In Simiane-la-Rotonde, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
Not sure if this is a map from Counter Strike or Uncharted…
It’s a VERY iconic map from CS.
Definitely the counter terrorist spawn point.
Looks like cs_italy
"plucky guitar riff*
Walkable, dense, green, no cars, built from locally sourced materials…
Are urbanists just trying to create French villages?
Most French villages are very car centred.
Not the ones developed before cars were invented, which is likely the case of this one.
Those are very rare as most villages have been adapted to be accessible for cars. I’m just saying that stating that French villages are carfree is not true, and the average French village definitely shouldn’t be the model for bike and pedestrian friendly urban design.
Yeah sure, it’s not like anyone uses their car to get from a to b inside that village, but for everything else people will use a car.
I was passing through another village where I spent holidays as a kid, cabrière d’aigues, all I remembered was the big pétanque square. Seeing it now three quarters of the space is a parking area. I don’t know if I just remembered that wrong, but pretty sure there was no parking back then.
Yeah, the centre. But many places like this are half dead at the core, with car centered suburbs around it and shops in big malls along the roads. The difference with Spain is stark, where the old centres are usually still the actual heart of the village.
Green?
It’s gorgeous but I wouldn’t say green. All stone, with some potted plants.
This picture is so French I can smell the baguettes and hear the accordion when looking at it.
They even have a white flag so German tourists feel welcome.
TFW you will never get to live in the magical fairyland called Europe.
I’m pretty sure Europe doesn’t actually exist guys. Sorry… 😔
I can send you a picture from where I live when I’m back home, I’m sure it’ll make you feel better about your situation :)
Oh no that sounds terrible please don’t do something like that I beg you!
You are unhappy that you can’t visit Europe but you also get unhappy when Europe visited you. You just can’t win with some people. /s
* accordion music intensifies *
I looked at contour lines at mapy.cz and that village has like 80 meters of elevation difference between it’s lowest and highest point. Incomprehensible for a flatlander.
Yeah that little ring road around the village was a pretty tough climb on the bike, haha.
Woah, mapy.cz…
Basic Neanderthal hut
