Geoguessr but the famous place is behind you #2 [PLAY ALONG]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ย. 2024
- Today we revisit a brilliant custom made Geoguessr map in which just out of sight a famous attraction, landmark or monument will be lurking. Some places you may recognize, others you might not and you may be forced to rely on your geo detective skills to locate it.
PLAY ALONG: Play your round, put your marker down, then switch tabs back to TH-cam to watch my attempt and the result. This way you don't ruin the game or the video!
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How deeply unsatisfying that you didn't go back into the map and just turn around 💀
I think he sometimes forgot the Game Mode :D
Pan & that was turned off..?
@@Mavve69So, I don't know quite how that mode works, but on Zigzag's channel he did a similar video and he was able to go back into the map and look around? To be fair though, I don't know how it actually works.
@@Seapatico Every mode I've played you can go in after the round and look around/cope.
@@Seapatico Neither do I know, that’s why I put “?” At the end
The "Interesting" smash cut was hilarious.
it killed me xD
The one in Germany too, ‘oooo’😂
where is this
11:15 He actually was born in Argentina and he was a major figure of the Cuban Revolution, but he died in 1967 in Bolivia
Murdered by CIA agents - I read their account
Yeah, he was a medical student, but he went on a motorcycle trip up the west coast of South America, and all of the poverty and suffering he saw radicalized him against capitalism, and American imperialism
@@Quadrophiniac and now his face gets mass printed in sweatshops on cheap shirts for monetary gains. Makes you chuckle doesnt it?
@@QuadrophiniacAnd he's part of the reason millions of people are suffering under communism, even to this day. A tragedy.
Justin Trudeau’s dad 😅
Robben Island is where Mandela was imprisoned
It says right on the museum label. lol
Also, the Kramat is not a Hindu temple but a Muslim shrine. Cape Town has a significant Muslim population.
Big deal
I recognized it instantly didn't even have to zoom in xD.
Too bad they let him go. He was a terrorist
DEFINITELY satisfied my craving to see a recording failure! Bravo!
Yeah, but I'm still dissatisfied because he didn't explain his reaction 😭
same here
Oh but we still yearn... we yearn for what we can't have.
Agreed
Loving the reaction of past Tom to future Tom’s reveal of what was behind him😂
Mild concerned about him recording "Oooo" if he was expecting the famous place to be the site of the rally though lol
@@mrsarkey😂😂😂
damn that completely slipped past my mind. Good catch!
You can open the street view after the round and look behind yourself rather than on the map/google.
I swear he did that before, how does he always forget these things?? Tom, just click the flag on the map after the round!
When zigzag does this, he leaves moving and panning turned on, but just doesn't use it. Then once he makes a guess, he turns around to see the landmark, but he's not allowed to change his guess once he turns around.
@@jest0riz0rthis is a lot more helpful than the top comment, couldn’t figure out what he meant
He’s done that before 😂 he needs to get off the weed lol, fried brain
Oh I love Tom… he just casually confirms suspicions that he has done a straight line mission across England at 15:20 😂
"Colonburger" - GeoWizard 2024. The church you saw by the market in Nuremberg is the Frauenkirche or "Church of Our Lady". It was built on the initiative of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor between 1352 and 1362 to replace a synagogue after a pogrom happened in 1349 following an outbreak of the Black Death. The architect was Peter Parler who also worked on the Charles Bridge and St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague! Emperor Charles IV wanted to use the Frauenkirche for imperial ceremonies, which is reflected in the porch with the balcony, and in the fact that the church is relatively unadorned except for the coats of arms of the Holy Roman Empire, the seven Electors, the town of Nuremberg, and the city of Rome, where the Holy Roman Emperors were crowned.
