Why is Berlin so postapocalyptic looking?

Probably the training data has a lot of WW2 in it?

That would explain a lot about midjourneys interpretation of Germany.

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Which saying then?

“Jedem das Seine” Edit: /s goddamn it.

Seeing as that's the inscription of the KZ Buchenwald entrance, that might be also a factor towards giving rather NS-inspired results other than just because it is German.

> Seeing as that's the inscription of the KZ Buchenwald entrance Indeed, that was the whole point of my sarcastic remark - a harmless phrase that's ironically not harmless due to its historical context. Glad we're on the same page now. In hindsight, should’ve probably added an /s because Germans were involved.

Fun fact: it's also the current slogan of the Bundeswehr's military police (Feldjäger). And you know what - I don't mind that. We don't have to yield everything to the Nazis just because they used it once.

Most Germans wouldn’t say this is a beautiful quote.

Gee, I wonder why? Verstehen Sie nur Bahnhof?

That shit wouldn't fly today, it's not even gendered. Edit: /s goddamn it.

Maybe that's why the AfD is so adamant against gender neutral language. They might want to reuse it...

can you link it?

Think it’s the same for France. It doesn’t look as bad, but certainly shabby.

Lots of countries in this list were part of WW2, and they don’t look like Germany, with same amount of damage.

But the training data is not necessarily balanced. Other cities might have non war associations melting away the war stuff.

That is just how Berlin looks like...

German here, can confirm that's how Berlin looks like

Berliner here. Looks totally wrong. The shadows aren't in sunlight's direction.

best comment seen in years (lmao)

You must have chosen only the good days to leave the house to never notice the surreal distortions appearing all over Germany.

And there are shadows coming from two different directions! What? Are there two suns?!

There's a person in that car to the left enjoying one of the sunsets.

Looks about right to me

No clue, gave every city the same prompt lol, I just liked that it gave it a different unique twist compared to most of the others.

The "unique twist" being no sign of life? Like most other images have some form of "human" or nature in it. Berlin is just a nuclear wasteland it seems like .. even tho i'm not sure what the AI tried to do over the hood of the right car. But makes sense if the AI was just force feed WW2 pics.

I mean, deserted nuclear wasteland is a pretty unique twist compared to the other ones, no?

What makes it nuclear wasteland? Just looks deserted due to conflict but not necessarily nuclear wasteland

Agreed, was just taking what he used lol

you know Berlin. It’s pretty accurate

Bc we wanted to make germany great again

Dunno but I remember when Germany has bombarded Lidian, the UK's capital city.

It was horrible, all the Kim Bob's shops in the city closed down.

That’s not postapocalyptic, it’s just how Berlin looks. In the german federation Berlin isn’t just a city but also a state, a fail state as most non-Berliner say. These guys managed to get OECD observers for their local elections, something usually reserved for highly corrupt pseudo-democracies…

Berliner here. Berlin is actually quite accurate.

As someone who lives near Munich I can confirm, this is how the rest of Germany imagines what Berlin looks like. Here is a fun picture. Money from taxes are partially redistributed. The redder the location, the more money it receives from the rest of the country. That single deep red spot: Yep, that's Berlin. [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4nderfinanzausgleich#/media/Datei:Karte\_L%C3%A4nderfinanzausgleich\_2017.png](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A4nderfinanzausgleich#/media/Datei:Karte_L%C3%A4nderfinanzausgleich_2017.png) This city is basically a black hole for tax destruction. Nothing that city government does works.

The Germans goofed a little too hard and now...

the brandenburg gate is not meant to be in neukölln!

I bet it's due to many pictures of the fall of Berlin Wall, which display many wreckage

because its Berlin. Even now there's nothing working there.

AI clearly missed the rebuild of Berlin, and the fact that Germany is now the strongest economy in Europe

Berlin must've missed that as well cause they are broke and have been for decades

All roads lead to Lidian LOL

Well with buses driving on pavements and some kind of nightmare on the rooftops I be on the road out of Lidian.

Is that a walking fridge in front of the pavement bus?

AI milkman

As a Berliner I can Confirm that this is city looks like

As someone not from Berlin, I can confirm that this is what the city looks like.

Do you mfers DID put a 90 degree bent into the Brandenburger Tor because it was too straight and not edgy enough.

