Alright, here's mine:
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...arryIsland.jpg
Clues to follow if no-one gets it.
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Alright, here's mine:
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...arryIsland.jpg
Clues to follow if no-one gets it.
Is that one in Texas?
Unlikely, but it's as good a guess as any I can come up with. I'm guessing Western/Northern Europe, but it's zoomed too far out to get any real feel for. Filename "BarryIsland.jpg", doesn't mean anything to me, GoogleMaps pulls up a Welsh town not too far from Cardiff, but not a match.
I recognised that view as soon as I opened the thread.
That is Stalingrad, now Volvograd. I am almost certain.
Alright, I should have something up in the next few hours,
connection permitting.
Well spotted. :bow: Without an encircled German Sixth Army, I would never have gotten it. ~DQuote:
Originally Posted by rdeče.jabolko
Either you're just good guessers or you're Genius'!
Bugger. I tried some places in Siberia and Canada. I couldn't make much of the city, was stumped and gave up.
Famous places that leave people stumped are the best. :2thumbsup:
I am a bit sensitive lately about losing from Scotsmen. But well done. Are you a WWII buff?Quote:
Originally Posted by rdeče.jabolko
Gah, well done Rdece. It is indeed Stalin/Volgograd. I centred the view over the Mamaev Kurgan.
[Aha, you see, I refrained from using the signature here just in case.] ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
And perhaps there are some areas I'm too familiar with, on one or two
fronts.
Very little is loading for me just now, and so I'm going to say once again,
whoever wants to post can go ahead. I'll definitely have something lined
up for the future - unless someone posts it first, of course.
Edit: Alright then, I have one for you all. I have the feeling that this
may have been posted previously, but that might just be as I have
had it in mind for some time.
This is one of those cities you know you've seen before, but you just can't place a name...
Is it in the Baltic somewhere?
The Baltic? Nope, sorry.
Clues:
- This city is the capital of its county.
- The name of the county [and the river which runs through it]
are present in the city's name.- It has a population numbering over 300,000.
- From the late 19th Century to the Second World War the
native population of the country were outnumbered by two
other nationalities, or rather, ethnic groups within the city.
Have to confess to being completely stumped on this one. Did try looking through countries that use equivalent term to county according to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County
but haven't got anywhere.
If its not baltic, I'd assume has to be other Eastern European areas, but not getting anywhere with that either. :wall:
Is north up?
EDIT: Tirane, Albania?
EDIT2: Nevermind, I thought it said country.
vienna?
Is it somewhere in southeastern Europe (the Balkans to the Ukraine?).
So, it's one of these:
The countries of the world and capitals of every country follow:
Afghanistan - Kabul
Albania - Tirane
Algeria - Algiers
Andorra - Andorra la Vella
Angola - Luanda
Antigua and Barbuda - Saint John's
Argentina - Buenos Aires
Armenia - Yerevan
Australia - Canberra
Austria - Vienna
Azerbaijan - Baku
The Bahamas - Nassau
Bahrain - Manama
Bangladesh - Dhaka
Barbados - Bridgetown
Belarus - Minsk
Belgium - Brussels
Belize - Belmopan
Benin - Porto-Novo
Bhutan - Thimphu
Bolivia - La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial)
Bosnia and Herzegovina - Sarajevo
Botswana - Gaborone
Brazil - Brasilia
Brunei - Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria - Sofia
Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou
Burundi - Bujumbura
Cambodia - Phnom Penh
Cameroon - Yaounde
Canada - Ottawa
Cape Verde - Praia
Central African Republic - Bangui
Chad - N'Djamena
Chile - Santiago
China - Beijing
Colombia - Bogota
Comoros - Moroni
Congo, Republic of the - Brazzaville
Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Kinshasa
Costa Rica - San Jose
Cote d'Ivoire - Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)
Croatia - Zagreb
Cuba - Havana
Cyprus - Nicosia
Czech Republic - Prague
Denmark - Copenhagen
Djibouti - Djibouti
Dominica - Roseau
Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo
East Timor (Timor-Leste) - Dili
Ecuador - Quito
Egypt - Cairo
El Salvador - San Salvador
Equatorial Guinea - Malabo
Eritrea - Asmara
Estonia - Tallinn
Ethiopia - Addis Ababa
Fiji - Suva
Finland - Helsinki
France - Paris
Gabon - Libreville
The Gambia - Banjul
Georgia - Tbilisi
Germany - Berlin
Ghana - Accra
Greece - Athens
Grenada - Saint George's
Guatemala - Guatemala City
Guinea - Conakry
Guinea-Bissau - Bissau
Guyana - Georgetown
Haiti - Port-au-Prince
Honduras - Tegucigalpa
Hungary - Budapest
Iceland - Reykjavik
India - New Delhi
Indonesia - Jakarta
Iran - Tehran
Iraq - Baghdad
Ireland - Dublin
Israel - Jerusalem
Italy - Rome
