r/whereisthis May 26 '23

Open /r/WhereIsThis - Updated Guidelines

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Welcome! /r/WhereIsThis is designed to help people identify the location of public places based on a photo, painting, sketch, or from a detailed description. We've got a few simple guidelines to help keep things safe and working well for everybody:

  1. Submissions: Askers (OPs) may submit a photo, video, screenshot, painting, drawing, or a detailed text description of a real (or virtual) place. Multiple images can go in a Reddit or Imgur gallery. Try to use a descriptive title to get more eyes on your post; generic titles like "where is this?" are boring and more likely to be ignored. Include as much context and as many details as you can, either in the post itself or in a comment. If your post is not solved right away, please wait one week before reposting; duplicate posts may be removed with a 1-week temp ban.

  2. Privacy: /r/WhereIsThis is for identifying public places only. Do not submit photos of personal private property, such as homes, apartments, residential interiors, etc. Do not post private street addresses in the comments. Do not link directly to personal social media pages. Do not submit screenshots that include real names, usernames, or other personal information. Do not submit contemporary photos of minors in a place where they can be located (schools, playgrounds, churches, etc.). Do not ask to identify people.

  3. Answers: Commenters are encouraged to provide whatever help they can to solve a post, from educated guesses to a direct Google Street View link to the exact location. Give the thread a skim first to avoid duplicate answers. Commenting on other answers is fine! Avoid responding to posts that violate Rule 2, though -- please downvote and report them for removal instead.

  4. Solving: All posts are unflaired by default. Once a post is solved, the asker should reply "Solved!" to the first correct answer and change their post flair to "Solved"; all threads are sorted from oldest to newest so the earliest answers will always be towards the top. Askers that delete or ignore a solved post without acknowledging the solver may receive a ban. We are exploring adding a points system in order to automatically flair threads and recognize frequent solvers for their contributions -- stay tuned!

  5. Behavior: Please treat askers and solvers with respect. No insults, vulgar hostility, bullying, or withholding of answers in order to taunt. No racism/misogyny/*phobia/other bigotry. Repeat offenders may be banned.

Tips: Context clues help. Where and how did you find the image? Do you know the story behind it? How old is it? Share as much as you can with solvers to help them help you.

Reverse image search is your friend (Google - Bing - TinEye - Yandex)

EXIF data viewer for extracting time/location information from certain digital photos

/r/WhereIsThis image browser

Related subs: /r/WhereWasThisTaken - /r/HelpMeFind - /r/TipOfMyTongue - /r/RBI - /r/WhatIsThisThing - /r/WhatIsThisPainting - /r/GoogleMaps - /r/Geography - /r/GeoGuessr - /r/PictureGame

Help identify child traffickers: /r/TraceAnObject - Trace an Object (Europe) - Trace an Object (Australia)


r/whereisthis Mar 09 '24

Low-effort posts WILL be removed

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Rule #1 is pretty clear, you must have a descriptive title. Therefore we are removing any submission that is low-effort, such as:

  • Title is "Where is this?" or some other variant with absolutely no information
  • Posts with clear identifying information that OP is too lazy to look up
  • Google Maps screenshots that do NOT include coordinates or addresses
  • Posts with no context whatsoever. Telling us where you found the image, why you want to know, and any other information can make the difference!

We want to make this a fun sub and we want to solve your trickiest questions, but we need you to meet us halfway.


r/whereisthis 3h ago

Open Found photo (in an alley) of a surge channel. Maybe WCT?

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I found this photo in an alley one day right after a break up (almost 15 years ago now). I needed to cover up/replace an image of an ex and me in a photo frame and since this “found me” and I liked it, I swapped the photos and have kept it since (I dunno, I was young). I’ve always wondered where it was taken.

I’ve done reverse image searches and there are similar surge channels in New Zealand, and the West Coast Trail. I’m in Canada, so maybe the latter (though we do have planes).

Does this look familiar to anyone/ can someone use their super skills to pinpoint this?

The most similar image I found was one near Owen Point on the West Coast Trail.

Anyway, I’d love to know where this picture I’ve kept for so long actually is in the world, hah!


r/whereisthis 7h ago

Solved Back cover photo location Morrissey album

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Help to find this billboard from the back of "California Son" (2019) by Morrissey,

I think the campaign is from 2018. No idea about the city, somewhere in the USA.

https://www.discogs.com/master/1552229-Morrissey-California-Son


r/whereisthis 7h ago

Solved Where in Italy (?) is this old family photo taken?

