa.jpg
Time for a new city!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link
An improvement on Stoke-on-Trent for sure.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:22 (three years ago) link
Lol funny foreigners ban not a great fit for brits tbh imo
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:25 (three years ago) link
xps my kind of town that
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:26 (three years ago) link
Im mad but its hardly as obvious as seattle
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
― calzino, Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
I think Oslo is flatter than that
― StanM, Thursday, 11 March 2021 14:56 (three years ago) link
First thought is it looks like a lake somewhere in the mountains, possibly in Asia or South America.
― o. nate, Thursday, 11 March 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link
sorry about "Bosom Manor" folks!
― map ca. 1890 (map), Thursday, 11 March 2021 15:23 (three years ago) link
I support the bosom manor meme strongly in all its forms
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 March 2021 15:25 (three years ago) link
I also took absolutely minus zero offence from it.
― calzino, Thursday, 11 March 2021 15:26 (three years ago) link
― Canon in Deez (silby), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
for a second I wanted to say Vancouver, but no.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link
Also, taking offense at "Bosom Manor" is absurd, it has nothing to do with "lol foreigners," it has to do with Brits on this board being like "oh this person played the hilarious maid in a show that was on for one year in the 70s for which I'm nostalgic" and USAmericans being like "y'all crazy"
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
it's incredibly funny, too, makes me smile every time i read it.
I fell way behind on this thread but the latest pic reminds me of KL. Where is our Malaysian contingent?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
(or Singapore?)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
xxp the Bosom Manor stuff isn't offensive at all (to me at least), just lame and unfunny, but then I might just be a humourless Brit so carry on!
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, March 11, 2021 4:34 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
tbf i did actually mean it as a sort of dig at how many photos of samey british flats we've been seeing lately itt but the same criticism could be leveled at any country's cities for the most part.
― map ca. 1890 (map), Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
Happens a lot on ILX does it?
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
Bosom Manor is quite amusing but not really fitting for a row of 2 up 2 downs in Stoke I'd have thought.
Anyway, first thought here was somewhere mountainous like maybe Switzerland but I've checked the Lake Geneva cities and it doesn't appear to be any of them
― or something, Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
it looks pacific to me, id guess asia
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 11 March 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I thought that too.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
Looks like Japan maybe? Nagasaki?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 11 March 2021 19:10 (three years ago) link
https://maps.app.goo.gl/vMjctkopsCqeAAoW6
Sokcho, South Korea. After scouring almost every coastal city on the Asian Pacific. First guess was way off, kudos to the above for pointing in right direction
― or something, Friday, 12 March 2021 00:47 (three years ago) link
I thought it was a lake so I spent some time looking at cities on lakes in Asia. For a little while I thought it might be Lake Suwa in Japan.
― o. nate, Friday, 12 March 2021 02:15 (three years ago) link
Sokcho it is, or 가슴 매너 as it is known locally
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 10:42 (three years ago) link
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli)
Presence was missed, the sleuthing on Cheboksary was exemplary
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 10:49 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/fLsBkhNY/aaa.jpg
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 11:51 (three years ago) link
Tough one. I have nothing except Asia
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 12 March 2021 12:21 (three years ago) link
The park and the girl make me think US
― or something, Friday, 12 March 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
Indianapolis?
― Bruno Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 March 2021 14:22 (three years ago) link
It does look like a Midwestern river town.
― o. nate, Friday, 12 March 2021 16:04 (three years ago) link
Perth?
― calzino, Friday, 12 March 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
Not the Scottish one that's for sure.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Friday, 12 March 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
I think I see an evergreen back there? reminds me of denver, but the terraced skyscraper in the bg isn't denver, i'm pretty sure. woman looks american to me. looks a little on the dry side as well. i would guess upper plains to start with but who knows, not much to go by.
― map ca. 1890 (map), Friday, 12 March 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
...Calgary?
― Bruno Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
Ahhhhh, I know this one! Gimme a second and I'll find the google pin.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
Having some trouble but I'm 90% sure it's the River Walk district of "The Biggest Little City In The World".
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
https://goo.gl/maps/ye9GEuQ3QwpuYc738
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
(thx to Cherry Blossom for the gimme lol)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
my pin was not exact (it was one park entrance over), this is the correct one:
https://goo.gl/maps/Ag67dKuBegVdimdW9
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
Yeah, I was gonna say Reno NV.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 March 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
The Silver Legacy* is pretty distinctive. I think it's the tallest building in Nevada?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
*map: "the terraced skyscraper in the bg"
Supposedly Peter Jackson used it for inspo for Minas Morgul:
https://i.imgur.com/uCM7pmZ.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
The Biggest Little Bosom In The Manor
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
those tall buildings with setbacks in a low density city were the giveaway that it was north america
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 12 March 2021 17:59 (three years ago) link
― cherry blossom, Friday, March 12, 2021 5:47 PM (twenty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
lmao
― map ca. 1890 (map), Friday, 12 March 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
reno sucks ass ftr
i would rather go to stoke on trent than reno
― map ca. 1890 (map), Friday, 12 March 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
That's easy to say for someone who's never been to stoke-on-trent
― or something, Friday, 12 March 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
I was in Reno a year or so ago.. the gaming scene is definitely dying, killed off by California Indian casinos I imagine. There are empty ghost hotels, but you can still get the prime rib dinner (with beverage) for $8.99 at CalNeva.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 March 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
Reno still has charm if you are uninterested in gaming:
Lots of access to the backside of the Sierras (although a friend lost his leg a couple years back after an extremely terrible climbing fall), pretty amazing hot springs that are off the internet grid, uh... that's all I got.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 12 March 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
Oh, delicious (and CHEAP) Basque food within <1 hour drive.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, March 12, 2021 6:42 PM (nineteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
not to be pedantic but these sound like they are all.... not in reno
― map ca. 1890 (map), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link
and the less-than-an-hour-away basque food
i wouldn't die on the hill of reno sucking ass but i would take a scratch or two
― map ca. 1890 (map), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
My grandad died on the hill of reno, sucking ass
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
it's unbearably hot then quite cold. dry as a bone. no culture. car city. everyone's a libertarian. sky is darkened by wildfire smoke an increasing amount of days per year. it's true you can drive an hour or more to get somewhere nicer i guess.
― map ca. 1890 (map), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
Its a similar story with Stoke on Trent and its branches of Card Factory, most (but perhaps crucially not all!) appear to be in adjacent areas, though opinions are fairly divided on what counts as Stoke on Trent proper, and what is just another shade of gray
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
Ok, "easy one"
https://i.imgur.com/T1BldVa.jpg
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:26 (three years ago) link
Reno has great pawn shops, and a short drive to Virginia City which is pretty fun and has one of the best pioneer cemeteries anywhere.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
i've been to stoke on trent and reno. neither is great tbh.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:29 (three years ago) link
I have also been to both, Reno just shades it for me, but on the other hand Stoke on Trent is easier to leave
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:31 (three years ago) link
Johnny Cash never shot a man in Stoke on Trent just to watch him die
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
Tony Pulis was in charge at the time, Cash was rarely able to leave his own half, was never even in shooting range
― cherry blossom, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:43 (three years ago) link
he was too busy getting his ass sucked by darraghmac’s grandad
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 12 March 2021 19:43 (three years ago) link
and another xp
lol deleted my Pulis ref after getting xp'ed!
Norwich?
― calzino, Friday, 12 March 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
Nothing on the radar yet. If I get one I usually have a sense as a starting point and then close in from there, but I got nothing so far!
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 13 March 2021 07:22 (three years ago) link
well I've managed to rule out Finland and Iceland because their No Entry signs use a yellow stripe on red and Greece because they use a shorter white stripe!
― calzino, Saturday, 13 March 2021 09:31 (three years ago) link
Could be Spain? But I'd be surprised if another pick wasn't needed here
― or something, Saturday, 13 March 2021 09:36 (three years ago) link
Bit early for another pic!
My first though was Italy. And I'm going to hazard a guess theres a decent sized drop to a wider valley below
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 13 March 2021 10:01 (three years ago) link
I was thinking Greece too
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Saturday, 13 March 2021 11:23 (three years ago) link
(dunno, something to do with the trees)
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Saturday, 13 March 2021 11:24 (three years ago) link
Arles?
― calzino, Saturday, 13 March 2021 11:30 (three years ago) link
Malibu
― rob, Saturday, 13 March 2021 15:41 (three years ago) link
might be time for an alternative view
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 13 March 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
Ok, here you go then
https://i.imgur.com/KmYfmmf.jpg
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 13 March 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
Looks vaguely Czech... but also LHD so I don't think so.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 13 March 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
LHD or a one-way street?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 13 March 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/cf/d5/97/cfd597959d6414677666e2133953269e.png
it looks a bit like my fave childhood Czech mole, Krtek, on the roundabout at first glance.
― calzino, Saturday, 13 March 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
...unless those are one way streets?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 13 March 2021 21:52 (three years ago) link
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 13 March 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
i see snowflake decorations in summer, think it's south america or australia tbh
― map ca. 1890 (map), Saturday, 13 March 2021 22:12 (three years ago) link
it looks weirdly like a specific place in Majorca i've been to but i guess not
― scamp til you're damp (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 13 March 2021 22:19 (three years ago) link
I had the same kinda feeling re Funchal, for some reason, incl i-guess-not.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 13 March 2021 23:38 (three years ago) link
The first pic I thought slightly resembled some fancy-ass hotel I stayed in Peru but the 2nd pic def feels more Euro.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 13 March 2021 23:50 (three years ago) link
Looks more like Pingu. Where do they have penguins? Argentina? Chile?
― Woke For Luck (Tom D.), Saturday, 13 March 2021 23:59 (three years ago) link
which country has a penguin in a red hard hat?
― calzino, Sunday, 14 March 2021 00:26 (three years ago) link
Wales
― scamp til you're damp (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 March 2021 00:28 (three years ago) link
I can't tell if it is a type I or type II hard hat, need that 3d photo historic-future tech that Deckard has at hand in Blade Runner to sort this out.
― calzino, Sunday, 14 March 2021 00:37 (three years ago) link
he could be a puffin tbf
― scamp til you're damp (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 March 2021 00:41 (three years ago) link
Googling "penguin in a red hard hat" proved surprisingly popular in that there's a Disney game called Club Penguin where a red hard hat appears to be a prize but that's as far as I got. It seems to have been popular everywhere and I'm too tired to try and narrow it down right now, way past bed time
― or something, Sunday, 14 March 2021 01:38 (three years ago) link
*Proved surprisingly fruitful even, told you I was tired
Mistah Club Penguin, he dead
― scamp til you're damp (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 14 March 2021 01:44 (three years ago) link
I've lost my reading glasses for closely looking at stuff and I'm overdue an eye-test by 2 years but I think now it might be a woolly hat rather that a hard hat.
― calzino, Sunday, 14 March 2021 01:45 (three years ago) link
looks like a coil of red poop to me
― map ca. 1890 (map), Sunday, 14 March 2021 01:52 (three years ago) link
I think the inscrutability of this one possibly points to sub-tropical China, but also lazily guessed because Cam has lived there.
― calzino, Sunday, 14 March 2021 02:07 (three years ago) link
I "love" how this was first posted as "easy one"...
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 14 March 2021 02:22 (three years ago) link
I thought the penguin was wearing a Devo energy dome (but I'm working off of limited sleep tbqh)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 14 March 2021 02:23 (three years ago) link
is it in DEVOn?
― StanM, Sunday, 14 March 2021 03:32 (three years ago) link
I'm getting more of a South American vibe off this one, at first glance
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 03:52 (three years ago) link
The guy in front of the little green truck thing, I don't see anyone in Europe wearing that hat
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 04:52 (three years ago) link
Yes, definite South American vibe.
― Woke For Luck (Tom D.), Sunday, 14 March 2021 09:04 (three years ago) link
Besides the skiing bird (or two?) there's another figure over on the right with a red and white mushroom hat and pants that may have a story to tell
The two pictures seem like different places, which keeps throwing me off
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 11:51 (three years ago) link
the penguin is on skis , in case that helps
― StanM, Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah I see skiing is involved, though I'm not 100 its a penguin!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:18 (three years ago) link
Penguins, skis, red and white all suggest Chile and I think some places in Santiago have similar street lights. The green building is throwing me though.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:32 (three years ago) link
Ok, view #3
https://i.imgur.com/obnMA7s.jpg
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:33 (three years ago) link
that looks a bit like one of the themed fast food zones at Flamingoland
― calzino, Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:46 (three years ago) link
Macau:
https://www.google.com/maps/@22.1169987,113.550976,3a,75y,90.42h,84.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipNvWCdSllfWdZRGx2IfXbhy27i5qnIneEmQuWYm!2e10!7i5376!8i2688
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:51 (three years ago) link
Mansión del Seno, Shanghai
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:51 (three years ago) link
Ha! not even that far out
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:52 (three years ago) link
at least I managed to guess the country correctly last night.
― calzino, Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:55 (three years ago) link
I know Macau is supposed to be part of China, but considering the two hours it can take to get across the border, it certainly feels like you're going to a different country.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 March 2021 12:59 (three years ago) link
How did you get it, Anagram?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:00 (three years ago) link
original view here
https://www.google.com/maps/@22.118114,113.5517598,3a,75y,156.57h,89.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stICdZzhTqUlMkz6yPFWkyg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:01 (three years ago) link
sorry, thats the second view
Google maps labeling Macau as "Zhuhai", smh
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
Got lucky, just googled "yellow church" and it was in the first page of image results.
This is the first one of these I've ever got so I'm feeling very pleased with myself. Not so much into setting them myself though so please go ahead.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@22.1219506,113.568077,3a,75y,89.66h,89.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swSwC9plmyD3Rq35EkK_KQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
original view
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:05 (three years ago) link
I was a long way out on this, I'd got it into my head the second photo was Monterrey Argentina but that the first photo wasn't. Saw the third photo and abandoned any notions of south americ
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:08 (three years ago) link
The incongruous penguin and friends should have been more of a giveaway it wasn't South America
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:11 (three years ago) link
when I google "yellow church" there is one in Macau but it's another one alltogether :-)
― StanM, Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:16 (three years ago) link
This would have been view #4
https://i.imgur.com/jEUCAim.jpg
Can never tell how easy/hard these will be.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:29 (three years ago) link
Anyway, who's up next?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:30 (three years ago) link
Its only a matter of time before there is one with a branch of Card Factory, a fully grey sky, and a road sign that says Bosom-on-Trent 4 miles and it will be in Wenzhou
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:30 (three years ago) link
There will be a perfect replica of The Britannia stadium and a Pulis lookalike on the street outside a hologram of Greggs. It will then turn out that Tony is the manager of Shenzhen Town
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:35 (three years ago) link
A much easier one, I think:
https://i.postimg.cc/hGqSSR7G/0948-D7-CC-DE69-414-A-9042-EE68946-B9-EDA.jpg
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:36 (three years ago) link
Alexandria?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:42 (three years ago) link
Not Alexandria.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 14 March 2021 13:45 (three years ago) link
Found a mosque which looks very much like that in Dubai, but not next to a highway.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 March 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
Al Khor, Qatar?
― calzino, Sunday, 14 March 2021 14:15 (three years ago) link
Not Al Khor or Dubai.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 14 March 2021 14:16 (three years ago) link
Doha?
― calzino, Sunday, 14 March 2021 14:39 (three years ago) link
Not Doha.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 14 March 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
Avenue des Martyrshttps://maps.app.goo.gl/4vaFotTatZVeGJP37
Sfax, Tunisia. Was working my way along North African coast and that building came up on the first page of a gis of Sfax. It's a fish market
― or something, Sunday, 14 March 2021 16:42 (three years ago) link
Indeed it is. Well done!
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 14 March 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
the closest I got was wondering around Algiers for a bit
― calzino, Sunday, 14 March 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
snazziest fish market I've ever seen
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 14 March 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/PJHThGrq/eee.jpg
Monday morning
― cherry blossom, Monday, 15 March 2021 12:23 (three years ago) link
looks a bit like Manchester at first glance
― calzino, Monday, 15 March 2021 13:12 (three years ago) link
Lol I was thinking the estuary and skyline looked like Liverpool, the Mersey and the Wirral from Everton valley if you squint hard enough
― or something, Monday, 15 March 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link
I was looking at the river (bay?) and what appears to be a big inlet or tributary - maybe even a massive canal going through the middle of town and I started thinking about one of the ports along the Rhine but I think the Rhine is probably too narrow. Hamburg?
As usual I feel I'd have a better chance if I could see some church towers.
― Tim, Monday, 15 March 2021 13:43 (three years ago) link
it looks Nordic and/or Baltic to me, but I don't think the layout is that of Hamburg. Helsinki perhaps?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Monday, 15 March 2021 13:49 (three years ago) link
― calzino, Monday, 15 March 2021 13:57 (three years ago) link
Nord Iron
― calzino, Monday, 15 March 2021 14:01 (three years ago) link
First instinct is Europe, maybe France? Looking for a French city with an estuary, Le Havre seems like it could fit, similar architecture. Can't find that spot yet tho
― or something, Monday, 15 March 2021 14:07 (three years ago) link
don't those pine trees look kinda southern?
― StanM, Monday, 15 March 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure they have those in Normandy at least.
― Tim, Monday, 15 March 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
The trees are throwing me a bit.
― Woke For Luck (Tom D.), Monday, 15 March 2021 16:28 (three years ago) link
100 Rue Georges Lafauriehttps://maps.app.goo.gl/aXbkLjWhZsg5izn4A
Turns out I was right, it is Le Havre
― or something, Monday, 15 March 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
oh wow
― StanM, Monday, 15 March 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
Good one.
― Tim, Monday, 15 March 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
Good work. good when the initial hunch comes in
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 07:14 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/wjZLwPrb/fog.jpg
tuesday
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link
Perth, Australia?
― Tim, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:31 (three years ago) link
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania?
― calzino, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
I was thinking maybe somewhere in Quebec on the St. Lawrence.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
it's not Montreal, and I don't think there's another option for a place as dense as that
something about the architecture / roofs looks not North American to me
― rob, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link
I’m pretty sure it’s Perth now.
― Tim, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
The trees don't look right for Australia.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
pretty sure it's in a deciduous zone.
― map ca. 1890 (map), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:41 (three years ago) link
Is it Dnipro, Ukraine? I can't find the exact view from that angle, but some bridges and buildings look very suggestive of being in the right place.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:44 (three years ago) link
i've tried the mid-atlantic seaboard in the u.s. and some baltic cities. can't find anything that looks that bright / new lol. feel like it's gotta be a somewhat major shipping port (river adjacent to large body of water?) with those bridges.
xp!
― map ca. 1890 (map), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:44 (three years ago) link
the row of buildings at center right stretching into the bg looks soviet possibly
― map ca. 1890 (map), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:46 (three years ago) link
Think it's Dnipro, found the bridges
― or something, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
So o. nate otm
― or something, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:19 (three years ago) link
xp, but ima post anyway.Not anywhere in the US, I don't see a single billboard or any large advertisement sign, which would be very unusual in that much city.
― nickn, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
Dnipro for sure, this is the red-with-white-stripes building in the bottom right corner:https://goo.gl/maps/wjNfp9u6tZod9EDw9
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
that is one nice-looking post-soviet city!
― map ca. 1890 (map), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
i got as far as Zaporizhzhia but did not move further up the dnieper. which is huge lol
― map ca. 1890 (map), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:27 (three years ago) link
Much of it was built up after the fall, unlike some other cities, but also worth mentioning that like Cracow in Poland, a certain amount of the pre-war city remained because it was occupied by the Nazis relatively briefly...and they also thought it was very beautiful. So much of Cracow's centrum remains relatively intact. It's odd.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:31 (three years ago) link
Ha amazing. I was sure I could see the Matagarup bridge and then there was another bridge in about the right place and on the map there was a stadium in about the right location... which I didn’t check, looks nothing like the one in the pic. Good Dnipro-finding.
― Tim, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
The bridge in the foreground doesn't appear to have clearance for freighters, but definitely can accommodate river barges.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 22:13 (three years ago) link
There didn't seem to be enough cities on rivers in Canada, so I thought to try Russia and Eastern Europe. Started with Kiev moved south. Luckily found Dnipro pretty quick.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 01:05 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.4668541,35.0298501,3a,90y,102.46h,75.88t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOYXYr5x_jA-VfNkoFY8SRpecC00_pRXxjYaY5-!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOYXYr5x_jA-VfNkoFY8SRpecC00_pRXxjYaY5-%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya238.95596-ro0-fo100!7i14000!8i7000
Original view here.
The pictured Dnipro arena was too small for use in Euro 2012.
In 2015 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (as they were then known) knocked out Olympiacos, Ajax, Brugge, and Napoli before losing to to Sevilla in the Europa League final. They had to play their European home games in Kyiv due to the conflict in Eastern Ukraine (even though the city itself isn't really affected?). They then when bust in 2019, but there is now a successor club, SC Dnipro-1
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 03:24 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.464283,35.0328102,3a,60y,359.05h,79.61t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOayIRAWgrUrqOuK3BRrAj0CR7vlVlG1k-okipL!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOayIRAWgrUrqOuK3BRrAj0CR7vlVlG1k-okipL%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya356.25626-ro-0-fo100!7i8984!8i4492
And another good Dnipro shot here
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 03:26 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/c4yFvCZ6/ezu.jpg
Wednesday
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 13:15 (three years ago) link
Southern England. A less hilly part of Bristol?
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 13:21 (three years ago) link
Wakefield
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link
TIL that uK cities that are not London have started doing red routes / urban clearways/ double red lines.
― Tim, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 13:40 (three years ago) link
I think Wakefield might be the only UK city with street name signs in white lettering on black. Couldn't see any in the pic but there are still some up the road from me from pre boundary changes.
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
I recognize that sky but nothing else.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 14:17 (three years ago) link
Also getting a West Country vibe, maybe Gloucester?
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
Inverness
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
feel like this is a trick question and the answer is west london near the a40.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
I thought 'somewhere between Greenford and Wembley' when I first saw it.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 20:06 (three years ago) link
This is a good one because it looks like there would be loads of clues, but they all seem to lead to nothing, I even started googling where Ratpack and Baby D have appeared on the same bill, the answer is "many places"
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
I think it looks like London too but the double red lines suggest red routes and there aren’t many of those, at least not looking like that. But the brick certainly looks like London stock.
― Tim, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
It's bin night. Different councils have different bin types, but I refuse to go down that rabbit hole.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:30 (three years ago) link
red lines and "look right". it has to be london?!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:40 (three years ago) link
Aylmer Rdhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/oSscdabTSjRHYEke8
Everybody otm, North London. Found a flyer for rat pack, baby d and dj pioneer at Kolis nightclub N19. Searched Google maps for it, zoomed in, found the nearest mJor looking road junction and bingo
― or something, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
Muswell Hillbillies
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:47 (three years ago) link
or something's forensic mind palace and dogged detective skills for identifying locations has been quite remarkable in this thread, respect.
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
Cheers calz
― or something, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 23:11 (three years ago) link
I zoomed in on that poster and tried to make it out but could not do so at all.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 23:17 (three years ago) link
calz using 'forensic' in approbatory fashion is high praise indeed.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 23:20 (three years ago) link
I meant it as a compliment!
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
I couldn't make it out either, just picked up on caal's identification, he must have a high spec screen display xp
― or something, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
Good work, I didn't even notice that flyer never mind what was written on it (or I would have chosen a shot without it there). Still a fair bit of work to do from there though!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 23:54 (three years ago) link
https://flic.kr/ps/3W8kzK
― keen reverberations of twee (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 18 March 2021 00:28 (three years ago) link
it's been too long. i forgot how to do this lol
― keen reverberations of twee (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 18 March 2021 00:30 (three years ago) link
― keen reverberations of twee (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 18 March 2021 00:31 (three years ago) link
almost there
― keen reverberations of twee (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 18 March 2021 00:32 (three years ago) link
oh well not my night. i'll try another time. carry on.
― keen reverberations of twee (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 18 March 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link
i just wasted a good hour at work on that last pic, it is buenaventura in colombia.
― Jibe, Thursday, 18 March 2021 09:21 (three years ago) link
well tbf i didn't waste that hour, it was a great way to spend time instead of doing work
― Jibe, Thursday, 18 March 2021 09:23 (three years ago) link
ha, no high spec screen, just right-click, view image, zoomed in on the poster
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 18 March 2021 10:20 (three years ago) link
Higher spec than my screen though!
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 March 2021 10:21 (three years ago) link
I had no problems seeing the words on the poster, once I saw the poster. My problem was I couldn't even see the poster, it was weirdly camoflauged. Then when you mentioned the words I was looking at the other two posters and thinking how the hell can anyone make the words out on those. Then even when I knew the poster was there it kept disappearing again like an optical illusion
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 March 2021 10:33 (three years ago) link
I saw the poster and thought it was one of those "POLICE are operating in this area DON'T DO CRIMES" things so didn't zoom in on it.
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Thursday, 18 March 2021 10:37 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/xdwvCkhB/FFES.png
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 March 2021 10:47 (three years ago) link
Yellow star logo seems really familiar somehow but can't place it
Crime scene in the trunk there
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 March 2021 11:01 (three years ago) link
that is monterrey in mexicohttps://www.google.com/maps/place/EL+SALADO/@25.6668419,-100.2443772,3a,75y,34.86h,73.62t/data=!3m9!1e1!3m7!1sghhF90Mb2fV5Bbh5dJuqaw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!9m2!1b1!2i31!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x0:0xbf478dc0c2c5944d!2sEstadio+BBVA+Bancomer!8m2!3d25.668191!4d-100.2444625!3m4!1s0x8662c12d0aeaf019:0x570c5389ba67b03c!8m2!3d25.6670681!4d-100.2440375?hl=fr
― Jibe, Thursday, 18 March 2021 11:04 (three years ago) link
Too easy, well done Jibe.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 March 2021 11:05 (three years ago) link
thanks. here's a new pic@cherry blossom: the yellow star is carl's jr logohttps://imgur.com/a/KnhHjUE
― Jibe, Thursday, 18 March 2021 11:47 (three years ago) link
i keep getting the formatting for imgur links wrong, sorry. let me try again
https://i.imgur.com/ovlSCqD.jpg
― Jibe, Thursday, 18 March 2021 11:50 (three years ago) link
so that is where they hid all the raubgold!
― calzino, Thursday, 18 March 2021 11:54 (three years ago) link
Annecy, France
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:00 (three years ago) link
yup well done
― Jibe, Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:04 (three years ago) link
"the Venice of the Alps"
― calzino, Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:08 (three years ago) link
similar to Birmingham, the Venice of the Midlands
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:09 (three years ago) link
lol there are quite a few "venice of the ..." in france, they hand the name out as soon as you have one canal
― Jibe, Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:13 (three years ago) link
Ravensthorpe - The Venice of Dewsbury
― calzino, Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:16 (three years ago) link
Birmingham does has more miles of canals than Venice though.
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:20 (three years ago) link
My local canal used to be a sickly yellow colour in the 70's. There was a company called LB Holliday Dyes alongside that did what they liked. I had an uncle who worked there and funnily enough his nickname was "Yellow Eddie"!
― calzino, Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:25 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/2SRXzrFY/lxl.jpg
thursday
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:47 (three years ago) link
An ancient Greek playing keepy-uppy, is that a clue?
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 March 2021 13:27 (three years ago) link
Looks like a google streetview inside a football stadium. Probably a pretty big team to have a streetview but seems like they've spent literally dozens of pounds on interior design.
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Thursday, 18 March 2021 13:31 (three years ago) link
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Thursday, 18 March 2021 13:38 (three years ago) link
Roman city, team who play in blue and red.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 March 2021 13:40 (three years ago) link
Cardiff
― calzino, Thursday, 18 March 2021 13:41 (three years ago) link
Chester?
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 March 2021 13:44 (three years ago) link
Prague?
― calzino, Thursday, 18 March 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
last try ..Moscow?
― calzino, Thursday, 18 March 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
a bit of a blue and red herring
― calzino, Thursday, 18 March 2021 14:13 (three years ago) link
Not sure why Cardiff would have more than one trophy, tbh.
Perhaps the Haagen-Dasz freezer is a clue. Basel?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 18 March 2021 14:30 (three years ago) link
they've only won the Welsh Cup 15 times tbf!
― calzino, Thursday, 18 March 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
Split
https://goo.gl/maps/wDRiP2uRFdhxd6hGA
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Thursday, 18 March 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
I've stood outside that stadium
― or something, Thursday, 18 March 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
fwiw i clipped the image of the football team and searched it; google, who must be high, said without a shadow of a doubt it was a picture of Croatian footballer Mario Brkljača, who played for Hajduk Split (a decade ago, not a century!) who play in blue and red and white.
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Thursday, 18 March 2021 16:25 (three years ago) link
Thats definitely weird!
Was going to go with an exterior shot but the interior of that room was too good to pass up
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 20 March 2021 13:50 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/g05jfx0b/uba.jpg
One for the weekend
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 20 March 2021 13:51 (three years ago) link
It has the feel of a few places I've been to in east asia, but want to note the cleanliness and the stickers on the stop sign, this does not tally at all. A stone bridge across a sizable river with single file traffic, a small red (electric?) city bus and modern non-high-rise tower blocks should be a unique combination.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 20 March 2021 16:28 (three years ago) link
it looks like a designated tourist zone in a city which doesn't see many tourists
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 20 March 2021 16:29 (three years ago) link
also something very soviet about that concrete object in the foreground, might be misleading though.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 20 March 2021 16:30 (three years ago) link
Is that a Mobike?
― pomenitul, Saturday, 20 March 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
It looks like Chengdu but I can’t find the bridge.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 20 March 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
chisinau?
― clouds, Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
def Roman Empire feel to that bridge
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 21 March 2021 00:50 (three years ago) link
also very strategic crop to the pillar, might be a hint perched above just out of view
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 21 March 2021 00:53 (three years ago) link
Volvo badge on the bus, looks like an EV
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 21 March 2021 01:00 (three years ago) link
Volvo 7900 EV
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 21 March 2021 01:04 (three years ago) link
https://www.volvobuses.com/content/dam/volvo/volvo-buses/master/bre/our-offering/buses/volvo-7900-s-charge/1860x1050-zero-emission-capabilities.jpg/jcr:content/renditions/1860x1050-zero-emission-capabilities-teaser2.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 21 March 2021 01:05 (three years ago) link
Puente de Piedra bridge, Zaragoza, Aragorn, Spain
https://goo.gl/maps/Zr7g5KgqF1ZfzbKF7
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 21 March 2021 01:11 (three years ago) link
searching on red volvo ev bus got me to this page which matched the exact model in the OP:
https://www.electrive.com/2019/08/08/zaragoza-integrates-hybrid-buses-in-fleet/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 21 March 2021 01:12 (three years ago) link
Zaragoza it is - though I wondered if someone would get there via the letter Z shown on the front of the bus
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 21 March 2021 08:00 (three years ago) link
Not that I noticed the Z on the front either at first
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 21 March 2021 08:03 (three years ago) link
Great work Albert R. Broccoli. My ideas were miles out on that one.
― brain (krakow), Sunday, 21 March 2021 11:13 (three years ago) link
Brutalist edition.
https://i.postimg.cc/htc9B34B/433789-B1-A2-EF-42-E8-8-A82-52063-CDACEC0.jpg
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 21 March 2021 12:56 (three years ago) link
Murmansk, Russia
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
Not Murmansk.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:21 (three years ago) link
This is a hard one so I’ll say the building is by someone notable.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:22 (three years ago) link
Looks a little dusty for murmansk
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
Ahmedabad? Probably a bit of a wildly wrong random guess here, but that is where google image search algorithm sent me and it looks a *bit* architecturally similar to a part of the business school there!
― calzino, Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
Correct! It’s the student dorm by Louis Kahn.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
bloody hell!
― calzino, Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
god dammit
― treeship., Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:58 (three years ago) link
i was about to guess chandigarh, india
it's a beautiful building.
i don't actually understand how you guys do this.
― treeship., Sunday, 21 March 2021 16:59 (three years ago) link
no point asking me it's first one I've ever got right.
― calzino, Sunday, 21 March 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
Is that where Bin Laden got his?
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Sunday, 21 March 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
Oh, that was the curiously named Abbottabad!
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Sunday, 21 March 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
I was going to say: that looks like a Kahn building, and it looks like a university campus.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 22 March 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/g0YnL2KC/ltg.jpg
monday
― cherry blossom, Monday, 22 March 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
Boston? Somewhere on the T I should think.
― Canon in Deez (silby), Monday, 22 March 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
it's definitely some sort of subway wayfinding graphic decal on the entry doors to the installation on the right and it looks T-ish to me
― Canon in Deez (silby), Monday, 22 March 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
Looks like it could be almost any American city that has some underground rail near a big parking garage, ie. most of them.
― o. nate, Monday, 22 March 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
Multiple pedestrian signals + protected cycling infrastructure makes me think this is not just *any* American city (though the 9 story parking garage next to the transit center seems kinda suburban or urban-suburban?)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 March 2021 22:35 (three years ago) link
― calzino, Monday, 22 March 2021 22:38 (three years ago) link
That’s what I said!
― Canon in Deez (silby), Monday, 22 March 2021 22:40 (three years ago) link
Going a very different direction here but...
Taipei City?
― nashwan, Monday, 22 March 2021 22:40 (three years ago) link
Leeds
― calzino, Monday, 22 March 2021 22:48 (three years ago) link
that's a us no parking sign. looks like forsythia about to bloom - google says it's in growing zones 5-9, doesn't narrow it down too much except it's not the far north. something about the size and spacing of the buildings suggests not-the-east-coast to me. brown leaves in the gutters. could be anywhere. columbus? indianapolis? omaha?
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 22 March 2021 23:05 (three years ago) link
There is something odd about the bike lane stencil, notably the wheels.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 22 March 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
Alaska?
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 22 March 2021 23:11 (three years ago) link
My only clue was that the silver car’s license plate could be New York
― rob, Monday, 22 March 2021 23:16 (three years ago) link
so little to go on here, but the sign in front of the blue pole looks pretty distinctive
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 22 March 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
I don't think I'm right, but this reminds me of when I was in Baltimore.
― hourspass, Monday, 22 March 2021 23:29 (three years ago) link
There's a blue A on those doors. Those bike stencils are definitely in use in California, probably elsewhere too though.
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 09:28 (three years ago) link
stamford, connecticut
― treeship., Tuesday, 23 March 2021 10:19 (three years ago) link
the walk/don't walk lights are distinct.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/WbPLD4RN/Screenshot-2021-03-23-at-20-45-12.png
Alternate view
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
Buffalo
― treeship., Tuesday, 23 March 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link
hole in one
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
― treeship., Tuesday, 23 March 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
Finally. I just visited for the first time in February.
― treeship., Tuesday, 23 March 2021 20:57 (three years ago) link
you aren't allowed to start swaggering till you nail an obscure one that isn't in your own country 😉
― calzino, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:07 (three years ago) link
This is my proudest day on ilx
― treeship., Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
Lol
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
In this case, I recently saw that building in person and remembered it. Sometimes it seems people use different techniques than this.
― treeship., Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:17 (three years ago) link
that's not forsythia, it's a tree :|
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
did you have any good buffalo wings there treeship?
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
In this case, I recently saw that building in person and remembered it.
I misread this as you recognized a person outside the building
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:25 (three years ago) link
I had good buffalo wings, thanks map. There are great breweries in buffalo too—my favorite was called the big ditch brewing company.
― treeship., Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:30 (three years ago) link
I wanted to go to the albright knox museum but alas covid
― treeship., Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:31 (three years ago) link
Buffalo is one of those cities where many people I know have spent a significant amount of time because of the Poetics program at the SUNY campus there, but I have never been. All I know about it is snow, snow, and more snow.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:40 (three years ago) link
Hah yeah my memory of Buffalo was 25+ feet of snow, it amazes me there is any bicycle infrastructure at all.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:41 (three years ago) link
Apparently it is absolutely perfect in the summer, which I don't doubt.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 23 March 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
I’ve never been but Buffalo to me means Julius Eastman and Morton Feldman...
― Meet me at the corner of Haile and Selassie (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 00:23 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/X7Yg6NdN/bve.jpg
Midweek scene
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
Weymouth
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
That Buffalo pic might be the first photo itt of a street I've walked down (not that I would've ever recognised it).
― nashwan, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
Here is the view in Weymouth - https://goo.gl/maps/CUUwKy49WxS3uHoE7
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
I was going to guess Swanage, heh.
― Tim, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
Weymouth isn't a city?
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:50 (three years ago) link
four minutes, is that a record?
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
I think this game is allowed to play a little fast & loose with the definition of a city
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
It's difficult enough!
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 17:54 (three years ago) link
Oof that was quick, just recognize it out the box?
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
1. saw the sign with an ice cream and '99' so had to be UK seaside2. google image search for: uk seaside blue yellow hut "hot food"3. second result was Aunty Vi's Tea & Cakes in Weymouth
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link
Ok, new one.
https://i.imgur.com/6afjthH.png
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 March 2021 10:46 (three years ago) link
ha was juat about to post one, will hold off till next week
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 10:50 (three years ago) link
Getting a Black Sea vibe but nothing more than that yet
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 10:59 (three years ago) link
Yes, southern Europe, former Eastern bloc, now in the EU, makes sense to me.
Sofia?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 26 March 2021 11:06 (three years ago) link
Not Sofia
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 March 2021 11:14 (three years ago) link
Looks LHD tho, despite the cars pointing in both directions either side. Rules out most of Europe
― or something, Friday, 26 March 2021 11:44 (three years ago) link
LHD and EU plates would leave Cyprus, Malta and Ireland, i think. idk, maybe Valetta at a push but i'm not sure it looks like Cyprus to me.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 26 March 2021 11:53 (three years ago) link
tbf, i've never been to either Cyprus or Malta so am not in the best position to judge.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 26 March 2021 11:54 (three years ago) link
Looking at Valetta and Limassol and neither seem to fit, the grey colouring of the high rise doesn't scream Mediterranean to me
― or something, Friday, 26 March 2021 11:58 (three years ago) link
Ah, I've just realized something
Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length)
Hangzhou
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 12:01 (three years ago) link
No, this one isn't China, there has been enough China already.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 March 2021 12:08 (three years ago) link
The garbage truck being on the left hand side doesn't necessarily mean LHD though? It would have reason to be over there regardless
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 12:15 (three years ago) link
A quick search suggests Valetta, Limassol and Nicosia all use white bin lorries, not orange
― or something, Friday, 26 March 2021 12:16 (three years ago) link
Agreed but the google van also appears to be driving in the left xp
― or something, Friday, 26 March 2021 12:17 (three years ago) link
not buying it
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 12:51 (three years ago) link
Agreed but the google van also appears to be driving in the left xpIt has to get past the truck!
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Friday, 26 March 2021 13:01 (three years ago) link
would you switch lanes if you saw a truck like that ahead?xp
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 26 March 2021 13:01 (three years ago) link
And it's a 360 degree camera!
also *wouldn’t you...*
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 26 March 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
Tbilisi
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 13:10 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7395329,44.7925446,3a,75y,138.35h,83.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipPYAVFYf40Dma9PGUJfNRdw03lKR3yArL-4nCEX!2e10!7i8000!8i4000
I thought it was Thessaloniki at first but it wasn't going to fit, then I thought...what about the other side of the Black Sea?
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 13:14 (three years ago) link
Wow
― or something, Friday, 26 March 2021 13:28 (three years ago) link
but even so... the street, how!? I'll never understand how you guys do this
― StanM, Friday, 26 March 2021 13:48 (three years ago) link
if you have a look at which parts of Tbilisi are available on street view, it's basically the old town and these two apparently random urban roads.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 March 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
I have no idea how you got "Black Sea" straight away though!
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 March 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
ha, if you keep pressing forward the Google car continues right down the middle of the road for ages
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 March 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
Black Sea was just intuition, maybe east balkan, maybe caucasia. Then that doesn't actually leave many possible cities, Tbilisi was third on my maybe list. Looked a good fit from streetviewing but had the new looking apartment building on the right suggested maybe not old town - then as CaAL points out, there's not actually a ton of streetviews available for Tbilisi anyway so I figured I'd have a good shot of finding it
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link
mighty impressive
― StanM, Friday, 26 March 2021 14:06 (three years ago) link
The license plates misled me - they apparently moved to the EU-ish format six years ago. Good work, CB.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 26 March 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
That might have sent me the wrong way but I know they have EU style plates in other non EU countries like Serbia
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
I have to second the bafflement at how easy some of you guys get this, without being natives or having seen the actual street in question on your travels. All I know is if something looks "USA or Canada" or "Not USA or Canada".
BTW the Tbilisi scene is not by google but by the "National Agency of Public Registry" which sounds a bit sinister.
― Meet me at the corner of Haile and Selassie (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 26 March 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.7405961,44.7917291,3a,75y,148.22h,1t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipOT5Tiukg73LgRbWlN5KiYbyLze6nlAbIjxadrB!2e10!3e12!7i8000!8i4000
― Meet me at the corner of Haile and Selassie (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 26 March 2021 14:45 (three years ago) link
I would love to visit Georgia but driving around there seems a nightmare!
― Meet me at the corner of Haile and Selassie (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 26 March 2021 14:49 (three years ago) link
every single explanation on here is like "it was really quite simple, something about the picture seemed like suburban Nizhny Novgorod and from there it was merely a matter of determining which suburb of Nizhny Novgorod"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 26 March 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
"I saw that the bins were made of uncoated steel alloy made only in Mongolia".
― Meet me at the corner of Haile and Selassie (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 26 March 2021 15:11 (three years ago) link
This last one was one of my favourites to play, along with Papeete and Samarkand (the first of finding the actual streetview). I think exactly because of vibing the intangible
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
yeah this is fucking nuts
― Dinsdale, Friday, 26 March 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
"there's not actually a ton of streetviews available for Tbilisi anyway"
perhaps those Google street van drivers are intimidated? This is the city where the most famous Georgian bandit of the 20th century, Soso, was involved in a bigtime armed robbery in 1907!
― calzino, Friday, 26 March 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
i wonder if it went .......
so-so?
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 26 March 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
you could buy a lot of so-so things for a huge stack of 500 ruble notes back then!
― calzino, Friday, 26 March 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link
I heard that in Irkutsk in the mid-1900s there was something like a 1% chance of any individual being murdered in any year.
Have tried to find some pictures of Irkutsk for this thread before but it would be a bit too easy, nowhere else really looks anything like it.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 March 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
gezundheit!
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 26 March 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
too many unique-looking cities and not enough cities that make you think they're somewhere else
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 26 March 2021 21:33 (three years ago) link
Particularly disallowing UK towns that are not actual cities seems off, given that this is a very local and arbitrary distinction that pretty much doesn't exist elsewhere in the world?
― anatol_merklich, Friday, 26 March 2021 22:19 (three years ago) link
ok here's something different
http://stuff.jklol.net/i/guess.jpg
― Canon in Deez (silby), Friday, 26 March 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link
They may take our lives, but they will never take our local and arbitrary distinctions that pretty much don't exist elsewhere in the world!
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 March 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/f3fKvbR.png
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 26 March 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
Not Cat City
― Canon in Deez (silby), Friday, 26 March 2021 22:56 (three years ago) link
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:04 (three years ago) link
it's definitely not Cat Town, the eye-patch is a bourgeoisie-poser dead giveaway!
― calzino, Friday, 26 March 2021 23:11 (three years ago) link
It looks like it could be a cemetery, and cats in cemeteries always make me think Paris, but the bench doesn’t look like Pere Lachaise.
It could definitely be Recoleta in Buenos Aires.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:20 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-34.5880847,-58.3929371,3a,15y,58.77h,93.44t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPq2onB3bzCNfi6Rop7OXn9YLQsOvw9nMBYYFiu!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPq2onB3bzCNfi6Rop7OXn9YLQsOvw9nMBYYFiu%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya36.317368-ro-0-fo100!7i7200!8i3600
Jim (and ShariVari) correct by looks of it
― cherry blossom, Friday, 26 March 2021 23:26 (three years ago) link
some monumentally massive gravestones there!
― calzino, Friday, 26 March 2021 23:34 (three years ago) link
yeah cats in a cemetery always makes me think of la recoleta first, though cats in a cemetery seems to be a common thing. ive never been to buenos aires incidentally, but i did plan a solo trip there many moons ago, and have read up on the city a bit
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:41 (three years ago) link
Yep Recoleta! A place I have been but don’t think I formed particularly strong memories of. Are you supposed to remember things?
― Canon in Deez (silby), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:43 (three years ago) link
Looking at pictures does bring the memories back. It’s very prestigious real estate, with cats.
― Canon in Deez (silby), Friday, 26 March 2021 23:44 (three years ago) link
I think I saw a cat inside of a glass-doored crypt in there
very prestigious real estate, with cats.
new board description
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Saturday, 27 March 2021 00:05 (three years ago) link
This can likely be reverse image searched very easily but I am sure ye can work it out without that.
https://i.postimg.cc/rFx4ZTPc/94514493-8-DF6-4-AC4-AA60-941-AFB3882-C1.jpg
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 27 March 2021 06:55 (three years ago) link
nottingham
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 27 March 2021 07:16 (three years ago) link
It’s not Nottingham.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 27 March 2021 07:21 (three years ago) link
Warsaw.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 27 March 2021 10:55 (three years ago) link
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 27 March 2021 11:03 (three years ago) link
did this building by some miracle survive ww2 or was it rebuilt?
― calzino, Saturday, 27 March 2021 11:14 (three years ago) link
It’s Warsaw University of Technology which was damaged in the war and restored in the fifties, I think, with a glass roof added later.
https://i.postimg.cc/fRnRMxtX/D49-A03-FB-E059-4-CC5-AC05-BCA3-A84-A7-FB6.jpg
It’s really impressive.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 27 March 2021 11:37 (three years ago) link
damn! beautiful
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Saturday, 27 March 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
I kinda want to know what prompted caek to suggest Nottingham.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Saturday, 27 March 2021 14:53 (three years ago) link
hey you started it
― Ich Ber ein Binliner (Tom D.), Tuesday, 14 October 2008 15:39
― nashwan, Saturday, 27 March 2021 14:57 (three years ago) link
First time I've got one! What a beautiful building.
Am I OK to post an image?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
As in, I've never quite worked out what the rules are (or if there are any!).
I think the only "rule" (unspoken) is to not post a new image until the current one has been guessed, so you're good to go!
― rob, Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
OK, cheers! Absolutely someone will get this right away because I've missed some sigh saying the name in massive capital letters...
https://i.imgur.com/JE2l9Qw.jpg
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:42 (three years ago) link
Some sign[ ffs.
Bridgetown, Barbados is my first thought.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 27 March 2021 15:58 (three years ago) link
Not a million miles away but not Barbados, no.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 27 March 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
Curaçao?
― StanM, Saturday, 27 March 2021 17:37 (three years ago) link
I mean, there is that famous harbour view of Willemstad with the painted houses - but the mountain in the background, no idea
― StanM, Saturday, 27 March 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
Curacao just dished out a 5-0 spanking of Saint Vincent & the Grenadines the other night
― calzino, Saturday, 27 March 2021 18:10 (three years ago) link
Thought it might be Bo Kaap in Cape Town but perhaps not quite colourful enough and that's not quite Table Mountain
― or something, Saturday, 27 March 2021 18:23 (three years ago) link
Mindelohttps://maps.app.goo.gl/1GZwfRXe3NLU8juD6
Mindelo, Cabo Verde islands
― or something, Saturday, 27 March 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
Boom! Nice work. How did you find it?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 27 March 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
A fair bit of image searching "colourful buildings africa coast"
― or something, Saturday, 27 March 2021 19:27 (three years ago) link
Had a dream that I posted an image here and no one got it after weeks of guesses.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 29 March 2021 15:27 (three years ago) link
Originally I thought Bozhmy Novmanor but the shade of green on one of the fences didn't feel quite right
― cherry blossom, Monday, 29 March 2021 16:50 (three years ago) link
I'd like to post pictures to this thread but I'm a bit of a luddite. What do you guys do, take a screenshot or share a google maps streetview to imgur and then link it?
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
I take a screenshot and then post to postimg.cc
― cherry blossom, Monday, 29 March 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
possibly of interest to members of this group, some of these are effectively "guess the state"
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/trump-biden-geography-quiz.html
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 29 March 2021 17:22 (three years ago) link
i was 15 for 21, had a run near the beginning where i got 5 wrong
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 March 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
but they also gave me a part of brooklyn which trump won by 81 points (!!!) which seems tricky
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 March 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
(i am aware there are parts of brooklyn that are mega racist blue lives matter italians and such but having never been to any part of brooklyn i can't really discriminate and it all just looks like brooklyn to me)
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 March 2021 17:34 (three years ago) link
15/21 though a good chunk of them were either barely right or close but no
― cherry blossom, Monday, 29 March 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
yeah I was pretty good at guessing the state but not at guessing which parts of Florida went Biden
― rob, Monday, 29 March 2021 17:49 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/4mc5JKqJ/20210329-193858.jpg
Let's see if this works...
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
Thanks cherry blossom
Is that too low definition for everybody?
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
that's fine if you click through. here it is embedded full size
https://i.postimg.cc/65j1fnhG/20210329-193858.jpg
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
It's fine once I clicked through.
Instinctively thought Denver but those trees look like horse chestnuts so I think somewhere in the UK.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
they're driving on the right. it's not the uk. and there's a bus lane which makes me think it's not the US.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
zurich
Klagenfurt
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
Cheers caek, what did I wrong for next time?
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
Klagenfurt it is lol, back to the drawing board. How did you get it?
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
If thats the UK I'm an extra in Bosom-On-Manor II
― cherry blossom, Monday, 29 March 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
"landesmuseum"
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
GIS'd "Landesmuseum" and it was on the first page of answers, fortunately.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
http://link.com/fileendingin.jpg
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:47 (three years ago) link
haha how ironic
Can't believe I missed Landesmuseum, embarrassing rookie error
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
busen herrenhaus
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
I thought it said Norsmuseum so I googled that (unsuccessfully).
― nickn, Monday, 29 March 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/nbFZjwr.jpg
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:58 (three years ago) link
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
I got 20 of 21 on that NYTimes thing, but I've also lived in a lot of different parts of the US, and if I haven't, I've been through them. My years of vagabondage pay off in such weird knowledge, I guess.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
Not Nottingham.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
That is definitely godawful enough to be the UK.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:03 (three years ago) link
100% the UK. Should be able to get the streetview for this one I think
― cherry blossom, Monday, 29 March 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
Walks back overconfidence
― cherry blossom, Monday, 29 March 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
this is definitely the UK
Gammon-on-Brexit
but could equally be
cwmnllyngn
or
strathauchenearnton
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
The normal rule of thumb for the UK is, if it looks like nowhere and everywhere at the same time then its Stoke On Trent
― cherry blossom, Monday, 29 March 2021 19:18 (three years ago) link
Not Stoke-on-Trent. It is a city, though, not a town.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
No, if it looks like nowhere and everywhere at the same time - but worse - then its Stoke On Trent.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
Looks like Manchester with the motorway right up next to terraces, if that is a motorway
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 19:21 (three years ago) link
sheffield IMO
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
Not Manchester or Sheffield.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
You answer Sheffield for every city!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 29 March 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
Hereford?
― calzino, Monday, 29 March 2021 19:31 (three years ago) link
eventually it's going to be sheffield. too late to change now.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
Not Hereford. Y'all need to look further south.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
Southampton.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
Not Southampton
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
southmanor on bosom
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
I have lived in Hereford and Southampton and no
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
My phone won’t let me xoom in but it looks like a stretch of the A3 near New Maldon.
― Madchen, Monday, 29 March 2021 19:43 (three years ago) link
Not New Malden.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
bristol?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
Nope, not Brizzle.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:49 (three years ago) link
I was going to give this one a go but looking at the picture is making me a bit sad
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
London
― rob, Monday, 29 March 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
Chelmsford?
― calzino, Monday, 29 March 2021 20:09 (three years ago) link
Not Chelmsford.
Another view:
https://i.imgur.com/FDTcp7d.jpg
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 20:16 (three years ago) link
worcester
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 29 March 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
sadly not Worcester
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
I also lived in Worcester, no
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 29 March 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
Slough
― treeship., Monday, 29 March 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
We've been told this is actually a city, also in the South. Does not leave that many realistic options.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
Not Slough.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:01 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/XE7EPXR.png
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:03 (three years ago) link
most the Southern cities look comparatively quite picturesque from my map adventures tonight, this looks grim enough to be somewhere between Leeds and Dewsbury.
― calzino, Monday, 29 March 2021 21:08 (three years ago) link
I must have checked every fucking Shell garage in every city from Sheffield southwards
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
Chihchester
― treeship., Monday, 29 March 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
sadbury? depressionford?
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:15 (three years ago) link
Think it might be Gloucester
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:16 (three years ago) link
Not Chichester or Gloucester.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:18 (three years ago) link
Is it Plymouth?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
*Gloomcester
― Dinsdale, Monday, 29 March 2021 21:31 (three years ago) link
Not Plymouth.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
Melchester
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:39 (three years ago) link
Exeter is my last guess.
― calzino, Monday, 29 March 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
I'm going to be embarrassed if it turns out to be Exeter but I don't think it is it's not just that I don't recognise either shot ,it's that I'd expect to see some evidence of the red Devon stone somewhere if it was.
My guess is Chichester, although I thought I recognised a roundabout and I can't place it on the streetview.
― Tim, Monday, 29 March 2021 22:16 (three years ago) link
Haha and I see you've already ruled Chichester out.
― Tim, Monday, 29 March 2021 22:26 (three years ago) link
I once spent a night wondering around Exeter and sleeping in the bus station after missing the last northbound national express coach on a sunday afternoon about 20 odd years ago. But usually I've just passed through on a train en-route to Newquay. So I don't claim to know the place - just a wild guess.
― calzino, Monday, 29 March 2021 22:29 (three years ago) link
I thought I was being clever with Klagenfurt but it's shit town uk that's stumped us all
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 22:29 (three years ago) link
I wonder if this is an old pic and the petrol garage switched companies - feel like I've google every southern city + Shell by a motorway/dual carriageway and no match
― nashwan, Monday, 29 March 2021 22:35 (three years ago) link
Same here
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 22:41 (three years ago) link
I've tried "virgin media" as well
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
I note that Guildford and Milton Keynes are missing from the map of cities above. Haven’t made either fit but maybe others are missing? Or maybe I’m not good at making things fit.
― Tim, Monday, 29 March 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
They're not cities
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 23:07 (three years ago) link
Churchill Way Whttps://maps.app.goo.gl/T2c2bn8jmXMe8Tdn7
Got it, Salisbury
― or something, Monday, 29 March 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
ha I did see that one but dismissed it foolishly
― nashwan, Monday, 29 March 2021 23:17 (three years ago) link
I couldn't see any Russian agents at the Shell cashpoint
― calzino, Monday, 29 March 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
I somehow expected Salisbury to look better than that. But I suppose nice photos aren't what the thread is about. I've almost certainly been in Salisbury at some point.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Monday, 29 March 2021 23:40 (three years ago) link
Difficult one, I felt like something would emerge from the image but nothing did and I didn't have a clue. Then cities were being whittled down through collective trial and error at a rapid pace and it still seemed to elude everyone even as the number of available cities dwindled!
kudos on finding the exact spot, still. Even with the process of elimination I was still nowhere near
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 03:07 (three years ago) link
Salisbury it is, well done. jim in vancouver may have got it before but he gave Hardy's name for reasons beat known to himself.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 03:44 (three years ago) link
best known, d'oh
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 04:23 (three years ago) link
https://postimg.cc/SnNgLv9t
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:34 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/2SngYpSm/20210329-200704.jpg
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:36 (three years ago) link
Is this photo taken at the start of a car race?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:39 (three years ago) link
Not as far as I'm aware
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:40 (three years ago) link
It's a serendipitous streetview guess the city moment
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:42 (three years ago) link
Getting a South America vibe, but not much more than that yet
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:42 (three years ago) link
it looks like the inner suburb of copenhagen where i lived when i studied abroad. somewhere in amager.
― treeship., Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:43 (three years ago) link
there aren't leaves on the trees, so i think it's a temperate or cold climate. those terracotta roofs and the small cars seem northern european. i don't see a bike lane though so it's likely not in denmark.
― treeship., Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:44 (three years ago) link
Looks Eastern European to me
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:45 (three years ago) link
Feels a little too dusty mountainous for Denmark
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:46 (three years ago) link
Pristina?
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:50 (three years ago) link
Googling blue line road markings threw up possibly the worst pun ever: https://www.theobserver.com/2017/01/blue-lines-matter/
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:59 (three years ago) link
Ooft
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 10:04 (three years ago) link
Not Copenhagen or Pristina btw
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 10:08 (three years ago) link
big fat ugly raised steel wired armoured cables on wooden poles rather than sunk (and with a scruffy loop left hanging there) suggests nobody loves this place!
― calzino, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 10:17 (three years ago) link
Matazlan?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 10:23 (three years ago) link
Or Mazatlan, even.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 10:24 (three years ago) link
Definitely feeling Mexico for this (but also feeling Brazil hmm)
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 10:33 (three years ago) link
Not Mazatlan
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 10:54 (three years ago) link
Block of flats is confusing me. Looks sort of eastern European but on the other hand green shutters feels Latin
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 11:02 (three years ago) link
What do we think the smelting looking building with the chimneys is on the left? Behind the little building that might be a street church
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 11:07 (three years ago) link
perhaps they don't bury cables or build too high because it is in a seismic zone that frequently has earthquakes? god knows somewhere in Chile?
― calzino, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 11:08 (three years ago) link
There seem to be mountains in the background too, though I have no purchase in this game right now, just mentioning it.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
the unburied cables basically rules out western europe.
there might be an earthquake connection but generally speaking buried cables are a wealth thing even in earthquake zones. you can see the rich neighborhoods of LA from space becuase if you can see tree cover then you're looking at a neighborhood that could afford to bury. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-feb-09-re-pole9-story.html
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
Japan?
― StanM, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:20 (three years ago) link
Japan isn't a city
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
(But no, not Japan. I'll give you that one)
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:32 (three years ago) link
San Felipe ?
― calzino, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
the Chile one I mean
― calzino, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
Nope. Is it too early for another pic?
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:39 (three years ago) link
I've exhausted my options. There's 3 or 4 I like for it but not enough to put forward
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/kG6m0CM9/20210330-213902.jpg
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
god this has to be chile
talca?
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
Or curicó?
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
Neither
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
my last guess is Chillán.
― calzino, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
I’m still unreasonably tied to the idea this might be northern Mexico so will say Hermosillo.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
ive gone off the idea of it being chile now. but definitely pacific and in latin america (nice and broad)
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 21:31 (three years ago) link
Not Chillán or Hermosillo
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
it looks like mexico to me too
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
the mixture of small cars (especially VWs) and a pickup truck certainly feels like mexico or s.america to me
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 22:12 (three years ago) link
wherever it is, it's on the drier side.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
juarez?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 22:19 (three years ago) link
Mexicali?
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 22:31 (three years ago) link
I thought Mexicali, but it doesn't look dry enough to me.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
Not Juarez, not Mexicali
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 22:45 (three years ago) link
Nottingham.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 23:17 (three years ago) link
Notthateither
― or something, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 23:38 (three years ago) link
One thing I've learned is that Mexico has a very large number of small to medium-sized cities that are extensively mapped on Google Streetview. This may or may not be relevant to the picture in question.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 01:40 (three years ago) link
Was thinking somewhere in Montenegro but can't find anything from maps.
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 07:53 (three years ago) link
I'm getting Greek vibes. Thessaloniki?
― Madchen, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 09:38 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/c4BF59ML/20210331-110512.jpg
― or something, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 10:33 (three years ago) link
I’m leaning more towards Brazil again. The blue line is puzzling.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 11:01 (three years ago) link
The blue line is just the streetview route
― or something, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 11:06 (three years ago) link
Aha!
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 11:07 (three years ago) link
Is that ocean on the left of this view?
I like Brazil for all three images but not if thats the ocean
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 12:02 (three years ago) link
I'm away to look up coca-cola franchises in the entirety of Latin and South America, I'll have your answer in a week.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 12:14 (three years ago) link
It's not the ocean
― or something, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 12:15 (three years ago) link
probably more fruitful to try to identify that blue and white bus (not that I’ve had any luck with it so far)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 13:54 (three years ago) link
Monterrey?
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
No. Another pic or a clue?
― or something, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 18:38 (three years ago) link
Another pic would be good.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/YqDpg3Gh/Screenshot-20210331-111119-Maps.jpg
― or something, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 19:34 (three years ago) link
in Bulgaria?
― In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
the Crimea?
― In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 19:38 (three years ago) link
I'll give a clue as well. Nobody has guessed the right country yet
― or something, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
united states?
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 19:47 (three years ago) link
although that sign at the side of the road in the most recent picture looks unfamiliar to me
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 19:48 (three years ago) link
what is the big sign on the store? pasco?
