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Title: Your hometown
Post by: Elmuri on October 20, 2012, 12:41:58 pm
Tell us about your hometown.

I come from Helsinki, the capital of Finland.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki

Theres about 600k people here and few hundred thousand in the neighbour "cities". I count Helsinki as the only real city in Finland besides Turku.

In winter
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Maybe the most famous sight in Helsinki, the Cathedral
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Suomenlinna, old sea frotress near the city center
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Some other pictures
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The olympic stadium
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Also there are some ugly areas
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In overall Helsinki is a nice town to live, big enough but not too big. Nature and city are near each other, there are some forest quite near the city centre
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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: IR_Kuoin on October 20, 2012, 12:44:50 pm
Tønsberg, oldest city in Norway, iconic by its tower standing on top of the mountain located in the middle / outskirt of the town.

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View from ontop the tower, looking down

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Drawing of how the area could have looked like

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Also famous for the siege attempt when trying to reunite Norway as 1 kingdom.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Overdriven on October 20, 2012, 12:54:42 pm
I live in a village of 2000 people called Kimpton. Points of interest are 2 pubs, a corner stores, a primary school, the memorial hall and a church:
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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Elmuri on October 20, 2012, 01:22:44 pm
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Looks like some village from Miss Marple stories :P
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Christo on October 20, 2012, 01:24:12 pm
Quote from: elmuri on October 20, 2012, 01:22:44 pm
Looks like some village from Miss Marple stories :P

Yeah, it looks so cool, so "homelike", if you know what I mean.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Kafein on October 20, 2012, 01:56:28 pm
Lots of old buildings in Brussels (not-bombed-during-the-war ftw)
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Then you got the Atomium
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The Cinquantenaire and it's museums
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The Parc de Bruxelles
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The Palais de Justice (always being renovated)
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The UE Parliament
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The NATO building
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And what tourists actually spend most of their time in, the subway system
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And as you can see the city lacks space so much, few of these landmarks have green areas around them.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Teeth on October 20, 2012, 02:11:22 pm
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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Smoothrich on October 20, 2012, 02:14:14 pm
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shithole generic italian working class city, new jersey, USA
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Miwiw on October 20, 2012, 02:34:44 pm
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Guess what town that is, without looking at the names of the pictures :P
(or the name on the last picture...)
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Christo on October 20, 2012, 02:47:48 pm
Quote from: Miwiw99 on October 20, 2012, 02:34:44 pm
Guess what town that is, without looking at the names of the pictures :P
(or the name on the last picture...)

Damn!

I started thinking about it but looked at that sign. Bugger.

Anyway here are some pictures from my hometown, about 10.000 people live here, it's a very "asleep" town with only a few points of interest.

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For a small town in central Hungary, we have like.. five churches. Quite overkill if you ask me!

Trying to dig up more but good pictures that show everything are a rarity. Same thing is photographed like 30 times. haha
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: [ptx] on October 20, 2012, 03:17:58 pm
Baldone, a settlement of 5000 people not far from the city of Rīga. Counts as a city for whatever reason.
Points of interest: Primary/secondary school, music school, a rather old church, sulphur water springs and mud (with healing properties), a now defunct sanatorium that made use of these and the largest telescope in the Baltics, as part of an astronomy-related complex.

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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Ujin on October 20, 2012, 04:09:31 pm
Rostov on Don, a 1 million population southern Russian city where:

everyone still knows each other in the neighborhoods,

if you are a guest at someone's home you are at a high risk of dying from overeating cause they will feed you with uber tasty and equally unhealthy food  till you beg for mercy,

ladies are gorgeous and easy going till they turn about 40 (and then they turn fat due to reasons mentioned before),

people speak russian  in a funny southern  way, similar to Ukrainians.

everything is about 10x times slower than in Moscow

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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Leshma on October 20, 2012, 05:46:26 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgrade

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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Franke on October 20, 2012, 06:24:17 pm
I like this thread. Keep them pictures coming, guys!
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Christo on October 20, 2012, 06:29:55 pm
Quote from: ReBa1918 on October 20, 2012, 06:24:17 pm
I like this thread. Keep them pictures coming, guys!

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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Miwiw on October 20, 2012, 06:32:08 pm
Quote from: ReBa1918 on October 20, 2012, 06:24:17 pm
I like this thread. Keep them pictures coming, guys!

And you got no hometown?
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Ninja_Khorin on October 20, 2012, 06:53:14 pm
Quote from: elmuri on October 20, 2012, 12:41:58 pm
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I'm from the same city so I feel no particular need to expand. But keep the pictures coming :)

However, if you're heading to Helsinki and are looking for good places to drink beer, I can recommend a few spots.
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So yeah. I like beer.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: BlackMilk on October 20, 2012, 06:59:43 pm
Quote from: Miwiw99 on October 20, 2012, 02:34:44 pm
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Guess what town that is, without looking at the names of the pictures :P
(or the name on the last picture...)
This, pretty much.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Miwiw on October 20, 2012, 07:01:20 pm
Quote from: BlackMilk on October 20, 2012, 06:59:43 pm
This, pretty much.