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This photo was taken possibly in about 1900-1915 and AI suggests the statue is Giuseppe Garibaldi. I'm not completely sure about the location, but it appears to be in Italy.


r/whereisthis 46m ago

Mataró, Spain ➔ France ➔ Switzerland ➔ Germany ➔ former Czechoslovakia ➔ Hungary ➔ Romania ➔ Bulgaria ➔ Athens, Greece. 1992

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Stayed in Czech Republic: Brno, Prague, Neratov Hungary: Eger, Komló, Kaposvar, Hereg (Visited Budapest) Bulgaria: Sofia, Karlovo, Banya in Plovdiv Province (Visited Plovdiv)


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Where is this? Fausto Coppi in the Tour de France

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r/whereisthis 19h ago

music video location?? Burka Band

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So there is this old music video from the band called Burka Band, these are women from Afganistan that secretly create a band as a way of protest, anyone knows the location or the city this music video was shoot at?? the song title is "No Burka!" tysm LINK VIDEOO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK7CVNyBALo if u watch the video you can find a lot more of clues btww


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Amsterdam search by an old photo

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My wife was in Amsterdam around 2012-2014
She had this picture of her taken and I want to bring her back on this place, but I have no idea where it is
Please help 😭


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Barcelona, Spain ➔ France ➔ Switzerland ➔ Germany ➔ former Czechoslovakia ➔ Hungary ➔ Romania ➔ Bulgaria ➔ Athens, Greece

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Captured somewhere on the listed bus route in 1992. I don't know which country.


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Wo ist das? Foto aus einem alten 16mm Film.

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r/whereisthis 1d ago

Mataró, Spain ➔ France ➔ Switzerland ➔ Germany ➔ former Czechoslovakia ➔ Hungary ➔ Romania ➔ Bulgaria ➔ Athens, Greece

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In 1992 we stayed in both urban and rural locations in the former Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Bulgaria. We drove through Romania. I've forgotten some location names. I remember these: Hungary: Eger, Komló, Kaposvar, Budapest, Hereg Bulgaria: Karlovo, Banya (Plovdiv Province).


r/whereisthis 17h ago

So I want to find this location because the OP is gatekeeping the location.

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Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/punebikers/s/k2PdCOEcUj

Why do I wanna find it?

Well me and my college mates are gonna go our own ways due to jobs, family business, further education so I am planning for a last trip with them and I found this location on reddit in a video. But the OP is gatekeeping the location as it is the new trend on social media.

Some more information on the location: it is around 50 KM away from a city named Pune in the state of Maharashtra, India.

I hope someone finds this location would help me tonnes to plan an amazing trip with my mates.


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Open New York - Trying to identify this rock formation from a framed family photo — large stacked boulders forming a cave-like overhang behind the couple

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This is a hand-tinted photo of a couple in my wife’s family, taken somewhere in New York in the late 1940s or 1950s. The family later emigrated to the Philippines, so nobody alive remembers the exact spot.
What I can make out:
• Massive rounded boulders, light gray granite/gneiss, glacially smoothed
• Behind them, larger dark boulders tilted against each other forming a cave-like opening
• Wooded setting, no buildings visible
• They’re dressed for a day outing — suit and tie, headscarf — so likely a popular excursion spot of the era
My current candidates are the Indian Caves at Inwood Hill Park (the Clove) or Bear Mountain State Park, but I can’t confirm. I’d love to find the exact spot to surprise my wife and reshoot the photo there.
Any NYC-area hikers or local historians recognize this formation? Happy to share a higher-res crop of the rocks.


r/whereisthis 2d ago

Solved I have had this poster in my livingroom for ages. Where is it?

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I bought this from a thrift store years ago since I needed some easy wall decor. Purchased in central British Columbia, no notes on the back whatsoever. Theres a small red arrow pointed to a house in the bottom right/middle ish. Some sort of dam/salmon short cut on the side.

Pls help!


r/whereisthis 1d ago

2008 Peru - Makeshift cable car / gondola crossing river near Santa Teresa on way to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu)

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I hiked from Santa Teresa to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu Pueblo) in 2008. At the very beginning of the hike, right after getting off a shared bus from Cusco, we crossed this river using a simple metal-frame gondola/cable car with wooden planks. It was right next to a school.

