Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[JB_Brewing2]

another one from my collection

Savonlinna, Finland, Olavinlinna Castle

 

[Kharnynb]

Savonlinna, Finland, Olavinlinna Castle

you got it, though bikermatt knew already

 

[BikerMatt]

Yea well didn't say deliberately cause where's the fun if you know it from one glance.

Never been to Savonlinna btw.

JB you're up as far as I'm concerned

 

[JB_Brewing2]

you got it, though bikermatt knew already

Here's one for our Finnish friends:

 

[BikerMatt]

Has to be russia. The flag on the boat on the bottom plus I'm fairly certain the white/blue ship moored on the other side is a voskhod type hydrofoil riverboat.

 

[JB_Brewing2]

Has to be russia. The flag on the boat on the bottom plus I'm fairly certain the white/blue ship moored on the other side is a voskhod type hydrofoil riverboat.

Right country Matt, but where in that country of 11 time zones? (Hint: Within 200 km of the last entry.)

 

[BikerMatt]

Just as I suspected. Valamo monastery, Lake Laatokka, Sortavala District, Republic of Karelia, Russia.

 

[JB_Brewing2]

Just as I suspected. New Valamo monastery, Lake Laatokka, Sortavala District, Republic of Karelia, Russia.

The old and original Valamo is at Heinävesi, Finland.[/QUOTE]

Валаамский архипелаг, Респу́блика Каре́лия, Росси́я!
Valaam archipelago, Republic of Karelia, Russia!

That's very interesting; never knew that.

Thought I'd throw you a soft one; you're up.

 

[BikerMatt]

Sorry remembered backwards, it was restationed to Heinävesi after WW2, NOT the other way round.

Lemme think as I put the kids to bed...

 

[BikerMatt]

 

[Kharnynb]

I know, but won't tell

 

[Newsman]

Scratch that. Lakeland, Finland

Specifically Kuopio

 

[BikerMatt]

Not Kuopio right country though

 

[Newsman]

Not Kuopio right country though

Dang! I found a pic that looks EXACTLY like your pic...

 

[Newsman]

Savonlinna, Finland? About all I can be somewhat confident of is that it's somewhere in the Lakeland area of Finland

 

[BikerMatt]

A bit more to the south You're looking for a canal that connects two fairly large lakes.

 

[Kharnynb]

getting harder not to say

 

[BikerMatt]

Well if U got a new one looked up then shoot its weekend

 

[Kharnynb]

it's your "home" town, asikkala one of the few places with a sluice system in a lake instead of a river/waterway

 

[Kharnynb]

one of my favourite towns for daytrips(at least before i moved to finland)

 

[BikerMatt]

it's your "home" town, asikkala one of the few places with a sluice system in a lake instead of a river/waterway

If I'd want to be a d*ck I could say that's in fact incorrect for two reasons.

A) the municipality, or the town of Asikkala pictured is called Vääksy.

B) the sluice system is not IN a lake, but BETWEEN lakes päijänne and vesijärvi.

The only sluice, or canal of which I know of that actually is IN a lake meaning both ends indeed connect to the same water body (Päijänne) is the canal of Kalkkinen only about 20km away from where we live.

We live about the width of the picture worth to the left. Still within walking distance of the town center. What you don't see from the picture is the ridge that slices the town in two from left to right. I'll tell you a summer sunset from the top of the ridge that btw rises straight up from our backyard, looking over two lakes is a sight to behold.

 

[Kharnynb]

very nice, we don't have much of a view here, but a lovely yard instead(waterside houses in savonlinna cost 3-4 times as much and have small plots)

I do live about 5 minutes walk from the castle and about 8 minutes from the center.

 

[Kharnynb]

no one yet? small hint, it is not in Finland

 

[arturo7]

Utrecht. I think that's the tower that did the David Bowie tribute.

 

[Kharnynb]

yes, and it is the dom tower indeed.

You're up

 

[arturo7]

This is a BB&B; bed, breakfast and brewery. It was a glorious place. The hallway smelled like mash. One pic of the building and a couple looking out from my room. Looking for the name of the town or the brewery/beer.

 

[arturo7]

No WAGs?

 

[Kharnynb]

I guess germany, south west most likely, but nothing i can id in the picture without google cheating.

 

[Kharnynb]

there's just too many of these small gasthaus style breweries in germany to easily narrow it down.

 

[arturo7]

Southwest Germany is correct.