New Town Outside the Big City - Cities: Skylines - Altengrad #27

[@Cheezime]

Altengrad is so sick, so glad it's returned.

[@jura3443]

Cheezime gone again :(

[@Cheezime]

@@jura3443 Sure looks like it.

[@1297Eman]

Absolutely delighted this is back, Altengrad is such a gorgeous city

[@tangible3608]

I miss this series so much!

[@Defi_Ricard]

Finally ! That's delight to see this hight potential project grow even more !

[@xDeamonChannel]

The best cities skylines project on youtube is back!

[@shindenfighter3303]

Nobody: Akruas: "(...) there were no highways in the 30s in Europe (...) Reichsautobahns: Am I a joke to You?

[@magnusaugust8489]

Would be cool to see someone trying recreate the very early highway projects, with the concrete slab design.

[@Akruas]

Rest of the commentary: Am I a joke to You? Akruas: *(...) I mean, sure, there were some highway networks in the 30s (...)

[@TiRocKe]

And by the way, Interstates were build in the 1950s

[@koen2715]

Akruas good comeback on the first comment

[@shindenfighter3303]

@Akruas Okay Im begining to become increasingly irritetad, becouse, from the unknown reasons youtube keeps disappearin this comment. One last time. I think I'm standing before a choice now. On the one hand I could keep arguing that some other parts of the commentary are wrong, therfore I was right, you were wrong, I win and I'm the best. But on the other hand I could addmit that this was a nitpick on the very small and not so important sentence in the overal great video. I could also say it was simply speaking stupid and dull and that I'm very happy to see the Altengrad series back on track. Not sure if it's popular on KZbin, but I'd like to apologize. Keep up the great work, take care and stay safe.

[@AllenorLP]

Thank you, i missed this so much!

[@VerumPositor]

I enjoyed every minute of this episode. Altengrad is by far the most realistic European big town project on YT!

[@konkon3955]

It would be awesome to see some typical czech baroque countryside with alleys crosses chateaus and small churches in the center of villages. Im really happy to see that you are building again!

[@Akruas]

I'm obviously limited by the available assets, but to be fair I do have a lot of baroque buildings and chateaus, probably not low density though.

[@flameoguy]

@@Akruas I'd love to see a lot more of those renaissance buildings in really old towns.

[@mattb28999]

1:20 i love this shot. Also now i think we haven't yet seen the city's view from the sky. It looks very realistic.

[@radimsitar9570]

I love Altengrad. I live near Prague and in many aspects, it's very similar. Maybe you should think more about rich people. In history, the capitals like Altengrad were centers of power. There were many noble's palaces in the inner city and majestic castles everywhere around (in smaller towns or stayed lonely with glorious gardens). In the 19th and 20th centuries were established districts for rich people with many beautiful villas or big mansions like from the Great Gatsby. Think about it and you may try to improve your city 😌

[@sergiofasano92]

Radim Sitar good point!

[@a.j.petrarca2268]

Not sure if it's because I'm quarantine day drunk or if I'm just so stoked that Altengrad is back but I just shouted "LET'S GO" and started clapping when I saw this in my feed. I'm going to assume it's the latter! haha

[@sergiofasano92]

A.J. Petrarca you’re not alone bro 😂😂

[@lordvaderdarthsith]

Thank you soooo much, King ♥️♥️♥️

[@Chadoh21]

Looks great! So happy to see this series back!

[@Daniel-vj9oq]

Thank you for going back to Altengrad it's such a good city.

[@holysmorebrod8149]

As an idea for the industry area, in Hamburg there is an planed industry zone from the late 1900s. Every lot has access to a canal which leads to the Elbe on the back and an railway and road in the front. Just look at Hamburg Billbrook in Google maps

[@Akruas]

The harbor itself will definitely expand a lot more in the coming decades, which means I'd like to keep some places empty here to allow that. I'll take a look at Hamburg, but the scale in Altengrad will surely be smaller.

[@holysmorebrod8149]

@@Akruas The place I refer to is just 5 square kilometers large so it would fit very well. It was a swampy area before so leaving free space for now would complete the story

[@koen2715]

I love the contrast between Altengrad and Aurelia. (also, what is happening at 20:42. That car...???)

[@Akruas]

Trying to park, some bug with current version of TM:PE probably.

