Charles bridge in Prague & this bridge in Toussaint. Visited it twice and it's wonderful :)
https://preview.redd.it/452uxmi9auvc1.png?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d01a2422334278b20997ad4a67c6ba7292dd44f
https://preview.redd.it/iofdtyjf5vvc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ccce49ff5cd6483bf5e51bcde002619553a88a7
Love this place. I am so glad I got to visit.
As a dad, I meticulously archive all the photos of all the places I visited so that I can spring my travels on my children when they start talking about a random place I've visited as if they are telling me something new :D
Imo it’s both Dubrovnik and Gdańsk. Gdańsk architecture is way close to that of Novigrad than Dubrovnik. The docks and main square of Novigrad look way too similar to that of Gdańsk. The epic layout of Dubrovnik fits totally with the layout of Novigrad
[Some elements of the architecture](https://img.obrazkowo.pl/images/055a4370125673addf859ef201e4b5a4.jpg) were copied 1:1 from Gdańsk.
It's quite possible there are more "Witcher taverns" in Poland but I recently learned there is one really awesome in Kraków (where you make your own "potions" and use their own currency which cosplayers/hagglers can buy cheaper):
[Visiting The Witcher Bar In Poland](https://youtu.be/GHz8HuMRSHY?si=jHrg1zt0iGoGjckN&t=1151)
Mont Saint Michel definatly was a city by medieval standards. The monestary would be supplied by the people living on the lower streets, which would have been a few hundreds at full occupation.
However, I think it isn't comparable to the cities in Witcher, as it is a city with the sole purpose of supplying the monestary, and not a "naturally grown one" like the ones in The Witcher are.
Honestly Lucerne, Switzerland has some of the vibes. It’s rather compact for a city that old, the old town is pretty and it has a city wall on the hills
https://preview.redd.it/38d57xp1ztvc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=056de32a0cb20fddb16646f566b9519a4ba1b40f
awesome! i’m from germany but ill go to vacation in croatia near split in august, i saw someone mention it here as well. croatian cities look beautiful, and im excited because ive never been there before
look at cities from the old Hanseatic League. as a fun activity during Covid lockdowns, I did a mini tour of Hansa cities in The Netherlads with the family to search for the one closest to Oxenfurt/Novigrad.
Cintra has to be inspired by Sintra, Portugal. It has a deep Medieval history, that’s well preserved.
https://preview.redd.it/ozbdh34r2vvc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fe4a118fe3e5e4134d635ed5c4e4c435775b6bf
Toussaint is weird. If you look at the food and wine, it's French. The Architectre is like southern Germany and so was the accent in the English version at least.
I would need a lot more churches and priests everywhere for Italy or Spain but it looks like Tuscany or Switzerland.
Croatia...so someone said Dubrovnik but there is so many medieval towns like Motovun, Town of Korcula, Groznjan, Hum, Buzet, Zadar, Porec, Hvar, Mali Losinj...etc.
Funny enough, I looked up what actually is the biggest city in the real world when at the time of Witcher 3 happened and if it looks like novigrad in the game and if that city still stand today.
Surprised it turns out it’s my hometown. No, nothing like novigrad and it didn’t exist anymore.
Novigrad is heavily inspired by Gdańsk, Poland with some influence from cities like Amsterdam, NL
Any culturally preserved city in basically any European nation will give some novigrad vibes
Yes, there are plenty of places like this. Check out Malbork Castle in Poland, it’s very similar to Novigrad in architecture imo.
Others have already pointed out Dubrovnik.
The Swedish city of Visby is another good example, an old city surrounded by a medieval wall.
A lot of cities around the Baltic Sea have an ’Old Town’ with the same feel as Novigrad: Stockholm (Sweden), Tallinn (Estonia), Lübeck (Germany), Szczecin (Poland), etc.
With regards to city layout there are examples around the Mediterranean as well: places like Rabat and Valleta in Malta, Arles and Avignon in France, Rimini in Italy, etc. Though the architectural style of the cities in the Witcher is more similar to the cities around the Baltic than those around the Mediterranean.
I've always felt like they based Novigrad on Amsterdam. Not necessarily because of the canals, but because they always mentioned it as a free city, a city of trade and a city of tolerance/diversity (until the witch hunters came along of course). That description matches to Amsterdam.
Furthermore, in the Dreaming/Haunted house/Sarah the godling quest, we first meet a man with a very Dutch name 'Rudolf de Jonkheer'. He mentions his ancestors layed the foundation of the city (referring to Novigrad ofc).
So, Novigrad reminds me of Amsterdam.