― treeship., Wednesday, 31 March 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link
you’d think, but then you’d think it would be findable, which... no
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
lol I have also looked at a lot of stores in Pasco, Washington
― rob, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
yeah I've been scrolling through page after page of Pasco logos without success. weird.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
Ha ha, I googled P6830.
― nickn, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
I’ve helpfully made a list of incorrect countries:DenmarkUKKosovaMontenegroBulgaria GreeceMexicoUkraine (Crimea)BrazilChileJapanUS hasn’t officially been ruled out yet
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
If you want me to rule out the US I can rule out the US
― or something, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
it's definitely interesting to have something not be figured out within 5 minutes for once
otoh im starting to find this maddening - although i've only ever guessed about 2 correctly ever
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
quetzaltenango
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 23:05 (three years ago) link
The sign on the right is impossible to fully decipher but it looks like a muster or meeting point with a three word phrase with 'di' or 'de' in the middle, google translate gives punto de reunión in spanish which looks like a good fit but could be italian or portuguese or similar.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 09:04 (three years ago) link
think you might be right, but once again, as to finding this particular version of the sign...
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 1 April 2021 09:33 (three years ago) link
Trying to decipher the street name that has been obscured in the first pic. The last two letters of the first word look like "da" and the first letter of the second word is "A", if that's any help. Don't think it's "Avenue", though, but I could be wrong.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Thursday, 1 April 2021 09:36 (three years ago) link
Feeling irrationally angry towards Pasco and their unsearchable logo.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 09:58 (three years ago) link
Its definitely a good one (or four)
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 09:59 (three years ago) link
salta argentinahttps://www.google.com/maps/@-24.8313789,-65.4265503,3a,75y,287.65h,102.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDUMusM5RqZtHykHFWvy-Yw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:01 (three years ago) link
Praise be!
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:02 (three years ago) link
Paseo! Fuck, should have tried that. Well done, how did you get it?
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:07 (three years ago) link
Had a feeling that last pic would reveal all eventually. Well done Jibe
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:09 (three years ago) link
once it became clear it could have been a spanish speaking country, i figured that pasco logo might actually be paseo. started searching for paseo centro comercial, ended up on paseo libertad's website and saw the same logo as that pic and then i looked on gmaps for paseo supermarkets in argentina
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:10 (three years ago) link
nice work
― Sven Vath's scary carpet (Neil S), Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:14 (three years ago) link
Damn, never even heard of Salta. I'd checked Cordoba (which didn't look too bad for it) and Mendoza but that was as close as I got
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:26 (three years ago) link
There were some really wild guesses on this thread!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:27 (three years ago) link
The two mountains in the back window of the bus suggested it was somewhere high altitude but i was was miles away. I've never been to that part of Argentina.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 10:49 (three years ago) link
I've never been to any part of Argentina.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 April 2021 11:06 (three years ago) link
So whats the story with the blue line? Google is adding it when you do directions? Were you doing a route?
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 11:26 (three years ago) link
It's just there when I drop down into streetview, shows where coverage is available. I assume it's there for everybody. Maybe others have a different method for finding pics?
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 12:04 (three years ago) link
A new one for this afternoon:
https://i.postimg.cc/9fzhs9ck/City.png
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 12:10 (three years ago) link
that looks like india, let's say chennai?
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 12:24 (three years ago) link
It’s not Chennai.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 12:25 (three years ago) link
Agree it looks like India with the English advertising and "A Timeless Experience"... could be Taj Mahal? So, Agra?
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:02 (three years ago) link
actually it's prob not india as the cars are on the right side of the road... i've started looking at accra as ghana seems to be a right hand side driving, english speaking country... and there's a pullmann hotel soon to be built with the tagline "a timeless experience" (tho tbf i'm pretty sure one in two luxury building in construction has that tagline).
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:05 (three years ago) link
Lol otm
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:13 (three years ago) link
It's not Accra but the Pullman angle is interesting...
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:29 (three years ago) link
I've found the fast food company and it narrows it down to... seven countries in east asia :(
Also google reverse image search sucks balls.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link
Good, it's cheating! Do we not have some sort of unwritten rule on using that? Kind of undermines the whole thing
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:51 (three years ago) link
― or something
This is what I see on streetview. No line
https://i.postimg.cc/NFxLNBhF/Screenshot-2021-04-01-at-14-49-39.png
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:51 (three years ago) link
so what’s the company, if I may be so bold to ask?
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:53 (three years ago) link
Are you on a PC cherry blossom? I see the line on my phone and tablet, they're all I use
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:55 (three years ago) link
Xp
Ah that explains it maybe, I'm on a macbook
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 13:56 (three years ago) link
@ledge: how'd you find that fast food co, i gave up trying
based on rhd + east asia + there being quite a few billboards up in english based on a quick street view ... manila?
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link
Not Manila.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:01 (three years ago) link
Saying its probably south-east Asia isn't much of a revelation, beyond that my radar is pretty weak on this one. The city I'm thinking of first doesn't seem to be covered much by streetview so I'll wander around it some before putting it in as a guess
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
I'm not searching the whole image! (Which wouldn't work anyway). I don't see anything wrong with using creative google-fu.
I mocked up the logo (screen cap was too blurry) and after getting nowhere with google found some other engines, yandex got the gold star.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:33 (three years ago) link
So that Argentina one screwed with my head because I read the "P" in Paseo as the Cyrillic letter "che" but I should have realized that the letter in the picture was reversed.
― In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:45 (three years ago) link
I didn't realise when i put the picture up but if you just google "Pullman" "a timeless experience" you get some guy's 2015 review of the Yangon hotel as the first result.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
I thought Mandalay but not with any real reason, then I noticed not much streetview coverage but didn't find it (because it wasn't Mandalay)
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:54 (three years ago) link
Well played ledge. Anyone mind if I post another now we've got a nice pace going?
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
fuuuuuck i searched a bit after you saying pullman was interesting but didn't look for myanmar cause the pullmann hotel site i ended up on did not mention any hotels in that country.well done ledge and also i'm in awe at you recreating the logo to search for it!
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:57 (three years ago) link
go for it or something
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 14:58 (three years ago) link
I missed the pullman hint! After getting the lotteria logo I worked out the no motorbikes sign was definitely Myanmar, searching "'a timeless experience' Myanmar" on Yandex my new favourite search engine got a page for a Yangon luxury condo with that tagline. No way I can find that specific streetview location though!
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Thursday, 1 April 2021 15:03 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/pVCzrYh9/Screenshot-20210401-134656-Maps.jpg
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
man that is tough, not much to go on. the car at the far end of the road seems to be driving on the left. i don't know why but it makes me think of new zealand, even though i've never set foot anywhere near there
― Jibe, Thursday, 1 April 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
Looks sooooo much like a place I know, in Chico, CA, but since it seems that place isn't on streetview, my theory collapses.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
is it a police car?
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
the trees and the the curbs look like USA to me but the blue line on the street does not. Trying to make something of the grey box on the sidewalk in front of the streetlamp.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
Ignore the blue line!
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 17:11 (three years ago) link
the trees and the the curbs look like USA to me but the blue line on the street does not.
I was thinking US too but the blue line has a more Andean feel, possibly northern Argentina
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:08 (three years ago) link
― Madchen, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
Also, looks like the word "Google" is faintly stenciled on the fence, maybe a Google facility?
― o. nate, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
I've tried 2019 Google St, 2019 Google Ave, 2019 Google Rd, and 2019 Google Blvd but no dice
― rob, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/Pq1Hs2Rg/ayyy.jpg
Weird, its showing up for me
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:53 (three years ago) link
Salta?
― or something, Thursday, 1 April 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
SORRY
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 1 April 2021 19:36 (three years ago) link
Most of Colorado Blvd in Pasadena has a blue line on each side of the street indicating the do-not-cross point for viewing the Rose Parade. It's even roughly the same distance from the curb as the current pic. There's also a pink line down the center of the street that the float drivers use to steer, since they usually can't see out the front windows.
― nickn, Thursday, 1 April 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link
Ok perhaps I made this one a bit too hard
https://i.postimg.cc/6TxKSnQx/Screenshot-20210402-123837-Maps.jpg
― or something, Friday, 2 April 2021 11:40 (three years ago) link
great, only 600 Tesco petrol stations in the UK
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 2 April 2021 11:52 (three years ago) link
I think I see Alan Partridge there.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Friday, 2 April 2021 11:55 (three years ago) link
Yellow, white and blue lines?
― StanM, Friday, 2 April 2021 12:31 (three years ago) link
i'm just going to guess west hampfordshire
― treeship., Friday, 2 April 2021 13:40 (three years ago) link
Is that a Travel Tavern next to it?
― In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 2 April 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
I'm confused...are these last two images the same place?
― cherry blossom, Friday, 2 April 2021 14:21 (three years ago) link
Yep. I liked the first pic because of the misdirection but figured we'd have been here for months if I didn't post another
― or something, Friday, 2 April 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
I thought the pavement might have been a giveaway in that first pic but maybe that sort of pavement is more common than I realised
― or something, Friday, 2 April 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link
I think this is one of the petrol stations thats next to one of the big supermarkets, maybe
Feeling possibly somewhere in Wales
― cherry blossom, Friday, 2 April 2021 15:07 (three years ago) link
It looks just like the Tesco petrol station in Milton, probably looks just like a hundred others too.
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 2 April 2021 15:23 (three years ago) link
The roofs of the houses look quite distinctive - like a nod to local vernacular architecture, but I can’t think of where.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 2 April 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
I’m going to say Hereford.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
The petrol station in Tesco's Hereford faces the store in that aspect - the kiosk backs on to the roundabout.
Also, for future reference, if there's a dual carriageway in the picture it's not Hereford.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
Not Hereford
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
Sadly no
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 2 April 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
the houses look like they might be big enough to be flats, which makes me think it's a biggish city.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 2 April 2021 18:03 (three years ago) link
Birmingham?
― calzino, Friday, 2 April 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
I think its a Tesco Extra. They seem to have slightly different designs from the other ones though I don't know what significance is
― cherry blossom, Friday, 2 April 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
Not Birmingham
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 2 April 2021 18:23 (three years ago) link
Glasgow?
― Madchen, Friday, 2 April 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
I don't think this is the UK
― cherry blossom, Friday, 2 April 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
yeah there's something fishy about those houses.
old guy seems to be walking to the right hand side though, which suggest left hand drive.
dublin?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 2 April 2021 18:51 (three years ago) link
Thought the houses might be student accommodation
― nashwan, Friday, 2 April 2021 18:59 (three years ago) link
There are also Tescos in Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Friday, 2 April 2021 19:00 (three years ago) link
Not Glasgow orDublin
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 2 April 2021 19:06 (three years ago) link
Aren't those uk national lottery signs, at the end of the blue line?
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Friday, 2 April 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link
Looks like it.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Friday, 2 April 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
3.https://i.postimg.cc/kX6k1nt7/Screenshot-20210402-204152-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 3 April 2021 06:15 (three years ago) link
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 3 April 2021 09:21 (three years ago) link
It does look like the seaside. I feel like I've been there!
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Saturday, 3 April 2021 09:34 (three years ago) link
I had that feeling as well! I walked that part of the coast a couple of years back and swear I walked up that street. There's probably a name for that. (Senility? Hiraeth?)
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Saturday, 3 April 2021 09:52 (three years ago) link
getting more Plymouth vibes than Torquay if it is a coastal city, even though I've only ever seen it from a train! I checked a few Plymouth Tesco petrol stations and couldn't find a match for the one above.
― calzino, Saturday, 3 April 2021 10:51 (three years ago) link
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 3 April 2021 11:42 (three years ago) link
Looks a lot like the Mumbles but not finding anything similar on street view
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Saturday, 3 April 2021 12:52 (three years ago) link
those street lights make me think of somewhere posh, heritage-y, like richmond
― koogs, Saturday, 3 April 2021 13:19 (three years ago) link
4.https://i.postimg.cc/kX6k1nt7/Screenshot-20210402-204152-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 4 April 2021 15:39 (three years ago) link
4. https://i.postimg.cc/mkZ21Mz4/Screenshot-20210403-225905-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 4 April 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
It's not Newcastle, is it?
― Madchen, Sunday, 4 April 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
― Canon in Deez (silby), Sunday, 4 April 2021 16:36 (three years ago) link
No wait, I take that back.
― Madchen, Sunday, 4 April 2021 16:53 (three years ago) link
Bristol?
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:00 (three years ago) link
Bangor?
― bulb after bulb, Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
bulb after bulb out of nowhere with the correct answer, well played
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
How did you do it?
don't you remember the time we went to Bangor?
― Bastard Lakes (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
ha.
Was thinking Ireland, so GISed ferris wheel Ireland, looking for the blue stanchions.
― bulb after bulb, Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:13 (three years ago) link
If you move forward in streetview that wheel disappears, guess it's not permanent. Thought I'd leave it in to make things easier after three days of increasingly sparse responses tho
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
I have such a knowledge of Tesco petrol station architecture variations now.
― nashwan, Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
― cherry blossom, Friday, 2 April 2021 08:07
I don't get it! Bangor was one of the first tesco's I checked on streetview but it doesn't look like that
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:34 (three years ago) link
This is Bangor in N Ireland
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:37 (three years ago) link
They've put one there now as well?
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
Hey, spare a thought for me. I was streetviewing N Irish Tesco petrol stations this morning, there are two of them, I checked one of them (the wrong one, as it turns out) but for some unaccountable reason skipped over the second.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link
^ two in Bangor, I mean
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
another. Bangor.
(n.b., joke handcrafted for breastcrawl)
― rob, Sunday, 4 April 2021 17:50 (three years ago) link
It was meant to be: hadn't looked in on the thread in a few days and finished Great Granny Webster last night:
The Clandeboye Estate is a country estate located in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland, 12 miles (19 km) outside Belfast. . .The estate is also the inspiration for Dunmartin Hall in the 1977 novel Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood, who lived at the hall as a child.
The estate is also the inspiration for Dunmartin Hall in the 1977 novel Great Granny Webster by Caroline Blackwood, who lived at the hall as a child.
(did not make this connection until after I found the ferris wheel, mind) great book!
― bulb after bulb, Sunday, 4 April 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
another. Bangor.(n.b., joke handcrafted for breastcrawl)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 4 April 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
I checked dozens of Tescos in Slovakia, Poland, Czechia and Hungary for this on Friday, started doing Ireland and N Ireland as well (on Saturday, I guess), but didn’t follow thru. There’s only so many Tesco stations a person can take in in one lifetime. I finally got a handle on navigating Streetview in the process, so it wasn’t all for nothing
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 4 April 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
I'm still confused where the petrol station is
― cherry blossom, Monday, 5 April 2021 08:24 (three years ago) link
Where Old Belfast road meets Killeen Ave
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 5 April 2021 08:56 (three years ago) link
https://goo.gl/maps/RBgaBv2FqLL8MHPT7
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 April 2021 08:57 (three years ago) link
Ah, google maps put it in a slightly different location and I couldn't find it
― cherry blossom, Monday, 5 April 2021 09:16 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/ht0mDRgz/8-C22-D651-4262-4-BE6-A0-D1-F395-F14-A7-ED7.jpg
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 5 April 2021 09:54 (three years ago) link
For a second I was like 'whoa is that a bear'
― nashwan, Monday, 5 April 2021 10:19 (three years ago) link
Is this one of the many cities with extensive streetview coverage in Mexico that got referenced during the Salta guesses?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 5 April 2021 10:26 (three years ago) link
I thought it was a cat
― cherry blossom, Monday, 5 April 2021 10:40 (three years ago) link
Possibly....
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 5 April 2021 10:51 (three years ago) link
The blue stripe is pretty unusual.
― Canon in Deez (silby), Monday, 5 April 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
I thought it was pokey the penguin.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Monday, 5 April 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
It’s a pothole. I have cropped out the local councillor pointing at it.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 5 April 2021 20:14 (three years ago) link
Based on next to nothing - is it Leon?
― nashwan, Monday, 5 April 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
It is not Leon.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 5 April 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
Ah got excited for a moment having clicked on a random street there (actualy after guessing Leon) and immediately seeing those same cubey trees and very similar buildings.
― nashwan, Monday, 5 April 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
The blue stripe is pretty unusual
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 5 April 2021 20:34 (three years ago) link
I'm going to guess San Juan, Puerto Rico. I have noticed they like painting hazard paint on the edge of their pavements there.
― calzino, Monday, 5 April 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
It’s not San Juan.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 5 April 2021 20:44 (three years ago) link
Is this one of the many cities with extensive streetview coverage in Mexico that got referenced during the Salta guesses?Possibly....― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 5 April 2021 11:51 (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 5 April 2021 11:51 (ten hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Well as I've got nothing else right now and a cursory search suggests some similarities and they're all incredibly dense to search I'm just gonna guess one that was mentioned - Mazatlan?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 5 April 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
Yes, it’s Mazatlan.
I couldn’t resist posting the one city that actually does have a big blue line down the middle of the road.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 5 April 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
Haha I genuinely thought that was just the streetview line again. I got rewarded for laziness there, should really try and find the spot
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 5 April 2021 21:37 (three years ago) link
Carnavalhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/kzaLrHug3bLLyVnK7
There you go
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 5 April 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
i clicked around randomly and was suddenly confronted with a senor frog's lol
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 5 April 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
Wait what I was joking, is that a real blue stripe?!
― Canon in Deez (silby), Monday, 5 April 2021 22:56 (three years ago) link
Looks real!
― calzino, Monday, 5 April 2021
This was my guess too, or at least it was until I couldn't find it (and the old town part there seems pretty small)
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 6 April 2021 05:21 (three years ago) link
It is real.
Mazatlan has a designated safe tourist route for cruise ship passengers, etc, marked in blue, that looks almost exactly like the street view thing.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 6 April 2021 06:47 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/tgP4cDxV/thurs.jpg
Thursday
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 8 April 2021 09:52 (three years ago) link
Kansas City? I feel like i've seen that building before.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 8 April 2021 09:59 (three years ago) link
Hole in one!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 8 April 2021 10:15 (three years ago) link
Blimey!
― Madchen, Thursday, 8 April 2021 11:41 (three years ago) link
It's the Kansas City Convention Center. I think i must have been eyeballing a conference for work in 2010, which i ultimately didn't get to go to, and it has lodged in my mind.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 8 April 2021 11:52 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/7L5ZtxZy/thurs-ii.jpg
Thursday II
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 8 April 2021 12:30 (three years ago) link
Bologna
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 April 2021 12:35 (three years ago) link
Definitely feels like Italy.
Ancona, maybe?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 8 April 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
Not enough Fiat for Italy. There are a few Seat so I'm thinking Spain.
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 8 April 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Thursday, 8 April 2021 18:34 (three years ago) link
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 8 April 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
Màlaga?
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 8 April 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/HlUeHOg.jpeg
― cherry blossom, Friday, 9 April 2021 15:43 (three years ago) link
Rijeka, Croatia
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Friday, 9 April 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
I don't feel good about it though (googled 'princess fitness centar')
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Friday, 9 April 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
That "Fitness Centar" spelling seems to be typical of the Balkans.
― o. nate, Friday, 9 April 2021 15:50 (three years ago) link
you're right tho, ledge:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.328544,14.4499342,3a,75y,0.12h,90.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1siMQ4e1pt34RSfELL1m0rnQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 April 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
Ah thats my fault, I put the wrong image up. Basic error
― cherry blossom, Friday, 9 April 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
So annoying I usually take care to make sure that isn't possible!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 9 April 2021 16:05 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/myaKvWv.png
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Friday, 9 April 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
just an inkling, South Africa?(but seriously, how does one identify a street like that, somewhere on this globe?)
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 9 April 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
Surely they meant 'Fitness Centaur', which is a legit great name for a gym.
― pomenitul, Friday, 9 April 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
Australia maybe, breastcrawl otm tho
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 9 April 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 9 April 2021 20:40 (three years ago) link
Not Perth.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Friday, 9 April 2021 20:44 (three years ago) link
Not Nottingham either.
Are those Cook Pines?
― nickn, Friday, 9 April 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Friday, 9 April 2021 21:23 (three years ago) link
Nope.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Friday, 9 April 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
Darwin looks too tropical and abundantly vegetated so I'll guess one more Australian city and then abandon that country altogether- Adelaide?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 9 April 2021 21:47 (three years ago) link
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Friday, 9 April 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
hmm a three phase star power distribution system on thin wooden poles ... just trying to sound clever because I don't know what the fuck else to say and am stumped!
― calzino, Friday, 9 April 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
can't make out the lettering on the back of that spare tyre on the vehicle because of the gate.
― calzino, Friday, 9 April 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
Somewhere that people with big houses feel the need to have big spiked gates outside.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 9 April 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
that tree looks a bit drunk
― calzino, Friday, 9 April 2021 22:08 (three years ago) link
four power cables = not north america: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-phase_electric_power#Three-wire_and_four-wire_circuits
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 9 April 2021 22:31 (three years ago) link
please don't quote that post to me if it turns out to be north america
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 9 April 2021 22:32 (three years ago) link
That’s a big sky, so somewhere at altitude?
― Madchen, Saturday, 10 April 2021 07:13 (three years ago) link
This feels like South Africa to me also, but not got much more than that right now
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 10 April 2021 08:34 (three years ago) link
I think this is Cape Town
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 10 April 2021 08:59 (three years ago) link
Maybe somewhere in the Kenwyn suburb
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 10 April 2021 09:02 (three years ago) link
Was just gonna post another pic but you got it! Everywhere I dropped a pin was ruler straight roads and bungaloids so I thought someone might recognise it.I like how breastcrawl guessed the country then said how impossible it was to guess.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Saturday, 10 April 2021 09:14 (three years ago) link
whoa! guess I have watched enough SA music videos by now to get a feel for the placebut how do you get from there to identifying a seemingly generic suburban street?when cb mentioned Kenwyn I had a look at it and it very much had the vibe of the pic, but I was thrown by the Cook pines comment upthread. those trees do look like them (not that I’m an expert) and from what I could find they’re not really grown in SA. had just started investigating Auckland NZ.do we have the exact location yet?
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 09:39 (three years ago) link
It's not Kenwyn but pretty close. I know we sometimes guess exact location but I wouldn't expect it here.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Saturday, 10 April 2021 09:45 (three years ago) link
The narrowness of the street ruled out most other possibles, but it just felt like South Africa. And then if it was SA then Cape Town seemed the most likely. Had a look around and saw those trees wherever I looked, the four lines, the streetlights, the little verges all matched.
Kenywn had the right vibe, though I noticed the weather is different so could be an older streetview. Cape Town is extensively covered, didn't have any luck getting any closer to the actual street
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 10 April 2021 10:19 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1r1G9Ll.jpeg
Weekend at Cherry's
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 10 April 2021 15:03 (three years ago) link
Point Pleasant
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 10 April 2021 15:05 (three years ago) link
Googling “eldritch black isosceles sky triangle” didn’t get me anything
― Canon in Deez (silby), Saturday, 10 April 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link
xpI had just read about Cook pines (they naturally lean toward the equator) a couple weeks ago, and thought maybe the poster had included one as a clue.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2133476-the-strange-cook-pine-trees-that-always-lean-towards-the-equator/
― nickn, Saturday, 10 April 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link
a sensible assumption, I’d say. I’m still wondering if the trees in that pic are in fact Cook pines or not
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 18:43 (three years ago) link
if *whether
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 10 April 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
I don't know, but the leaning one did look like one. And the non-leaning one looked like a Norfolk Island pine, which is a related species in the same area. The NI pines are planted frequently in SoCal, so I guess the Cook might range wide now too, which makes that "clue" (if it is a Cook) not as good for identifying the location.
― nickn, Sunday, 11 April 2021 02:16 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-33.9718968,18.4997297,3a,75y,5.1h,86.7t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZK0D9_Ti-TCrWbnHUelPZA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Went back to get it, 1.3 miles north of Kenwyn
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 11 April 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link
Heroic. The cook pines were not a clue btw, had not heard of them before.
― Computers I can live with, I even dried them in the oven (ledge), Sunday, 11 April 2021 20:01 (three years ago) link
I just went immediately north of Kenwyn and dropped on a couple of streets till I found one with the same cloudier sky. Similar cloud formation made me think its a north-south street so just kept going north and it arrived after about a mile
Anyway back to Weekend at Cherry's (Obelisk edition)
― cherry blossom, Monday, 12 April 2021 06:49 (three years ago) link
not the faintest on that one.
― StanM, Monday, 12 April 2021 10:27 (three years ago) link
It's giving me Canaries vibes but is probably far too green for them
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 12 April 2021 11:00 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/25jSDYTg/zau.jpg
Weekend at Cherrys isosceles-free view
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 01:37 (three years ago) link
Now it looks Scandinavian to me
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 01:59 (three years ago) link
Would it help if I put the triangle back in?
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 18:19 (three years ago) link
the outdoor pool in the first pic makes me think this is somewhere warm-ish.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
Maybe it's the cold part of a sauna
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 18:33 (three years ago) link
Not sure where that is, but 100% sure I'd rather be there than where I am.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
i feel that way about literally every city. except the nottinghams. and reno.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 18:40 (three years ago) link
There's a pool there so I'm fairly sure it's not Nottingham this time.
― Duncan Disorderly (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 19:12 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/VvQ86h2c/jolo.jpg
Weekend at Cherry's (View III)
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 11:21 (three years ago) link
The mountains aren’t big enough to be Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy but it has the feel of somewhere in the East of Russia you usually see covered in snow.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 11:32 (three years ago) link
The snowy peak in the distance looks big enough for kamchatka
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 11:43 (three years ago) link
It actually looks like Elbrus
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 11:45 (three years ago) link
Out and about but a cursory look at the map of the plains north of Mt Elbrus suggests Pyatigorsk might be in the right position, it even has a local hill for the view in pic 3
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 11:53 (three years ago) link
Yeah I can see views of the same three peaks from the outskirts of Pyatigorsk. If not there maybe it could be one of the nearby spa cities.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 12:11 (three years ago) link
There are about a hundred streetview dots on top of the hill pic 3 was taken from but I can't find the particular one cherry blossom used. Here's another with some freaky disembodied people and a handy viewfinder
Pyatigorsk Towerhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/F93t39kwPUDnJSYPA
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 16:40 (three years ago) link
And here's location 2
Поселок Свободыhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/SYKcXnjdJvyhHxB27
I think the first one is beyond me
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0192805,43.0141974,3a,75y,253.24h,92.82t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPtu2EMjIqcE7pxCK1HJ1Owrn4nQ7e0eYWilJN7!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPtu2EMjIqcE7pxCK1HJ1Owrn4nQ7e0eYWilJN7%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya75.962105-ro-0-fo100!7i10258!8i5128
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0570569,43.0911895,3a,75y,343.53h,86.9t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipMFe4k2pHbkOdWCB0rshaUw5BldRLW-QsEl_tpP!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMFe4k2pHbkOdWCB0rshaUw5BldRLW-QsEl_tpP%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya330.50504-ro-0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
Elbrus was a relatively big clue but good work to slot home from there nonetheless
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
I wouldn't have got it without Elbrus but it's a pretty distinctive mountain, not many tower above their surroundings like that
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 14 April 2021 17:34 (three years ago) link
Oh that's basically Georgia!
A really good one because it's unexpected. If someone had said to me: this is near Izmir,.I would have totally believed them until I saw Mt. Elbrus. I've been to Izmir, highly recommended.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 15 April 2021 02:25 (three years ago) link
I like the huge dog print you see if you navigate just left in the first link cherry blossom posted there.
― nashwan, Thursday, 15 April 2021 11:13 (three years ago) link
I was really close to including the dog in the view, but there wasn't quite enough room to have the dog and the hill in the same view
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 15 April 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/3xdQRCR9/Screenshot-2021-04-15-at-16-34-26.png
What's he got in there?
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 15 April 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link
It's probably not the UK (looks more like France maybe) but if it somehow is the UK then it reminds me a lot of Cheltenham
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
Portugal, maybe?
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
the blue logo on the top right corner of his box is the shape of France, no?
― StanM, Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:20 (three years ago) link
yeah it's a prepaid package from La Poste, like this one:https://prod.isg.bruneau.media/OMM/Images_Basse_Definition/ZoomHD/69/54/69545.jpg
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:30 (three years ago) link
the building on the left looks like a real estate agency
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:33 (three years ago) link
Is that a sliver of a gothic arch I see on the far right?
― nickn, Thursday, 15 April 2021 16:39 (three years ago) link
Isn't that a ridiculously small road for pedestrian traffic lights? I don't know what to make of that (a gigantic amount of pedestrians there?) - also, the poles are blue, which I don't think is the default color everywhere?
― StanM, Thursday, 15 April 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
Dropped down into a few cities in the south of France and so far the only one where i can find any of those blue pedestrian crossing posts is Montpellier
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 15 April 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
I thought the flower shop name could be "Aroma" but so far this has lead to nowhere
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 15 April 2021 18:17 (three years ago) link
Looks more like it ends with "-ama" to me, and begins with an "O," but that has also led me nowhere.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 15 April 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
now I’m hoping it’s...Vichyyou hit me with a floweryou do it every hourObama, you’re so Vichy
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 15 April 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
earnest guffaw at that, breastcrawl.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Thursday, 15 April 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
> Montpellier
back to Cheltenham then...
― koogs, Thursday, 15 April 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
back to Cheltenham them...
― koogs, Thursday, 15 April 2021 22:11 (three years ago) link
love the origin story for viscious (sorry for the tangent)
Reed said it was Andy Warhol who provided fuel for the song. "He said, 'Why don't you write a song called 'Vicious,'" Reed told Rolling Stone in 1989. "And I said, 'What kind of vicious?' 'Oh, you know, vicious like I hit you with a flower.'
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 15 April 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
would help if I could spell
Montpellierback to Cheltenham them...― koogs, Thursday, 15 April 2021 23:11 (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― koogs, Thursday, 15 April 2021 23:11 (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Had to google this niche geographical quip
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 15 April 2021 22:23 (three years ago) link
It would be a satisfying bit of synchronicity if correct tho
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 15 April 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
man, Montpellier is big :(
― StanM, Friday, 16 April 2021 14:46 (three years ago) link
and it may not even be there either :-)
Confirmation that it is indeed not Montpellier might be helpful here. I kind of got it into my head last night that it might be an unrepresentative area of Paris but that's even bigger
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 16 April 2021 18:05 (three years ago) link
I thought ILXors were good at this, but no, Benjamin Kuo is the guy who's good at this
Unable to locate Mr. Compean through the photo’s metadata — he had disabled his cellphone’s location settings — the authorities disseminated it on social media, where it eventually landed on the radar of the Twitter user @ai6yrham, according to Sgt. John Gilbert, a Sheriff’s Department spokesman.The user, whose Twitter bio identifies him as a ham radio operator named Ben, responded to the Sheriff’s Department call for assistance on Tuesday morning with a thread that included satellite images and predicted the missing hiker’s coordinates. He wrote in a post that he had made sure to forward his predictions to the authorities.Later that afternoon, Mr. Compean was located by rescuers, safe with no known injuries, in Angeles National Forest.“I think, at least for our team, we haven’t had anything exactly like this,” Sergeant Gilbert said of the user’s assistance.In an interview with KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, the Twitter user, whom the station identified as Benjamin Kuo, said he leaned on the scenery captured in Mr. Compean’s photo to help him deduce the hiker’s location.“I’ve got a very weird hobby, which is I love taking a look at photos and figuring out where they’re taken,” Mr. Kuo told the station.
The user, whose Twitter bio identifies him as a ham radio operator named Ben, responded to the Sheriff’s Department call for assistance on Tuesday morning with a thread that included satellite images and predicted the missing hiker’s coordinates. He wrote in a post that he had made sure to forward his predictions to the authorities.
Later that afternoon, Mr. Compean was located by rescuers, safe with no known injuries, in Angeles National Forest.
“I think, at least for our team, we haven’t had anything exactly like this,” Sergeant Gilbert said of the user’s assistance.
In an interview with KNBC-TV in Los Angeles, the Twitter user, whom the station identified as Benjamin Kuo, said he leaned on the scenery captured in Mr. Compean’s photo to help him deduce the hiker’s location.
“I’ve got a very weird hobby, which is I love taking a look at photos and figuring out where they’re taken,” Mr. Kuo told the station.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/15/us/missing-hiker-found.html
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 18 April 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
"he had disabled his cellphone’s location settings"
he effectively had a gps device on him and instead he sent a photo of some rocks?
― koogs, Sunday, 18 April 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
He disabled his cellphone's GPS because he was hiking in the Bobcat Fire burn area and he was trying to avoid a $1000 fire. Every hiker in the San Gabriels is aware of which areas are closed off and the soot on the guy's legs in the original photo was a tip-off that he was in a restricted area. https://www.dailynews.com/2021/04/17/missing-hiker-found-in-bobcat-fire-burn-area-is-investigated/amp/Early in the pandemic, I was in a Zoom class that Kuo taught to help folks get their amateur radio. Solid dude - cool to see him get the kudos.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 18 April 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
that last cherry blossom pic is indeed montpellier, well done or something !
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6118854,3.8656341,3a,75y,82.92h,70.96t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSVpwW1ffD4I5DDyoKEb49Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― Jibe, Monday, 19 April 2021 11:16 (three years ago) link
Ha wow, kudos on finding the spot Jibe, I'd stopped looking
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 19 April 2021 11:48 (three years ago) link
Is that a sliver of a gothic arch I see on the far right?― nickn, donderdag 15 april 2021 18:39
― nickn, donderdag 15 april 2021 18:39
nickn was actually halfway there, that was the big clue, I guess: a section of the 18th century aqueduct
https://www.google.nl/maps/@43.6118532,3.8656526,3a,60y,105.72h,93.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZTewZhSE1Hp6k4OhpA26Zw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 April 2021 12:15 (three years ago) link
"the Saint-Clément Aqueduct is nicknamed Les Arceaux for its double row of Roman-inspired arches"
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 April 2021 12:19 (three years ago) link
― ignore the blue line (or something), lundi 19 avril 2021 13:48 (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
got lucky googling through quite a few variations of fleuriste + **ama until i found it
― Jibe, Monday, 19 April 2021 12:21 (three years ago) link
hah I was looking for "Ouama" or something like that - so off the mark as usual
― calzino, Monday, 19 April 2021 12:24 (three years ago) link
the shop is called "Chuma" and it doesn't sell flowers, but decorations.
so all my searching Google Maps for "[city in southern France] + fleuriste" was not time well spent then
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 April 2021 12:26 (three years ago) link
...or maybe I just did it wrong!
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 April 2021 12:28 (three years ago) link
could be your search was too restrictive with the quotemarks and +, i just googled fleuriste chuma and it popped up
― Jibe, Monday, 19 April 2021 12:41 (three years ago) link
nickn was almost all the way there, especially once Montpellier was mentioned it just needed to be poked over the line. There was too much out there already to give any more!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 19 April 2021 12:43 (three years ago) link
pretty sure i googled 'montpellier arch' and i didn't see any photos of the aqueduct - now i know what i'm looking for i see one or two. should've made good on my promise upthread and used yandex, there's loads on there.
― Scheming politicians are captivating, and it hurts (ledge), Monday, 19 April 2021 12:50 (three years ago) link
cherry blossom playing a hard game now, no longer enough just to name the city, they want the exact spot! I looked around the Arc de Triomphe in Montpellier but when I realised it wasnt that I kind of gave up on it
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 19 April 2021 13:01 (three years ago) link
cherry blossom playing a hard game now, no longer enough just to name the city, they want the exact spot!
Has anyone made any progress on identifying the two men? My gut is telling me they're not locals, but not getting much of a reading on how far they've traveled in from
― cherry blossom, Monday, 19 April 2021 13:22 (three years ago) link
what is the skinny guy stooping over to inspect?
― calzino, Monday, 19 April 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link
Just assumed it was wine cos they're French
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 19 April 2021 13:26 (three years ago) link
he might have spotted a bottle of blue nun in there
― calzino, Monday, 19 April 2021 13:33 (three years ago) link
They’re both named “Claude”.
― In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 19 April 2021 14:14 (three years ago) link
Claude au Trent
― cherry blossom, Monday, 19 April 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/8z20ZFwh/f.png
― cherry blossom, Monday, 19 April 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
Looks to me a lot like a building in a New England college with the framed picture a painting of the early buildings of said college
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
Looked briefly for views of 18th century Harvard but don't see a match for that set of buildings
what, we’re doing Guess the Room now?
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:24 (three years ago) link
I think we're playing Guess the Fifth Word of the Fourty-Second Page of the Grey Book on the Table now
― Dinsdale, Monday, 19 April 2021 18:38 (three years ago) link
Yeah, ngl, you're taking the piss cherry blossom.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
fireplace reminds me of bern
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Monday, 19 April 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
Des Moines?
― bulb after bulb, Monday, 19 April 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
There's a gavel on the table and the view outside the window REALLY looks like a college campus, that's all I got
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 19 April 2021 19:09 (three years ago) link
Yeah, the gavel makes me think political building, and the painting looks like an 18th century state capitol, with the sparse landscape suggesting a younger state.
― bulb after bulb, Monday, 19 April 2021 19:12 (three years ago) link
the painting looks a lot like the iowa old state capitol and that has a streetview inside but i can't find that room.
― Scheming politicians are captivating, and it hurts (ledge), Monday, 19 April 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
(in iowa city)
TIL that Iowa City was Iowa's capital before Des Moines.
― bulb after bulb, Monday, 19 April 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
no slam dunk but is it Appomatox Court House, VA?
― Canon in Deez (silby), Monday, 19 April 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link
not the same office, but details match. Old Capitol, Iowa City:
https://i.postimg.cc/mDxxhzRc/download.png
― bulb after bulb, Monday, 19 April 2021 21:07 (three years ago) link
Yep https://www.google.com/maps/@41.661148,-91.5360813,3a,75y,92.74h,75.17t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipNzuFqrGewv9a_oFgkt7fSl2-YoZjInp5qQkYvP!2e10!3e11!7i5376!8i2688?hl=en&authuser=0
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 19 April 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
― Canon in Deez (silby), Monday, 19 April 2021 22:40 (three years ago) link
and btw the Old Capitol is in the middle of the University of Iowa campus so I correctly read the through-the-window view
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 19 April 2021 23:19 (three years ago) link
Great team effort. Narrowing down to Iowa so quickly was impressive
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 03:12 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/sg9Tp0Mw/Screenshot-20210420-102533-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 09:27 (three years ago) link
yeesh. it's gotta be the us. are acres of car wreckage a thing anywhere else?
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
maybe in Russia
― Evan, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
yeah it feels more like eastern europe or russia, the cars look too small for it to be in the us
― Jibe, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 14:57 (three years ago) link
The hipped roofs and the one-line power pole say eastern europe to me too.
― In on the killfile (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
is it a junkyard full of Yugos?
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 16:01 (three years ago) link
I know, I know it's serious
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
it's a junkyard full of no-gos haha
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
It feels a fairly high latitude
The cars seem to have a more matte type look rather than glossy. I'm not good at that but if so does that say they've been there a long time? not sure how that helps tho
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
aircraft hangars in the distance?
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 17:31 (three years ago) link
single line power, reasonably well maintained but narrow sidewalk, small cars = not the US.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:00 (three years ago) link
I think most of the junkyards like that in US have been emptied out as old junked cars have been shipped to China for the steel. You used to see them a lot more driving cross country in the '80s.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
you have never driven through the western us i take it. anyway ok it's not the us sheesh.
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
I'm sure they still exist. Just that I remember as a kid driving past seemingly cars stacked alongside the side of a highway for miles. I think the prices of scrap steel have changed the economics of that. To me it does look like something that could be in the US, though the cars don't look quite right. I'm wondering about the line of trees in the distance. It reminds me of how trees grow alongside the sides of irrigation canals.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
map is right— there are still plenty of spots like this in rural parts of the western US. tbh it looks a lot like far Northern California, but it isn't, as has been established.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:38 (three years ago) link
i think it might be asia somewhere. maybe even japan (the sidewalk is weirdly good to me).
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
looks like Japanese cars too
Fukushima?
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 20 April 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
I wondered about Hokkaido initially but the light didn't seem right, but then thats pretty flimsy either way
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 06:46 (three years ago) link
ha i def spent a while looking up 80s japanese minivans to see if anything matched that grey van on the right side of the lot, with little to no success
― Jibe, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 07:28 (three years ago) link
that minivan is part of the reason i think japan. not 100% but it looks like one of these. seems like those sold pretty well in australia too.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
The fences are too low for the U.S., tweakers would be all over that place.
The van at the right looks like a Mitsubishi Delica which would be fairly rare in the U.S.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
Somewhere in Australia?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
Pic 2
https://i.postimg.cc/9Q6m40ZZ/Screenshot-20210421-231840-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:20 (three years ago) link
thinking new zealand now
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:28 (three years ago) link
NZ or Tasmania
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 21 April 2021 22:35 (three years ago) link
obviously a racecourse. for horses, probably.
a picture search for racecourses near junkyards brings up some odd results.
― koogs, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:37 (three years ago) link
On the first picture, how usual is it to have a blue line in the road? I feel like I don't see that.
― Alba, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:50 (three years ago) link
Its a red herring, we've had this before. Or Something's phone adds this blue line to every image!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:54 (three years ago) link
(every image from Streetview, that is)
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:55 (three years ago) link
Oh! Weird.
― Alba, Thursday, 22 April 2021 03:58 (three years ago) link
It's literally in their screen name ha ha. Sorry, late to this game.
― Alba, Thursday, 22 April 2021 04:00 (three years ago) link
Nothing to suggest that the racecourse and junkyard are near each other though
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 22 April 2021 04:02 (three years ago) link
Not the racecourse in Hobart or Launceston as far as I can tell, but they both have the same type of railings, so this could be Aus/NZ.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 22 April 2021 06:03 (three years ago) link
i was getting results for londonw33d.net in my picture search.
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=racecourses+near+junkyards&t=ffsb&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
― koogs, Thursday, 22 April 2021 09:01 (three years ago) link
lots of junkyards, some racecourses, no weed: https://yandex.com/images/search?text=racecourse%20near%20junkyard
― I took drugs recently and why doesn't the UK? (ledge), Thursday, 22 April 2021 12:45 (three years ago) link
Is the sheep grazing on the racecourse a factor?
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 11:45 (two years ago) link
You could say it's a bit of a clue. I honestly thought the racecourse would make this quite getable. Do people want another pic?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 26 April 2021 12:02 (two years ago) link
The racecourse does feel like a pretty big clue, especially with the sheep. Lets go a bit longer before next pic, feels like we should be able to get it from here
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:20 (two years ago) link
I don't know a ton about racecourses but I feel like they don't usually allow sheep on them. And the grass looks a little worn too
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:31 (two years ago) link
The racecourse does feel like a pretty big clue, especially with the sheep
Chepstow is the only racecourse I know of in Wales.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Monday, 26 April 2021 12:34 (two years ago) link
A list of New Zealand racecourses:
https://www.progroupracing.com.au/new-zealand-racecourses
― Alba, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:54 (two years ago) link
(all with Google Earth photos)
― Alba, Monday, 26 April 2021 12:55 (two years ago) link
no sheep anywhere though
― koogs, Monday, 26 April 2021 13:41 (two years ago) link
the sheep may be red herrings then
― StanM, Monday, 26 April 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link
No they're definitely sheep
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 26 April 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
I'm not adding any help to identifying it but I have a question about the two small brown (fur?) things that seem to be attached the the fence in the foreground. They look identical to each other.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 14:58 (two years ago) link
(almost anyway)
tbh it's not a question either. Just weird.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
I have a question about the two small brown (fur?) things
I think your monitor resolution must be playing up, those looks like red herrings to me
― cherry blossom, Monday, 26 April 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
btw i'm referring to these two, not the larger grey things
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_HSCtbm77K4/YIbYAwcKnTI/AAAAAAAAA7U/AKeaYNTtrIYtuFYaZGf4UlJMKhN_pRqqACLcBGAsYHQ/s157/Screenshot%2B2021-04-26%2B155806.png
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
I think I need a walk outside
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Monday, 26 April 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
I think someone used the clone tool
― StanM, Monday, 26 April 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
I just thought 'fuck it I'll go through that list alba posted but actually search the names in google maps for hi-res pics', luckily it was the second one on the list or i might have died. So, Invercargill!
https://goo.gl/maps/6FF6xn9TFopBmpvf6
― I took drugs recently and why doesn't the UK? (ledge), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link
Woo!!
― Alba, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
Finally!
I thought somebody would get it fairly quickly after Alba's link especially when the introductory paragraph starts "There are 52 racecourses in New Zealand, from Ascot Park at Invercargill in the South..."
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
ha. I thought Dunedin and there was one that looked a bit close but didnt check Invercargill
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-46.3863389,168.3496917,3a,75y,164.15h,84.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP1BxIZSMlVOn7XLGRvZx7g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
the scrapyard
does Google Streetview automatically clone tool stuff? those two identical things on the fence are there in several angleshttps://www.google.com/maps/@-46.3947882,168.3941559,3a,75y,152.89h,78.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCH-4FpA0Y7lkhvKmfpSxNQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
oh, it does - the white curvy bit on the fence above is doubled too
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
it'll be part of the stitching algorithm
― koogs, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
Invercargill is possibly the ugliest place name I've ever heard in my life.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
Truly hope the Maori take over again and call it by its rightful name, Waihōpai
The Inver- part is nice, the -Cargill part not so much.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
Also it doesn't make sense unless it stands on the River Cargill, which it doesn't.
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
I mean, it should be called Waihōpai anyway.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
Invercargill's second appearance on the thread, also appearing last April
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
What are the chances!
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
Apologies for the thread faux pas.
I guess the ugliness of the name suggests some sort of context of aesthetics thing because coming from the north of England where gill means stream and living in Scotland where Inver, as Tom D. has acknowledged, Inver means river mouth, the name doesn't read badly but without that I can certainly see how it would
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
I mean, it should be called Waihōpai anyway
Notwithstanding this of course
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
No reason a city can't make a repeat appearance!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 27 April 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
It's interesting, Philadelphia has a LOT of Lenape (aka indigenous) names and a LOT of Welsh and Dutch names, so I'm used to some somewhat off-kilter naming situations— for example, I had many friends who went to Bala Cynwyd middle school, and I live near the Schuylkill River. I think that the residue of the Cargill corporation sort of rubs off on Invercargill and makes it more ugly than it actually is, to my eyes and ears.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
the actual pictures don't make it seem very appealing either tbh
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
for example, I had many friends who went to Bala Cynwyd middle school
WTF?!??!
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
OK, so I'm just reading about the Welsh Tract...
― Authoritarian Steaks (Tom D.), Tuesday, 27 April 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
Yeah, pretty wild, huh.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Wednesday, 28 April 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/43zCLv20/sinha.jpg
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:29 (two years ago) link
it's Turku, Finland
https://www.google.com/maps/@60.450357,22.2776869,3a,75y,338h,105.48t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s637UKwlL34IcZwgV0neVkg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:44 (two years ago) link
can't find the shot as it was posted, but it's the exact same spot
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:45 (two years ago) link
ah, there it is, July 2014:
https://www.google.com/maps/@60.4503527,22.2776105,3a,75y,339.07h,92.18t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sT5TYfrSG1PxbQmkALyJ6fA!2e0!5s20140701T000000!7i13312!8i6656
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 13:46 (two years ago) link
How'd you get Finland?
― a (waterface), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:02 (two years ago) link
It was obviously (Central or Northern) Europe. Found an identical Finnish traffic sign for bus + taxi lane. Then found that bus: part of the Vainion Liikenne fleet. checked the company’s Finnish Wikipedia page: active in quite a large section of the country, but I decided to try Turku first, as it was mentioned a lot (and I was guessing it wasn’t going to be Helsinki again, because we had it not too long ago), and yes, the church tower matched Turku Cathedral, so then it was off to Google Maps – found the spot quite quickly.
textbook case, I think. this thread taught me well.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
bravo. this thread, even as a mostly lurker, is wonderful
― a (waterface), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:19 (two years ago) link
Good job. I thought it might be Finland from the signs but either https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_European_road_signs or Turku's end of speed limit signs need updating.
― I took drugs recently and why doesn't the UK? (ledge), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
impressive!
and I was guessing it wasn’t going to be Helsinki again, because we had it not too long ago
Did we? I know we had Tampere but I don't recall Helsinki!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:21 (two years ago) link
forgot about Tampere! But Helsinki too - I checked: 11 January.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
ah yes, I see now - I think it was guessed correctly before I saw it, so it didn't register as much
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/SxJ02mNb/Screenshot-2021-04-29-at-19-14-49.png
Google car has taken a hell of a wrong turn there.
― I took drugs recently and why doesn't the UK? (ledge), Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
Somewhere in Nevada? Bakersfield? I see those black tanker cars on road trips all the time. (Wherever it is, doesn't look very city-like!)
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
That hovering thing in the front is scaffolding, so maybe somebody climbed up there for the shot?
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
There's a sign in the distance between the scaffolding uprights that I thought said "Mia" on the top left, but really it's too indistinct to be sure.
― nickn, Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
Needs someone with an eye for distinguishing industrial plants. I came across this pulping place in Columbus County, WA, which looks like the right kind of setting at least:
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article222997930.html
But I may be way off
― Alba, Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
Billings Montana?
― a (waterface), Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
If it was petrochemical, it would likely be a much more secure facility - but something is definitely either filling or pumping out those tanker cars on the tracks. And it's pretty green, not dried out like West Texas.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
Here's the other side from the highway?
https://goo.gl/maps/Yd5sT3XVNk9aBid17
― a (waterface), Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
Turku in 29 minutes and Billings in 24. I'm going to have to wear extra hats to facilitate taking my hat off
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 April 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
Rad! Can't believe I got one. I spent a long two weeks in Billings one spring few years back.
― a (waterface), Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
lol at Finland quiz. I've had wine gums that have lasted longer.
what's the flag on top of that tower on the left?
― koogs, Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
Now I really want wine gums. Well done, waterface!
― Alba, Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
Ha, well played...I thought I detected a red & yellow KOA billboard in the distance, now I can see it's for Denny's.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
good link for this thread
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
kudos, waterface. don’t it feel good?!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
nice link indeed, don't think I ever saw it
lol:
This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably.
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
It does! Funny I never would have gotten it if I hadn't visited there but after that crawling around the city on Google Maps was fun
― a (waterface), Thursday, 29 April 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/dt8zrLhG/v.jpg
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
For some reason, the image is dark sometimes and light others. If its too dark for anyone I'll try reupping it later
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
it’s dark for me in Zing, dark when I open the PostImage link in Safari, but it lights up when I click on it. spooky!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
Fine in Chrome/Windows 10. That's not helping me work out where it is though.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
Doesn't half look like Leeds.
― Tim, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
We had Leeds the other week though
― Tim, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
What time zone is cherry blossom in?
― o. nate, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
cb, post a photo so we can do this proper
― rob, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:37 (two years ago) link
Its really weird, I just tried with a new one and it went dark the minute I uploaded it, let me try somewhere else
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/bdXyGFNx/Screenshot-2021-05-12-at-18-41-45.png
ok lets see if this is any better
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
oh I didn't think that post through, I meant "post a photo of your time zone so we can guess it" -- sorry if that sounded rude
― rob, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:45 (two years ago) link
well, we got a bonus view out of it, with a wider scope. result!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
looks like the UK to me, although im not sure about that lamppost.
there's a possibly distinctive bridge (a railway bridge?) in the background
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:49 (two years ago) link
car direction in the first pic indicates RHD, so not UK, but it might just be parked the wrong way round.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
There does seem to be a car pointing in the same direction on the other side of the road.
― Tim, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
Those houses in the first pic are the most UK thing ever. Seems like a fairly big city centre in the distance...
Searching a while based on the tower block design it appears to be a view of Newcastle from Gateshead (mun).
― nashwan, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
It was actually a search for 'durham tower block' (not that I thought this would be Durham itself) that got me this Flickr pic
https://www.flickr.com/photos/photoshopnogo/29966774356
So fairly lucky with that one!
― nashwan, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
Here you go more or less: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@54.9592154,-1.6110774,3a,60y,318.75h,84.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQKloU28CFAz7EJbnSaBLZw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― nashwan, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
nice!
― StanM, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:32 (two years ago) link
Good one, though some credit must go the chicanery of Rob, tricking me into a second easier photo
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
I really need to come up with a more profitable outlet for my deviousness
― rob, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
ha my brother used to live quite close to there
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/hv8mVLBN/aaa.png
Today
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
is that a menu on the table on the right? and is that the Union Jack on the cover? is it a British-themed place somewhere in the world? or a place in a tourist town catering to British visitors?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
could the stuffed bear be a clue?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link
just asking the questions here
it looks dry, maybe Mediterranean, but very unglamorous
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
in the distance there's a black sign with red letters that could be Caffe = italian?
― StanM, Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
I’m just going to say Albania
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:24 (two years ago) link
I was kinda randomly google driving around in Barcelona just because of the possible union jack menu but Barcelona is way big and probably wrong anyway
― StanM, Thursday, 13 May 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
I'm confused by the yellow sign with a black 'X' on it that's in the background right in the center of the picture. It's a weird place to find such a sign that I associate with some danger warning, but maybe it's just a shop sign. For some reason I'm thinking Turkey or Croatia.
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 13 May 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link
looks like lottery or betting signs behind her head
― koogs, Friday, 14 May 2021 06:43 (two years ago) link
I'm confused by the yellow sign with a black 'X' on it that's in the background right in the center of the picture. It's a weird place to find such a sign that I associate with some danger warning, but maybe it's just a shop sign.
That is the logo of Raiffeisen Bank, you can see the name of the bank written in white on black slightly to the right of the sign. It's an Austrian bank but I don't think this is anywhere in Austria. They have a big presence in Albania as well but I checked all the largest towns in Albania for Raiffeisen branches and couldn't find a match, I could well have missed it though.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 14 May 2021 08:03 (two years ago) link
!!!they have branches all over Eastern Europe in fact
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 14 May 2021 08:42 (two years ago) link
Alright anagram, that makes more sense. I guess it's up to whoever is the fastest to check out all of this bank's locations now.
― Dinsdale, Friday, 14 May 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
they've got like 100 locations and ATMs in each eastern european city :(
― StanM, Saturday, 15 May 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link
yeah, I tried plenty, but no luck so far
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 16 May 2021 14:58 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/ydGNZS6q/abcd.jpg
View II
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
Graffiti appears to be in cyrillic script, in part at least.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
Could be way off but it looks like the Raiffeisenbank sign lettering is in white Latin/Roman (whereas they do use Cyrillic for their branches in Bulgaria) on dark grey background and the country I've noticed that colour combination in the most so far by some distance is Bosnia-Herzegovina.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 18 May 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
Yes and there's something at the back of the photo, to the right of the mountain, that looks like it might be a minaret. Maybe Sarajevo?
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 19 May 2021 03:45 (two years ago) link
yep, Sarajevo! Not sure why I didn't look much there before now - lack of Streetview I guess but there are only so many of those banks there First pic
― nashwan, Monday, 24 May 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link
“Bar London” eh
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 24 May 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
🎉
Yes, Caffe London in the Ciglane neighbourhood in Sarajevo! Second shot is immediately to the west of the cafe at the bottom of the funicular.
There's also a Caffe Paris just along from there the other side of the bank
― cherry blossom, Monday, 24 May 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/LXKCBQw3/yu.jpg
Midweek
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 10:55 (two years ago) link
indoors?!
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
We've had both Split and Iowa City as indoors correctly guessed before!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 10:59 (two years ago) link
Is that Erdogan in those bizarre wall photos?
― nashwan, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 11:17 (two years ago) link
don’t think so
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 11:54 (two years ago) link
This shouldn't be too difficult but I'm failing so far. So it's some sort of museum exhibit for a mid-century leader/dictator, either Soviet or Middle-Eastern. Picture on the right at the back looks like it might be Lenin. On the glass cabinet on the right there is what looks like a map, I tried to fit it with any of the stans or maybe Mongolia, but it doesn't work. It most resembles Iran, but I don't see how an exhibit like this could fit in with Iran's history, so I'm stumped.
Actually no I don't think Lenin's in the mix there, all the pics on the right are the same man, an older balder version of the young man in the scarf. Keep thinking it might be Ataturk but no, he didn't make it to old age.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 27 May 2021 04:33 (two years ago) link
the bowing statuette, the scarf he's wearing in the central portrait (yeah, it's a cliche but) - is he a famous theater figure?
― StanM, Thursday, 27 May 2021 07:54 (two years ago) link
big portrait of Odo from deep space nine.
i think the things in the cabinets are various gifts. (i took the bowing man to be japanese)
― koogs, Thursday, 27 May 2021 08:29 (two years ago) link
i was thinking theatre person too. this is a good one
― a (waterface), Thursday, 27 May 2021 11:45 (two years ago) link
I am pretty sure that is Ennio Morricone
― what's fgti up to these days? nothing. she's fake (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 May 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
Looks like him from a distance, also a trumpet in one of the exhibiting cabinets
I can't imagine such a bizarrely chintzy tribute to the man tho, lacking film posters and/or statuettes, so I'm probably wrong
― what's fgti up to these days? nothing. she's fake (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:00 (two years ago) link
theatre or opera, with some of the costume attributes to the right
― StanM, Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:07 (two years ago) link
There's no way that room is Western European. It's got that Soviet or Soviet-influenced vibe.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:21 (two years ago) link
On the left, there are a series of certificates with an errant hot-air balloon as the logo, and it seems as if there is a statue of the same, as if this organization has honoured this individual repeatedly. I don't know what that logo is connected to.
― what's fgti up to these days? nothing. she's fake (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:33 (two years ago) link
It's an odd one. Definitely feels opera-related but not really grand enough for any of the major Soviet houses. It's not the Bakhrushin or Chaliapin museums. The central portrait looks contemporary, so possibly the current director of a company. The building in the picture on the left has an onion dome. I'm leaning towards somewhere like Simferopol or Sevastopol.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 27 May 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
what about the main cabinet on the right? is the woman on the colour pic (or is it a painting?) the same as the one on the b/w pic in the smaller cabinet to the right of it? there's also what might be a photo of the actor (?) with a woman (the same one? his wife?) on the top shelf. plus a ceramic figurine in a yellow dress, and, perhaps more interestingly, what looks like a crown of sorts, or is it a traditional female head dress? - or is it something else altogether?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 27 May 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
Zelda Zonk, where do you see that map?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 27 May 2021 20:35 (two years ago) link
I suspect I might be imagining it at this stage but it definitely looks to me like the top shelf of the cabinet on the right has a women’s headdress nearest to camera and a Boris Godunov-style prop crown partly obscured by the reflection.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 27 May 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
xp second glass case from right, bottom shelf. May not be a map though
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 27 May 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
I thought it might be that one - I associated it with the comedy/tragedy twin masks
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 27 May 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
can anyone make out the script on the certificates on the left? is it Latin/Roman or something else?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 27 May 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
xp hmmmm... maybe you're right!
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 27 May 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
it might just be wishful watching tho
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 27 May 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
Again, I might be imagining it but I think the text of the framed certificate says диплом (diploma) but it is fuzzy.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 27 May 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
Think you're right. And in the third cabinet on the left there's a picture of what looks like a Byzantine cathedral or maybe mosque just to narrow this down...not at all.
― nashwan, Thursday, 27 May 2021 22:52 (two years ago) link
oh re-reading properly and ShariVari caught that already
― nashwan, Thursday, 27 May 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
Leaning more towards Ashgabat now, though not with much to justify that.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Thursday, 27 May 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
the building in the third cabinet on the left doesn't look like it has a dome to me? I get medieval castle ruin vibes but "ruins used as opera backdrops" doesn't narrow it down a lot either
― StanM, Friday, 28 May 2021 04:46 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/MGgN9fp4/yx.jpg
and outside
― cherry blossom, Friday, 28 May 2021 06:39 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/85KJ8Gxq/yx.jpg
― cherry blossom, Friday, 28 May 2021 06:42 (two years ago) link
tram looks older/less round/bigger windows than the iconic Tatra models I've seen
― StanM, Friday, 28 May 2021 07:08 (two years ago) link
Barnaul
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 28 May 2021 07:08 (two years ago) link
ding ding ding! October square
― StanM, Friday, 28 May 2021 07:12 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3554363,83.7692881,3a,75y,150.34h,95.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1suSf2UHJIBCaG8Im9fNKBGQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 28 May 2021 07:13 (two years ago) link
well done! so who's the dude with the scarf?
― StanM, Friday, 28 May 2021 07:15 (two years ago) link
no idea
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 28 May 2021 07:22 (two years ago) link
I think it's Valery Zolotukhin, but haven't found the photo yet
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 28 May 2021 07:29 (two years ago) link
I think it is Valery also
That was pretty quick from the exterior, maybe I should have left it a while on the interior
― cherry blossom, Friday, 28 May 2021 07:34 (two years ago) link
It's in the Altai State Theatre for Children:
https://goo.gl/maps/oZq4W4eGTNG9M7fW9
No idea who the guy is but the building in the picture does have onion domes!