And here's some history on the Leaning Tower of Pisa: The tower began to lean after construction had progressed to the second floor in 1178. This was due to a mere three-meter foundation, set in weak, unstable subsoil, a design that was flawed from the beginning. Construction was subsequently halted for the better part of a century, as the Republic of Pisa was almost continually engaged in battles with Genoa, Lucca, and Florence. It worsened through the completion of construction in the 14th century. Between 1589 and 1592, Galileo who lived in Pisa at the time, is said to have dropped two cannonballs of different masses from the tower to demonstrate that their speed of descent was independent of their mass, in keeping with the law of free fall. Also something to note is that the tower was saved from destruction in WWII, as the Allies suspected Germans were using it as an observation post but a US Army sergeant was so impressed by it that they chose to refrain from striking.
Blimey, Kim Jong-Un is knowledgeable!
@@mikkelfuglsang2016 of course, he's supreme and all-knowing
Thanks for the info bro
Dieses Wissen würde mich denken lassen, dass der Große Führer Kim Jong
-Un Deutsch spricht…?
I find it unlikely that a mere sergeant would have held off the entire wrath of the US army. They wouldn't even have command of a single battery of guns, let alone multiple batteries that would be given such a fire mission.
Edit: having researched this claim it comes from the words of the sergeant in question themselves. Who says he was sent on a recon mission to determine if the Germans were in fact using the tower, but he didn't see anyone in there, so determined there wasn't, which is why the tower was not targeted.
He didn't spare it just because it was beautiful, he himself says he wished he did see something so they could just obliterate the tower and go home.
17:15 As a German, very happy to see a German location featured in the video :D. I was allready expecting a German place as soon as I saw the location, but as soon as you zoomed in to the posters it was obvious. The „Nürnberger Christkindlmarkt“ is a famous Christmas market held in - well, Nürnberg in Bavaria.
It's ChristkindLESmarkt. Sorry, but this is not Southern Bavaria where they say Christkindl
@ Do you mean ChristkindEL with the E before the L? Christkindles klingt komisch…
That shrine you saw on Robben Island is a Muslim shrine built in the late 1960s to honor Sayed Abdurahman Moturu, the Prince of Madura (an island in what's now Indonesia). Moturu was one of the leaders of resistance to the Dutch banished to the Cape in the mid-1740s. Moturu, one of Cape Town's first imams, was exiled to Robben Island and died there in 1754. Robben Island got its name from the Dutch word for seals, and Nelson Mandela was imprisoned there for 18 of the 27 years of his imprisonment. And regarding Che Guevara, Che Guevara wasn't from Cuba, Che was originally from Rosario in Argentina! He travelled across the Americas, and while he was in Mexico, he met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their 26th of July Movement, and sailed to Cuba with the intention of overthrowing military dictator Fulgencio Batista.
When he made it to Cuba, he rose to prominence among the insurgents, was promoted to second-in-command, and played a pivotal role in the Cuban Revolution! The quote below the silhouette of his face reads "Hasta la victoria siempre" which means "Until victory, always" and that quote is notable for being the last thing he wrote in a farewell letter to Fidel and the Cuban people. Che left Cuba in 1965, and he was killed in Bolivia in 1967. Che's real name was Ernesto, and he earned the nickname Che by his Cuban comrades because of his frequent used of the Argentinian slang word "che" which can mean "pal" or "Hey!".
I love both your Geoguessr and real life content Tom. for different reasons, but both are thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining
The first round when your microphone wasn't recording was Český Krumlov. It's a shame we didn't see you play that one.
Nooooooo
I wanted to see that one
I was there 2 months ago and wanted to see Tom guess
(I didn't even realise it was Krumlov until you pointed it out, after rechecking it was so obvious)
im gonna have to go drive in chechia
Was there. Really beautiful
Incredible place, not too far from Prague!
@@jgrey4226 I mean it's as far as it gets to the south, but not far by American standards.
this is nice sort of mixture of geodetective-y skills and geoguesser
19:18 Every German knows the "Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt". It's the most famous Christmas market and we drink their hot sweet wine("Glühwein") all over the country.
My first hunch was Trier with maybe the Porta Nigra behind. The christmas market in Trier is also pretty popular I think. Haven't been there in some time, so I don't remember the buildings around and don't know whether the market is even in that area. But then I also saw the small "Nürnberger" on top, so yeah...