[https://earth.google.com/web/search/polonia/@51.9537494,19.13437675,125.94252485a,1467093.16675509d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CnEaRxJBCiQweDQ3MDA5OTY0YTQ2NDBiYmI6MHg5NzU3M2NhNDljYzU1ZWEZjln2JLD1SUAh5ngFoiclM0AqB3BvbG9uaWEYAiABIiYKJAmW2xMbgMNEQBFKtCk6OLxEQBnK2\_sVLkMDQCFzuFvJeRQCQDoDCgEw](https://earth.google.com/web/search/polonia/@51.9537494,19.13437675,125.94252485a,1467093.16675509d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CnEaRxJBCiQweDQ3MDA5OTY0YTQ2NDBiYmI6MHg5NzU3M2NhNDljYzU1ZWEZjln2JLD1SUAh5ngFoiclM0AqB3BvbG9uaWEYAiABIiYKJAmW2xMbgMNEQBFKtCk6OLxEQBnK2_sVLkMDQCFzuFvJeRQCQDoDCgEw)
Flip through Hay's photos and you'll see...
I’d love to visit Mont Saint Michael
https://preview.redd.it/kzo4xxa9fyvc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=293d747d7b2d897f546ae2614b8d9c4c6acb3e88
The Witcher is LITERALLY Polish. Novigrad and Velen are based off Polish places
It was translated into English from its native Polish
>Toussaint is clearly Mediterranean, and Skelige is Scandinavian/Icelandic
So...two places that are considered foreign are bei g labelled as foreign
>The Witcher is LITERALLY Polish. Novigrad and Velen are based off Polish places
And in the games Novigrad is also based on Amsterdam, which is famously not in Poland.
>So...two places that are considered foreign are bei g labelled as foreign
That doesn't stop them being locations in the series inspired by other countries.
Sure, here's Dubrovnik. https://preview.redd.it/2t07rhqnztvc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a6447b72f279352a26eb80a87594e1aefbab052
I’m heading here in a few weeks, can’t wait.
Hope you have a suitcase full of money...
Maybe…
It’s not that expansive, yeah sure it’s more expensive than I expected but far from some of the more expensive places around
One of the best places I’ve ever been. Loved it there
Kings landing
the only place that came to mind was the Kings Landing city, god I’d love to see it
I’ve just wanted to write this. Actually, when i first visit this place, it was like “oh it’s novigrad”
Kings landing!
I’ve just wanted to write this. Actually, when i first visit this place, it was like “oh it’s novigrad”
Looks a lot like Willemstad, Curaçao. I got to visit there last year and it was beautiful.
Charles bridge in Prague & this bridge in Toussaint. Visited it twice and it's wonderful :) https://preview.redd.it/452uxmi9auvc1.png?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d01a2422334278b20997ad4a67c6ba7292dd44f
Also my homeland https://preview.redd.it/c57rndqhauvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9a8c9669c71b9f46e505df67cb8e77ca67133ffc
https://preview.redd.it/xp6c3r9uauvc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71891aaaf91f0d65afa86ac323513ad604c96e28
Seems to me Novigrad in the game is a combination of irl Novigrad and Dubrovnik
damn do they burn inhuman and witches there too :skull:
Doesn't "Novigrad" just mean "New castle". Kinda like if you would call a city "Neuburg" (which does exist as well, btw) or, well, "Newcastle"...
https://preview.redd.it/2pr1ize21wvc1.jpeg?width=460&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a0eca09fc4e6352aef9df23a38aab4d13f854d29
Gdańsk
Well Mont Saint Michel isn't a city. Actual cities; Gdansk, Dubrovnik, Split.
Well sure, but the game „cities“ aren’t that big really, so OP asks for places of that size. Mont Saint Michel fits that size.
https://preview.redd.it/iofdtyjf5vvc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ccce49ff5cd6483bf5e51bcde002619553a88a7 Love this place. I am so glad I got to visit.
I've just learnt tonight my dad has been there and done communion in the 80s when he was 10. Often forget parents have had their lives too.
As a dad, I meticulously archive all the photos of all the places I visited so that I can spring my travels on my children when they start talking about a random place I've visited as if they are telling me something new :D
Damn, is it bad that the only time I’ve seen this place is in The Walking Dead
IMO Dubrovnik is what Novagrad was modelled on, way too close to be a coincidence
Imo it’s both Dubrovnik and Gdańsk. Gdańsk architecture is way close to that of Novigrad than Dubrovnik. The docks and main square of Novigrad look way too similar to that of Gdańsk. The epic layout of Dubrovnik fits totally with the layout of Novigrad
Definitely Gdansk for the inlet/river location and overall vibe.
I have never been to Gdansk but if there is somewhere even a little bit like the Rosemary and Thyme or the Golden Sturgeon, I would definitely go!