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Friday, 28 May 2021 07:39 (two years ago) link
looks like a match with other photos of Valeri I've found
I'm not so into setting these so anyone else feel free to go ahead
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 28 May 2021 07:45 (two years ago) link
from Russian Wikipedia:“Since 2003, he was the artistic director of the State Youth Theater of Altai.”
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 28 May 2021 07:53 (two years ago) link
there WAS a dome! I sit corrected
― StanM, Friday, 28 May 2021 08:01 (two years ago) link
can’t find the portrait either, but he was most definitely a scarf guy!this still (from a play, I assume) matches the series of pics on the right wall:https://img.dni.ru/binaries/v2_photo/69859.jpg
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 28 May 2021 08:08 (two years ago) link
glad this was sorted right out of the trolley gate, the research would have ruined my working day
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 28 May 2021 08:10 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/XYzVzYnS/za.jpg
Hopefully your work for the day is done
― cherry blossom, Friday, 28 May 2021 10:24 (two years ago) link
Fleetwood, Lancashire, UK
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Friday, 28 May 2021 10:34 (two years ago) link
third google image result for 'private school on the coast beach' :P
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Friday, 28 May 2021 10:35 (two years ago) link
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 28 May 2021 10:42 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uo6joEm.jpg
a different coast
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Friday, 28 May 2021 11:12 (two years ago) link
googling Caribbean cruise ports...
― StanM, Friday, 28 May 2021 12:07 (two years ago) link
my first inkling was something like Dakar
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 28 May 2021 12:33 (two years ago) link
Moose Factory, Ontario
― Van Halen dot Senate dot flashlight (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 28 May 2021 13:37 (two years ago) link
Saint John's, Antigua
https://www.google.be/maps/@17.1157882,-61.8424233,3a,75y,178.41h,77.09t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNifKipnSrKyAGAfbazbAuNEe3NtSqdSx6w8fLH!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNifKipnSrKyAGAfbazbAuNEe3NtSqdSx6w8fLH%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya341.45566-ro0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096
― StanM, Friday, 28 May 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
(mostly thanks to that enormous red roof on the left)
― StanM, Friday, 28 May 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
Well done.
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Friday, 28 May 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/5yqfPvsY/tb.jpg
weekend city
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 6 June 2021 11:33 (two years ago) link
First gut feeling without peering too closely: Germany, Austria or Czech Republic
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 6 June 2021 12:31 (two years ago) link
I got nothing - other than it feels European indeed
― StanM, Sunday, 6 June 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
Gonna open the bidding with Vienna, but I'm not 100% convinced.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Sunday, 6 June 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
does not feel like Czech Republic at all to me
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 6 June 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
buildings are all the same, looks like an upmarket council estate.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 6 June 2021 21:37 (two years ago) link
... or a section of a city that had to be rebuilt quickly after being destroyed in a war?
― StanM, Sunday, 6 June 2021 22:46 (two years ago) link
The buildings have chimneys, which, unless they're a postmodern flourish, means they couldn't be more recent than the 50s and are more likely to be older. They look a bit like the housing estates built in Vienna in the 1920s, and the river looks like it could be the Danube Canal, but I can't see any bridges over the Danube Canal that look like that steel thing in the background.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 7 June 2021 04:22 (two years ago) link
Germany and Poland clearly have too many cities on rivers. Something has to be done about this imho.
― StanM, Monday, 7 June 2021 09:28 (two years ago) link
I want to say Warsaw, but I don't think I'm correct.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Monday, 7 June 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
maybe this is completely wrong to the right of that first lamp post there's a christmas decoration and then four white signs with their pole behind them - a bit further on, there's a maroon sign also on the left of the road... making me wonder: are we driving on the left here?
― StanM, Monday, 7 June 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
it doesn't feel like any of these countries though - so that's probably wrong. ( https://www.worldstandards.eu/cars/list-of-left-driving-countries/ )
― StanM, Monday, 7 June 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
chimneys or not, don’t these housing blocks look quite new and modern (very much post-1950s), especially compared to the state of the asphalt road?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 June 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
Protected bike lane makes me think Denmark.
― o. nate, Monday, 7 June 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
are roads that badly-maintained in Denmark?
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 7 June 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
that's somewhere it snows (steep roofs) and i agree on the slightly rundown mitteleuropa vibe. maybe leipzig or dresden or something? but white buildings feel swedish?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 7 June 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
I don't know about Denmark but here in New Jersey those roads would be considered in pretty nice condition.
― o. nate, Monday, 7 June 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
I guess presence of pothole-patching also more evidence for a climate where it snows in winter.
― o. nate, Monday, 7 June 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
is the link broken?
You know, I was just looking at some bridges in Uppsala, Sweden and while none were the right one, it didn't feel *that* impossible either. So I'm going North for a couple of tries.
― StanM, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
Link is still there for me - though there were internet problems yesterday I think?
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 07:43 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/TPNZkfbx/tb3.jpg
Weekend City II
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 07:44 (two years ago) link
RHD, only the back of signs but quite an odd bike symbol on the ground, I have a feeling that this could be former East Germany or even Poland.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 07:52 (two years ago) link
that rail on the nearest roof - to keep snow from falling off?
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 13:40 (two years ago) link
What are those weird-looking trees in the courtyard at the far right of the picture?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:34 (two years ago) link
artwork?
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
on the first picture too (different views of the same neighborhood probably)
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:37 (two years ago) link
I've seen real trees that look like that right after they've been severely pruned.
― nickn, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:05 (two years ago) link
I’m struggling to recall seeing anywhere in Poland built so uniformly, when it comes to mid-rise blocks. I’m wondering whether it might be the Netherlands.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
maybe that big cluster of identical looking buildings is one big... hospital? or a retirement home type thing?
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
I don't think the Netherlands have roads that bad. Belgium, maybe, but those buildings don't look Belgian
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
trying to make sense of the bridge/crossing in the back of the first picture. can’t make out if it’s open or closed. could it be an overground metro line or a (sub)urban railway line?
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
Revising my hypothesis to France, having noticed the bike lane symbol with solid wheels like the ones used in Paris.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link
Strasbourg, France!
https://goo.gl/maps/rGVmzkM3UyzMEg5m6
Eventually hit on the idea of googling for bike lane markers in different countries and bike-friendly European cities, quickly found that Strasbourg uses those distinctive markings with the solid wheels.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
xp - I see others were on the same track.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
Strasbourg! yes, makes sense, has that rebuilt-but-crumbling vibe of French Belgium.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
chapeau!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
Wednesday wall
https://i.imgur.com/1T8Jaw3.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
🧱
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
do the no-waiting double yellow lines combined with the scenery suggest that it’s either the UK or Ireland? if so, I’m probably going to have to sit this one out
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2dImprgiB8
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:33 (two years ago) link
Can confirm that it's not in Nottingham
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
o.wow @ o.nate - well done on the Strasbourg!
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
the new pic - I was staring at the wall & plats just to the left of the lighter rectangle in the middle of the pic but it's Google Streetview pasting two images together again (creating that clone tool effect)
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
wall & plaNts
🎉 on the Strasbourg, impressed!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
Yellow lines suggest UK, though it could be a replica in Huizhou
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
Looks like a rail bridge on the left
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
it's a fascinating wall though - is that black pole that's now in the wall itself an ex-gaslight? or did it support the horizontal (stone?) slabs & this is some kind of walled-up gallery?
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:31 (two years ago) link
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
I can confirm that walls seem to be present in Liverpool
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
the "it's grim up North" vibe does resonate though, I don't disagree
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
yeah. looks like a sign on the wall on the right like they have along railway lines but i can't make out the letters BRO OFW? (and then a distance, in chains, from the nearest station)
curious about the railings on the roof in strasbourg.
― koogs, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
Just a guess, but might be a way to allow for snow to melt without cascading down in sheets and hurting people during a thaw?
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:51 (two years ago) link
I was thinking about it too, and that was the only reason I could summon
it just has to be britain though and we don't get much snow in blighty (or do anything to prepare for what we do get)
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
If it’s ERD rather than BRO, it could be Birmingham, I guess.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 22:04 (two years ago) link
which line would that be on? i found a page listing all railway bridges in the uk, but it's organised by line (and pdfs so not searchable without having downloaded them first)
― koogs, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 22:18 (two years ago) link
the roof railings (and general roof design for snow) are discussed here https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/a8y39d/eli5_why_are_so_many_german_roofs_built_very/
bit surprised to see them in strasbourg tbh. can't imagine they get much snow there.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 10 June 2021 05:42 (two years ago) link
Could easily be brum, or any other city with large victorian brick infrastructure. Surprisingly hard to find a road that follows the curve of an elevated railway like that though, and the old fence at the top and the overgrowth suggest it's not an actual in-use railway line.
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Thursday, 10 June 2021 07:28 (two years ago) link
Its two bridges isn't it, not one
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 10 June 2021 07:42 (two years ago) link
Which means lines diverging, which would make sense if this is close to a station
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 10 June 2021 07:44 (two years ago) link
I am not totally convinced the main wall taking up much of the picture is an elevated railway but I can't really justify that past saying the cast iron fencing seems odd for a railway (even disused) and I'd kinda expect to see arches in a railway bridge. I realise this is not much help.
― Tim, Thursday, 10 June 2021 08:43 (two years ago) link
(I mean it's quite likely it's a raised piece of railway, I'm just not sure it is)
― Tim, Thursday, 10 June 2021 08:54 (two years ago) link
if only those letters were slightly more legible; going on koogs' station code theory i've been going through this list: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/48541.aspx (alphabetical by name not code) but no joy.
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Thursday, 10 June 2021 09:17 (two years ago) link
Guessing that the markings on the bridge on the background suggest it's at least low-ish, I've been trying to find an appropriate low bridge on here but I haven't got anywhere yet: https://www.truckingjobs.co.uk/2018/10/low-bridge-map-uk.html
― Tim, Thursday, 10 June 2021 09:34 (two years ago) link
it could be a tunnel?
― StanM, Thursday, 10 June 2021 09:47 (two years ago) link
(just because it looks so dark under there, must be hella wide)
― StanM, Thursday, 10 June 2021 09:49 (two years ago) link
lol uk, never changehttps://www.hgvalliance.com/Helpful-Guides/bridge-strike/low-bridge-finder/uk
― StanM, Thursday, 10 June 2021 09:55 (two years ago) link
View #2
https://i.imgur.com/D73Y3Ww.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 10 June 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
Left-hand drive and English language signage. I guess we've already decided its UK.
― o. nate, Thursday, 10 June 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
ALLTRAFFICSQUIRRELSAHEAD
― I was born anxious, here's how to do it. (ledge), Thursday, 10 June 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
I'm starting to think old airfield after all
― StanM, Thursday, 10 June 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
those plants don't look very northern to me. trying to think of somewhere grim and railway oriented in the SW.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 10 June 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
> the cast iron fencing seems odd for a railway
God's Wonderful Railings:
https://www.google.com/search?q=gwr+railings&tbm=isch
― koogs, Thursday, 10 June 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
I've spent a lot of time on Google Street view looking at UK cities trying to find old brick walls near railroad underpasses. Definitely found some spots with a similar vibe, but so far no joy.
― o. nate, Friday, 11 June 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
I'll add a third picture when I get home this evening
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 14:44 (two years ago) link
The van is about to turn into the warehouse place - same logo on both: LA??.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 June 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
"LEAMINGTON ASS"
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Friday, 11 June 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
bournemouth
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
we're going to have to see the wall bruv
― StanM, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
(there's a yellow bus in the background of second pic and googling yellow buses had bournemouth as the first hit. BRO = bournemouth?)
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
I was wondering about the bus and Christchurch but I guess they probably share
― cherry blossom, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:38 (two years ago) link
apparently BRO = Bridge Of Orchy station (in Argyll, SCO) & doesn't look like it's it
― StanM, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
( https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/48541.aspx )
― StanM, Friday, 11 June 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
As promised, view #3
https://i.imgur.com/ozFWMPx.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 19:28 (two years ago) link
that building on the left is probably the big clue here, is that W a well-known logo in Britland?
― StanM, Friday, 11 June 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
https://www.storageking.co.uk/
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
That's an IMO car wash. There are 269 of them in the UK apparently.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1960783,-2.207612,3a,75y,61.94h,92.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjh_DXw75FO8PUtxC7ORBLw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
i don't know if that was deliberate but making me click through ALL the storageking locations and have it be the very last one was mean.
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
wow!
― StanM, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
Well done Koogs, no of course that was not deliberate!
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
This was to be the fourth post
https://i.imgur.com/DIV5UZf.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
storageking helpfully had images of the stores right there on the individual pages and a 'view on map' link. and most of them were just giant sheds on industrial estates.
now to find the railway bridge...
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
I mean it won't take you very long
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
was more about confirming my theory about the sign
https://www.google.com/maps/@52.1960421,-2.2081699,3a,15y,4.22h,82.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxIpcNSIseV2Al69qDXR1Qw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
BRBOWW12047
and ofc, the second line was the important one. (BRB = British Railways Board)
http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/elrs/_mileages/o/oww.shtm
120.47 Shrub Hill Junction with WAH
― koogs, Friday, 11 June 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
be right backoff with wife
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 June 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
Haha I just lurk on this thread bit when I saw photo #3 I was going to drop in "that weirdly reminds me of Worcester but you all think it's in other parts of the country so I trust you".
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Friday, 11 June 2021 22:42 (two years ago) link
it's the street I grew up on. Nobody thinks Worcester looks like this, people just know the nice bits.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 22:50 (two years ago) link
my bit of tolly is much nicer, but it's still tolly
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 11 June 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
I was looking at a lot of brick walls in Birmingham, so at least I wasn't too far away.
― o. nate, Saturday, 12 June 2021 02:48 (two years ago) link
Nobody really seemed to have any real idea which part of the country it was in though, "Close to a station" was the only real consensus!
Big collective failure over not looking for the second row of three letters
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 12 June 2021 05:21 (two years ago) link
I couldn't make them out - I somehow thought it was ENG OVV where it's actually BRB OWW :(
― StanM, Saturday, 12 June 2021 06:52 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/gkhxMKN0/eff.jpg
back to work
― cherry blossom, Monday, 14 June 2021 08:11 (two years ago) link
I see what looks like a US flag. Perhaps we are in Florida.
― nashwan, Monday, 14 June 2021 08:54 (two years ago) link
only one flag though
― StanM, Monday, 14 June 2021 09:44 (two years ago) link
couldn't work out what the big pink penis was there for a moment
― kinder, Monday, 14 June 2021 11:24 (two years ago) link
oh, two flags - anyway, yeah, Florida doesn't sound wrong - palm trees, pastel colors, holiday home type buildings - what does that concrete block say? K STREET ?
― StanM, Monday, 14 June 2021 13:02 (two years ago) link
It’s going to turn out to be somewhere like Okinawa.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 14 June 2021 13:05 (two years ago) link
all the plants are green and there's a Christmas tree in the yellow house - Southern hemisphere? (or is it that hot in Floriday at Christmas time?)
― StanM, Monday, 14 June 2021 13:05 (two years ago) link
xpost yes! it also feels Japanese - no overhead power cables though
― StanM, Monday, 14 June 2021 13:08 (two years ago) link
I didn't actually notice the flag outside the yellow house but taking the two together that's surely a US flag. Both Miami and Tampa seem to use blue recycle bins.
― nashwan, Monday, 14 June 2021 13:32 (two years ago) link
looks dry for Florida imo, I'd guess California or even Arizona
― trap door to hell opens underneath (rob), Monday, 14 June 2021 13:37 (two years ago) link
the presence of multiple pedestrians might rule out AZ though
― trap door to hell opens underneath (rob), Monday, 14 June 2021 13:38 (two years ago) link
it looks like a desert climate and fairly densely populated. somewhere in LA?
― treeship., Monday, 14 June 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
Id guess Cali, too. Too many aquaphobic plants and xeroscaping to be Florida.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Monday, 14 June 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
looks like it could be tucson or san diego but the lack of sidewalks is kind of weird for most u.s. cities so idk, the us flag might be a red herring lol.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 14 June 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
i think it's too dry to be coastal cali though
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 14 June 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
It's not San Bernardino or Merced, from my initial searching.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Monday, 14 June 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link
The small lots and apartment building density suggests beach town to me. Beach towns can be dry.
― nickn, Monday, 14 June 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
Yeah, tbh it feels kind of like San Diego.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Monday, 14 June 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
yeah totally looks like The Strandway except without the red curbs
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.7764379,-117.2528332,3a,75y,2.25h,68.05t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soerjgubayHaCF7jhmXeIsA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― a (waterface), Monday, 14 June 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
agreed this feels like coastal socal. probably very coastal (like within quarter of a mile of the ocean) given the density and pedestrian infrastructure and general beach vibe.
the low rise relatively dense vibe feels like hermosa or manhattan beach to me, but they have no k street.
the only coastal k street i can find in CA is in san diego, but it's way bigger than this one, unless this is an alley behind k street.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 14 June 2021 17:57 (two years ago) link
although there's something not quite right about those two vans in the distance that makes me think okinawa might be thinking more along the right lines.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 14 June 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
also the absense of overhead cables + US flags makes no sense to me.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 14 June 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link
fwiw I thought that said "4th" street not K
― trap door to hell opens underneath (rob), Monday, 14 June 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
yeah I'm totally not sure about that K
― StanM, Monday, 14 June 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
the low rise relatively dense vibe feels like hermosa or manhattan beach to me
this was my first thought too.
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Monday, 14 June 2021 18:13 (two years ago) link
Are there any modest houses left in hermosa or manhattan beach?
I was thinking a more middle class beach town like Oceanside.
― nickn, Monday, 14 June 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
the houses in hermosa and manhattan are mostly shitholes. they just happen to cost $3m.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 14 June 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
the only other thought i had was venice beach, but this looks a little ... culturally suburban for that?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 14 June 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
xpI guess I shouldn't extrapolate from the LA Times real estate section's "stars who just bought/sold a house" column.
― nickn, Monday, 14 June 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
― trap door to hell opens underneath (rob), Monday, June 14, 2021 11:11 AM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
K, 4th, or 7th have all seemed possible to me
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Monday, 14 June 2021 18:46 (two years ago) link
can we have another tio please, we're not making any progress I think?
― StanM, Wednesday, 16 June 2021 12:43 (two years ago) link
tip
https://i.postimg.cc/BJRfzhM9/c.jpg
back to work (second view)
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 17 June 2021 04:55 (two years ago) link
Still looks like California beach town that time forgot, but I didn't think there were any of those any more.
― nickn, Thursday, 17 June 2021 05:02 (two years ago) link
Starting to think North Baja, Mexico, actually.
― nickn, Thursday, 17 June 2021 05:03 (two years ago) link
yeah something's not right. this isn't socal.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 17 June 2021 05:15 (two years ago) link
the cars are wrong and there are no green bins.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 17 June 2021 05:16 (two years ago) link
Hawaii?
― StanM, Thursday, 17 June 2021 05:20 (two years ago) link
This is another pic like the Newcastle one that is light sometimes and dark other times
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 17 June 2021 05:30 (two years ago) link
Does Mexico have stop signs that say stop? Not according to Wikipedia
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 17 June 2021 05:36 (two years ago) link
Puerto Rico, maybe
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 17 June 2021 05:45 (two years ago) link
Weatherboard houses in disrepair close to the sea does make me think Caribbean, but no idea where
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 17 June 2021 06:12 (two years ago) link
alright well I will formally guess San Juan, Puerto Rico
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 17 June 2021 06:50 (two years ago) link
Definitely looks like American Southwest, but starting to wonder if maybe it's not actually that near the beach.
― o. nate, Thursday, 17 June 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
Eh I don’t think it’s the continental US
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 17 June 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
if that red sign with yellow letters just above the STOP sign on the right is a street name sign, then it's probably not in the USA?
"As of 2009, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) approved color schemes for street name signs including a green, blue, or brown background with white text, or a white background with black text"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_name_sign#Color_coding_and_typography - which also mentions there are exceptions though (burgundy in the Fiesta part of Mesa, AZ? Haven't found an example yet)
― StanM, Thursday, 17 June 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
The street sign background looks more brown than red.
― nickn, Thursday, 17 June 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
i assume a stop sign in puerto rico would say "pare"
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 17 June 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/y8WcLbSD/mz5.jpg
iii
― cherry blossom, Friday, 18 June 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
StanM already said Hawaii and that has blue bins, similar road markings, red octagonal stop signs, bungaloids as far as the eye can see. Damned if I can narrow it down though.
― In the wastelands of Birmingham and Manchester, massages are back (ledge), Friday, 18 June 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link
Pretty sure that's a red golf buggy. Maybe it's near a golf course (at least a dozen in honolulu alone) or maybe someone just likes to tool around in a golf buggy.
― In the wastelands of Birmingham and Manchester, massages are back (ledge), Friday, 18 June 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
but how are these three pictures so... horizontal? Anywere I click on Hawaii has mountains in the background (or I'm doing it wrong)
― StanM, Friday, 18 June 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
Hermosa Beach!
https://goo.gl/maps/VJ3zLtga9o1xchvAA
I thought someone already kind of guessed it, but I guess not formally.
― o. nate, Friday, 18 June 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
Still curious exactly where that first shot was taken though. Such a weird vibe in that photo.
― o. nate, Friday, 18 June 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
Wow! nice one!
― StanM, Friday, 18 June 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
well done to cherry blossom too, you had us following all kinds of wild red goose herrings.
― StanM, Friday, 18 June 2021 16:30 (two years ago) link
Yes, I was looking all over the place, but I kept coming back to Hermosa Beach, since the street signs were the right shape and color.
― o. nate, Friday, 18 June 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
lol I was just coming back here to suggest Hermosa having finally found examples of burnt orange streetname signs above the stop signs there.
― nashwan, Friday, 18 June 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
caek mentioned Hermosa! Why didn't we listen? :-)
― StanM, Friday, 18 June 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
possibly because i repeatedly said i don't think this is southern california! haha sorry. and good catch!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 18 June 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek),
― trap door to hell opens underneath (rob),
The answer has been sitting here in plain sight for the last four days!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 18 June 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
Picking additional shots when the answer was sitting there already 99% of the way there was tricky!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 18 June 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8562195,-118.3992219,3a,75y,59.25h,68.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4e2Zs55SnJ08cfL9kxA__g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― cherry blossom, Friday, 18 June 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
xp to StanIt was lost in the other beach towns - Redondo, Manhattan, ...
― nickn, Friday, 18 June 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
I looked on zillow for price estimates and in the original picture, the house on the left (xmas tree) is estimated at $2.3M and the one next door (behind penis umbrella) is $2.6M.
― nickn, Friday, 18 June 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
totally normal state
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 18 June 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
HWAT, 2.6M!?
― StanM, Friday, 18 June 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
i was thrown by, among other things, lack of green bins. apparently hermosa is still rolling out green bins which i guess makes sense when a lot of them don't have gardens and many of them are neo-nazis https://www.hermosabeach.gov/our-government/city-manager/environmental-programs/solid-waste.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 18 June 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
xpA single-family home one block from the beach in a desirable part of Los Angeles = big money.
― nickn, Friday, 18 June 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/RFfhFmCD/cc.jpg
blue
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 02:05 (two years ago) link
first guess: maybe this is germany. but no obvious major port so not hamburg or bremen. maybe that's a lake then. but this is too nice for berlin (where the lakes are) so my guess is ... potsdam (on the basis that it's next to berlin but nicer and more verdant). general vibe is quite like this but this view has too many churches/towerblocks https://www.360cities.net/image/nikolaikirche-potsdam-skyline and if i'm right i certainly can't find the spot.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 04:02 (two years ago) link
Blocky apartment blocks lining wide boulevards did made me think of post-Soviet Europe...
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 04:51 (two years ago) link
there's also a distinct lack of churches which east germany or even further east, although there are some pretty ritzy chateaux type buildings
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 04:59 (two years ago) link
what's that round black thing with the white roof? football stadium?
― StanM, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:11 (two years ago) link
I don't know, at first I thought it was something industrial, now I'm not so sure.
Blowing the photo up, it seems to be the sea on the horizon, then a narrow isthmus of land, then a narrow body of water - lake or head of a river - then the city. I think.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:16 (two years ago) link
i assume it's one of these xp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_holder
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:18 (two years ago) link
Assume so too, but funny place to have one, in a built up area. Which again makes me think somewhere east of the iron curtain.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:22 (two years ago) link
there's a pretty famous one near central london but yeah that does look like it's pretty central in a smallish town which seems weird.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:23 (two years ago) link
The lower half of the pic looks quite fancy and much less Eastern European. I'm confused!
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:24 (two years ago) link
yeah all the individual buildings and look like fancy bits of germany or france (even the apartment buildings), same with the trees, but the almost complete absence of churches is not right.
that foreground roundabout with an ornamental lake/island in the middle (?) should be distinctive.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 05:31 (two years ago) link
There's an area to the right where there looks to be church spires, but hard to tell
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 06:07 (two years ago) link
I think I see two churches? red one on the right, gray one straight ahead?
― StanM, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 08:14 (two years ago) link
I think this is Szczecin, just checking Polish coastal cities and the red church looks like the Basilica of St James there
― nashwan, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 08:59 (two years ago) link
On second thoughts probably jumped the gun there, not sure things quite match up geographically.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 09:04 (two years ago) link
Don't think it's Rostock, big harbour there
― StanM, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 12:02 (two years ago) link
Yes I've been looking, and failing, up in that neck of the woods! The city seems to have a pretty distinctive geography - at the head of a river I think, separated from the sea by a narrow stretch of land.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 12:12 (two years ago) link
This reminds me of another town on a river which we did a few months back, which turned out to be in Ukraine.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
Yeah was thinking Mykolaiv, the buildings, colour of the rooves, and street structure speak Ukraine to me
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
Klaipeda, Lithuania? Has the requisite isthmus but can't quite make the rest of it fit, despite lots of red roofs and trees
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 23 June 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
Liepaja, Latvia!
https://goo.gl/maps/L3XWCVPk9bvKKGBQ6
Figured that the round red structure with the white roof was the best lead. Searched for pictures of round buildings and eventually found it. The "Great Amber" concert hall.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 23 June 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
Well done! So a lake, not a river. I have never heard of Liepaja but it looks kind of nice!
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 24 June 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link
o.nate again! well done!
― StanM, Thursday, 24 June 2021 07:31 (two years ago) link
I had no idea thats what an isthmus was before, good manouevers!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 24 June 2021 09:44 (two years ago) link
the circular ornamental water feature is "Swan Pond"https://maps.app.goo.gl/zmfupPrPErVEbVwx9
― StanM, Thursday, 24 June 2021 10:30 (two years ago) link
No-Swan Pond would be more accurate
― koogs, Thursday, 24 June 2021 15:27 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/63McyLxH/susu.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 28 June 2021 13:45 (two years ago) link
this looks like it is somewhere in latin america. the church that can barely be glimpsed to the right seems like it was constructed in the baroque style, probably pretty early, like 1600s.
i am going to guess this is somewhere in colombia. medellin?
― treeship., Monday, 28 June 2021 13:50 (two years ago) link
heredia
― plax (ico), Monday, 28 June 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
https://www.nacion.com/resizer/Daj4_ahfRokFNyJxKvcEdvcf32o=/1200x0/center/middle/filters:quality(100)/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-gruponacion.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OFPGMRWWH5G45LR273VEBXC7MM.jpg
― plax (ico), Monday, 28 June 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
Damn
― Alba, Monday, 28 June 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
Wow! Been there?
― StanM, Monday, 28 June 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
holy hell!
can't find the exact Google Maps shot, but this is from the same session: https://www.google.com/maps/@9.9980476,-84.1167565,3a,75y,351.62h,99.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sad9yyhkx-EsvDNx8HOFXAw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=nl
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 28 June 2021 14:32 (two years ago) link
amazing, I did think it looked a bit like another in a park in South America we had a while back.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 28 June 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
Wow that was quick and impressive
https://www.google.com/maps/@9.9980574,-84.1167785,3a,75y,336.7h,93.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVK5KaVAT9kTAaHup7uR2rA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=nl
(the exact street view - about two clicks away)
― cherry blossom, Monday, 28 June 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/sXX6qNnY/hi.jpg
Back indoors
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 1 July 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
- Dubl Handi washboard = from Columbus, Ohio- Arts In ... folder?- what's that wavy thing outsice (behind pink jacket lady's head) ? Are they standing next to a shuffleboard?
― StanM, Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
north america because the portable AC is set to farenheit and there's a diner-style coffee mug. that's all i got.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
They don’t have diner mugs abroad? Sucks for them.
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
the very thick ceramic and concave outer surface is uniquely north american in my experience.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
spent ages trying to read that Pure Hanoi sign before I read the next post!
― kinder, Thursday, 1 July 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
the big black spotlight is pointing at something across from here but the roof on that main attraction doesn't look that old-fashioned
― StanM, Thursday, 1 July 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
taos?
― plax (ico), Thursday, 1 July 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
O I can see it much better on a PC. Something about trolley rides?
― kinder, Thursday, 1 July 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
lots of tourist/cabin type stuff everywhere in NorthEastern USA and I have no idea if that's even the right region (just because they have that washboard?)
― StanM, Friday, 2 July 2021 06:31 (two years ago) link
That woman is behind a rope, which means she's an exhibit, right? "Come see the old frontier town grandma with her multiple aircon units and coffee machine!" (or whatever it is)
― In the wastelands of Birmingham and Manchester, massages are back (ledge), Friday, 2 July 2021 09:26 (two years ago) link
is this how people filled in their crossword puzzles in the olden days?
― StanM, Friday, 2 July 2021 09:45 (two years ago) link
The white hat hanging on the door definitely looks like something worn for an olden-days experience.
― Alba, Friday, 2 July 2021 11:33 (two years ago) link
By the door, I mean.
― Alba, Friday, 2 July 2021 11:34 (two years ago) link
The headless man outside the cabin is taking a photo of something that looks like it could be used for gold panning. I'd say in general there's more of a "pioneer"/western frontier feel to the place (i.e., not the northeast where the emphasis would be more on colonial-era history, I think). Possibly Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota, etc. This is more of a stretch, but the way the people outside are dressed also looks ~western US~ to me
Given it's set to 64 and what everyone is wearing, that machine is probably functioning as a heater. I don't think the ropes are there to put her on display, she just works there and you're not supposed to touch anything behind the ropes
Stack of maps looks like a mountain range or river valley
― rob, Friday, 2 July 2021 13:50 (two years ago) link
six minutes later and I'm rethinking all that lol
the Amish wear straw hats with black ribbons, though they may not be the only people in history to do that
on further inspection, I'm not sure what the hell that guy is taking a picture of
― rob, Friday, 2 July 2021 13:58 (two years ago) link
The headless man
ha i actually saw it that his head was that wooden column (tree trunk?)
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Friday, 2 July 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/MGMMFM8z/fxl.jpg
and back outside
― cherry blossom, Monday, 5 July 2021 16:30 (two years ago) link
404 Not found
― koogs, Monday, 5 July 2021 16:47 (two years ago) link
only visible in Zing it seems?
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 5 July 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
hmm lets try that again
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 13:04 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/rpyVDm9S/fxl.jpg
an empty parking lot in the Summer, possible ski slope on the right?
― StanM, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 13:37 (two years ago) link
If that's a ski slope, could be the Appalachian mountains since the trees and buildings suggest modest elevation. Maybe somewhere in TN or NC?
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 13:47 (two years ago) link
swimming pool in an industrial estate, narrows it down a tad.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
the buildings look a little on the tall side for the west, so i'm cautiously going to say appalachia or maybe vermont/maine if that's skiing stuff (skeptical about that).
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
hmm, maybe the "amish" hat was a clue and this is the Poconos?
― rob, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
Gatlinburg
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
I think so too, though I can't find the exact location of the photo. If you squint enough, that trolley map says "Gatlinburg Trolley".
― o. nate, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ArNruv1.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
I couldn't read the first bit so I did a GIS for "trolley routes map"
Ahhh well done, I was googling Trolley Rides.
― kinder, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
still not 100% if that's a ski slope
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7108033,-83.5104314,3a,75y,286.36h,89.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRV0OFVxYLe1CfwUBdX2rew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 07:01 (two years ago) link
haven't found the lady yet :)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 07:06 (two years ago) link
Correct on the first view - the lady is pretty close by, same part of town
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 07:14 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7141104,-83.5102778,3a,75y,141.25h,63.87t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOnbksxYNPknoYxDP3tFHPOBJPg2ntKzzaPsZzG!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOnbksxYNPknoYxDP3tFHPOBJPg2ntKzzaPsZzG%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya185.23581-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
= "Martha Jane Ogle cabin"
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 13:24 (two years ago) link
I still don't know what the headless man was photographing : https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7143154,-83.5103541,3a,15y,118.86h,87.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slEeqQ2fL6bfitdCjz8ArBw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
(zoom out to see how that woman in her cabin is actually in a busy part of town)
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 13:29 (two years ago) link
sorry I keep going on about this but it's hilarious
"The first home built in White Oak Flats / Gatlinburg around 1802. It has been moved three times to allow for expansion of schools and the constant changes of the demands of tourism and now hopefully permanently located at the Gatlinburg Visitor Center at the junction of Hwy's 321/441."
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 13:33 (two years ago) link
I still don't know what the headless man was photographing
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 13:42 (two years ago) link
Holy Shit
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Salt+%26+Pepper+Shaker+Museum/@35.716213,-83.5047659,17z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x885956737b02c19b:0x4aafeef95cc8cc3b!2sSalt+%26+Pepper+Shaker+Museum!8m2!3d35.7162093!4d-83.5025775!3m4!1s0x885956737b02c19b:0x4aafeef95cc8cc3b!8m2!3d35.7162093!4d-83.5025775
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 15:53 (two years ago) link
The world's only one, even! I wonder why.
Here's the store: https://thesnpstore.com/
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
https://mijnplatenzaak.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/SaltNPepa-1-700x700.jpg
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 7 July 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/fTXHZQyc/zoo.jpg
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
... I have no idea why but it doesn't feel un-British to me?
― StanM, Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
Does anyone know what kind of sport is played on that court in the right-hand side? Doesn't look like tennis (no net) or basketball (no hoop).
― o. nate, Thursday, 8 July 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
buildings and tv aerials look extremely british to me. but the amount of trees outside the town (an entire hill!) seems wrong for the UK.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
I think the only bit of Britain where cities could look remotely like that would be South Wales
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:07 (two years ago) link
1 Graig Terracehttps://maps.app.goo.gl/bDSiHPoAAt5revJT6
Pontypridd, not a city but who cares!
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
nice! the trees rule out pretty much all of england but i literally forgot about the existence of wales haha.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
OMG! So fast! How? :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 8 July 2021 17:43 (two years ago) link
It just looked like the Welsh valleys, I went out with a girl from Aberdare and have family friends from Llantwit Fardre so I'm reasonably familiar with the area. The cities are a bit far out of the valleys to look like that and I know cherry blossom has played fast and loose with the definition before so I started gising the towns. The beige and blue flats were in the 2nd image for Pontypridd. The train station must be just out of shot
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:00 (two years ago) link
amazing! Well done :)
― StanM, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
Didn't expect that one to fall quite so easily!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
The train station is in shot, but behind the shed
cherry blossom has played fast and loose with the definition before
Tin City Alaska has a population of 0 and thats a city it even says so in the name. And if Tin City is a city then Pontypridd must be one too
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 8 July 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/J01Yfmj3/Screenshot-2021-07-12-at-12-08-40.png
outside
― cherry blossom, Monday, 12 July 2021 11:14 (two years ago) link
interesting square building built around a hill in the distance
― koogs, Monday, 12 July 2021 11:26 (two years ago) link
what's that red-outlined black object (building?) right above the straw hat?
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 July 2021 11:37 (two years ago) link
cable car :)
― nashwan, Monday, 12 July 2021 11:46 (two years ago) link
I'm thinking Manila
― nashwan, Monday, 12 July 2021 11:49 (two years ago) link
def looks like it, now for the spot
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 July 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 July 2021 13:16 (two years ago) link
or maybe not, because a system like
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 12 July 2021 13:53 (two years ago) link
spoke too soon either wayplease ignore
manilla looks too built up for that picture.
is it the decommisioned Rio cable cars? they look similar in shape and colour. no idea about the vie though.
― koogs, Monday, 12 July 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
Caracas?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 12 July 2021 14:46 (two years ago) link
I think I have significantly underestimated how far away Caracas is from the water.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Monday, 12 July 2021 14:49 (two years ago) link
so we're on a mountain, the sun is setting behind us = the city is to the east of the mountain and further away there's this very big white fortification type thing with a mountain/hill inside of it? Intriguing and no idea.
― StanM, Monday, 12 July 2021 16:26 (two years ago) link
Hong Kong
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Monday, 12 July 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
is there a part of Hong Kong with so few skyscrapers?
― StanM, Monday, 12 July 2021 17:45 (two years ago) link
the high-rises don't look extremely new like they would do in China
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 08:24 (two years ago) link
There sure are a lot of cities with cable cars in the world.
This is quite a good article on the subject, though no help in the matter at hand: https://howwegettonext.com/cable-cars-are-changing-the-world-61f2b803c129
― At Easter I had a fall. I don't know whether to laugh or cry (ledge), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:09 (two years ago) link
They’re very common as transport in mountainous cities, but mostly inland, which makes me wonder whether this could be a tourist one.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:15 (two years ago) link
That white fortification/palace/building complex in the distance must be something famous, no? Why can't I find anything about it
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:16 (two years ago) link
man - I thought - what if we're in a lake! Big city in a lake? But then I found out the lake beneath Mexico City has been filled up centuries ago :-/
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:25 (two years ago) link
how old is this photo? ;-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 09:26 (two years ago) link
It was one of those articles about funiculars that made me think it could be Hong Kong...looks like the terrain and whatnot is very similar to the Ngong Ping 360.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 10:50 (two years ago) link
i think it's somewhere in indonesia
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:19 (two years ago) link
ha nevermind, the foliage isn't right for it
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:20 (two years ago) link
it could be Korea? Seoul's cityscape is similar, but it's not big enough for there, so... Daegu perhaps?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
feels like the port on the left is too big to be that far inland, but SK does have a lot of cities near the sea, good idea
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
mmmmm - Busan immediately doesn't feel very wrong
― StanM, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 13:02 (two years ago) link
It does seem like there are at least a few South Korean cities with cable car installations not unlike the one in the photo.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
I give up :-(
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 04:01 (two years ago) link
Another photo please?
― o. nate, Thursday, 15 July 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/3RCQnK8p/ry.jpg
ok!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 15 July 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
I think I see Chinese characters in signs. I'm thinking maybe Taiwan now..
― o. nate, Thursday, 15 July 2021 14:04 (two years ago) link
I thought that 7 underscore 0 (bottom right, on the road, in front of the parked cars) looked Korean fo sho
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
Mokpo, South Korea
목포북항해양수산복합센터https://maps.app.goo.gl/XXXJPgRFit5npAw97
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 15 July 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
And the hilltop view
유달산 삼등바위https://maps.app.goo.gl/syXbSHQew8QFso1i7
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 15 July 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
Nice, how did you get it?
― nashwan, Thursday, 15 July 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
It was maybe only the 15th South Korean city I looked at. The harbour helped
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 15 July 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
I saw everything from Busan to Jindo - if only I had kept at it :(
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
South Korea has a lot of cities!
― o. nate, Thursday, 15 July 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
Doesn't look like there's any magnificent square fortification round a hill, just tower blocks all blurred together by the distance.
― At Easter I had a fall. I don't know whether to laugh or cry (ledge), Thursday, 15 July 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
yeah, it only looked like it was one big complex on that first picture.
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
can I just.. cherry blossom, you're very good at this. thank you.
― StanM, Thursday, 15 July 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/QCCG0Zrs/y4.jpg
Heat
― cherry blossom, Monday, 19 July 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
Hm, thought the graffiti on the building on the right would be useful, but just seems to be some initials.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
Tells us it's somewhere the Roman alphabet is used at least
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
Can't quite figure out what's going on with that building -- clearly occupied (towels hanging off some balconies) but many of the windows are missing? Partially abandoned?
Going to have a wild stab in the dark guess - Luanda
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:10 (two years ago) link
it’s this building in Lunik IX in Košice, Slovakiahttps://www.teraz.sk/regiony/kosice-vsetci-testovani-na-novy-kor/460123-clanok.html
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
fuck, I've been to Košice! just for a few hours on the way to Michalovce, still should really have made a better guess.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
oh wow - that was fast
― StanM, Monday, 19 July 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
how do you possibly look at that and go "oh, kosice slovakia"
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
it looked a) extremely poor, but also b) very (Central) European (the foliage especially), which made me think that it might be a Romani neighbourhood (the people in the picture seemed to fit in with that) (also, we have had a different Romani neighbourhood in Bulgaria (?) last year iirc) - googled and pictures of Lunik IX came up
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:46 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.6965896,21.220741,3a,75y,223.89h,90.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-MjwvwQIEjBnt_YLs5nw9Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
And the SV link here
Even with picking one of the less distinctive buildings I had a feeling it might go quickly!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 19 July 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
But maybe not quite that quickly!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 19 July 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
took me a while, but this is the spot:https://goo.gl/maps/JgKsVcrVt7jJ1aMT9
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 July 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
shit romani are not very well taken care of are they - sorry for u.s. dumb
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 19 July 2021 22:28 (two years ago) link
I read recently that things have turned around a bit in Lunik IX since 2019 with the introduction of a new mayor. Though I also read there are a number of anti-romani walls in different parts of the city - couldn't see one here but then Lunix IX is a stub and doesn't connect to the rest of the city
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 07:06 (two years ago) link
xpost - this explains it quite well: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2015/04/roma-in-europe-11-things-you-always-wanted-to-know-but-were-afraid-to-ask/
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 08:17 (two years ago) link
I love the use of this thread to shine a light on such things tbh kep 'em coming
― nashwan, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 10:11 (two years ago) link
https://cdn.planetradio.co.uk/one/media/60ed/cd25/7b99/1f70/aec6/f2b0/IMG_2913.jpg
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 10:51 (two years ago) link
Haha this is a good one.
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
Looks like a place that's obsessed with the American flag, but the roads don't look like they're in a civilized country...
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:00 (two years ago) link
ha!
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:00 (two years ago) link
definitely Nicosia this time
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:02 (two years ago) link
the roads don't look like they're in a civilized country...
Dying laughing at this
― Well *I* know who he is (aldo), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:07 (two years ago) link
Nottingham finally
― nashwan, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:25 (two years ago) link
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:27 (two years ago) link
the one time I went to Hangzhou it was so foggy I couldn't see more than 50m in front of me
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:30 (two years ago) link
Yeah, thats what threw me at first too, this is as close as I could get.
https://i.postimg.cc/wMF4sVx7/han.png
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:33 (two years ago) link
Lol I walked past this the other day, should've posted a pic here myself, v good
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:49 (two years ago) link
thr building on the right has a word beginning with pha, isn't that Korean?
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 July 2021 11:59 (two years ago) link
Not I'm this case, I'm pretty sure it's part of the facade
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 12:02 (two years ago) link
Guys! Those buildings are so northern England I'm practically vomiting at how easy this one is.
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 12:34 (two years ago) link
Is it a movie set? What’s with the fake NY subway entrance?
― KEEP HONKING -- I'M BOBOING (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 13:20 (two years ago) link
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 20 July 2021 13:23 (two years ago) link
glasgow?
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link
Yes! Glasgow as NYC for the new Indiana Jones film.
https://anglotopia.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/featureimage-12-scaled.jpg
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:09 (two years ago) link
I think it played NYC for The Batman as well.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
It's new York in house of mirth
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
Yes, it is. Also another recent film with Meryl streep in it. Can't be bothered looking it up though.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:23 (two years ago) link
oh! good one - never would have guessed :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 22 July 2021 04:04 (two years ago) link
Hope this works...
https://i.postimg.cc/T3XnsWMz/clue1.jpg
― o. nate, Friday, 23 July 2021 13:52 (two years ago) link
off to the big book of bridges again
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 23 July 2021 13:53 (two years ago) link
I've been there - do I still get to guess?
― StanM, Friday, 23 July 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
Let's not - hint: I'm from Belgium so it's either in or near there :-)
― StanM, Friday, 23 July 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
I mean it screams Netherlands but
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 23 July 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
but?
― StanM, Friday, 23 July 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
looking at a lot of Dutch cities, Arnhem is the closest so far but it's not right
― Neil S, Friday, 23 July 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Friday, 23 July 2021 15:19 (two years ago) link
I’m also recusing myself
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 July 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
but it’s very close
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 July 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
Looks like this one is going to go before I get a chance to have a proper look. Off top of my head without looking I'm making an opening move with Krefeld.
Going to have a look around now tho
― cherry blossom, Friday, 23 July 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.841902,5.699407,3a,75y,111.12h,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOj2OKOiVJNxYEsUJFpvqz4s8bqFCuzTvtfaga_!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOj2OKOiVJNxYEsUJFpvqz4s8bqFCuzTvtfaga_%3Dw241-h100-k-no!7i2048!8i849
Nijmegen
― cherry blossom, Friday, 23 July 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
yay!
― StanM, Friday, 23 July 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
wait, what? something wrong with your link but it was Nijmegen
https://www.google.nl/maps/@51.8536428,5.8701745,3a,75y,245.02h,85.77t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKSBb9QwINrmLxc8bM9GW8g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Friday, 23 July 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
― cherry blossom, Friday, 23 July 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
yeah it picked up the previous url for some reason
eh, it keeps linking back to the wrong url whatever I do
lets try again
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.8536428,5.8701745,3a,75y,264.15h,82.06t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKSBb9QwINrmLxc8bM9GW8g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Friday, 23 July 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
The road we're on is named after the general who... kinda majorly messed up securing the bridge during WWII ? Nice tribute!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Gavin#Operation_Market_Garden
― StanM, Friday, 23 July 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
I'm reading "Time of Gifts" by Patrick Leigh Fermor, and I just got to the part where he passes through Nijmegen.
― o. nate, Friday, 23 July 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
oooh, always heard great things about that (2/3 books?)
― StanM, Friday, 23 July 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
I just started it. It's 2 books, I think. This one and the sequel "Between the Woods and the Water", tells the story of a walk across Europe he did in the '30s.
― o. nate, Friday, 23 July 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
broken road, the third part was edited and published posthumously a couple of years ago. they're conversational but also quite dense/long. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/766419.A_Time_to_Keep_Silence is a smaller investment and broadly similar in style/content/tone if you're interested in checking him out.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 23 July 2021 18:01 (two years ago) link
my, what a great book review site, thank you - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/253984.A_Time_of_Gifts
― StanM, Friday, 23 July 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
all three of those are well worth reading, Fermor was a great writer.
Nijmegen! I looked at pictures of it but nothing quite matched up.
― Neil S, Friday, 23 July 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
Will also stan for those Fermor books - what a life. I put this on another thread at some point, but it bears repeating:
At the age of 18 Leigh Fermor decided to walk the length of Europe, from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople (Istanbul). He set off on 8 December 1933 with a few clothes, several letters of introduction, the Oxford Book of English Verse and a Loeb volume of Horace's Odes. He slept in barns and shepherds' huts, but also was invited by landed gentry and aristocracy into the country houses of Central Europe. He experienced hospitality in many monasteries along the way.Leigh Fermor arrived in Istanbul on 1 January 1935, then continued to travel around Greece. In March he was involved in the campaign of royalist forces in Macedonia against an attempted Republican revolt. In Athens he met Balasha Cantacuzène (Bălaşa Cantacuzino), a Romanian Phanariote noblewoman, with whom he fell in love. They shared an old watermill outside the city looking out towards Poros, where she painted and he wrote. They moved on to Băleni, Galați, the Cantacuzène house in Moldavia, Romania, where he remained until the autumn of 1939. On learning that Britain had declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 Leigh Fermor immediately left Romania to return home and enlist in the army.As an officer cadet, Leigh Fermor trained alongside Derek Bond[11] and Iain Moncreiffe, and later joined the Irish Guards. Due to his knowledge of modern Greek, he was commissioned in the General List in August 1940 and became a liaison officer in Albania. He fought in Crete and mainland Greece. During the German occupation, he returned to Crete three times, once by parachute, and was one of a small number of Special Operations Executive (SOE) officers posted to organise the island's resistance to the occupation. Disguised as a shepherd and nicknamed Michalis or Filedem, he lived for over two years in the mountains. With Captain Bill Stanley Moss as his second in command, Leigh Fermor led the party that in 1944 captured and evacuated the German commander, Major General Heinrich Kreipe.Leigh Fermor was noted for his strong physical constitution, even though he smoked 80 to 100 cigarettes a day. Although in his last years he suffered from tunnel vision and wore hearing aids, he remained physically fit up to his death and dined at table on the last evening of his life.
As an officer cadet, Leigh Fermor trained alongside Derek Bond[11] and Iain Moncreiffe, and later joined the Irish Guards. Due to his knowledge of modern Greek, he was commissioned in the General List in August 1940 and became a liaison officer in Albania. He fought in Crete and mainland Greece. During the German occupation, he returned to Crete three times, once by parachute, and was one of a small number of Special Operations Executive (SOE) officers posted to organise the island's resistance to the occupation. Disguised as a shepherd and nicknamed Michalis or Filedem, he lived for over two years in the mountains. With Captain Bill Stanley Moss as his second in command, Leigh Fermor led the party that in 1944 captured and evacuated the German commander, Major General Heinrich Kreipe.
Leigh Fermor was noted for his strong physical constitution, even though he smoked 80 to 100 cigarettes a day. Although in his last years he suffered from tunnel vision and wore hearing aids, he remained physically fit up to his death and dined at table on the last evening of his life.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 23 July 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
dined at table on the last evening of his life.what now?
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 July 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
xp that was what was known as "a good war"
― Neil S, Friday, 23 July 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
The very high positivity rates around the country suggest actual case counts are *much* higher, which weirdly may be good news insofar as where we are in this wave. https://t.co/bNeCmpEwBk— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 23, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 24 July 2021 00:12 (two years ago) link
Fort Lauderdale?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 24 July 2021 05:08 (two years ago) link
Hope this works...🖼
― willem, Saturday, 24 July 2021 05:56 (two years ago) link
Haha sorry about the covid content. Wrong thread.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 24 July 2021 06:44 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/GhXxX8M6/qqr.jpg
New
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
I've been on a street in Copenhagen that looked just like that
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 20:59 (two years ago) link
the drain pipes all end on the pavement bit there's no street gutters = not much rain here?
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
but little rain + quite British feeling terraced housing (van on the left side of the street?) = ?
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
if the van's sun flap is on the driver's side, then the steering wheel is on the right side = UK
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
satellite dish looks to be pointing at a very shallow angle. does that imply more Northern? i'd've said cornwall otherwise, based on general feel.
― koogs, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
Tartu, Estonia
― treeship., Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link
No real evidence. I just feel that this is what I am looking at.
Otherwise, Aarhus, Denmark
Someday I will go to Aarhus
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
It’s a great city. I loved my brief time there.
― treeship., Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
is there a treasure buried under this X?
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
I've heard Aarhus is a very, very nice hus.
― nickn, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:53 (two years ago) link
TEC on that red box (lightbulb on top?) should be a clue. Some kind of alarm system?
― nickn, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
Edinburgh, Scotland?
― nickn, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 21:59 (two years ago) link
Trying to make out the TO LET agent but it's broken my eyes
― kinder, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
I can't remember which guess the city it was but one time I ended up looking around pretty much every city in the North of England and iIn Sunderland there were a hell of a lot of these single story terraces
so... Sunderland?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 22:45 (two years ago) link
3 Noble Sthttps://maps.app.goo.gl/6SMRyY1knG6FSCw76
It is Sunderland! Managed a lucky drop on a road with a bend in it and two left hand adjoining roads
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 27 July 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Tuesday, 27 July 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
well done!
― kinder, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 08:33 (two years ago) link
Interesting detour via Denmark first, but good work in getting to Sunderland in the end. They do have a bunch of these single story terraces that don't seem to occur elsewhere like that
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/cCZdjvCg/501.png
space
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:53 (two years ago) link
sure looks like the US of A, and a city big enough to have a bus system
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
feels very southwestern USA to me too
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
The look of the building and the fact that the lot has a number (under YES - ATTENDANT ON DUTY) suggests that the parking lot belongs to a big institution -- my first guess would be state university campus? The lower-slung brick buildings in the background work with that too.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
Red white and blue piping on the windows of the shuttered building (bar?) match U of Arizona colors, is this Tucson?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
oh - I was drawn to Austin/Houston but not based on anything in particular
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
Actually looks more like Texas than Arizona to me but at UT there would for sure be some burnt orange in frame. Bike rack in front of the parking lot also very consistent with university campus but maybe I'm letting myself get functionally fixed on that.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
hospital? government building?
― StanM, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
Sorry this isn't helpful at all, but I'm not seeing much to indicate any region in particular (except for the lack of sunshields in the cars, which would indicate somewhere less sunny than AZ to me). This also looks to me like any urban parking lot not a university one, which would possibly have a nicer, branded attendant hut?
― rob, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
idk though I've been pretty wrong on this thread lately
Reno seems like a place that could have a large tower next to an old single-story neighborhood.
― nickn, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
appreciate cherry blossom going the extra mile by first covering the sign? text? on that wall with a blanket before taking the picture they wanted to post. such dedication to the thread concept!
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
I'm not getting any very distinct regional vibe either. It does look vaguely like some sort of government office building to me.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 28 July 2021 20:36 (two years ago) link
Key would be figuring out building and which cities have buses with the colors of the one in the background. Also: must be in a state that requires front license plates.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Thursday, 29 July 2021 01:09 (two years ago) link
just gotta find where this deluxe double Toyota is availablehttps://i.imgur.com/x4agn0H.png
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 29 July 2021 02:08 (two years ago) link
cleveland!
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5030512,-81.6829351,3a,75y,337.04h,86.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seQlBXKh-dNZVAA1YoBoR5g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― circles, Thursday, 29 July 2021 02:17 (two years ago) link
the articulated bus livery got me there eventually
― circles, Thursday, 29 July 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
Huh. The Brutalist concrete building is an apartment tower for senior citizens, it turns out.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 29 July 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
ah yes, that famous southwestern city Cleveland. I was wrong.
― StanM, Thursday, 29 July 2021 04:01 (two years ago) link
the fortunes of the Barber Shop / Beauty Salon / Deli is interesting.
― koogs, Thursday, 29 July 2021 10:38 (two years ago) link
Checks out.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Thursday, 29 July 2021 11:35 (two years ago) link
― koogs,
I initially thought it was some kind of Greyhound building till going back in time
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/XJmvvZCh/pe.jpg
Last for the week
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
Is it my imagination or are those Chinese characters on the back of those Coca Cola signs?
― o. nate, Thursday, 29 July 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
According to Google, the flag with blue, white, and yellow stripes top to bottom is the flag of Hazaristan, a region of Afghanistan, and according to DeviantArt it is the flag of the mascfluidflux gender.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 29 July 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/NFRCT3Lw/d.jpg
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 1 August 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
That feels a lot more remote or isolated than the stadium would suggest - I'm trying to guess the sport from the chalk lines in the grass too - not something I can immediately place
― StanM, Sunday, 1 August 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
Does mocking up the 'cash & carry' logo in the back there and doing a reverse image search count as cheating? If so I'll keep my counsel :)
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Monday, 2 August 2021 08:16 (two years ago) link
Not in my book it doesn't. If I were prepared to go to that much trouble I'd post the answer & take the credit.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Monday, 2 August 2021 09:07 (two years ago) link
yeah that's exactly the sort of effort which should be rewarded
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 2 August 2021 09:22 (two years ago) link
is that a special version of the logo? (we don't have that over here)
― StanM, Monday, 2 August 2021 09:23 (two years ago) link
It's Ulan-Ude in Siberia. Good old yandex.com came up with the goods, and it wasn't the first result that helped, as I found after looking at every sports stadium in Mongolia.
What is going on in the stadium (see also the cash and carry sign on the left): https://goo.gl/maps/4VLu1p4jquZ6sKVi6
Thought it was a fool's errand to look for the second image, was going to give up after my third try but then got lucky: https://goo.gl/maps/uBarJHdLzPRAKXz58
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Monday, 2 August 2021 09:53 (two years ago) link
nice one! VIPs get to stand in the penalty box, eh?
― StanM, Monday, 2 August 2021 10:50 (two years ago) link
Ulan-Ude it is, I thought it might go faster from the stadium seat flag colours. The two images were too good not to post though
― cherry blossom, Monday, 2 August 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
Yep, good pics. The Google car does get to some interesting places. Seriously though I would like to know the provenance of some of the images; A 360 image of a sparsely attended Buddhist festival in the middle of Siberia I guess is not too incredible but a random girl in a hut?
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Monday, 2 August 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
Also noticed they have two stadiums next door to each other like Dundee
Girl in a hut is such a good shot!
― cherry blossom, Monday, 2 August 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
Users can submit 360 degree "photo spheres" to Google street view. I think there's an Android phone feature.
― o. nate, Monday, 2 August 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
Girl in a hut keeps on turningDon't know where she'll be tomoooooorrow
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 2 August 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/C18K4BnW/abc.jpg
Back again
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:11 (two years ago) link
UK
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
Up North, I'm guessing
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
Just joined GeoGuessr thanks to this thread and those Tom Davies youtubes. Won a Distance-based Battle Royale straight away but just guessing the country before 9 other randos is proving much harder (finished second in my first game but have done less well ever since). The 'Country Streak' game with no time limit is a nice way to ease into it though.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link
I don't think I've ever seen row houses with angled roofs like that before. Though from Google image search, they seem to be prevalent in the UK.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
That looks extremely Belgian to me
― StanM, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:02 (two years ago) link
I mean... look, this isn't the location but this is just a random street in the suburbs of Mechelen, Belgium (about 1 km from where I live)
https://www.google.be/maps/@51.0365306,4.5122894,3a,75y,114.47h,94.58t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sDeGZQnmi-zRkICpz5xpCPg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DDeGZQnmi-zRkICpz5xpCPg%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D195.74017%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link
could be anywhere in Belgium though, not a clue
― StanM, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
It looks too clean to be in the UK!
― Tim, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
Car is on the right, so not UK? Street is too wide to be a one-way.
Sidewalks not much higher than the street, so maybe a place with little rain?
― nickn, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
there are no rules about what direction your car must face when you park it in the UK (unlike the US, and like most of the rest of the world). so that's not dispositive.
but the above ground power cables and flat roofs make me think this could be the US, not the UK.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
neither the buildings nor the sidewalk look US to this USian
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
Above ground cables could be phone lines, still common in the UK.
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
defer to calzino on that but those are heavy guage twisted cables, which would be unusual for phone lines IIUC.
i agree the buildings look extremely weird for the US. but they aren't right for the UK either imo. the argument for US is the flat roofs. argument against US is the lack of a stoop.
the lack of double yellow lines on a tight corner like this also seems wrong for the UK.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:26 (two years ago) link
the siding (clapboard?) on the end terraces also seems wrong for the UK.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
last thing: you do get cars like that in the US obviously, but they are much more common in europe.
i have no idea!
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
does the low satellite dish angle indicate high latitude (+ve or -ve)?
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
this looks like montreal or something to me. definitely north america
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
I've never been to Belgium, but the link StanM posted does look extremely similar to the original photo, both in terms of buildings and the style of the sidewalks.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:51 (two years ago) link
roofs are wrong for Montreal, though I did wonder about France when I first saw it
― rob, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
if it was just the two facades on the left, I would def think N Americaif it was just the rest of the photo I would def think Europe
― rob, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
I'll go with whatever StanM says tbh
― kinder, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
― rob, Wednesday, August 4, 2021 11:57 AM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
you have a point.
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:04 (two years ago) link
randomly street-viewing some Belgian cities and it does seem like a strong choice
― rob, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
Liège looked like an especially solid candidate but idk how some of you find the exact spot
― rob, Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
Some places in Quebec look like this but the sidewalks don’t look right.
― Bo Burzum (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 4 August 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
stanm's link looks very, very similar.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 5 August 2021 02:34 (two years ago) link
I take back my assertion that it's the UK: it does feel pretty Belgian, or that corner of Europe in any case. Terrace houses and those window curtains made me think north of England, but the door on that very small narrow terrace doesn't look very British. There's a particular kind of cladding on the walls on either side of the road - that might narrow things down a bit.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 5 August 2021 03:56 (two years ago) link
the slate tiles? I thought that was pretty common too - still no clue where in Belgium to actually look, though.
― StanM, Thursday, 5 August 2021 05:08 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/zDhB5Hpv/aby.jpg
Another perspective
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 5 August 2021 09:03 (two years ago) link
Still very much in Belgium (orange back on traffic signs too), but what is THAT thing? hmmmm
― StanM, Thursday, 5 August 2021 09:11 (two years ago) link
oh, is it a train station?
― StanM, Thursday, 5 August 2021 09:14 (two years ago) link
Looks hilly, so if it is Belgium then is it Liege?
