This week, we have an image supplied by Trish. We got last issue’s submission correct: Chris was in section 266 of Capital One Arena, for the Roger Waters gig in Washington, D.C. We guessed just one level up, but the same section.
First Thoughts: It’s gloomy, it’s dreary, it’s brick-ish… it’s gotta be Scotland.
Alrighty, I can’t tell what direction we’re looking in because it’s overcast. The trees aren’t of much help because it’s autumn and the leaves are mostly gone, but I’m seeing more deciduous trees than pine, so that’s a hint. There’s an obvious steeple, and the building style is reasonably consistent. But this skyline should be easy enough to find. Luckily for me, Scotland has, like, four cities, so I’ll just knock those out first. We’re gonna focus entirely on the steeple, which is light brown and features a clock face just above a large gabled opening, which is – I expect – across from a body of water that’s hidden by trees. Trees like water.
Let’s actually figure out what style of steeple that is, so I can just google it. Hm, not much there, actually. Might have to brute force this one, after all. I’m just gonna go to Google Earth and look for steeples surrounded by this sort of green roofing. Okay, well it’s not Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee or Inverness, so I guess it’s not Scotland. But it looks so much like Edinburgh I’m having trouble moving on.
But I guess I’ll have to move on. Ah, here’s a doozy: in the bottom left, which you probably can’t even see in print, there’s a flag wrapped around a flagpole. I can see yellow. This is Europe, so that gives me the Ukraine, Sweden, Germany, Romania, Andora and Bosnia to go through. Jeez. Okay, I’m gonna hazard a guess that it’s gonna be either Sweden or Germany.
German steeples are looking promising: most have clocks, and most have the green roofs. But they’re also usually in pairs, and they’re way more tricked out than this one. If Germany is going for bells and whistles, maybe Scandinavia will be more minimalist. Time to google “Swedish steeples”. Hm, yes, these do look a bit thinner and taller, with the same colours. I’ll take a squiz. Sweden also only has like four cities so it shouldn’t be too bad.
I started in Stockholm, and explored for a bit, finding many steeples. But one called out to me: the one on Oscarskyrkan, a Lutherian church. It’s bang on, I just was having trouble matching the green roofs to what I saw on Google Earth - but I guess the colour must have changed at some point. That being said, everything else lines up, and I’m confident.
Final Answer: Trish is in Lusthusportens park, Stockholm, Sweden, looking at Oscarskyrkan church. She’s standing in the tower of the Villa Lusthusporten, next to Wi Landskap. Bonus points to me for being right about the water.
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