Yes and the "Nürnberger Lebkuchen" are also very famous.
No, Dresdner Striezelmarkt is way more popular
@@BeatstormXin what world?😂
@@Mongosm Its literally the oldest christmas market in the world, has around the same visitors as Nuremberg and looks just better
I was screaming at the screen when you were wondering if the wall warranted a monument icon... like, yes, maybe, BUT BEHIND YOUU
I died laughing when he finally realized that a few minutes into the next round 😂😂
Hi Tom! Che Guevara was an argentinian doctor who commanded the revolution against cuban dictator Batista, he participated in armed conflicts and later on he was minister and president of the national bank. He was captured and executed by the bolivian army years later, while leading rebel revolution in this country. He had a really interesting life whehter you aling with his ideas or not.
Hi Tom, argentine here.
Ernesto "che" Guevara was born in Argentina, in the city of Rosario. At a young age he began studying marxist ideology while traveling all over Argentina and discovering the harsh realities that some of the people had to live in.
He eventually went to Mexico and met Fidel Castro, and became an instrumental figure for the Cuban Revolution, where his frase "Hasta la Victoria, siempre" (Towards Victory, always) was coined.
As for the term "Che", the cuban revolutionaries called him like that because "che" is a very common word used in Argentina for when you talk to someone, as in: Che, ¿todo bien? (Hey bro, is everything alright?)
Hope this helped, keep up the good work!
hell yeah
I checked the destructions in the instructions Tom :P
How about the inscriptions, any destructions there?
@@zarzee8925 no inscriptions in the prescriptions or the inceptions
@@aristology6912Were there any distractions in the incriptions though?
the descriptions in the inscription XD
@@ieuanthebeardedbard nope, only encryptions but we made an extraction
10/10 editing. Did laugh. Stopped watching for a while and was reminded of your content. Enjoyable as always
Kind of interesting how as a Belgian I instantly went "nope, that ain't Belgium for shit." and it's seriously 100% vibes.
Same! I immediately thought Germany and when he said Belgium, I thought "no way that's Belgium!" but I can't really explain why.
@@Drakenvliegske Yeah, that was clearly Germany, I don't know why he thought Belgium at first glance. They're so distinctly different to me. 😅
18:02 almost spat my water when you said "colonburger"
My favorite
Coming back from learning what was in Cuba to you saying interesting knowing full well you have no idea what we learned at that moment was hilarious and I had to pause to laugh. Also, even though you were right it’s always good to brush up on your history.
This map is great ! Also next time, could you please click the yellow flag with the black background at the end of each round so you can go and actually see the place on the street view please ? It would be great :)
Most enjoyable. These forensic geo's are excellent
Honestly I don't know why I expected your history skills to be just as good as your geography skills. Great video! :)
10:33 Knowing a bit of Spanish would've helped you there. Revolution Square (Plaza de la Revolución) was staring you right in the face. Also, colina means hill, not statue.
I'd have known what that meant if I'd have seen it 🤦♂
@@GeoWizard you missed a few important names and i was like "it's right theeeeeeeeere oh my gooooooh" like that cafe with a weird name in Pisa, right at the bottom left most of the time when you were looking at the map.
Well at least i can feel better at something so that i don't feel ashamed in geography :D
Very fun concept this one, an efficient way to improve would actualy probably be history knowledge for once!
Cmon anyone in the world can understand what Plaza de la Revolución means 😂 no need for advanced spanish
@@korok2619 yupp, and when he zoomed in on the grass and fence combo, I instantly thought this is Pisa, I've seen so many pictures of that :D
From the one in Cuba I just spent a hour researching the Cuban revolution, thanks for the inspiration I love politics and history and realised I didn’t know enough about it.
Same here man, im mexican but coudlnt read the text before Tom; also, i was surprised that he didnt know a lot but somehow was able to get the place
would love to see a return of the timeguessr series!
Same! The game has improved a lot as well with many great photos
yes it's so fun !!