― Neil S, Thursday, 5 August 2021 09:17 (two years ago) link
yeah, more wallonia than flanders
― StanM, Thursday, 5 August 2021 09:18 (two years ago) link
OK definitely not UK. Could be Belgium but could also be France up near the Belgian border like Lille or something - balcony and blinds look a bit French.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 5 August 2021 09:21 (two years ago) link
North of France: don't think the traffic signs have orange back sides there
― StanM, Thursday, 5 August 2021 09:24 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/dV2jj5tZ/cable.jpg
#3
― cherry blossom, Friday, 6 August 2021 12:32 (two years ago) link
I think it's Lille
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 6 August 2021 12:49 (two years ago) link
No, those are belgian plates (white background with red letters/numbers and the blue B to the left + street sign with blue background and white letters) - I'm still 100% thinking Belgium but that raised train stop with the weird roof... NO idea. Damn!
― StanM, Friday, 6 August 2021 12:54 (two years ago) link
... but maybe it IS Lille though - they don't call that part of France "French Flanders" for nothing :D
― StanM, Friday, 6 August 2021 12:56 (two years ago) link
I am looking at streets in Lille and they look just like this, cannot find any of these locations though, and is that an actual station?
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 6 August 2021 12:58 (two years ago) link
tram?
― StanM, Friday, 6 August 2021 13:18 (two years ago) link
The thing that stands out to me is the lack of any markings on the street. Seems odd.
― o. nate, Friday, 6 August 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
Something about the way the sky and the clouds look makes me think this is near the seacoast
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 6 August 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
Based on my Google Streetview trawling, it seems the lack of painted street marks is more typical of Belgian than French cities, but I could be wrong.
― o. nate, Friday, 6 August 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/8zmZDDJC/y.jpg
This might have to be the final view
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 7 August 2021 11:01 (two years ago) link
... I still don't know. Is this raised & covered train/tram stop the only landmark in the neighborhood?
― StanM, Saturday, 7 August 2021 11:10 (two years ago) link
Yeah there doesn't appear to be an awful lot to differentiate these 4 views in terms of clues
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 7 August 2021 13:37 (two years ago) link
Is that a + sign on the white sign?
― kinder, Saturday, 7 August 2021 13:44 (two years ago) link
- I'm guessing it's a T and the last letter of the name of the stop?
- This community still has alternate-side parking (blue sign on the third picture with a red circle and 1 \ 15 (no parking on this side of the road from the 1st to the 15th of the Month) )so... that third picture was taken in the second half of a Month and this last one (cars parked on the other side) in the first half - however, this doesn't help as there's no list of places in Belgium that have this type of parking (that I know of)
- Is there a street name sign on that house in the middle of the last picture?
- those three houses are awfully small - are they 19th century original workers' terraces, maybe near a coal mine? (but then other ex-industrial locations like Charlerloi also had terraces I guess)
- are those parking spots just behind the corner in the last picture? (also doesn't mean anything, you can park your car there and then go into that dark entry to the stairs and up to the train/tram stop)
- stumped
― StanM, Saturday, 7 August 2021 14:41 (two years ago) link
Wherever it is it’s pretty grim.
― Bo Burzum (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 7 August 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
it's grim up Belgium
― StanM, Saturday, 7 August 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/zf3ct58S/chet.jpg
There we go...
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 8 August 2021 09:32 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/28b3DLGP/tyu.jpg
and one more
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 8 August 2021 09:36 (two years ago) link
oooooh, abandoned tram station Chet in Charleroi, Belgium
https://www.google.be/maps/@50.410628,4.4637833,3a,75y,109.48h,86.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sS8KT3l5aQMrsjJc3quGLCw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Sunday, 8 August 2021 09:44 (two years ago) link
good one! I had checked all the stations in Charleroi except this one - the rails aren't on the map anymore :(
― StanM, Sunday, 8 August 2021 09:45 (two years ago) link
more info about this tram line https://www.urbex.nl/metro-leger-charleroi-ligne-chatalet/
― StanM, Sunday, 8 August 2021 09:50 (two years ago) link
I love that the street name is Rue Grand Central. And at least in the process I learned how unlow Wallonia can be (was looking at elevated railway sections in nearby Namur not Charleroi).
― nashwan, Sunday, 8 August 2021 10:06 (two years ago) link
thank you, cherry blossom - that was a great search, even though I had no actual idea for most of it.
― StanM, Sunday, 8 August 2021 13:14 (two years ago) link
I spent a lot of time in Charleroi, Namur, and surrounding cities, but didn't ever find that tram stop. I guess it didn't show up when I enabled transit overlay in Google Maps, since its decommissioned.
― o. nate, Monday, 9 August 2021 01:00 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/Gm0NcKqM/mcga.jpg
I was reading up on the city, and it appears there are a lot of MCGA types there now
― cherry blossom, Monday, 9 August 2021 05:25 (two years ago) link
it's just a cocktail bar but their attempt to get your attention worked :-)
― StanM, Monday, 9 August 2021 06:32 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/QN0Cs7xT/ow.jpg
Drama
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 07:13 (two years ago) link
drama? is that a clue? (this doesn't scream Belgium at me like the last one did)
― StanM, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 07:20 (two years ago) link
Not a clue just a title but its random
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 07:30 (two years ago) link
Looks northern UK
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 08:24 (two years ago) link
It's not a council building but 'brutalist council building uk' image search brought up a story about the council debating whether to demolish it:
https://goo.gl/maps/CsyG7sgdHNv5nmcu8
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 08:37 (two years ago) link
That was quick
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 08:39 (two years ago) link
Ok, here is one, this one is not in the UK.
https://i.imgur.com/JQlwuez.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 09:02 (two years ago) link
the sign on the building probably helps - if only I could read it
― StanM, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 10:38 (two years ago) link
I’m going to say “somewhere in Asia”.
― Bo Burzum (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 13:07 (two years ago) link
🤔
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 15:20 (two years ago) link
looks like my very limited experiences of Malaysia over 20 years ago, so I'm going to say... Penang
― Neil S, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
the mural and surface parking vibe makes that looks a lot like broadway in chinatown in los angeles ...
but the air conditioners are wrong for north america, and so is the dinky little truck and the licence plates, and i can't find the spot in LA on streetview. so yeah i think this is asia.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
those A/C units look like Singapore but rest of picture looks too downscale.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link
I was thinking LA's Chinatown too, maybe Bernard St (that leads to the northbound 110 fwy), but the license plate on the silver car looks like the wide, skinny ones that they do in Europe. I'm wondering if it's a European Chinatown.
― nickn, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 19:47 (two years ago) link
right? it looks chinoise rather than chinese.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 11 August 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
Looks like something you might see in a Southeast Asian country. I think Penang was a good guess. Reminds me of city street scenes I've seen in Indonesia.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 11 August 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
My first thought was Malaysia or Indonesia but I did wonder about it being a Chinatown outside of Asia but I got more of an air of South America rather than Europe if so
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 12 August 2021 05:02 (two years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/B7PG2uc.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 12 August 2021 07:52 (two years ago) link
There's a Malaysia or Indonesia feel about that one but definitely still in wild guess territory
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 12 August 2021 08:30 (two years ago) link
what ARE we looking at though? why are the benches in the middle of the field? what are the wooden things around the field?
― StanM, Thursday, 12 August 2021 09:31 (two years ago) link
wooden things look like a fence.
that raised bricked pathway to the right hasn't been weeded in sometime.
those streetlights look wild--possibly solar powered?
― a (waterface), Thursday, 12 August 2021 12:41 (two years ago) link
is that a police car? a blue and yellow checked police car?
― koogs, Thursday, 12 August 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
To the right of the white structure holding the packets of smoked mackerel? I thought that was a taxi cab, but it could be police
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 12 August 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
yeah, it has something on the roof that looks like a blue light and the colours, albeit through the fence, just reminded me of those yellow and blue police cars (which are a british thing going by google image search, although nothing else there particularly says british to me, apart from the overall dreariness)
― koogs, Thursday, 12 August 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
can we rename this thread "guess the depressing nondescript city"?
― Bo Burzum (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 12 August 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
that's a terrible thing to say about bradford
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 12 August 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
i had forgotten that this was part two.
are those Palm trees begins the horsebox full of kippers?
― koogs, Thursday, 12 August 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
behind
can we rename this thread "guess the depressing nondescript city"?― Bo Burzum (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 12 August 2021 20:08 (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglin
― Bo Burzum (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 12 August 2021 20:08 (thirty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglin
says Boring, Maryland
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 12 August 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
Probably still a bit early for #3 but I'm going to be away from my laptop for 24 hours or so
https://i.imgur.com/zf715NQ.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 12 August 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
Still looks kinda like Indonesia to me, except for the absence of people and traffic.
― o. nate, Thursday, 12 August 2021 20:52 (two years ago) link
enhanceENHANCE
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 12 August 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
Hard to tell, but the writing on the white building looks like it might be Arabic. And yet the grey skies, puddles of water and green grass of the second picture hardly screams Middle East. And the writing in the first pic looks like it's Chinese. Colour me confused.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 13 August 2021 00:18 (two years ago) link
The white pointed arches look pretty distinctive - Islamic influence?
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 13 August 2021 00:26 (two years ago) link
it's one of the 800 gigantic cities in indonesia i think, a lot of muslim / arabic crossover in that part of the world.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 13 August 2021 00:27 (two years ago) link
And plenty of Chinatowns in Indonesia too I'm guessing
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 13 August 2021 00:28 (two years ago) link
xpIsn't Indonesia largely Muslim? They would likely have buildings with Arabic writing.
― nickn, Friday, 13 August 2021 00:29 (two years ago) link
it could be brunei for instance. it's definitely somewhere wet.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 13 August 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
The white building looks like it could be a mosque, and the first picture posted could be a Buddhist temple. Both would be common in Indonesian or Malaysian cities.
― o. nate, Friday, 13 August 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
view #4, non-nondescript
https://i.imgur.com/EeqIXQx.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 13 August 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
Is that one of those Japanese mini Kei trucks? So we have Chinese lampions, Arabic type windows, palm trees, and now a harbour that looks like it recently flooded - it's going to be some island in the middle of everything, isn't it? Like... Okinawa?
― StanM, Saturday, 14 August 2021 08:58 (two years ago) link
I am surprised at how tricky this one has turned out to be, thought picture #4 would be it. Tempted to give a clue at this stage, or at least list a few countries it isn't.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 August 2021 11:51 (two years ago) link
No to clues, and no to non-image information I think. I think a #5 would be better.
thought picture #4 would be it.
Personally I thought I'd get more from 1 and 2 than from 4, not that I got much of anything though
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 14 August 2021 13:50 (two years ago) link
Two Harbors, Minnesota
― Bo Burzum (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 14 August 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
It is not Two Harbors, Minnesota
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 August 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
what are we supposed to see in #4 that would give it away?
― StanM, Saturday, 14 August 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
Combination of port and factory should be pretty distinctive. or so I thought.
Anyway, #5 as requested
https://i.imgur.com/ixt0vjh.png
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 August 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
maybe everyone's tired of looking up cities
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Saturday, 14 August 2021 22:49 (two years ago) link
yeah could be
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 August 2021 23:04 (two years ago) link
sorry, don't mean to be a debbie downer.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Saturday, 14 August 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
it's 1 am here, sorry :-)
― StanM, Saturday, 14 August 2021 23:22 (two years ago) link
OK, that's not what I was expecting. I no longer think its Indonesia or Malaysia. Looks too dry.
― o. nate, Sunday, 15 August 2021 02:25 (two years ago) link
#1 clearly looks Chinese (Chinese characters in red above gate, lion statues) and some people thought that was misdirection and it was a Chinatown but that city is really big and now I'm back to thinking it's a port city in China -- the problem is, places in China with Islamic influence aren't really on the seacoast right?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 15 August 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
Ok, this shot looks more promising!
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 15 August 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
I agree we're no longer looking at Malaysia or Indonesia, but I don't think this is China. This feels more like Africa
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 15 August 2021 02:52 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-20.1591612,57.5061002,3a,75y,135.85h,80.62t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipM2XkyrjaRodqH78Fn0lIaY6hasaZrQZ8l_xDma!2e10!3e11!7i5760!8i2880
Port Louis, Mauritius
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 15 August 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
Yay! well done!
― StanM, Sunday, 15 August 2021 03:13 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-20.1676259,57.471929,3a,75y,151.4h,75.15t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipP2gGqipl2k22_8i9HYSTZmunK6Bs0Gs244TAhi!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipP2gGqipl2k22_8i9HYSTZmunK6Bs0Gs244TAhi%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya0-ro-0-fo100!7i7200!8i3600
And the weird sodden field thing. I thought it was some kind of sports place but just looks like the ground of a tower
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 15 August 2021 04:35 (two years ago) link
harbour location
https://www.google.com/maps/@-20.153734,57.4875952,3a,90y,331.26h,84.26t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPjh0U6xwY0LYq5SWzR45J9RNPSTSTuG610hoew!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPjh0U6xwY0LYq5SWzR45J9RNPSTSTuG610hoew%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-10-ya107.99999-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
― StanM, Sunday, 15 August 2021 06:22 (two years ago) link
well done cherry blossom!I started looking at Port Louis via this list - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatowns_in_Africa
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 15 August 2021 08:23 (two years ago) link
blimey, well done!
― kinder, Sunday, 15 August 2021 08:51 (two years ago) link
Well it did take 5 photos to get there, and I was nowhere near on the first four. The last shot made me think Africa, and Mauritius the closest part of Africa to Indonesia
Pretty small city so the Chinatown easy to find and the pink/yellow thing popped up after a minute or so going down the main street
The second pic took longer, but I was curious what on earth it was. Didn't look for the others
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 15 August 2021 09:02 (two years ago) link
I had an inkling, early on, that this might by a Chinatown in Africa, but have been too busy this week to spend much time on my hunches
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Sunday, 15 August 2021 10:26 (two years ago) link
Nice job, cherry blossom! I thought Africa too after seeing that last photo, but had no idea where in Africa it could be, and never even remembered the existence of Mauritius. It's interesting how Asian that city looks, in terms of type of construction, vehicles, etc., at least to my eyes.
― o. nate, Monday, 16 August 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/ZqKwTypJ/hello.jpg
Good Morning
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
my instinct is to go look around the LA-San Diego kind of area?
― StanM, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
bridge-finding team activate!
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
could def be California, though I also get a New Orleans/ Savannah feeling from the look of that highway
― rob, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
guided path, wheelchair accessible - botanical garden/arboretum sorta thing?
― StanM, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:30 (two years ago) link
looks like a college campus to me. possibly a fairly old one (by US standards) given that brick wall. maybe pre-war.
background looks coastal? maybe even a port?
the planting looks too green for los angeles and i can't think of anywhere that nice close to a freeway in LA (mayybe USC, but that brick wall is too old for USC).
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:35 (two years ago) link
I get a convalescent home vibe, woman on left has a nametag, the two guys in the distance have identical shirt/pants color as that woman.
― nickn, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
I wonder if they're visiting though. It would seem kind of odd for a staff person to be taking a photo of her own workplace...?
― rob, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
the two guys are a google image stitching clone of the same guy
― StanM, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:44 (two years ago) link
yes though there is a third, more distant guy who might be wearing the same shirt/pants colors
― rob, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
ghost! disembodied head between photographer's arms
― StanM, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
xpI'm thinking maybe she's taking pictures to send to the older woman's family.
Art gallery also occurred to me, as there is a modern sculpture to the left of the woman in shorts.
― nickn, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 18:53 (two years ago) link
Yeah plus the woman in the wheelchair is possibly holding some kind of brochure or map
on closer look, that "third guy" is not a human, could be a sculpture or I could be hallucinating
― rob, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
I was assuming they were taking a picture of the sunrise/sunset??? Or an airplane?
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
yeah those are all possible, or it could be the tree that's in the image we already have
― rob, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
am I crazy for thinking that glassy building in the background is the John Hancock in Boston? I know all skyscrapers look like that lol
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 19:43 (two years ago) link
I think it's SoCal or a similar climate, but I can't think of any elevated roadway that looks like that around here.
― nickn, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
US Botanic Garden in Washington, DC?
― Dinsdale, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
Google Lens'ing the pathway led toward Cal State uni and Liberty Island NYC, but no sign of this pic at either
― (the one with 3 L's) (Willl), Tuesday, 17 August 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
looks like spanish moss in the tree on upper right above the head of the woman taking a picture.
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
upper left that is...
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 17 August 2021 23:05 (two years ago) link
Jacksonville, FL!
https://goo.gl/maps/EeonkLT3PQgJLX8z6
The Spanish moss hint was helpful. I was thinking either Southeast or California, but the Spanish moss led me to focus more on the southeast.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 02:49 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 02:58 (two years ago) link
my instinct was wrong.
― StanM, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 05:07 (two years ago) link
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 18 August 2021 11:53 (two years ago) link
ah cool. I got fixated on looking at New Orleans yesterday, and now I really want to go back
― rob, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 12:57 (two years ago) link
excellent, i looked at Charleston, Savannah and Norfolk. Easy to find old brick walls and big oak trees. Couldn't find the bridge in the background.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
The bridge was the biggest clue. I tried searching for highway overpass pictures from different cities. The pillars on that one are fairly distinctive. When I saw a picture of that bridge in Jacksonville I knew I was close.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 18 August 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/pXZWGsVB/lvg2.jpg
Weekend City
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 22 August 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
🖼Weekend City
― Bach on harmonica! (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 22 August 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
Tram surely?
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Sunday, 22 August 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
looks really familiar, tempted to say Wroclaw but don't think they would have those trams.
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 22 August 2021 20:35 (two years ago) link
Lublin has trams, looks a bit like Lublin but having a hard time finding good street views.
― heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Sunday, 22 August 2021 21:06 (two years ago) link
I guess Lublin has trolleycars, actually, but it does look like track on those cobblestones.
Color may be off in the picture but it looks like the tram has a green section of near street level. And a red and green stripe above window level.
― that's not my post, Sunday, 22 August 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
overall that looks like austria to me. too nice for classically eastern europe.
a couple of roofs seem wrong to me for austria though: the green mansard (?) roof and the stepped gable on the yellow building, which i associate with the low countries, but wikipedia tells me can be found elsewhere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepped_gable.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 22 August 2021 21:37 (two years ago) link
Yeah I thought Netherlands maybe but now you mention Austria is possible but I’m struck by the lack of commercial signage or any signs at all.
― Bach on harmonica! (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 22 August 2021 21:42 (two years ago) link
All white people I'm still thinking former Eastern Bloc.
― Bach on harmonica! (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 22 August 2021 21:44 (two years ago) link
The colors on the tram suggest Hungary.
― Bach on harmonica! (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 22 August 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
The colour of the trams reminds me of Augsburg in Bavaria.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Strassenbahn_Augsburg_18-08-2007.jpg
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Sunday, 22 August 2021 21:48 (two years ago) link
Got it - it's the cathedral in Augsburg (Frauentorstraße)
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Sunday, 22 August 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
https://goo.gl/maps/dFXxx2NwS3SUJ5Ym7
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Sunday, 22 August 2021 22:04 (two years ago) link
Nice one! I was still looking in Poland :-)
― StanM, Sunday, 22 August 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
Oof I’ve been there.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 23 August 2021 01:06 (two years ago) link
― Bach on harmonica! (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 23 August 2021 02:43 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/tCFth4fn/yay.png
Back inside
― cherry blossom, Monday, 23 August 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
maxx royal hotel so it's either belek or or kemer turkey according to google
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 23 August 2021 20:12 (two years ago) link
I was gonna say the picture on the right is of Venice but maybe that's now irrelevant.
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Monday, 23 August 2021 20:18 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/D0pDg75R/sss.jpg
Back inside (alternate view)
Going to go a little early with the second image for this one
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 11:54 (two years ago) link
Turkey seems possible. The interiors look a bit rustic to be actually inside the Maxx Royal which looks very posh.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 14:35 (two years ago) link
..rpus in cyrillic on the bench there
― koogs, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
The first picture looks like it might be inside a travel agency, so maybe the Maxx Royal plaque is indicating they have organized trips to that hotel.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
and .orpus on the sign behind the woman, possibly korpus which is little help.
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 15:06 (two years ago) link
the ice skates feel like they might help too?
― StanM, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 16:19 (two years ago) link
Corpus Christi, Texas
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
only doing joke guesses from here on out
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
That SP&P logo is Stepanovski, Papakul & Partners - Minsk, Belarus : spplaw.by
en.remmers.com/en Remmers is a German building materials company that's active all over the place (not saying it IS Belarus, but they have a site for Belarus too)
― StanM, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
xp Lancaster, Pennsylvania
― rob, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
/me googles for ice skating belarus korpus
Covid Secure Ice Skating @ Ally Pally, London - Alexandra ...https://www.alexandrapalace.com › book-nowIt's great to have the ice rink open again. Hundreds of thousands of you enjoy it each year. We have regular skaters aged 3 to 90 years old and cater for ...Missing: belarus korpus
missing belarus and korpus? so matching only ice and skating? thanks for that.
― koogs, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
Google has long been that helpful
― kinder, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
there's a culture center called Korpus in Minsk but I don't think there's a skating rink nearby - maybe they do winter activities near water sometimes?
― StanM, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
You got it.
https://goo.gl/maps/j9UYobsbjhgK18MKA
― o. nate, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 17:50 (two years ago) link
yay! thanks for actually finding it!
― StanM, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
Correct! It is, of course, the Korpus Culture Center in Minsk
Also correct, its the Turberi travel agency, across the road from the Culture Center
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 18:38 (two years ago) link
hahaha so good
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 24 August 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
here it is!https://www.google.com/maps/@53.9145659,27.5745101,3a,75y,334.28h,81.34t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNZDf_ekwELcMH0mno2dUkDanKwnrvXYQI1CGq6!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNZDf_ekwELcMH0mno2dUkDanKwnrvXYQI1CGq6%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya242.40256-ro-0-fo100!7i10000!8i5000
― StanM, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
if only we could use this kind of team work to solve crimes or something :-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
... or commit them
― StanM, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 19:53 (two years ago) link
https://www.bellingcat.com/
― rob, Tuesday, 24 August 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/rmL8zjjs/thurs.jpg
Bonus points for successful apprehension
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 26 August 2021 12:50 (two years ago) link
Eastern European looking dudes with palm trees? This one's hard. Is it an album cover from a Gorbachev-era New Wave band?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 26 August 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
fascinating! no idea yet :)
― StanM, Thursday, 26 August 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
Definitely looks one of those “Swagger of Oasis…” type band shoot.
― Bach on harmonica! (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 26 August 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/N0nbQxWn/zzz.jpg
― cherry blossom, Friday, 27 August 2021 12:53 (two years ago) link
Central America? South America? Southern Europe? (thinking there's too much green for that but not sure) - so... no real idea yet
― StanM, Friday, 27 August 2021 13:24 (two years ago) link
Second picture looks like it could be a plaza in a Latin American city.
― o. nate, Friday, 27 August 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
First one looks high altitude/mountainous to me
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 27 August 2021 17:14 (two years ago) link
gonna go out on a limb and guess this is Argentina
I thought Arentina wasn't very mountainous & I'm looking around in Chile, kind of
― StanM, Friday, 27 August 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
Argentina has lots of mountains. The street view could plausibly be Mendoza but I don’t recognise it.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 27 August 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/sXPSDx9k/xv.jpg
View III
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 28 August 2021 11:21 (two years ago) link
I wish I had any idea but I still don't
― StanM, Saturday, 28 August 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
I don't know either but you get way cooler images if you search on yandex for "abandoned pier south america" than on google.
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Saturday, 28 August 2021 18:55 (two years ago) link
I think it's the ruins of Florida in 2049
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 28 August 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
abandoned resorts are often an Eastern block thing, but this looks too tropical
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 28 August 2021 22:33 (two years ago) link
That looks like a stadium in the background. I'm getting a Mediterranean vibe from this pic.
― nickn, Sunday, 29 August 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
Talked myself into thinking this was Malta but couldn't find matches for the images in Valetta at any rate
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, 29 August 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/bN0XrL35/u8.jpg
View IV
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 00:39 (two years ago) link
That's a docked cruise ship back there, right?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 00:51 (two years ago) link
Fading resort town with palm trees, but guys in first photo look more East European than Mediterranean, and guys in last photo are well wrapped up as if it's pretty cold. Was initially thinking Argentina, but the buildings don't look that South American. Maybe somewhere on the Black Sea? Sochi or somewhere like that? Don't think it's a docked cruise ship btw, I think it's a building.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 01:51 (two years ago) link
Hmm: "While it is well known to many that lots of palms grow in Sochi, Russia, it is not the only place in the country where palms are found."
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 02:13 (two years ago) link
Sadly, time does not permit my checking out every resort town on the Black Sea...
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 04:08 (two years ago) link
Black Sea feels good as a guess - buildings shaped like ships on concrete piers are certainly a thing there: for instance https://www.google.be/maps/@42.9962529,41.0214901,3a,75y,356.33h,89.14t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipMv4dL-ZVQX7xicMc03OWV1PnHhdr53JIIS5cso!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMv4dL-ZVQX7xicMc03OWV1PnHhdr53JIIS5cso%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya129.18877-ro-0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096
― StanM, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
SO many resorts on that coast though! I feel like I've seen 200 piers and I'm only like 5% of the way
― StanM, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 12:49 (two years ago) link
um...
― Believe me, grow a lemon tree. (ledge), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 13:07 (two years ago) link
I think you found it, StanM. Just a bit further up the beach.
https://goo.gl/maps/bgEHhJtz31dQgRwCA
― o. nate, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
god f* damnit! How did I miss that?
― StanM, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
I only clicked on piers, I think :(
― StanM, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 14:56 (two years ago) link
ooooooh - view III isn't google earth, is it? ok ok ok
― StanM, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
I, III, and IV are all on streetview
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 15:18 (two years ago) link
Reading about Sukhumi, apparently the destination for Soviet leaders dachas, now capital of Abkhazia, how much more "abandoned Eastern block resort" can you get than that? Nice choice.
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
All of our Guess The Citys from now on should be in "frozen conflict" zones. Next up, guess where in Transnistria!
― Bach on harmonica! (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
I want to visit the Sokhumi Monkey Nursery.
― nickn, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
I see where view III is supposed to be but I don't think the blue dot is where it should be.
View I: https://www.google.be/maps/@42.9957559,41.0095129,3a,75y,319.26h,113.27t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPAMTucdL_kZWcRRR17kI6wgWdmnD4E5CvtWA4f!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPAMTucdL_kZWcRRR17kI6wgWdmnD4E5CvtWA4f%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-10-ya0-ro-0-fo100!7i7200!8i3600
― StanM, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
xpost : it looks depressing https://www.google.be/maps/place/Sokhumi+Monkey+Nursery/@43.0074951,41.0211576,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipM9tBa1zdoNuFuR0Z5daa2AoqLZfyQtt6FRQaWs!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipM9tBa1zdoNuFuR0Z5daa2AoqLZfyQtt6FRQaWs%3Dw224-h298-k-no!7i3456!8i4608!4m7!3m6!1s0x405f21f4ad9b01f3:0xf89d9c9447a7e1cf!8m2!3d43.0081831!4d41.0215336!14m1!1BCgIgAQ
― StanM, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
Well, that looks less nice than I hoped. Sorry, monkeys.
― nickn, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
monkey gulags
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/k4t9Nkxx/suk4.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/yN2CNvwW/suk5.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/pL2WNcHH/suk7.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/j5N0nybc/u4.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/28kMrsV2/u6.jpg
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
looks like havana but with techno
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
confusing - it's like every image is from another part of the world. Love this!
― StanM, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:08 (two years ago) link
Yeah it looks awesome.
― Derek and Clive Get the Horn Street (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
Lack of black and brown people, I think we're in the Eastern bloc again.
― Derek and Clive Get the Horn Street (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
Sebastopol/Sevastopol?
― Derek and Clive Get the Horn Street (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
Sokhumi!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:00 (two years ago) link
No! really? LOL
― StanM, Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
Yeah I was assuming it was more pictures of the same place!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
The second-to-last one it's hard to believe isn't actually somebody's album cover, I feel like the Fixx had a reunion this is the cover they'd pick
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 20:31 (two years ago) link
I don't know if it's all that faded really, seems pretty lively on Instagram
Didn't expect it to be particularly big, but it's a fair bit smaller than Asheville or Kamloops
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 1 September 2021 08:44 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/mZQhxBnz/20210902-070012.jpg
lunch
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 2 September 2021 06:05 (two years ago) link
Looks like it could be the back of a major city train station. Building on the right looks kind of Middle European. Ashtrays on tables are a bit of a rarity these days, maybe somewhere East European?
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 2 September 2021 06:18 (two years ago) link
the chimneys though... factory in a city?
― StanM, Thursday, 2 September 2021 12:31 (two years ago) link
are those chimneys though? thought it may be a tower of some sort behind, hard to judge the scale.
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 September 2021 12:40 (two years ago) link
Blue sign seems to hint at LHD?!
― fc_TEFH28mo (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 2 September 2021 12:41 (two years ago) link
It's the train station in Basel
https://maps.app.goo.gl/JetRdHKhK6kXn31R7
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 2 September 2021 14:22 (two years ago) link
nice one!
― StanM, Thursday, 2 September 2021 15:14 (two years ago) link
― Derek and Clive Get the Horn Street (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 2 September 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
How did you get to it? Already knew or something else give it away?
I saw the file names you gave the photos and thought it was a red herring
No red herrings! Clues are only ever in the photos!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 2 September 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
I've been to Switzerland a couple of times, not to Basel but it felt Swiss and Zelda Zonk mentioning middle European solidified that thought so I got to image searching Swiss cities' railway stations
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 2 September 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/3NGsVn86/20210903-092828.jpg
― cherry blossom, Friday, 3 September 2021 08:34 (two years ago) link
Mediterranean vibe. Some walled city in Andalusia?
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 3 September 2021 09:02 (two years ago) link
Getting a Napoli vibe from the wall but idk.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 3 September 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link
word on the metal grate bottom left - UNIECO ?
― StanM, Friday, 3 September 2021 13:22 (two years ago) link
REK (?) graffiti tag
― willem, Friday, 3 September 2021 13:33 (two years ago) link
graffiti has a distinctive e/E it it is an E
― StanM, Friday, 3 September 2021 13:39 (two years ago) link
iF it is
― StanM, Friday, 3 September 2021 13:40 (two years ago) link
Shape of the tall doorway on left looks distinctive but not sure how to search for that shape.
― that's not my post, Friday, 3 September 2021 13:47 (two years ago) link
https://www.homestratosphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/30-types-of-architectural-arches-diagram-chart-aug16.jpg
― StanM, Friday, 3 September 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
it's not exactly in there - still looking
― StanM, Friday, 3 September 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
it's like a clothes hanger + a shoulder flat arch type of thing, like ? I give up :-(
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0253/5214/2899/products/shoulder-flat-door-arch-kits_652x470_crop_center.jpg
― StanM, Friday, 3 September 2021 14:31 (two years ago) link
Marseille
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Friday, 3 September 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
is it though
― StanM, Saturday, 4 September 2021 04:38 (two years ago) link
Doorway doesn't look French to me, although mountain in the background looks similar to the one outside Marseille. Old man with stick is a real generic Mediterranean old geezer, could be French, Spanish, southern Italian... the other people look like tourists, and Marseille isn't really a tourist town
― Zelda Zonk, Saturday, 4 September 2021 08:53 (two years ago) link
What ARE those square button type things on the wall? Are they painted on? Either way: why?
― StanM, Saturday, 4 September 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
(... former wall cemetery and those were name plaques? They're too far apart for that) (nevermind, just thinking out loud and having no idea)
― StanM, Saturday, 4 September 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/4xYh0F8Y/20210905-222036.jpg
2
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 5 September 2021 21:22 (two years ago) link
Looks quite a bit like Santa Cruz de Tenerife but I can't find any exact matches with that peak although one is very similar
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 5 September 2021 23:26 (two years ago) link
Very distinctive decorative touches to the street lights, although I wouldn't know how to search for that. The wall is intriguing, looks like there are modern buildings directly behind it so it's not like it's encircling a cemetery or castle or whatever. And it doesn't quite look like a city wall either.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 6 September 2021 00:20 (two years ago) link
Very distinctive street light poles. Also weird to see electrical wires strung light pole to light pole on left side of the picture.
― that's not my post, Monday, 6 September 2021 02:05 (two years ago) link
This should be gettable but I'm not getting it. Best I can come up with is that it feels Mediterranean, but doesn't feel French, my gut feeling is somewhere Spanish
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 6 September 2021 03:09 (two years ago) link
The black car and the reddish one driving away from the camera are both French (Peugeot 307 and Renault Teepee, around mid-2000s), but of course these cars are popular eveywhere in Europe. The car driving towards the camera is a VW Polo (2010ish), which isn't any help at all.
― Eyeball Kicks, Monday, 6 September 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
Newcastle-on-Tyne
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 6 September 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
Those streetlights look suspiciously British, could it be Gibraltar?
― Neil S, Monday, 6 September 2021 16:01 (two years ago) link
I don't think I can find an angle of the rock of Gibraltar that looks like that - guessing no to that one. Santa Cruz (Tenerife) looked better but couldn't find a ridge shaped quite like these pics either.
― StanM, Monday, 6 September 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
I was wondering about Melilla or Ceuta, but again can't find an exact counterpart for the mountainous background
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 6 September 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
With French cars could it be Algeria?
― nickn, Monday, 6 September 2021 22:33 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/wTmHp4Nn/Screenshot-2021-09-09-at-13-16-41.png
3
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 9 September 2021 12:26 (two years ago) link
I have no idea really but that sky is certainly (west?) African in its depth and intensity.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Thursday, 9 September 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
It isn't Oran or Constantine, the streetlights are different.
― Kind regards, Anus (the table is the table), Thursday, 9 September 2021 15:51 (two years ago) link
These car plates look European to me
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 9 September 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
The huge mountain at the end of a flat urban road is quite distinctive, I looked at a few places in Italy near mountains but they all had extensive foothills where the roads petered out into farm tracks & vineyards.
― ledge, Thursday, 9 September 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
I feel like if I could just read what's on the green billboard in the last picture everything would be revealed
― Dinsdale, Thursday, 9 September 2021 20:20 (two years ago) link
Just as I suspected, cherry blossom has done that thing were guessing the city on the guess the city thread isn't enough
But I was right three days ago and have finally found the spot in Santa Cruz de Tenerife
17 Puente Galceránhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/VgKFVozixEDqUsNc6
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 9 September 2021 20:57 (two years ago) link
I was going to mention that the big palm on the left is a Canary Island date palm, but those are commonly grown elsewhere too (I have one in my back yard).
― nickn, Thursday, 9 September 2021 21:24 (two years ago) link
nice one! I gave up too soon with Santa Cruz.
― StanM, Thursday, 9 September 2021 21:27 (two years ago) link
Santa Cruz!
The original streetviews are just to the South of this one, same road
― cherry blossom, Friday, 10 September 2021 02:50 (two years ago) link
thread title is "Guess the City", not "provide coordinates of this photograph" or "give complete supporting evidence for identifying the city" ...
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 10 September 2021 03:06 (two years ago) link
it's more fun this way imho
― StanM, Friday, 10 September 2021 05:44 (two years ago) link
This way does sort of reduce it to either knowing it at first glance or leaving it to those with the time/tenacity to trawl through Google Maps. Still a great thread, either way.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 10 September 2021 07:33 (two years ago) link
Yeah finding the actual spot is where the fun is
― a (waterface), Friday, 10 September 2021 12:21 (two years ago) link
It's cherry blossom's thread so i'm fine to play by their rules but we should probably establish that just guessing the city doesn't cut it anymore or we get incidents where people assume a city has been ruled out because it was guessed and unacknowledged
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 10 September 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
So that first wall was this: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Asociaci%C3%B3n+Familiar+Pro+Discapacitados+Intelectuales+de+Tenerife/@28.4628484,-16.256673,3a,75y,252.43h,101.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sy5TBBAe9pNJ2t_3eJu4D9A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m5!3m4!1s0xc41cc8349ea8fbb:0xc3fdcea7689829e!8m2!3d28.4626662!4d-16.2570545
― StanM, Friday, 10 September 2021 13:42 (two years ago) link
Still puzzled by the purpose of that wall
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 10 September 2021 13:46 (two years ago) link
I kind of like having the guess be supported by some kind of visual evidence. Makes it more challenging that way and also makes sure the thread doesn't devolve into people just throwing out names of a bunch of random cities (not that this has happened).
― o. nate, Friday, 10 September 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/cJJhqkrd/20210906-131043.jpg
Lanyard Man
― cherry blossom, Monday, 13 September 2021 07:50 (two years ago) link
gdynia?
― kinder, Monday, 13 September 2021 07:54 (two years ago) link
ok apparently that is 100% not Gdynia
― kinder, Monday, 13 September 2021 08:01 (two years ago) link
R.....ers P....t
― StanM, Monday, 13 September 2021 09:02 (two years ago) link
doesn't ring a bell & that RP logo isn't easily found on google either (or I'm doing it wrong)
― StanM, Monday, 13 September 2021 09:51 (two years ago) link
can't find it either on google or yandex.
― ledge, Monday, 13 September 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link
sign probably saying 'SALE' in the window suggests an english speaking country.
― ledge, Monday, 13 September 2021 10:21 (two years ago) link
https://theme.zdassets.com/theme_assets/2318861/9d666b2987e9f09a521c620f59c8ffd68c6ee5c4.png
lots of them in germany, or there were, looks like the company is no longer in business.
― ledge, Monday, 13 September 2021 11:13 (two years ago) link
Schadowstraße 68, 40212 Düsseldorf, Germany
― Tim, Monday, 13 September 2021 11:19 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Schadowstraße+68,+40212+Düsseldorf,+Germany/@51.2273308,6.7857975,3a,75y,296.34h,86.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3tuRtOTIrq9HOQySOLZDyQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x47b8ca24682ae431:0x4680db253e558437!8m2!3d51.2274595!4d6.7855575
I think it might be a Uniqlo now.
― Tim, Monday, 13 September 2021 11:21 (two years ago) link
damn, just found it myself!
― ledge, Monday, 13 September 2021 11:24 (two years ago) link
The anglicism 'Sale' replaced the German words 'Sommerschlussverkauf' and 'Winterschlussverkauf' a while ago, much to the relief of German sign-writers.
I recognised the store logo, but was beaten to the punch on Düsseldorf.
The premises in Schadowstraße is now an opticians, I think: https://ergra-low-vision.de/
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 13 September 2021 11:50 (two years ago) link
nice find!
― StanM, Monday, 13 September 2021 15:34 (two years ago) link
The anglicism 'Sale' replaced the German words 'Sommerschlussverkauf' and 'Winterschlussverkauf' a while ago
I thought it was Sonderangebot!
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 13 September 2021 18:45 (two years ago) link
Good find, but I was also looking for the identity of the man
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/Vv86ysqM/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-21-22-37.png
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
No idea, but I'd move there in a heartbeat
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
Thinking China
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
looks somewhere equatorial and colonial but i don't see any mosques. maybe somewhere like macau but the towers aren't big enough.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 20:05 (two years ago) link
It’s so flat!
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
Yeah, not Macau because there isn't a weird space needle thing, and this isn't taken from the weird space needle thing
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 21:41 (two years ago) link
I still think it's China. In most countries a river that size would allow you to narrow it down to coastal cities, but not China. Doesn't look muddy enough to be the Yellow River or the Yangtze at least
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 16 September 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
is the ultra modern looking thing on the left a stadium or a train station?+ these very colorful buildings in the front, a circus tent - amusement park maybe?
― StanM, Thursday, 16 September 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
Architecture in the foreground doesn't look Chinese to me. Unless maybe it is a college campus deliberately designed to look Western or something.
― o. nate, Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
The groupings of distant buildings remind me strikingly of South Korea
― what's fgti up to these days? nothing. she's fake (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
Dnipro, Ukraine?
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
I was going to say, looks a bit like one of those previous photos that turned out to be in the Ukraine or Russia.
― o. nate, Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
Looks more like Kiev tbh, the island in the middle matches up with maps in a certain way.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
something distinctive at the very far left (when I zoom in).. the white space odyssey bldg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 16 September 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 17 September 2021 02:46 (two years ago) link
I could be totally wrong since I don't see any onion domes.
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 17 September 2021 02:47 (two years ago) link
Can't find the aerial shot but I really want to go to northern China now. It's Harbin
松江湿地旅游码头https://maps.app.goo.gl/prZFrAVEnC6cdszJ9
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 17 September 2021 09:20 (two years ago) link
great find - I had been looking at big cities on rivers near the sea in the South but had given up
― StanM, Friday, 17 September 2021 09:24 (two years ago) link
I was switching between the south and the north and the Russia comments above made me refocus on the north
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 17 September 2021 09:29 (two years ago) link
Well done. Was hoping to get some idea of what all those russian style buildings are, they're not identified in google maps itself but I found a user review: Located in the Sun Island Scenic Area, Russian-style Town is a Russian-themed tourist spot and sightseeing area. The town retains a few dozen Russian-style villas and private residences. You can walk into these buildings for a visit.
The space age building on the far left, however, is completely unmarked.
― ledge, Friday, 17 September 2021 09:37 (two years ago) link
The space age building is Harbin Grand Theatre
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Rj6AXAu4UaGYAdFp7
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 17 September 2021 09:39 (two years ago) link
ah, the one pic i didn't look at!
― ledge, Friday, 17 September 2021 09:40 (two years ago) link
scroll left for a headless person with another tiny person in their rucksack.
― ledge, Friday, 17 September 2021 09:41 (two years ago) link
Wow I was sure that it wasn't China.I wouldn't be so keen on moving to Harbin, it gets real cold there in the winter.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 17 September 2021 09:41 (two years ago) link
Smashed it!
The aerial photo is super close to the icy river one you found, a bit to the NW next to Harbin Polarland
― cherry blossom, Friday, 17 September 2021 09:41 (two years ago) link
And yeah it does share strange similarities with the Dnipro aerial shot from the other time!
― cherry blossom, Friday, 17 September 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
Interesting.. so the architecture was done deliberately to evoke a Russian appearance. Nice find.
― o. nate, Friday, 17 September 2021 13:42 (two years ago) link
can't find the exact location of your pic (weird, do different countries get different pics maybe?) - can only find one very close:
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7858925,126.5886307,3a,75y,88.96h,68.92t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOG3ZPhwTTjMUWLunDaWE-G59pset0GdxCdpQXK!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOG3ZPhwTTjMUWLunDaWE-G59pset0GdxCdpQXK%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya20.78465-ro-0-fo100!7i15000!8i7500
― StanM, Friday, 17 September 2021 14:54 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.7828255,126.5890808,3a,75y,227.25h,80.25t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipP2hKL7fAoXr8xSnBzDlJSGpTAkYMvOBSy1t8nj!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipP2hKL7fAoXr8xSnBzDlJSGpTAkYMvOBSy1t8nj%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-10-ya320-ro-0-fo100!7i15000!8i7500
― cherry blossom, Friday, 17 September 2021 15:10 (two years ago) link
Missed this one but, yep, Harbin was mostly built by Russian railway workers and, though it has obviously changed a lot, the historical buildings (and faux historical ones) often have a heavy Russian influence.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Friday, 17 September 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
xp thanks! but no, I have nothing there on my map
― StanM, Friday, 17 September 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/xTX7JdZN/126.jpg
Monday Morning Blues
― cherry blossom, Monday, 20 September 2021 11:03 (two years ago) link
I can do no more than state the obvious and say that it's the UK and probably England.
― brain (krakow), Monday, 20 September 2021 11:11 (two years ago) link
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 20 September 2021 12:13 (two years ago) link
looks like some shithole in bucks or berks
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
Lol that has a different meaning where I am, though I don't doubt yr right.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link
(Bucks and Berks are two counties that form part of the ring around Philadelphia county, and both are full of both very nice area and absolute shitholes)
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 20 September 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
That feels like literally everywhere I've ever been in England.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:04 (two years ago) link
church and steep high St are the clues here I think
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
i'm pretty sure it's south of nottingham
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
little bit twee and tudor for the midlands and north
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 20 September 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
Wouldn't rule out Ireland here
― nashwan, Monday, 20 September 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
Building on the left, behind the traffic light sign, does not look English at all
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 20 September 2021 22:33 (two years ago) link
I'm still trying to figure out what that grassy area in the center is. At first it looked like some kind of traffic circle, but then I started to think that the apparent curvature of the wall was actually fish-eye lens distortion and the wall is actually fairly straight. Still not sure though. And I can't figure out what is the in the low-lying area behind those bushes. Perhaps a river or train tracks?
― o. nate, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
Maybe non-English looking building on left in an otherwise English looking scene suggests more continental influence ?some place in Kent maybe
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 02:53 (two years ago) link
o.nate, yeah was thinking that too could even be another road down there
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 07:23 (two years ago) link
My guess is pedestrian underpass.
― ledge, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 07:50 (two years ago) link
Yeah, I'd say it's a pedestrian underpass that goes through the roundabout.
Like caek, I don't think it's northern.
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 09:03 (two years ago) link
Another vote for pedestrian underpass, I'm sure of it. And that's a roundabout, fish-eye or no fish-eye. The building on the left could easily be a hotel, don't think it looks that un-English if so
Is this defo a city? Getting distinct town vibes
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 09:29 (two years ago) link
I don't see a Salvation Army band playing nor children drinking lemonade, so yeah, northern town is out.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
looks a bit like some places near me(warwickshire)
― nxd, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 20:37 (two years ago) link
Bingo! It's St Botolph's roundabout in Colchester
B1025https://maps.app.goo.gl/hjhdo4WZdkiPHyrv6
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:11 (two years ago) link
After dropping down onto a bunch of hunches I realised there maybe aren't as many roundabouts with pedestrian underpasses as I'd thought, so googled "traffic roundabouts with pedestrian underpasses" which quickly led me to a news story about renovation of St Bot's roundabout in Colchester
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
The strange building on the right is, rather inevitably, an NCP car park
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 21:17 (two years ago) link
nice work!
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 21 September 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
*strange building on the left even
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
bravo!
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 21 September 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link
“Shithole in bucks or berks” deserves half a point imo
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 01:19 (two years ago) link
Yes! Tough one but thought it was gettable in one view. Or Something bossing it. Caek with a possible assist, but looking like this one was all handled in house at the end of the day
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 06:56 (two years ago) link
oooh, good thinking there - yay!
― StanM, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 08:41 (two years ago) link
dumb american question--i know what an american shithole is: is colchester a shithole? With respect to anyone who lives there
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:55 (two years ago) link
Also just want to say ho much fun is it to tool around a town you've never been in, zipping down streets.
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
All I really know about Colchester is that parts of it are very old and Damon Albarn is from there
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
Two pics for the price of one as i liked the tiles too much not to include them but i'd be astonished if anyone worked it out from that.
https://i.postimg.cc/wxFpxW3W/RJJW.pnghttps://i.postimg.cc/L5PQP82B/RJJW2.png
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
You say "tiles" I say "Portugal," but that doesn't look like Portugal.
― nickn, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
So the buildings are unfinished, there's enough precipitation that the sidewalks have some decent plant life, and plywood is popular.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
Initial thought is somewhere in Turkey or adjacent but not super confident on that
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
second pic green roof looks like it might have a Russian Orthodox cross at its peak
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
Yes just about to say similar about more of a Russian feel in second
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:54 (two years ago) link
Couldn't tell on the cross but definitely on the green bit
Not sure on houses, more of a Bulgarian feel but nothing more than hunches
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
The buildings on the right in first picture all look like new residential construction for some reasonably prosperous clients.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 18:36 (two years ago) link
Konya
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8715637,32.5055013,3a,75y,141.5h,80.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIg-UslIvFIR0o1yatTAnAA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
how ?!
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
Very good!
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
can't find the other view yet but have found building with similar if not same tiles so may be close
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8989078,32.4610693,3a,75y,37.1h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQSVlzuJ2602PCzwkeAieXQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
oops
https://www.google.com/maps/@37.8998229,32.4612848,3a,75y,298.49h,94.74t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2SmqlKYxehuGYrWWG-ZaUw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D2SmqlKYxehuGYrWWG-ZaUw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D253.55316%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
I think it was around the north east of the city but I can’t find it myself either now.
The green dome in the other picture is part of the Sufi poet Rumi’s mausoleum.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 22 September 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
― a (waterface),
Someone more familiar with Colchester will answer better than me, but I don't think its somewhere that would spring to mind if you were thinking "most shithole places". Its a satellite town of London, might not be in the top bracket of satellite towns but probably relatively high. I guess kind of above average but with neutral-is reputation? I'm going non-shithole but hedging my bets
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 23:36 (two years ago) link
https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/19118281.colchester-named-one-top-places-live-uk/
172nd best out of 1372 places in the UK according to this piece. Its enough for me to unhedge my bets, non-shithole it is!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 23:39 (two years ago) link
― that's not my post
I felt it was Turkey (though more from the first pic which I still can't find than the second. I though Antalya or Adana at first, then I looked at Konya, that green dome thing pops up pretty quickly once you look at photos of Konya - though initially I thought the angle of the dome was wrong I thought there might be other similar ones. Dropped in on centre of Konya and the feel was like the second pic, and headed close to where the dome thing is and I knew was in right place just needed to moved around a bit to find the exact view
The other view, I searched property sites for Konya thinking it looks super new / not finished yet and would probably be a listing in one of the two buildings. Found one with similar tiling I linked above, but wasn't able to find the right building
Scooted around the city a bit. Colchester might not be a shithole, but Konya looks to be one. The whole city appears to be composed of buildings going up, buildings falling down, or both
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 22 September 2021 23:46 (two years ago) link
Bravo and thanks for the explanation. Key insight was it looked like Turkey and then narrow down to large regional cities to find the green dome.
― that's not my post, Thursday, 23 September 2021 00:24 (two years ago) link
Yeah I was kind of joking with the shithole comment. I was generally thinking of “pleasant” market towns outside London. Conventional wisdom is these places are not shitholes. Couldn’t pay me to live in one though.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:06 (two years ago) link
pretty much everywhere that isn't a major city in the u.s. is a shithole imo, i imagine it's the same for the uk.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:14 (two years ago) link
turkey sounds like a bit of a nightmare to be sure
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:15 (two years ago) link
so many shitholes i'm having a trypophobia
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 23 September 2021 01:20 (two years ago) link
Not posted one for a while so here goes
https://i.postimg.cc/0ymMLSbK/Screenshot-20210923-101059-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 23 September 2021 09:14 (two years ago) link
Conventional wisdom is these places are not shitholes. Couldn’t pay me to live in one though.
This says so much. Thanks!!!
― a (waterface), Thursday, 23 September 2021 12:24 (two years ago) link
xpost: I have no idea. The only thing I've not seen before is that electric maintenance christmas tree thing on the left?
― StanM, Thursday, 23 September 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
could be a silhouette of south america on the pink poster on the middle column - or it could be a completely unrelated shape. also posters with south america on may appear in non south american countries.
― ledge, Thursday, 23 September 2021 15:35 (two years ago) link
Riga, Latvia
― tomorrow, Thursday, 23 September 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 23 September 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
Philadelphia
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 23 September 2021 18:43 (two years ago) link
This is a tough one!
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 23 September 2021 21:38 (two years ago) link
I have very little to offer on this one so far. I initially thought it was in Asia but now I really don't. I got traces of Kiev, and traces of Texas but I can't really say why
― cherry blossom, Friday, 24 September 2021 08:29 (two years ago) link
The (yellow and white?) (sign?) on the overpass in the far right of the photo looks interesting but its too indistinct to really go anywhere with it
― cherry blossom, Friday, 24 September 2021 08:32 (two years ago) link
I think its somewhere in Russia
― cherry blossom, Friday, 24 September 2021 12:28 (two years ago) link
Not sure there's enough in that pic for anyone to get it without another pic. But the towers on the far left are all nestled together in a way that I think rules out Western Europe, North America and probably South America as well. Doesn't narrow it down much, but I'm guessing it's either China or Russia
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 24 September 2021 13:11 (two years ago) link
Far right I meant
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 24 September 2021 13:13 (two years ago) link
the evergreens rule out texas i think. could be canada. it does look interior / plains to me based on the dryish lawn and dusty light.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 24 September 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link
i don't think it's north america tbh, something about the buildings
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 24 September 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
they look like apartment blocks? in north american cities they would be office buildings clustered around a downtown. i think russia or eastern bloc is likely, maybe inland china.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 24 September 2021 14:31 (two years ago) link
I can't unsee Russia now anyway
What is anyone seeing on the bottom right poster where there are four? I'm kind of seeing a cartoon type character in a top hat but it could be an optical illusion
― cherry blossom, Friday, 24 September 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
Who wants another pic?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 24 September 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
Yeah, go for it
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 24 September 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
posters on pillar + cared-for grass + no white paint on base of tree indicates to me that this is not China, btw.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 24 September 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/YSBfwgFL/Screenshot-20210924-212032-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 24 September 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
Roof tiles look Japanese.
― nickn, Friday, 24 September 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
What is the deal with trees with white paint on them in some countries?
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 25 September 2021 00:54 (two years ago) link
Still thinking somewhere in Russia
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 25 September 2021 02:17 (two years ago) link
it all feels too clean and modern for Russia, I think - Canada?
― StanM, Saturday, 25 September 2021 04:26 (two years ago) link
Don't know exactly why but I am getting vibes of Perth in Western Australia
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 25 September 2021 05:01 (two years ago) link
The white paint protects the trunks from the sun.
― nickn, Saturday, 25 September 2021 05:25 (two years ago) link
How wide is that river and is the long burgundy thing on the other bank some kind of ship?
Russian cities have form for being on one side of a river with nature on the other.
― cherry blossom, Saturday, 25 September 2021 06:54 (two years ago) link
I'm not quite sure what to make of the cabin-on-stilts. Why is it so unreachable? Is that a thing? If the front door is on the right, it's not opening out to anything?
― StanM, Saturday, 25 September 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
I'm drawing a blank! I don't really have enough confidence in my hunch. The figure in the poster looks incredibly familiar but then I look again and its an indistinct blob
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 10:47 (two years ago) link
Let's have another one then https://i.postimg.cc/q7w18d3L/Screenshot-20210928-115511-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 10:57 (two years ago) link
Should've cropped that
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
yeah looking like Australia to me
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 11:09 (two years ago) link
hahaha what is that ski jump thing in the middle
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 11:57 (two years ago) link
I was wondering about that too, there's also no blue line which has me at sixes and sevens, unless the ski jump thing is obscuring it
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:02 (two years ago) link
white dot to make up for it
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:07 (two years ago) link
That arch bridge looks big enough to be listed on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_arch_bridge_spans
― nashwan, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:25 (two years ago) link
Novosibirsk
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.9942746,82.9230981,3a,15y,138.97h,57.25t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPTuq5v-cSbHMB9DizAsW2ivizt7gRFigDwVStr!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPTuq5v-cSbHMB9DizAsW2ivizt7gRFigDwVStr%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya200-ro0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@54.9942746,82.9230981,3a,60y,69.47h,47.26t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPTuq5v-cSbHMB9DizAsW2ivizt7gRFigDwVStr!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPTuq5v-cSbHMB9DizAsW2ivizt7gRFigDwVStr%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya200-ro0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
and the river hotel
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.0114831,82.9072389,3a,75y,331.21h,83.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipNPwX2RJge1EbmWcVmPsqfj4qzDRtvIwh66g9ZQ!2e10!7i9472!8i4736
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:47 (two years ago) link
I was actually looking at this photo on Saturday but three clicks away so close!
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:48 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.022724,82.9315974,3a,75y,142.72h,86.12t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3vLgImP9pfuocSWhFW_GPQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
and the first shot
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:49 (two years ago) link
Well done, was it the bridge? Turns out it is on nashwan's list at number 32, the bugrinsky bridge
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:51 (two years ago) link
well done.
there's something really eerie about that deck on the hotel.
kind of dying to know what the ski jump is all about
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 12:51 (two years ago) link
― ignore the blue line (or something),
No, I just went back to my hunch cities (Omsk, Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, Yekaterinburg) to look for the new view. I was already pretty set on it being Russia, and most likely east of the Urals. Landed on an aerial in Novosibirsk and became more convinced that was the river, span around and saw the ski jump thing
I'd already looked at the dot next to the river hotel on Friday, but was looking at the main building not the weird cabin.
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 13:00 (two years ago) link
I was about to start mooching around Novosibirsk based on the bridge having initially thought it looked too picturesque. Interesting that there's only one bridge like that (at least that scale) in the entire country.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 13:04 (two years ago) link
looks like it might actually be a ski jump just waiting for some snow:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOmgLfbSl8ij9VzBy9id096NPpxtQv0KE81IGMD=w408-h306-k-no
― ledge, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 13:09 (two years ago) link
(it's labelled Snoubord-Park / Сноуборд-Парк)
― ledge, Tuesday, 28 September 2021 13:10 (two years ago) link
very impressive guesswork, cherry blossom.
yeah kudos, called Russia very quickly
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 28 September 2021 13:16 (two years ago) link
It was a good one! Though slightly annoyed that I had it from the second view but didn't realize!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 06:02 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/cHDTCnLH/Screenshot-2021-09-29-at-08-52-31.png
Midweek Madness
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 07:55 (two years ago) link
French/english calender, plug socket looks european, could be a burgundy/eu passport behind the juice cup with a distinctive logo (though burgundy is not eu exclusive), (A?)TM sign in the background.
― ledge, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 08:30 (two years ago) link
Just to speculate wildly and contradict the above, the calendar says July, the clock on one of the computers says 12 something, the sunlight is coming straight through the window so the sun is low - somewhere in the southern temperate zone?
― ledge, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 08:43 (two years ago) link
I keep thinking that's a bottle of vodka on the desk behind the mousemat.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 08:49 (two years ago) link
I think the sun is just reflected in an opposite window, not low in the sky.
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 09:21 (two years ago) link
Nobody loves a stamp like the former Soviet Union. The poster in the back right might say Ев. I can’t tell whether the partially blocked sign says TM or ГМ.
It looks like there are a couple of purple passports on the desk, perhaps suggesting Russia, Mongolia or Uzbekistan, if the signs are in Cyrillic.
The books are either round an unusual way or possibly for a language that reads right to left. If it was just one, I’d think it might be a Quran.
I’m leaning towards Baku, for no justifiable reason.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 09:53 (two years ago) link
possible, if the window is at an angle.
― ledge, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 09:58 (two years ago) link
Does the partially blocked sign say ATM? Otherwise I've got nothing here, think I'll be sitting back and watching this one develop
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 10:15 (two years ago) link
Is that an oil refinery or a port on the calendar?
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 10:28 (two years ago) link
Pretty sure it's a port with those cranes
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 10:33 (two years ago) link
ATM seems probable, the small sign beneath could be a hand holding a debet/credit card.
The most visible monitor is ThinkCentre brand, which hardly helps much. Was wondering whether the keyboard looked more QWERTY or AZERTY, but can't really tell.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 11:51 (two years ago) link
Is that fan outside ?
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 13:00 (two years ago) link
is it a fan?
Looks like a wall-mounted fan. I don't think that space beyond glass door is outside, looks like a hallway. The ATM sign there makes me think its in an airport or someplace like that, and we are inside some kind of server room/store room.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 13:36 (two years ago) link
Well they need to uninstall that Adobe software anyway
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
I feel like the logo on the smoothie might be a clue.
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 14:47 (two years ago) link
Wall-mounted fan makes me think this might be a cool northern climate where air-conditioning is not common in public buildings.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
The logo looks like every generic smoothie/juice bar I've ever seen
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:13 (two years ago) link
I've tried my mockup logo image search trick, no joy.
― ledge, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 15:26 (two years ago) link
Ft. Lauderdale
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
Or perhaps its a very hot climate, where combination of fan and AC is required (suggested by presence of AC wall unit).
― o. nate, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
I think I found the smoothie cup. On a Nigerian shopping site, but apparently made in UAE. Not sure that helps:
https://www.jumia.com.ng/generic-100-fruits-design-disposable-smoothie-cups-with-dome-lid-51859398.html
― o. nate, Thursday, 30 September 2021 14:02 (two years ago) link
I dunno with the Islamic looking book we could be in francophone and Islamic Africa.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 30 September 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
Any chance of a second photo clue?
― o. nate, Friday, 1 October 2021 15:23 (two years ago) link
I'm wondering if that light/dark blue logo on the mousepad is something I've seen before but I really don't know
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:16 (two years ago) link
next to that ATM sign there's something with a regular E and a fancy B but that can be anything? Exchange Bank?
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
holy crap! Exim Bank, Uganda?
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
Tanzania, too
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:29 (two years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/EbsXnhpfHECEatYNIskjvQZkES97hp4Aj_RCKmVRVYEeq8ix7yNLdr1eyIwJnlB9ln9DZwTEPLfN9Mv667ld3GFaNMUl-07EB_XhnlxkY82o6P4AZXgqjXeJIVgVOQHjDx2InwOJUo0uRxOciyRPmn7j50b-Qg
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
Djibouti too but I think that's all of them with this logo?
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
there can't be that many container ports in those three countries I would think?