Are you the one that hit me to the ground yesterday?  :oops:  :lol:

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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Sultan Eren on October 20, 2012, 07:07:51 pm
100k populated small city located between Ankara and İstanbul, Turkey.
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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: camperus on October 20, 2012, 07:09:47 pm
Home of some WARPIGS, Jerez de la Frontera in the country of Mordor
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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: LordBerenger on October 20, 2012, 07:18:28 pm
Quote from: camperus on October 20, 2012, 07:09:47 pm
Spain Pics

Love Spain. So beautiful. Probably best country in EU i'd say.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: camperus on October 20, 2012, 08:53:14 pm
Quote from: CountBerenger on October 20, 2012, 07:18:28 pm
Love Span. So beautiful. Probably best country in EU i'd say.
Thnks but we are in north africa  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: LordBerenger on October 20, 2012, 09:07:52 pm
Quote from: camperus on October 20, 2012, 08:53:14 pm
Thnks but we are in north africa  :mrgreen:

Googled and said Jerez de la Frontera is in Spain but close to North Africa lol.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Knute on October 20, 2012, 09:24:37 pm
I live in a village called Los Angeles.

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There's lots of studios in my neighborhood so it's common to see famous people every day at the grocery store or out walking their dogs.  I see Jay Leno driving by every day in a different car. 

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The best thing about living here is the opportunity to work with creative people from around the world.  The downside is the traffic.

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There's some hills that separate Hollywood from the valley with a lot of good trails and great views of the smog.

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This is one of my favorite spots, the Getty Center.  There's always lots of paintings and art on display plus nice views of the west side.

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My favorite beaches are Hermosa and Manhattan Beach.  They're less crowded than other beaches and the water is cleaner too.

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MS13 is the local gang, they do a lot of tagging in the alley behind my house.

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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Miwiw on October 20, 2012, 09:26:59 pm
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Driving 1 hour for some miles eh? I drive 1 hour to work without any traffic on the german autobahn. :D
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Kafein on October 20, 2012, 09:53:25 pm
Quote from: CountBerenger on October 20, 2012, 07:18:28 pm
Love Spain. So beautiful. Probably best country in EU i'd say.

I go to Spain every year in different locations. I can say there are 3 colors in Spain : Sun, dust and trucks. The rest is the occasional forest and the sea. No wonder almost all italian westerns were filmed there. I do like the country a lot though.

Btw, Spain has two small territories in North Africa (on the Moroccan shore), but that city is near Cadiz, which is south of the peninsula.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Knute on October 20, 2012, 10:02:32 pm
Quote from: Miwiw99 on October 20, 2012, 09:26:59 pm
Driving 1 hour for some miles eh? I drive 1 hour to work without any traffic on the german autobahn. :D

Nah, I don't play that game anymore.  I drive 4 minutes to work now so enjoy your 1 hour commute.    :) 

There's no avoiding traffic on the weekends though unless you're on a motorcycle and play by your own rules.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: LordBerenger on October 20, 2012, 10:09:21 pm
Quote from: Knute on October 20, 2012, 10:02:32 pm
unless you're on a motorcycle and play by your own rules.

So...what are you waiting for?
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Moncho on October 20, 2012, 10:20:39 pm
Miwiw: Köln, been there a few times, really liked the town

I have always lived in between a village and a city. My parents' village and the city where I have lived for many years already:
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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Leshma on October 20, 2012, 10:36:50 pm
Quote from: camperus on October 20, 2012, 07:09:47 pm
Home of some WARPIGS, Jerez de la Frontera in the country of Mordor

Where are farms and peasants, and peasants working on farms? Why you have to prove me wrong dammit...

Really nice place, wish I could spend some time there :)
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Tomas_of_Miles on October 20, 2012, 11:44:50 pm
Waiting to quote a Londoner.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Christo on October 21, 2012, 12:12:52 am
Haha, found the picture I wanted to show you guys!
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That HOLLYWOOD thing is amazing, too bad they rebuilt that area and there is nothing drawn there.. I hope someone will do it again, it's been there since I was a little kid.

This is our little "mountain" as we call it here, (because the whole region is flat)
and there's this marketplace thing, every saturday there are markets and people selling stuff, at least that's how it was a few years ago, I don't really visit there.

The town is called "Dunaföldvár", by the way.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunaf%C3%B6ldv%C3%A1r (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunaf%C3%B6ldv%C3%A1r)

So now If some big van comes up with people breaking in here, I know who to accuse.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Dach on October 21, 2012, 03:47:19 am
I'm from Quebec City, Canada.

The only European city in America!  :P

We still speak 100% french in our daily live despise being surrounded by english speaker for more than 300 years but it will slowly fade in due time I guess, Montreal is already 50/50. Mondial globalization I suspose.

Pop is around 500k.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City)

Most famous sight (Le Chateau Frontenac, which is a hotel btw)

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The Old Quebec as we call it and the old fortification.

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Other historical or cultural point if interest...

