Help me find where this photo was taken.

April 30, 2009 11:20 AM

Help me find where this photo was taken. Favour for a friend.

My friend has been given the challenge of identifying where this photo was taken. Sadly it's quite bad quality. Any ideas?

Photo in question

posted by Hates_ to society & culture (8 comments total)

Are there any clues at all? Can we narrow down the continent/hemisphere at least?
posted by zennie at 11:43 AM on April 30

maybe a step well?
posted by Chris4d at 11:53 AM on April 30

fwiw, it looks to be a skijump hill, eg. this one in Oslo.
posted by mrt at 11:54 AM on April 30 [1 favorite]

just to save everyone time, this image doesn't reveal any larger versions in TinEye which is sometimes useful for this type of thing...
posted by jrishel at 11:58 AM on April 30

Maybe try asking the owner of Stair Porn if it rings any bells?
posted by fiercecupcake at 12:40 PM on April 30 [1 favorite]

Yes, I'm pretty certain it's the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo that mrt found.

Photo references here: notice the same wooden boxes at the bottom of the steps

and here: she is standing to the right of the jump as you face it
posted by Petrot at 1:04 PM on April 30 [1 favorite]

And a good view here of the wooden slatted fence to the right of the girl in the original photo
posted by Petrot at 1:07 PM on April 30

By the way, the reason for the pool at the bottom is that when jumpers are first learning to jump (in warm weather), they jump into water so that a bad landing doesn't kill them.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 2:21 PM on April 30