― StanM, Friday, 1 October 2021 17:39 (two years ago) link
I would guess the calendar is some global corporate thing not related to the city in question.
― ledge, Saturday, 2 October 2021 07:13 (two years ago) link
that Exim Bank logo isn't showing up anymore - here's another one just in casehttps://is3-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/36/64/79/36647904-a60d-9aff-f0a6-003601187f4f/source/256x256bb.jpg
― StanM, Saturday, 2 October 2021 07:27 (two years ago) link
exim bank operates in Tanzania, Comoros, Djibouti and Uganda. the passports on the desk (if thats what they are) don't match any of these countries.
the calendar being in french/english also doesnt match with the official languages of any of the four countries.
there are atm location maps for a couple of the countries but the lack of street view or any photos at all really makes it hard to pin down the exact one. you can cross reference the atm map against container port locations but none seem to match the calendar.
i would guess dar es salaam.
― micah, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:32 (two years ago) link
Djibouti International Airport.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:47 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@11.5521941,43.149659,3a,75y,340.09h,98.42t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPSBCCnZJGwjJQIM1qARlFsUOCb1O8aUGtGH3Zq!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPSBCCnZJGwjJQIM1qARlFsUOCb1O8aUGtGH3Zq%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-10-ya63-ro-0-fo100!7i12288!8i4130?hl=en-gb
woohoo! nice find!
― StanM, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:52 (two years ago) link
What an assist what a finish.
― nashwan, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:53 (two years ago) link
ooh, and we're in a Hertz car rental building - do you have to leave your passport when you rent a car?
― StanM, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:53 (two years ago) link
Man! So close! I clicked the 3 other pictures in Djibouti city because I was looking for the harbour/port but didn't click the airport one.
― StanM, Saturday, 2 October 2021 11:57 (two years ago) link
Good work, and many assists on this one I think! I'm glad I didn't have to do second photo as it was very close by that point. I love how when you list out all the clues the answer is right there (felt the same about Novosibirsk too, I'd kind of already described it without realising)
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 3 October 2021 07:04 (two years ago) link
No one mentioned the YouTube videos on the monitor screen, I was pretty curious on those
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 3 October 2021 07:11 (two years ago) link
the sunlight angle through the window will trouble me to the end of my days.
― ledge, Sunday, 3 October 2021 10:12 (two years ago) link
No other option than to go there yourself imho
― StanM, Sunday, 3 October 2021 10:20 (two years ago) link
have looked for African phone banking instruction videos but no dice
― StanM, Sunday, 3 October 2021 10:22 (two years ago) link
There seems to be a general consensus amongst visitors to Djibouti International Airport that it is the dirtiest international airport in the world. Or at least that the toilets are the dirtiest toilets in an international airport in the world.
― cherry blossom, Sunday, 3 October 2021 12:08 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/mr3z1K22/m2.jpg
Monday at the Streetview
― cherry blossom, Monday, 4 October 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
Aldi and a burnt out mock tudor building, real england?
― ledge, Monday, 4 October 2021 19:35 (two years ago) link
Not sure why but it feels like a coastal town
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 4 October 2021 20:33 (two years ago) link
Ha Way The Lads
― kinder, Monday, 4 October 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
Seaham: https://goo.gl/maps/KELmkLRgyuPyqsQcA
― wmlynch, Monday, 4 October 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
that was fast
― StanM, Monday, 4 October 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
Is it a city?I was looking all over Sunderland but sure we've had that already
― kinder, Monday, 4 October 2021 21:58 (two years ago) link
Ha, Seaham it is. Nice simple one with the gate and aldi combination
A bit more background on the burned out building
https://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/people/owners-fire-hit-eyesore-building-seaham-ordered-knock-it-down-498324
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18594480.fraudulent-ebay-seller-made-250k-criminal-activity/
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 00:52 (two years ago) link
First one I've gotten, and it was indeed the gate and the Aldi that did it!
― wmlynch, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 02:50 (two years ago) link
I was going to crop it at just "The Lads" originally
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 03:02 (two years ago) link
I couldn't read the "Ha" but "Way the Lads" was enough.
― wmlynch, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 03:11 (two years ago) link
I can't even read that now I know what it is - you DO mean that graffiti on the right, right?
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 05:53 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/W36Hx984/Screenshot-2021-10-05-at-07-08-33.png
― cherry blossom, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 06:09 (two years ago) link
great work. the burnt building has indeed been demolished, as you can see on street view if you go down the road beside it ('back n terrace').
― ledge, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 08:28 (two years ago) link
Guess the townlet
― nashwan, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 09:25 (two years ago) link
oooooh the fence
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 October 2021 09:33 (two years ago) link
You can make out DUKE below THE LADS. It's the back of the Duke of Seaham pub.
― wmlynch, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 02:40 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/x85Kyy4J/a13.jpg
Midweek Madness II
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
An older city in the US.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
Yeah, that fire escape (?) at the front of the building made me think US as well - some kind of French quarter or euro district type deal?This building we're in has annoyingly little on the windows (post offices, banks, train stations would have all kinds of stuff on there I would expect)
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
there's a map behind the open door near the camera but it isn't giving much away
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:10 (two years ago) link
I'm curious about the 2nd trash receptacle that's further away from the camera. I guess maybe it's for recycling?
― o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
I wonder if playing with the contrast would bring out the text on the yellow vertical sign or the buildings across the plaza.
― nickn, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
not on my freeware image editor
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:18 (two years ago) link
I guess maybe the vestibule between two sets of doors indicates a place with cold winters.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 17:48 (two years ago) link
Findlay Market in Cincinnati OH
https://goo.gl/maps/MywMEo7zF9yHybn1A
I've actually been there, though I didn't recognize it.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 18:37 (two years ago) link
Good one, thought these last two might go a little quicker after some tough ones. What was your route to it?
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
Zoomed in on the map and made out the street name "Race St". Tried a few cities with a Race Street. Got to Cincinnati and got lucky by clicking near Findlay Market right away, noticed the red crossbeam construction and then it was just a matter of clicking nearby until I found the spot.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
I need a screen with more pixels, I can't even see Race St now you told me it's there
― StanM, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
Yeah I even tried to ENHANCE and was like "Mare St? Mace St? Dace St?"
― ledge, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:04 (two years ago) link
Perhaps it helped that I downloaded the full image and looked at it in a photo editor rather than in the browser.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
So yes, an older US city that doesn't have much going for it!
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 21:33 (two years ago) link
i assumed it wasn't the US because there was somewhere to sit
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:53 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/ydZ5VD0v/ayee.jpg
fffriday
― cherry blossom, Friday, 8 October 2021 10:45 (two years ago) link
A shitty resort.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 8 October 2021 21:06 (two years ago) link
Building top left doesn't look American to me so I think Europe, but obviously not Mediterranean. Woman with daughter looks vaguely East European or at least Middle European. Maybe somewhere on a lake? Or the Black Sea again, like Bulgaria or Romania?
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 8 October 2021 23:11 (two years ago) link
blue and red water slides look pretty big, maybe a dedicated water park kind of thing?
― StanM, Saturday, 9 October 2021 00:25 (two years ago) link
Definitely a permanent park (all the umbrellas, and what looks like a concrete edge in the water area closest to the photographer). In fact, it doesn't look connected to a river or body of water at all because every pool edge I can see is concrete and I see vegetation beyond it.
― nickn, Saturday, 9 October 2021 01:09 (two years ago) link
No real clue where to start looking to be honest - hills, big white buildings in the distance, one of them with something on top maybe (observatory? dome?), a red/white antenna or chimney?Building on the left looks vaguely Austrian/Swiss/Alpine/Southern Germany? Lady looks kinda Eastern European maybe? But this could just as easily be in South America.
And there are a lot more blue spiral water slides in the world than I thought :-)
― StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 07:34 (two years ago) link
is that a coke can on the towel in the foreground? Can't make out letters or logo but could be a clue, don't know?
― StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 07:36 (two years ago) link
I'm also thinking that fence is impossibly complicated & could have been much simpler to make but anyway
― StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 07:43 (two years ago) link
i'm kind of fascinated by the fence! never seen one quite like it with that mix of rigid palings and weldmesh.
the half hipped roof on the far left might be traceable architecture but i wouldnt know where to start.
― micah, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:25 (two years ago) link
I also thought that fence looked crazy complicated. Concrete edge to the water means yes this doesn't have to be near the sea/lake. Top right building still looks middle European to me, but the white apartment block looks wrong for a German city. And given the somewhat East European look of the woman, I'm still thinking that. Maybe Poland or something.
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:29 (two years ago) link
Top left building I meant
oh, you already said that lady looked Eastern European - sorry I repeated that. I guess I agree then :)
― StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:48 (two years ago) link
Would be amazed if anyone got it on this photo alone though!
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:48 (two years ago) link
that roof type is also called jerkinhead, apparently?
― StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 09:52 (two years ago) link
only in the us afaict
― micah, Sunday, 10 October 2021 10:42 (two years ago) link
Also known as a half hip roof, Wikipedia informs me - common in England, Denmark and Germany, and especially in Austria and Slovenia.
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 10 October 2021 11:51 (two years ago) link
Searching for the largest outdoor swimming pools in Europe has failed to unearth anything up to now
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 10 October 2021 12:10 (two years ago) link
I keep staring at that fence and I wonder if it's 3-in-1 : no slats (just the metal), half filled with slats (like it is now) or completely closed off (stick in more slats in between the ones in the picture).
Unfortunately, looking for "weird multifunctional fences" hasn't gotten me anywhere useful :-)
― StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 14:58 (two years ago) link
The fence is a screen door from a Polish submarine…oof I’m funny.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Sunday, 10 October 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
― ignore the blue line (or something)
i don't think its all that large on the scale of european water parks
― micah, Sunday, 10 October 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
how does that building next to the lady's head have such a white featureless side on the central tower? I don't understand what's going on there.
― StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
Searching for the largest outdoor swimming pools in Europe has failed to unearth anything up to now― ignore the blue line (or something)i don't think its all that large on the scale of european water parks― micah, Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:14 (forty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― micah, Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:14 (forty-seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Based on what I have seen of these European outdoor pools since searching I'd say it was on par with the big ones. Whilst conceding I'm no expert
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:06 (two years ago) link
it's not easy to judge the scale from the pic but it seems to go back pretty far
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:08 (two years ago) link
I'm talking lidos and swimming pools btw, not man made lakes or anything
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
it all depends on how short these ladies are.
― StanM, Sunday, 10 October 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
The combination of the grim fencing and the sheer size makes me think of somewhere like the Moczydło Water Park in Warsaw.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 11 October 2021 05:29 (two years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/x1BPjdNg/agf.jpg
― cherry blossom, Monday, 11 October 2021 13:04 (two years ago) link
sladoled = ice cream in croatian, bosnian, slovenian
― ledge, Monday, 11 October 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledo_(company)
― ledge, Monday, 11 October 2021 13:50 (two years ago) link
(closing bracket kills the link but you can click through inside, it's the logo on the umbrellas)
― ledge, Monday, 11 October 2021 14:07 (two years ago) link
Can't find the ladies but here's an aerial view of the water park. Tuzla, Bosnia
https://www.google.com/maps/@44.539505,18.6813,3a,75.0y,237.97432h,81.47935t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sAF1QipNZBTzJFe3R1l80Ro_F0tfh8YX_ifqbnBAa5MnQ!2e10
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 11 October 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
Well done, how did you find it?
― ledge, Monday, 11 October 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link
great find!
can't find the ladies on Google maps either but this is an alt view from above their location +/-
https://mojcazin.ba/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/panonsko-jezero-tuzla.jpg
― StanM, Monday, 11 October 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
You rather set it up on a plate, ledge xp
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 11 October 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
I guess if you had the time and inclination to look through every single water park in Bosnia (and were lucky enough to start there and not Croatia, Slovenia, or Hungary)!
― ledge, Monday, 11 October 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
It popped up pretty quickly searching "largest outdoor pool bosnia" and yeah I got lucky picking bosnia first but I didn't think it was Croatia
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 11 October 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
I deliberated over whether to include the shot with the sladoled in, or whether that should have been a 3rd rather than 2nd pic
That park is one popular spot!
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Monday, 11 October 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
https://gcdn.pbrd.co/images/PTJgZ4pjr1Fz.jpg?o=1
Midweek at the manor
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 08:31 (two years ago) link
Now to check every branch of Decathlon
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 08:39 (two years ago) link
They have stores in 56 countries apparently :-/
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 08:41 (two years ago) link
Most of the UK ones are in out of town retail parks by the looks of it
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 08:54 (two years ago) link
the black sedan and the hint of radiator grille at the far right don't scream europe to me
― micah, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 10:07 (two years ago) link
otoh the hatchback and panel van do
― micah, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 10:10 (two years ago) link
- sedan: don't know, could be non-european or just something I've not seen much in Belgium- grille could be an audi- Renault van, Peugeot hatchback = both French (but that doesn't mean France, obv)
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
are we on a roof or parking garage? the first structure with the door could be airco and the bigger one maybe the top of an elevator/staircase shaft?
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
found this article which i'm fairly certain is the storefront: https://www.infomediaire.net/decathlon-ouvre-son-plus-grand-magasin-dafrique-a-casablanca/?fbclid=IwAR0vkbfPfywMIpPes5q81Rla0RX91VxtzEhuW4O75g0-fbQ_sop217NWxmY
gives us the strange glass structure in front
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:46 (two years ago) link
that picture looks like it yes - but is that the new store? Can't seem to find the actual picture/location (it's too new for Google maps I think?)
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
I think it should have the location below the DECATHLON and I don't think that says Ain Diab or Corniche or Casablanca...
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
maybe it's a Decathlon stock photo?
https://www.capital.fr/entreprises-marches/decathlon-une-innovation-par-semaine-895278
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
but we ARE on a building with a glass round roof type thing (look in the reflection)
https://www.infomediaire.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/decathlon.jpg
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 14:28 (two years ago) link
... still no idea though :(
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
Lyon:
https://goo.gl/maps/PjkD5ws2raizKdZ57
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
high five!
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
Alright - how? It looks like that roof top isn't a parking spot anymore in the latest google aerial photo?
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
I just went through the list of locations on the Decathlon website. Unfortunately no photos are provided, but I tried to find ones that seemed to be inside malls, judging from the address, and then checked them out on street view. It was hard to find a street view on the roof of that mall in Lyon, but an interior pic showed the skylight from below, so I thought I was on the right track.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
Fantastic!
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:33 (two years ago) link
Well, at least I learned that there's a sporting goods company called "DECATHLON" today.
Better than "DICK'S" I guess
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:57 (two years ago) link
That brown office building looks pretty decrepit in the original photo but in the Google street view it’s got a logo of a major corporation (I forget what it’s is).
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
Better than "DICK'S" I guess Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Athlete%27s_Foot?wprov=sfla1
― ledge, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 17:51 (two years ago) link
Good work on that one, wasn't sure if it would go off one pic!
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
where did the original pic come from, not google maps then?
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
Original pic was from google maps but doesn't seem to be there now, or at least I can't find it
I think you mentioned before that there was a photo that wasn't showing up on the map for you but you could still see it when it was a direct link?
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/TBfWTD9/asa.jpg
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 15 October 2021 12:32 (two years ago) link
That just screams Pittsburgh to me for some reason.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 15 October 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
Some castle type building with floodlights on the (garages? arched thing to the left) ? Quite a fancy street light, too - is it a whole Disney-inspired street/neighbourhood?
― StanM, Friday, 15 October 2021 14:26 (two years ago) link
that GMC limits this to North America where gas is cheaper, I would think
― StanM, Friday, 15 October 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
... and there are a LOT more houses with turrets than you would think :(
― StanM, Friday, 15 October 2021 14:37 (two years ago) link
I think the thing on the left is a viaduct.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 15 October 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
Could be any hilly US city.
― o. nate, Friday, 15 October 2021 16:06 (two years ago) link
Los Angeles has plenty of GMCs/other big trucks. People have money to burn here.
― nickn, Friday, 15 October 2021 21:47 (two years ago) link
i don't think those trees are southern california. west coast though?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 15 October 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
looks like a white bus in the background
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 15 October 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
those kind of streetlamps (the ones that look like the ends of condoms) are uniquely american in my experience (as if the GMC truck wasn't enough)
oooh, the thing I thought was a floodlight for the castle is the cabin of a bus/truck/tram/... - and between the trees there's another one.
Are those overhead cables for a trolley bus or tram?
― StanM, Saturday, 16 October 2021 07:51 (two years ago) link
IF (big if) it's a trolleybus, there's only five systems still in operation in the USA, according to wikipedia: San Francisco, Boston (two lines: Cambridge and South Boston/Waterfront), Dayton, Philadelphia and Seattle. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trolleybus_systems_in_the_United_States )
― StanM, Saturday, 16 October 2021 07:55 (two years ago) link
if it's a tram then the list is a lot longer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_North_America#System_lists
― StanM, Saturday, 16 October 2021 08:08 (two years ago) link
Looks like there is writing in washed out white on the top bit of the bridge. Looks like Geo.. Gooble. Clue or useless, I don’t know.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 16 October 2021 13:38 (two years ago) link
I still say it's Pittsburgh. They have a light rail (tram) system but I can't find out the color of the rolling stock.
― And of course the worms! (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 16 October 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
Isn't that just the Google watermark? xp
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Saturday, 16 October 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
indeed - I'm afraid that's the google watermark
― StanM, Saturday, 16 October 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
Lol, then useless.
― that's not my post, Saturday, 16 October 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
the bus is an MCI D series (4000 or 4500, maybe others too) which is operated by pittsburgh
― micah, Saturday, 16 October 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
or at least operated in and around pittsburgh. the viaduct could be an elevated busway
― micah, Saturday, 16 October 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
guys you can keep saying pittsburgh til you're blue in the face, if you want confirmation cherry blossom will need a minimum 6 figure grid reference
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 16 October 2021 21:49 (two years ago) link
Lol. And it may not even be Pittsburgh but one of the 100 or so grubby municipalities in Allegheny County. To which I would say: a borough is not a city!!!
― Typo? Negative! (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 16 October 2021 23:20 (two years ago) link
Tell that to Titshire, the largest hamlet in Shroppingham, featured here in 2018
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Sunday, 17 October 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
"Tell it to Titshire" - now there's a book/album title that should exist
― StanM, Sunday, 17 October 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/DW8yYDR/uc.jpg
Friday, View II
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 October 2021 12:51 (two years ago) link
Is that Walgreens? (not that that would help much, they have like 9,000 stores in the US)
― StanM, Monday, 18 October 2021 14:06 (two years ago) link
Yes, Walgreens are everywhere in the US. It seems like maybe in this pic we're on the bridge/viaduct shown in the background of the first pic? Trying to work out whether that's train tracks in the far right hand side of this pic, which would possibly be passing under the bridge.
― o. nate, Monday, 18 October 2021 15:56 (two years ago) link
looks a lot like philadelphia tbh
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 18 October 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
I think I've looked at all the Walgreens in Philadelphia and nothing with a viaduct + a big house with turrets seems to be jumping out at me
― StanM, Monday, 18 October 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link
good on you, i've not that much attention span lol. what about pgh?
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 18 October 2021 18:34 (two years ago) link
My wife just walked in and looked at the picture and told me it was in Union City. Actually Weehawken, I guess. Apparently we've driven past it multiple times, which I didn't recall.
https://goo.gl/maps/rimHEwRGxi1icarq6
― o. nate, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 15:05 (two years ago) link
I guess its near the ramp that we take to get on 495 heading west, but since I'm usually driving I've never noticed that library with the turrets before.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 15:08 (two years ago) link
OH SHIT! I totally recognize that now, but it's been years and years since I was a passenger on that stretch.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 October 2021 16:08 (two years ago) link
holy crap! Well done mrs o. nate!
― StanM, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
I bet we would have gotten it a lot faster if this had been the angle
https://www.google.be/maps/@40.7688973,-74.0238126,3a,75y,118.91h,76.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soLj3LvtQhuxTebafXlLQ0g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Tuesday, 19 October 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
My wife just walked in and looked at the picture and told me it was in Union City. Actually Weehawken, I guess. Apparently we've driven past it multiple times, which I didn't recall/
Yes, Weehawken Public Library, such a familiar view to anyone who's driven or got the bus out that way!
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 20 October 2021 05:24 (two years ago) link
fancy library - building history is on their front page http://www.weehawken-nj.us/library.html
― StanM, Wednesday, 20 October 2021 05:46 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/vDZkC7C/y.jpg
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
I daresay there are a million places in the UK that might look just like it but it strongly reminds me of oxford.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
that looks a lot like Oxford to me
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
xpost!
specifically the area around Cowley Road across to Headington Hill
Also quite like some parts of grandpont/hinksey but nowhere i can place specifically.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
yeah Donnington Bridge and Iffley Road below Rose Hill and Iffley Village
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:27 (two years ago) link
The road runs NW/SE...
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
First building on left is either a students' halls of residence or a halfway house or something along those lines. Then the second building has a bizarre window, what is that?
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 October 2021 14:30 (two years ago) link
... is there a clue in the picture that we're missing? Is this kind of one way road super exceptional, maybe? Not getting any further than "could be anywhere in Britain" for now
― StanM, Friday, 22 October 2021 09:44 (two years ago) link
sorry that was garbage, more like N/S
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 22 October 2021 09:57 (two years ago) link
We're right by the shark house!
https://goo.gl/maps/ir4PgcMk7dxcYL8J8
(look right...)
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:06 (two years ago) link
or click here: https://goo.gl/maps/99PDUjLUKDknuhQB7
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:07 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Friday, 22 October 2021 11:12 (two years ago) link
Or look left! The shark's reflection is in the window
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:15 (two years ago) link
Very solid work upthread at getting Oxford without even needing that though!
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:18 (two years ago) link
I did grow up there, curious that it's so distinctive though - here's the street that it first reminded me of, a couple of miles over the other side of town, obv the OAP looking accommodation and gated driveway on the left is a coincidence but v similar two storey terraces: https://goo.gl/maps/qzt5Vso68Kt1vH5NA
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:24 (two years ago) link
my folks live up the road in Littlemore
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Friday, 22 October 2021 11:26 (two years ago) link
OMG the reflection in the window! damn
― StanM, Friday, 22 October 2021 12:29 (two years ago) link
oh no i did look at that briefly but didn't think 'hmm maybe it's a shark'... if i'd been thinking of north instead of south oxford i might have done!
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 22 October 2021 12:42 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/0F97scp/uz.jpg
Monday Morning
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 08:13 (two years ago) link
Close but no cigar at Guess the Day of the Week it seems
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 09:30 (two years ago) link
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 10:47 (two years ago) link
Not a lot to work on here. Body of water far left could be a lake, river or harbour - I'm thinking the latter as there's some industrial type construction that could be part of a port facility. White building far left and building with light green facade centre left look European to me. Wild guess with not much to back it up would be somewhere in Italy
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 10:49 (two years ago) link
Strange tower far right is pretty mystifying
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 10:51 (two years ago) link
Reminds me of the road up from Peschiera del Garda up the east coast of Lake Garda
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
looks like a shipping control tower, for the port at left maybe?
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 11:39 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/RppWSzp/ka.jpg
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link
Lighthouse, harbour, got nothing.
― StanM, Thursday, 28 October 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
feels too flat for Norway & not flat enough for the rest of Scandinavia (although... maybe)
― StanM, Thursday, 28 October 2021 15:21 (two years ago) link
why the fuck does google maps suddenly move back to my location whenever I search anything - GRRRRRRRRRRR
― StanM, Thursday, 28 October 2021 15:25 (two years ago) link
lol otm
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 28 October 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
Are we back in Russia? Defo northern hemisphere and don't think it's anywhere in North America
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 28 October 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
Googled striped black and white road barrier and got a bunch of stock pics that look pretty similar but frustratingly no location mentioned, although they're copyrighted to a photographer with a Russian name
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 29 October 2021 08:38 (two years ago) link
that guard rail is pretty distinctive - not a sideways W shape like most
― StanM, Friday, 29 October 2021 08:53 (two years ago) link
the first pic has a yellow/black striped tower/chimney thing - oil refinery?
― StanM, Friday, 29 October 2021 09:03 (two years ago) link
jeez - https://www.google.com/search?q=power+pylon+types&source=lnms&tbm=isch
― StanM, Friday, 29 October 2021 09:13 (two years ago) link
although that particular type with the widest at the top and then narrower and narrower below that isn't something I can find in many of those pylon overviews, apparently
― StanM, Friday, 29 October 2021 09:16 (two years ago) link
I'm guessing this may be somewhere on the Baltic Sea. That type of lighthouse seems to exist there.
― o. nate, Monday, 1 November 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
that road barrier with stripes is common in ukraine
― micah, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 09:37 (two years ago) link
hint please
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 14:34 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@68.9856794,33.0948002,3a,75y,236.84h,98.28t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQ3f5F9Uml4uE4z6pmi8FMQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 14:43 (two years ago) link
YES !!!
https://www.google.com/maps/@68.9826598,33.0955864,3a,75y,310.18h,90.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smrhk13lnCidCsu5I8f-pFg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@68.9860639,33.0960879,3a,75y,254.58h,85.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sujAKG6gpXnAIlhBb_1WQsw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link
I mean, it was clear from your link that that was THE lighthouse :-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
oh...
https://dissolve.com/stock-photo/Monument-Sailors-Kursk-Murmansk-Russia-royalty-free-image/101-D246-103-494
― StanM, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 17:01 (two years ago) link
Murmansk it is
https://i.ibb.co/KGxhVwH/Screenshot-2021-11-02-at-16-59-32.png
Quite a fan of this, one step back from ShariVari's link
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
That's very Murmansk
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
Quintessential!
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 5 November 2021 11:58 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/M8MfYwJ/cmas.jpg
Tis (almost) the season
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 5 November 2021 11:59 (two years ago) link
colonial feel and all the pictures are of white people dressed warmly, guessing either Canada or New Zealand
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 5 November 2021 12:05 (two years ago) link
isn't that rotating wooden candle thing German? (iirc it's called a pyramid?)
― StanM, Friday, 5 November 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
... doesn't place this picture in Germany, obv
― StanM, Friday, 5 November 2021 13:10 (two years ago) link
Card is in English "Christmas Pyramid."
― nickn, Friday, 5 November 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
And I'm always amused at the thought of the Google photo-car rumbling through museums, offices, etc.
― nickn, Friday, 5 November 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
The electrical outlet is infuriatingly blurry. Can't tell if its US, UK or Euro style.
― o. nate, Friday, 5 November 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
This is some kind of museum, right?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 5 November 2021 19:42 (two years ago) link
that's a US outlet imo, because the sockets are one above each other, which doesn't work for UK plugs.
also those vestments look popish.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 5 November 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
A cursory google suggests there aren't loads of churches or cathedrals with that single-spire-and-two-tower structure but so far checking museums in the two UK cities which seem to have such a cathedral (Lichfield and Truro) has turned up nothing
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 5 November 2021 19:50 (two years ago) link
the black and white photo of santa also looks very mid-century US.
anyone recognize those churches as ... boston?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 5 November 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
If it's the US I'd guess its some museum display about Christmas as celebrated by German immigrants, so most likely somewhere in the upper Midwest. Puzzled by the photo on the right, looks like a Santa standing next to some pianos out on the street? The caption seems to read "(Illegible) Music Store Santa"
― o. nate, Friday, 5 November 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
i don't get a german american vibe fwiw (i get that this is a museum or whatever, but those pink vestments do feel v catholic)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 5 November 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
That Santa photo on the right, taken outside next to a large sign. Lifts? Litts? Maybe an old deparment store?
― a (waterface), Friday, 5 November 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
There's another set of letters in the background, KUM, could be a radio station? There's a WKUM in Puerto Rico
― a (waterface), Friday, 5 November 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
this all feels like some "here's how pope X celebrated christmas when he was a child" display to me - and those three tower pictures... Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Italy?
I don't think it's Ratzinger, this is in his childhood house in Marktl, Bavaria (where they have a couple of free standing square towers but nothing 100% like on those pics): https://www.papsthaus.eu/index.php?page=biografie-raeume
― StanM, Friday, 5 November 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
not John Paul II either https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOizlB4Guq8S5BuN8i-qyBkKkaf1P22OBeFmsa6ifPlIaKtPIoqo-BzmAGJsRXg-g?key=MGlVZW85VWx3Qmo1TlJ2dWppZHhjLTd5WGxIY3Fn
― StanM, Friday, 5 November 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
That totally makes sense. Though it looks a bit threadbare for a pope's museum. Maybe a cardinal or other luminary of the church?
― o. nate, Friday, 5 November 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
a small parish when they worked before they got promoted maybe - but we can't go too far back either - when was Santa invented again? he did exist before coca cola gave him the red suit in the early 20th century, right?
― StanM, Friday, 5 November 2021 22:36 (two years ago) link
it's the saddest christmas tree ever as well. a sign of poverty/famine/wartime?
― StanM, Friday, 5 November 2021 22:38 (two years ago) link
oh yeah, father christmas and saint Nicholas existed before. but that Santa Claus look isn't too old imho
― StanM, Friday, 5 November 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
don't think it's a real tree, but in general I love spindly christmas trees
― Dan S, Friday, 5 November 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
the wooden shepherd's cane could be famous, dunno?
― StanM, Friday, 5 November 2021 22:57 (two years ago) link
not Father Pio either I think (stigmata dude in italy)
― StanM, Friday, 5 November 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
it could just as easily be "this is what (priest dude) brought with him from his home land" - turning it into a "could be anywhere in the world" deal. In short, I give up. Can I request a second pic?
― StanM, Sunday, 7 November 2021 22:01 (two years ago) link
Salzburg Christmas museum / Weihnachtsmuseum?
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 7 November 2021 23:02 (two years ago) link
that looks way more professional than the pic we've got, I think
― StanM, Sunday, 7 November 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
that "ho ho ho" got me wondering... Was that associated with Father Christmas in continental Europe forever or is it a relatively recent import from the English speaking world?
― StanM, Monday, 8 November 2021 00:05 (two years ago) link
The one label I could read was in English ("Christmas Pyramid" with no apparent non-English co-label) so I assume it's in the English speaking world.
― nickn, Monday, 8 November 2021 05:42 (two years ago) link
I think this has got to be US - English writing puts it in the Anglophone world, and this just doesn't feel very British/Commonwealth. Popish robes a bit of a mystery though. Writing in the Santa photo looks like 'Tafts' maybe?
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 8 November 2021 06:49 (two years ago) link
cardinals wear red too - do any famous imported german/european ones spring to mind?
― StanM, Monday, 8 November 2021 11:52 (two years ago) link
The power outlets are American
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 November 2021 14:45 (two years ago) link
Looks like pianos in the Santa Claus vintage photo? Don't think that helps much
― tomorrow, Monday, 8 November 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link
Oops already noted
― tomorrow, Monday, 8 November 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
Need something to grease these wheels
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
Not a huge fan of these indoor ones if I'm being honest
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
I feel like we haven't been able to get enough info from those three drawings/paintings of 1. a church that looks a bit like Notre Dame in Paris (two towers at one end but this one has a bigger one on the other end so it's not Notre Dame) - then below that 2. a big white castle/fort type building in the mountains and the third pic is a 3. rectangular tower + horses + something with stairs... None of this rings a clear bell with me though, no idea where/how to start searching for them.
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:24 (two years ago) link
The family photo with a way more healthy christmas tree... grandad, dad, 4 kids and mother? (I thought people had like at least 15 kids before WWII, is this a wartime/depression inspired tiny family?)
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:27 (two years ago) link
Top left corner of the "Santa on the street with a white piano (and maybe a second piano?)" picture: it's a store's name I guess, but what does it say? Lafis? Tafis? Tafts?
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:30 (two years ago) link
the KUM that waterface already mentioned in that same pic (organs instead of pianos maybe?) : could be KUH or XUH too?
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:34 (two years ago) link
Yeah sorry, I'm repeating info other people had already noticed aren't I - meh
― StanM, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 17:42 (two years ago) link
Not a huge fan of these indoor ones if I'm being honest― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, November 10, 2021 9:03 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, November 10, 2021 9:03 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
heavy cosign. this isn't "Guess the Interior"
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
agree, jeez
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 10 November 2021 20:41 (two years ago) link
I kinda like the inside ones because when I first see them I'm like "this is so crazy, but *someone* is going to figure it out"
― a (waterface), Thursday, 11 November 2021 13:19 (two years ago) link
I’m fine with an interior as the first photo
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 11 November 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
the interiors are interesting to me because guessing at them involves different referents than the exteriors. that being said, i basically follow this thread now to look at foliage in different photos and wonder about it, so i'd be disappointed if they weren't posted as much.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 11 November 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
Even if you like the indoor ones (NB: you are wrong) no one’s been able to guess this one and cherry blossom has apparently taken a powder.
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 11 November 2021 21:28 (two years ago) link
Which is fine, of course— cherry blossom almost single-handedly keeps the thread going
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 November 2021 21:31 (two years ago) link
but yeah, this is an inscrutable pic, no one has a clue.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 11 November 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
Feel like we've at least nailed it down to a small city in the US that had immigration from a Catholic country. (Having put all that down in black and white now it's probably all wrong!)
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 11 November 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
I had thought the correct guesser got to set the next challenge, but that's not the case?
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 11 November 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
That used to be be they way it worked, but it seems many guessers don't jump in with a new one soon enough, or at all.
― nickn, Thursday, 11 November 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
Yeah tbf cherry blossom's heroic efforts in starting my favourite thread and keeping it going ensure I'll cut their idiosyncrasies plenty of slack
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 11 November 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
Those Christmas pyramids are characteristically (but not exclusively) German fwiw.
― Tim, Thursday, 11 November 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
Definitely not throwing shade at cherry blossom, just that we are foundering without them lol. Hope they’re just busy.
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 November 2021 00:32 (two years ago) link
Not sure what to make of the German origin of Christmas pyramids, as it doesn't jibe with what looks like Catholic clerical garb.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 12 November 2021 00:59 (two years ago) link
the photo has already disappeared behind the fold in this ~8000-post thread. it's obviously stitched together from at least a few images
― Dan S, Friday, 12 November 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
There are Catholic Germans, right?
― nickn, Friday, 12 November 2021 01:37 (two years ago) link
Yes but they’re in bavaria and I think they’re kind of under represented among German Americans. Fair warning I’m like 80% certain that’s a US outlet and catholic vestments, but I could be completely wrong.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 12 November 2021 02:09 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Ms4bk3X/Screenshot-2021-11-12-at-04-39-45.png
Back in the streets
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 12 November 2021 04:42 (two years ago) link
Wisconsin is filled with descendants of Catholic immigrants from Bavaria fwiw
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 12 November 2021 04:43 (two years ago) link
It's flat, there's a pick up truck, I'm guessing somewhere midwest
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 12 November 2021 04:52 (two years ago) link
"Image not found!"
― nickn, Friday, 12 November 2021 05:43 (two years ago) link
the shade of blue is very characteristic of Ljubljana tho
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 12 November 2021 08:01 (two years ago) link
There are lots of catholics in Germany outside Bavaria, especially in the west of the country, not that that makes much difference to the likelihood of this being a specifically German exhibit / museum.
― Tim, Friday, 12 November 2021 08:09 (two years ago) link
I don't know why the image isn't showing. It was at first, maybe I deleted by mistake and it cached. I'll put it up again shortly
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 12 November 2021 15:27 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/p0WFwNJ/p.png
Back in the streets II
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Friday, 12 November 2021 16:11 (two years ago) link
Small Railroad town in the US Midwest, but that’s all I got. And I’ve been to a lot of small town historical museums with a display like the first image.
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 November 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
looks a little more west (plains) than midwest tbh
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 12 November 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
I'm trying to understand what I'm looking at on the right, between the tree and our location?
― StanM, Friday, 12 November 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
some kind of old gas pump?
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 12 November 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
feels like nebraska
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 12 November 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
maybe kansas or one of the dakotas.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 12 November 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
Seems like many medium-sized midwestern towns have a historical museum with displays similar to the first pic.
― o. nate, Friday, 12 November 2021 22:55 (two years ago) link
the picture's above the fold now so i can't verify without loading this insanely huge thread but iirc it sure looks similar to The American Historical Society of Germans From Russia in Lincoln, NE
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Friday, 12 November 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
relinking the first pic:
― StanM, Saturday, 13 November 2021 08:50 (two years ago) link
2nd pic: there's a sign in the distance with a longish word on it but it's too small to read - other than that... No idea? Are all the buildings very low because they're near an airport?
― StanM, Saturday, 13 November 2021 08:55 (two years ago) link
In the first pic I’m looking at the photo of a street scene that seems to be labelled “[-illegible-] music store Santa.” NextTo the music store on one side there is a sign that could say Taft’s and in the other one a sign that might say Kuhn. There’s an old theatre in Lebanon,OR called Kuhn’s, but there was also a chain of “variety stores” called Kuhn’s that started in Columbia,TN that was a precursor to Big-K so this gets me nowhere.
― Tim, Saturday, 13 November 2021 14:59 (two years ago) link
― A Pile of Ants (Boring, Maryland), Saturday, 13 November 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
we're on a road that's going up -> a bridge over something that ends in H ?
― StanM, Saturday, 13 November 2021 17:44 (two years ago) link
(nope - the name of the river is on a green sign with white letters in North America)
― StanM, Saturday, 13 November 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/zxYxgt8/ara.jpg
Back in the back in the streets
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Sunday, 14 November 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
I don't know if this will point the right way but:https://www.google.com/maps/place/549+N+Harrison+St,+Davenport,+IA+52803,+USA/@41.5251595,-90.5789161,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87e2349bf7cc63ff:0x1115893076e96c4d!8m2!3d41.5251555!4d-90.5767274
(Davenport, Iowa). Now to find the indoor place...
― kinder, Sunday, 14 November 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
Aha! https://www.google.com/maps/@41.5214872,-90.583515,3a,75y,172.51h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOPSfvfoeYpRnHe2KiE8vBOZ5nHTVJFetsvuBi4!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOPSfvfoeYpRnHe2KiE8vBOZ5nHTVJFetsvuBi4%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya95.375145-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
― kinder, Sunday, 14 November 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
yay! nice one
― StanM, Sunday, 14 November 2021 19:25 (two years ago) link
ngl, it has been an ambition of mine to get one of these one day!
― kinder, Sunday, 14 November 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
How did you find it? Are you familiar with Davenport?
― nickn, Sunday, 14 November 2021 21:26 (two years ago) link
nope, I googled 11'8 bridge and it turns out there's a really famous one in North Carolina, but it's not the one in the picture. Then I googled "overheight vehicle route" and found a Flickr picture of it! so I got lucky for sure.
― kinder, Sunday, 14 November 2021 21:35 (two years ago) link
An unexpected route to it for sure. Surprised this one took so long!
― Sladoled Umbrella (cherry blossom), Sunday, 14 November 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
There are some places that I don't "get" because why would I want to even think about that place, and Davenport, IA, is one of them. What an absolute pit.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 15 November 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
well done though
― a (waterface), Monday, 15 November 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
so the sign in the Santa/street/piano picture says "Gifts" - and it's "Schmitt ??? - ??? Santa" - meanwhile, the family pic is "German Family Christmas" and the three landscape/tower drawings aren't labeled.
https://www.google.be/maps/@41.5214872,-90.583515,3a,41.1y,186.89h,76.73t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOPSfvfoeYpRnHe2KiE8vBOZ5nHTVJFetsvuBi4!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOPSfvfoeYpRnHe2KiE8vBOZ5nHTVJFetsvuBi4%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya283.5709-ro-0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
― StanM, Monday, 15 November 2021 18:06 (two years ago) link
and it's a Santa costume, no famous pope/cardinal
― StanM, Monday, 15 November 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
Gifts, omg.
― a (waterface), Monday, 15 November 2021 18:07 (two years ago) link
This one was wild
how the hell did you end up in a place like this, cherry blossom? :-)
― StanM, Monday, 15 November 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
the costume looks more like Saint Nicholas though - who comes with gifts on December 6th here in Belgium and looks/sounds suspiciously like Santa Claus (Sint Nicholas -> Sint Nikolaas -> Sinterklaas / Santa Claus)
― StanM, Monday, 15 November 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/kHjf8zR/orph.jpg
I think the vertical KUM might be EUM as port of RKO Orpheum (which is todays Adler)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 15 November 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
Haha I was wrong about more or less everything so I am likely wrong about this too but I’m clinging on to this being Schmitts Music Store Santa.
― Tim, Monday, 15 November 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
in July 1913, relocated to 111-113 W. Third St. Schmidt Music Company continued in business in Davenport until 1964.
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 15 November 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
which is next to the Adler
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 15 November 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
I was pretty sure that I read "Schmitt Music Store Santa" in that photo caption. I found a Schmitt Music store website with all of their store locations, which are all in the Midwest, and I checked many of them for a historical museum. But they have no current location in Davenport, IA, so I never looked there!
― o. nate, Monday, 15 November 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
Ok since I guessed one not so long ago, here's today's:
https://i.ibb.co/7yzZ7rW/Screenshot-2021-11-16-at-11-20-39.png
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 11:22 (two years ago) link
Thinking Israel
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 12:52 (two years ago) link
All the cars are white. Feels like in Israel they wouldn't all be white, but then it is a small sample size. And it could be near an airport
Black and white striped poles
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 13:44 (two years ago) link
yeah I was thinking that most of them are taxis perhaps. Airport or big hotel on the right.
― Chicks and Ducks and Geese better scurry (Ste), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
Direction signs with blue background and white text: not Israel?
― StanM, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 16:09 (two years ago) link
definitely Middle East though
― StanM, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
Man is wearing a Kippah I think?
― willem, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 16:38 (two years ago) link
I'm not finding blue traffic signs like that in Israel (or yellow buses) - maybe I'm not looking in the right spots
― StanM, Tuesday, 16 November 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
Thought it might be Tunis, but I did some wandering and didn't find many signs that were similar.
― I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
i think it's somewhere moister than that. getting pacific vibes, philippines maybe. can't find those traffic stripes though
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
those are canary island date palms fwiw so maybe north africa a little more likely that middle east (although obviously they're all over the world at this point)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 20:19 (two years ago) link
are we seeing letters on the right? something like FAH ?
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:11 (two years ago) link
I think I found some striped poles
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:19 (two years ago) link
All non-white cars are forbidden in Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) but I don't think this is it
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:25 (two years ago) link
Striped poles for both street signs and lights are very distinctive. Googling around I found striped poles in Kuwait. The blue sign with two indecipherable lines of text - wondering if this is arabic script on top and Roman script underneath
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 08:52 (two years ago) link
The striped poles I found were in Haifa, near the airport but not had a chance to look properly
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 09:08 (two years ago) link
I'm not 100% on that cap being a Kippah - could be a Taquiyah or Kufi too?
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 12:44 (two years ago) link
I see FAH too, and the word underneath looks like "depot."
― nickn, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 17:28 (two years ago) link
The area immediately north of Tel Aviv airport is festooned with striped poles. Festooned!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 20:43 (two years ago) link
one more before I go to bed:
https://i.ibb.co/gSGGnMf/Screenshot-2021-11-17-at-21-28-33.png
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 21:30 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@23.5885384,58.3844859,3a,75y,55.9h,77.58t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNkSvNKaYuOdEpeqdGbRz4YjPx4lRkpZhyVUV2q!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNkSvNKaYuOdEpeqdGbRz4YjPx4lRkpZhyVUV2q%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi1.1677419-ya168.24538-ro0.124545805-fo100!7i5760!8i2880
Got him!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:10 (two years ago) link
O Man!
― nickn, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
(indirectly via https://trafficfineslist.com/images/oman-traffic-fines.jpg)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:32 (two years ago) link
The land of the stripey pole...
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 22:58 (two years ago) link
Second pic: https://goo.gl/maps/DCEtf1CDDXDucce1A
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 17 November 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
That was a good one. I definitely got sidetracked by finding stripey poles in Israel. Haifa and Tel Aviv both felt too busy but they had the striped poles, but weirdly only in certain areas so I felt hmm maybe
Then I looked Jordan, Saudi, Oman and saw the traffic fines photo with the highway overhead and furniture store and it was pretty quick from there
One thing I learned is that Haifa and Tel Aviv both have a lot of tiny roundabouts, that are pretty well decorated
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 18 November 2021 08:14 (two years ago) link
Nice one, was looking for a while like the middle east was a bit of a blind spot for the thread.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 18 November 2021 08:36 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/9YGK7BJ/co2.jpg
Monday SV
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 22 November 2021 10:55 (two years ago) link
Initial thought: those bigger houses feel scandinavian - but it could just as easily be Scotland or something like the flatter parts of Austria, maybe? :-/
Can't quite make out what's on the road (bottom) - xxxT xxNAS ? (west/east something nas?)
Trying to see if the cars drive on the left or right but that three lane road is very confusing - looking at the arrows near the bottom of the pic all three lanes are coming our way, but a bit further away, between the trees, it looks like there's an arrow that splits into left/straight on for traffic coming from where we are - so which is it?
― StanM, Monday, 22 November 2021 12:15 (two years ago) link
Looks like driving on the left to me, I can't see an arrow indicating the left lane is coming our way, only the one higher up. Can't make out the writing on the road on the right hand lane beyond __Y ___S - any lanes? left turns? Might be a place name instead of an instruction.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 12:23 (two years ago) link
I think that's the UK, and it might be Lancaster?
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Monday, 22 November 2021 13:27 (two years ago) link
That could be a currys / pc world logo on the left edge in the middle - have looked at a few megastores with no joy though.
The roads and carparks all look very quiet!
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 14:50 (two years ago) link
Might look silly in a bit but I'm pretty confident that is not the UK. First thought was Scandinavia
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
If only you'd waited a minute...
Swansea:
https://goo.gl/maps/TptAJZuqy2UXqmst7
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:46 (two years ago) link
Writing on the road says CITY DINAS (city in welsh)!
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:48 (two years ago) link
This is the original image: https://goo.gl/maps/fNwPerNVem5gmMmF6
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
nice, well done!
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
Ah man, I was gonna say if it is the UK it could only be Wales, honest! Well done
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 22 November 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
yeah the last time we had somewhere that looked like england but with trees it was wales.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 22 November 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
wooo! nice one!
― StanM, Monday, 22 November 2021 18:11 (two years ago) link
see, this small arrow to the right (in front of the car) was the one that made me think all three lanes went the same way (it still is, a bit) - but it's a roundabout
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.637948,-3.9311403,3a,75y,212.94h,58.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9ye0lFi78qtXmCgFZ-5FIQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Monday, 22 November 2021 18:14 (two years ago) link
Good work on this one , you were correct on the Curry's / PC World logo, and on the DINAS marking - neither of which I had picked up on. True about the tree coverage as well
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 08:54 (two years ago) link
Yeah I was pretty confident about the currys/pc world, i didn't have the patience to look at every megastore on a map but the white frontage with dark horizontal line is fairly distinctive and luckily it came up in an image search for currys pc world megastore retail park.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 09:00 (two years ago) link
This is the original image: https://goo.gl/maps/fNwPerNVem5gmMmF6― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge)
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge)
if you look straight down, the drone is hanging above a small hill with a spiral path that's apparently not labeled on google maps? Is this some kind of prehistoric site?
― StanM, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 10:09 (two years ago) link
On openstreetmap it's labelled as white rock park, which led me here http://whiterocktrails.org/ which despite dozens of pages is not super clear on the history of the site, i can't find anything about the mound or paths.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 10:26 (two years ago) link
Industrail not prehistoric though.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 10:29 (two years ago) link
Industrial
https://i.ibb.co/HVbKxXG/y.jpg
out on the street
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 25 November 2021 08:33 (two years ago) link
idk but there's a ghost under the pedestrian crossing sign.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Thursday, 25 November 2021 08:44 (two years ago) link
Probably a German-speaking location, as the poster has the slogan 'Selbsthilfe'.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Thursday, 25 November 2021 09:13 (two years ago) link
Mallorca then?
― StanM, Thursday, 25 November 2021 09:29 (two years ago) link
to the right of the ghost there's an arrow pointing to the right with something that I can't read but it somehow doesn't look like western letters?
― StanM, Thursday, 25 November 2021 09:36 (two years ago) link
The German sign is for a self-help group ('Selbsthilfe') offering support for people with alcohol and prescription drug ('Medikamente') issues.
The eagle logo to the right of it may be the symbol of the self-help group, as the background is the same colour.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Saturday, 27 November 2021 12:38 (two years ago) link
There are pedestrian crossing signs like that in Mallorca.
― o. nate, Saturday, 27 November 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
I haven't really found where to go look around yet on Mallorca, to be honest
― StanM, Sunday, 28 November 2021 01:10 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/BjLktHd/cuu.jpg
Out on the street II (not on the street)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Sunday, 28 November 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
Tirana, Albania
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eurolloto+Tregu+Elektrik/@41.3258843,19.8326425,3a,75y,70.62h,78.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMNvtvzN3GWtpxIJR1t8Z0xMPQ1CtuyE0RAf68f!2e10!3e12!7i11364!8i5682!4m9!1m2!2m1!1seurolloto!3m5!1s0x1350313d3b654a51:0x6f1328f2cdbd9802!8m2!3d41.325914!4d19.832699!15sCglldXJvbGxvdG-SAQ5iZXR0aW5nX2FnZW5jeQ
― kinder, Sunday, 28 November 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
Actual streetview of the first photo https://www.google.com/maps/@41.32567,19.8335903,3a,75y,254.87h,72.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQcDQDC0Nzw9P3L6F1R0RpQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― kinder, Sunday, 28 November 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
oh wow! well done!
― StanM, Sunday, 28 November 2021 20:01 (two years ago) link
how did you find it?
― StanM, Sunday, 28 November 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
Mainly luck, don't really know as I thought I'd start in Germany. I was looking for 'moto' cafe then realised it was Euro Lloto, which are all over. Somehow on Google maps it was showing me different locations with the inside photos - I clicked on a few and one looked like the one in the photo, so clicked around it.
― kinder, Sunday, 28 November 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
That one went quick - quite a few clues in that photo so I thought it might
I haven't seen a bar showing teletext before
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 29 November 2021 04:49 (two years ago) link
Looks like a bookies
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 29 November 2021 05:20 (two years ago) link
i won't have time to do a new one so anyone else feel free. thanks for doing these btw!
― kinder, Monday, 29 November 2021 07:54 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/93XFRks/ze.png
Seasonal
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 29 November 2021 09:23 (two years ago) link
Looks very much like Barrow-In-Furness to me.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 29 November 2021 09:59 (two years ago) link
^^otm
32 Oak Head Rdhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/sa5Y3Xs4sjzephZq8
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 29 November 2021 10:58 (two years ago) link
Haha wtaf
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 29 November 2021 11:02 (two years ago) link
It was just a speculative punt based on what looked like the clock tower in the distance with the submarine hall next to it to the left.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 29 November 2021 11:12 (two years ago) link
haha well done!
― kinder, Monday, 29 November 2021 11:13 (two years ago) link
The gut feeling ones are the best ones
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 29 November 2021 11:27 (two years ago) link
oosh, that one was well guessed - the feel ones are definitely the best
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 29 November 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
omg! world record? :-)
― StanM, Monday, 29 November 2021 16:16 (two years ago) link
+ I was today years old when I learned what a submarine hall looks like.
― StanM, Monday, 29 November 2021 17:53 (two years ago) link
One lucky guess does not make you as good as the rest of you. I just lurk in case a miracle like this comes up.
I'm busy the rest of the week, happy for anybody else to post the next one.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 29 November 2021 18:02 (two years ago) link
*me* not *you*
... I like this.
https://visitbarrow.org.uk/20-reasons-to-not-visit-barrow/
― StanM, Monday, 29 November 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/MRQ26KR/blue.png
No Submarines
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 11:42 (two years ago) link
Looks like we're back in the US.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
bridge looks just like the wabash railroad bridge near pittsburgh, but nearby area/street views don't add up
― tomorrow, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link
Bellaire, Ohio: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.012413,-80.7427686,3a,36y,31.38h,95.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seyxWVlVrI4yOuv6FFF01Dg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― tomorrow, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
Incredible, they're falling like dominos.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 16:13 (two years ago) link
:O
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
The last two have definitely been impressive! Looks like there was a good deal of gut feeling in this one too, then just narrowing it down from there?
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 16:20 (two years ago) link
wow again!
― StanM, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
Yea gut feeling on the Ohio River. Couldn't shake Wabash bridge but then started going thru a wiki list of other bridges over the river, pic of Bellaire bridge looked spot on.
― tomorrow, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
Seems it's no longer in use and "a decrepit nuisance that residents of both states are eager to demolish." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellaire_Bridge
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/ZxDK5yc/Screenshot-2021-11-30-at-16-37-50.png
The building from the front
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/71X1vCt/Screen-Shot-2021-11-30-at-11-37-02-AM.png
I'll try my hand at posting. First time getting it right before, still feel a lil green.
― tomorrow, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
Britain since the steering wheel is on the right, but this house in the front looks kinda New Orleansy, that's probably the red herring here
― StanM, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 17:04 (two years ago) link
At a glance first thought was somewhere in Ireland, mainly due to the houses the other side of the garage, but yes not sure about that first house on the left
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 17:19 (two years ago) link
146 Campbell St, Hobart, Tasmania
https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-42.8754445,147.3247693,3a,75y,277.12h,94.62t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJ5F4owGlkCGKngFUyFWTdA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― micah, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
oh damn! how?
― StanM, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
amazing run here
― a (waterface), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 20:38 (two years ago) link
I was thinking Wheeling, WV from the pic before last, so I wasn't too far off.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
asutralian vibes - lots of toyotas, road markings, architecure of the house on the left (particularly the roll formed metal roof and sandstone retaining wall), gum tree in the background. compact low rise housing looks like the south. also looks a bit like new zealand of course.
― micah, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
Yep immediately thought Australia with that pic, the house verandahs are the giveaway.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 21:44 (two years ago) link
nice job. the house design definitely threw me, so i figured it a good twist
― tomorrow, Tuesday, 30 November 2021 22:14 (two years ago) link
Wow again, was coming back to look at this one properly, thinking it might be NZ, but its gone already
This guesses in this weeks as good as they've been, each one from distance leaving the keeper with no chance
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 22:19 (two years ago) link
very impressive, all.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 22:36 (two years ago) link
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 30 November 2021 23:37 (two years ago) link
whaaat
― kinder, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 00:16 (two years ago) link
insane!!!
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 01:11 (two years ago) link
i've been hanging out for an australia photo for a while so i was happy to jump on this one... sorry. pretty sure i've walked down that street as well.
― micah, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 01:14 (two years ago) link
Yeah I work in the Medical Sciences Precinct cnr Liverpool and Campbell Sts … insane.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 01:25 (two years ago) link
ha, here is my car parked on a nearby hillhttps://www.google.com.au/maps/@-42.8757125,147.3290295,3a,75y,287.32h,83.47t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stzlB_LGaeJ51EwjTJm4hQQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 01:55 (two years ago) link
I think of Australia as having very unique foliage and landscape colors
― Dan S, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 02:06 (two years ago) link
Hobart is lovely (to visit anyway, living there might be different) and pretty different from what people normally think of Australia (ie it's cold!). I've thought of moving down there but then I look at house prices and yikes
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 02:12 (two years ago) link
Yeah it went nuts about 5 years ago. Cold? currently 30°C / 84 F, but we had snow down to 300m two weeks ago ...Hobart's climate is almost exactly the same as the Bay Area.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 02:38 (two years ago) link
I was there one spring and it was bloody freezing! But I'm currently in Sydney so my idea of what's hot and cold is probably warped. Mind you, we've just had one of the wettest/coldest Novembers in history here...
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 02:43 (two years ago) link
the animals in Australia really freak me out - fruit bats hanging off of trees, snakes, giant spiders, crocodiles
― Dan S, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 03:50 (two years ago) link
True, but I have wallabies and pademelons in my back yard every evening, and one morning an echidna bumbling around.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 03:55 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/RPNHrTf/lizpardabagail.png
― micah, Friday, 3 December 2021 11:16 (two years ago) link
oh thats tiny. full size here
― micah, Friday, 3 December 2021 11:19 (two years ago) link
Port, or port city. Multiple monuments
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 3 December 2021 12:04 (two years ago) link
feels like Mexico
― tomorrow, Friday, 3 December 2021 12:49 (two years ago) link
Yeah I thought the shape of the war memorial is very Latin America. Also a statue of a soldier with what looks like either the Virgin Mary or a saint in front of it.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 3 December 2021 13:09 (two years ago) link
I think the petrol station is PetroEcuador but can't find history of them having a split logo like that.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 3 December 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
- the second word on that petrol station looks like America to me- that big brown monument is the crow's nest of a ship, memorial to some big sinking disaster?- building to the right with the two portals looks more Middle Eastern- palm trees
― StanM, Friday, 3 December 2021 13:47 (two years ago) link
Found the right logo for PetroAmerica in Peru, the O is a globe.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 3 December 2021 13:59 (two years ago) link
Plaza Garibaldi, Callao, Peru
https://www.google.be/maps/@-12.0527781,-77.1387772,3a,75y,4.99h,87.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKqPAnAH-KhTJbADVyUoaew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Friday, 3 December 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
couldn't have done it without aldo though, thank you :-)
Well done team!
Loving the extremely spartan look and concrete street furniture of Plaza Garibaldi, perhaps like that because it is surrounded by a three/four lane road with no visible means of pedestrian access.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Friday, 3 December 2021 14:17 (two years ago) link
newer pics have a fence and guys painting the ground red
https://www.google.be/maps/@-12.0526874,-77.1395731,3a,75y,44.84h,76.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHK79BdadlNJ3-ybcuIgurw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Friday, 3 December 2021 14:18 (two years ago) link
if you survive traffic, here's the entrance: https://www.google.be/maps/@-12.0529065,-77.1391566,3a,75y,2.39h,69.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6qqG04lYsv5qLAy5G4RVBA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Friday, 3 December 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
Oh weird! I was some way out, I found the same green/white poles in Esmeraldas, Ecuador but couldn't make it work. Mostly because it wasn't there
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 3 December 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
more detail on the statues
https://www.google.be/maps/place/Plaza+Garibaldi/@-12.0522805,-77.138989,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipO7jqWcPfQZrgtDg9LPBJCex4kdnRAsmo5OFDVT!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipO7jqWcPfQZrgtDg9LPBJCex4kdnRAsmo5OFDVT%3Dw203-h113-k-no!7i4160!8i2336!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x9105cdcc6bbfffa3:0x4aed9b274e053057!2sCallao,+Peru!3b1!8m2!3d-12.0508491!4d-77.1259843!3m4!1s0x9105cb85c56878b3:0xc84001f6393e04ad!8m2!3d-12.0522805!4d-77.138989
― StanM, Friday, 3 December 2021 14:23 (two years ago) link
A fine addition to this weeks great run
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 3 December 2021 14:24 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Saturday, 4 December 2021 1:12 AM
― micah, Saturday, 4 December 2021 04:13 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/jGkrBsB/757.png
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 6 December 2021 08:11 (two years ago) link
what in the - that pickup truck is all kinds of wrong
― StanM, Monday, 6 December 2021 09:47 (two years ago) link
its a sixth gen dual cab tray back hilux ute
― micah, Monday, 6 December 2021 11:31 (two years ago) link
that absolutely screams Queensland to me
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 6 December 2021 11:31 (two years ago) link
sure
btw cherry you might be interested in https://github.com/digitaldickinson/Clean-StreetView
― micah, Monday, 6 December 2021 11:34 (two years ago) link
specifically it looks like Indooroopilly looking toward Mt Coot-Tha, but if it is then you guys are fucking with me because my uncle and aunt lived in that exact region
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 6 December 2021 11:40 (two years ago) link
ive never been north of urangan so you're on your own
― micah, Monday, 6 December 2021 11:42 (two years ago) link
no, that's further north.
― micah, Monday, 6 December 2021 11:43 (two years ago) link
(suburb of Brisbane I mean)
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 6 December 2021 11:47 (two years ago) link
based on the satellite dish i think the photo is looking north.
― micah, Monday, 6 December 2021 11:50 (two years ago) link
specifically it looks like Indooroopilly looking toward Mt Coot-Tha,
the 3d data is good around there and maybe i'm missing it but i can't see anything like the large developments in the middle and to the right of the hill.
― namaste darkness my old friend (ledge), Tuesday, 7 December 2021 10:25 (two years ago) link
So many apartment buildings - must be a big/touristy part of a big city? Not many clues to go on except the truck - the plants feel like they're more tropical than the parts of Brisbane I looked at, maybe?
― StanM, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 18:29 (two years ago) link
the steering wheel is on the wrong side for Japan/Okinawa, right? and that 27 wouldn't be in western numbers either - nah, it almost has to be Australia (NZ? not hilly enough around Auckland?)
― StanM, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 18:42 (two years ago) link
Japan drives on the left side too, but I think it's Australia/New Zealand too.
Looks like a Norfolk Island Pine behind the truck, which are native to that area, but widely planted elsewhere. Doesn't look fully tropical to me; that could almost be SoCal if you caught it at the right time of year.
