[Chatter] What Portal do you feel best represents your town/country?
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What Portal best represents your town or country for a non-native? What Portal would you share with an Ingress friend from the other side of the world that says "THIS BEST REPRESENTS WHERE I LIVE"?
I'm looking for:
- The name of the town, state/provine, or country
- Name AND the Intel Link to the Portal you feel best represents your town/country
- WHY you feel this Portal best represents your town or country
Alternatively, many people no longer live where they grew up. You could instead/also share a Portal from home that brings back happy memories.
I'll start...
- Michigan, US
- Mackinaw Bridge - https://intel.ingress.com/intel?pll=45.788342,-84.731808
- I grew up in Michigan. I was on one side of the Mackinaw Bridge (Upper) and all of my family was on the other side (Lower). Every year for long school breaks, we drove the 10+ hour drive to see our family and the Mackinaw Bridge was the staple of the road trip: If we were headed South, it meant we would drive faster once we got over; if we were headed North, it felt SO MUCH SLOWER. Who would be awake to see it? WHO WOULD SEE IT FIRST? (They always got a quarter from Mom... but now that I think about it, I don't know if we ever actually got our prize...MOOOOOOOM!)
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Oh god, not gonna lie, I never thought about that. If I had to pick one, it'd probably be this one:
1. Brunswick, Germany
2. Braunschweiger Löwe - https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=52.264686,10.523784&z=17&pll=52.264686,10.523784
3. The Brunswick lion is the animal that represents Brunswick, after a famous folktale. I think it's best to just copy from Wikipedia:
"Shortly after the deat.h of Henry the Lion in 1195, the duke became the subject of a folktale, the so-called Heinrichssage. The Heinrichssage details a fictional account of Henry's pilgrimage to the Holy Land. A popular part of the tale deals with the Brunswick Lion. According to legend, Henry witnessed the fight between a lion and a dragon while on pilgrimage. He joins the lion in its fight and they slay the dragon. The faithful lion then accompanies Henry on his return home. After its master's deat.h, the lion refuses all food and dies of grief on Henry's grave. The people of Brunswick then erect the statue in the lion's honour."
The statue and portal itself is a famous landmark within Brunswick and is situated near the city center.
1) Moscow suburbs, Russia
2) Лучшая шаурма в городе. Самое популярное место! ("Best (street food name) in the town. Most popular place!") https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=55.91611,37.870598&z=15&pll=55.91611,37.870598
3) Nice recent addition to the portal network. Just look at the photo!
So mine is not for where I grew up at. That would be too easy. But my chosen home is in Metro Detroit, Michigan. It is not just one portal though that represents the area. :P First I am going to give a link to a video that showcases them so people can have a bit of a laugh. Then the intel links.
First is the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1AWrHsvWwY
The Fist https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=42.328678,-83.044558
The Brick D**k https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=42.245546,-83.624588
The Golden B*****le - Is not a portal, yet.
thia edit: approved - sorry for delay @cayt - I'm sure we can all guess what words got flagged. I've *bleeped them. ;)
You've not sold me on purchasing a plane ticket* to visit Moscow suburbs. What is special about this Portal?
(*Disclaimer: I am not purchasing plane tickets to visit anywhere at this time but I do love to travel (personally) and hope this thread gives me ideas of places to visit in the future.)
Edited to add photo since I love seeing all the other photos.
1. Gordon's Bay, Cape Town, South Africa
2. Gordons Bay ( https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=-34.16833,18.861346&z=15&pll=-34.16833,18.861346 )
3. An Iconic landmark for all residents in the area. Ironically the letters GB in the anchor do not represent Gordon's Bay, but General Botha, one of the previous commanders at the Navy base located below the anchor.
Not exactly "back home" but like a second home:
(approximate translation is Bumf**k, Egypt)
good day. Ilya probably didn’t want to sell you a ticket. Obviously, this is alas sarcasm. In our country, everyone is still spitting on portals from the forsquare.
On the topic of the same branch. All my childhood and youth I have lived in a small provincial town. This is a very ancient city with a centuries-old history - Torzhok.
According to one version, three golden doves speak of the city's wealth, and three silver doves speak of kindness and purity of the soul.
The blue background symbolizes the sky.
I would say in my city, Fortaleza - Brazil, would be this one:
The statue of the Guardian Iracema.
Iracema is the main character and the name of the romance novel from one of the most importante writers in Brazil's history from the 19th century, José de Alencar.
We have a few statues of her spread throughout the city but the one above is often used as a postcard as it sits by the sea on a very touristic area of the city.
It is definitely one of the city's and State's symbol.
Brisbane QLD AU
Nothing is complete without a meetup or feed at Hungry Jacks at this portal above.
1- Americana - São Paulo/Brazil
2- Igreja Matriz de Americana /
3- Its a huge catholic church in the middle of the city, the biggest church in neoclassic style in Latin America. Besides being a important tourist place, this church and his community make a greater social job to the city. I can cleary see all the church in my bedroom window and its really very good wake up every morning and see the sun rising behind the church.
1) Novosibirsk, Russia
2) There no photo yet, but it's best portal in our city. It named "Притон ПолуживаяШлюха"
3)https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=54.764691,83.216154&z=15&pll=54.764691,83.216154
Russia, Krasnodar Region, Kabardinka
the monument is dedicated to the memory of those killed on the ship "Admiral Nakhimov". The tragedy happened in 1986. 423 people drowned.
Although I was born in New York and now live in England, the best 12 years of my life were spend in Mussoorie, India.
Portal description, "The original Landour clock tower was built in the 1930s and was one of the iconic buildings of Landour and Mussoorie. It was torn down in 2010 amid great local protest. The late Tom Alter (Bollywood actor and local resident) even staged a silent protest. Following several years' delay the new tower was finally built and completed in early 2018."
