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« on: July 01, 2026, 07:35:04 »
Can you identify the countries (some easy, some not, all different)

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« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2026, 07:48:12 »
8 looks like Belgium
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« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2026, 09:45:44 »
My bid is for 1. to be Den Haag, Netherlands
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« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2026, 09:48:28 »
5. Germany
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« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2026, 09:57:21 »
Two correct so far

5. Germany (Aachen) - ChrisB
8. Belgium (Leuven) - eightonedee

Sorry - no. 1 is not the Netherlands.
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« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2026, 10:48:42 »
All the small detail in 6 looks very French, as only France can (Antibes).
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« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2026, 11:23:17 »
3.  Switzerland.  It's a well known tourist attraction - the name of which I can't remember.  Wink
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« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2026, 11:40:17 »
Quote from: grahame on July 01, 2026, 09:57:21


Sorry - no. 1 is not the Netherlands.



Luxembourg, then.  Tricked by the flag
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« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2026, 10:02:36 »
Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on July 01, 2026, 11:23:17
3.  Switzerland.  It's a well known tourist attraction - the name of which I can't remember.  Wink

I thought that looked more Austrian, on stylistic grounds. I still do, though there is a big overlap between them, but as 7 is Austria (Bregenz), 3 must be Swiss.
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« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2026, 19:59:09 »
3. Is indeed Switzerland. I've looked it up: specifically, it's a village in the Swiss Alps - a World Heritage Site. See https://www.myswitzerland.com/en-gb/destinations/berguen-bravuogn/  Wink Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #10 on: July 02, 2026, 21:49:58 »
1. Luxumbourg - Witham Bobby
3. Switzerland - Chris from Nailsea
5. Germany (Aachen) - ChrisB
6. France (Antibes) - stuving
7. Austria (Bregenz) - stuving
8. Belgium (Leuven) - eightonedee

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« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2026, 06:27:20 »
4. Netherlands.

The Netherlands has been suggested as a country location before, and discounted, but I'm sure that's the church in Maastricht.
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« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2026, 14:07:00 »
2.  Italy.

By somewhat of a process of elimination of possible countries, all the others in Europe have been identified, so it has to be Italy.  With the coastline and foliage, it has to be somewhere Mediterranean.

CfN▸ (Chris from Nailsea, an administrator on this forum).  Wink
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« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2026, 18:32:02 »
2. Is indeed Italy (Cagliari) and 5. is Maastricht in the Netherlands
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