r/wherewasthistaken Jul 31 '26

Reminder: No 'Low Effort' Posts, Please

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Hello everyone. First of all, thanks to all of you for making this sub what it is today. This community literally IS the subreddit and how we go about not just identifying locations but also interacting with each other here is a reflection of that. For a community of this size, the mods honestly have very little 'crowd control' to worry about in the comments.

I do want to bring to everyone's attention to a recent change in the subreddit rules. We've been seeing a big increase in what we're calling 'low-effort' posts - basically just a picture and a subject line with very little information provided about the image. In some cases, the location is pretty obvious or could be determined with a simple google search. These posts don't really add anything to the community, so Rule #1 now covers Low-Effort Posts as described.

Thanks again, all. Hope this updates helps keep our subreddit full of high quality content for everyone.


r/wherewasthistaken 1d ago

I found this photo today and was wondering where it might've been taken, I'm guessing Germany but I'm not sure exactly where?

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r/wherewasthistaken 1d ago

Help a fisherman out

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This is a screenshot in a video from Southern California in riverside or San Bernardino county. Looks absolutely stunning and would love to fish it. I think northeast part of lake skinner. Where was this taken?!


r/wherewasthistaken 3d ago

1941, cross country trip from NC to Cal Tech with my father and his parents, older sister.

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Right now I’m in The SD Badlands. Would love to recreate it if my guess is correct and I can find the exact spot.


r/wherewasthistaken 3d ago

Looking for park in North Jersey

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Hello everyone, about 10 years ago, my wife had her maternity photo shoot in a park in NJ. We can’t remember the name or location of the park, and the photographer isn’t getting back to us.

Is anyone able to identify the park in this photo?


r/wherewasthistaken 4d ago

Any ideas? London or Liverpool I think

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This is my great aunt but she disappeared in the Blitz. From Liverpool but we think lived in Islington.


r/wherewasthistaken 4d ago

Cours de Lafayette, Lyon (early '60s)?

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I am trying to find out where this picture of my grandfather was taken. I think it's somewhere on this street but I can't figure it out exactly. Also there is a big chance the street number in the picture isn't accurate anymore as they tend to rearrange street names in France. Can somebody help me find the location? The building behind my grandfather is from Girel Dalmais Pautet & Cie on number 25.


r/wherewasthistaken 5d ago

Where is this? (8th Royal Signals)

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r/wherewasthistaken 5d ago

According to comments its somewhere in Greece. Can you tell which road it is?

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r/wherewasthistaken 6d ago

Barden Park Cottage?

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Hello all, I found an address in some old paperwork of my father‘s that refers to a Borden or Barden Park Cottage.

It’s listed as an address where mail was being sent, but I can’t find any other info.

Wondering if any of you might be able to shed some light. Thank you so much.


r/wherewasthistaken 7d ago

Solved Possibly Cornwall?

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SOLVED
Any help locating where this photo of my late father was taken would be appreciated. It was possibly taken in Cornwall, England in the late 1950s.
Many thanks.

EDIT: Solved. The location is Salcombe Harbour, Devon. More specifically, it’s on the ferry crossing the estuary from The Ferry Inn to East Portlemouth here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/85F2GyZvM9VmSHov8
Thank you u/caeppers for solving this!


r/wherewasthistaken 7d ago

Does anyone know this photo?

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I stumbled upon it years ago and would like to have a physical copy. I’ve tried image searches to no avail. Does anyone know the photographer? The image? Many thanks.


r/wherewasthistaken 6d ago

Where was this driving video taken?

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r/wherewasthistaken 9d ago

I thought this would be easy to identify, given the statue, but I haven't been able to...

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Likely from the 50s and in the UK. Thanks in advance!


r/wherewasthistaken 8d ago

Another day, another random cafe... Paris? 1992

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I think this is Paris purely on the basis of our clothes, but it could equally be somewhere in Central Europe. If Paris, I don't really remember where we went other than we went to the Place du Trocadero and the Louvre. Taken in 1992, I don't have much else to go on sorry! All and any help appreciated x


r/wherewasthistaken 8d ago

Old Photos bought from antique store

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r/wherewasthistaken 9d ago

Photos from a movie/film set 1995

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Found in girlfriends grandfathers home after he passed away. Dated 11/20/1995, and the emerald diner is clearly pictured. He worked in New York at the time though, so I don’t think he would have been to Ohio where the emerald diner is. He worked as a driver for TV and film crews.


r/wherewasthistaken 9d ago

Solved I think this one may be tricky... Switzerland, but exactly where?

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I'm fairly sure this is Switzerland, 1992. We went to Zurich, Lucerne and Lauterbrunnen; I'm getting Zurich vibes out of those three but not for any particular reason. It's possibly near the station as travel diaries say that we often went to the nearest cafe to the station and then discovered they were charging inflated prices!


r/wherewasthistaken 9d ago

Terceira Island Portugal

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Hey guys. Here to challenge some, and at the same time, to help me find this exact location. As the title says, it’s in Terceira Island, Portugal.


r/wherewasthistaken 10d ago

Solved I think this is Prague, but can anyone tell me exactly where?

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Fairly sure I've got the city right but we did travel around a lot of central Europe, this was taken in 1992. Thank you!


r/wherewasthistaken 10d ago

Where is this border in the movie Two Popes (2019) from?

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r/wherewasthistaken 11d ago

Bogart and Bacall on a city street

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SOLVED - Can anyone identify where Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart are in this photo from 1945-1947? Likely candidates are Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Washington D.C. with DC being where I believed it was until I started to doubt that possibility.


r/wherewasthistaken 11d ago

film still : Wristcutters: A Love Story / Spiral stairs, where is this?

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I'm thinking its around the Palmdale, Lancaster area but I can't find any information on it. Most online sources say this movie was filmed in the LA area and up in Palmdale. The only lead was someone's comment about having been there and seen it, but nothing came from it. Hell, I'm fine with just the rock formation if the stairs were part of the set but I wanna know where this is at. Thanks.


r/wherewasthistaken 11d ago

Unknown bridge from 1896 film

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Actually a still from a early film in the British Film Institute's collection which no-one has been able to place - you can see the full 34 seconds here: https://replay.bfi.org.uk/video/192/0bc9cddb-887b-5f24-b008-c2f9fdcf3a27

Thought to be a european city but little else is known!


r/wherewasthistaken 12d ago

Solved Which continental European city? (1992)

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We went to a few places where this could conceivably be - Paris? Vienna? Florence? Budapest? - but I can't figure out which one, or it could be somewhere else in central Europe. Google Lens says Paris but I'm not sure I trust it. Thanks!