[@umhi2822]

@@Akruas will the buildings around the Parliament be classical or modern

[@flameoguy]

late for work

[@nathancreek6086]

Yay! By far the most intriguing cities skylines project on KZbin that I've seen, I'm so glad we get to see it continue to develop through the decades

[@mewosh_]

I can't belive THE BEST cities:skylines SERIES is finally back.

[@SamiKatzen]

I have been binge-watching this series for weeks and it is now one of my absolute favorite cities. It is just so beautiful and feels authentic. Your methods for working with the terrain difficulties to turn them in your favor and your ability to challenge yourself creatively are very impressive. Even beyond that, your detailed explanations about what you are doing and your reasons for doing it in light of historical context take the whole project to the next level.

[@Phineas_Freak]

I'm so happy to see you making Altengrad videos again! Little idea 21:25 maybe instead of building another residential complex you could build a factory complex at the end of the tramloop, near the railyard

[@juansamuelarbelaezrocha4113]

Damn, so glad you finaly decidedto work on Altengrad again, feels nice to see this amazing series of yours back on track, and as allways, feel free to work whenever you'd like to, on whatever you'd like to.

[@echsecutioner]

So awesome that you are back! Nice to have you here! Great content!

[@GeographyWorld]

So happy to see such a great city return!

[@brunovilela3619]

WOW! I'm an architect and the choice of buildings for the 30's is spot on! Congrats

[@kolbihomencz9355]

I got some inspiration for you: Četnické humoresky (Policeman's Humoresques) is a Czech crime television series about a police station in the city of Brno. in late 1930s here you can see buildings, vehicles, infrastructure etc. so that's useful

[@Akruas]

I've seen that, but again, doesn't matter what I saw, I'm limited by the available assets.

[@kolbihomencz9355]

@@Akruas Oh I forgot on this :( that's kinda sad being limited by that :/

[@lukegavin124]

Best CS series on youtube, hands down

[@pinkfluffypandicornblub2706]

soooo happy to see a return of Altengrad :) my absolute favourite CS-City

[@lucaortolani2059]

Looking at Altengrad from the sky really seals your ability to give stratum and realistic structure to your cities Very well done

[@timin1258]

Great to have altengrad back

[@nexobleedy1644]

If this town is not a part of the main city I don’t think it should have a tram connection to altengrad yet. Great video tho I’m glad Altengrad is back 😃

[@Akruas]

There are cities IRL with trams going between them, it's normal.

[@jerryjackson7517]

Love seeing it dude

[@Roomfighter4]

Thank you. You can't imagine the joy of mine for returning to this project. Keep up an dont get stressed. A video once a month? I dont care, the quality of this content make it worth.

[@jeremymartin1957]

Love your work on this city! Tidbit on US highways is that they were similar to the 1 or 2 lane national roads (if paved) until after WWII. Then in the late 50s, under President Eisenhower, the US started building the Interstate Highway System, basing it off of the German Autobahn. Also fun fact, most of the existing US Interstate Highway bridges are concrete and steel dating back to the 50s and 60s, and with constant use you can sadly guess how safe they are (see Minnesota's I-35W bridge collapse in 07 as an example).

[@artamir6605]

So happy that you decided to continue! If we can do anything to make it more fun for you, let us know!

[@caiovalente1672]

Definetely more of a Aurelia fan myself, but I am glad Altengrad is back too, more Akruas is always good

[@bartek6330]

The best series on KZbin is back!!🤍🤍🤍

[@ProjectSimMedia]

Great work. Love those classic cars! :D

[@LadyCasual1]

I’m from Poland and my grandpa used to tell me that people were planting trees next to the roads in 1930’ to hide that roads from the view of planes. I don’t know if it’s actually true, but many rural roads that are leading to a city, still nowadays, have big trees along them.

[@jackanthony5212]

I love this series so much! It's great! I cant wait to see what you have planned for post war altengrad, it'll be fun to see wether you decide to do a western aligned altengrad or eastern :) either way I bet it will look great!

