Name That Skyline - Picture Game

[bruce_the_loon]

Remembered that from one of the BBC train tour reality shows.

Here you go, bit of a beery theme to it as well.

 

[smcinco]

The architecture is very distinctive if you've been there. To be honest I thought you'd managed to get a photo without the tower at all, it took me a while to work out the angle. But that photo does sum up the experience for me - I wasn't quite sure what to expect but I was rather underwhelmed by the tower and far more impressed by the cathedral and baptistry (the round building front-left) which nobody seems to talk about much.

Yes, that was my experience and you captured what I was going for. You've got a keen eye. It's worth a visit if you're in the area but Pisa has milked it for more than it's worth IMO.

With respect to the current pic, Cape Town?

 

[3 Dawg Night]

So, educate us Yanks. That's a cricket pitch(?) up front, right? If so, that narrows it down to current/former Commonwealth nations.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

So, educate us Yanks. That's a cricket pitch(?) up front, right? If so, that narrows it down to current/former Commonwealth nations.

That is a cricket pitch, and yes, it does narrow it down as suggested.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Yes, that was my experience and you captured what I was going for. You've got a keen eye. It's worth a visit if you're in the area but Pisa has milked it for more than it's worth IMO.

With respect to the current pic, Cape Town?

Correct, Cape Town it is. And the beer connection for a lockdown bonus point?

 

[Northern_Brewer]

So, educate us Yanks. That's a cricket pitch(?) up front, right? If so, that narrows it down to current/former Commonwealth nations.

Technically the pitch is just the 22 yard strip in the middle, the surrounding grass and any buildings for spectators etc is referred to as a cricket ground. But a ground that big must be one of the major international cricket venues, as that's where the money is that would justify that amount of spectator facilities.

The fact that there's a major (rugby) football ground next to it cuts it down much further, as you don't really get those in the West Indies or the subcontinent although (association) football's starting to become a bit of a thing in India now. So that cuts it down to UK/SA/NZ/Oz, and there's not many colocated like that.

Plus it's obviously next to a bloody great mountain, which made me immediately think Newlands, Cape Town.

Wiki suggests it was also home to Ohlssons, one of the breweries that ended up in SAB.

Edit - and looking at it again, the outdoor pool with gallery on the left, and numerous private pools in the foreground suggests it's somewhere rather warmer than the UK! (aside from the fact that our only major cricket/rugby combination stadium is Headingley in Leeds where they actually share a stand in common, the two Old Traffords are some way apart)

 

[smcinco]

Technically the pitch is just the 22 yard strip in the middle, the surrounding grass and any buildings for spectators etc is referred to as a cricket ground. But a ground that big must be one of the major international cricket venues, as that's where the money is that would justify that amount of spectator facilities.

The fact that there's a major (rugby) football ground next to it cuts it down much further, as you don't really get those in the West Indies or the subcontinent although (association) football's starting to become a bit of a thing in India now. So that cuts it down to UK/SA/NZ/Oz, and there's not many colocated like that.

Plus it's obviously next to a bloody great mountain, which made me immediately think Newlands, Cape Town.

Wiki suggests it was also home to Ohlssons, one of the breweries that ended up in SAB.

That's a much better answer than mine (I figured it was Table Mtn and yes saw the major cricket and rugby grounds). With @bruce_the_loon ,s approval, I nominate you to post a pic.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

That's a much better answer than mine (I figured it was Table Mtn and yes saw the major cricket and rugby grounds). With @bruce_the_loon ,s approval, I nominate you to post a pic.

Nah, it's OK, I posted one only this morning so it's someone else's turn - either you take it or we throw it open to a non-regular to do one?

 

[smcinco]

Nah, it's OK, I posted one only this morning so it's someone else's turn - either you take it or we throw it open to a non-regular to do one?

I like your suggestion, let's open it up. If nobody has posted in a half day or so I'll find something.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

I'm cool with it.

 

[bruce_the_loon]

Since it's been more than a day and a half since we threw it open, I declare it closed again and hand it back to smcinco.

You're up smcinco.

 

[smcinco]

Related to the events of 1/6 (extra credit if you can name the hill):

 

[D.B.Moody]

Capitoline Hill, Rome, Italy

Edit: And just so you know, CKuhns, we also were in Rome in 2008.

 

[CKuhns]

I believe that is outside of the Capitoline Museum in Rome. On the hill with the same name. (Visited in 2008)

 

[CKuhns]

@D.B.Moody beat me to it - Nicely done!

 

[smcinco]

Nice work by both of you. @D.B.Moody wins by a nose!

 

[D.B.Moody]

We'll stick with the sorta theme. The skyline is a bit obscured. Good luck @CKuhns :

 

[3 Dawg Night]

That looks like Washington, DC.

 

[D.B.Moody]

It is. A visit there in 2019 included going to a museum that was where Rolling Thunder turned and headed back out from the Capitol. Three sides of the building were nothing but motorcycles the entire time.

You're up @3 Dawg Night

 

[3 Dawg Night]

As it's "snowing" here in North Alabama this morning, here's a snow-themed picture (note: not North Alabama).

 

[Northern_Brewer]

My immediate reaction is that it looks like a less fancy version of Schönbrunn, so one of the Habsburgs' "cottages" somewhere in Austria-Hungary?

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Not Austria-Hungary (nor Austria, nor Hungary).

 

[govner1]

St. Petersburg

 

[3 Dawg Night]

St. Petersburg is getting *maybe slightly* warmer, relative to Austria-Hungary.

 

[pvpeacock]

Oslo. Thought it looked familiar. I was there 2 years ago. Beautiful city.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

That's it! I was there about 2 years ago as well (but obviously ~180 days before/after @pvpeacock). That's the National Palace where the King lives, and it was so weird to me that you can walk right through the gate, through the courtyards/gardens, right up to the wall of the building.

You're up, @pvpeacock!

 

[pvpeacock]

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Let me get the obvious question out of the way: Is it somewhere in the Netherlands?

 

[pvpeacock]

No.

 

[D.B.Moody]

Solvang, CA, USA

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