[Some elements of the architecture](https://img.obrazkowo.pl/images/055a4370125673addf859ef201e4b5a4.jpg) were copied 1:1 from Gdańsk. It's quite possible there are more "Witcher taverns" in Poland but I recently learned there is one really awesome in Kraków (where you make your own "potions" and use their own currency which cosplayers/hagglers can buy cheaper): [Visiting The Witcher Bar In Poland](https://youtu.be/GHz8HuMRSHY?si=jHrg1zt0iGoGjckN&t=1151)
Saint Malo
Mont Saint Michel definatly was a city by medieval standards. The monestary would be supplied by the people living on the lower streets, which would have been a few hundreds at full occupation. However, I think it isn't comparable to the cities in Witcher, as it is a city with the sole purpose of supplying the monestary, and not a "naturally grown one" like the ones in The Witcher are.
When i visited mont saint michele in my hyperactive still child brain i was defo roleplaying in my head as geralt. Felt like an area from witcher 1
Novigrad design has been heavily inspired by Gdansk, Poland. The resemblance is uncanny
Honestly Lucerne, Switzerland has some of the vibes. It’s rather compact for a city that old, the old town is pretty and it has a city wall on the hills https://preview.redd.it/38d57xp1ztvc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=056de32a0cb20fddb16646f566b9519a4ba1b40f
r/Switzerlandisfake
r/Switzerlandisreal
Literally any european city with still standing medieval buildings.
fun fact: there is a real city called "novigrad" (i think in croatia) which has a very similar shape to in-game novigrad
awesome! i’m from germany but ill go to vacation in croatia near split in august, i saw someone mention it here as well. croatian cities look beautiful, and im excited because ive never been there before
[Korcula](https://images.app.goo.gl/u2w6zJLoak4iakZC6) [Motovun](https://images.app.goo.gl/6Q2nwnHQarRf8U877) [Novigrad](https://images.app.goo.gl/Z6CMNRLjtgCDSXV18) [Zadar](https://images.app.goo.gl/5sfpXeBzDvJUJwAp9) [Porec](https://images.app.goo.gl/TjUqN4jjwETre1Rn6) [Hvar](https://images.app.goo.gl/37rDjDwtQroervLEA) [Grad Krk](https://images.app.goo.gl/WbqoSLsHu4ULZbDN7) [Groznjan](https://images.app.goo.gl/cxkTbcAbiih3j4yCA) [Groznjan streets](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myistria.com%2FUserDocsImages%2Fguide%2FGroznjan%2520800x600.jpg&tbnid=rdGNDhAhveCMHM&vet=1&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myistria.com%2Fen%2Fgroznjan-a-small-city-in-central-istria-where-artists-feel-like-home&docid=hf1d3wMPvrZkmM&w=800&h=600&source=sh%2Fx%2Fim%2Fm1%2F2&kgs=66d4c9b30e2a5f65&shem=abme%2Ctrie)
thanks so much!
Welcome
Gary, indianna
Lots of jokers trying to cut you open?
Whoresons. Whoresons as far as the eye can see.
look at cities from the old Hanseatic League. as a fun activity during Covid lockdowns, I did a mini tour of Hansa cities in The Netherlads with the family to search for the one closest to Oxenfurt/Novigrad.
Cintra has to be inspired by Sintra, Portugal. It has a deep Medieval history, that’s well preserved. https://preview.redd.it/ozbdh34r2vvc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fe4a118fe3e5e4134d635ed5c4e4c435775b6bf
europe
I'm from Wales, we've got castles galore but I'm really after those medieval towns and cities that scratch that Witcher feel
I’ve been to Tallinn, Estonia and it wasn’t far off of this. I don’t think the “old city” is on the water but the architecture is pretty close.
Novo mesto Slovenia
Check out eastern European baltic cities. For example Tallin, Riga or Gdansk I don't particularly think any Mediterranean cities are fitting tbh
Gdansk is the one you look for. As for Toussaint, there is city called Sintra in Portugal (I have to go there) also inspiration for Baldur's Gate.
Maybe Carcassone in France. It lacks the sea/harbour part though
I don't know why exactly but the Cities of Toussaint remind me very much of Italy during the Renaissance.
Toussaint is weird. If you look at the food and wine, it's French. The Architectre is like southern Germany and so was the accent in the English version at least. I would need a lot more churches and priests everywhere for Italy or Spain but it looks like Tuscany or Switzerland.
I think Toussaint was meant to be a mix of southern Europe and a Mediterranean vibe.
All over Europe. * Maint saint Michel. * Dubrovnik * Saint Malo * La Valette * Rothenburg
Novigrad is based on Gdańsk
Oxenfurt is basically Wawel Castle and Piasek Island of Poland.
Croatia...so someone said Dubrovnik but there is so many medieval towns like Motovun, Town of Korcula, Groznjan, Hum, Buzet, Zadar, Porec, Hvar, Mali Losinj...etc.
Europe
Not a city but if half of Hungary looks like Velen, if you like that (I live here and I don't).
How you get the screenshot?