Now that is an interesting map. Besides the fact that in some cases you still faced some more or less famous landmarks which happened to be opposite of the searched one, this leads to some unique ways to find out where you are, like looking for people who hold the leaning tower.
The Christkindlsmarket was pretty obvious for me as a german, but likely a lot more difficult for someone not from germany. It's one of the best known Christmas Markets in Germany and the name gives away at least that it is in southern Germany. So the mostly undecipherable word ending in something like "...burger" immediately made me think of Nuremberg.
Last shop name on the wall was G. Barsanti e Fiqli, with all words smushed together for some reason. you kept hovering right over it on the map :)
e Figli*, meaning “& sons” like in a business name way
@@Astervista saw that "gl" and immediately thought it has to be italy
@@maxim_ml gl and gn are the Italian versions of ñ and ll (literally because they're the same sounds and figuratively because they are so distinctive) I can see how helpful they are.
They still are the last thing that would have helped me, that shape of the square, those buildings, the long renaissance palace on the right, are so distinctively Pisa that I didn't even notice the writing before pinpointing the location
Robben Island is where a lot of political prisoners (including Nelson Mandela) were detained during apartheid. Also the kramat is the grave of a Muslim spiritual leader not a Hindu temple
Hey brotha, if you love docs, please watch The Motorcycle Diaries. It’s not quite a doc but it entails the early years of Che Guevara’s life. If you’re still interested afterwards, Che Pt. 1 and Che Pt. 2 with Benicio Del Toro is a great accounting of his time being a revolutionary! Love your stuff from Mentor, Ohio!
Hey tom! I am from Mazatlan, that is the biggest natural lighthouse thats still in operation. It has 157 meters height and saddly, it isnt that recognized around the world, but the views are amazing. Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽
something very useful in geoguessr, especially for maps like this one, once you have guessed and it shows in the map 2 circles, one with your picture and one with a yellow flag inside (the right location), you can click that second circle to open the location on google maps, also works in the final score screen
Those cut-in section reaction acting. Top notch. Oscar-worthy.
i screamed a the screen during that whole che guevara round, you kept mousing right over it lmao
Tom, I know this is mainly a geography channel, which I love, but you should post more of yourself playing and singing. You are a great musician!
This video was full of frustrations To me, the plaque clearly said Robben Island, which most people know as the Island where Mandela was imprisoned. You even knew it but for some reason you thought it was called Freedom Island.
I instantly spotted Plaza de la Revolucion and would have gone there personally, you know; Cuba, Che Guevara, Revolution, it all added up. Clearly the point of this map is going to famous places, Instead of going on some random street!
And then the Pisa round you spotted the text on the side of the building, and had you just looked for another second you would have seen it on the map, I saw it quickly and you just glossed past it multiple times, mega frustrating!! Loved the video though Tom, this map is such an interesting challenge.
Ive never screamed PLAZA DE LA REVOLUTION so loudly.
It's always nice to see a location you have visited in one of these episodes! some good quality guesses!
It's so nice seeing my lovely hometown of Nuremberg in one of your videos 😊 please do come visit sometime
Just last year I had hiked up that mirador de cristal and I didn’t recognize that 3rd place… I could even see my hotel
Hey GW, you might enjoy platying microsoft flight simulator since it has the planet 1:1 scale you can explore any place from the sky.
Great video but will you please use the same format of the disaster videos and google the other side of the view so we can all see the monument
"Do check the destructions in the inscription below... Yeah that's right" 🤣🤣🤣
I cannot express how happy it made to see my hometown nuremberg in a Geowizard video
Behind you in Nuremberg was actually the Nuremberg Christkindlmarket which is one of the nicest christmas markets in Germany (and probably one of the nicest in the world)
American here, when I think of a Christkindlesmarkt I think of Nuremberg and I was so proud to be correct a fair bit faster than our GeoWizard. And yeah, like many of you said, the Robben Island one was pretty easy too.
That play along link is great. It's so funny seeing you going through the same thought processes as me, coming up with similar guesses and even the final score is less than a 1000 off from mine. You still won tho :-)
Oh man, the Mazatlan one, I've literally stood exactly in that location but didn't recognize it. It's a nice hike up there! It's also overrun by cats.
