Where in the world ?

[david,Mississauga]

These two show the final arrival and departure of the QE2 at this North American port on 21 September  2008. There is a tiny clue in the first one and a bigger clue in the second.

 

[Host Hattie]

Halifax ?

[Colin_Cameron]

40 minutes ago, bluemarble said:

Here's another image from my webcam archives showing QM2 arriving at port. Let's try this without any hints first. There are several features in the image that someone may recognize or which could otherwise assist in identifying this port.

 

Yep. I recognise that one.

 

Sydney Harbour.

[david,Mississauga]

7 minutes ago, Host Hattie said:

Halifax ?

 

Yes, Hattie, it is. Perhaps I should have posted a photo without Theodore the tugboat.

 

I was in Halifax for the inaugural arrival of the QM2 in 2004 and took a lot of video. I must have taken some still shots but can't find them.

[bluemarble]

10 minutes ago, Colin_Cameron said:

Yep. I recognise that one.

 

Sydney Harbour.

 

That is correct. If no one had been able to get it, the hint I was going to give would have been a photo of Sydney, Nova Scotia from a cruise I took on another line. But that clearly wasn't necessary.

Edited September 11, 2020 by bluemarble

[Host Hattie]

5 minutes ago, david,Mississauga said:

 

Yes, Hattie, it is. Perhaps I should have posted a photo without Theodore the tugboat.

 

I was in Halifax for the inaugural arrival of the QM2 in 2004 and took a lot of video. I must have taken some still shots but can't find them.

I must admit I wasn't familiar with Theodore the tugboat until today but he was a good clue !

[Colin_Cameron]

I don't have a decent photo of this ship in port. So basically just name the ship.

[carlmm]

I lost track of all the open photos / questions at the same time ....

[carlmm]

23 hours ago, Colin_Cameron said:

 Does anybody have an idea about this port? (We know it is in the Med.)

 

Or could you provide any clue, Colin?

[Colin_Cameron]

2 minutes ago, carlmm said:

 Does anybody have an idea about this port? (We know it is in the Med.)

 

Or could you provide any clue, Colin?

It's a Greek island.

 

I checked Google Streetview and the buildings still look the same. (Not that that helps)

[bluemarble]

12 minutes ago, Colin_Cameron said:

It's a Greek island.

 

I checked Google Streetview and the buildings still look the same. (Not that that helps)

 

That helped a lot. I'm getting a match to Mytilene, Greece.

[Colin_Cameron]

2 minutes ago, bluemarble said:

 

That helped a lot. I'm getting a match to Mytilene, Greece.

And we have a winner. Mytilene/Mitilini, Lesbos.

[Colin_Cameron]

On 9/4/2020 at 4:31 PM, Lanky Lad said:

I am pretty sure almost all of us will have been to this port.  But this is an odd view. 

 

 

 

5 hours ago, Colin_Cameron said:

While we wait for a location for the Cunard Princess photo, here's another oldie. Ship and location please.

 

 

1 hour ago, Colin_Cameron said:

I don't have a decent photo of this ship in port. So basically just name the ship.

 

 

I've checked back half a dozen pages and I think these are the only unsolved ones. Apologies if I've missed someone else's.

 

And I'm going to guess Southampton for Lanky Lad's QM2 photo.

[sogne]

frequent port but possibly a different view from most

[Colin_Cameron]

56 minutes ago, sogne said:

frequent port but possibly a different view from most

The perspective is misleading. But I think that looks like Tallinn.

 

A very long lens from the TV tower?

Edited September 11, 2020 by Colin_Cameron

[carlmm]

2 hours ago, Colin_Cameron said:

I don't have a decent photo of this ship in port. So basically just name the ship.

Royal Viking Sun, today sailing as Amera for the German market. (Well not really today but hopefully soon.)

[Colin_Cameron]

19 minutes ago, carlmm said:

Royal Viking Sun, today sailing as Amera for the German market. (Well not really today but hopefully soon.)

Correct!

[Host Hattie]

I have no idea where this is but it looks wonderful. I'd love to be there now.

[Lanky Lad]

2 hours ago, Colin_Cameron said:

And I'm going to guess Southampton for Lanky Lad's QM2 photo.

 

You are correct, taken from the city walls near the West Quay shopping centre.

[Ray66]

While we wait for clues to the unsolved photos...  Two Queens for the price of one in May 2012.

 

[Colin_Cameron]

Well, I can name the two Queens. Does that get me anything?

[bluemarble]

6 minutes ago, Ray66 said:

While we wait for clues to the unsolved photos...  Two Queens for the price of one in May 2012.

 

 

The guy with all the itineraries is going with Zeebrugge, Belgium since QE and QV were both scheduled to be there on May 21, 2012. 

[Colin_Cameron]

7 minutes ago, bluemarble said:

 

The guy with all the itineraries is going with Zeebrugge, Belgium 

Yeah. I’d recognise those yellow kerbs anywhere.😁

 

OK, so it took me longer to find my 2011-13 brochure than It should have.

[Host Hattie]

I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel now ....

[bluemarble]

11 minutes ago, Host Hattie said:

I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel now ....

 

That yellow flag looks like it's a match to the flag of Flanders. Naturally that helped me to zero in on one particular port since Cunard only calls at one Flemish port. Then I found a match to that red sign in the middle of the picture that's pointing to various destinations around the world. From other scenes I've found, the blue flag to the right of the traffic light is an EU flag, the flag hidden by the traffic light is the flag of Belgium, and the flag on the left is (... wait for it ...) the flag of the Port of Zeebrugge.

 

Looks to me like this one is also Zeebrugge, Belgium. 😉