Guess the City

Lots of Soviet-style housing blocks. One building I can see that might conceivable be a church, otherwise no churches. Main road in pretty poor condition. Cars look like they're driving on the right. Huge gash in the landscape on the left, looks like it might be an old open-cut mine or something. Couple of power plant type buildings. I'm guessing one of the poorer ex-Soviet countries.

intriguing indeed - I was convinced it could be Asbest but I can't make it work I think

googling "world's longest mine" brings up nothing apart from the deepest

https://i.ibb.co/T2jLsDy/gronk.jpg

in reverse

I am confusion

the flags are from Swiss kantons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_and_arms_of_cantons_of_Switzerland

kotamii is "cats" in Polish, but maybe it's kotam(mirrored N) & russian?

A cuckoo clock to complete the Swiss theme, but that first photo sure as hell ain't Switzerland. I'm still guessing Eastern Europe

googling "swiss themed bar" "swiss themed chalet" "swiss themed restaurant" + Russia , not being very lucky

The more I stare at that second photo, the more it looks like some kind of Lynchian hell. What's with the light switch that has no switch? The creepy pictures on the wall, of birds and cows? Why the shelf of rolled towels, in what looks like a bar/restaurant? The cowbells, the sad pot plant, the surveillance camera on the wonky ceiling?

yeah, the towels... is it the bar/dining area of a Swiss themed sauna/swimming pool?

kotamii is "cats" in Polish, but maybe it's kotam(mirrored N) & russian?

It's definitely Russian on the sign - котами

Russia it is, then (or near/ex-Russia)

it's not this salt mine in Ukraine but there are some vv nice pics of it

https://www.google.com/maps/@48.6911509,38.07127,3a,75y,195.81h,78.02t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipManhYZVu9X8PjMiwrfXJd60aAhlQe2BbmR2iGw!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipManhYZVu9X8PjMiwrfXJd60aAhlQe2BbmR2iGw%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya44.606056-ro-0-fo100!7i12000!8i6000

still focussing on the first pic as the interior ones never do much for me. it's incredibly similar to Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine but while there are hundreds of aerial shots to go off i can't get any of them to line up

i think that's pretty obviously correct!

It's definitely Russian on the sign - котами

https://i.etsystatic.com/16415535/r/il/d5fbfa/3480759424/il_570xN.3480759424_qifb.jpg

the object is the Ukrainian coat of arms with the trident within a horseshoe

Покровско-Терновской (объединенный) военкомат Кривого Рога
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ASo7G51DBhEajdTBA

It is Kryvyi Rih! Tried it with the satellite image turned off and noticed a big depression just north of where I'd been searching

The sign is above the bathroom on the left.

omg well done! I had been looking for mines in Ukraine but somehow this one didn't show up or I did it wrong

what about the Swiss chalet thing?

The sign is above the bathroom on the left.

what about the Swiss chalet thing?

have to say tho: it’s not really fun to scroll through photos of shops and restaurants and seeing people there who may very well be fighting in the war right now, or worse

швейцарський / Кривий Ріг

nothing

Kryvyi Rih it is. Really distinctive geography, being long and thin - tried to get an aerial shot that showed that

As for the second shot, may be difficult to find. I'm on phone at moment but I'll post it this evening when I get back

what about the Swiss chalet thing?

https://www.google.com/maps/@47.9393529,33.4118835,3a,75y,50.99h,83.47t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOQgdmKa6Ys_TcznTZN3dRl05phy4xi9v6YeYxl!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOQgdmKa6Ys_TcznTZN3dRl05phy4xi9v6YeYxl%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-0-ya102.585785-ro-0-fo100!7i10000!8i5000

Dukhmyana Pich, Katerynivska St

Pizza place, permanently closed, last review 2 years ago. Very mixed reviews....and none of them even mention the decor

oh wow - thanks!

Pretty curious about whats going on on the tv

Dukhmyana Pich / Духовна піч = Fragrant Oven, great name for a restaurant!

I mean, the eastern European idea of what pizza is are pretty varied and bizarre, from my experience, so the ski chalet thing makes some weird sense. Y’all ever had zapiekanka?

I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy

It is a true chasm! But like you’ll be in a bar that looks like a ski chalet next to a saltmine and they’ll also have a “pizza” place.

It is among the charms of eastern europe tbh.

https://i.ibb.co/j6w9vqZ/Screenshot-2022-06-15-at-12-00-22.png

The outdoors

I love how difficult this is. None of these towers contain big names/logo/signs, does that mean we're somewhere non-capitalistic?

Guessing China or South America, betting the former

xpost great minds think alike!

Woah, that's one hellishly large (and mostly recently built) city. The mountains in the distance give me a bit of a South American vibe, but there aren't many cities there that could be that big - maybe Sao Paulo. If it's not that, then I'm guessing somewhere in China.

Can't see any similar mountains in Sao Paulo aerial shots so I don't think it's that.

To the right there are some lower rise Soviet style apartment blocks, which doesn't align so much with South America, so I'm leaning towards China.

I can't spot a river in the photo posted, but it does have some resemblance to the (in)famous Lanzhou new city.

There's a river upper left.

Just above the very large set of tower blocks on the mid-left edge of the image.

I think it's a river there, at least. Not totally clear where it cuts through above that.

Tbh I'm pretty certain it is Lanzhou, but happy to find out otherwise, too.

it is!

https://www.google.be/maps/@36.0573812,103.8283143,3a,90y,124.32h,60.92t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipNnOfhSPX5YtOqUFq9b1VEIku6NTI6aNhaL4Ckm!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNnOfhSPX5YtOqUFq9b1VEIku6NTI6aNhaL4Ckm%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi-10-ya0-ro-0-fo100!7i4096!8i2048!5m1!1e4?hl=nl

high 5 @ the table is the table

Hell yeah! I think that's the first one I've gotten right in our ILX version of this game, though I've been in the correct country before, if my memory serves. Give me a bit and I'll put one up later today or tomorrow.

Great work, had no idea if that one was going to be easy or difficult!