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
wow!
― 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
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.
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
xp
― 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
Good work!
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