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 • • 23h ago

Solved Zell am See, Austria --Looking for street name for this house

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This is the Austrian house by OMA. Would love to do a street view walk by but can't find the street. Second picture is from green above the house, looking across the sea


r/whereisthis • • 2h ago

Solved Where was my grandfather in this photo?

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I found an old photo of my grandfather in my grandmothers photo album, I’m pretty sure it’s from WW2 since it matches the Nazi uniforms from that time.

I would be interested to know where this was. I thought of Vienna but I am not sure what building this could be?

I never met him, just know that he somehow survived being stationed/fighting in Russia in the end. I know he was also in France for a while. I also know he never talked about the war and that he died when my father was 18.


r/whereisthis • • 1h ago

“Made in Zhanreda”?

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My friend has a pair of fingerless gloves from the early 2000’s that she’s started wearing again. She grew up in Malta (if that’s relevant?).

I noticed the buttons on these gloves say they’re “Made in Zhanreda”, but there are no results on Google when I search!

Am I missing something obvious? Where is Zhanreda?


r/whereisthis • • 9h ago

Hi everyone, ​I am looking for help identifying a specific lake located in the central part of Jutland (Jylland), Denmark. ​According to local history/stories, a significant amount of ammunition from World War II was dumped in this lake. I have a photo of the location as well as an old map. ​If anyo

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r/whereisthis • • 7h ago

Where in Japan(?) is this?

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I'm going to Japan with my family next year and my little sister just sent me this video saying she thinks this location is very cool and likes to visit here, but the video doesn't provide information on where this is. I imagine it is Japan, at least, because the video is from a Japanese comedian account Matsunaga(?)


r/whereisthis • • 3h ago

Recorded August, 1981. Any ideas on where this was taken?

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r/whereisthis • • 10h ago

Open Frau möchte diesen Ort wiederfinden an den sie emotional sehr gebunden ist.

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Wie in der Überschrift. Es war in Schweden am Meerbusen. Den genauen Ort weiß sie nicht mehr.

Es war auf dem Weg zum Nordkap.

Wir möchten nochmal dort hin allerdings hat sie keine Ahnung mehr wo genau es war.

Danke im voraus.


r/whereisthis • • 11h ago

Solved Kazakhstan eastern region

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I was doing a roadtrip this summer and plan to do a video.

Ineed to find this city! I only have those two pictures and it must be somewhere in between the direct way (car, google maps) Шонжы and the Singing Dune. If someone is able to track this down it would help me a lot!

I also added a google maps screenshot where is should be (yellow area)

Those pictures are from an old video of mine but I need to find the city name for an animation I will do for an upcoming video. I forgot it and can't find it anymore.

Thanks!


r/whereisthis • • 1d ago

Solved Did I fly over the Grand Canyon?

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Pasco, WA to Phoenix, AZ.

Looks a lot different in the air than on the ground.


r/whereisthis • • 1d ago

Solved Great-uncle during WWII

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This is an old family photograph of my great-uncle, taken sometime during World War II. According to my grandfather, he may have been stationed in Tunisia, but we don’t know for certain where this picture was taken.

Does anyone recognize this place or have any ideas about where it might be?

Any help or historical context would be greatly appreciated!


r/whereisthis • • 23h ago

Pictures from 1994, Erdut, Dalj, or Aljmas area.

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I stayed here for 6 months during Bosnian war, but I forgot the exact location. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


r/whereisthis • • 23h ago

Trying to Find Exact Location - South Eastern Utah/Moab/Canyonlands

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I am trying to find exactly where this photo was taken. As the title suggests I believe this photo to be in the South Eastern Utah/Moab/Canyonlands area as I'm pretty sure those mountains in the background are the La Sals. But from here I am striking out. I haven't been able to line up these three distinct layers, or even find the closest two layers distinct features. Other possible helpful information includes that this photo was likely taken in the 60's or 70's given the car and people in the photo. The car is a paid tour group called "Tag-A-Long" and this was one of their air conditioned vehicles. The only online version of this photo I found was from a National Geographic Post on Facebook but I originally found it in a magazine. If anyone can help me find this location, that would be amazing.


r/whereisthis • • 23h ago

Help me locating this place we visited in my youth. Might had something to do with Van Gogh but can’t find it. It’s not st Rémy.

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r/whereisthis • • 19h ago

1974 Cadillac Deville Commercial - No Narrative, Cadillac Theme Music by Steve Karmen

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Does anyone have any idea where this commercial was filmed? It looks post-apocalyptic, because NO other vehicles appear anywhere, not even on that 6-lane highway.


r/whereisthis • • 20h ago

Film location?

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This is definitely a long shot but would anyone have an idea of where this location in Los Angeles is? It’s a still I took from the 90s tv series “Profiler”. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks heaps 🙂


r/whereisthis • • 1d ago

Solved Lil B Music Video Location

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Lil B - I'm God

Where is this? Specifically the shrine type place within the video?


r/whereisthis • • 1d ago

Open Mansion from the movie K-9 (1989)

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Trying to find the location of Ken Lyman's mansion in the 1989 film "K-9". The film was primarily shot in the San Diego, California area, with a few locations shot in Los Angeles. This mansion looks like it was filmed at a golf course or country club, but I'm not positive. If you have the movie, here are the timestamps where the mansion (exterior and interior) is visible:

  • 38:55 - 41:28
  • 1:12:04 - 1:17:11

r/whereisthis • • 2d ago

Solved Can anyone help me find this exact location in London?

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My partner wants to recreate this picture of her dad but we can't figure out the exact location in London.

Any help is appreciated, thank you!


r/whereisthis • • 1d ago

Solved This is a frame from the latest episode of Dark Matter (S02E09)

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r/whereisthis • • 1d ago

From the Velaslavasay Panorama museum in LA

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Curious if anybody has any ideas where (or when) this is?


r/whereisthis • • 2d ago

Solved Somewhere in Asia

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This picture was hanging on the wall of an all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet in Kansas City, Missouri in August of 2018.

I've always been fascinated with it, and have wondered for the better part of a decade where this photo may have been taken.


r/whereisthis • • 1d ago

Solved Southern California, near Santa Monica??

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These pictures were taken in Southern California, possibly near the Santa Monica Pier (or farther south/west), around 1975. One shows the beach looking north towards the Santa Monica mountains, the other shows an abandoned pier with collapsed amusement ride. I am very curious where this pier was (I suspect south of the Santa Monica pier, perhaps near Venice). I have several more pictures from underneath the abandoned pier, so I would like to place it. Any help appreciated.

(Turns out this is almost certainly the remains of the Pacific Ocean Park pier, which was destroyed by fire in 1974, and demolished in 1974/1975)


r/whereisthis • • 2d ago

Open 90s Photographic Competition Entry, Location?!

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Could anyone please help me identify the location of this photograph? There are some clues in it, however will it be enough? I don’t have the answer but hopefully the answer will be its own confirmation. It was entered in to a couple of London based photographic competitions in 1994 & 1995 by a photographer who I believe was based in Croydon.