A very pleasant view (clue added) - answered

Street view please.

Can't find your image, Oz, but I think this is the place...

May 25, 2015 6:05:56 GMT Groovy23 said:

Can't find your image, Oz, but I think this is the place...

Very good; Very close, close enough. You are about 10 kms NE of my spot, but it is the same SV Trekker exercise.

Maybe you do this already: use GM Map view of the area (zoomed in), click on the pegman (do not drag it). You should see the whole trek. Then click on the blue line to the SW of your point, at its most SW position.

Got it! 

May 25, 2015 7:39:06 GMT Groovy23 said:

Got it! 

Way to Go!! 

This was another of what I thought would be hard, but  I was wrong yet again.

Very well found!

This place is almost surreal. There are only a few places in the world where a big town like the one in the picture is sorrounded by such a beatiful mountain landscape.

Very nice find, I must go here soon or later in my life. I am in love.

Also I love this kind of puzzles, landscape observing, no keywords involved, just world knowledge! 

May 25, 2015 10:47:29 GMT ndrqu said:

This place is almost surreal. There are only a few places in the world where a big town like the one in the picture is sorrounded by such a beatiful mountain landscape.

Very nice find, I must go here soon or later in my life. I am in love.

Also I love this kind of puzzles, landscape observing, no keywords involved, just world knowledge! 

What do you mean by no keywords? I found it with the right keywords in 2 minutes

May 25, 2015 11:09:23 GMT hhgygy said:

May 25, 2015 10:47:29 GMT ndrqu said:

This place is almost surreal. There are only a few places in the world where a big town like the one in the picture is sorrounded by such a beatiful mountain landscape.

Very nice find, I must go here soon or later in my life. I am in love.

Also I love this kind of puzzles, landscape observing, no keywords involved, just world knowledge! 

What do you mean by no keywords? I found it with the right keywords in 2 minutes

I mean that I found this place with no google search, just looking around on GE in all the possible places. And that's something almost impossible to do in all the "no-landscape" puzzles

May 25, 2015 11:09:23 GMT hhgygy said:

May 25, 2015 10:47:29 GMT ndrqu said:

What do you mean by no keywords? I found it with the right keywords in 2 minutes

Bridge + country ? 

May 25, 2015 16:57:58 GMT johnluke said:

May 25, 2015 11:09:23 GMT hhgygy said:

What do you mean by no keywords? I found it with the right keywords in 2 minutes

Bridge + country ? 

Neither of them.

May 25, 2015 17:38:39 GMT hhgygy said:

May 25, 2015 16:57:58 GMT johnluke said:

Bridge + country ? 

Neither of them.

Thanks for the clue. 

Time for a clue ..........

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From Douglas Adam's "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy",



"Oh yes," said Slartibartfast. "Did you ever go to a place ... I think it was called Norway?"
"No," said Arthur, "no, I didn't."
"Pity," said Slartibartfast, "that was one of mine. Won an award you know. Lovely crinkly edges."

shame on me: i was in that country and did not think of the most obvious wiki list!

very nice view, very nice puzzle!

May 27, 2015 0:04:19 GMT ozlingula said:

Time for a clue ..........

SPOILER: Click to show

From Douglas Adam's "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy",


"Oh yes," said Slartibartfast. "Did you ever go to a place ... I think it was called Norway?"
"No," said Arthur, "no, I didn't."
"Pity," said Slartibartfast, "that was one of mine. Won an award you know. Lovely crinkly edges."

Heeeeyyyyy, you know what, I had suspected that country. I'm getting better at this!  

Well done Groovy, ndrqu, hhgygy, Walter, krenek and alchemist for finding the very pleasant view, and thanks to others who tried. 

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The location is here. If anyone is interested in exploring this region of Norway further, the Street View Trekker team has been very active. There are numerous fun sites to explore on this trek, which is only visible when zoomed in on GM. This trek is one of several in Norway that covers their snow fields. They give an insight into the geography and topography that is not otherwise readily available. Excellent.

Jun 4, 2015 23:38:12 GMT ozlingula said:

Well done Groovy, ndrqu, hhgygy, krenek and alchemist for finding the very pleasant view, and thanks to others who tried. 

SPOILER: Click to show

The location is here. If anyone is interested in exploring this region of Norway further, the Street View Trekker team has been very active. There are numerous fun sites to explore on this trek, which is only visible when zoomed in on GM. This trek is one of several in Norway that covers their snow fields. They give an insight into the geography and topography that is not otherwise readily available. Excellent.

