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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

Belfast?

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 Lafaurie
https://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://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


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