http://ask.metafilter.com/91732/Tell-me-where-this-old-photo-was-taken/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Tell me where this old photo was taken Sun, 18 May 2008 10:53:28 -0800 Sun, 18 May 2008 10:53:28 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/91732/Tell-me-where-this-old-photo-was-taken Can anyone tell me where <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26450348@N07/2482005922/">this</a> picture was taken? The photo was taken in Europe during the 70's by my parents. they think it might have been somewhere in Germany, but Denmark and Sweden are also potential options. post:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.91732 Sun, 18 May 2008 10:41:50 -0800 nanhey photograph identify http://ask.metafilter.com/91732/Tell-me-where-this-old-photo-was-taken#1344503 OMG, I know this -- it's <a href="http://images.google.ca/images?q=bern%20clock%20tower&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi">Bern</a>, Switzerland! comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.91732-1344503 Sun, 18 May 2008 10:53:28 -0800 PercussivePaul http://ask.metafilter.com/91732/Tell-me-where-this-old-photo-was-taken#1344507 See also <a href="http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/CH_Bern_Kramgasse.jpg/800px-CH_Bern_Kramgasse.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:CH_Bern_Kramgasse.jpg&h=533&w=800&sz=141&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=oxCPGmQAZokvgM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbern%2Bclock%2Btower%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN">here</a> with the fountain clearly visible. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.91732-1344507 Sun, 18 May 2008 10:55:12 -0800 PercussivePaul http://ask.metafilter.com/91732/Tell-me-where-this-old-photo-was-taken#1344508 Berne's clocktower comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.91732-1344508 Sun, 18 May 2008 10:56:59 -0800 kenchie http://ask.metafilter.com/91732/Tell-me-where-this-old-photo-was-taken#1344518 wow, that was fast. thanks!! comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.91732-1344518 Sun, 18 May 2008 11:05:41 -0800 nanhey http://ask.metafilter.com/91732/Tell-me-where-this-old-photo-was-taken#1344870 MAN!!!! I haven't been there in way over a decade but I instantly knew it was Bern! I can't believe I was right... and that I even remembered that <a href="http://www.einstein-bern.ch/index.php?lang=en&show=haus">Einstein's house</a> was on <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Kramgasse+49,+3011+Berne,+Switzerland&um=1&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=title">the left</a>!<br> <br> Rock on, my aging brain!!!! comment:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.91732-1344870 Sun, 18 May 2008 19:11:56 -0800 miss lynnster