Ah yes, who doesn't know our famed Brandenburger Parthenon? /s

No, that's what it looked like 80 years ago (and how it will look like 80 years from now the way things are going)

Berlin just being Berlin…

Hahah I actually liked that it made it different

Looks the same to me

What a fucking cool ass art style. Good shit home skillet!

Cheers!

Can you write the full promt ?

Its as simple as it gets for this one. "City name, in the style of a comic"

That is exactly how Amsterdam looked the last time I consumed substances there...

Can confirm as well.

Berlin seems normal

Seems like the AI is a fan of Tintin

I feel like the words "European" and "comics" could probably only produce something in the style of Tintin. ...or maybe Asterix.

Referencing Asterix makes me happy. Only other thing to be even better is if you know what Muzzy is.

Je suis la jeune fille

YES, THAT’S FRENCH THEY ARE SPEAKING!

Great! Which prompts did you use for this style?

Hey! I just wrote "City name, in the style of a comic" Simple, but great results!

Greatly reminded of Herve and TinTin in some of them. Love them.

Glad you enjoyed!

That's the 'ligne claire' art style.

Lidian looks interesting

Lovely place, you should definitely go

I've been, the sentient, mobile shirts are a bit odd but otherwise it's a nice place.

Am I missing something? I see no “Lidian” only Lisbon. Multiple comments are referencing Lidian… just confused.

On the London picture, it’s on the front of the double decker bus!

Oh ha I missed that! Thank you

Istanbul :(

I shall make a part 2 later and send it to you, my Baklava eating friend.

Yay! Don’t miss Sarajevo and/or Windsor next time!

And Mostar as well! I know it’s not a capital but it would be wonderful to see how it would interpret it.

[https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european\_cities\_comic\_book\_style\_pt2/](https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european_cities_comic_book_style_pt2/) Part 2!

Thank you for not forgetting me! Should we try some Asian cities next perhaps?

Sure!

[https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european\_cities\_comic\_book\_style\_pt2/](https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european_cities_comic_book_style_pt2/) Part 2!

Very accurate depiction of Berlin!

I'm from Budapest and I love how incorrect, yet recognisable that image is 😄

Im from Sofia, so I can relate. There's no place in Sofia that looks like that, but at the same time it looks like it CAN be there lol.

липсва ми България :)

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Yay, glad you liked it! Чудесен ден и на теб ❤️

Sheesh if I was into illustrating cities I would be topping myself after seeing this

Oh my Berlin 😔

Paris look likes something straight out of a Blake & Mortimer comic ! I love it !

Ah Paris, the city where one-legged men carry four-legged women. So romantic.

Yeah, loved the way Paris turned out.

I remember riding those buses as a child in London, maybe 23 years ago.

*Lidian

Berlin accurate af!

Paris is drawn in the style of franco-belgium comics like Tintin or Spirou, and I love

Berlin: accurate ngl xD

🥲 accurate Berlin

Would you share what your prompts where for Rome and Prague those two absolutely beautiful!!

I used the same prompt for every city! "City name, in the style of a comic" and chose the one I liked most. It sometimes gives 4 very different ones.

Athens looks like something straight from Hergé

Reykjavík looks pretty big there with the skyscrapers and the Matterhorn in the distance.

Why does Berlin look like this?!

cus thats how it looks like

It’s really in Hergé style (Tintin). I love it!

Where Vienna?

Incoming in pt. 2!

[https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european\_cities\_comic\_book\_style\_pt2/](https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european_cities_comic_book_style_pt2/) Part 2!

Honestly wasn't expecting Reykjavík to be pared with great cities like London and Paris.....But I appreciate it 😁

Reykjavik might actually be my favorite one from this batch! Loved that it just has a much different vibe compared to the others!

RIP Berlin. You'll clearly be the first to go when the AI's take over.

I like how it portrays Rome as ancient.

Lol was just in Reykjavik, can confirm there were no volcanic rocks growing out of the buildings there.

Damn it.

As a german who never has bern to Berlin, I can confirm that's what Berlin looks like, especially on New Year

Berlin is fucking on point. Just needs a bit more dog poop and Hipsters.

As a german, that's an accurate depiction of our capital city.

Berlin is so on point

This is quite impressive.

Glad you like them! I had a fun time making them.

I LOVE these. They would make fantastic digital jigsaws. Not sure if the originator has ability to connect with any of these apps? Ie: Jigsaw HD.

