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does not feel like Czech Republic at all to me

A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 6 June 2021 21:35 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

... 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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

Protected bike lane makes me think Denmark.

o. nate, Monday, 7 June 2021 16:39 (five years ago)

are roads that badly-maintained in Denmark?

A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 7 June 2021 16:42 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

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 (five years ago)

Link is still there for me - though there were internet problems yesterday I think?

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 07:43 (four years ago)

https://i.postimg.cc/TPNZkfbx/tb3.jpg

Weekend City II

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 07:44 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

that rail on the nearest roof - to keep snow from falling off?

StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 13:40 (four years ago)

What are those weird-looking trees in the courtyard at the far right of the picture?

Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:34 (four years ago)

artwork?

StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:36 (four years ago)

on the first picture too (different views of the same neighborhood probably)

StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:37 (four years ago)

I've seen real trees that look like that right after they've been severely pruned.

nickn, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:05 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

xp - I see others were on the same track.

o. nate, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:44 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

chapeau!

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:56 (four years ago)

Wednesday wall

https://i.imgur.com/1T8Jaw3.png

A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:11 (four years ago)

🧱

Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:25 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2dImprgiB8

Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:33 (four years ago)

Can confirm that it's not in Nottingham

A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:34 (four years ago)

o.wow @ o.nate - well done on the Strasbourg!

StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:35 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

wall & plaNts

StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:48 (four years ago)

🎉 on the Strasbourg, impressed!

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:14 (four years ago)

Yellow lines suggest UK, though it could be a replica in Huizhou

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:20 (four years ago)

Looks like a rail bridge on the left

cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:27 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

Liverpool?

ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:39 (four years ago)

I can confirm that walls seem to be present in Liverpool

StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:23 (four years ago)

the "it's grim up North" vibe does resonate though, I don't disagree

StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:27 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

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 (four years ago)

I was thinking about it too, and that was the only reason I could summon

heyy nineteen, that's john belushi (the table is the table), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 21:51 (four years ago)


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