Guess the Skyline!

[witkowskipl]

Yey! I have finally posted something on Paradox's forum and it was the worth one!

I haven't seen many cities, so I will upload a city I applied for a job I really wanted, but the staff manager didn't call me back....

 

[vukica]

At last! This is indeed Istanbul. Congrats, @witkowskipl Your turn!

A few reasons why I thought this was going to be easy skyline...
Istanbul is the most populous city in Europe with more than 13 million inhabitants. It is the former capital of no less than three countries and used to be the City of the World's Desire.

no, it's not the most populous. it's only half in europe.
is that picture from the asian side?

@witkowskipl it's aberdeen.

why? folks driving on the wrong side, and it looks scottish. isn't glasgow or edinburgh, not much choice left.

 

[witkowskipl]

@witkowskipl[/USER] it's aberdeen.

why? folks driving on the wrong side, and it looks scottish. isn't glasgow or edinburgh, not much choice left.

Aberdeen. Kingdom of Oil & Gas industry in North Sea. The city has one of the busiest heliports (you have to get to oil rigs somehow). Despite heavy-breathing industry, It is sometimes called Silver City because of old, majestic granite buildings.

The show must go on,
Well done Vukica

 

[vukica]

easy one. really.

As a bonus, here's a picture of zagreb, straight from facebook.

Spoiler

 

[delpiero1234]

no, it's not the most populous. it's only half in europe.
is that picture from the asian side?

I don't know from which side it was taken, sorry.
Regarding if it is the most populous European city or not depends on whether you count the entire population or just the one on the European continent. As a quick reference, Istanbul is listed on Wikipedia as the most populous European city: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_cities_by_population_within_city_limits

 

[vukica]

ok, time for hint #1.

Spoiler

it is famous for its harbour(s).

 

[delpiero1234]

I'm quite clueless. The skyline does not look familiar to me Looking forward to finding out what the name of the city is.

 

[Qorten]

Sevastopol, Crimean Peninsula, Russia

 

[witkowskipl]

I just realized it too! ahhh

 

[Qorten]

I'll wait to post a new pic until formal confirmation from vukica.

 

[vukica]

yup, it's sevastopol, to use ck2 lingo, de jure ukraine, de facto russia.

climate and cyrillic graffiti should have made it obvious. And the skyline is pretty great.

 

[delpiero1234]

climate and cyrillic graffiti should have made it obvious. And the skyline is pretty great.

I didn't even notice the graffiti until you mentioned it Nice choice of skyline.

 

[Qorten]

Allright, here goes. Should be quite simple.

 

[vukica]

Fortaleza?

 

[delpiero1234]

Could also be Sao Paolo

 

[Qorten]

Right country.

 

[stuwater]

Rio de Janeiro?

 

[vukica]

i hate brazil.
not the country, i hate pictures of brazil.
it's always sunny, and nice, and there's people on beaches, sun bathing, swimming, doing stuff.

right now, in stockholm it's dark at 3PM.

on the other hand, mosquitos. i pity the fool who has to endure mosquitos.

it's santos, sao paulo, brazil.

 

[delpiero1234]

Santos? Just noticed that my first guess makes little sense given that Sao Paolo has no beach

 

[vukica]

see post above

sao paolo is correct, just not the city.