Jamaica - Kingston
Japan - Tokyo
Jordan - Amman
Kazakhstan - Astana
Kenya - Nairobi
Kiribati - Tarawa Atoll
Korea, North - Pyongyang
Korea, South - Seoul
Kuwait - Kuwait City
Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek
Laos - Vientiane
Latvia - Riga
Lebanon - Beirut
Lesotho - Maseru
Liberia - Monrovia
Libya - Tripoli
Liechtenstein - Vaduz
Lithuania - Vilnius
Luxembourg - Luxembourg
Macedonia - Skopje
Madagascar - Antananarivo
Malawi - Lilongwe
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur
Maldives - Male
Mali - Bamako
Malta - Valletta
Marshall Islands - Majuro
Mauritania - Nouakchott
Mauritius - Port Louis
Mexico - Mexico City
Micronesia, Federated States of - Palikir
Moldova - Chisinau
Monaco - Monaco
Mongolia - Ulaanbaatar
Montenegro - Podgorica
Morocco - Rabat
Mozambique - Maputo
Myanmar (Burma) - Rangoon (Yangon); Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)
Namibia - Windhoek
Nauru - no official capital; government offices in Yaren District
Nepal - Kathmandu
Netherlands - Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)
New Zealand - Wellington
Nicaragua - Managua
Niger - Niamey
Nigeria - Abuja
Norway - Oslo
Oman - Muscat
Pakistan - Islamabad
Palau - Melekeok
Panama - Panama City
Papua New Guinea - Port Moresby
Paraguay - Asuncion
Peru - Lima
Philippines - Manila
Poland - Warsaw
Portugal - Lisbon
Qatar - Doha
Romania - Bucharest
Russia - Moscow
Rwanda - Kigali
Saint Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre
Saint Lucia - Castries
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - Kingstown
Samoa - Apia
San Marino - San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe - Sao Tome
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Senegal - Dakar
Serbia - Belgrade
Seychelles - Victoria
Sierra Leone - Freetown
Singapore - Singapore
Slovakia - Bratislava
Slovenia - Ljubljana
Solomon Islands - Honiara
Somalia - Mogadishu
South Africa - Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)
Spain - Madrid
Sri Lanka - Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)
Sudan - Khartoum
Suriname - Paramaribo
Swaziland - Mbabana
Sweden - Stockholm
Switzerland - Bern
Syria - Damascus
Taiwan - Taipei
Tajikistan - Dushanbe
Tanzania - Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)
Thailand - Bangkok
Togo - Lome
Tonga - Nuku'alofa
Trinidad and Tobago - Port-of-Spain
Tunisia - Tunis
Turkey - Ankara
Turkmenistan - Ashgabat
Tuvalu - Vaiaku village, Funafuti province
Uganda - Kampala
Ukraine - Kyiv
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
United Kingdom - London
United States of America - Washington D.C.
Uruguay - Montevideo
Uzbekistan - Tashkent
Vanuatu - Port-Vila
Vatican City (Holy See) - Vatican City
Venezuela - Caracas
Vietnam - Hanoi
Yemen - Sanaa
Zambia - Lusaka
Zimbabwe - Harare
Note: I just figured such a list might come in handy in the future for clues.
Didn't he say county capital? Which makes me think it's in the UK.
Edit: Hmm, a cursory scan of UK towns with a population of over 300K doesn't reveal any likely candidates...
He said county - don't worry, I made the same mistake.Quote:
Originally Posted by KukriKhan
Cambridge
Aye-yi-yi. That'll teach me to read without my glasses. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars
Eeeeemm... Timishoara , Romania ?
My google spells it Timisoara but it looks unequivocally like same place - please explain how the hell you found that! :wall:
Well firstly if he said about WW2 and outnumbering by 2 other nationalities (perhaps germans and we), it certainly should be an eastern european country, that's what all people already mention. Then with my book-atlas (that's why different spell) I searched those countries for a long time one by one, and finally open page with Romania, and there is it - city with same population, and river with same name near it. Then by link you specifed I founded that it's a capital of county ...
It fits his clues, although he can mention another city. :dizzy2:
Yup, that's it, alright - just a tiny bit west of where Google Earth lands you when you type in: "Fly to: Timisoara".
Fine work, Charge. I was stumped.
Nice find... good work. I gave up a while back after searching eastern europe a bit.
My apologies, I have been away, and unable to get an internet connection.
The city is Timişoara, which funnily enough, as I would have pointed out
myself, [being pedantic about these things] is pronounced Timiลกoara or
Timishoara. Romanians there were, for some time leading up to the
Second World War, outnumbered by Germans and Hungarians. The city
is on the Timiş river and is the capital of Timiş, the administrative region,
if you will.
[I also knew that saying county as opposed to region could prove to be a
problem.] :embarassed:
So, who's next ?
(I have slow connection for such things)
Well, it would be yourself, Charge. However under the circumstances we could
simply have the next person who comes up with a city post it.
:inquisitive: So? Nobody?