# Guess the City **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 10, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330 "2010-09-10T20:25:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/41 "2010-09-12T03:25:39Z")
[QUOTE=treis] The people are a little bit white for Turkey and the text wouldn’t be in the latin alphabet [/QUOTE] Turkey uses an alphabet based on the Latin alphabet. It was one of Ataturk’s major cultural reforms: [Turkish Alphabet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_alphabet#History). For example, here’s the web-site of the [Turkish Embassy in Washington](http://www.washington.emb.mfa.gov.tr/default.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/42 "2010-09-12T03:26:40Z")
Looks like I was right – here’s someone’s [picture](http://www.flickr.com/photos/25175575@N00/22346317/) of it on flickr. ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/43 "2010-09-12T03:42:42Z")
> [@Sal\_Ammoniac](#): > > Looks like I was right – here’s someone’s [picture](http://www.flickr.com/photos/25175575@N00/22346317/) of it on flickr. Congratulations, that’s pretty good. With that minaret and that “Döner kebap” sign in the lower right corner, it was likely to be in a European Muslim country, but I didn’t think of Bosnia. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/44 "2010-09-12T04:13:34Z")
Well, I can’t claim any special effort here. It happens I’ve been to Sarajevo, and Sarajevo came straight to mind when I saw the picture. Now… I wish I had a picture to offer myself. The one I came up with I think is too hard. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/45 "2010-09-12T05:42:07Z")
Eh post it anyways. I think mine might be a little tough, but there’s a lot of clues that point you to the general area. Probably have to have gone there to get it though. [link](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/P6260771.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/46 "2010-09-12T05:46:56Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Eh post it anyways. I think mine might be a little tough, but there’s a lot of clues that point you to the general area. Probably have to have gone there to get it though. > > [link](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/P6260771.jpg) Kathmandu? ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/47 "2010-09-12T05:52:48Z")
Nope, and does anyone know of a place where I can post a higher resolution picture? There are a couple clues that would be easier to see that would make Kathmandu less likely and another place much more likely. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/48 "2010-09-12T05:53:13Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Eh post it anyways. I think mine might be a little tough, but there’s a lot of clues that point you to the general area. Probably have to have gone there to get it though. > > [link](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/P6260771.jpg) Lhasa? **Colophon** , was the linked image in your post always to Sarajevo? Because when I clicked on it the first time, it went to a gif of a little boy dancing. I assumed you had posted the wrong link, which is why I left the dubious face smiley. If I had seen the image it goes to now, I would have known immediately that it was Sarajevo - I was there in 2007. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/49 "2010-09-12T05:59:30Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > > [@treis](#): > > > > Eh post it anyways. I think mine might be a little tough, but there’s a lot of clues that point you to the general area. Probably have to have gone there to get it though. > > > > [link](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/P6260771.jpg) > > Lhasa? Nope, but the building in the picture is said to be modeled after a building in Lhasa. [Here’s](http://treis.picturepush.com/showformat.php?format=1024&alid=117810&imgid=&clid=42347) a bit higher resolution photo. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/50 "2010-09-12T06:00:25Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > > [@treis](#): > > > > Eh post it anyways. I think mine might be a little tough, but there’s a lot of clues that point you to the general area. Probably have to have gone there to get it though. > > > > [link](http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b119/treis/P6260771.jpg) > > Lhasa? That’s my second guess. Doesnt _quite_ look like Kathmandu, but the prayer flags made me think of that. Thought maybe it was just a different angle or corner of the city. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/51 "2010-09-12T06:03:17Z")
Here it in it’s full resolution glory: [link](http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/4169335/img/Picture-Box/P6260771.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/52 "2010-09-12T06:04:43Z")
> [@treis](#): > > Nope, but the building in the picture is said to be modeled after a building in Lhasa. That makes me think it’s maybe Dharamsala? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/53 "2010-09-12T06:11:58Z")
The hills/mountains make me think of Cuzco but I don’t think it is for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/54 "2010-09-12T06:21:14Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > The hills/mountains make me think of Cuzco but I don’t think it is for some reason. Well, there are prayer flags in the top of the picture and I can see two mosques. But no churches. So mountains aside, it doesn’t really strike me as Peruvian. Obviously it is a place where there are both Muslims and Buddhists. I don’t see anything that’s obviously a Hindu temple, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any, cause of the trees. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/55 "2010-09-12T09:56:35Z")
> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#): > > > [@Sal\_Ammoniac](#): > > > > Looks like I was right – here’s someone’s [picture](http://www.flickr.com/photos/25175575@N00/22346317/) of it on flickr. > > Congratulations, that’s pretty good. With that minaret and that “Döner kebap” sign in the lower right corner, it was likely to be in a European Muslim country, but I didn’t think of Bosnia. Yes - I was hoping there would be enough clues there without making it blindingly obvious. Of course it helps if you’ve been there! ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/56 "2010-09-12T10:02:25Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > **Colophon** , was the linked image in your post always to Sarajevo? Because when I clicked on it the first time, it went to a gif of a little boy dancing. I assumed you had posted the wrong link, which is why I left the dubious face smiley. If I had seen the image it goes to now, I would have known immediately that it was Sarajevo - I was there in 2007. Yes - I have no idea what pic you saw! Maybe Tinypic was having a database brainfart? ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/57 "2010-09-12T23:41:10Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > > [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > > > The hills/mountains make me think of Cuzco but I don’t think it is for some reason. > > Well, there are prayer flags in the top of the picture and I can see two mosques. But no churches. So mountains aside, it doesn’t really strike me as Peruvian. > > Obviously it is a place where there are both Muslims and Buddhists. I don’t see anything that’s obviously a Hindu temple, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any, cause of the trees. Ok, so I will give some clues and then spoiler box the answer. I thought it would be tough simply because this isn’t a well known city. (1) The religion thing is important. As far as I am aware, this is the only place where you have Tibetan Buddhism+Islam without any significant Hindu influence. (2) It’s a small city, IIRC 10-20k. (3) Dharmasala is the closest of the cities mentioned so far. Flying in a plane, it is probably an hour or so away, but it takes 24-30 hours driving to go from Dharmasala to this city. Answer: Leh, India ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/58 "2010-09-12T23:54:49Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > [QUOTE=pulykamell] > I dunno. The architecture seems vaguely Austrian/Central European to me. I want to guess Salzburg, but I don’t recognize either building as being from there. I think even in Austria the architecture looks a bit more exotic than that. I’m thinking western continental Europe. France, Benelux, Germany, Switzerland. And most sizeable German towns had their old buildings destroyed in the war, so maybe not Germany. [/QUOTE] Many Germany central cities were built “as good as old”, so you can’t rule out Germany or Austria. Still I have no clue. The enormous grain elevators fronting the water would make me think of a North American city fronting either the Mississippi River or a Great Lake. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/59 "2010-09-12T23:59:55Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > The enormous grain elevators fronting the water would make me think of a North American city fronting either the Mississippi River or a Great Lake. Almost: those grain elevators are on the St Lawrence River, which is the outlet of the Great Lakes. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330/60 "2010-09-13T04:29:48Z")
Okay, [here’s a new one](http://i53.tinypic.com/141748x.jpg). I did not take this picture because when I went through my own pictures, it seemed like every one had something easily googleable in it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-the-city/553330.md?page=4)