Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[3 Dawg Night]

Been a lot of action movie car chases down that street.

This one is not my picture, I just think it looks cool.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Elizabethton, TN. 1882 bridge over the Doe River that recently got a coat of paint and a park designed by some college kids. Amazing what you can find by Googling "white covered bridge in public park"

 

[NathanYearout]

Ran into the idea for this game on another forum unrelated to brewing and it turned out to be a lot of fun.

The rules are simple:

1. The first person to correctly guess what skyline is posted will post a photo of a skyline that they choose, once the person confirms the guess is correct.

2. There are no limitations on where the city is or the size of the city. There are people from different countries on this forum so it will make it diverse.

3. If nobody can guess for an extended period such as a few days, then the poster can give hints to keep people guessing, or just reveal the answer and let someone else post.

4. This is an honor system here so let's keep it fair and fun for everyone. No cheating by using SEARCH GOOGLE FOR IMAGE or looking at the IMAGE URL, or any other method.



I will start with this photo I took during a trip last month. It is in the U.S.

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(hoping someone from the area understands the joke. )

 

[3 Dawg Night]

(hoping someone from the area understands the jokes. )

We get it: Skyline Chili. You have to wait your turn, though!

@D.B.Moody Is up.

 

[NathanYearout]

We get it: Skyline Chili. You have to wait your turn, though!

@D.B.Moody Is up.

Whoops, misunderstood the rules.

 

[D.B.Moody]

The bridge into this town isn't in the picture, but there was one. From 1988:

 

[duncan.brown]

The carriages, bridge, and houses look distinctly British. Not that many steam railways by rivers left in the UK in 1998, so I’m thinking Llangollen in Wales.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Llangollen it is. You're up @duncan.brown.

 

[duncan.brown]

There's a common theme between this picture and the last one...

 

[Andres Falconer]

Common theme: Wales? A coastal town in Anglesey?

 

[duncan.brown]

Nope, different connection.

 

[duncan.brown]

Not Wales.

 

[Pils Brosnan]

There's a common theme between this picture and the last one...

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Kingswear, Devon

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Fortifications at the entrance look too dark (granite?) for Welsh coast, and generally it feels a bit lush for Wales.

Also the Welsh are not so into the coloured houses thing, which is more a thing in (former?) fishing villages in the West Country.

It's not one of the ones I know on the north coast of Cornwall, but I don't know the West Country that well - somewhere like Brixham?

 

[Pils Brosnan]

Fortifications at the entrance look too dark (granite?) for Welsh coast, and generally it feels a bit lush for Wales.

Also the Welsh are not so into the coloured houses thing, which is more a thing in (former?) fishing villages in the West Country.

It's not one of the ones I know on the north coast of Cornwall, but I don't know the West Country that well - somewhere like Brixham?

Kingswear, Devon

 

[duncan.brown]

@Northern_Brewer was close with Brixham, but @Pils Brosnan has it. It’s Kingswear, Devon.

The connection is “steam railway by a river in UK.” The railway station is behind the marina. Taken December 17, 2021 from the Dartmouth side of the River Dart while we were visiting my parents for Christmas. No brewing for three weeks, but my daughter hadn’t seen my parents for over two years, so it was worth the break!

 

[Pils Brosnan]

HAH! Easy.
Let's stay in the same neighbourhood, in a sense. Everything is relative.
This one even has some connection to beer.

 

[Andres Falconer]

I think we’re looking at Prague.

 

[DarkfangQC]

It's Prague! Took me 15 min to locate this picture : 50.08928669806768, 14.400243815773074

I've been there in 2012 but I wasnt brewing and not a fan of pilsner at that time. Now.. oh man.. I'm mainly brewing pils (bohemian and german) and I would love to go back and visit old breweries.

 

[Pils Brosnan]

I think we’re looking at Prague.

Right you are! Great pilsners and other lagers throughout the city. Nearby is the city of Plzen where the name Pilsner is derived from, Pilsner Urquell is made there.

@Andres Falconer, you're up!

 

[Andres Falconer]

I have a pils (of sorts) lagering as we speak, and memories of a recent trip to Plzen are fresh. I've posted a picture here. Prague was a much earlier visit. The architecture in the photo was right, but the landscape threw me off a bit. @DarkfangQC did a better job in zeroing in on the spot.

Here you go (there is a giveaway, somewhere):

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Well, I think it says "Brazil" on the side of that stand. Google tells me that Caipirinha is the national cocktail of Brazil, so unless @Andres Falconer is hitting us with a feint, I'm saying we're in Brazil.

Looks like a touristy place where you might begin an Amazon river cruise, so let's try Macapa.

 

[Andres Falconer]

Not Brazil. Note that it says caïpirinha, not caipirinha. Brazil is also spelled funny.

Macapá is a fascinating place. Not too many tourists make it there.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Not Brazil. Note that it says caïpirinha, not caipirinha. Brazil is also spelled funny.

Macapá is a fascinating place. Not too many tourists make it there.

OK, educate me. What's the significance of "ï" vs "i"?

And I noticed that Brazil is spelled "Brasil," which is the Portuguese spelling, right?

I'll stop there and let someone else have a guess before I venture another.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

A big waterjet makes me think immediately of Geneva, and it feels like caïpirinha would be a French spelling?

On the other hand a francophone part of the world would call it Brésil unless they were making a token attempt at authenticity.

 

[D.B.Moody]

A big waterjet makes me think immediately of Genevat at authenticity.

and that sign that says"SWISS BOAT" visible behind the stand.

 

[Andres Falconer]

Bingo, @Northern_Brewer! Caïpirinha and Brésil are French spelling. And that’s the famous Lake Geneva water fountain in the background. Yes, you can make out SWISS in the sign, the GE_ letters on a boat called Geneve and, if you look closely, you can also make out a Swiss flag on a boat.

This was a high moment on a summer of 2018 work trip to Geneva. It was hot and the Geneva Festival was in full swing. If you squinted, It did feel a bit like Rio se Janeiro.

(Sorry about the decoy)

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Another clue that I just noticed: the price listed on the kiosk is "10 CHF" which is the abbreviation for the Swiss Franc.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Heh - I'd not looked closely at any of the posters etc, I just went off the waterspout.

Instead of wandering the dusty wilds of Africa like I've been doing recently, as a change let's go somewhere where there's a nice lawn :

 

[beermanpete]

Materials Park, Ohio?