Portal image:
A view of the original clock tower:
I'm looking for:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Duke of Wellington Statue
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?pll=55.860121,-4.252028&z=17
Nothing could be more Scottish than the permanent traffic-cone on top of the Wellington Statue.
“In 2011 the Lonely Planet guide included the statue in its list of the "top 10 most bizarre monuments on Earth".”
Burghead, Scotland
The Clavie
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=57.7029748005319,-3.495568455988476&z=18
the burning of the Clavie best represents Burghead as it’s a ritualistic fire festival held every year, thousands of people travel from all over to watch the festival
It’s important to the locals because it’s a really old tradition. Burghead has Pictish Pagan history and the fire festival continuing in Burghead sorta incorporates that living history, especially as it survived clerical condemnation in the 1600’s
Plus it looks really cool
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burghead
https://intel.ingress.com/?pll=-23.561667,-46.656029
3. The Museum of Art of São Paulo is one of the most exponents of museums in Latin America, with a valuable collection, cultural center, courses and a library. It is located on Avenida Paulista, an important cultural, leisure and gastronomy hub in the city.
https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/masp
https://masp.org.br/
Representing Moscow (PNW USA)
Movement Sciences Metal Sculpture
This may seem like a mundane sculpture, but to local Agents, this portal would be considered the Ingress center of town. Visiting Agents from several states away will stop by this portal. Agents from both factions have ran through active water sprinklers, waddled through rainstorms, and dodged hail to reach this portal. For some local Agents, this portal is also where they were first introduced to Ingress.
Representing PNW (USA + CAN)
Against, Adjacent, Upon
This public art sculpture in Seattle WA (USA) represents the pinnacle of PNW (Pacific Northwest) Ingress. As a big supporter of public art, especially public sculpture gardens, I find this piece of art amazing. This particular sculpture served as a shard target during Shard events before my time and was a place for Agents to meet each other and build community.
Alternative Choice: Primavera II
This public art sculpture in Mercer Island WA (USA) was my submission for the Favorite Portal discussion in the Ingress Forums. I love visiting this place, even though the RES don't like when I visit 😂🤣 Even outside of an Ingress context, this is a wonderful piece of art. The "rebirth" theme of this sculpture is especially meaningful during the pandemic because it gives us hope.
Representing the USA
Cupid's Span
This amazing piece of public sculpture in San Francisco CA USA needs no introduction. It has been a major piece of Ingress lore. When I look at the portal, I hear Jarvis' voice - "I am Roland Jarvis, and I exist!"
Representing, Lisbon, Portugal
Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém), officially the Towe of Saint Vicent (Portuguese: Torre de São Vicente) is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon. It was built during the height of the portuguese renascence, and is a prominent example of the Portuguese Manueline style, but it also incorporates hints of other architectural styles. The structure was built from lioz limestone and is composed of a bastion and a 30-metre (98.4 ft), four-storey tower.
Since 1983, the tower has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the Jerónimos Monastery. It is often portrayed as a symbol of Europe's Age of Discoveries and as a metonym for Portugal or Lisbon, given its landmark status. It has incorrectly been stated that the tower was built in the middle of the Tejo and now sits near the shore because the river was redirected after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. In fact, the tower was built on a small island in the Tejo river near the Lisbon shore.
https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=38.69180524354515,-9.216062128543854&z=18
My favorite place to play Ingress was Tacoma, WA, USA where I lived from 2014 to 2020. I would like to nominate:
Rainier Room
https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=47.239811,-122.425255&z=17&pll=47.239811,-122.425255
Rainier Room was the site of the official afterparty where the results of the Helios anomaly series were announced by Susanna Moyer on September 27, 2014. It is located in Freighthouse Square which is a shopping center modeled in an old railroad building a short distance away from the Tacoma Dome. Inside, you have diverse food options, unique small shops, and a haunted house. It also serves as a transit hub.
On a personal note, it is the portal where I reached Level 16 for the first time back in November 2015. By dumb luck, a fellow teammate pulled up right next to me at the moment it happened and we chatted for a while afterward. I met agents many times here both accidentally and for what we called "midnight shift", a group of fellow Resistance agents who were getting off night shifts and would play into the night rebuilding Tacoma into a city-wide farm and Resistance stronghold.
● Ilhéus - Bahia - Brasil
Portal: Escultura de Jorge Amado
The sculpture that gave rise to this portal is one of the greatest writers of Brazilian culture. Jorge Amado took the culture of the Bahian people to the world in his novels, which would become films in the future. It also has great meaning in my heart as we are from the same city and it is a great honor to walk the same streets he walked and wrote his 49 books. Thank you, Jorge Amado.
1. Pira Olímpica - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. https://intel.ingress.com/?ll=-22.89954786888374,-43.177510500172495&z=17
3. This is where Greece's Olympic flame stayed during the 2016 Olympic Games.
Named "A Chama do Povo", the proposal was to bring the entire nation closer to sport.
And People from all countries passed through here.
1. Beijing, China
2.https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=39.921203,116.385155&z=17&pll=39.921203,116.385155
3. This photo was taken very well. It can be used as a wallpaper. It represents the traditional architectural art of ancient China. Near the heart of China, I did not find a better photo to replace it.Every photo under this portal is beautiful.
1.São Paulo/ Brazil
2.https://intel.ingress.com/intel?ll=-23.493272,-46.412676&z=17&pll=-23.493272,-46.412676
3.Onça pintada. Uns dos melhores desenhos urbano pintado em um muro, a onça faz parta da fauna amazônica.
@NianticThia LOL I had a feeling that was the case. Hope you had a good laugh.