Metroji clue #27

Bordeaux in five emoji

France

Eighteenth century limestone almost the whole way through, because the city was rebuilt in one long push and then largely left alone. It spent decades black with soot before anyone cleaned it.

What each emoji refers to

The trade sells wine before it is bottled. En primeur means buying a barrel that is still two years from delivery.
The water mirror on the Place de la Bourse is two centimetres deep and drains and refills on a cycle.
The Pont de Pierre has seventeen arches, said to match the letters in Napoléon Bonaparte.
The Garonne bends through the city, which is why the old port was called the Port of the Moon.
The eighteenth century facades along the river are UNESCO listed as a single ensemble.

Bordeaux at a glance

Country
France
Coordinates
44.84° N, 0.58° W
First played

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from Bordeaux.

City Distance Direction
ToulouseFrance 210 km
BilbaoSpain 260 km
SantanderSpain 300 km
Andorra la VellaAndorra 310 km
LyonFrance 440 km
BarcelonaSpain 440 km

Nearest cities we have written up

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