Did you forget Walter?

Ok, what was a good way to find this? Some used two keywords, some none.... I've no idea what to do when I see some snow, some sea, some mountains.... Could be lots of places.


Also, when I'm on my phone I cannot find the GE view from the SV view I got from a link. So the name of the place or coords would be nice. Thanks.

Jun 5, 2015 4:01:21 GMT johnluke said:

Jun 4, 2015 23:38:12 GMT ozlingula said:

Well done Groovy, ndrqu, hhgygy, krenek and alchemist for finding the very pleasant view, and thanks to others who tried. 

SPOILER: Click to show

The location is here. If anyone is interested in exploring this region of Norway further, the Street View Trekker team has been very active. There are numerous fun sites to explore on this trek, which is only visible when zoomed in on GM. This trek is one of several in Norway that covers their snow fields. They give an insight into the geography and topography that is not otherwise readily available. Excellent.

Did you forget Walter?

Ok, what was a good way to find this? Some used two keywords, some none.... I've no idea what to do when I see some snow, some sea, some mountains.... Could be lots of places.


Also, when I'm on my phone I cannot find the GE view from the SV view I got from a link. So the name of the place or coords would be nice. Thanks.

Thanks for the correction, it was an oversight. "Walter" added.

How to find : Well this is how I found such a places. Using GM map view with Street View locations turned on, I looked for places of blue blobs that are isolated or clusters of isolated blue blobs, then zoom in until they are blue lines (hopefully). Sometimes the blue blobs disappear while zooming in, and only reappear on zooming in further. Then I look around.

Here is the Norway example:



I have no idea how to go about finding the place with keywords. Maybe hhgygy will enlighten us.

I am sure that using a phone would be restrictive. I do not have a smart phone.

I hope that helps.

Thanks for your reply. I will check all this
when I'm near my comp. I only use the phone when I have no other choice. Usually to check answers.

You still haven't said the name of the place. Or do you really want me to find this by myself?

Jun 5, 2015 4:49:09 GMT johnluke said:

Thanks for your reply. I will check all this
when I'm near my comp. I only use the phone when I have no other choice. Usually to check answers.

You still haven't said the name of the place. Or do you really want me to find this by myself?

The city in my view is the city in the centre of the map in my last post. Tromsø.

May 25, 2015 10:47:29 GMT ndrqu said:

This place is almost surreal. There are only a few places in the world where a big town like the one in the picture is sorrounded by such a beatiful mountain landscape.

Very nice find, I must go here soon or later in my life. I am in love.

Also I love this kind of puzzles, landscape observing, no keywords involved, just world knowledge! 

Good catch ozlingula. My first thought was it could be Vancouver. Then i started scanning suspicious areas in GE, but to no avail. After reading ndrqu's answer, i took the keywords from his post: "town surrounded by mountains" plus "bridge" and image search provided me this picture at page 7, presenting the city of Tromsø. But forgive me, i was to lazy to go for a SV shot.

Jun 5, 2015 7:02:22 GMT winni said:

May 25, 2015 10:47:29 GMT ndrqu said:

This place is almost surreal. There are only a few places in the world where a big town like the one in the picture is sorrounded by such a beatiful mountain landscape.

Very nice find, I must go here soon or later in my life. I am in love.

Also I love this kind of puzzles, landscape observing, no keywords involved, just world knowledge! 

Good catch ozlingula. My first thought was it could be Vancouver. Then i started scanning suspicious areas in GE, but to no avail. After reading ndrqu's answer, i took the keywords from his post: "town surrounded by mountains" plus "bridge" and image search provided me this picture at page 7, presenting the city of Tromsø. But forgive me, i was to lazy to go for a SV shot.

Very well found Winni.

I would never have thought of the keywords to find the place.

and BTW, welcome to the F&G forum.

Jun 5, 2015 5:05:56 GMT ozlingula said:

Jun 5, 2015 4:49:09 GMT johnluke said:

Thanks for your reply. I will check all this
when I'm near my comp. I only use the phone when I have no other choice. Usually to check answers.

You still haven't said the name of the place. Or do you really want me to find this by myself?

The city in my view is the city in the centre of the map in my last post. Tromsø.

Thank you. I've just seen it now. And you know what, I was actually very close at one point, thanks to that bridge (I looked for bridges in Norway).  Maybe I didn't see or turn on the blue trek lines or something. Maybe it was very late at night.   Also, GM. I hate GM and I am not patient with it.  Anyway, thanks, another "I could have found this if only I..."