― nickn, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 18:47 (two years ago) link
i think it could easily be as far north as cairns
― micah, Tuesday, 7 December 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
it's certainly intriguing. there are a lot of very nice hillsides on the eastern side of Australia, I'm learning, but apartment buildings on them? Not so much. Or I keep missing them. But where, then?
― StanM, Wednesday, 8 December 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
Second view needed, or a bit more time with this one?
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 9 December 2021 12:11 (two years ago) link
My gut says it's NZ and somewhere in the Hutt Valley but I can't get any more from the pic.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 9 December 2021 12:39 (two years ago) link
... can we get a hint instead of a second pic? :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 9 December 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/QHGDCtm/Screenshot-2021-12-09-at-19-49-34.png
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 9 December 2021 19:54 (two years ago) link
intriguing part 2
- nearer the equator than we initially thought, based on the very short shadows?- ACIFIC- those two houses straight ahead have very eastern influenced looking roofs- guy on the right looks rather white/american?
... is it like some Western enclave/american military presence in an otherwise Asian country, maybe?
or Hawaii, even?
― StanM, Friday, 10 December 2021 09:08 (two years ago) link
i clicked a street in Honolulu that looked very similar indeed. but I think the right-hand steering wheels suggest not?
― kinder, Friday, 10 December 2021 10:06 (two years ago) link
(similar to first pic, I mean)
Father Christmas in summer suggests southern hemisphere
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Friday, 10 December 2021 10:18 (two years ago) link
man I nearly thought I got it, north of Hobart, Tasmania, but the 4+ apartment buildings aren't there either
― StanM, Friday, 10 December 2021 11:01 (two years ago) link
4+ storey
― StanM, Friday, 10 December 2021 11:02 (two years ago) link
that kind of foliage would die within six months in Tassie
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 10 December 2021 12:14 (two years ago) link
I was convinced it's Cairns but i couldn't find it, so now I'm not
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 10 December 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
I'm pretty sure it's Samoa
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Friday, 10 December 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
I have zero familiarity with the area, but from some streetview trawling I do think it looks a lot like Northern Queensland.
― o. nate, Friday, 10 December 2021 22:51 (two years ago) link
I've pretty much eliminated Noosa/Noosaville and also Townsville. Wondering about Mackay. The hill/mountain in back of the first shot looks typical of the Glasshouse Mountains which run down the eastern seaboard, a series of heavily eroded volcanic plugs which look like old teeth from a distance. We are an old continent so pretty much all of the topography is worn to bits.
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 10 December 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
that's what it looks like to me tbh, but on a pacific island
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Saturday, 11 December 2021 00:17 (two years ago) link
my general-area guesses have literally all been wrong though, so maybe use it as a "not-there" guide lol
table might be onto something
― rob, Saturday, 11 December 2021 00:48 (two years ago) link
isn't the steering wheel on the wrong side for Samoa?
― StanM, Saturday, 11 December 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
Yeppoon, Queensland: https://www.google.com/maps/@-23.1272813,150.7438388,3a,75y,178.04h,78.99t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sA9ej1_Elxk9mW_wyAitiPQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DA9ej1_Elxk9mW_wyAitiPQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D11.725892%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 11 December 2021 22:14 (two years ago) link
where my cousin lived for several years, I'm considering a restraining order against the nefarious forces of ILX
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 11 December 2021 22:15 (two years ago) link
Nice one!
― StanM, Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:09 (two years ago) link
Wow!
StanM, Samoa uses RHD steering wheels, apparently— both types are legal, same as American Samoa.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
I got it by googling "pacific restaurant queensland logo" and this was among the hitshttps://res.cloudinary.com/tf-lab/image/upload/restaurant/28406387-48f9-44eb-ad62-d011a5609721/0dbd294e-203b-47c9-bc33-c8fb9029c88e.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:39 (two years ago) link
(in the distance in the second pic)
Nice, there was a Pacific hotel in Cairns too, but the sign didnt look anything like that one.
― o. nate, Sunday, 12 December 2021 03:42 (two years ago) link
guess the obscure town
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 12 December 2021 07:11 (two years ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@-23.1315767,150.7461552,3a,75y,35.34h,81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPZfPrJHkYOs1ogbwnkXb7A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
For anyone curious about the original view, it was over here a few streets away on the other side of the city
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Sunday, 12 December 2021 10:50 (two years ago) link
it's not a city!
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 12 December 2021 11:21 (two years ago) link
those multi storey apartment buildings have thrown me off - I've only looked at big cities because of those
― StanM, Sunday, 12 December 2021 12:06 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/qWdYJwQ/Screenshot-2021-12-13-at-12-06-32.png
Playground
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 13 December 2021 12:18 (two years ago) link
let's ask matttkkkk first - Matt? :-)
― StanM, Monday, 13 December 2021 12:20 (two years ago) link
100% not Queensland
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 13 December 2021 12:31 (two years ago) link
Thank you Matt! :-)
church spire, bridge with Roman arches, a row of similar looking houses... England? France?
― StanM, Monday, 13 December 2021 12:32 (two years ago) link
Is it a city?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 13 December 2021 12:33 (two years ago) link
Looks like England anyway
It looks like South East London to me, maybe looking South(ish) from the big lump that is Forest Hill / Sydenham Hill towards Catford? Can't find the relevant basketball court and wouldn't have expected lewisham to aint things orange anyway so either its a non-municipal court (eg a school or something) or it's different borough or its a different place altogether
― Tim, Monday, 13 December 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
that (railroad?) bridge with all the arches seems like it could be a big deal I'd think?
― StanM, Monday, 13 December 2021 15:43 (two years ago) link
Pretty standard for the UK I would say. The playground looks quite old, in my experience the ones in london (in the more affluent areas at least) are more up to date, less so as you go further north.
― big online yam retailer (ledge), Monday, 13 December 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
It's not a city but it is accrington
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LwgAU2aUhuAWkqcx6
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 13 December 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
― a (waterface), Monday, 13 December 2021 16:21 (two years ago) link
I couldnt see that viaduct on my phone, had to look at it on a bigger screen. But if you look at the list of 'railway bridges and viaducts in the UK' on wikipedia then right at the top there you'll find accrington. Didn't take long to locate the park in relation to the bridge
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 13 December 2021 16:22 (two years ago) link
Well done - haven’t been there for years and I thought it was more red brick than I thought looks on the pic.
― Tim, Monday, 13 December 2021 16:28 (two years ago) link
do we have a thread about one's personal definition of a city? I feel like this has been coming up a lot lately and it's kind of interesting to think about my own criteria
― rob, Monday, 13 December 2021 16:35 (two years ago) link
Well done or something (!), would you have gone through the whole list?
― big online yam retailer (ledge), Monday, 13 December 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
Quite possibly not ledge, tho I did get a twinkle in my eye when I saw it, the picture having quite a northern town feel
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 13 December 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 13 December 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
Good work, thought we were due an easier one (even though some really tough ones have fallen with very little resistance of late!)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 13 December 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
ooh, nice one or something :-)
― StanM, Monday, 13 December 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Y3YpCMz/Screenshot-2021-12-15-at-03-52-51.png
View
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:01 (two years ago) link
US surely
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
The concrete brutalist-lite blocks make me think this is either a college town or a state capitol. Midwest or Rust Belt, somewhere that was urban-renewed in the 70s?
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:08 (two years ago) link
It's someplace with bleak enough weather that people wear parkas and carry an umbrella when it's that sunny outside....
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:09 (two years ago) link
English speaking based on the "keep clear at all times" sign. but the bicycle markings are puzzling me. can't decide if they mean it's a lhd country or a rhd country.
I've not seen drop curbs like that in the UK though, so I'm ruling that out.
― koogs, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:13 (two years ago) link
"Keep clear at all times" just feels to me like a phrasing I see in the US
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:26 (two years ago) link
The white car in the distance seems to be driving on the right - assuming that's not a one-way street. Yes obviously a place with cold wet weather and of the six or seven people you can see, they're all white. Could it be some small city in Western US, Colorado or something
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:31 (two years ago) link
If anyone can identify the tree, that might suggest a general geographic location
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:35 (two years ago) link
Looks like a jacaranda at first glance, they are all over Brazil but also ... Australia
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:48 (two years ago) link
Wish I could figure out what sign has been removed from the wall - "Accident", "Acclaim" something something, looks to be in Helvetica or Unica or another humanist sans.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 04:57 (two years ago) link
Does look like a jacaranda. Doesn't look like Australia though, unless it's some windswept corner of Melbourne docklands or something - but I think squinting at the car in the distance, it's driving on the right.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 05:12 (two years ago) link
The sign might say "Adelaide" on further inspection. But that could be the Adelaide Hall or something like that.
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 05:13 (two years ago) link
The sign does look a bit like it might say Adelaide.
There's a red bike there that looks like it's a Vespa - not common in the US, I imagine, but I might be wrong.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 05:19 (two years ago) link
44 wakefield st, adelaide, sa
― micah, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 06:36 (two years ago) link
xpI was thinking jacaranda for the tree too, but they are common in SoCal. Could also be Canada, maybe?
― nickn, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 06:46 (two years ago) link
lol, the address is right there above the bus stop about 10ft to the right of the picture.
the adelaide... seems to continue behind the tree, wonder what it says. and number 60 has some writing under the logo but it's too small to make out.
― koogs, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 06:51 (two years ago) link
but, yeah, micah has mailed it
― koogs, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 06:52 (two years ago) link
NICEbut I will claim an assist
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 07:19 (two years ago) link
you never lived on wakefield st matt?
― micah, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 08:14 (two years ago) link
Correct,
https://www.google.com/maps/place/44+Wakefield+St,+Adelaide+SA+5000,+Australia/@-34.9284499,138.6025551,3a,75y,355.23h,87.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s7zyiSoeYLpo4-UHWMoVuXA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ab0ced9e28cd4bd:0x23cd4eac22eb0cbe!8m2!3d-34.9280489!4d138.60304
The text in the image says "Adelaide Police Station". Understandable that Matt only wanted to hint at knowing this, rather than revealing any direct experiential knowledge
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 09:00 (two years ago) link
― micah, Monday, 6 December 2021 03:34 (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
I'll have a look at this later, I just remembered about it
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 09:09 (two years ago) link
you got me bang to rights guv'nor
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 15 December 2021 09:24 (two years ago) link
there's another layer of palimpsest under the police sign, what looks like a roundel near the start of "station". it predates the earliest google picture though.
― koogs, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 11:25 (two years ago) link
We were right that those trees are jacarandas.
― nickn, Wednesday, 15 December 2021 17:26 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/c6S8BCJ/blerch.png
― micah, Friday, 17 December 2021 07:46 (two years ago) link
sorry but that structure is SO typical once you've seen one... Flakturm VII, Vienna
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.2260514,16.3737145,3a,75y,229.67h,95.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sg_OUH5c4N3pq8juB37L_Cg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=nl
― StanM, Friday, 17 December 2021 08:11 (two years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flak_tower
― StanM, Friday, 17 December 2021 08:13 (two years ago) link
Was gonna guess City 17.
― big online yam retailer (ledge), Friday, 17 December 2021 08:17 (two years ago) link
nice one stan.
― micah, Friday, 17 December 2021 10:12 (two years ago) link
That was quick!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 17 December 2021 13:10 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/zn4xxKL/blue.png
Joni Mitchell museum
― a (waterface), Friday, 17 December 2021 13:15 (two years ago) link
just based on the temporary construction and the "TOGETHER" : a covid vaccination center somewhere? (the one here in Mechelen, Belgium had a big "HERE WE REGAIN OUR FREEDOM" motivational banner and the Pfizer plant in Puurs, BE has a "SCIENCE WILL WIN" banner btw) (but what are the round things on the wall? overhead pics of cappuccino?)
― StanM, Friday, 17 December 2021 13:29 (two years ago) link
Yellow circles on the left look like they might have an eagle on themThe O of together has a castle in it?Patio heater has an oval logo on the sticker, looks like US politics to meThe door is tied back with something printed, the right hand one maybe ends DAS or OASLogo above the stair rail looks like military or emergency services
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 17 December 2021 13:39 (two years ago) link
"we're all in this together" is an NHS thing isn't it?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 17 December 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
Yeah but they would use the correct font.
I tell you whose font that is though, and that's Leicester City football club who also play in blue.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 17 December 2021 18:19 (two years ago) link
I thought maybe it was a "W" in the O of "TOGETHER", and the colors remind me of the University of Washington logo, but can't find any spot quite like it there.
― o. nate, Friday, 17 December 2021 18:54 (two years ago) link
I thought it was an N first, and a W would work for the same logic, but I think it might be more abstract which is why I said a castle.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 17 December 2021 18:57 (two years ago) link
Below the T and O, is that a picture of a mascot?
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 17 December 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
that thing on the right side of the white panel in the middle of picture looks like the NBA logo
― Dinsdale, Friday, 17 December 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
fuck, left side
i think the logos on the wall are the same as the one in the O. and i thought N but W might be closer.
― koogs, Friday, 17 December 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
> is that a picture of a mascot?
a cartoon bird on the tv inside?
― koogs, Friday, 17 December 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
I don't know how temporary this corridor is - at first I thought: very, but then... that pipe top left, they cut out part of the blue wall for that - it's no longer something that can be just deconstructed & used elsewhere now
(in short: we still don't have a clue :-) )
― StanM, Saturday, 18 December 2021 09:37 (two years ago) link
something like... a hospital being rebuilt = this corridor is a semi-permanent construction that will be used for several years?
― StanM, Saturday, 18 December 2021 09:39 (two years ago) link
The big heaters make me think people aren't passing through the corridor quickly, they'd be in a slow line. I also thought vaccination center, but there would probably be markers on the floor for 6 foot distancing.
― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 18 December 2021 09:59 (two years ago) link
Looks like a sports or convention center facility. The flag/banner below the "TO" looks like the Pittsburg Penguins mascot, maybe this is an adjacent gym?
― nickn, Saturday, 18 December 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
- I don't know what we're looking at there but I don't see a penguin in that?- Aldo said: "The door is tied back with something printed, the right hand one maybe ends DAS or OAS" - I think I see a CAOU.. or CHOU.. ?
― StanM, Sunday, 19 December 2021 19:21 (two years ago) link
the blue doors in the distance - yeah, they feel like something you could have at a big convention center or sports arena indeed
― StanM, Sunday, 19 December 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
... I don't think we'll get it with this one pic, to be honest.
― StanM, Sunday, 19 December 2021 19:23 (two years ago) link
Ha! Being a Warriors fan...
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kaiser+Permanente+Arena/@36.9681441,-122.0226546,3a,75y,260.99h,82.81t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNm9ww-aLvszs5rai23Ipygsz2wtiVkUw6a5od9!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNm9ww-aLvszs5rai23Ipygsz2wtiVkUw6a5od9%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-10-ya103.115906-ro0-fo100!7i13312!8i6656!4m7!3m6!1s0x808e6a9c414cc73f:0x7b322df40fb2e2fc!8m2!3d36.96825!4d-122.0231222!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI
― tomorrow, Monday, 20 December 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
Santa Cruz, CA
wow.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Monday, 20 December 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
Good effort. I can see the trident of the W in the O now I've seen the logo.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 20 December 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link
the penguin is not a penguin
― koogs, Monday, 20 December 2021 16:44 (two years ago) link
wow indeed!
― kinder, Monday, 20 December 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
I had actually been looking at sports stadiums in San Diego because I thought I had a colour match but without luck.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 20 December 2021 18:20 (two years ago) link
The penguin is not what it seems.
― nickn, Monday, 20 December 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
omg! well done :-)
― StanM, Monday, 20 December 2021 20:21 (two years ago) link
This is the Penguins I saw, the eyes seem to be there, thought the real mascot has a wider beak.
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b2/a0/2d/b2a02d20be372a4c356b95e75e23e339--hockey-puck-pittsburgh-penguins.jpg
― nickn, Monday, 20 December 2021 20:47 (two years ago) link
Nicely taken. Got. off to a good start then the trail seemed to go cold as confidence waned, until tomorrow came on in the second half and smashed it in from distance at first time of asking, nae doubt about that one
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 05:01 (two years ago) link
incroyable
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 21 December 2021 17:32 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/CtGjRtX/christmass.png
A view for the Christmas break
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 24 December 2021 13:17 (two years ago) link
Not sure why I'm thinking this looks British?
― StanM, Friday, 24 December 2021 14:29 (two years ago) link
That looks like a number of atations on the Merseyrail network
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 24 December 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
there's only 67 stations :-/
― StanM, Friday, 24 December 2021 15:00 (two years ago) link
It's not the first one i thought it might be
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 24 December 2021 15:16 (two years ago) link
Which is St Michael's, so that narrows it down a bit
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 24 December 2021 15:17 (two years ago) link
And i think Merseyrail colouring is generally yellow rather than blue
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 24 December 2021 16:17 (two years ago) link
aren't the blue things a bit... overkill? are the walls protected maybe? monument?
― StanM, Friday, 24 December 2021 18:48 (two years ago) link
I'd have thought it's a ramp down into a cutting
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 24 December 2021 23:05 (two years ago) link
Looking again at the steps it might be a slight optical illusion and we're actually heading down towards the station building
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 24 December 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
Definitely heading downward. I don't have time at the moment, but there's this if anyone wants to take a stab at it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_underground_stations_of_the_Merseyrail_network
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Saturday, 25 December 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link
(Sorry if that violates rules! I just think it's an interesting sub-category in and of itself, and I'm not even from the UK)
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Saturday, 25 December 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
There are no rules except at Christmas when you have to wear a Santa hat
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Saturday, 25 December 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
Guess the cityA station and some railings for you,In blueWorked my way through the listGuess the cityAnd click around streetview tonight
― kinder, Saturday, 25 December 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
it looks cold and rainy - does that narrow it down?
― StanM, Saturday, 25 December 2021 19:36 (two years ago) link
gave up looking at merseyside ones, seem to be mostly yellow rails
― Ste, Saturday, 25 December 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
It's definitely England
― Alternative Ulsterbus, Sunday, 26 December 2021 02:19 (two years ago) link
Feel like the brick colour is a clue. Complicated, expensive eaves. Loads of trains on the schedule, has to be London surely? But I'm also getting a Sheffieldous vibe
― Alternative Ulsterbus, Sunday, 26 December 2021 02:27 (two years ago) link
i feel like it's London but somewhere outer based on the size, but well connected based on the departures board.
board has long names and short names on it. different directions? can't see any tube termini with names that short though, looks like only 4 or 5 letters.
― koogs, Sunday, 26 December 2021 07:57 (two years ago) link
Greater Manchester stations use the blue colour scheme but not finding anything as yet
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 26 December 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Sunday, 26 December 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
is it?
― StanM, Tuesday, 28 December 2021 14:20 (two years ago) link
Could be Scotland - Scotrail stations have blue all over like that. Feel like the key to this would be finding the route that fits the station name lengths on the screen, but can't be bothered with that right now.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 31 December 2021 03:01 (two years ago) link
It's destinations, I guess, not points on a route.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 31 December 2021 03:04 (two years ago) link
I bet it's Falkirk or Coatbridge Sunnyside. Something like that. If they are cities. Which they're not.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 31 December 2021 03:07 (two years ago) link
I has an instinct of Scotland when I first saw it. But my instincts usually, erm, stinc.
― Ste, Friday, 31 December 2021 11:13 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/DYT8h3V/waru.jpg
Part II
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Saturday, 1 January 2022 15:23 (two years ago) link
Doesn't look like Scotland to me, still think Greater Manchester feels right but I've checked nearly every station
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 1 January 2022 15:38 (two years ago) link
Expanding my Greater Manchester search to include non-city Stockport has come up with the goods
Davenporthttps://maps.app.goo.gl/FekM5LsHLCxewRyo9
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 1 January 2022 15:54 (two years ago) link
Nice
― Ste, Saturday, 1 January 2022 17:50 (two years ago) link
Yay! Well done!
― StanM, Saturday, 1 January 2022 18:56 (two years ago) link
Davenport it is
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Saturday, 1 January 2022 19:55 (two years ago) link
I thought it might go from the train monitor in the first image, but it's difficult to tell how clear the words are for other people (especially when you already know what they are). How things appear on my laptop screen and monitor screen is pretty different!
What made you expand to the east? The Peak District ish hill in the distance?
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Saturday, 1 January 2022 19:58 (two years ago) link
The second pic solidified my hunch that it was Greater Manchester, I'd been concentrating on Salford and Manchester itself but your recent trend towards towns and, yeah, the hills in the distance made me go back and check Stockport and the outer towns
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 1 January 2022 20:09 (two years ago) link
So is this now officially the Guess the City or Town thread?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 1 January 2022 20:11 (two years ago) link
Fine by me!
― two sleeps till brooklyn (ledge), Saturday, 1 January 2022 21:04 (two years ago) link
"City" means several related things, ONLY ONE OF WHICH is along the lines of "settlement awarded so-called city status by arbitrary convention or decree within a given jurisdiction or linguistic pocket of this wide world", ffs. To me it seems entirely obvious that cities which city purists insist on calling towns should also be allowed.
Happy new year to all! I pretty much never post in this thread, but I enjoy it a lot.
― anatol_merklich, Sunday, 2 January 2022 01:20 (two years ago) link
Thanks for your input anatol_merklich
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 2 January 2022 09:53 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/KhT5mqC/c.jpg
New Year, New City
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 3 January 2022 14:49 (two years ago) link
Feels like it could be anywhere from Southern Europe to Palestine/Israel maybe?
― StanM, Monday, 3 January 2022 16:01 (two years ago) link
clutching at straws here:- no satellite dishes anywhere? They're banned in Iran, Myanmar, Turkmenistan... Don't know if that's a clue?- maybe the fencing on the bridge over the railroad it a bit excessive? did lots of people kill themselves there or are the trains important (israeli trains through palestine for instance) (don't know why I keep thinking palestine here to be honest)- extra lights half way up the light posts? (two of them with bike tyres over them) ?- some of the cars are French brands but they're sold all over the world, aren't they.
― StanM, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 14:02 (two years ago) link
Those garbage bins look distinctive. Perhaps designed for a particular type of fully automatic garbage truck? Not sure how to search for that though.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 14:19 (two years ago) link
is that a flag hanging from top floor left, partially behind the pole? or just washing?
blue white red, more? france, holland, paraguay?
― koogs, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 14:26 (two years ago) link
This seems to be the dumpster, of Chinese manufacture:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32346664174.html
Not sure what "hot sold in Middle East" means? Perhaps a mistranslation of a "hot seller in the Middle East"?
― o. nate, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 14:32 (two years ago) link
the train line doesn't look like middle east to me.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 17:23 (two years ago) link
what's the mystery object behind the two metal dumpsters?
― StanM, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 17:26 (two years ago) link
feels like russia or a stan to me.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 17:34 (two years ago) link
interior asia
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link
Not sure what "hot sold in Middle East" means? Perhaps a mistranslation of a "hot seller in the Middle East"?― o. nate, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 14:32 (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― o. nate, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 14:32 (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Misprint of "not sold in middle east"?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 4 January 2022 17:35 (two years ago) link
Possibly.. it seems the bins are of an EU standard form factor.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 4 January 2022 18:28 (two years ago) link
- no satellite dishes anywhere? They're banned in Iran, Myanmar, Turkmenistan... Don't know if that's a clue?
Assuming the city is in the northern hemisphere, the shadows indicate we're looking at the north side of that block of flats, and satellite dishes would be on the southern side of the building.
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 13:30 (two years ago) link
Just realised it doesn't matter what hemisphere it is: if this is south of the equator, we're looking at the south side of the building, and the dishes would be on the north.
― Eyeball Kicks, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 22:25 (two years ago) link
Second pic?
― tomorrow, Sunday, 9 January 2022 18:46 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/L86rgj7/11a.jpg
Second pic
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 11:07 (two years ago) link
looks like a similar blue-white-red flag thing on the balcony there
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 11:28 (two years ago) link
i will nail my flag to the mask of the dominican republic
https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/d/do.gif
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 11:37 (two years ago) link
(having second thoughts having looked again at pic 1)
― koogs, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 11:47 (two years ago) link
Dalmatian coast (based on nothing)
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 12:20 (two years ago) link
I have a new hunch it's Portugal but not sure wherein
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 13:58 (two years ago) link
no idea. graffiti "cego!!!" "bics risk" ?
― StanM, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 14:41 (two years ago) link
are we missing something or is these two pics just too generic to even start guessing?
― StanM, Sunday, 16 January 2022 08:23 (two years ago) link
is/are
― StanM, Sunday, 16 January 2022 08:24 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/vYhKsTS/jayu.jpg
III
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Sunday, 16 January 2022 10:09 (two years ago) link
image is broken
― micah, Sunday, 16 January 2022 10:15 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/TrHcCVy/yay.jpg
iii vers. ii
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Sunday, 16 January 2022 10:18 (two years ago) link
i don't know why this one is so hard. TV tower? not Almaty
― StanM, Sunday, 16 January 2022 16:24 (two years ago) link
I guess they look like olive trees, I suppose it'll be somewhere like Macedonia or Albania
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 17 January 2022 05:39 (two years ago) link
I think it's Porto and that's the Villa Nova de Gaia TV tower
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Monday, 17 January 2022 09:15 (two years ago) link
Definitely feels like Portugal but that tv tower doesn't look like the Villa Nova de Gaia, which also appears to have a red and white lattice mast and a smaller tower (which does look like the one in the above pic) adjacent
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 17 January 2022 10:20 (two years ago) link
possibly, I thought the match was good enough given the distance from the tower in the photo, but you may well be right. It was the small cobbled pavement that made me think Portugal or maybe Spain.
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Monday, 17 January 2022 10:22 (two years ago) link
I've google image searched tv tower portugal, tv tower spain, ... sardinia corsica italy sicily france switzerland austria hungary slovakia slovenia croatia montenegro kosovo macedonia bosnia albania greece romania bulgaria moldova ukraine turkey georgia
maybe it isn't a TV tower after all. Some of them look kinda like this one (sofia/vitosha, for instance) but not exactly. Or we're not in Southern Europe. I don't know. :(
― StanM, Monday, 17 January 2022 12:56 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/m52s6sC/egg.jpg
Not often something reaches 4 clues but today is one such day
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 20 January 2022 13:55 (two years ago) link
if only there was a big chief ispy book of lampposts of the world...
― koogs, Thursday, 20 January 2022 13:59 (two years ago) link
weird photo, looks like a digital collage from an architect's mock up. hint of blue on the left side of the car number plate - eu maybe?
― two sleeps till brooklyn (ledge), Thursday, 20 January 2022 14:04 (two years ago) link
the 'BUS', the P for parking and the X no stopping sign could all be the uk, but for the wrong side of the road thing that's going on.
also uk buildings are generally more finished than that one.
― koogs, Thursday, 20 January 2022 16:36 (two years ago) link
That looks like a jacaranda tree behind the lamp post, native to So America, but widely planted elsewhere.
― nickn, Thursday, 20 January 2022 18:19 (two years ago) link
what's that yellow pattern/painting on the road? some kind of optical thing that should be seen from a particular angle?
― StanM, Thursday, 20 January 2022 20:26 (two years ago) link
It's a box junction ("do not enter unless your exit is clear"), weirdly elongated.
― two sleeps till brooklyn (ledge), Thursday, 20 January 2022 20:39 (two years ago) link
don't have that in Belgium, which does narrow it down :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 20 January 2022 21:23 (two years ago) link
is that a german postbox?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 20 January 2022 23:11 (two years ago) link
There are several trees there that look like jacarandas, which grow in warm climates so I doubt they have many of them in Germany. The cobblestones, the jacarandas, the racial mix of people and the sort of rundown air all make me think of a suburb in a Portuguese city, or at least somewhere in Southern Europe.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 21 January 2022 00:08 (two years ago) link
Photo 2 - there's some graffiti mid-right that looks a bit to me like coracao - or at least it looks like it has a tilde over one of the letters
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 21 January 2022 00:27 (two years ago) link
one of them says cego which means blind in both portuguese and spanish, and the place does look iberian
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 January 2022 00:32 (two years ago) link
Intrigued by that large yellow boxy thing behind the lamp post.
― o. nate, Friday, 21 January 2022 01:37 (two years ago) link
according to my googling spanish mailboxes are yellow but tbh more lemony than that one
― lag∞n, Friday, 21 January 2022 02:39 (two years ago) link
clothes recycling collection? glass recycling?
― StanM, Friday, 21 January 2022 02:50 (two years ago) link
Well the "no stopping" and "parking" signs are standard EU
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 21 January 2022 03:30 (two years ago) link
feeling pretty convinced this is Lisbon
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 21 January 2022 03:33 (two years ago) link
It's Lisbon, the Benfica Railway Station area:
Pic 1, 22/1/3 (6, Estr. Buraca): https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7442957,-9.2047569,3a,60y,281.05h,105.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGAU5FtQPoEZu6hOBKxqfmw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Pic 2, 22/1/12 (Campolide?): https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7446855,-9.2032527,2a,37.5y,85.63h,94.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLWAL3tqWr1_MQDifaueChQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Pic 3, 22/1/16 (R. Issan Sartawi / R. Garcia de Orta):https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7451261,-9.2049262,3a,75y,126.81h,99.53t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOtSjlQZyI3qcYWwJ9HG9Ug!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Pic 4, 22/1/20 (R. da Venezuela):https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7448069,-9.1993145,3a,75y,260.8h,103.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stuoK_ShThX7gApWoHFvLoA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
Note about that TV tower:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_Forest_Parkhttps://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_Florestal_de_Monsanto#Antenas_de_Monsanto:“Thanks to the dominant position in relation to the entire Lisbon region, Monsanto was equipped with several antennas. Among these stands out the Centro Emissor de Monsanto, a communications tower of Portugal Telecom, which succeeded the former antenna of RTP. With a height of 100 meters, it is one of the tallest structures in Portugal.”
― kousenband, Friday, 21 January 2022 08:40 (two years ago) link
Nice one! I looked at the aerial views and gave up, however did you figure out which part of town?
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 21 January 2022 08:42 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Friday, 21 January 2022 09:18 (two years ago) link
The last picture gave me strong Lisbon vibes, more specifically it reminded me of Sete-Rios station, where we embarked on a train or metro every morning while staying in Lisbon in 2019 to venture into the city centre or away from it. Confirmed by the box junction thing: Wikipedia only mentions Malta, Cyprus and Portugal as Southern European countries where it’s in use. Streetview showed some very similar buildings along the railway to the ones in the second pic when exiting the station, so I decided to move down the line away from the centre, further into the suburbs. Hit the jackpot at the very next station. Locating pics 1 and 3 took a bit more time.
― kousenband, Friday, 21 January 2022 09:25 (two years ago) link
picture two looks to be taken from a freight train
― koogs, Friday, 21 January 2022 12:35 (two years ago) link
and the yellow thing is vestuario usado = used clothes
― StanM, Friday, 21 January 2022 13:36 (two years ago) link
Good work kousenband!
I didn't expect this one to be so tricky, at least after the second pic anyway. Good work on getting all shots, wanted to keep them as close together as possible while showing something different
And yes, the shot of outside the station is oddly reminiscent of an architects mock-up photo. The lighting, and maybe the way the people are placed
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 21 January 2022 19:49 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/R9XBhdJ/oc.jpg
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 24 January 2022 12:49 (two years ago) link
Don't think I'm sticking my neck out saying USA
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 24 January 2022 15:18 (two years ago) link
the tiny shack on the right looks like it says **** Brazillia
― koogs, Monday, 24 January 2022 15:31 (two years ago) link
Hotlanta
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 24 January 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
no idea. three bridges near each other, midsize buildings, could be a suburb of 3/4 of the usa. shrug
― StanM, Monday, 24 January 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
I'm not sure "suburb" is how I'd describe that view
― rob, Monday, 24 January 2022 15:45 (two years ago) link
Feel like the giveaways will be logo above 'moving supplies', side on logo on nearest building in centre of pic and xxxx brazxxxx
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 24 January 2022 15:46 (two years ago) link
Kind of imagine Niagara Falls would look like that if there was no famous waterfall there, just a river
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 24 January 2022 16:02 (two years ago) link
Shreveport, Louisiana
https://www.google.com/maps/@32.5102604,-93.7433561,3a,43.1y,352.72h,89.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skwnMH2WppLoYsf_66WV6iA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― tomorrow, Monday, 24 January 2022 17:01 (two years ago) link
Got a guess a while back from combing thru a list of US truss bridges, started there. Found some in Memphis that felt similar but no dice, zoomed out and started looking thru a few southern cities. Got lucky with Shreveport!
― tomorrow, Monday, 24 January 2022 17:03 (two years ago) link
oh, it was "L STER BRAZZEL'S USED CARS & TRUCKS"
― StanM, Monday, 24 January 2022 17:39 (two years ago) link
nice find btw
BANG! done.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 24 January 2022 20:01 (two years ago) link
I thought of Memphis, but the river was too small to be the Mississippi. Tried Little Rock. It did look Southern to me.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 25 January 2022 03:51 (two years ago) link
these are fun
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/13/travel/13travel-quiz.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/26/travel/abstract-architecture-quiz-ii.html
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 28 January 2022 07:07 (two years ago) link
this man is a professional athlete pic.twitter.com/DBtCYYA6AX— BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL (@edsbs) January 31, 2022
― tomorrow, Monday, 31 January 2022 17:59 (two years ago) link
welp
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:05 (two years ago) link
i would read the hell out of an oral history of this entire phenomenon
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Monday, 31 January 2022 18:06 (two years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, 31 January 2022 18:22 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/xDSpHC2/l.jpg
Its that time of the week
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 31 January 2022 22:17 (two years ago) link
Positive I've seen a Come Dine With Me from here years ago and it's on England's south coast.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 31 January 2022 22:19 (two years ago) link
Looks like UK, well England really, never seen those sort of sunken front gardens tho xp
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 31 January 2022 22:20 (two years ago) link
The trash bin at 87 doesn't have the logo obscured, but I can't read the text. Maybe it's still recognizable to someone.
― nickn, Monday, 31 January 2022 22:27 (two years ago) link
top left: airplane?
― StanM, Monday, 31 January 2022 23:50 (two years ago) link
are TV aerials/antennas still a thing everywhere in the UK or does their presence mean we're in a remote cable-less location?
― StanM, Monday, 31 January 2022 23:55 (two years ago) link
Think the bin logo is Thanet council. Have clicked around but not found anything like these houses yet.
― kinder, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 00:38 (two years ago) link
Kinder with the assist >>>
https://www.google.com/maps/place/89+Grosvenor+Pl,+Margate+CT9+1UX,+UK/@51.383988,1.3813953,3a,90y,260.38h,83.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPmmWuYzopsZl0A7JRiE-OQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x47d953a96d37ef2d:0x94496a2b02890b8f!8m2!3d51.3839531!4d1.3812289
― tomorrow, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 02:17 (two years ago) link
dammit I had it and couldn't make the URL work! https://www.google.com/maps/@51.3841753,1.3813432,3a,75y,283.21h,82.22t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sf7CFyxb0yTiuMWpLcOheCQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Df7CFyxb0yTiuMWpLcOheCQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D193.75241%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e4
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 02:49 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 04:59 (two years ago) link
that's bloody cheeky to roll it back to 2015 in the street view
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 05:27 (two years ago) link
ah well done! how did you find the street?
― kinder, Tuesday, 1 February 2022 08:09 (two years ago) link
Good job! I went through all the council logos of the UK (found a good Medium account that hosts them) but the crudeness of the lines threw me and I didn't make the match especially as the two separate swoops on the right look like one on the bin.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 11:27 (two years ago) link
personally I’m would have had no idea where to start until the council logo was spotted. And then I just trawled the aerial view of Margate until I found a cheaper area of town with terrace roofs. When I found it I was sure I was wrong because the plants were all overgrown, jeeze. But tomorrow saw it more clearly than I.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 1 February 2022 12:06 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/r0Rp1wn/Screenshot-2022-03-11-at-09-17-12.png
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 11 March 2022 09:26 (two years ago) link
A welcome revive, thanks CB.
I haven't a clue so I'm going to guess Boulder, Colorado.
― Tim, Friday, 11 March 2022 10:08 (two years ago) link
Nottingham?
― koogs, Friday, 11 March 2022 10:42 (two years ago) link
yay, we can guess a city again!
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Friday, 11 March 2022 12:15 (two years ago) link
I can't, I have no idea :-)
― StanM, Friday, 11 March 2022 12:48 (two years ago) link
Cool sky. At the moment my money's on South America or Asia - in other words, no idea either.
― ledge, Friday, 11 March 2022 14:05 (two years ago) link
I was just thinking of this thread recently, specifically the time we had Dnipro as the city. Glad to see it revived.
― o. nate, Friday, 11 March 2022 16:29 (two years ago) link
Getting a Roanoke, Virginia vibe
― tomorrow, Friday, 11 March 2022 19:06 (two years ago) link
that's a city of over 500k, maybe 1m people. roanoke seems to small.
i think it's the US though. looks like an engineered river on the left hand side.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 11 March 2022 19:35 (two years ago) link
xpDoes look like it, but this seems to be a much larger city than Roanoke.
― nickn, Friday, 11 March 2022 19:42 (two years ago) link
Looks like a golf course on top of the hills in the foreground.
― o. nate, Friday, 11 March 2022 19:49 (two years ago) link
My first thought was Brisbane.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 11 March 2022 22:04 (two years ago) link
I think we can have a second view early on this one
https://i.ibb.co/QQ91PPT/ab.png
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Sunday, 13 March 2022 12:18 (two years ago) link
intriguing... but I still have no idea re: continent even
― StanM, Sunday, 13 March 2022 19:34 (two years ago) link
gut feeling though: unlikely to be europe, oceania, africa or antarctica :-)
― StanM, Sunday, 13 March 2022 20:12 (two years ago) link
Man, I thought I was on to something but it's not Porto Alegra ( https://www.google.be/maps/@-30.0927115,-51.2101043,3a,75y,330.21h,92.05t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipMESL6IGxD57whbfTam2H_jhPc-VtliPpBUqQZI!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipMESL6IGxD57whbfTam2H_jhPc-VtliPpBUqQZI%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-20-ya221-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352!5m1!1e4 )
I guess the city feels North American but I can't seem to find a location that's just the right amount of mountainous/flat - I'm probably all wrong thinking wind turbines = sea shore, aren't I.
― StanM, Monday, 14 March 2022 15:56 (two years ago) link
(Alegre with an -e) (so, it's not that)
― StanM, Monday, 14 March 2022 15:57 (two years ago) link
The city itself, with its size and sprawl, looks Californian, but the hills are way too green for that. I'm not sure there's any city that big surrounded by mountains in the Pacific Northwest or in the Appalachians. So if its in the US I'm stumped on where it might be.
― o. nate, Monday, 14 March 2022 21:39 (two years ago) link
the grid seems too irregular for the the west coast of the US, and the vegetation seeems wrong for the PNW, but i also don't have any better suggestions.
looks like a port based on the second photo (towers/cranes? by water)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 14 March 2022 21:58 (two years ago) link
Huh, I didn't notice the water over there at first glance. Guess that rules out Appalachia.
― o. nate, Monday, 14 March 2022 22:33 (two years ago) link
Is it Wellington NZ?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 14 March 2022 22:40 (two years ago) link
See I thought the second picture was looking down from Karori across Zealandia so Wellington was an option for me but it's way too big I think.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 14 March 2022 23:03 (two years ago) link
Yes I think it's way too big for NZ, this looks like a city of a few million. Trees are wrong for Australia, but I don't know what they're right for. Pretty green, so somewhere with decent rainfall. Doesn't look European. A second-tier city in South America perhaps, or in a temperate part of Africa.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 14 March 2022 23:21 (two years ago) link
Way too big to be Split, tho for a second I'd convinced myself
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Monday, 14 March 2022 23:48 (two years ago) link
my guess is it's either Japan or somewhere in Europe
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 15 March 2022 09:53 (two years ago) link
Nothing about this says Japan to me, sorry - I see a building with a red water tank on the roof in the first pic (bottom left corner -ish) which feels like it's very North American? Just looking for the right mountainous/flat region - maybe the water is a lake and not the ocean? The trees are very green, nothing arid anywhere - maybe Canada?
― StanM, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 15:10 (two years ago) link
it IS on Earth, right? :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 17 March 2022 23:03 (two years ago) link
I'm now thinking a city in China somewhere, I'm shit out of ideas.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 17 March 2022 23:22 (two years ago) link
The green lines that cross the city in the first pic I think are canals, because on at least one there are bridges.
Can't see much that resembles a church, which may or may not imply something.
Pretty striking how the city just stops, doesn't peter out into suburbs or shantytowns - there's city and then right next door there's forest.
Lots of public housing style developments.
If we could identify what sort of trees we're looking at in pic 2 that might give an idea of the region.
And yet for all that I'm still completely stumped!
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 17 March 2022 23:48 (two years ago) link
first pic: looks like a golf course (mentioned earlier) and maybe also a ski station in the woods in the front (the succession of poles could be the skier-puller-up-the-mountain thingy?)
― StanM, Thursday, 17 March 2022 23:59 (two years ago) link
also in the first pic: a very twisty/meandery river in the distance and maybe a sports stadium with red chairs?
― StanM, Friday, 18 March 2022 00:04 (two years ago) link
second pic: there's something in the water to the in front of the wind turbines (to the left from our POV) - and I can't seem to imagine what it could be - a dam?
― StanM, Friday, 18 March 2022 00:10 (two years ago) link
No churches may suggest China.
― nickn, Friday, 18 March 2022 00:28 (two years ago) link
China seems like a good suggestion. It has plenty of cities that would be big enough, and I see some that have undeveloped hills not unlike the ones in the photos very near to a dense urban area.
― o. nate, Friday, 18 March 2022 03:26 (two years ago) link
Having just looked at a few Chinese cities with canals and near undeveloped hills, there's certainly a similarity, but the Chinese cities seem a lot more high-rise. This shot of Shaoxing looks a bit similar to pic 2 though:https://image.baigolf.com/course/613/29db5ab8ad8f49820a668fe0e283df80.jpg
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 18 March 2022 04:06 (two years ago) link
this is great
My favorite TikTok account is this dude who identifies obscure sporting events in movies and TV shows. pic.twitter.com/Ok1D2PUTeZ— Scott Sandalow (@ScottSandalow) March 17, 2022
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 18 March 2022 16:56 (two years ago) link
excellent stuff
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Friday, 18 March 2022 17:04 (two years ago) link
Found it! Sapporo Teine (Olympia Ski Center)
― secret ride, Saturday, 19 March 2022 23:20 (two years ago) link
well done, secret ride
SAPPORO TEINEhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/bGZrogGroTBzkhwy8
also, ahem:
my guess is it's either Japan or somewhere in Europe― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 15 March 2022 09:53 (five days ago) bookmarkflaglinkNothing about this says Japan to me, sorry― StanM, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 15:10 (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 15 March 2022 09:53 (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Nothing about this says Japan to me, sorry
― StanM, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 15:10 (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 20 March 2022 08:12 (two years ago) link
I sit corrected. well done!
― StanM, Sunday, 20 March 2022 08:19 (two years ago) link
Good work secret ride! How did you get to Sapporo?
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Sunday, 20 March 2022 20:47 (two years ago) link
First tried Vancouver (but as caek mentioned, vegetation was wrong) and Denver (too arid). Then a few South Korean cities, which seemed better on vegetation, but there were too many high rises. After that I tried Sendai, Kyoto, and finally Sapporo.
― secret ride, Sunday, 20 March 2022 22:06 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/7KmmkxS/24.jpg
Monday again
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 21 March 2022 15:22 (two years ago) link
Medellin? There's a lot of cocain on the roofs
― StanM, Monday, 21 March 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
other than that, feels Eastern European
― StanM, Monday, 21 March 2022 15:47 (two years ago) link
something big, near mountains that are that high - power station in the city - several churches that feel +/- orthodox maybe? mmmmm - I'm trying to make Zagreb work but it feels too small
― StanM, Monday, 21 March 2022 16:06 (two years ago) link
Don't think it's Tbilisi or Yerevan, mountains feel too low for Budapest... (could be wrong about everything, of course) - I really have no idea - I thought there were more big cities near mountain ranges over there
― StanM, Tuesday, 22 March 2022 16:15 (two years ago) link
Stuck thinking China...
― tomorrow, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 13:28 (two years ago) link
Košice ? Meh, too small
― StanM, Wednesday, 23 March 2022 17:16 (two years ago) link
feels more greek influenced, like macedonia
― micah, Sunday, 27 March 2022 08:30 (two years ago) link
I think the buildings aren't colourful enough to be southern europe?
― StanM, Sunday, 27 March 2022 08:50 (two years ago) link
could it be sofia?
― budo jeru, Monday, 28 March 2022 03:47 (two years ago) link
the more I look at it.. it very well could be
― StanM, Monday, 28 March 2022 04:39 (two years ago) link
can't seem to find the power station towers though
― StanM, Monday, 28 March 2022 13:39 (two years ago) link
(chimneys)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Power_Plant
― budo jeru, Monday, 28 March 2022 13:52 (two years ago) link
oooooh
― StanM, Monday, 28 March 2022 14:33 (two years ago) link
was looking at Sofia a couple of days ago but couldn't identify whatever that stadium/arena/mall is
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 28 March 2022 14:33 (two years ago) link
likewise. spent a while with Sofia aerials and wound up ditching it
― tomorrow, Monday, 28 March 2022 14:38 (two years ago) link
yean, I can't seem to find the right angle - power station & mountains could be it though
― StanM, Monday, 28 March 2022 14:52 (two years ago) link
I can't make the distance between the leftmost cooling tower and the others fit with what I see on Google Earth with 3D buildings turned on.
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 08:33 (two years ago) link
The game is "guess the city", not "provide a gmaps link to the exact photo published by the setter". Next, please!
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 08:41 (two years ago) link
the game has been exactly the latter for a while now
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 08:45 (two years ago) link
Agreed that the point shouldn't be to replicate the exact thing. My post was an argument that it might very well not be Sofia!
― anatol_merklich, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 08:54 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/bsQWbQq/wiku.jpg
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 09:46 (two years ago) link
what the
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 10:20 (two years ago) link
Boom, I was only looking at Iaşi this morning, amongst several other Romanian and eastern European cities, and luckily remembered seeing the Palace of Culture
Biserica Sfântul Nicolae Domneschttps://maps.app.goo.gl/HwkiyU67K9AanFsy9
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 10:36 (two years ago) link
still can't find that damn arena/stadium/mall tho
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 10:38 (two years ago) link
found it: MCM centre
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 10:40 (two years ago) link
and here's the aerial
https://maps.app.goo.gl/TVGbKfWvWEdv3dso8
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 10:49 (two years ago) link
hats off to you - I had completely misguessed how big the city should be
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 11:44 (two years ago) link
oh yeah so did I initially. I certainly checked Bucureşti before Iaşi
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 13:06 (two years ago) link
well i guess i was sort of close!
― budo jeru, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 16:33 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/MN9FPHv/Screenshot-2022-04-08-at-10-19-49.png
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 8 April 2022 09:27 (two years ago) link
Somewhere pretty well off in the south of England, would be my guess.
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 8 April 2022 09:42 (two years ago) link
British isles fo sho
― StanM, Friday, 8 April 2022 11:12 (two years ago) link
Identifying those hills is key I think. Bit of a Welsh Borders feel, Shropshire maybe?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:24 (two years ago) link
I wondered about the north downs. Potentially Guildford or Dorking?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
Looks like there's a large stadium just left of centre in the distance at the edge of the town/city. Any help to ilx's city guessing avid sports fans?
― brain (krakow), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:31 (two years ago) link
Bingo, Shrewsbury
https://maps.app.goo.gl/KCLL4fJjnxxY6CW69
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 8 April 2022 16:46 (two years ago) link
― StanM, Friday, 8 April 2022 17:02 (two years ago) link
Ooh, well done
― kinder, Friday, 8 April 2022 17:19 (two years ago) link
Bravo.
― brain (krakow), Friday, 8 April 2022 17:53 (two years ago) link
Tiny bit disappointed that this wasn't a part of Shrewsbury called Bingo but still, well found
― StanM, Friday, 8 April 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link
Was just going to get a second pic, didn't realize it had been guessed so quickly. Good work, I thought that one might go on feel
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 05:47 (two years ago) link
You could do it and not tell us :-)
― StanM, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 13:26 (two years ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/swkd4P2/ccc.jpg
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 April 2022 10:41 (two years ago) link
I think it feels mediterranean, maybe? Fortifications, marina, bridge that needs to go up, don't know if those are arabian-inspired arches on the building in the distance (behind the runner)?
― StanM, Monday, 18 April 2022 11:35 (two years ago) link
... can't seem to find it around the mediterranean unless I've missed it
― StanM, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 14:29 (two years ago) link
I Know What You Did Last Summer
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 16:21 (two years ago) link
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 16:22 (two years ago) link
seriously Stan, you checked *all of the* Mediterranean region for cities/towns with what… white bridges? I did a random Google search to that effect, to no avail obviously
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 16:24 (two years ago) link
I’m mostly curious about that dark brown structure on the right, which looks like it might be some kind of fortress/ fortification, or maybe it’s just a residential area with brown houses/buildings - can’t really tell, the resolution is quite low
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 16:27 (two years ago) link
on the right? on the left I mean
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
cities near the sea with marinas yes? ok maybe not all of them then
― StanM, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 17:59 (two years ago) link
still quite impressive!
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
I'm well aware that I could be very wrong though :)
― StanM, Tuesday, 19 April 2022 19:16 (two years ago) link
could we get a second hint please :(
― StanM, Sunday, 24 April 2022 15:00 (two years ago) link
yeah, that would be nice
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Sunday, 24 April 2022 15:39 (two years ago) link
https://structurae.net/en/structures/bridges/truss-bridges/listIt’s definitely not any of the bridges up to An…
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Sunday, 24 April 2022 15:44 (two years ago) link
only 4204 to go on that list, come on, you can do it :-)
― StanM, Sunday, 24 April 2022 16:02 (two years ago) link
at last
107 Pont de Recouvrancehttps://maps.app.goo.gl/AcxbX89GcLsktZzYA
Brest
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 30 April 2022 06:59 (one year ago) link
by jeezums! I had given up - how did you find it?
― StanM, Saturday, 30 April 2022 07:10 (one year ago) link
am I glad it's not on the Mediterranean, phew :-)
― StanM, Saturday, 30 April 2022 07:11 (one year ago) link
Just lazily dotting about cities on the Med and in western Europe with estuaries, turned up eventually
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 30 April 2022 07:33 (one year ago) link
Estuaries and harbours anyway
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 30 April 2022 07:34 (one year ago) link
― StanM, Saturday, 30 April 2022 08:07 (one year ago) link
stellar work, or something!if only this landmark would have been visible:https://wikiimg.tojsiabtv.com/wikipedia/en/5/55/Querelle%2C_film_poster.jpg
― middot • is • my • middle • name (breastcrawl), Saturday, 30 April 2022 08:54 (one year ago) link
bridge is kinda whack - the whole thing, tram wires and all, rises up to let boats through. odd little jigsaw piece tag on the opposite side.
― koogs, Saturday, 30 April 2022 10:38 (one year ago) link
I'm guessing it's linked to that Comics Crepes shop on the corner, since there's a comic image on it
― StanM, Saturday, 30 April 2022 10:42 (one year ago) link
oh - I meant this one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.3842438,-4.497368,3a,75y,51.08h,88.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sFlKkbmW8u8sx1DQzDmhzHA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
not this one:
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.3843987,-4.495469,3a,75y,286.95h,96.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVVxuve5isHR7A0lfDUnbYw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― StanM, Saturday, 30 April 2022 10:44 (one year ago) link
thought i might post one, been a while and found a google map image i liked. another bridge (hope this works)
https://ibb.co/JQy62zK
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 30 April 2022 12:27 (one year ago) link
nope. what's that image hosting site we use? i forget
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 30 April 2022 12:28 (one year ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/zDPmDyjM/Screenshot-20220430-072359-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 30 April 2022 12:29 (one year ago) link
i could've cropped it but that works
this might be really easy i don't know just wanted to use the image
― ignore the blue line (or something), Saturday, 30 April 2022 12:30 (one year ago) link
I don't know where to start looking so to me it's not easy :-)
― StanM, Saturday, 30 April 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
https://maps.app.goo.gl/RxysrE7gDHrMhyP2A
General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, Venezuela
― micah, Saturday, 30 April 2022 22:06 (one year ago) link
nice one! any clues in the picture or did you know it?
― StanM, Sunday, 1 May 2022 06:18 (one year ago) link
it looked like a long bridge in south america, so i found a list of longest bridges in south america. this was #4. the vehicle barrier design and median paint are quite distinctive.
― micah, Sunday, 1 May 2022 07:46 (one year ago) link
great! thanks for explaining :)
― StanM, Sunday, 1 May 2022 09:02 (one year ago) link
thought it might go easy, the city is obv Maracaibo. This was the the 180
https://i.postimg.cc/7LpqHfP4/Screenshot-20220430-072422-Maps.jpg
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 1 May 2022 10:46 (one year ago) link
just regular traffic then
― StanM, Sunday, 1 May 2022 11:00 (one year ago) link
Good work Or Something, I was just coming to post a second view, not realising it had been found
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 16 May 2022 12:47 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/L8PKcWp/Screenshot-2022-05-18-at-15-52-35.png
midweek magic
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 14:12 (one year ago) link
Safely say that's somewhere in this paradise we call the UK
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 14:15 (one year ago) link
Yeah, feels incredibly familiar yet also I have probably never been there.
― kinder, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 14:41 (one year ago) link
my brain is having a hard time comprehending how the door on the left connects with the brickwork.
― Ste, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 14:51 (one year ago) link
The building on the left clearly needs that alarm system, doesn't it.+ what a mysterious row of windows to the right - with the red panels. Not garage doors... - also that very high light pole straight ahead, there must be a big area there I suppose?
― StanM, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 14:59 (one year ago) link
the gray bit of building sticking out on the right is pretty distinctive too, imho
― StanM, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 15:00 (one year ago) link
I'm guessing the red brick building is a car park. Looks like there are about ten thousand modern red brick car parks in the uk. The building reflected in the window with the vertical fluting is also pretty standard issue.
― buffalo tomozzarella (ledge), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
I think there’s a playground at the far end of the park. Not that it narrows down the location too much.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
ftom what I gather, the double yellow kerbside is also used in Ireland (I’m ruling out former BE places like Malta, S’pore and Malaysia here)
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 16:10 (one year ago) link
twice the same typo for the price of one!
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 18 May 2022 16:11 (one year ago) link
that's not a Scottish flag above the door, right?
― StanM, Wednesday, 18 May 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link
university campus ahead? train station? hospital? - no idea where to start clicking on a map, for now
― StanM, Thursday, 19 May 2022 23:01 (one year ago) link
not sure if that is a saltire above the door but that building does feel Scottish. pic reminds me of some places in Glasgow
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 20 May 2022 13:22 (one year ago) link
Definitely reminds me of Glasgow too, but I don't recognise it at all.
― brain (krakow), Saturday, 21 May 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/xmbbD8P/Screenshot-2022-05-30-at-07-39-03.png
II
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 30 May 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/RhKK94Z/Screenshot-2022-05-30-at-07-39-03.png
II but a bit bigger
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 30 May 2022 18:24 (one year ago) link
I've narrowed it down to
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/destinations/gb/en/united-kingdom-hotels
― koogs, Monday, 30 May 2022 19:11 (one year ago) link
Ring Wayhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/TesFSgbVXeyRBexo8
Preston! i recognised the bus station
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 30 May 2022 19:28 (one year ago) link
Hey Preston! nice one!
― StanM, Monday, 30 May 2022 21:42 (one year ago) link
i recognised the bus station
In the first shot too, though it was difficult to get a view with it in from that angle
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 31 May 2022 05:39 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/prc0psY/Screenshot-2022-05-31-at-07-40-57.png
Tuesday
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 31 May 2022 06:06 (one year ago) link
heyheyhey
Lots of Soviet-style housing blocks. One building I can see that might conceivable be a church, otherwise no churches. Main road in pretty poor condition. Cars look like they're driving on the right. Huge gash in the landscape on the left, looks like it might be an old open-cut mine or something. Couple of power plant type buildings. I'm guessing one of the poorer ex-Soviet countries.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 31 May 2022 06:32 (one year ago) link
intriguing indeed - I was convinced it could be Asbest but I can't make it work I think
― StanM, Tuesday, 31 May 2022 14:08 (one year ago) link
googling "world's longest mine" brings up nothing apart from the deepest
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 31 May 2022 18:11 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/T2jLsDy/gronk.jpg
in reverse
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 6 June 2022 08:35 (one year ago) link
I am confusion
― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2022 09:40 (one year ago) link
the flags are from Swiss kantons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_and_arms_of_cantons_of_Switzerland
― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2022 10:09 (one year ago) link
kotamii is "cats" in Polish, but maybe it's kotam(mirrored N) & russian?
― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2022 10:26 (one year ago) link
A cuckoo clock to complete the Swiss theme, but that first photo sure as hell ain't Switzerland. I'm still guessing Eastern Europe
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 6 June 2022 10:37 (one year ago) link
googling "swiss themed bar" "swiss themed chalet" "swiss themed restaurant" + Russia , not being very lucky
― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2022 10:44 (one year ago) link
The more I stare at that second photo, the more it looks like some kind of Lynchian hell. What's with the light switch that has no switch? The creepy pictures on the wall, of birds and cows? Why the shelf of rolled towels, in what looks like a bar/restaurant? The cowbells, the sad pot plant, the surveillance camera on the wonky ceiling?
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 6 June 2022 12:04 (one year ago) link
yeah, the towels... is it the bar/dining area of a Swiss themed sauna/swimming pool?
― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2022 12:19 (one year ago) link
It's definitely Russian on the sign - котами
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 6 June 2022 12:46 (one year ago) link
Russia it is, then (or near/ex-Russia)
― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2022 12:56 (one year ago) link
it's not this salt mine in Ukraine but there are some vv nice pics of it
https://www.google.com/maps/@48.6911509,38.07127,3a,75y,195.81h,78.02t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipManhYZVu9X8PjMiwrfXJd60aAhlQe2BbmR2iGw!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipManhYZVu9X8PjMiwrfXJd60aAhlQe2BbmR2iGw%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya44.606056-ro-0-fo100!7i12000!8i6000
― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2022 13:00 (one year ago) link
still focussing on the first pic as the interior ones never do much for me. it's incredibly similar to Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine but while there are hundreds of aerial shots to go off i can't get any of them to line up
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 6 June 2022 14:57 (one year ago) link
i think that's pretty obviously correct!
― buffalo tomozzarella (ledge), Monday, 6 June 2022 15:07 (one year ago) link
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Monday, 6 June 2022 15:16 (one year ago) link
https://i.etsystatic.com/16415535/r/il/d5fbfa/3480759424/il_570xN.3480759424_qifb.jpgthe object is the Ukrainian coat of arms with the trident within a horseshoe
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Monday, 6 June 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
Покровско-Терновской (объединенный) военкомат Кривого Рогаhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/ASo7G51DBhEajdTBA
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 6 June 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
It is Kryvyi Rih! Tried it with the satellite image turned off and noticed a big depression just north of where I'd been searching
― ignore the blue line (or something), Monday, 6 June 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
The sign is above the bathroom on the left.
― nickn, Monday, 6 June 2022 16:19 (one year ago) link
omg well done! I had been looking for mines in Ukraine but somehow this one didn't show up or I did it wrong
― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2022 16:50 (one year ago) link
what about the Swiss chalet thing?
― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Monday, 6 June 2022 17:19 (one year ago) link
have to say tho: it’s not really fun to scroll through photos of shops and restaurants and seeing people there who may very well be fighting in the war right now, or worse
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Monday, 6 June 2022 17:34 (one year ago) link
швейцарський / Кривий Ріг
nothing
― StanM, Monday, 6 June 2022 17:40 (one year ago) link
Kryvyi Rih it is. Really distinctive geography, being long and thin - tried to get an aerial shot that showed that
As for the second shot, may be difficult to find. I'm on phone at moment but I'll post it this evening when I get back
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 10:18 (one year ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.9393529,33.4118835,3a,75y,50.99h,83.47t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOQgdmKa6Ys_TcznTZN3dRl05phy4xi9v6YeYxl!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOQgdmKa6Ys_TcznTZN3dRl05phy4xi9v6YeYxl%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya102.585785-ro-0-fo100!7i10000!8i5000
Dukhmyana Pich, Katerynivska St
Pizza place, permanently closed, last review 2 years ago. Very mixed reviews....and none of them even mention the decor
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 16:03 (one year ago) link
oh wow - thanks!
― StanM, Tuesday, 7 June 2022 16:28 (one year ago) link
Pretty curious about whats going on on the tv
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 16:36 (one year ago) link
Dukhmyana Pich / Духовна піч = Fragrant Oven, great name for a restaurant!
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 17:15 (one year ago) link
I mean, the eastern European idea of what pizza is are pretty varied and bizarre, from my experience, so the ski chalet thing makes some weird sense. Y’all ever had zapiekanka?