Parlement de Quebec (Political house of Quebec)

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Les Plaines d'Abraham (Historical field of battle, the biggest fight for the city took place there between the French and the English, today it's more like a big park also serve to present big show during the summer. First 2 pictures is during Metallica Show)

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The 2 Quebec brigdes

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La grande allee (Quebec most famous street known for it's bar, pub, restaurant, during the summer this street is closed to automotive circulation nearly half the time!  :wink:)

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Place d'Youville (Kind of Plaza between 2 of the big theatre of the city, persent a lot of outdoor event and got a skating ring half year round)

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The marina of Quebec

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and at last important point of interest in the outskirt of the city (Approx 50km)

La chute Montmorency

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La Basilique St-Anne de Beaupre

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Le Mont St-Anne (Biggest ski resort in Quebec)

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La Vallee de la Jacques-Cartier (Nature at his greatest, hiking, kayak, rafting, etc)

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And last the Village Vacances Valcartier (Water or Snow slide theme park)

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Probaly forgot a lot of things!  :? :D
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Artyem on October 21, 2012, 08:35:16 am
I hail from a small yet slightly radioactive town known as Richland, which is very close to this bad boy:

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or this one:

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sigh, or this one:

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OR THIS ONE:

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Yaaaayy nuclear reactors within 100 miles of where thousands of people live!

However, I now reside next to these:

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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Franke on October 23, 2012, 01:35:34 am
Quote from: Miwiw99 on October 20, 2012, 06:32:08 pm
And you got no hometown?

Well, it's not that much compared to Cologne...

The city of Erlangen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlangen) (located in the region Franconia in northern Bavaria) counts about 105.000 inhabitants.

One of the most significant buildings is the castle which was erected during the baroque age by the rulers of the marggravate of Bayreuth to which the town belonged at that time.

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The statue in front of the castle shows marggrave Friedrich of Bayreuth, who founded the university of Erlangen in 1742. Today the castle gives home to a major part of the university's administration.

The baroque age was indeed a very important one for the city because, after the city had suffered heavily in the 30-years-war, in the 1680s and 1690s about 1500 Huguenots, calvinistic refugees from France, settled down in the city. The Huguenots were skilled and diligent craftsmen and thus helped the city's economy on its feet again in exchange for liberty of religion.

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View on the church from a different angle, showing the surrounding bulidings of the "Erlanger Neustadt" (Newer town), a planned quarter especially erected for the Huguenots.

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Another important event was the decision of the SIEMENS corporation to move its administration after WW2 from destroyed and divided Berlin to Erlangen. Their buildings are not that attractive though they are certainly... special.

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Monument for the 6th Bavarian Jaeger battallion which was garrisoned in Erlangen from 1868 until 1878
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But maybe the city is best-known to strangers not of all those buildings, but rather due to the Bergkirchweih, one of the countless beer-festivals in Germany, which attracts about one million visitors during twelve days around Pentecost every year.

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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Gnjus on October 23, 2012, 01:20:55 pm
My hometown in a nutshell:

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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Casimir on October 23, 2012, 02:42:46 pm
Current location: Swansea, Wales

Great town center with really busy main street, great collection of nearby castles, new development and surf locations.

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Wind Street:
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Meridian Tower:
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Swansea Castle:
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Oystermouth Castle:
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However i was raised for most of my childhood in Devon on Dartmoor, near the location of Arthur Conan Doyles 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'

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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Tibe on October 23, 2012, 07:27:11 pm
Lived in Tartu whole life. University town of Estonia. Not to big, not too small, just right imo. Frankly my countries capital is a real shithole as far as im concerned, so if it comes to the borders of my country atleast, theres not other place id rather be in.

The uni
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The town centre from far
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Town centre up close
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"Gunpowdercellar" pub, if you wanna get drunk medieval style while jugging large juggs of ale down your throat.  You may find me there, under the table some nights.  :mrgreen:
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And than there is the brewery that makes my favorite ale in this forsaken land
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Well....lucky for me atleast the rent is cheap on that side 8-) Althou it lacks eyecandy effect
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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Kafein on October 24, 2012, 01:19:11 am
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My parents wedding photo has less bloom than that.
Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: LordBerenger on October 24, 2012, 01:24:28 am
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My parents wedding photo has less bloom than that.

Dis is heaven
Title: Re: Your hometown
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Title: Re: Your hometown
Post by: Mala on October 29, 2012, 12:38:33 am
i am from Görlitz/ Zgorzelec, Upper Lusatia. because of the last world war there are two towns, a polish and a german one.
it is the easternmost town in Germanyland and virtually in the middle of Europe.

The war has caused not that much damage and so the whole historic district is still intact.
They use this sometimes as movie set for historic filmes ( mostly domestic prodictions, but some international as well like Inglourious Basterds or The reader).


St. Peter's Church, view from Poland
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Kaisertrutz, a bastion part of the old town wall, todayan historic museum
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my old district (hey i can see my old house), quite ugly as every estate of prefabricated houses, but the gallows hill near by was a good toboggan run during the winter.
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