I was yelling "Plaza de la Revoluciòn is right there" for a good 30 seconds on that Che Guevara one 😂
Wouldn't there be like 5,000 Plazas de la Revolución in Latin American cities?
@@tomscorpion6288 yeah but probably only one in Havanna, Cuba
lol "I'm assuming they don't want to celebrate oppression and humiliation" ... pretty safe assumption to make ;)
Love your videos and please more adventures in the English countryside if you feel like it, as an American its so beautiful and cool to see the old paths and farms and your guy's freedom to roam around is so cool, it's just so relaxing and pleasant, but all your content is awesome. Stoked for every storror colab too :) thanks man
i went to robben island in 2017 - as soon as it came up i recognised that part... you were correct in saying its where Mandela was imprisoned for a time ...
In your clip without sound at the beginning that was the town of Česky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. One of the coolest places I have been to
I would appreciate more of looking into what the famous place was. A bit of back story (no pun intended) like you do with the Tragic and Traumatic Places videos you do
0:08 so happy to see my beloved Czech Republic on this channel (the view is from the bridge of the castle in Český Krumlov) 😊 a bit sad it didn't make it into the main part of the video due to the mic problem 🙃 well, maybe nex time
i was there this last summer and thought it was it! it's really nice
As a german your " nürnberg " round was pretty fun to watch
Using my touch-screen, I could actually look behind as long as I move the photo slowly (or using two fingers). Definitely helped with Pisa.
My mom lives in Mazatlan and I've visited a few times over the last few years. The lighthouse at 16:13 is one of the tallest natural lighthouses in the world, the lighthouse itself is pretty short, but the hill it's on top of is tall (157 meters). It's a cool spot, but im not sure if it's really one of the most famous locations in the world.
Cracking up at the reactions where you edited to what you googled about the places😂
That one restaurant you were reading at Pisa was actually on the map, it just wasn't right on that edge where you looking but rather slightly further down. You put your mouse over it a couple times
THis was killing me to see.
Hey Tom, since you mentioned it in the video: if you ever make it to Hamburg, I'm happy to show you around and of course your wife as well. It's a beautiful city with lots to do :) Cheers!
Oh man, the Nuremburg one is painful. I saw that image and immediately knew it's the Frauenkirche (woman church). Also what a wonderful example of how creative Germans can be with names. "Schöner Brunnen" literally means "pretty fountain".
Tom is the Black Sabbath of GeoGuessr. Not all the greats watched him/inspired by him, but all respect him.
Holy shit, that place you were standing at the beginning with the river winding around the city is Český Krumlov in Czechia. I studied abroad in Prague in 2022 and we went on a weekend trip there. That photo was at the top of the tower in the castle. So crazy seeing a place I've been to be in one of Tom's videos
I was so happy when I knew the Český Krumlov photo at the beginning and then sad as it was a recording failure
Che was born in the town Rosario in Argentina
And he "ended up" in La Higuera, Bolivia.
It's incredible to see Pisa in a Geoguessr Video ahaha I studied there at the university and I've worked at the local airport. It's a very special city to me
I love this mode, but I'd love if you went back after and turned around and edited that in after you reveal the location on the map
For the Germany one, I immediately saw that it has to be South Germany or Southwest Germany, because all the buildings are made from sandstone. And the window frames indicated that most of them are pretty cheap post-war constructions. So a place where sandstone is a cheap building material.
It's typical in the South or Southwest, but very rare in the North. In the North, almost everything is build from clay bricks, like in Denmark or northern Poland.
19,242 ... basically very similar guesses to you ... guessed Athens for Mexico ... guessed Santa Clara rather than Havana because I knew Che Guevara was buried there, but got Nuremberg bang on.
The fountain in the Pisa round was called Fontana del Putti on the map and it's a fountain with little cherub angels. I'm German and we also call them Putten here.
hello geowizard your videos are very good and i enjoy watching them
I second that
Yep, that’s what I always think but never managed to transform my thoughts in such an elegant and eloquent way.
