... 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link
Protected bike lane makes me think Denmark.
― o. nate, Monday, 7 June 2021 16:39 (three years ago) link
are roads that badly-maintained in Denmark?
― A viking of frowns, (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 7 June 2021 16:42 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link
https://i.postimg.cc/TPNZkfbx/tb3.jpg
Weekend City II
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 07:44 (three 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 (three years ago) link
that rail on the nearest roof - to keep snow from falling off?
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 13:40 (three 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 (three years ago) link
artwork?
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:36 (three years ago) link
on the first picture too (different views of the same neighborhood probably)
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 15:37 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link
xp - I see others were on the same track.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:44 (three 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 (three years ago) link
chapeau!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 16:56 (three 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 (three years ago) link
🧱
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:25 (three 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 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2dImprgiB8
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:33 (three 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 (three years ago) link
o.wow @ o.nate - well done on the Strasbourg!
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 17:35 (three 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 (three years ago) link
wall & plaNts
🎉 on the Strasbourg, impressed!
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:14 (three years ago) link
Yellow lines suggest UK, though it could be a replica in Huizhou
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:20 (three years ago) link
Looks like a rail bridge on the left
― cherry blossom, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:27 (three 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 (three years ago) link
Liverpool?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Wednesday, 9 June 2021 18:39 (three years ago) link
I can confirm that walls seem to be present in Liverpool
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:23 (three years ago) link
the "it's grim up North" vibe does resonate though, I don't disagree
― StanM, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 19:27 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three 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 (three years ago) link