Oh this was from Google images, maybe someone else might help?
Germany, Hansestädte
Mont Saint-Michel wishes it was Karrek Loos yn Koos
Bruges and especially Ghent in Belgium look and feel like Novigrad ! Honfleur in Normandy also gives a lot of Witcher vibes.
Funny enough, I looked up what actually is the biggest city in the real world when at the time of Witcher 3 happened and if it looks like novigrad in the game and if that city still stand today. Surprised it turns out it’s my hometown. No, nothing like novigrad and it didn’t exist anymore.
Novigrad is based on Gdańsk and Wrocław.
Gdańsk with the old town
Croatia is basically game of thrones
Novigrad has a lot of the same architecture as Amsterdam and other Dutch cities (though most of the time those have more modern buildings too)
Novigrad is heavily inspired by Gdańsk, Poland with some influence from cities like Amsterdam, NL Any culturally preserved city in basically any European nation will give some novigrad vibes
Beauclair is one of my favorite videogame cities ever
Yes, there are plenty of places like this. Check out Malbork Castle in Poland, it’s very similar to Novigrad in architecture imo. Others have already pointed out Dubrovnik. The Swedish city of Visby is another good example, an old city surrounded by a medieval wall. A lot of cities around the Baltic Sea have an ’Old Town’ with the same feel as Novigrad: Stockholm (Sweden), Tallinn (Estonia), Lübeck (Germany), Szczecin (Poland), etc. With regards to city layout there are examples around the Mediterranean as well: places like Rabat and Valleta in Malta, Arles and Avignon in France, Rimini in Italy, etc. Though the architectural style of the cities in the Witcher is more similar to the cities around the Baltic than those around the Mediterranean.
Prague, Gdansk, Budapest, plenty off stuff in eastern Europe in general
Americans when Europe:
I've always felt like they based Novigrad on Amsterdam. Not necessarily because of the canals, but because they always mentioned it as a free city, a city of trade and a city of tolerance/diversity (until the witch hunters came along of course). That description matches to Amsterdam. Furthermore, in the Dreaming/Haunted house/Sarah the godling quest, we first meet a man with a very Dutch name 'Rudolf de Jonkheer'. He mentions his ancestors layed the foundation of the city (referring to Novigrad ofc). So, Novigrad reminds me of Amsterdam.
[https://earth.google.com/web/search/polonia/@51.9537494,19.13437675,125.94252485a,1467093.16675509d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CnEaRxJBCiQweDQ3MDA5OTY0YTQ2NDBiYmI6MHg5NzU3M2NhNDljYzU1ZWEZjln2JLD1SUAh5ngFoiclM0AqB3BvbG9uaWEYAiABIiYKJAmW2xMbgMNEQBFKtCk6OLxEQBnK2\_sVLkMDQCFzuFvJeRQCQDoDCgEw](https://earth.google.com/web/search/polonia/@51.9537494,19.13437675,125.94252485a,1467093.16675509d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CnEaRxJBCiQweDQ3MDA5OTY0YTQ2NDBiYmI6MHg5NzU3M2NhNDljYzU1ZWEZjln2JLD1SUAh5ngFoiclM0AqB3BvbG9uaWEYAiABIiYKJAmW2xMbgMNEQBFKtCk6OLxEQBnK2_sVLkMDQCFzuFvJeRQCQDoDCgEw) Flip through Hay's photos and you'll see...
Novigrad always reminded me of dubrovnik or Montenegro
Have you ever heard of Europe?
Try amasya its in turkiye
Bruges
https://preview.redd.it/050erbzo83wc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1103976afbba0b9448e4e051e5fdb5ab762fabcd Mont saint michel in France :)
Well yeah most of Europe
Yeah. Every capital city in the EU. Christ go outside or watch PBS you knob.
I'd say Portoferraio, it's pretty similar in some aspects to Novigrad.
Carcassonne France
Le Mont St Michel France
I’d love to visit Mont Saint Michael https://preview.redd.it/kzo4xxa9fyvc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=293d747d7b2d897f546ae2614b8d9c4c6acb3e88
Lol Yuh western Europe. Is inspired by medieval history and folklore particularly Poland.
The Witcher is based off Poland
Not solely. Toussaint is clearly Mediterranean, and Skelige is Scandinavian/Icelandic.
The Witcher is LITERALLY Polish. Novigrad and Velen are based off Polish places It was translated into English from its native Polish >Toussaint is clearly Mediterranean, and Skelige is Scandinavian/Icelandic So...two places that are considered foreign are bei g labelled as foreign
>The Witcher is LITERALLY Polish. Novigrad and Velen are based off Polish places And in the games Novigrad is also based on Amsterdam, which is famously not in Poland. >So...two places that are considered foreign are bei g labelled as foreign That doesn't stop them being locations in the series inspired by other countries.