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    no and no

    a hint: very much is said about this city during these days, on the international news
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    Tel Aviv? Israel has yellow license plates and is recently in the spotlight.

    Edit: Skyscraper complex on the left looks like Azrieli Center.
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    Could be. The building on the right seems to have a stylised seven (or nine?) armed candelabrum.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jagmodo View Post
    Tel Aviv? Israel has yellow license plates and is recently in the spotlight.

    Edit: Skyscraper complex on the left looks like Azrieli Center.
    indeed, good guess

    your turn
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    Your hint was very helpful.



    EDIT:

    Ok, hint - The structure on the picture overlooks VERY old city. Guess the name of the city.

    Hint 2 - Very old and continuously inhabited.
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    well I spent a while trying to figure out what place is this .. actually it seems to me somewhere close to my last picture (both for landscape and for architecture), but I can't get to any sure answer .. maybe an hint would be useful
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    Very old and continuously inhabited.

    Jericho. And once I guessed that, it was not so difficult to identify the structure: Monastery of the Temptation of Christ on Mount Temptation.

    @sonny. Not that far from Tel Aviv indeed.
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    Perfect answer; your turn.

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    Thank you.

    This should not be very difficult. I was a passenger on that little boat in the background, by the way.


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    Well I gave enough time to others to jump in

    That must be Messina, with a view on the Stretto di Sicilia. The church in the center right is the Duomo di Messina

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    Not unsurprisingly, our Italian friend is right.
    Messina it is and the Duomo, and especially the Bell tower with it's moving golden mechanical figures are probably the most recognizable features of the picture.

    Also posted this because it's the birthplace of Vincenzo Nibali, who is well on his way to winning this years Tour de France with an impressive margin.

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    and here we go

    that's an easy one, but I can't come out with anything better in short

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    come on guys, it's not that hard!

    this stadium has been in the spotlite a couple of years ago and will soon be again (within mid next year)
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    Warsaw?

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    yep... and the place is???
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    The Stadion Narodowy w Warszawie (National Stadium) that will host the UEFA Europa League Final 2015.


    I've been. Cracking stadium.

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    correct dear sir, you can take the next turn

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    Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland, England
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    Quote Originally Posted by Muizer View Post
    Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland, England
    Correct and +repped!

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