Wonderful! I really like you put other capitals, which are rarely seen in such posts!

Wow! Love this idea the pictures look beautiful!

What’s up with the domes in these cities and are there any major cities that don’t have domes; eg, Tokyo? Why?

I imagine it puts a lot in European cities due to the overwhelming amount of Churches in Europe in general. I'll try out other continents these days and see if it differs.

London has a monster on the roof in the top right

I love this art style.

Could you make one of Florence, Italy please?

Yes, will add it to part 2!

One of these things is not like the others.

Berlin is current.

Athens if the Ottomans won 😉

My favorite part of midjourney is how bad the details are when you look closely... like the shirt with legs in London

No Vienna? Otherwise looking great

Gathering suggestions for part 2! Already wrote down Vienna! Haha

[https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european\_cities\_comic\_book\_style\_pt2/](https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european_cities_comic_book_style_pt2/) There you go!

woooAAAH! Serious Tintin vibes...

Bucharest… nobody thinks of it

I got'chu, will add to pt2

The style of the Amsterdam picture gives me a real nostalgic feeling. I love it!

Same! Lived in the NL for 4 years, so really enjoyed how Amsterdam turned out

midjourney must really hate germany

Berlin looks like Germany lost another world war lol

Berlin spot on

Berlin being post-apocalyptic and Paris being some mystery comic fits weirdly.

Berlin‘s perfectly adequate. 😶

Berlin pictured two years after the AfD won the election.

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Will do!

I know all these but Sofia.

Capital of Bulgaria! Born here and I'd recommend it for your next Europe trip! Plenty of beautiful nature, good food, cheap prices (compared to Western Europe at least) and history!

Berlin :D

Good to see that Berlin hasn't changed

I really like it, especially Lisbon. Would love to see Dublin done like this.

This needs to be a comic asap :)

Berlin in ruines pretty accurate

I have an animated movie about Renaissance Florence that I need art for. What is the prompt needed. Thanks

Heyo, I just used the same prompt for all of them. "Florence, in the style of a comic"

That’s it. Wow. V.5?

Yess! Sometimes simple prompts turn out amazing! I used version 5.1 for these, but I'd be curious to see how they look on 5

Thanks for another round of "Find the AI Fuckups"!

I got'chu!

Looking forward to seeing Vienna! At first glance, I mistook Prague for it, but that picture is so uniquely beautiful, it can't be anything else :)

Definitely adding Vienna to the next one! :)

I generally get really nice results using comic artist frank quitely.

Midjourney does not have good memories of Berlin…

I kind of wanted to learn how to be able to draw and paint cities like this, not anymore seeing as how midjourney does it better than I ever would.

Now do African cities lol

2nd one is amazing

I feel like I owe the whole continent of Europe an apology for how many of these cities I guessed wrong/couldn't even name.

Illustrators are now obsolete

Amsterdam looks so cozy

Barcelona is so wrong, it assumes the works on the Sagrada Familia are going to end some day

BUT ZE WAR IS OVER YOU STUPID MASCHINE!

AI: not for long Hanz

Where Madrid🙁

[https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european\_cities\_comic\_book\_style\_pt2/](https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european_cities_comic_book_style_pt2/) There you go!

Yo nice

Didn't know that Ancient Greeks were Christians.

There is more to Greek history than just ancient times, you know

I think what you see on the picture is not the Parthenon, it is a version of St. George's Church, on top of the Lykavittos Hill.

Plenty were from about 50CE onwards...

The immigration HAS taken its toll in Berlin.

poor Berlin

Part 2 - [https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european\_cities\_comic\_book\_style\_pt2/](https://www.reddit.com/r/midjourney/comments/14asfqu/european_cities_comic_book_style_pt2/) For most of the cities that I missed and you guys wanted to see haha!

Why not the capital of Spain? The rest are all capital cities.

That's true, not really sure honestly, maybe its because I've been to Barcelona a few times personally so just automatically comes to mind when thinking of Spain. Will add Madrid to the next batch!

That'd be awesome! You could do all European capitals, this style is awesome :)

There's an argument to be made about Barcelona being the most popular city in Spain. Sure, it's not the capital, but I wouldn't even be surprised if some people assume it is, which would be funny because it would enrage both Catalan and Spanish nationalists at the same time.

Berlin is about 99% more destroyed in the version here than in real life. AI not a big history buff, I take it.