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 18:06 (one year ago) link
I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 19:56 (one year ago) link
It is a true chasm! But like you’ll be in a bar that looks like a ski chalet next to a saltmine and they’ll also have a “pizza” place. It is among the charms of eastern europe tbh.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Wednesday, 8 June 2022 01:55 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/j6w9vqZ/Screenshot-2022-06-15-at-12-00-22.png
The outdoors
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 10:07 (one year ago) link
I love how difficult this is. None of these towers contain big names/logo/signs, does that mean we're somewhere non-capitalistic?
― StanM, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 10:20 (one year ago) link
Guessing China or South America, betting the former
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 11:02 (one year ago) link
xpost great minds think alike!
Woah, that's one hellishly large (and mostly recently built) city. The mountains in the distance give me a bit of a South American vibe, but there aren't many cities there that could be that big - maybe Sao Paulo. If it's not that, then I'm guessing somewhere in China.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 11:09 (one year ago) link
Can't see any similar mountains in Sao Paulo aerial shots so I don't think it's that.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 11:16 (one year ago) link
To the right there are some lower rise Soviet style apartment blocks, which doesn't align so much with South America, so I'm leaning towards China.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 11:27 (one year ago) link
I can't spot a river in the photo posted, but it does have some resemblance to the (in)famous Lanzhou new city.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
There's a river upper left.
― brain (krakow), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:05 (one year ago) link
Just above the very large set of tower blocks on the mid-left edge of the image.
― brain (krakow), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
I think it's a river there, at least. Not totally clear where it cuts through above that.
― brain (krakow), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link
Tbh I'm pretty certain it is Lanzhou, but happy to find out otherwise, too.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:17 (one year ago) link
it is!
https://www.google.be/maps/@36.0573812,103.8283143,3a,90y,124.32h,60.92t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNnOfhSPX5YtOqUFq9b1VEIku6NTI6aNhaL4Ckm!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNnOfhSPX5YtOqUFq9b1VEIku6NTI6aNhaL4Ckm%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-10-ya0-ro-0-fo100!7i4096!8i2048!5m1!1e4?hl=nl
― StanM, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link
high 5 @ the table is the table
― StanM, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:23 (one year ago) link
Hell yeah! I think that's the first one I've gotten right in our ILX version of this game, though I've been in the correct country before, if my memory serves. Give me a bit and I'll put one up later today or tomorrow.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
Great work, had no idea if that one was going to be easy or difficult!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 16 June 2022 07:12 (one year ago) link
ngl— i simply did some googling, re-read an article about Lanzhou that I first read in 2012, then did a quick google maps search and it was clear. couldn’t find the exact location tho.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 June 2022 11:24 (one year ago) link
ooooh what is this article abt Lanzhou??
― music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 16 June 2022 13:22 (one year ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/dec/06/china-flatten-mountain-lanzhou-new-area
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 June 2022 16:32 (one year ago) link
I was reading it back when in context of a writing project I was working on about terraforming.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 June 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
lol holy shit https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/mar/21/china-west-ghost-city-comes-to-life-lanzhou-new-area
― music for A★TEENS’ musicians (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 17 June 2022 20:13 (one year ago) link
I’ve been busy y’all, I have one for you but won’t get to posting and etc until tomorrow (saturday in the states).
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 17 June 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/7RZjPjH/fa.png
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
Great one again! I'd guess this is on a medium sized lake - nothing to protect against tides. But where? I wanna say it feels like North America/Canada maybe?
― StanM, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 17:51 (one year ago) link
I want to say Panama City purely because it looks like the same view as that John Darwin photo.
(Which it isn't now I look at it but I've typed the first bit already.)
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 20:35 (one year ago) link
definitely a deciduous zone. is that a mall left front?
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
somehow this doesn't feel like north america to me, too many apartment blocks
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 21:06 (one year ago) link
oops sorry I forgot, I have one for next tho
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 21:26 (one year ago) link
(not getting anywhere yet - there are a lot of nice cities on lakes all over the world though)
― StanM, Thursday, 23 June 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
Not as many churches as I would expect in a densely built area for a Western country. I see one steepled building but it's pretty small.
― nickn, Thursday, 23 June 2022 18:43 (one year ago) link
why has that building on the left for a massive tower on it? it's not a crane because they aren't building. aerial?
― koogs, Saturday, 25 June 2022 14:29 (one year ago) link
for = got
good question - other buildings nearby are higher and would be better locations for aerials
― StanM, Saturday, 25 June 2022 17:36 (one year ago) link
construction is going on in the bottom panel of the second window though, maybe these locations are linked
― StanM, Saturday, 25 June 2022 17:39 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/nPjkqX5/o.png
v2
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 30 June 2022 04:57 (one year ago) link
what a peculiar (tower/gate/?) in the bottom right corner
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 06:18 (one year ago) link
is that a bridge? looks like there's water just next to it
― koogs, Thursday, 30 June 2022 06:24 (one year ago) link
That tower has a South or SE Asian vibe to me.
― nickn, Thursday, 30 June 2022 06:45 (one year ago) link
looks like cyrillic(??) script on the biggest building front center
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 30 June 2022 12:52 (one year ago) link
lots of medium size blocky apartment buildings makes me think eastern europe
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 13:17 (one year ago) link
how many km across does that lake/river look?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:11 (one year ago) link
not having any luck with eastern europe cities on a wide river or lake, where else looks like that?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:34 (one year ago) link
New Rochelle???
― I_Got_Loaded, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link
oh lol so it is
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:49 (one year ago) link
new york is basically eastern europe, in my defense
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 14:50 (one year ago) link
There's very clearly a city of some size in the distance— those aren't mountains.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Thursday, 30 June 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Skyline+New+Rochelle/@40.9092634,-73.7834316,3a,75y,338.43h,89.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipNvOZ1LzvIXz8VR6Tj5IFTC0cnqZbhu3QTTR5rL!2e10!7i10000!8i5000!4m16!1m8!3m7!1s0x89c28d90158d0b07:0x79eb47841eef0845!2sTrump+Plaza+New+Rochelle!8m2!3d40.912705!4d-73.781655!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI!3m6!1s0x0:0xcd8b21d0ddc2be66!8m2!3d40.9092209!4d-73.7833925!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI
― tomorrow, Thursday, 30 June 2022 16:07 (one year ago) link
and
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Skyline+New+Rochelle/@40.9091901,-73.7833408,3a,90y,78.21h,90.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAF1QipO1S10T-KUw-sr3F3vEVccsz6OGXeRTRpnn6EoN!2e10!7i10000!8i5000!4m16!1m8!3m7!1s0x89c28d90158d0b07:0x79eb47841eef0845!2sTrump+Plaza+New+Rochelle!8m2!3d40.912705!4d-73.781655!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI!3m6!1s0x0:0xcd8b21d0ddc2be66!8m2!3d40.9092209!4d-73.7833925!14m1!1BCgIgARICCAI
kudos, loaded
― tomorrow, Thursday, 30 June 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
what the...? wow
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
yeah i completely missed the horizon line having city buildings in the 2nd photo
― ciderpress, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
ok, the difference between high and low tides there is only 8 ft (2,4 m), not much needed re: dams/dykes etc
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:31 (one year ago) link
all of my assumptions were wrong based on that alone - I r dum.
― StanM, Thursday, 30 June 2022 17:42 (one year ago) link
New Rochelle it is, interesting what people do and don't notice in a view!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:21 (one year ago) link
Okay, my turn
Weekend vibe
https://ia902504.us.archive.org/12/items/img1_20220701_202207/img1.jpg
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 1 July 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
if that isn't Africa I'm eating my hat (and I don't even have one)
― StanM, Friday, 1 July 2022 17:05 (one year ago) link
I wouldn't rule out the Caribbean but (sub-Saharan?) Africa seems like a good place to start
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
Could even be Guyana.
― nickn, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:05 (one year ago) link
I'm gonna have to buy a hat, aren't I
― StanM, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
I consider Guyana to be part of the Caribbean but yeah it needn't be an island
That said, I have no idea where to start with this...Kenya? Mauritius?
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
I see where you're going with some of those, but for now at least I'm sticking with East-Central Africa (though not with much conviction)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 1 July 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
I'm pretty confident it's Africa though - look at this in South Africa (it's not the location of the pic but)
https://www.google.be/maps/@-28.3142147,30.1012592,3a,75y,196.86h,95.59t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sth29-XOT6pZbs66bISMVKw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― StanM, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
xpyeah Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tanzania, all seem possible to me too. I briefly looked at Madagascar for a minute
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:22 (one year ago) link
Kampala does not look un-promising
― rob, Friday, 1 July 2022 18:27 (one year ago) link
Mbabane, Eswatini? buildings and terrain look very similar but i have no real landmarks to confirm with
― ciderpress, Saturday, 2 July 2022 01:42 (one year ago) link
Kampala was making a compelling case, but that type of gate doesn't seem to exist there.
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 4 July 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link
let me know if you want another photo.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Monday, 4 July 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
I would say yes to that personally
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 4 July 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
I wouldn't say no either - we're not *really* getting anywhere right now imho
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 12:42 (one year ago) link
https://ia601407.us.archive.org/32/items/guess-22/Guess22.jpg
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:21 (one year ago) link
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:23 (one year ago) link
so cars drive on the left
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
(helpful link : https://www.worldstandards.eu/cars/list-of-left-driving-countries/ )
that means all of S and SE Africa is still in play
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
except for Madagascar
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
Guyana (and Suriname!) also still in there
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
if these are google streetview photos (the first one has the watermark) then that further limits the countries in play, theres only a few african countries with coverage
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 16:34 (one year ago) link
i do still suspect it's in eastern south africa or one of the kingdoms, there's a lot of places in that region that look like that
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 16:39 (one year ago) link
I'm still liking Kampala for this, but I don't know. That little hill keeps cropping up, but the similar one in Kampala is sort of taller
I did find a house with that gate
Presuming second view is also a street view, its not often they're done at dusk
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 17:20 (one year ago) link
The road divider things are super distinctive!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 17:22 (one year ago) link
My first thought was Ethiopia (although I had no idea where) which logically leads me to Kenya next - through driving on the left.
Road markings v similar to Britain too so I want to say Commonwealth.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
found the weird railings I think
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 19:23 (one year ago) link
got it!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 19:33 (one year ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@0.2103956,32.5762419,3a,75y,67.47h,88.14t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipO0j2vG2WBKPrJ_Io_HZtKCYEfJfFgfIPgLREEg!2e10!3e11!7i5760!8i2880
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 19:35 (one year ago) link
nicely done cb
― rob, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 19:46 (one year ago) link
Hell yeah! Nice work.
Just a query: I wasn't sure whether it was "solved" when people mentioned they were thinking Kampala— what do we consider "solved" here? is it more about someone saying with certainty that it is a specific place and being correct? Or is it guided by mere mention of the accurate place?
Sorry if this has been gone over, I just don't know!
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:17 (one year ago) link
I think it's solved when the person posting the city considers it to be solved!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:21 (one year ago) link
Okay! Glad I waited. Numerous posters thinking it was Kampala made me think it best until someone found the exact locale or said it with certainty.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link
With this one I guessed Kampala pretty early, but not with any certainty whatsoever (and Rob suggested it before me too). I gradually got more sure on it, but wasn't till I found the weird crash barrier that I actually knew (actually the road with the barrier on)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:24 (one year ago) link
Where are you based again, cb?
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 5 July 2022 20:28 (one year ago) link
well done cb!
― StanM, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 22:02 (one year ago) link
yes, imo the thread-game's rules have evolved to mean you have to post the exact map location. unfortunately that means I will never "win" but that's okay, I am always impressed with other posters' skills!
― rob, Tuesday, 5 July 2022 22:26 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/d0YVM0G/541.png
bloop
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:00 (one year ago) link
hmm not a lot to go on here but i'd start my search in turkey or the balkan countries i think? unless i'm missing an important clue
― ciderpress, Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:28 (one year ago) link
can anyone decipher what’s on the box next to the entrance?
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:41 (one year ago) link
I'd go UK tbh
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 10 July 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
i’m not ruling out South Africa
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 10 July 2022 17:18 (one year ago) link
The pavement, brick steps, street light and building finish don't really look UK to me.
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Sunday, 10 July 2022 18:05 (one year ago) link
It was the pavement and foliage which did look UK to me, them and the rubbish. I'm with you on the building tho, that's what's throwing me
― ignore the blue line (or something), Sunday, 10 July 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
Doesn't look UK to me, and the building looks too shoddy to be most places in Western Europe. I'm guessing somewhere in Eastern Europe.
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 10 July 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link
My guess is Marseilles but I don't have enough time to trawl the streets around the migrant / public housing in La Castellane. Looking at the original the trees might be too green tho.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 11 July 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link
Doesn't look UK to me, and the building looks too shoddy to be most places in Western Europe.
The German city of Freiburg is currently no slouch in the shoddiness stakes.
Wie sehr hassen Sie Menschen?„Projektentwickler:innen“ und Architekt:innen in Freiburg: Ja. pic.twitter.com/RfOg2kXViB— Mockingjens 🏳️🌈 (@platatoe) July 10, 2022
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Monday, 11 July 2022 07:57 (one year ago) link
I wouldn't be surprised if this turned out to be in Belgium
― StanM, Monday, 11 July 2022 10:36 (one year ago) link
the street lamp looks quite distinctive but how do you start googling that, there's like 2 billion different street lamp designs in the world
― StanM, Monday, 11 July 2022 10:48 (one year ago) link
It was the pavement and foliage which did look UK to me
you're right, i was looking on my phone and the paving stones didn't look offset, but yep that could be uk paving. still think the building's too shoddy.
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Monday, 11 July 2022 10:52 (one year ago) link
if you look at the reflection on the window to the right (as we see) of the front door you can make out some stuff, theres a car here i can't quite make out the model
― Ste, Monday, 11 July 2022 12:13 (one year ago) link
What is that metal loop sticking out of the wall to the right of the door?
Any clues in the figurines in the lefthand window?
― Hideous Lump, Monday, 11 July 2022 13:45 (one year ago) link
A boot scraper?
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Monday, 11 July 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
human, giraffe, snake?/cat?/??, camel - just decorative stuff, no?
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 11 July 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 11 July 2022 14:25 (one year ago) link
- reflected car feels like it could be Peugeot or Mercedes?- yeah, boot scraper- figurines: maybe someone from Africa lives there? or someone who likes the continent
― StanM, Monday, 11 July 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
yeah that can be misleading. Like, if you looked inside my window and saw a horrendous amount of computer coding books you might be completely wrong thinking I'm sort of genius.
― Ste, Monday, 11 July 2022 14:41 (one year ago) link
In the reflection I thought it might be a park opposite with some kind of structure in it resembling a pyramid of metal framework. Assuming a lot there though.
― Ste, Monday, 11 July 2022 14:43 (one year ago) link
The general style of building doesn't look British - purpose-built flats aren't common outside London. And yet there appears to be zebra crossing on the road to the left. The streetlamp looks distinctive, but Google Lens is (typically) useless at recognising it. I see the building is number 3.
It looks like a typical French-style HLM, very much like the headline image:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLM
The way that the windows are cut in two by the gutter is odd, though. You have to wonder about the interior layout. Why aren't there windows on the second and third floors? Even if it was a stairwell you'd expect windows. And if it is a stairwell it can't be much fun for the people living in the rooms at the ground floor. When they have a wank they're just a couple of feet away from people walking by on the street. That must be disconcerting. I would be worried about the postman knocking on the window to deliver a parcel. Or what if the light is on at night, and you're backlit?
― Ashley Pomeroy, Monday, 11 July 2022 17:28 (one year ago) link
my approach has been trying to find an identical lamppost which has been unsuccessful so far
reflected car is likely to be the photo car right? so not necessarily representative of the local cars
― ciderpress, Monday, 11 July 2022 18:20 (one year ago) link
you can see the photo car in the door reflection yes, but in the window to the right is another car
― Ste, Monday, 11 July 2022 18:21 (one year ago) link
Was getting hits on similar-ish lighting around Bratislava and Ostrava. The lack of AC kept me further North.
― horizontal, Tuesday, 12 July 2022 00:00 (one year ago) link
A built-in boot scraper makes me think it either dates from a time when horses were prevalent, or it's a muddy climate.
From the undoubtedly uneven selection of boot scraper pictures in Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Door_scrapers), metal loops attached to buildings are not as commons as ones attached to the ground. For what it's worth, most of the metal loop pictures came from Germany and France.
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 12 July 2022 03:21 (one year ago) link
Thought I'd found the lamppost style in Frankfurt but wasn't confident enough it was right.
I think the key might be in that bit of a cardboard box to our left of the front door. I can't get a clear enough resolution to see what it is.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 12 July 2022 10:44 (one year ago) link
I've found inconclusive evidence that that exact kind of streetlight exists in Braga, Portugal.
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Tuesday, 12 July 2022 10:52 (one year ago) link
I've now found definitive evidence, but I've also found this:
https://www.lighting.philips.com.eg/prof/outdoor-luminaires/road-and-urban-lighting/road-and-street/metronomis/metronomis-malmoe/910502140518_EU/product
So highly doubtful Braga is the only place that has them!
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Tuesday, 12 July 2022 10:56 (one year ago) link
excellent sleuthing!
― StanM, Tuesday, 12 July 2022 11:27 (one year ago) link
all credit to yandex - actually google image search found the philips page.
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Tuesday, 12 July 2022 14:06 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/FVB9s2q/dogs.png
bloop ii
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 13 July 2022 22:08 (one year ago) link
One way street?
The cars look fairly new, and there's a handicapped parking space (I've never seen one designated like that in the US), so maybe southern Europe?
I suspect the orange-backed traffic signs will be the important clue.
― nickn, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 22:18 (one year ago) link
Actually strike "southern," I guess it could be northern too.
― nickn, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link
learning in my search that some european countries don't seem to have handicapped parking spaces at all. i wont name any names
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 23:12 (one year ago) link
the orange signs appear to be belgian in nature
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 23:37 (one year ago) link
They do, yes, but the handicapped space with the blue line, the special type of ground floor window, the mandatory rose bush for everyone, I wouldn't immediately know where to place those in Belgium
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 23:44 (one year ago) link
the TV distribution thing with the cable running to it on every house does feel Belgian again too though
― StanM, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 23:47 (one year ago) link
found some similar looking streets in bruges but the houses were too big and nice, think it must be a smaller city if this is in the city and not a suburb
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 13 July 2022 23:58 (one year ago) link
Maybe stating the obvious as a new player, but my hopes of Luxembourg (based on money for fancy new lights) is dashed by the plates on the cars. Netherlands is out too.
― horizontal, Thursday, 14 July 2022 02:26 (one year ago) link
i wasn't able to find the orange signs in any neighboring country even right near the belgium border so i think everything else is ruled out
― ciderpress, Thursday, 14 July 2022 02:39 (one year ago) link
plot twist: cherry blossom is receiving these pics from a hacked phone and we are racing to locate an international arms smuggler
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 14 July 2022 03:11 (one year ago) link
I'm keeping an eye out for people with more than two arms
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2022 06:58 (one year ago) link
the houses are too uniform for Belgium IMO. I'm thinking it might be somewhere Nordic or Scandi, so a less pretty part of Odense or Tampere, perhaps.
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:07 (one year ago) link
Definitely think it's Belgium, as I've seen handicapped parking spaces there that are marked liked that (in Brussels?)
https://passelemessage.be/plm-2020/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/poubelle-sur-stationnement-pmr-1024x1000.jpg
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:13 (one year ago) link
residential areas by one and the same architect are a thing in Belgium, all houses looking the same
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:16 (one year ago) link
"sociale woonwijk"
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:17 (one year ago) link
I stand corrected! Well it's a flat bit of Belgium, so that excludes Liege and surrounds, but apart from that I have no idea
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:19 (one year ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.8673753,4.3037469,3a,75y,30.41h,89.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVbkeVRjIjjnm8Wq5ankvkw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Ontwikkelingstraat, Brussels I think.
I actually recognised this one, although I've never been, because I came across pics of a similar street nearby, the rue de la Cite Moderne, in a book about modernist housing estates.
― Tim, Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:23 (one year ago) link
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:24 (one year ago) link
wow! great!
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:33 (one year ago) link
I don't think I have the google maps chops (or the time) to find the first pic though.
― Tim, Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:34 (one year ago) link
several blocks look like that in that neighborhood yes
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:40 (one year ago) link
3 Initiatiefpleinhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/yrkJ3UgJkdtARJ2j9
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:44 (one year ago) link
the milk box says Melk lait, duh
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:46 (one year ago) link
oh, it's the Everyday brand - I don't go to that supermarket though (Colruyt's private label/home brand)
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2022 08:53 (one year ago) link
Outstanding!
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 14 July 2022 09:28 (one year ago) link
this is the Cité Moderne, a neighborhood built in 1922-1925, by architect Victor Bourgeois: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bourgeois
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2022 11:30 (one year ago) link
Tim already said that but I didn't know that was the name of the whole neighborhood
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2022 11:41 (one year ago) link
ha, the first picture is about 3 clicks away from the second if you click beyond the road barrier that blocks the next road on the left.
the place all looks shabby, like the places near where i live that were built immediately after the war in the cheapest materials and pebbledashed to hide the worst of it
― koogs, Thursday, 14 July 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
Well done!
― kinder, Thursday, 14 July 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
It does look like it's in need of some looking after for sure, architecturally pretty nice though, it's been on my list of places I want to go for some years now.
― Tim, Thursday, 14 July 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
(So much so that I spent my lunch hour identifying modernist churches I might visit on a future trip to Brussels, I can feel a plan coming together nicely)
― Tim, Thursday, 14 July 2022 15:41 (one year ago) link
If you turn left and go down the road a bit it seems that between 2009 and 2013 a new estate was built around the corner, in which appears to be a modern homage to the original style:https://goo.gl/maps/U1PyfSaqjNngQTY29https://goo.gl/maps/CfwDUnL9a2DiJaQFA
The top link is 2009, the bottom 2013. It has the same street lights but the buildings have more wood.
― Ashley Pomeroy, Thursday, 14 July 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/26zZQkg/ar.png
guess
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 21 July 2022 13:50 (one year ago) link
Warrington, UK - looking towards Fiddlers Ferry Power Station (which has 8 towers but is the first google images result if you look for power station "7 towers" :-) )
https://www.google.be/maps/@53.3828828,-2.6086605,3a,75y,12.14h,83.03t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNQQlG1nwnjXj3TE2hbPXnOjvuWuOUGUbeQ9dch!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNQQlG1nwnjXj3TE2hbPXnOjvuWuOUGUbeQ9dch%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya60.99318-ro-0-fo100!7i5734!8i2867
― StanM, Thursday, 21 July 2022 14:32 (one year ago) link
How'd you find it so quick?
― nickn, Thursday, 21 July 2022 16:18 (one year ago) link
I told you: I googled "power station "7 towers" " and the first result looked VERY suspiciously correct + the hills in the distance did too
― StanM, Thursday, 21 July 2022 17:05 (one year ago) link
first result in Images
and then the first aerial picture already looked like it was the right direction
https://www.google.be/maps/@53.3742371,-2.6680439,3a,75y,38.96h,86.71t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPUHszeH6erpADiR2Jk4tSuQ8ISZxIOml_Tjokg!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPUHszeH6erpADiR2Jk4tSuQ8ISZxIOml_Tjokg%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya38.014175-ro-0-fo100!7i8192!8i4096
so we need to be further back + two bridges near each other: and that was it. Lucky :-)
― StanM, Thursday, 21 July 2022 17:09 (one year ago) link
I'd recognise Fiddler's Ferry in a heartbeat, Granadaland icon
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 21 July 2022 17:57 (one year ago) link
Bit too obvious a landmark that one eh? I was going to do it pointing in the opposite direction originally
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 21 July 2022 18:17 (one year ago) link
I only found it via that google search, wasn't familiar with it
― StanM, Thursday, 21 July 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
― StanM
Oops, just skimmed your answer.
― nickn, Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:33 (one year ago) link
oh no, the next one is going to be very hard now, isn't it?
― StanM, Friday, 22 July 2022 05:29 (one year ago) link
yeah thanks for nothing stan!
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Friday, 22 July 2022 06:16 (one year ago) link
:-(
― StanM, Friday, 22 July 2022 06:21 (one year ago) link
;-)
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Friday, 22 July 2022 07:38 (one year ago) link
Why not set one yourself?
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Friday, 22 July 2022 08:14 (one year ago) link
i'm not that talented imho
― StanM, Friday, 22 July 2022 08:29 (one year ago) link
Ok. Newb attempt. Possibly ridiculously easy or difficult.
https://ibb.co/fpdXCS9
― horizontal, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 02:50 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Z8zfhJS/Bloop1.png
― micah, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 03:10 (one year ago) link
My wild guess would be Oregon or somewhere northwest. There's a tree on the right that has red flowers, which might be a clue if identified
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 03:42 (one year ago) link
Thanks for fixing my newb flaws, Micah.
― horizontal, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 03:42 (one year ago) link
NW seems a good initial candidate. It looks to be at the base of a hill...or part way down one
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 04:55 (one year ago) link
Pennsylvania plate?
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 05:00 (one year ago) link
The license plate on the truck might be Utah, which probably means they just moved from Utah, and this is a completely useless clue.
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 05:03 (one year ago) link
Yeah, the plate itself doesn't really matter (its not PA anyway, top and bottom band take up too much space)
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 05:16 (one year ago) link
It looks pretty steep, from the trees and need for such a wooden structure to access the house, but you can't see much in the distance. Some humid northern climate.
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 05:35 (one year ago) link
That truck looks like a work truck (tool boxes, spray cans) rather than a moving truck.
The cars seems a bit older than I would expect in a middle class city area, so maybe outside a city in a rural area. Also, the houses are pretty modest for a "view" area.
Could be the hilly south too (Appalachia).
― nickn, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 06:39 (one year ago) link
looks like the "back" of those houses--wonder what they are all facing? does look like a steep drop off
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 12:10 (one year ago) link
Pittsburgh somewhere??? That looks like a Penna plate
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 12:11 (one year ago) link
Definitely looks like a steep drop, hillside of some sort
That looks like a Penna plate
Aren't the bands wrong though? The blue and yellow look too thick, take up too much space
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 12:38 (one year ago) link
yeah you're right--those are also white letters which at a quick glance it looks like PA has blue letters
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 13:11 (one year ago) link
but it looks like maybe no states have white letters?
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 13:12 (one year ago) link
poking around Mt Washington areas of Pittsburgh and I feel like I'm close
― a (waterface), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
Those houses don't look emotional enough to be Pittsburgh houses
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:00 (one year ago) link
trees and smoky air look wast coast to me?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 16:29 (one year ago) link
I have more helpful pictures when you are ready. It seems google did the neighborhood on very different days.
― horizontal, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 21:23 (one year ago) link
AFAIK, Pennsylvania is the only state to use that color scheme in its license plates.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 21:32 (one year ago) link
Those roofs are weird looking.
― Look closely, that is all. (doo dah), Thursday, 28 July 2022 01:28 (one year ago) link
Agree that the houses/cars look a bit basic and give the impression it's not a particularly well off area.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 28 July 2022 02:20 (one year ago) link
I'm not convinced it's even in the US.
― nickn, Thursday, 28 July 2022 02:37 (one year ago) link
https://images.app.goo.gl/GnGeDMWZJVsQwEhz7
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 28 July 2022 04:17 (one year ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/2017_Utah_License_Plate.jpg/640px-2017_Utah_License_Plate.jpg
― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 28 July 2022 04:21 (one year ago) link
I thought the trees might help but if you're high up a mountain that could be harder again. The not-too-modern feel of it all is making me think Costa Rica maybe? no idea though
― StanM, Thursday, 28 July 2022 06:18 (one year ago) link
Puerto, not Costa
― StanM, Thursday, 28 July 2022 06:19 (one year ago) link
Never been to Puerto Rico but not really getting a Caribbean island vibe from that pic. Still thinking it's somewhere a bit cold and damp in mainland USA
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 28 July 2022 12:12 (one year ago) link
I can see clearly now the rain is gone,I can see all the obstacles in my way,Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind…
https://ibb.co/2sbDVkQ/Bleep2.png
― horizontal, Thursday, 28 July 2022 14:33 (one year ago) link
404 error. LOL. This is the quality I bring people. Try again.
https://i.ibb.co/2sbDVkQ/bleep2.png
― horizontal, Thursday, 28 July 2022 14:47 (one year ago) link
yeah, no longer thinking Puerto Rico now. Canada/North America yes
― StanM, Thursday, 28 July 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
Somewhere near a lake, I see two boats.
― nickn, Thursday, 28 July 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
Somewhere in Alaska maybe.
― Look closely, that is all. (doo dah), Thursday, 28 July 2022 16:08 (one year ago) link
looks like a lake or river in the distance in shot 2?
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 July 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
or maybe just fog
I poked around Juneau for a bit the other day, it did look right for a few reasons but I couldn't find the spot
― rob, Thursday, 28 July 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
The bumpy little hills on the other side of the bay/sound are pretty distinctive
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 28 July 2022 17:52 (one year ago) link
alaska has yellow license plates which we see in pic 2 but not on the sedan or the truck in pic 1, what are the chances. seems like the least likely state to have 2 out of state vehicles in one place (from 2 different states)
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:02 (one year ago) link
i guess if the sedan is a BC plate then that improves the odds a little
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
wait there's a pic 2?
― rob, Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:05 (one year ago) link
nm
― rob, Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:06 (one year ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.3590198,-131.6882714,3a,75y,227.5h,85.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sI3Pz_AumAuD_Exf46xK17A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:08 (one year ago) link
ketchikan, AK
― rob, Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:10 (one year ago) link
and the other pic
https://www.google.com/maps/@55.3589795,-131.6853514,3a,75y,173.05h,75.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svpnK8Hei-_M1UxcEqXnY8A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:10 (one year ago) link
Great work, Ciderpress. I didn’t really wander far from picture 1. If for some reason it was going to carry on longer there are many street view pics with a massive cruise liner in the port.
― horizontal, Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:12 (one year ago) link
good one!
― StanM, Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:19 (one year ago) link
bravo! how did you get to it?
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
https://alvinalexander.com/sites/default/files/styles/preview/public/photos/alaska-license-plate.jpg
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 28 July 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
i followed my previous train of thought of 'white plates in alaska -> might be BC plates -> alaska near BC' and then was lucky enough to drop the streetview guy right on the same block as pic #2 when i checked that town
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 July 2022 19:04 (one year ago) link
props to the people who identified it as alaska though, i was looking in oregon before that
― ciderpress, Thursday, 28 July 2022 19:05 (one year ago) link
damn, all those posts on blue white yellow plates earlier and somehow missed that one
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Thursday, 28 July 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/6ssR9QR/yyy.png
yyy
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 07:01 (one year ago) link
Britain, but which part?
― StanM, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 07:15 (one year ago) link
is there a (maybe even non-horizontal) football pitch behind that building?
― StanM, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 08:10 (one year ago) link
could be Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, up to the Scottish Borders. Be tough to narrow down
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 09:42 (one year ago) link
Is it a city or is it a town?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 12:02 (one year ago) link
haven't got a clue. There are a lot of very nice landscapes in Britain though. Well done. :)
― StanM, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
yeah that could be anywhere north of derbyshire.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 18:10 (one year ago) link
looks like some sort of abandoned facility behind there whatever it is, or else seasonal (fairgrounds?)
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
certainly has a football ground type vibe to it
― Ste, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 21:29 (one year ago) link
yeah I've been looking for football pitches on the outskirts of the likes of Rochdale, Oldham, Buxton, Blackburn and Burnley but nothing as yet
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 21:52 (one year ago) link
I wonder if the wooden repairs to the (canteen?) mean that there was a fire there (somewhere before 2019 as that is the Google copyright date) & this window+roof are new but then the budget was gone? (Or that I just have an over-active imagination)
― StanM, Thursday, 4 August 2022 00:04 (one year ago) link
Not much to go on, other than it looks like the north of England. And even that doesn't seem certain, I mean it could be Ireland or Scotland.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 4 August 2022 00:12 (one year ago) link
Also looks very Welsh valleys
― nate woolls, Thursday, 4 August 2022 00:55 (one year ago) link
If it wasn't for the car parked the wrong way, it could even be Brittany!
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 4 August 2022 01:13 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Ln5DmmG/Screenshot-2022-08-08-at-10-59-53.png
yyy2
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Monday, 8 August 2022 09:01 (one year ago) link
That's definitely Wales I reckon
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Monday, 8 August 2022 09:24 (one year ago) link
... what is that green box/object ? A fancy garbage bin, so close to another one just outside the park?
― StanM, Monday, 8 August 2022 14:11 (one year ago) link
I'm curious about that strange gate in the fence. Is that perhaps a gate to a dog run, designed to keep dogs from running out while the gate is open? I've never seen that design before. That might explain the small garbage bin on the fence (for dog waste) vs the larger bin outside.
― o. nate, Monday, 8 August 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_gate
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Monday, 8 August 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
The name comes from the gate merely "kissing" (touching) the inside of the enclosure.
What nonsense. As I tell all my friends whenever we come across such a gate, it comes from the fact that you have to give the person in front a kiss before they allow you to pass through.
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Monday, 8 August 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
what kind of track is that? BMX would be partly dirt, right?
― StanM, Monday, 8 August 2022 15:27 (one year ago) link
Not necessarily, see e.g. the last Olympics! I've been searching for (grim) pump track (wales).
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Monday, 8 August 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
oh right, pump track is a variety too - thx
― StanM, Monday, 8 August 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
thanks for the dn
― (grim) pump track (wales) (map), Monday, 8 August 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Monday, 8 August 2022 15:32 (one year ago) link
I feel like that fancy rectangular garbage thing (if it is one) is pretty distinctive maybe, no?
― StanM, Monday, 8 August 2022 15:34 (one year ago) link
do the wind turbines mean "near a coast" ?
― StanM, Monday, 8 August 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
Not necessarily, they're all over the country here. Maybe the bin has some distinguishing features up close but it wouldn't look out of place to me anywhere in the UK.
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Monday, 8 August 2022 15:37 (one year ago) link
okay, I hoped my questions would help but they don't :-)
― StanM, Monday, 8 August 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
I don't know, it feels very flat for Wales - unless I've happened to only have clicked on more hilly parts
― StanM, Monday, 8 August 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
I've definitely seen those bins in Wales. This looks like it could be somewhere like Caerphilly.
― nate woolls, Monday, 8 August 2022 21:07 (one year ago) link
i agree this might be wales, but i've seen those bins all over. very generic uk bin imo.
https://wybone.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Wybone-LBV6-Victoriana-Litter-Bin-for-web.jpg
https://wybone.co.uk/product/lbv6-closed-top-litter-bin/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 8 August 2022 21:47 (one year ago) link
https://cdn.britannica.com/20/153520-050-177A78E4/Kabah-hajj-pilgrims-Saudi-Arabia-Mecca.jpg
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 8 August 2022 23:26 (one year ago) link
if that’s a hint that narrows it down to either:https://dynamic-media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-o/06/ca/05/ef/mecca-bingo.jpg?w=1200&h=-1&s=1Wrexham, or:https://playingbingo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/swansea-mecca-bingo-carmarthan-road.jpgSwansea
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 8 August 2022 23:36 (one year ago) link
nah I was just riffing on the design of the bin!
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 01:22 (one year ago) link
That's an awkward gate for a BMX track - tricky getting your bike through it. If it's Wales, then there can't be that many BMX tracks in Welsh cities, but buggered if I'm going to look through them all.
Not that it helps really, but in the mid-distance in the 2nd pic there's a playing field with lights, which may correspond to the seating and lights of the first pic.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 01:57 (one year ago) link
you can see the building from pic 1 (and the playing field) in the background of pic 2.
― micah, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 03:17 (one year ago) link
its possible that the kissing gate, while normally meant for cattle, has been adopted here to keep motorbikes off the pump track.
― micah, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 03:18 (one year ago) link
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 05:47 (one year ago) link
this is hard
― StanM, Thursday, 11 August 2022 19:53 (one year ago) link
Bearsden has a pump track that looks right but Street View has a hedge rather than a fence. Also another one in Greater Glasgow that has the right buildings but downhill instead of uphill.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 11 August 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
Whew, this one is hard, even with a hint!
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 12 August 2022 01:58 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/xjyfDRj/Screenshot-2022-08-12-at-06-44-27.png
three
― Christmas in Davenport (cherry blossom), Friday, 12 August 2022 05:37 (one year ago) link
Tow Law Town FC! Christ these are getting smaller and smaller cherry blossom
11 Ironworks Rdhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/KDwmcGyVrbSHhAur7
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 12 August 2022 09:28 (one year ago) link
3rd pic
5 Valley Clhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/YgPz5kFDhxL3Vb239
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 12 August 2022 09:30 (one year ago) link
wow! well done! I had given up
― StanM, Friday, 12 August 2022 09:33 (one year ago) link
and the pump track
33 B6297https://maps.app.goo.gl/2hXNWSicWyeqUNKc9
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 12 August 2022 09:36 (one year ago) link
definitely a niche one for the UK crew. without a bit of knowledge of English non-league football teams you'd be looking for it forever (tho with that knowledge i feel i should have found it sooner, was clear from the first pic that there was a football ground and it was prob key)
― ignore the blue line (or something), Friday, 12 August 2022 09:39 (one year ago) link
This is also the very first time I hear about a place called Tow Law. Was the parking violation solution invented there?
― StanM, Friday, 12 August 2022 12:08 (one year ago) link
Wikipedia on Tow Law Town (the football club) has this line: "However, not all of the club's fans are hooligans"
― StanM, Friday, 12 August 2022 12:14 (one year ago) link
Do any Britishers want to talk about what that part of England is like? I have my guesses but maybe I'm being a dumb American
― a (waterface), Friday, 12 August 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
It looks pretty bleak tbh
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 12 August 2022 16:36 (one year ago) link
Though also rather pretty. It seems "bleak but pretty countryside surrounding" is a descriptor of many small cities and towns in the UK and everywhere else, too.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Friday, 12 August 2022 16:38 (one year ago) link
right that was my impression for sure
― a (waterface), Friday, 12 August 2022 17:29 (one year ago) link
"it's grim up North" is a well-worn English cliche
― rob, Friday, 12 August 2022 17:37 (one year ago) link
Local boozer looks quite pretty
https://goo.gl/maps/9xFsQrXT45q9Jad67
― Ste, Friday, 12 August 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Sy2tc64/Screenshot-2022-08-12-at-21-45-26.png
Ha'way
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 12 August 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/YPHckd9/Screenshot-2022-08-12-at-21-48-17.png
cold
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 12 August 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
After looking at way too many pump tracks to do me good, I am glad someone got it. at times I was near and plenty of time very far away.
I introduced this game on another board as they are a good group to play it.
Someone got this on picture 1, within an hour.
― horizontal, Saturday, 13 August 2022 01:16 (one year ago) link
You're obviously dealing with pros. How did they get it so quickly? Through the ground?
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Saturday, 13 August 2022 02:43 (one year ago) link
She was as a surprised as anyone. It is a soccer board. her words were “I was only checking Tow Law because it’s the right type of town and their ground is famously on a hill”.
They are from the North East UK, so the famously can be treated with a suitable amount of salt.
― horizontal, Saturday, 13 August 2022 22:25 (one year ago) link
Well, "right type of town" is the kind of intuition that goes a long way
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 07:23 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/ZHgVrTk/Screenshot-2022-08-16-at-09-19-33.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 07:24 (one year ago) link
The lighthouse (if that's what it is) looks pretty distinctive and could be the key. I see a couple of towers in the distance that look like cathedral steeples, and a couple of other steeple-like constructions. I'm guessing it's a coastal city somewhere in Northern Europe, on the North or Baltic Seas or something.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 07:49 (one year ago) link
There are a lot of striped lighthouses out there, I'm learning
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:03 (one year ago) link
Other distinctive factors: strange fin-like thing centre-left; incredibly long (but well-trimmed) hedge; apart from a red people-carrier, all the cars seem to be white, what are the odds of that? Row of flags has me thinking we're at one of those "international" hotels, so maybe the white cars are rentals.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:11 (one year ago) link
Man centre-right with flaming red hair - although the apartment blocks on the left don't look too Irish to me
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:17 (one year ago) link
Ostend / Oostende / Ostende? Looks like Lange Nelle the lighthouse, those stripes in particular.
― Tim, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:23 (one year ago) link
Just beat me to it! Based on the flatness of the terrain I googled Ostend lighthouse and got Lange Nelle...
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:32 (one year ago) link
https://goo.gl/maps/UmiQ97i72MZnBZeV6
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:34 (one year ago) link
Just beat me too! I got it with an image search for 'thin lighthouse'!
― dear confusion the catastrophe waitress (ledge), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:36 (one year ago) link
this is more precise: view from Ankerstraat instead of Vuurtorenweghttps://goo.gl/maps/qt471SdChFMqJ1pA9
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:38 (one year ago) link
the white car thing is just a coincidence, judgng by the makeup of that parking lot on the Google Maps image
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:41 (one year ago) link
I had a trip to Ostend all planned out, we were going to see the big Van Eyck show in Ghent and it got COVIDed. :(
― Tim, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 08:41 (one year ago) link
Ostend it is, that one went quickly!
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 16 August 2022 09:13 (one year ago) link
oh wow! my neck of the woods, but hadn't recognized it.
― StanM, Tuesday, 16 August 2022 11:38 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/N1p088q/Screenshot-2022-08-18-at-11-05-13.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 18 August 2022 09:33 (one year ago) link
Top right hand corner there looks to be a Belgian flag in the window. If that's right, and I'm not entirely sure it is (do Belgians put flags in their windows?), then it's too hilly to be Flanders. There appears to be a street lift, but it's not the one in Brussels.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 18 August 2022 09:52 (one year ago) link
Belgian flags can be seen on the national holiday or when there's international soccerball going on. Parts of Flanders are that hilly too.
― StanM, Thursday, 18 August 2022 10:44 (one year ago) link
guessing Liege maybe?
― StanM, Thursday, 18 August 2022 10:50 (one year ago) link
If it's Thursday this must be Belgium, again
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 18 August 2022 10:51 (one year ago) link
Could also be a German flag hanging down.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 18 August 2022 11:52 (one year ago) link
black-yellow-red is Belgium. Germany has the red next to the black.
― StanM, Thursday, 18 August 2022 11:57 (one year ago) link
Is that a bridge or an elevator in the middle of the pic?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Thursday, 18 August 2022 12:18 (one year ago) link
Looks like an elevator to me, which should make this easy... but googling Belgian street elevators is not giving me the answer
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 18 August 2022 12:29 (one year ago) link
big glass roof to the left of the walking man - museum? government building?
― StanM, Thursday, 18 August 2022 14:45 (one year ago) link
or a train station, that could have an outside elevator too
― StanM, Thursday, 18 August 2022 14:52 (one year ago) link
given the suitcase i figured station
― koogs, Thursday, 18 August 2022 17:42 (one year ago) link
The street elevator and hairpin turn with mirror remind me of Monaco, but the trees on that hill look a bit too lush to be Mediterranean.
― o. nate, Friday, 19 August 2022 16:56 (one year ago) link
Apartment blocks definitely not swish enough to be Monaco. Whether this is Belgium or not, definitely getting Northern European vibes.
― Zelda Zonk, Saturday, 20 August 2022 02:33 (one year ago) link
We don't know :(
― StanM, Wednesday, 24 August 2022 17:28 (one year ago) link
I feel like this one should have been easy, with the Belgian flag in the window (possibly a red herring) and that very singular-looking structure which I assume is a lift/elevator down to a station. But it looks like we need another pic...
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 25 August 2022 01:35 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/p3wqrVd/Screenshot-2022-08-25-at-14-21-37.png
Thursday 2.0
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 25 August 2022 12:27 (one year ago) link
not a station after all!
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:15 (one year ago) link
Those two guys on the bridge look like they could be identical twins.
― o. nate, Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:18 (one year ago) link
I think it's Wuppertal in Germany...
― the man with the chili in his eyes (ledge), Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:24 (one year ago) link
might be the same person photoed and composited in twice
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:29 (one year ago) link
it is wuppertal, good job!
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.2548228,7.1542549,3a,75y,355.03h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2dsNeJjMopJRZ_F4kSkrNw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D2dsNeJjMopJRZ_F4kSkrNw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D356.88638%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
Phew, and thanks! I got it from the 'lyp cr' tag, then I spotted the monorail which had the right shade of green for its supports but couldn't find that bridge/elevator at all.
― the man with the chili in his eyes (ledge), Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link
oh wow! good job!
― StanM, Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:36 (one year ago) link
The monorail looks way cool and has its own unusual detail in wikipedia article:
The Wuppertal Suspension Railway, a suspended monorail, serves the city and its surroundings. It has operated since 1901, with new cars added beginning in December 2016. In 1950, a young elephant named Tuffi was put aboard the Wuppertal Schwebebahn (monorail), as a promotion for the Althoff Circus. The swinging tram upset the elephant, and she trumpeted, charged, and plummeted 12 m (40 ft) into the river below. Tuffi suffered minor injuries; she lived until 1989. In 1999, the Schwebebahn had its thus far only fatal accident.
― the man with the chili in his eyes (ledge), Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:36 (one year ago) link
the glass was a station but the elevator didn't go to it, so we were both right and astray
― ciderpress, Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link
I got it from the 'lyp cr' tag
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 August 2022 13:57 (one year ago) link
i searched for '"lyp" "cr" graffiti', second result says "I don't know anything about LYP Crew except they are from NRW, probably from the area Wuppertal" without even clicking through. pretty lucky, i doubt that would happen for most other tags.
― the man with the chili in his eyes (ledge), Thursday, 25 August 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
very good work!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 August 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
oh and it was a sideways german flag!
― the man with the chili in his eyes (ledge), Thursday, 25 August 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
we should've spotted that the black strip on the left was actually the side of the recessed window.
― the man with the chili in his eyes (ledge), Thursday, 25 August 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
why I'll be... I was 100% sure on it being the Belgian flag but did not spot that the black wasn't part of the flag :(
― StanM, Thursday, 25 August 2022 17:43 (one year ago) link
Good work! The flag was a bit of an optical illusion eh
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Saturday, 27 August 2022 18:38 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/ykRsWMn/Screenshot-2022-08-26-at-12-17-13.png
cycling home for Christmas
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Saturday, 27 August 2022 18:39 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/RIRNU9Z.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Saturday, 27 August 2022 18:43 (one year ago) link
Looks like Southern California, which the Lakers shorts on the cyclist support. Maybe somewhere near Carpinteria, or Oxnard?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 27 August 2022 18:49 (one year ago) link
Looks like one of the bridges over the Santa Clara River in Santa Clarita, CA but can't quite find the exact one.
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 27 August 2022 23:19 (one year ago) link
the one in santa paula has the same railing but isn't it. none of the santa clarita ones i checked had the right railing
― ciderpress, Saturday, 27 August 2022 23:41 (one year ago) link
found it in Riverside
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.9905569,-117.3922973,3a,75y,5.06h,89.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWXIgyqo0LjoAyIFyT0YdFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
― ciderpress, Saturday, 27 August 2022 23:44 (one year ago) link
And I've been to Mt Rubidoux park right next to it - multiple times even!
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 27 August 2022 23:46 (one year ago) link
credit to your guess though, i only did the easy work of checking a bunch of bridges in the region
― ciderpress, Saturday, 27 August 2022 23:50 (one year ago) link
Riversiiiide
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 30 August 2022 17:05 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/tBsd6vV/ez1.png
River side
https://i.ibb.co/Y81S146/Screenshot-2022-09-05-at-08-05-19.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 5 September 2022 07:10 (one year ago) link
is it a river?
― StanM, Monday, 5 September 2022 07:54 (one year ago) link
moncton nb
https://maps.app.goo.gl/wkGFDGTcAYpRHRDE7
― micah, Monday, 5 September 2022 10:42 (one year ago) link
― StanM, Monday, 5 September 2022 10:59 (one year ago) link
what gave it away, or did you know the place?
― StanM, Monday, 5 September 2022 12:26 (one year ago) link
just cropped and yandexed the tower, which eventually brought up this pic https://www.flickr.com/photos/james_mann/15655889666/
― micah, Monday, 5 September 2022 12:55 (one year ago) link
thanks :)
― StanM, Monday, 5 September 2022 13:42 (one year ago) link
didn't expect that one to go so quick
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 12 September 2022 13:19 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/n7LSyCK/dy1.jpg
4-4-2
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 12 September 2022 13:20 (one year ago) link
ok, so it says "dajemo" on the banner in the back, which Google translate tells me is Croatian (and in Latin script, so not Serbian etc.) but the shirt says "FK Something" and Croatian teams are NK not FK. Hm.
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 12 September 2022 13:43 (one year ago) link
I think it's Bosnia (BH Telecom on that banner if I'm not mistaken), and FK does seem to be their version of FC
― rob, Monday, 12 September 2022 13:45 (one year ago) link
I think I've got it!https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu%C5%A1anj_City_Stadium
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 12 September 2022 13:53 (one year ago) link
So it's Tuzla, apparently the third-largest city in Boznia.
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 12 September 2022 13:57 (one year ago) link
Nice work - I was busy looking at Karlovac in Croatia because the coat of arms on the logo we can see front and centre looks like it might be this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlovačko, but it's an international brand by the looks.
― Tim, Monday, 12 September 2022 14:00 (one year ago) link
Glad someone got that, I'd forgotten where it was, looks to be correct though!
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 02:48 (one year ago) link
I had the image saved from some time previously, and must have rejected it for the one of the two women at the water park instead
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 02:51 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Jktnt99/pre.jpg
good morning
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 07:56 (one year ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.5109,6.8120338,3a,75y,69.59h,89.92t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scEMcT1OoV9azOKLWlTPplQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DcEMcT1OoV9azOKLWlTPplQ%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D85.183914%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192
― Jibe, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:30 (one year ago) link
alright, show your working
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:42 (one year ago) link
taking a hard line on local rivals Nancy there, a piece of graffito which immediately made me assume it was an Anglophone country
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:44 (one year ago) link
it took me 2mn once i saw the tag, cos of fcsm which is french football club fc sochaux montbéliard, the nancy being fucked is fc nancy, so i started looking for football pitches in sochaux
― Jibe, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:46 (one year ago) link
sorry the other club is as nancy lorraine, not fc nancy
― Jibe, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:48 (one year ago) link
Good work! Thats what I assumed but sometimes there are unexpected routes
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:52 (one year ago) link
damnit i googled 'ecsm' and found another french club, Entente Chateauneuf Saint Marcel. well done!
― ledge, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:53 (one year ago) link
I thought about cropping it so it just had 'Fuck Nancy' and no fcsm but then it was too constrained an image
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:57 (one year ago) link
there I was thinking it said “Fuck NanoX”, which would surely also have made sense to someone
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 12:59 (one year ago) link
― ledge, mercredi 14 septembre 2022 14:53 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
my hours and hours of watching ligue 1 paid off big time
cherry blossom, hearing that you thought about cropping out half that tag makes me really curious about how you select the images you post. also thanks for keeping this thread alive, i really enjoy it even though i don't often get the chance to guess.
― Jibe, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 14:48 (one year ago) link
impressive
― StanM, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 14:57 (one year ago) link
hearing that you thought about cropping out half that tag makes me really curious about how you select the images you post
Purely on a whim.
In this particular case I was on a run this morning and it suddenly hit me that I had no idea where in France Sochaux actually is, or even if that was the name of a city or part of a city
I had a look on streetview when I got in and landed on the graffiti and immediately thought of this thread
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
Ok, let's have a go then.
https://i.imgur.com/BDKnKwW.png
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 21:40 (one year ago) link
looks like southern france to my eyes
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 14 September 2022 21:54 (one year ago) link
16 R. Industrial Alfredo da Silvahttps://maps.app.goo.gl/VAi7d3EBbj6SetPv6
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 22:01 (one year ago) link
too easy, apparently! how did you get it?
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 22:02 (one year ago) link
Looked like a mural about industrial action/workers rights, found a guy who worked in those colours and the style looked right, he's only got three or four famous works.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 22:05 (one year ago) link
If you look closely it's made by chipping chunks out of the whitewashed wall
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 14 September 2022 22:11 (one year ago) link
I got to it via image search for "portugal mural" and there was a mymodernist link to a healthcare mural by same guy (Vhils)
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 15 September 2022 00:16 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Bq0TcSh/Screenshot-2022-09-19-at-12-56-59.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 19 September 2022 12:31 (one year ago) link
Britain! Yellow back plates. But other than that, no idea.
― StanM, Monday, 19 September 2022 15:28 (one year ago) link
netherlands also has yellow plates but this looks too dreary to be anything but britain
― ciderpress, Monday, 19 September 2022 16:04 (one year ago) link
those flats look like many in the central belt of Scotland
― or something, Monday, 19 September 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
definitely getting scotland vibes
― micah, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 02:29 (one year ago) link
I think it's Wolverhampton judging by the church, but I'm having trouble replicating that view
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 10:08 (one year ago) link
Britain! Yellow back plates.
how on earth can you even detect that? what computers/phones/other gear do you people all have?
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 20 September 2022 15:17 (one year ago) link
I opened the pic in a separate tab on my PC and zoomed in a bit? No fancy graphics workstation, just a pc
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 16:03 (one year ago) link
i concur on Wolverhampton. the indoor market building also visible and the relative positions of both suggest the view is from somewhere between the stadium and the university. the forklift might give it away.
― koogs, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 17:42 (one year ago) link
isn't Wolverhampton flatter than this? I can't seem to make it work
― StanM, Tuesday, 20 September 2022 18:36 (one year ago) link
Wolverhampton is much flatter. I think the photo is further north than that.
― Portsmouth Bubblejet, Thursday, 22 September 2022 07:05 (one year ago) link
Not anywhere specific, but it gave me Scottish central belt vibes at first too. The low stone wall feels more Northern England though somehow.
It's a slightly bleak but comforting vista.
― brain (krakow), Thursday, 22 September 2022 09:46 (one year ago) link
Do we need another hint?
― StanM, Sunday, 25 September 2022 06:33 (one year ago) link
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 11:09 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/3dG5FP4/abd.jpg
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 11:12 (one year ago) link
Almost certainly Sheffield, think I know the general area too but need to dig a bit.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 11:29 (one year ago) link
Endcliffe/Crooks I reckon
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 11:33 (one year ago) link
landscape looks like sheffield. crookes is a good shout. i'm not 100% convinced by the housing, but difficult to see where else it could be. too big for glossop, too hilly for the other cities in that part of the world.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 11 October 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
reminded me of bits of lancaster but that's way too big
― nxd, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 18:31 (one year ago) link
I hoped there would only be two cobbled streets in Sheffield but no
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1TAvQu8VYx5IipZ1k4BXhPvSOblA&hl=en_US&ll=53.386901067877645%2C-1.4742244808702964&z=14
― StanM, Tuesday, 11 October 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
Reminds me of some views of Bath.
― o. nate, Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:17 (one year ago) link
My wife said Bath to be fair, I've just been busy and didn't look into it further.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:42 (one year ago) link
There is one tower block in Bath and I've just scouted all the straight across crossroads that could face it with no success.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Thursday, 13 October 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
is it bristol aka the sheffield of the south?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 13 October 2022 20:38 (one year ago) link
Nah, that's not Bristol (he says only to find out he's wrong).
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 14 October 2022 07:12 (one year ago) link
There's two somewhat distinctive looking churches in the first pic. The square tower and smoke-blackened exterior of the one on the left are not uncommon, i haven't found anything that really matches the squat character of the one on the right.
― ledge, Friday, 14 October 2022 08:17 (one year ago) link
In terms of synchronicity I have just seen this on twitter via a retweet taken in Crookes which only makes me think I was right first time
Grouse moors on fire in the Peak District near Sheffield. Environmental destruction and carbon emissions through the roof for the sake of birds bred to be shot by toffs! @GreenpeaceUK @friends_earth @XRebellionUK @shefgreenpeace pic.twitter.com/WKjqdgGEGm— Anne Grange (@anne_grange) October 13, 2022
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 14 October 2022 08:45 (one year ago) link
based on the Bole Hills Aerial Scenic Point (360 aerial photo on google maps) I'm going to guess that Sheffield is slightly flatter than these two pics.
― StanM, Friday, 14 October 2022 13:37 (one year ago) link
the tower blocks look kind of weird for sheffield in that they seem quite a long way out of town. still wondering if it's a smaller city.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 October 2022 21:23 (one year ago) link
Daughter thought it was Ponderosa but it doesn't look exactly right
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 14 October 2022 21:26 (one year ago) link
this guy would destroy us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p5Eb4OSZCs
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 19 October 2022 18:46 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Qn6xG7b/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-10-45-14.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 21 October 2022 08:56 (one year ago) link
Think that might be Barrow Bridge Chimney in Bolton and there is generally a run-down Lancashire feel, but had a look and can't find any vantage point anything like that
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 21 October 2022 09:18 (one year ago) link
i could be wrong but that chimney looks pretty square. not that i have any better suggestions, google (or yandex) pretty hopeless at showing tall square red brick chimneys in a search for same.
― ledge, Friday, 21 October 2022 09:48 (one year ago) link
Hang on, where was view II?
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 21 October 2022 09:54 (one year ago) link
Wait my bad, I hadn't realised the one we discussed a fair bit about was a second picture
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Friday, 21 October 2022 09:55 (one year ago) link
oi cleanshirt!
― kinder, Friday, 21 October 2022 09:55 (one year ago) link
Oldham maybe?
― kinder, Friday, 21 October 2022 10:00 (one year ago) link
not that many square (hexagonal?) chimneys left in run-down hilly industrial towns in northern Rngland, surely?
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 21 October 2022 10:02 (one year ago) link
i mean it looks a lot like Bradford but surely, with all the cities in the world, we're not doing Bradford again
― or something, Friday, 21 October 2022 10:22 (one year ago) link
a few chimneys just north of Bradford at Shipley in the Aire Valley looking interesting and the area looks right but starting work now and can't pin it down
― or something, Friday, 21 October 2022 10:39 (one year ago) link
full respect to cherry blossom for keeping this game running but it does seem to be a british city almost every other go.
― ledge, Friday, 21 October 2022 10:58 (one year ago) link
it does seem to be a british city almost every other go.
I was beginning to think the same thing! But checking back through the 2022 entries and it turns out that 5 of the previous 24 cities were British (bolded) so it might be they stick in the memory more
Lisbon, Shreveport, Margate, Sapporo, Iasi, Shrewsbury, Brest, Maracaibo, Preston, Kryvyi Rih, Lanzhou, New Rochelle, Kampala, Brussels, Warrington, Ketchikan, Tow Law, Ostend, Wuppertal, Riverside, Moncton, Tuzla, Montbeliard, Setubal
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 21 October 2022 11:25 (one year ago) link
No idea where this is but after taking a close look at the white van's rearviewmirror I'm convinced there's a yellow-ish ghost in there.
― Dinsdale, Friday, 21 October 2022 18:34 (one year ago) link
Since I still have no clue I've been clicking around and most places feel too flat. The only thing that felt remotely like "this is the kind of hills & city size we're looking for" was Huddersfield.
― StanM, Saturday, 22 October 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link
I looked at Huddersfield before, there's a church that could be the one in the first pic, and two chimneys that look right, but I can't find the other church or make it fit.
― ledge, Saturday, 22 October 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
very confident this is not sheffield now
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 22 October 2022 22:50 (one year ago) link
actually is that don valley, i.e. sheffield? chimney could be chimney house?
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 22 October 2022 22:58 (one year ago) link
I've tried to search Sheffield and surrounding conurbations inc. Rochester, and indeed most other northern towns, for churches like the one in the first pic but not very systematically. There's two in Sheffield that could fit but they're too close to the city centre, which is much more built up than
― ledge, Sunday, 23 October 2022 11:19 (one year ago) link
wait that's doncaster isn't it?
― Fizzles, Sunday, 23 October 2022 11:23 (one year ago) link
ok now i'm misdoubting myself.
― Fizzles, Sunday, 23 October 2022 11:26 (one year ago) link
Spotted this from the train today:
https://i.imgur.com/aTc6JXR.jpg
Woah, I thought, have I cracked the case wide open? But no, far too flat around there (Leamington Spa).
― ledge, Wednesday, 26 October 2022 18:45 (one year ago) link
this certainly is a good one
― StanM, Thursday, 27 October 2022 07:52 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/cXyp9qP/Screenshot-2022-10-27-at-10-26-06.png
four
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 27 October 2022 08:31 (one year ago) link
What are the chances that this is on the outskirts of, say, Manchester?
― ledge, Thursday, 27 October 2022 08:39 (one year ago) link
xps hello from leamington spa btw!
― nxd, Thursday, 27 October 2022 10:47 (one year ago) link
I go to Leamington Spa every month (wife's doing an acupuncture degree course there) - seems nice.
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 27 October 2022 11:30 (one year ago) link
I have a friend who lives there.
