Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[Cheshire Cat]

Bellver Castle Tower (Majorca)​

 

[govner1]

No.

 

[govner1]

Bellver Castle Tower (Majorca)​

Continental Europe

 

[Northern_Brewer]

The surrounding vegetation looks very lush by the standards of Mediterranean vineyards, so I'm guessing it's further north. I might be tempted to say Alsace but the flag doesn't look very French, so maybe we're in the Rhine?

 

[govner1]

It is north of the Mediterranean and Alsace

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Furstenberg Castle on the banks of the Rhine? Germany.

 

[govner1]

Germany, yes, but not along the Rhine

 

[pvpeacock]

Danube?

 

[Cheshire Cat]

EHRENFELS CASTLE RUIN​

 

[govner1]

Danube?

No.

 

[govner1]

EHRENFELS CASTLE RUIN​

EHRENFELS CASTLE RUIN​

I already said not along the Rhine. Ehrenfels is is NNW and 70-80 miles away.

 

[govner1]

Time for a hint?

 

[govner1]

This area of Germany is known for lots of shale in the vineyard soil and produces a wine often labeled as “shaver” or flinty.

 

[flipster]

I'd put that in the Mosel river wine area. The timber frameworks and the ruins could fit there.

 

[govner1]

That would put you very far to the west!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Nahe valley?

 

[govner1]

You’re a bit too far WSW. Look closer to the Neckar river

 

[flipster]

First guess would have been Thurant Castle ... but Neckar ... Weibertreu Castle in Weinsberg near Heilbronn?

 

[govner1]

No. You're 50 miles ESE. It's not on the Neckar but nearby

 

[flipster]

Strahlenburg castle ruins in Schriesheim, north of Heidelberg
How did you come up with that?

Short update for me, originally it was called "name the skyline" - so landmarks as well as skylines (not just city skylines) are okay?

 

[InspectorJon]

The game has drifted a lot. Weather or not that’s a good thing is debatable. Seems to be a Google Map search game now.

 

[govner1]

Strahlenburg castle ruins in Schriesheim, north of Heidelberg
How did you come up with that?

Short update for me, originally it was called "name the skyline" - so landmarks as well as skylines (not just city skylines) are okay?

That’s it! flip ster, your up wether you’re ready or not!

 

[flipster]

Name the representative, official building in the picture, and (of course) where is it?
Took that photo while I was there during a vacation from a vacation ... seven years ago.

 

[tracer bullet]

The game has drifted a lot. Weather or not that’s a good thing is debatable. Seems to be a Google Map search game now.

I guess it depends? If we're looking for small towns in Germany, and it's 1 in 100, knowing a guess is 50 miles away and then consulting a map seems to be not so bad. We'd never get anywhere otherwise. Or we'd have to stick with "New York City" for the hundredth time. Seems like it's kind of an honor system. Searching for the images is cheating for sure. Using a map to find rivers or towns = OK, no?

 

[govner1]

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Name the representative, official building in the picture, and (of course) where is it?
Took that photo while I was there during a vacation from a vacation ... seven years ago.

Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lampur

 

[Pkrd]

The game has drifted a lot. Weather or not that’s a good thing is debatable. Seems to be a Google Map search game now.

One guess per day and when you cut and paste from the search engine at least fix the formatting so it’s not so obvious?

 

[govner1]

One guess per day and when you cut and paste from the search engine at least fix the formatting so it’s not so obvious?

I never cut and paste from a search engine, when I feel the need to use one.
I try and rely on places I’ve actually visited and taken photos

 

[Cheshire Cat]

The majority of the pictures I post are places I have visited in the UK. However when I am trying to find some vineyard in southern Germany I use the internet as I don’t know anything about the wine regions of Germany.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

Seems like it's kind of an honor system. Searching for the images is cheating for sure. Using a map to find rivers or towns = OK, no?

I think we have to remember that this is about having fun, so broadly behave in ways that maximise the fun - for everyone. For me the real fun is in extracting information from the photo in the form of what side of the road people drive etc, whereas slogging through maps is not very interesting. Given the fact we're all in different time zones, go easy on Google for the first 48 hours or so, but be more aggressive with it if it's clearly going nowhere after a few days. And if one has "won" quite a bit lately, maybe have the self-awareness to consider that you might be being a bit too aggressive and let someone else have a go?

But "whatever maximises everyone's fun" is a pretty good rule of thumb.

As for the current one - obviously we're in the tropics, but that lawn suggests a strong British colonial influence. We must be somewhere in the Commonwealth, maybe a former officers' club or something?

 

[govner1]

I think it’s past time to get on with the game!
I have a guess hanging out there!