(International) Guess the Location (see rules post 1)

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-12-2015 12:30PM

josip wrote: »

I'm not sure if Dildo has been confirmed as the correct name, but it doesn't look like Dildo Newfoundland.
Google doesn't know about any other Dildo places

I didn't think Dildo was an actual place. Just to confirm. ... it's not Dildo.

jmayo · 15-12-2015 03:48PM

Finnmark, Norway

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 15-12-2015 03:59PM

jmayo wrote: »

Finnmark, Norway

I'll accept that.

It's the entrance to the Vardøhus Fortress in Vardø, Finnmark, Norway. It's history dates way back to the 1200's. Not entirely sure what the things on the gate are but I'm pretty sure they're not dildos.

jmayo · 15-12-2015 04:48PM

The grass roofed house has definitely a Northern Norway or Faroes feel to it.
Added to that the Norwegians love some old American muscle cars/trucks.

Anyway here goes....

GBX · 15-12-2015 04:49PM

Looks like the North Pole! Has to be with that much snow!

Just kidding. Image aint loading?

jmayo · 15-12-2015 04:51PM

GBX wrote: »

Looks like the North Pole! Has to be with that much snow!

Just kidding. Image aint loading?

Hold yer horses for fecks sake.

Chomping at the bit you are.

BTW it aint the North Pole

GBX · 15-12-2015 05:21PM

Damn! Oh well.

I'll guess - Belgrade?

jmayo · 15-12-2015 05:27PM

GBX wrote: »

Damn! Oh well.

I'll guess - Belgrade?

Nope not Belgrade.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 16-12-2015 07:21PM

Sofia?

Fred Swanson · 16-12-2015 07:28PM

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jmayo · 16-12-2015 09:11PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Sofia?

Nope

Fred Swanson wrote: »

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Nope.

I do know you love the place Fred, but it is not Bulgaria.

Hint: This place is like some of my previous efforts and has salient links to WWII.

black_frosch · 17-12-2015 01:14AM

Eastern Orthodox crosses maybe it's Russia or Ukraine? I would say maybe Kaliningrad former Koenigsberg, Prussia

M.T. Cranium · 17-12-2015 07:13AM

Are you referring to the Kursk salient? That was a big tank battle in southern Russia in 1943. So I had a look at Kursk, Orel and one or two other places, could not find the location in the picture.

jmayo · 17-12-2015 01:05PM

black_frosch wrote: »

Eastern Orthodox crosses maybe it's Russia or Ukraine? I would say maybe Kaliningrad former Koenigsberg, Prussia

Yep it is Russia.
Not Kaliningrad, but major German connection as below.

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Are you referring to the Kursk salient? That was a big tank battle in southern Russia in 1943.

Good spot on the salient.

Operation Citadel was one of the biggest tank battles in history and probably the last hurrah of the Germans really.

And here is idea of the scale of the salient.
The Kursk salient was 250 kilometres (160 mi) long from north to south and 160 kilometres (99 mi) from east to west.

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

So I had a look at Kursk, Orel and one or two other places, could not find the location in the picture.

Try again, you are almost there

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-12-2015 01:08PM

Voronezh?

jmayo · 17-12-2015 01:16PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Voronezh?

Nope.
M.T was almost there, he hadn't looked close enough.
And it is on Google Maps ...

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-12-2015 02:07PM

Bryansk?

jmayo · 17-12-2015 04:20PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Bryansk?

Nope ...

Surprisingly for M.T they hadn't searched hard enough.

Fred Swanson · 17-12-2015 04:35PM

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TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-12-2015 04:47PM

I found it. It's this spot here but I can't figure out what anything is called. It's in Oryol.

jmayo · 17-12-2015 04:54PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I found it. It's this spot here but I can't figure out what anything is called. It's in Oryol.

Yep that is it.
It is Oryol or sometimes I think called Orel as in what M.T had said.

Once you look at city, it is not that difficult to spot as there are pics in Google of it.
Maybe I was being a bit tough on M.T, but they do set high standards.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-12-2015 04:56PM

jmayo wrote: »

Yep that is it.
It is Oryol or sometimes I think called Orel as in what M.T had said.

Once you look at city, it is not that difficult to spot as there are pics in Google of it.
Maybe I was being a bit tough on M.T, but they do set high standards.

Gwan then, give us the history lesson.

jmayo · 17-12-2015 05:24PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Gwan then, give us the history lesson.

How long have you got ?

Well it all started at 18.30 on the 20th of April 1889 in the town of Braunau am Inn ....

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-12-2015 05:34PM

M.T. Cranium · 17-12-2015 05:35PM

Well, maybe the change in sky from the posted picture to the other version is the reason, I tend to stop looking if the weather doesn't match because I've only encountered maybe two cases in this game where the picture dates are different from search version to my version. But I don't have time to look now so I will have to investigate that later. From the original picture I surmised the view was towards the southeast (shadows) but you can't tell that from the second picture.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-12-2015 05:38PM

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Well, maybe the change in sky from the posted picture to the other version is the reason, I tend to stop looking if the weather doesn't match because I've only encountered maybe two cases in this game where the picture dates are different from search version to my version. But I don't have time to look now so I will have to investigate that later. From the original picture I surmised the view was towards the southeast (shadows) but you can't tell that from the second picture.

The fences are a different colour in the picture I found too. Like they've been painted.

josip · 17-12-2015 06:00PM

Santiago?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-12-2015 06:10PM

josip wrote: »

Santiago?

Yeah.....

My mind goes blank when I actually get to post one, they're all way too easy.

jmayo · 17-12-2015 06:35PM

M.T. Cranium wrote: »

Well, maybe the change in sky from the posted picture to the other version is the reason, I tend to stop looking if the weather doesn't match because I've only encountered maybe two cases in this game where the picture dates are different from search version to my version. But I don't have time to look now so I will have to investigate that later. From the original picture I surmised the view was towards the southeast (shadows) but you can't tell that from the second picture.

Wait till you look up the latest pic.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

The fences are a different colour in the picture I found too. Like they've been painted.

sssh I repainted them when Google weren't looking.

josip wrote: »

Santiago?

It is monument to General Manuel Baquedano in Plaza Baquedano.

Just for M.T ...
The pic shown is probably in late evening and it shows that Johnnie Ginger add on the far building under the Canon sign and beside the Entel sign.
But when you move right up towards building the picture is from earlier in day and there is no sign of the Johnnie Ginger add on the building.
Spooky...

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 17-12-2015 06:40PM

jmayo wrote: »

It is monument to General Manuel Baquedano in Plaza Baquedano.

It was supposed to be a statue of Bernardo O'Higgins because that's what I Google. I've lost all faith in Google Maps today!

(International) Guess the Location (see rules post 1)

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