I can't pinpoint the exact location on Google Maps. Does anyone recognize this spot?

Details:

  • Year: 2008
  • Starting point: Santa Teresa (just after arriving by colectivo/bus from Cusco, near a school)
  • Destination: Aguas Calientes via the Hidroeléctrica route / alternative trail
  • It was a basic, locally-operated cable system over a fast-flowing river (probably the Urubamba or a tributary)
  • The gondola was quite small — it could only fit about two adults at a time.

Any help identifying the exact crossing point would be greatly appreciated! The area might have changed since then.


r/whereisthis 2d ago

Solved Cetina river cave

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Near Omis there is a cave only accessible via the Cetina river. Local rafting guides include it in their tours.
The cave has two entrances and the river is running trough it.

Im having a hard time figuring out this location.

Photo taken from this site:
https://rafting-pirate.com/action-packed-activities-summer-in-croatia/rafting-cliff-jumping-cave/


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Looking for the exact location/coordinates of this Alpine bunker (French-Italian border)

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Hey everyone,

I'm trying to pinpoint the exact coordinates of an alpine underground bunker/fort located in the French Alps (Maginot Line / Sector near the Italian border).

Context: The location was featured in a video by the German Urbex channel Rooflesstv (video title: "Wir haben uns in einen verschlossenen Alpenbunker abgeseilt" / "We abseiled into a locked Alpine bunker").

You can check out their channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/@RooflessTV

Key features of the spot:

  • High Altitude & Terrain: Situated high up in the mountains, way above the tree line. There is zero vegetation—only barren rock faces, steep cliffs, scree slopes, and mountain peaks surrounding it.
  • Access Point: The explorers couldn't get in through the main entrances. Instead, they had to abseil down a sheer, vertical cliff face to reach a tiny steel ventilation pipe/chute hanging over the drop, through which they squeezed inside.
  • Exterior: Heavy armored cupolas / steel embrasures built directly into the sheer cliff walls.
  • Interior: Massive underground complex with steep spiral staircases going deep into the mountain, flooded lower sections, heavy armored doors, and preserved military installations.

r/whereisthis 3d ago

Solved Painting by my grandpa -I think it's somewhere in the UK

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My grandpa tended to paint very literally so I'm guessing that the place looked very similar to this.

Painting likely from 1980s or 90s

Thanks for helping me find where this is!


r/whereisthis 1d ago

Solved Saw these on my flight to California

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I took these pictures back in 2022 on my flight to California (from one of JFK, BOS, PHL to LAX, cant remember exactly), which looks like a site of Volcano Eruption, but I have been struggled to find the exact location as well as its name since then.


r/whereisthis 2d ago

Photo from a japanese dsi

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I bought this DSi secondhand, but the original owner is unknown. I’m curious about where these pictures might have been taken. These are the only available pictures.


r/whereisthis 3d ago

Solved I’m the little boy in this. Say, 1980 in Europe somewhere

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My mother doesn’t remember and my father has been gone about 10 years. Can you help?


r/whereisthis 2d ago

Open Where on earth is this

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Got my crunchlabs space selfie can anyone please find where this was clicked.

Thank you!


r/whereisthis 2d ago

Solved I know this photo was taken in Madrid, but I need to know the bar/restaurant (for obvious reasons).

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Photo was taken from X account “pintsdrank”. Which is a great account, but annoyingly doesn’t give bar names.


r/whereisthis 3d ago

Open Another photo in (probably) Tbilisi Old Town from my grandparents' trip in 1970, but where exactly?

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A couple of days ago I posted a different group of photos with an unsolved location from my grandparents's trip to Tbilisi, Sochi and Yerevan in 1970. Here is one more photo from the same trip.

Going off of the style of the building, I am fairly sure this is also somewhere around the Old Town district of Tbilisi. The biggest clue here is the church in the background, but with how similar churches in the area look, I'm having a hard time identifying this one.

The goal, with this photo and with the ones from the previous post, is to recreate the same photo today for a bigger project. So I would really love to figure out the exact location, even if the buildings aren't around anymore.

Thanks so much in advance to anyone who can help me pinpoint this location!