Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[Kharnynb]

Timezone delay, took a while....

Not my image, both times I visited the weather was terrible

 

[Northern_Brewer]

I assume we're in the Baltic somewhere so let's take one at random - Riga?

 

[Kharnynb]

not riga, but reasonably close

 

[D.B.Moody]

Helsinki, Finnland

 

[DuncB]

I think it's russian

 

[D.B.Moody]

Yeah, I was going to say St. Petersburg known for weather of 11 months of anticipation and one month of disappointment, but it didn't look right. Then I decided that dome on the left is the capital building in Helsinki. I'm fairly sure.

Edit. You made me look again. So I hope you got something; I, apparently, don't.
Edit again: @DuncB, you did it again. Even better than the orange thing!

 

[DuncB]

I'm vying for somewhere different.

 

[Kharnynb]

Not Helsinki.
Small hint, I can go there by boat without having to go by sea.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Wild guess (based on @Kharnynb's hint): Lappeenranta?

 

[Kharnynb]

,@3 Dawg Night close, but no cigar

 

[schmurf]

Tallinn?

 

[schmurf]

Second thought.... Viborg?

 

[Kharnynb]

Tallinn would have required going by sea but savonlinna to viipuri(vyborg) is possible due to the saimaa canal.
As the Saimaa canal is rented by finland, it's possible to go to viipuri without a visa if you don't stay the night.

@schmurf is up next!

 

[schmurf]

Not too difficult I think

 

[D.B.Moody]

I should wait for some obscure hint/reference from DuncB, but I'll say Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

[schmurf]

Correct @D.B.Moody

 

[D.B.Moody]

From our hotel room window in 2012:

 

[DuncB]

Vill you give us a clue?

 

[D.B.Moody]

It would have to end with us.

 

[D.B.Moody]

The night before the balloons went over, we watched fireworks set off on the roof across the street (a celebration of Olympic games wins). To the right outside (the window was a French balcony) was a town square and a church:

 

[InspectorJon]

Lietuvos spauda = Lithuanian Press

 

[D.B.Moody]

Lietuvos spauda = Lithuanian Press

This tower was in the background of the first picture. The flag confirms Lithuania, but we're looking for the city:

Here's another sign to read:

 

[InspectorJon]

Vilnius seems to be the biggest city so I’ll guess that.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Correct, and you vill be up next @InspectorJon. Did you note DuncB's post #9588, just after I posted the first picture?
BTW: Pilies kepykla translates to Castle bakery. If googled, Pileis kepykele comes up instead, apparently also meaning castle bakery, and a place in Vilnius near to but not where I saw that old sign I took a picture of.

 

[DuncB]

It would have to end with us.

Very slow on the uptake about us, very good clue as well.

 

[InspectorJon]

 

[DuncB]

Reminds me of Entrapment with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta Jones the petronas towers in kuala lumpur, great movie.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Good call DuncB. And I think the towers were shot from the Idaman Residence on the street named for Law Yew Swee. Was that in the movie?

 

[InspectorJon]

Double DB correct answers. @DuncB was on it fastest and is up next. Next time I'll have to find a more obscure picture.

 

[DuncB]

Okay here's the next skyline.