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Guess the country and city.

 

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i go for non of the above...and i think it's India.

No. It's not in India.

 

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I go for Russia - Ekatrinenburg maybe?

Not Ekaterinburg.

Note: The sandy topsoil.

Hint: Almost a colony of an European country.

 

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"Almost a colony" would be something like Mallorca for the Germans :lol:

e.g. something like Canton (Guangzhou) for Brits.

 

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is it Manila?

No.

Hints:
Not in South/SE Asia, Africa or Middle East.
Not classified within boreal or tundra climates.

City Population > 500,000.

 

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A German or Italian city in Brazil or Argentina? - But I am still confused by the contrast of soil and vegetation...

No. Not in Brazil or Italy.

For Argentina--- there are only several cities have population > 500,000. Buenos Aires, La Plata and Rosario have perhaps the most influences from Germany and Italy.

Hint: A city influeced by wide varieties of European culture.

 

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Ehm wait, maybe it's in your homlands... Toronto or Vancouver?

Neither.

 

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Durban, Cape Town, Pretoria?

No.

Hint: Note the poll options.

Hint: Not in Argentina or Russia.

 

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Tianjin, China

Not Tianjin.

 

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The poll had closed. The correct answer for the poll is None of the above

Hint: The country borders one of the country shown in the poll.

No country guesses please.

 

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Belarus is not a colony (only of Moscow :lol: ) but it could be in EE... maybe Kiew or Cisinau because there are a lot of Germans still living from the old times

No.

Hint: Not in Ukraine or Belarus.

 

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Hint: Germany shares a common border with the country.

 

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Don't tell me it's Basel, Geneva or Bruxelles :lol:

Finally you come up with these major "European cities". However, these are still incorrect.

 

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increadable! Okay it's for sure not Zurich But what could be a "German Colony"? Breslau, Gdansk, Graz?

No.

Hint: The city indeed had slight German influence throughout its history. The park is not related to Germany, though.

 

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Copenhagen, Warsaw, Rotterdam?

Rotterdam ist the closest.

 

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Amsterdam, Den Haag, Strasbourg?

Den Haag is the closest.

 

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Didn't you say it's an over 500'000 city and the country borders Germany? If Den Haag is the closest and closer than Rotterdam and Amsterdam is out and Bruxelles, Strasbourg, Basel, Zürich or Copenhagen as well as the Polnish cities are wrong, what is left then? Utrecht or Antwerpen?

Neither. Now the solution is apparent.

 

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"slight German influence"?
Paris

Guess the park now. It's in Paris.

Hint: "Colonial".

As a world city, Paris has the most diverse culture amongst major French cities. Immigrants and commerce significantly combined with its French traditions. Many merchants, scholars, industrialists, workers all around Europe, many from Germany, Alsace, Belgium, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Poland, Scandinavia, etc. lived and worked in Paris. African, Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants also influenced the culture of Paris.

 

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How someone can come up saying that Paris is a German colony????? That doesn't make sense at all for me, sorry. Or I just misunderstood the whole thread :lol:

Often the city which has the most tendency to colonise others might in turn colonised by others culturally. Alsatians (Most of them were German speaking) like Baron Haussmann modernised Paris into a vibrant city. Paris metropolitan area is one of the most multi-cultural in Europe: at the 1999 census, 19.4% of its total population was born outside France.

The park, is not that "colonial" actually, the problem lies on its name.

 

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Thanks, you are right, especially thinking of Haussmann.

The park maybe is something like "Parque de Cologne" or "Bois Colonial" :lol:

Neither, but you are on the right track.