― poppin' debussy (the table is the table), Thursday, 27 October 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
i once slept on a bench in leamington spa.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 27 October 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
four = definitely not sheffield. looks too big for glossop, but too isolated/rural/small for anything else i can think of.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 27 October 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
is this Brigadoon, the town that only appears once every 100 years? Since nobody seems to recognise it :-/
― StanM, Thursday, 27 October 2022 17:52 (one year ago) link
I get a 404 Not Found error when I try to see pic #4 so I think you're right
― rob, Thursday, 27 October 2022 18:57 (one year ago) link
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 27 October 2022 19:11 (one year ago) link
he’s a real nowhere man, living in a nothing ham
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 27 October 2022 20:20 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/MsEUEoX.jpg
Not sure what happened here, but yeah its gone - maybe was never there! Trying again w different host
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 06:08 (one year ago) link
although wait, caek was able to see it, so it was there and then disappeared.
I'll just leave this one for now and add another when I find one
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 06:10 (one year ago) link
Keighley near Bradford
https://goo.gl/maps/Xcr5PfizjYwWRznVA
― ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:28 (one year ago) link
OMG! Well done! I had given up.
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:29 (one year ago) link
view 3 https://goo.gl/maps/dFDygZEP5D6sEzr4A
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:35 (one year ago) link
I want to find that symbol on the building in front of the left hand chimney, looks like a yellow M, near impossible without the 3d. map though.
― ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:39 (one year ago) link
view 2 https://goo.gl/maps/A4QLoSNghNDUPgFfA
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:42 (one year ago) link
maybe that's the original McDonalds M
view 4 https://goo.gl/maps/sUvkeS9Jw2T81CA66
― ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:46 (one year ago) link
found it: https://goo.gl/maps/5ut569FyZocbbtQy8
― ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:48 (one year ago) link
and view 1 https://goo.gl/maps/8yPe792uM7WBJicf6
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:55 (one year ago) link
xpost - nice one! zoomed out, that does look like the McD golden arches, doesn't it
xpost: nevermind view 1, that was the one Ledge posted
― StanM, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 11:56 (one year ago) link
kudos, ledge! was this the longest it ever took to solve one?
I'm happy to report the building in pic 1 can indeed be found in the Tower Block UK database that I've been consulting every time a promising-sounding city was mentioned:https://www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/development/ebenezer-square
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 12:34 (one year ago) link
Ah good, glad someone finally got it. What was your path to it, ledge?
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 13:34 (one year ago) link
clicking through 14 pages (out of 25) of 368 photos tagged 'church with square tower': https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=168441618&page=14
a proper database of uk churches would have been helpful.
― ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 13:43 (one year ago) link
Ha wow, all off the first pic we didn't even need the others!
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 13:52 (one year ago) link
> a proper database of uk churches would have been helpful
i'm pretty sure there is one - i remember reading something about church near home and it was stupidly detailed, like someone had been around and taken notes.
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1153103?section=official-list-entry
"Anglican parish church. C12, C13, late C14, and C15, restored 1889 and 1931, small mid-late C20 extension. Nave; random limestone. Clerestory; coursed squared and finely dressed limestone and sandstone. South porch and tower; large blocks coursed finely dressed limestone. Artificial stone slate roof to chancel. Leaded roof to nave. Red tile roof to C12 nave with C15 clerestory. Nave south wall; two raking buttresses (possibly added C14). Narrow C12 round-headed window with cable moulding at top. Early studded plank door with strap hinges and later fillets within a pointed casement-moulded surround within porch..."
x 10
― koogs, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 18:16 (one year ago) link
no searching via architectural style or features though (looks like the tower block database doesn't have that either.)
― ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link
ledge your go choose rome or paris or something.
― Fizzles, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:40 (one year ago) link
lost city of gold pls
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
atlantis looks a little rough around the edges
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
not as grim as wensley upon heathshire though, at least there are blue skies
― ꙮ (map), Tuesday, 1 November 2022 20:44 (one year ago) link
brb, googling 3d maps of middle earth.I can post a (real) one tomorrow.
― ledge, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 21:15 (one year ago) link
OMG - someone on Twitter posted a picture of some cobbled street and I googled the shop name in the background to find out where it was and it was only bloody KEIGHLEY, NR BRADFORD! I don't deserve to post on this thread :(
― kinder, Tuesday, 1 November 2022 23:28 (one year ago) link
#1
https://i.imgur.com/nHEdMvC.jpg
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 08:57 (one year ago) link
technical difficulties...
https://i.imgur.com/BbOiVnS.jpg
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:00 (one year ago) link
Kishoreganj, Bangladesh?
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:26 (one year ago) link
thats right
https://www.google.com/maps/@24.4399936,90.7760848,3a,75y,130.04h,87.93t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipPu5O6yQc0GDTvZHbV-F2t1mKHZ4HsCK98Kmexk!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPu5O6yQc0GDTvZHbV-F2t1mKHZ4HsCK98Kmexk%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya154.02943-ro0-fo100!7i8704!8i4352
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:35 (one year ago) link
wtf!
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:36 (one year ago) link
lol nice
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:36 (one year ago) link
i officially retire in perpetuity from setting these, it's back to you cherry blossom.
also, how?
― ledge, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:37 (one year ago) link
I didn't guess the city, zelda zonk did, I'd never even heard of it!
I just went to a satellite map of the city and went to where the water was
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:38 (one year ago) link
― StanM, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:40 (one year ago) link
Bit of a cheat really. I put the pic into Google lens which threw up other pics of watch towers, one of which was remarkably similar looking...
I don't have time right now to post a pic, if someone else wants to have a go you're welcome, otherwise I'll post something tomorrow.
Love this long running game btw, thanks to cherry blossom for keeping it ticking over...
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 2 November 2022 09:41 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/VYcXFK3/nottingham.jpg
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 05:13 (one year ago) link
Monrovia:
https://www.google.com/maps/@6.319949,-10.8019046,3a,75y,220.35h,96.53t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sAF1QipMCMdcpTgyHm3e0iPwtnSax1t9wKSwkhN0fwkUs!2e10!3e11!7i7680!8i3840
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 08:16 (one year ago) link
what gave it away?
― StanM, Monday, 7 November 2022 08:43 (one year ago) link
I snipped those two distincitve tall buildings and put them into Google Lens, it was the first hit
I'm not so into setting these so someone else can kindly proceed
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 08:49 (one year ago) link
Hmmmm, is Google lens ruining our game? I suggest the next person who puts one up checks first that there's no obvious google lens giveaway
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 7 November 2022 08:52 (one year ago) link
Or we just agree not to use it.
― ledge, Monday, 7 November 2022 08:53 (one year ago) link
Or we just agree that it's a perfectly fair way to get the answer.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:14 (one year ago) link
we've been reverse image searching bits of these photos for years
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:15 (one year ago) link
we have? :-)
― StanM, Monday, 7 November 2022 09:21 (one year ago) link
I haven't! I assumed it was CHEATING!
― kinder, Monday, 7 November 2022 09:39 (one year ago) link
Other than the previous two cities, I feel like this hasn't played much of a role? Keighley took 4 photos, and feels like most of the previous cities took some time to get also
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:43 (one year ago) link
For the most part it feels uncommon for a city to get guessed quickly, these being something of an exception. Maybe because two in a row?
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 09:44 (one year ago) link
Still seems like a bit of a cheat to just go 'computer, where is this city?'
― ledge, Monday, 7 November 2022 09:50 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/BgtZtKp/Screenshot-2022-11-07-at-11-22-18.png
🤔 II
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 7 November 2022 10:29 (one year ago) link
Well google lens is certainly no help! Pretty thin selection of beer in this cafe. The balloons give me an Asian vibe but any script I can see looks Latin. The packets of stuff on the counter look a bit Italian.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 7 November 2022 11:26 (one year ago) link
The window appears to say gelado or perhaps helado - portuguese/spanish?
― ledge, Monday, 7 November 2022 11:36 (one year ago) link
the Pilsen beer brand is Paraguayan
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 11:40 (one year ago) link
Ulaanbaatar
The S to the right of the fridge is the logo of the cafe.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 11:45 (one year ago) link
(on the other hand it's also ripped off from the Sistema Espresso logo so this might be a dead end)
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 11:47 (one year ago) link
nope, it appears to be a Spanish (I think) brand of Italian coffee https://www.esecafe.com
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 12:00 (one year ago) link
Found an importer and seller in Paraguay, so more chance of that being there than the beer making it out. Plus I think the window says Helado Gratis and Paraguay has a free ice cream day.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:20 (one year ago) link
Amandau might be the ice cream chain based on orange
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:23 (one year ago) link
Paraguay has a free ice cream day
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:25 (one year ago) link
Amandau staff wear the exact same outfit (orange/brown) - however, there are many branches in Asunción alone
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:32 (one year ago) link
https://amandau.com.py/nuestros-locales
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 13:35 (one year ago) link
they had over 190 branches in the country in 2017 - this could potentially also be a copycat parlour, don’t see the Amandau logo anywhere - also would they even sell beer?
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
Lonely guy just thinking baout Paraguayan ice cream parlours
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 7 November 2022 14:05 (one year ago) link
gotta say i think going straight to google lens or whatever is a bit of a hack... i was only comfortable doing it when we had been stuck on that same mud flat pic for like two weeks
― micah, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 13:02 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/QdGB2zJ/Screenshot-2022-11-15-at-10-51-54.png
A second look
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:04 (one year ago) link
yes, it is Asunción, Paraguay:https://maps.app.goo.gl/Nzhk96DAqyE7g6kW9?g_st=ic
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:51 (one year ago) link
haven’t been able to pinpoint that specific ice cream parlour yet tho
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:55 (one year ago) link
there is an encampment for homeless people just a few steps away from that second view tho
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 10:59 (one year ago) link
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7E6zH6Ygik1m2LS89?g_st=ic
― ledge, Tuesday, 15 November 2022 11:41 (one year ago) link
I should make less use of ‘tho’ tho
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 15 November 2022 12:30 (one year ago) link
Asuncion it is
the first pic is immediately to the southeast (I always aim to get subsequent views pretty close to the first view)
https://www.google.com/maps/@-25.2822227,-57.6333351,3a,75y,245.12h,90t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipODGnLfyXEdVWrUGcOUhYcMaFSIqmrJohv7s-F7!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipODGnLfyXEdVWrUGcOUhYcMaFSIqmrJohv7s-F7%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya345.0709-ro-0-fo100!7i5472!8i2736
It was an Amandau outlet, but one that is now closed down. That wasn't intentional, I only realised when I forgot where it was and had to play my own city in order to find it again to find a nearby image for the second view
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 07:43 (one year ago) link
I was thinking not Asunción because it had been mentioned ITT already. (other cities in Paraguay are pretty odd it seems)
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 07:55 (one year ago) link
Asunción was a work in progress! I was basically waiting for the next view to get confirmation (although, granted, it could have potentially also been a different Paraguayan city)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 08:10 (one year ago) link
the first pic is immediately to the southeast (I always aim to get subsequent views pretty close to the first view
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 08:14 (one year ago) link
aware of the second clause, that is
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 08:15 (one year ago) link
It was an Amandau outlet, but one that is now closed down.
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 08:23 (one year ago) link
Partly I was away from my computer for most of last week, partly I'd forgotten where it actually was, and partly I wanted to give a chance for someone to find the view (even though I couldn't remember where it was myself)
It appears quite a few of the other cities in Paraguay are just extensions of Asuncion!
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 16 November 2022 08:46 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/R6tz5LG/Screenshot-2022-11-18-at-07-58-57.png
Friday time Streetview time
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 18 November 2022 07:09 (one year ago) link
Almost certainly Britain. Bottom half of the wall looks like Bath Stone or Cotswold Stone which doesn't make it far out of those areas.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 18 November 2022 08:44 (one year ago) link
Road marking are not typical for the uk though - or those sluice valve markers.
― ledge, Friday, 18 November 2022 09:08 (one year ago) link
sv means stop valve ime but yes it does indicate an english speaking country
― micah, Friday, 18 November 2022 11:19 (one year ago) link
can't be that many castles with trampolines
― koogs, Friday, 18 November 2022 22:21 (one year ago) link
oh, I thought that was netting for catching falling building chunks
― StanM, Friday, 18 November 2022 22:49 (one year ago) link
I think it's safe to say we haven't got a clue? :-)
― StanM, Monday, 21 November 2022 10:07 (one year ago) link
Help? :(
― StanM, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
Another clue please cherry blossom!
― kinder, Thursday, 1 December 2022 13:22 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Dtq85g4/top.jpg
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:23 (one year ago) link
Pembroke?
― They do the Shug a loo, do the Shy Tuna, do the Kemba Walker (fionnland), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 14:27 (one year ago) link
Here's a game for all you OSINT fans, in the photo below is a location you have to find I'll give you a hint it's in donbass and you have to come back with the exact location in the replies. This is a test to show how OSINT Geolocation works for people who might not understand. pic.twitter.com/urjIDlmUMT— COSSACKGUNDI (@cossackgundi) December 7, 2022
Aiden Aslin has posted one here as well if anyone wants a go at that too
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
first instinct is New Zealand. maybe on an estuary? no time to search right now tho
― or something, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 18:23 (one year ago) link
pittosporums (i think) & a tī kōuka/cabbage tree would suggest so... getting a south island vibe. is corrugated iron roofing even a thing outside the south pacific?
― no lime tangier, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 21:30 (one year ago) link
driving on the left side of the road
― StanM, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 21:35 (one year ago) link
So the road markings from the first picture are a clearway which is also a bike lane. Also applies to Australia.
As shown here:
http://www.drivingtests.co.nz/roadcode-questions/car/parking/a-broken-yellow-line-painted-close-to-th/
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 7 December 2022 22:45 (one year ago) link
an australian c2 line has evenly spaced breaks 3m on 3m off. at least in nsw. looks like nz.
― micah, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 23:33 (one year ago) link
The vehicle registration ticket in the bottom corner of the windscreen looks like New Zealand
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 23:38 (one year ago) link
Dunedin?
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 7 December 2022 23:45 (one year ago) link
Could be Lyttelton
― nate woolls, Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:09 (one year ago) link
So, Christchurch.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:10 (one year ago) link
I wasn't sure if it was Kandallah or Newlands looking across to East Harbour, so Wellington.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:11 (one year ago) link
Yeah I don't think it is Lyttelton/Banks Peninsula, it looks much too populated.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:14 (one year ago) link
dunedin fits the geography, i couldn't find the castle though
― ciderpress, Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:28 (one year ago) link
Also the neighbourhood watch signs on the pole look very New Zealand
― nate woolls, Thursday, 8 December 2022 00:35 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/J7p755X/Screenshot-2022-12-19-at-09-37-01.png
Three
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 19 December 2022 09:47 (one year ago) link
Fitzpatrick Bayhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/qQ5rGkTGqtYssKNx8
Finally dropped on the third one after checking every cove and beach in Auckland
― or something, Monday, 19 December 2022 21:28 (one year ago) link
2 Kauri Rdhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/SAKbYWZuZtba4he97
― or something, Monday, 19 December 2022 21:46 (one year ago) link
phew. well done!
― StanM, Monday, 19 December 2022 22:09 (one year ago) link
great stuff. but where is the castle?
― ledge, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 11:59 (one year ago) link
lymington castle:
https://goo.gl/maps/xVPHDAsVgVh7CUgy5
― ledge, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 12:15 (one year ago) link
built single-handedly over a 15 year period in the 50s and 60s!
― ledge, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 12:17 (one year ago) link
well done, I gave up on the castle
― or something, Tuesday, 20 December 2022 12:30 (one year ago) link
good work, was tough to find good views for that one, especially near the castle house itself
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 23 December 2022 08:24 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/J5370mb/Screenshot-2022-12-23-at-08-15-43.png
Christmas View
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 23 December 2022 08:25 (one year ago) link
what ARE we looking at here - artificial snow ski slope kind of thing?
― StanM, Friday, 23 December 2022 13:16 (one year ago) link
more like the stands of a stadium, no?
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Friday, 23 December 2022 13:28 (one year ago) link
I think the top of a ski slope looks right - the left hand side as we look at it has nothing behind it and the right hand side drops away
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 23 December 2022 16:24 (one year ago) link
Looks like a solar farm?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 23 December 2022 16:26 (one year ago) link
To me it’s a river above the seating of a sports ground, with a railway line between. Looks like Europe maybe?
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 23 December 2022 16:46 (one year ago) link
Solar farm is a good call
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Saturday, 24 December 2022 14:09 (one year ago) link
Yeah I don't think it can be a stadium, the shape is irregular and it's in a steep slopeThe rest of the terrain is pretty flat if you look at the horizon but that "railway" (that I took to be road at first) looks like a funicular ?
― Nabozo, Saturday, 24 December 2022 14:29 (one year ago) link
Only viewing on my phone and not able to have a better look but from memory the big cemetery in Stuttgart is on a hill and has a funicular running behind it.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Saturday, 24 December 2022 16:14 (one year ago) link
Not sure it's got any water that close to it though.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Saturday, 24 December 2022 16:15 (one year ago) link
i think most of the appearance of a slope and the funny shape of the stadium seating towards the lower right is due to lens distortion. look at the the funny shapes of the trees over there and the blurriness. its possible the image has been cropped toward the right side of the frame which can introduce an apparent tilt.
it also looks like a standard railway, regular sleepers etc and catenary type that is common in germany and france at least. there are no signs of it being a funicular and i wouldn't expect to see a river or lake at the top of a hill.
the biggest clue might be the colour of the stadium seats but idk. could also be an odd or horseshoe shaped stadium which might indicate a particular sport?
― micah, Saturday, 31 December 2022 10:34 (one year ago) link
i'm voting for stadium - curiously the colour pattern isn't completely random, each block has the same pattern.
― ledge, Tuesday, 3 January 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link
bump for new pic plz
― ledge, Friday, 6 January 2023 14:22 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/Jd7fxqH/Screenshot-2023-01-06-at-14-36-27.png
two
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 6 January 2023 14:43 (one year ago) link
it's very flat. looks like a suspension bridge in the middle but the towers are very close together.
― ledge, Friday, 6 January 2023 15:36 (one year ago) link
Aren't parts of Germany pretty flat?
― o. nate, Friday, 6 January 2023 22:09 (one year ago) link
Getting Germany vibes too
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 6 January 2023 23:16 (one year ago) link
germany, czechia, poland, hungary
― ciderpress, Saturday, 7 January 2023 00:23 (one year ago) link
the stadium chairs in the first pic do have the colours of the German flag, if that is something we should use as a clue...
― StanM, Saturday, 7 January 2023 00:27 (one year ago) link
There are an awful lot of green domed buildings in Germany - but I can't find this one.
Could this possibly be one of the lakes near Berlin?
― Zelda Zonk, Saturday, 7 January 2023 00:47 (one year ago) link
could be anywhere in Eastern Europe - even parts of Scandinavia maybe. Still no real ideas here :(
― StanM, Saturday, 7 January 2023 13:59 (one year ago) link
can we get a street view
― micah, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 04:48 (one year ago) link
That's certainly a very green city. What are those six white tower structures in the middle ?
― Nabozo, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 08:35 (one year ago) link
my searches for 'radio telescope' didn't turn up anything appropriate
― koogs, Wednesday, 11 January 2023 13:57 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/zrvvqQV/dogs.jpg
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Saturday, 21 January 2023 09:35 (one year ago) link
I googled German tram stop and it was very close, then Polish tram stop and they have this blue sign.
― Nabozo, Saturday, 21 January 2023 16:08 (one year ago) link
I googled foetus in heart and it found the right picture but it's a stock illustration.
― ledge, Saturday, 21 January 2023 16:42 (one year ago) link
probably just a matter of finding that "black with green stripe and station name" tram stop enclosure. ive checked a bunch of central/eastern europe cities but havent found it yet, theres too many with trams
― ciderpress, Saturday, 21 January 2023 18:01 (one year ago) link
actually this looks more like a wider gauge "light rail" than a "tram"
― ciderpress, Saturday, 21 January 2023 18:03 (one year ago) link
but maybe they're called the same thing in europe
we’re in Poznań!this is the second view:https://maps.app.goo.gl/w87BHENK876hxt3S6?g_st=icthe six white towers are part of a speedway stadium:https://maps.app.goo.gl/h14BkJvhtC7wHrbo7?g_st=ic
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Saturday, 21 January 2023 19:25 (one year ago) link
this is the first view, the stadium/sports ground right next to it:https://maps.app.goo.gl/6wGn66ETUpfhM4y2A?g_st=ic
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Saturday, 21 January 2023 19:27 (one year ago) link
that would be the speedway stadium, I guess - the first one is an athletics/track & field place
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Saturday, 21 January 2023 19:29 (one year ago) link
oh whoops lol must have checked every other major polish city besides that one
― ciderpress, Saturday, 21 January 2023 19:45 (one year ago) link
here’s the third view with the tram stop:https://maps.app.goo.gl/qcmHkHCDBqhs5juU6?g_st=ic
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Saturday, 21 January 2023 19:45 (one year ago) link
oh wait i see what happened, those tram enclosures are new and only in 2021 footage i was looking at 2019 footage
― ciderpress, Saturday, 21 January 2023 19:47 (one year ago) link
that pretty distinct looking white/mint green domed building in the second view is the Church of St. John Vianney:https://maps.app.goo.gl/xA6n8QAPuvUafENX7?g_st=ichttps://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_%C5%9Bw._Jana_Vianneya_w_Poznaniu
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Saturday, 21 January 2023 20:40 (one year ago) link
nice one! I was still in Germany :-(
― StanM, Saturday, 21 January 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
― ledge, Saturday, 21 January 2023 21:24 (one year ago) link
Glad that ones gone, found it difficult to pick a suitable streetview
The Golecin stadium has some interesting architecture
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Sunday, 22 January 2023 12:56 (one year ago) link
oh and of course, Lets all do the Poznan, na na na na
https://i.ibb.co/kgYGjy3/Screenshot-2023-01-26-at-04-57-18.png
Look, and then guess
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 26 January 2023 05:03 (one year ago) link
Not much to go on! Romanesque architecture by the looks of it, possibly a castle, but could be just about anywhere in Western or Middle Europe
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 26 January 2023 05:37 (one year ago) link
it's looking mildly shocked
― StanM, Thursday, 26 January 2023 06:16 (one year ago) link
Looks pretty old and tall and like a thick defense structure that was maybe converted in a residence. Given the color of the stone, I'd guess Southern part of Europe.
― Nabozo, Thursday, 26 January 2023 08:59 (one year ago) link
I would guess north italy
― nxd, Thursday, 26 January 2023 14:11 (one year ago) link
round arches = oldthick walls = oldbricks not irregularly shaped rocks = not as old+/- modern windows = still lived in?
― StanM, Thursday, 26 January 2023 16:53 (one year ago) link
possible that the wall was built earlier, and the gun ports were installed later in life before a final conversion to windows
― micah, Friday, 27 January 2023 03:34 (one year ago) link
possible that the wall was built earlier, and the gun ports were MS-DOS was installed later in life before a final conversion to windows
― assert (matttkkkk), Friday, 27 January 2023 06:49 (one year ago) link
with all the repairs, that wall could have been pirated in the past
― StanM, Friday, 27 January 2023 07:57 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/RT32vjJ/golf.jpg
Many people are saying the first view didn't have much to go on
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Saturday, 28 January 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
getting Eastern Europe vibes, but I don't know why exactly (could be the South of France just as easily)
― StanM, Sunday, 29 January 2023 08:20 (one year ago) link
Great t-shirt game from the dad there
― nxd, Sunday, 29 January 2023 16:47 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/kcKNVg6/aba.jpg
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Sunday, 19 February 2023 11:59 (one year ago) link
I guess the second pic may have had buildings that one could recognise if they already knew them but this is going back to "not a single thing to go on" territory I'm afraid :(
― StanM, Monday, 20 February 2023 10:08 (one year ago) link
How common are 5/6-lamp light poles? Also, the bus shelter on the left has an ad for something featuring a man, and on the right there is some kind of sign, if those particular graphics ring any bells.
― nickn, Monday, 20 February 2023 22:21 (one year ago) link
could the sign be a coat of arms? hard to be sure in this resolution.
btw, what do you mean by 5/6-lamp poles? am I missing something?
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Monday, 20 February 2023 22:35 (one year ago) link
The "spider"-looking light left of center, one post but 5 or 6 arms with lights on it.
― nickn, Monday, 20 February 2023 22:44 (one year ago) link
oh, you’re right - was focusing on the ones on either side of the picture. might be a lead.
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Monday, 20 February 2023 22:54 (one year ago) link
I'm pretty sure that's a sculpture in the middle of the roundabout but I've had no luck searching
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 00:04 (one year ago) link
I've been to Tallinn 3 times for work and I felt like this looked almost too Soviet to be Estonian but I think I found it, and I think it's Narva.
― I_Got_Loaded, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 01:07 (one year ago) link
https://goo.gl/maps/jXR3zpzB4GsKH8vF6
― I_Got_Loaded, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 01:08 (one year ago) link
very good!found the first view too, it’s the local fortress, Hermann Castle
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 06:04 (one year ago) link
― StanM, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 07:26 (one year ago) link
'twas a long walk along the river, but here's the second view
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 16:14 (one year ago) link
I had never heard of Narva before - I am not proud of this fact - but the Today Programme on Radio 4 had a feature from there this morning. IS that a weird coincidence or is Cherry Blossom making the news as well as the GTC thread?
― Tim, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 17:15 (one year ago) link
Good work, Narva it is!
Pretty desolate looking place, aside from the main tourist attraction of the castle. And Russia on the other side of the river
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 02:08 (one year ago) link
Narva feels like a city for cars, but without many cars
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 08:46 (one year ago) link
I’ve been there and it’s pretty bleak.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 09:48 (one year ago) link
Its majority Russian there, I believe? Does it feel distinct from rest of Estonia? I read that Daugavpils in Latvia is pretty integrated despite being majority Russian speaking, but not sure on Narva
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 10:20 (one year ago) link
Yeah, it’s almost entirely Russian-speaking, though signs, shop labelling, etc, legally have to be in Estonian. It feels very different culturally, architecturally and financially from Tallinn and Tartu.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 10:45 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/5F3P68J/aseda2.jpg
Guess Tne City
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 23 February 2023 11:41 (one year ago) link
I believe the parked car is a late-2000s Fiat Punto.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 23 February 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
https://media.tenor.com/LlBBzlkIQk4AAAAd/do-you-have-any-idea-how-little-that-narrows-it-down-that-narrows-it-down.gif
― ledge, Thursday, 23 February 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
that polygonal horse & rider logo on the van looks distinctive.
― ledge, Thursday, 23 February 2023 16:46 (one year ago) link
haha, ledge, yes, but that is my contribution
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 23 February 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
https://i.redd.it/c33b4kskznk61.png
― horizontal, Thursday, 23 February 2023 18:03 (one year ago) link
game changer. now do one for lamp posts
― koogs, Thursday, 23 February 2023 18:05 (one year ago) link
Similarly...
https://i.redd.it/0c3ez4qmvdf81.jpg
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 23 February 2023 18:26 (one year ago) link
https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DSC04000-768x512.jpg
^ Portugeuse post van
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 23 February 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
Here you go...
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1659918,-8.5812913,3a,75y,265.89h,84.61t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1scU7AckOKFcB7RlysHKi_Jw!2e0!5s20140601T000000!7i13312!8i6656
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 23 February 2023 18:43 (one year ago) link
Porto
incredible job
― ledge, Thursday, 23 February 2023 18:48 (one year ago) link
I literally was googling Porto earlier haha
Those sidewalks looked decisively Portuguese but not lime enough to be Lisbon
― pee change (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 23 February 2023 19:05 (one year ago) link
you don’t say!
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Thursday, 23 February 2023 19:14 (one year ago) link
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Thursday, 23 February 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
very impressive!
― StanM, Thursday, 23 February 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
That went quicker than expected! Good work on the postal van, but how did you get from there to finding the correct spot so quickly?
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
Thanks guys! Never in a million years did I think I would get one of these. Once I had the right country, it didn't take too long to scoot through high-level, split-lane motorways looking for an adjacent roundabout - I started off with less-obvious cities first in fact.
How does it work? Do I get to do one now?
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:09 (one year ago) link
Yes! (I think it works that anyone can do one as long as there's not one already in play)
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:13 (one year ago) link
Cool! OK, guess the city!
https://i.imgur.com/BnHK5eu.png
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link
buildings, foliage, road condition looks like eastern US or canada. dont see any SUVs/trucks though
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:37 (one year ago) link
#2 I know several people buried here (moving backward on the same road)
https://i.imgur.com/hGrVR9i.png
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:50 (one year ago) link
#3 Again, following the road backwards. That's all for today.
https://i.imgur.com/nmJvmYq.png
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link
oh huh that first one really faked me out lol
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 February 2023 20:54 (one year ago) link
you’re spoiling us !can anyway make out what it says on that snack bar on the right in the first picture? is it PARK or (much more intriguingly) PANN- ?
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Thursday, 23 February 2023 21:43 (one year ago) link
It's definitely Sweden, I think... too prominent a "-vägen" is visible on that sign. Looks like it could be Eriksvägen but there is no roadway by that name that resembles this neighbourhood
― pee change (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 23 February 2023 22:01 (one year ago) link
I gotta get back to work so I'm just going to guess Landskrona and hope I'm right
― pee change (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 23 February 2023 22:06 (one year ago) link
I also thought Sweden but god knows where
― kinder, Thursday, 23 February 2023 22:25 (one year ago) link
yeah i assumed denmark or sweden once i saw the signage though i couldnt read the actual text on the street sign. doesnt look like a major city to me with those road conditions unless its pretty far out of the city center
― ciderpress, Thursday, 23 February 2023 22:32 (one year ago) link
3 images!
I saw the first just before I went out and was thinking Northern Germany or Denmark, but I now concur on Sweden
I found something similar to the house on the left in the first photo but it didn't lead anywhere fruitful
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 24 February 2023 11:36 (one year ago) link
It's definitely PARK but I think it refers to the location and not the name. I think the name is the cursive on the far left of that strip and on the sandwich board with the milkshake on
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 24 February 2023 13:41 (one year ago) link
I think it might be Sundbyberg as there's a cemetery next to an Eriksvagen but can't find the other details.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 24 February 2023 13:52 (one year ago) link
Are we sure it says Eriksvagen?
It didnt say that at all for me until someone said it did
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 24 February 2023 14:02 (one year ago) link
to ne it looks like there’s some extra letters between the Erik(s) part and the vägen part (assuming these are correct)
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Friday, 24 February 2023 14:19 (one year ago) link
I'm on board with vägen for multiple reasons but I'm pretty wary about this Erik business
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 24 February 2023 14:24 (one year ago) link
I did immediately think Erik too, then a couple of letters and then maybe wegen or wingen?
― StanM, Friday, 24 February 2023 15:31 (one year ago) link
southern part of Sweden definitely
https://i.redd.it/d7awcyw4s6x71.jpg
― StanM, Friday, 24 February 2023 15:35 (one year ago) link
Pic 3 looks like a football ground next to an ice hockey rink
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 24 February 2023 15:44 (one year ago) link
I don't see football goals, only smaller hockey goals - so outside fake-grass hockey
― StanM, Friday, 24 February 2023 17:10 (one year ago) link
― kinder, Friday, 24 February 2023 18:09 (one year ago) link
yes, you literally proceed from Eriksvägen to Kyrkogårdsvägen (Churchyard Road) - I have been roaming these roads, but no luck here either
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Friday, 24 February 2023 18:20 (one year ago) link
ive been looking at cemeteries since that seems like the most specific of the 3 photos in that theres few per city, been hard to find one with a hill like that
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 February 2023 18:21 (one year ago) link
its definitely not Eriksvägen, it's something like Er_s_vägen and that first blank could be 2 letters
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 February 2023 18:29 (one year ago) link
i guess its not impossible for the first letter to be K and not E as well
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 February 2023 18:30 (one year ago) link
What it looks closest to is "Erik s:t vägen"
"s:t" being the Sverige abbreviation for "Sankt" (a.k.a. Saint)
I have found "S:t Erik Vägen" in other places in Sweden (and a few "Sankt Erik Vägen") but no incidence of "Erik S:t Vägen" or any reason why the placement of the honorific would be reversed like that, if it is in fact an "s:t" that I'm seeing
― pee change (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 24 February 2023 21:48 (one year ago) link
Bingo
https://goo.gl/maps/ddTtJZaqKrdZpUzJ7
― pee change (flamboyant goon tie included), Friday, 24 February 2023 22:05 (one year ago) link
Eriksövägen, Vaxholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
awesome work
― nxd, Friday, 24 February 2023 22:10 (one year ago) link
great job! and that letter in between was the key: the secret too
first view. it says "PARKGRILLEN" on the snack bar.
second view, the cemetery.
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Friday, 24 February 2023 22:40 (one year ago) link
important detail:
For historical reasons it has always been referred to as a city, despite the small number of inhabitants, which as of 2010 total was 4,857.
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Friday, 24 February 2023 22:43 (one year ago) link
Great work - well done!
I took great care with the visible text in the first image, and then I could have kicked myself when I realised I left that street sign in at the edge of picture #3. But at least it caused a bit of confusion.
I have walked down the road in these pictures many times. I realise it looks a bit grim from these views, but if you go on past Parkgrillen, you reach the bustling harbour town, the first and biggest stop in the archipelago for all the boats from Stockholm. There is a large fortress, many shops and cafes, a beach, loads of tourists. Vaxholm does feel very much like a town rather than a city, but as breastcrawl just pointed out, it clings to its tenuous city designation, hence qualifying for the competition.
― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 24 February 2023 22:58 (one year ago) link
That was a good one, and I was pretty wide of the mark, I'd found a few false trails in Gothenburg and was too reluctant to let it go and focus elsewhere
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Saturday, 25 February 2023 02:53 (one year ago) link
thanks for putting me out of my misery fgti! Google kept trying to send me to thrift stores called Erikshjälpen.
― kinder, Saturday, 25 February 2023 13:20 (one year ago) link
I was in Stockholm last fall, and almost took the boat to Vaxholm for the day. Maybe if I'd gone, I'd have recognized it.
― o. nate, Saturday, 25 February 2023 20:48 (one year ago) link
Stockholm was my last trip abroad.... many years ago. just renewed my passport, can't wait to go somewhere.
― kinder, Sunday, 26 February 2023 11:10 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/FhtNRLD/Screenshot-2023-03-01-at-19-39-17.png
The heavens dictate
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 1 March 2023 19:51 (one year ago) link
If the white circular thing is a thermometer (which it might not be) then it's in fahrenheit which would mean we're in the US. The filter coffee, the bible quote on the screen and the look of the family in the photos would appear to confirm this.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 21:57 (one year ago) link
That looks like a Mr Coffee coffeemaker too. And I have a cheap wine carafe just like that one, Gallo, I think.
― nickn, Wednesday, 1 March 2023 23:07 (one year ago) link
It looks like that in the photo, but it's really "the heavens declare". The same image can be found in a few places, including on this page: https://deebrestin.com/2014/05/the-lords-two-great-books-psalm-19/. Running an image search off that one hasn't taken me anywhere particularly useful though.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 2 March 2023 13:29 (one year ago) link
Seems like the best lead would be to try to identify that logo on the top of the letterhead and on the business card. Very blurry though.
― o. nate, Thursday, 2 March 2023 16:49 (one year ago) link
The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament shows his handiwork.
The thermometer is in Farenheit and it's a pretty mild day, around 70 degrees.
Looks like some decent forest cover in the window reflection.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 2 March 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
if we only knew where cherry blossom resides…
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Thursday, 2 March 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
I guess the thermometer shows the temperature inside?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 2 March 2023 17:36 (one year ago) link
the reflection outside the window could be anywhere green that has tower blocks but the cubicle setup alone made me think USA too tbh
― StanM, Thursday, 2 March 2023 20:14 (one year ago) link
otoh, IS this a cubicle? do they generally/ever have those wide windows (are they windows?)
― StanM, Thursday, 2 March 2023 20:17 (one year ago) link
I think it's a mirror?
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 2 March 2023 20:19 (one year ago) link
I think it's "The Heavens Declare The G(lory of God)", not dictate. Psalm 19
There appears to be a body of water in the reflection behind the photographer, and the light in the photos (and the manner of dress) looks decisively Carolinian, Georgian, Floridian
― lurching toward (flamboyant goon tie included), Thursday, 2 March 2023 22:43 (one year ago) link
Oh, didn't realise Eyeball Kicks had already made that conclusion regarding Psalm 19, my apologies
a round mirror on the right too?
― StanM, Friday, 3 March 2023 00:30 (one year ago) link
I'm intrigued by the flip phone - who still has those? Google tells me they're still commonly used in Japan, but this obviously isn't Japan. I wonder if there are any regions in the US where they're more common?
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 3 March 2023 00:49 (one year ago) link
My guess is a small city somewhere in the Bible Belt. I'm guessing screensaver Bible quotes aren't so common on the East/West Coasts, and the family pics that suggest a warm climate
― Zelda Zonk, Friday, 3 March 2023 00:56 (one year ago) link
just to the right of the big vertical tear (where the panoramic thing did its job) at the bottom, there's like a rectangular semi transparant thing with a black flap/cover - what IS that? A tablet case without the tablet? Or something related to this person's job that I just don't recognize?
― StanM, Friday, 3 March 2023 09:03 (one year ago) link
oh - maybe it's the case for the tablet that's being used to make this picture, nevermind
― StanM, Friday, 3 March 2023 09:07 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/vLjBcf7/asda2.jpg
The heavens upload
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Sunday, 5 March 2023 16:00 (one year ago) link
Looking wintry and not so bible belt. Olde Worlde street lamps are quite distinctive, could be a clue. Grass is not very green, so somewhere that doesn't necessarily get a lot of rain. Another clue might be the strange way the double yellow lines start in one end in one line and start in another, that doesn't seem very typical
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 5 March 2023 22:17 (one year ago) link
looks like the us plains to me, somewhere churchy.
― ꙮ (map), Sunday, 5 March 2023 22:37 (one year ago) link
Have gone a street lamp rabbit hole and learned that the type featured here is known as a teardrop street lamp. But I can't find an exact match for it. Buildings all look administrative rather than commercial.
― Zelda Zonk, Sunday, 5 March 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
The double yellow looks like it's for a left turn lane (people driving right to left can only enter the lane when it goes single line, and likewise for people driving left to right). So maybe a short block but not unusual.
Looks too cold to be US South/Southwest (I think the grass is dead because it's winter, not low rainfall), and the main building in view looks more like a gov't or college facility than a business.
― nickn, Monday, 6 March 2023 01:24 (one year ago) link
Looks like the Court of Appeals in Atlanta.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Monday, 6 March 2023 13:26 (one year ago) link
federal government vibes from the building
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 6 March 2023 20:46 (one year ago) link
yep. i don't think it's atlanta either
― a (waterface), Monday, 6 March 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link
These look like the right lampposts--Grand Rapids MI, but the one federal building there, the Gerald Ford Courthouse, doesn't look right
https://goo.gl/maps/bNPcB3UHdX5PXBxe6
― a (waterface), Monday, 6 March 2023 21:33 (one year ago) link
Lampposts are different, though stylistically in the same ballpark.
― nickn, Monday, 6 March 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link
Columbus Ohio has streetlights like that, but - this one also has a light on the sidewalk side, and what looks like two cameras?
― Look closely, that is all. (doo dah), Monday, 6 March 2023 23:00 (one year ago) link
Yes, I couldn't find any pics of streetlights like that with a light on the sidewalk side as well. If we can find that, we may be on to something.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 00:52 (one year ago) link
Jefferson County Revenue Department in Birmingham, AL! The mulch landscaping looked like pine straw, which is common in the southeast U.S. I tried Atlanta and a few other places before spotting that skyscraper in Birmingham.
― secret ride, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 02:44 (one year ago) link
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 02:48 (one year ago) link
https://randrealty.com/files/2017/08/Nyack-Still-015.jpg
― treeship., Tuesday, 7 March 2023 03:14 (one year ago) link
I was telling myself that could be somewhere on the Hudson, and then I saw where the picture is hosted.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 03:40 (one year ago) link
are we supposed to disguise the url?
― treeship., Tuesday, 7 March 2023 03:45 (one year ago) link
Also, I'd check nothing obvious comes up on Google Lens
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 03:50 (one year ago) link
Jefferson County Revenue Department in Birmingham, AL it is!
I was going to do a photo of the desk pointing the other way but it wasn't different enough from the first one. With pics like that I always wonder will someone see something I didn't even notice (afterwards I did wonder if the big A for Alabama on the right of the pic might lead someone there)
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 04:44 (one year ago) link
nice one! saw that A but didn't think it was a clue (you can put anything on a license plate)
― StanM, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 06:46 (one year ago) link
Everything is a clue!
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 07:34 (one year ago) link
Even the things that aren't clues are clues, especially those
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 07:35 (one year ago) link
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 08:28 (one year ago) link
and, for good measure
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 08:59 (one year ago) link
The heavens locate
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 09:01 (one year ago) link
He certainly likes his dogs!
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 09:16 (one year ago) link
he sure does. his home location: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZQcrZx5ZGg
(you can even find the man himself there, if you're so inclined)
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 10:09 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/tLwGq4v/Screenshot-2023-03-07-at-10-23-53.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 10:25 (one year ago) link
Brasher's Chapel ChurchChurch a week agoNot worth my time. The wolves and Jezebels are causing problems in the church, and the leadership is too weak to stop it. If you like to be talked about negatively and lies spread about you then this is the place you, else stay away. -10!!!
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 10:26 (one year ago) link
lol I was about to post a Guess The Church for it, but here it is for free
...although I thought it was this similarly-named one at first
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 10:49 (one year ago) link
meanwhile, we have treeship’s city to guess
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:03 (one year ago) link
yeah I'm afraid I saw the URL on my phone when not on wifi - but go ahead
― StanM, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:17 (one year ago) link
Yeah I can't partake either as I as saw the URL first too
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:45 (one year ago) link
Its also a pretty obvious one even without the URL!
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
Hmm maybe I shouldn't say that, everything is obvious after the fact, can't really say without unseeing
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:49 (one year ago) link
I have no idea tbh, which would be explainable if it is indeed a North American town (sorry, city) as was suggested above. hope someone else who hasn’t seen the url can get this one moving
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 22:35 (one year ago) link
It looks very familiar to me. Which means it is one place, or it is unfamiliar.
― horizontal, Thursday, 9 March 2023 01:07 (one year ago) link
OK - not sure where that picture is taken from, but the way I know it is from seeing it on the North Side of the Tappan Zee driving over into the dirty Jerz.
― horizontal, Thursday, 9 March 2023 01:10 (one year ago) link
a drone somewhere above memorial park playground I guess, but I can't find the exact link on google maps either
― StanM, Thursday, 9 March 2023 07:02 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/pKCQL4s/Screenshot-2023-03-09-at-07-53-03.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 9 March 2023 07:55 (one year ago) link
nice! not google earth or streetview then?
― StanM, Thursday, 9 March 2023 08:21 (one year ago) link
so, for all of us who are not from New York, I’m assuming you’re talking about Nyack, a place I’ve never heard of.this is the only Niack I know and love
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Thursday, 9 March 2023 09:55 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/WFCv2KP/Screenshot-2023-03-09-at-10-02-37.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 9 March 2023 10:03 (one year ago) link
The Nyack ...and How To Get It
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Thursday, 9 March 2023 18:26 (one year ago) link
I wanna be a part of it... Nyack Nyack
― StanM, Thursday, 9 March 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/SwFZTQJ/Screenshot-2023-03-15-at-15-28-15.png
Look around
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:48 (one year ago) link
chatgpt: The word "yield" is commonly painted on roads in several countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
is it fuck
― ledge, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 15:54 (one year ago) link
western US i guess? never seen those black and white chevrons before but we're driving on the right and there's a US-style street sign in the back there
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:18 (one year ago) link
i've found one american roundabout with similar chevrons.
― ledge, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:20 (one year ago) link
that house is pretty anomalous if this is the western us. also the flora doesn't look right. i think it's aus or nz.
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:25 (one year ago) link
except they all drive on the left *shrug*
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:26 (one year ago) link
those roundabout chevrons in the western us are usually yellow iirc. canada?
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:28 (one year ago) link
i found black and white ones in arizona though not the same exact make
looks like a dry region which is why i said western, dunno if anywhere in canada looks like that foliage wise. maybe i'm being duped
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:32 (one year ago) link
state that has white license plate and requires front license plate. california fits both
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 16:42 (one year ago) link
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.5160988,-121.5498862,3a,75y,65.48h,89.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8jOcimrNWUOQjRLiTYs0BA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
― micah, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 17:10 (one year ago) link
― StanM, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
Maybe thinking about Oroville with all the rain we're getting?
― nickn, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 17:38 (one year ago) link
how did you get it?
― ledge, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 19:36 (one year ago) link
brute force https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer%3Fmid%3D1RdhQ0lK4WYMdMQZH5-6ya_tEE9I%26hl%3Den%26ll%3D0%252C0%26z%3D5&ved=2ahUKEwjp3syF3t79AhW9SWwGHcPKCDMQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3j4axfjI1XufuMZp9_TznG
― micah, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link
holy crap - hats off to you!
― StanM, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 20:20 (one year ago) link
Impressive.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 22:26 (one year ago) link
So there are about as many roundabouts in the entirety of California as in the average UK town?
― or something, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 22:50 (one year ago) link
They are not at all common ime, either in California or in most other states.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 22:54 (one year ago) link
keep your eye on the abandoned green and white building and go round the roundabout - instant time travel!
― ledge, Thursday, 16 March 2023 09:59 (one year ago) link
instant time travel!
I wish I could find it again but there's an amazing time travel sequence from 2009 onwards where there is a row of derelict houses, that then get knocked down, becomes a building site, is replaced with a new row of houses, and finally at least one of the houses starts to become derelict again
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 16 March 2023 10:55 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/d0qkL0P/eee.jpg
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 17:14 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/wJ49QkC/eef.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 17:18 (one year ago) link
a town called Groundhog?
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 22 March 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
italia?
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 18:15 (one year ago) link
Not a lot to go there but it looks kind of dry and Mediterranean. Maybe southern Italy or southern Spain.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 23 March 2023 08:43 (one year ago) link
Would love a close-up of that crushed red can/cup but otherwise not much to go on.
The chevrons fit Italy/Spain.
Trying to work out what the tall structures on the right are.
― Eyeball Kicks, Thursday, 23 March 2023 10:07 (one year ago) link
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 23 March 2023 10:40 (one year ago) link
Trees look as though they might be olive trees. Assuming the elevated thoroughfare is a train line, I'm wondering why it has to be elevated in what looks like a flat terrain. In any case an expensive piece of infrastructure so I'm guessing we're looking at a relatively poor region but in a relatively rich country, so still checking out for southern Italy or Spain
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 23 March 2023 10:56 (one year ago) link
turkish chevrons are red and white
could be italy, greece, or spain
looks like a recently built rail viaduct. probably unelectrified and single track. cant be too many of those
― micah, Sunday, 26 March 2023 12:03 (one year ago) link
squinting at the grafitti but other than 5 FMT (maybe) and some weird symbols I don't recognize at all... nothing
― StanM, Monday, 27 March 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/0sjxP5C/abc.png
Wednesday II
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 3 April 2023 18:25 (one year ago) link
italian tow-away sign
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 3 April 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
i'm guessing it's northern italy based on the evergreens?
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 3 April 2023 18:39 (one year ago) link
maybe not tho idk
― ꙮ (map), Monday, 3 April 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link
Yes looking a lot less southern in this pic. It looks like a new-build train station somewhere rural, presumably just outside a city. I don't know about Italy, but in France, the newer TGV lines often have their stations somewhere rural, a short drive from the town/city it's associated with. Maybe Italy has something similar so we'd be looking at a relatively recently built high-speed rail station.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 00:28 (one year ago) link
I may be wrong but the structure on the right (second pic) looks like a passageway for people and bikes to jump over a main road or highway, with the separators in the middle. Autostrada signs are green in Italy though.Climate looks too dry for Northern Italy on first pic (olive trees and cacti, dry river). Pretty derelict infrastructure too.
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 07:10 (one year ago) link
Doesn't southern Spain have a lot of those unfinished type "oops, we went bankrupt before we could finish building your holiday villa" type regions?
― StanM, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 12:48 (one year ago) link
Oh man, I have BEEN in the roundabout in Oroville— I lived in Chico for a while, I immediately recognized it.
― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table), Thursday, 6 April 2023 21:40 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/njL9SQd/as3.jpg
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 14 April 2023 06:48 (one year ago) link
I still don't know what I'm looking at here I'm afraid - a raised railway viaduct over maybe flood plains? (but the houses and this road are on this level too) & the Harm Chef graffiti doesn't ring a bell either :(
― StanM, Friday, 14 April 2023 16:11 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/LZSCWmG/halo.jpg
IV
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 24 April 2023 12:57 (one year ago) link
Looks like a stadium in the distance from the view under the bridge (white curved spires). Photo above possibly at same stadium.
― nashwan, Monday, 24 April 2023 14:33 (one year ago) link
We're in Bari
― nashwan, Monday, 24 April 2023 18:07 (one year ago) link
Streetview of III
That tow sign really helped here - I initially thought Zaragoza or similar but watching too much GeoWizard has got me inspecting motorway furniture and whatnot these days and that seemed to indicate Italy also. Had to check various stadio and it's not such an obvious one as the club's no Serie A mainstay.
― nashwan, Monday, 24 April 2023 18:15 (one year ago) link
Take II
― nashwan, Monday, 24 April 2023 18:16 (one year ago) link
I kept looking at Bari but obviously not hard enough. Well done!
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 09:29 (eleven months ago) link
Looks like a stadium in the distance from the view under the bridge
The stadium was in all four pics!
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 26 April 2023 06:48 (eleven months ago) link
kick ass! I was still clueless
― StanM, Wednesday, 26 April 2023 09:33 (eleven months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/XWGFKGZ/abcde.jpg
Around the way
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 11:35 (nine months ago) link
Germany somewhere?
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 14:04 (nine months ago) link
without googling street signs it looks a little like zagreb or belgrade
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 15:40 (nine months ago) link
photo looks too recent to be germany
― micah, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 16:12 (nine months ago) link
xp also italy but those apartment blocks look post-soviet to me? scrub and trees in the far left bg feel north mediterranean. but also far enough south for non-sloped roofs.
― ꙮ (map), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 16:13 (nine months ago) link
the chevrons are wrong for italy as well
― micah, Thursday, 20 July 2023 02:42 (nine months ago) link
I think the hills in the background look a bit too dry and scrubby to be Germany. I'm wondering about the south of France? Several towns in that region have tram/light rail networks, and I think that's a tram station to the left of the roundabout. France also has red chevron signs. The apartment blocks do look a bit Soviet, but I've seen similar in Marseille.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 20 July 2023 03:18 (nine months ago) link
Peugeot and a Citröen in the traffic, the sign at the left says something like "emergence" if I squint.
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 20 July 2023 03:49 (nine months ago) link
Yep I thought I made out a "ce" ending there as well which is obviously common in French.
― Zelda Zonk, Thursday, 20 July 2023 03:54 (nine months ago) link
I tried a free online ai ocr site for the text on the left:
DUGULONICE REVOCty
― a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Thursday, 20 July 2023 08:46 (nine months ago) link
> photo looks too recent to be germany
did germany disappear?
― koogs, Thursday, 20 July 2023 10:26 (nine months ago) link
yes it disappeared from street view. there is not much coverage of germany and what does exist dates from 2011 or earlier.
― micah, Thursday, 20 July 2023 12:35 (nine months ago) link
french roundabouts seem to have white arrows on a round blue sign instead of chevrons
― micah, Thursday, 20 July 2023 13:49 (nine months ago) link
croatia definitely has (some) trams and red arrows on their roundabouts.
― a holistic digital egosystem (ledge), Thursday, 20 July 2023 15:02 (nine months ago) link
I want to say Poland because that roundabout's construction is similar to this one that got memed when a car flew over it, but drawing blanks rn.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 20 July 2023 23:09 (nine months ago) link
good pick up
― micah, Thursday, 20 July 2023 23:58 (nine months ago) link
also what the car had
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 21 July 2023 00:00 (nine months ago) link
― micah, Friday, 21 July 2023 01:01 (nine months ago) link
i want to drive round and round that thing for hours while Daft Punk 'Around the World' plays on repeat
― all this time I thought you were British (Deflatormouse), Friday, 21 July 2023 15:06 (nine months ago) link
or minutes, at the very least.
― all this time I thought you were British (Deflatormouse), Friday, 21 July 2023 15:09 (nine months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/59hWbHW/ggg.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 1 August 2023 13:06 (eight months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/w4WMVN3/Screenshot-2023-08-14-at-16-14-02.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 07:24 (eight months ago) link
Second pic looks very distinctive - unusual hill, parallel roads with a tram track in the middle, maybe railway sidings off to the side and a power plant in the distance? I'm not about to trawl over all of europe or even croatia (my personal guess) for it.
― crutch of england (ledge), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 07:41 (eight months ago) link
so II is a view of the roundabout in I, and maybe III is on the roof of II?
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 15 August 2023 07:50 (eight months ago) link
I found my people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diQb5wMbAOo
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 16 October 2023 08:15 (six months ago) link
No GeoWizard, no credibility.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Monday, 16 October 2023 09:21 (six months ago) link
https://wheretaken.teuteuf.fr/
― nxd, Tuesday, 14 November 2023 18:37 (five months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/TkrswjP/Screenshot-2024-01-11-at-18-32-40.png
2024
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Thursday, 11 January 2024 20:48 (three months ago) link
I love that this thread still moves at the same pace as chess by post.
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:26 (three months ago) link
Post between nebulae.
Yellow plant bottom right is I think Herb Bennett which makes it NA or Europe.
Tattoo seems to read "I love my Momy". Can't find a reference to an area which uses that as a common term so is it maybe a reference to the French Pyrenean town?
Just so there's a guess out there I'm going to say the biggest city closest to Momy which is Bayonne.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:31 (three months ago) link
Silver birch top left of the stairs which I think rules out the Americas
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Thursday, 11 January 2024 21:38 (three months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/VMTWBYm/Screenshot-2024-01-12-at-09-13-24.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Friday, 12 January 2024 09:18 (three months ago) link
Is that a water tower ?The church at the back looks reasonably old, the climate green and a little dryGirl looks possibly Eastern European and the necklace not cheap, but that's a wild guessOn the first pic, is that ice tea (Nestea) he's drinking ? The trees look characteristic but I suck at trees
― Nabozo, Friday, 12 January 2024 10:08 (three months ago) link
I thought it was ice tea but the bottle is the wrong shape for a big brand and the blue label/green cap feels very odd
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 12 January 2024 13:28 (three months ago) link
On a second look it seems the same shape as a Nestea bottle but not in the label branding they've had since relaunch in 2018.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 12 January 2024 13:44 (three months ago) link
Agree it's not carbonated because of the cap shape but there seems to be a thin layer of foam on top.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Friday, 12 January 2024 13:45 (three months ago) link
Guess the -city- drink
― Pat Methamphetamine Trio (is this anything?) (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 January 2024 13:58 (three months ago) link
I’m going to say South America
― Pat Methamphetamine Trio (is this anything?) (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 January 2024 13:59 (three months ago) link
Absolute eastern euro plains vibes but my dude is making such an effort to rep 90s skate brands (DC shoes hat, vans old skools) in 2024 I could be wrong.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 January 2024 14:09 (three months ago) link
I’d guess the last word of the tattoo is ‘маму’ (mom), so a mixture of English and Russian. On a similar note, I’m pretty sure it is a Nestea bottle but the liquid is too dark, so possibly homemade kvass in a reused bottle.
I could see it being somewhere like Daugavpils.
― ShariVari, Friday, 12 January 2024 20:24 (three months ago) link
it kind of looks like my memory of Daugavpils, but I was only there for a day or so almost 20 years ago so my memory might be serving poorly
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Saturday, 13 January 2024 17:23 (three months ago) link
https://finisterre.surge.sh/t3/683.png
searching for third gear
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 15 January 2024 07:27 (three months ago) link
For some reason these all feel like Belarus to me.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 15 January 2024 08:12 (three months ago) link
The car was definitely designed by Elon Musk and goes well with ornamental pan with plastic bottles. Is that a Saab 900 ?Looks like Cyrillic script on the yellow sign but I can't decipher the lettersI was thinking Estonia on first pic, but Latvia would fit these communist bricks even better
― Nabozo, Monday, 15 January 2024 08:17 (three months ago) link
Are those yellow pipes for gas ?
― Nabozo, Monday, 15 January 2024 08:24 (three months ago) link
That's a Lada 110
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 15 January 2024 15:58 (three months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/rsHx01x/t2.jpg
Time for lunch
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 5 February 2024 15:15 (two months ago) link
Wondering why a works canteen would be a clue and given all the rest seems to point to Ukraine, and the canteen looks vaguely like I remember it, fuck it I'm going to say Chornobyl.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 5 February 2024 15:34 (two months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/7N5XZwv/t1.jpg
something else
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 5 February 2024 15:52 (two months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/bFJrgw2/Screenshot-2024-02-05-at-17-01-16.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 5 February 2024 16:23 (two months ago) link
Gave in and lensed the shop before you posted that, which I confirmed with picture 2. I'd never have got it.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 5 February 2024 16:27 (two months ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/MGm19yz/Screenshot-2024-03-17-at-19-48-13.png
baby
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Sunday, 17 March 2024 18:51 (one month ago) link
Lille, France - I've seen that metal thing on the left myself :-)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BD1m3HG6uAUxJQo37
― StanM, Sunday, 17 March 2024 19:32 (one month ago) link
( still don't know what it's supposed to be though, it's in a park with other art called "Garden of the Giants" )
― StanM, Sunday, 17 March 2024 19:34 (one month ago) link
and the dinosaur has been filled in in the meantime, apparently: https://maps.app.goo.gl/zo8RskseWQv5LGZR9
― StanM, Sunday, 17 March 2024 19:37 (one month ago) link
(nevermind, the original dinosaur is more to the right)
― StanM, Sunday, 17 March 2024 19:38 (one month ago) link
Good one! Increasingly difficult to find suitable images that aren't going to be given up by image search straightaway
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 06:41 (one month ago) link
yeah I maybe shouldn't have replied, because I've seen that thing IRL :-(
― StanM, Monday, 18 March 2024 06:42 (one month ago) link
I disagree, real life knowledge should be used
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 08:45 (one month ago) link
Doesn't seem like the one with the roundabout tram wires, or the one with the couple on the steps, were ever got? unless they were the same place and the same as the canteen and wooden shop, which aldo got but didn't reveal?
― gene besserit (ledge), Monday, 18 March 2024 09:00 (one month ago) link
is roundabout with tall building? Thats definitely still unguessed
I can't remember couple on steps will have to check later
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 09:16 (one month ago) link
As I said, I lensed it and it gave me the coffee shop which is in Torzhok in Tver Oblast. Found the other structures there to confirm.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 18 March 2024 14:48 (one month ago) link
I had never even heard of it, and it seems pretty small for a city, hence me saying I would never have got it otherwise.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Monday, 18 March 2024 14:49 (one month ago) link
I had never heard of it either, it started when I saw a photo of this cat
https://i.ibb.co/thnFKhs/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-17-17-54.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:36 (one month ago) link
Interesting ShariVari was initially thinking Daugavpils, I thought maybe Smolensk or somewhere in that general region
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:47 (one month ago) link
After checking the Tver oblast, came across this Torzhok place, that looks like a film set and at one stage looked like it was going to be a UNESCO world heritage site
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:50 (one month ago) link
and there he was, the very same cat, in a streetview
https://i.ibb.co/hd82XxV/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-17-45-36.png
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:52 (one month ago) link
I turned the above streetview around, and they they were, the couple on the stairs
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 16:55 (one month ago) link
Here they are again in some kind of resort area in the reverse streetview of the Lada 110 shown above, which they seem circumspect about
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 17:01 (one month ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/sbd6jBb/Screenshot-2024-03-18-at-17-57-46.png
Then there was a photo of their dinner
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Monday, 18 March 2024 17:02 (one month ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/g4pJhyn/Screenshot-2024-03-20-at-07-35-12.png
Spring is in the air
― Tow Law City (cherry blossom), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 08:09 (one month ago) link
The roofs and chimneys look UK to me, and there's a BeeSafe security company with that logo in the UK. My guess is a northern or a Midlands town.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 08:32 (one month ago) link
I'm confused, is this the same place as the photos of the couple?
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 09:01 (one month ago) link
Definitely not.
Agree it's Britain, not sure Ive seen that form of cigarette bin anywhere else either.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 09:06 (one month ago) link
Beesafe cover Grimsby/Hull/Bridlington type areas so quite narrow.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 09:12 (one month ago) link
another clue?
― kinder, Tuesday, 9 April 2024 18:11 (two weeks ago) link
https://whentaken.com/
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 11 April 2024 12:47 (one week ago) link
nice. You were SPOT ON WITH THE YEAR and 152 km away <<< my best from one play
― ledge, Thursday, 11 April 2024 13:10 (one week ago) link