I agree with this^ person
"Hasta la victoria siempre", is what it says. Always until victory.
I spent around two hours at the leaning tower in Pisa when I was a little kid many years ago and instantly recognised that outdoor area. It doesn't feel as though it's changed at all. Although I guess I'm not that old to be fair.
never been there but i instantly recognized the fences from all those tourist selfies i've seen over the years 🤣
First time I've ever tied with Tom! The Mexico guess made all the difference - even though I went California :p
Nurnberg is worth a visit, I certainly knew exactly where that was :) It's the square and , yes, the fountain I guess.
the birds in the sky are Frigatebirds that only exist in a pretty specific band around the equator so it was funny watching this one, but recognizing the birds is pretty obscure
I thought I effed up on the Mazatlan one but managed to scramble a few more points together than you. I had the luck of figuring out it was Nürnberg straight away which was necessary as I went for Bologna on the last one. 20667 was my score which is okay. The Mexico one was beyond me completely. Would never ever have gotten that one. Havanna and Pisa was annoying, been in both places but couldn't figure them out exactly.
I’m amazed that you hadn’t heard of Robben Island. It is an inspiring place to visit. The view back to Cape Town is amazing.
Nice! i got 19450. I also messed up on Mexico but I was slightly closer. I did not have the accuracy you have on the other though. I'm really having fun with these :)
Was screaming at my computer on the 2nd round cause you passed over "plaza de la revolucion" a couple times and could even see it when you made your final pick
I haven’t been to Mazatlan, but I’ve visited Puerto Vallarta several times and the photo screamed “Pacific coast of Mexico” to me. That’s where I would have searched. As for the Christmas market, I have been to Nuremberg and it looked very familiar.
Barsanti, you had it on the map there Tom at 22:44 - you actually moved your cursor over it. Drove me crazy :D
Me screaming PLAZA DE LA REVOLUCION as if he can hear me as soon as it popped up on the map
20:31 looks like Florence. Damn it... still Tuscany, though 😁
Long Walk to Freedom is definitely worth a read!
Amazing as always Tom
Long time viewer, first time playing along. I got 16,260 with mostly lucky guesses!
Being an oldie it's quite funny how much knowledge that I grew up with is unknown to you.
Fun to play along, were it not for the Pisa-spoiler in the thumbnail ;)
00:10 is in Cesky Krumlov, the most famous town in the Czech Republic. Shame we didn't see you do that round.
Přesně! (Exactly!)
I'm a little bit miffed about round 4. You worked out Germany, but firstly only _southern_ Germany, even more specifically, mostly Bavaria (and also Austria), refers to the new-born Christ as _Christkind,_ but secondly there is just *one* world-famous christmas market in Germany: The _Nürnberger Christkindlesmarkt_ (which uses the Franconian - Franconia being part of Bavaria, but has a distinct dialect - minimization suffix _-le_ for _Kindle,_ small child, which is very distinct as other such markets in Bavaria or Austria would be just _Christkindlmarkt,_ missing out the _e)._
Also, the buildings are rather distinct for the architecture in the historic center of Nürnberg...
Besides that, it would be nice if you simply jumped into Streed View after the round for a look around to show the famous place - you can still put in a Wikipedia snippet, but please show us the location! Thanks!
I had a marked advantage on the 4th one since I lived in Nuremberg for 2 years and passed the Frauenkirche many times. I think technically the thing that's oh-so-famous they are referring to is the fountain directly behind the camera, or maybe the square itself.
Guevara was Argentinian wasn't he?
He was, but he was mainly known for his involvement in the Cuban revolution.
lmgtfy
Never expected to see my home city in this video lol you should visit Nuremberg, its got charme and good beers and a mediocre christmas market
I have never shouted Cuba louder or more frequently than while watching this video.
22,259 points, went with Acapulco on round 3 and Munich on round 4 so not terribly far away, pretty pleased with that after a long break.
"do check the destructions in the inscription below - pauses - yep that's right"