[@umhi2822]

1) You should add a small medieval city up along one of the rivers and a great cathedral would be the Cathedral of Aachen (if you have after dark). And the cities old town would have medieval walls around it and a couple of blocks around the walls, park and a train station 2) Usually a town would have an church in the center 3) A great building to put near the Parliament Building would be Geze's Palais Garnier and the Louvre and Haussmann Parisian Apartments for Variety in the city 4) A country palace would look amazing up one of the hills overlooking the castle hill a great asset would be the winter palace by Lt.Tasteless 5) And a blocks of industrial buildings would be realistic By the port

[@Micha193]

Uff, wow. This looks amazing! So European and realistic. I love it

[@magnusaugust8489]

The buildings in 17:45, are quite common here in Scandinavia, but they were usually constructed from the 50's-60's here.

[@Akruas]

It's kind of hard to exactly tell with these buildings, but like I said, "similar" styles were built here in the 30's and I'm going to use every remotely justifiable buildings, simply for more variety.

[@_kiewicz6340]

They are also very common in my city (I live in small town next to Warsaw). I don't know how old are those buildings, but probably before wartimes

[@magnusaugust8489]

@@Akruas Don't get me wrong, I see no actual issue in it. As long as the attempt is visible, then I'm fine with it.

[@CityScapesYT]

Ready to get inspired again!

[@zimorodekpl]

Where are you? I can't wait for a new Altengrad episode anymore!

[@MrNoobdestroyer]

Realy nice! Remindes me about my hometown Varaždin, cheers

[@wino0000006]

20:41 - some rogue "ghost" driver.

[@molybdane7240]

Gald to see you breathe life back into Altengrad. There's a lot to comment on: Don't worry about your city expanding symetrically from the center. That almost never happened anyway. City growth follows the contours of the land. Don't forget to give your new town a church. And fit most of the houses with a kitchen garden. They were quite common then. A more 'modern' expansion for the town could be done in the guise of the London suburbanisation of the 1920's and 30's. These expansions consisted of single family homes with access to a station (in your case the tram) into the City.

[@Akruas]

Sure, it won't end up totally round, but I do need some plan like that, otherwise it's just going to be a neverending expansion, "one more vilage/block" or something like that and there needs to be a clear plan how to end. Otherwise I might end up with 5FPS, limits for networks or props almost reached and the city far from finished.

[@DoctorFaktor]

It's so good to have you back.

[@cherhy5043]

Ohh, I were waiting to it, for such a long time.

[@Ninjasty47]

Just another idea, try to add something like foreign district with embassies, also year is 1920 so thats basically set in like "interwar period", i recomend adding military barracks. Love your work !

[@ildesu789]

Cool stuff keep it up

[@stonedfinn3649]

The greatest City in Cities Skylines is back! edit: Will there be an airport or at least a small airfield. It could be supposed to be an military airfield made for the war.

[@stonedfinn3649]

@TheMagicMudkip Or like a nearby former airfield of the germans from me, which was turned into a park lately and a museum.

[@DennoLego]

This series is the best!

[@TACTICALxCHICKN]

im so happy altengrad came back, can't wait to see more episode love your content and keep the great work ^^

[@Stegar]

Now that it's easy to make props in to PO you can convert things in to PO to save on the prop count if you need. Nice video though! I'm glad this series is back!

[@Akruas]

I'm usually running into the network limits in my projects with all the network walls, fences etc.

[@Stegar]

@@Akruas true

[@undwenndumichkusst]

Thank God this series is back

[@Recognice1]

20:40 This car driver doesn't give a damn :D

[@sergiofasano92]

Akruas you need to come back to Altengrad! This project is amazing, one of the best I’m watching on KZbin right now, with lots of accuracy and thought, and that’s why we need more of it 👍🏻😃 please give us at least an episode a week 😁😁

[@coriolansolomon1281]

Это выглядит просто потрясающе. Я бы мог расстараться написать это на Английском. С другой стороны так понятнее, что Алтынград ждут и с обратной стороны земли :) Еще пожалуйста!

[@jssjssnsmsks2326]

Nice job!

[@ishnotfish0685]

I'm very curious of what Altengrad will look like in the 21st century and/ or 22nd century (Akurus did say he will advance in time to the future so Altengrad in the 22nd century is possible.)

[@jakubcesarzdakos5442]

Allied bombers: see the factory Also allied bomber: we're gonna to throw some love down there

[@tkhobbes]

If you had a patreon, this would make me join it. Sooooooo glad! Best YT series ever!

[@unconventionalideas5683]

What are thinking of is called “Belgian Block” in English. There are some like that in NYC.

[@marijnschuring7953]

Suggestion: build a kind of Bauhaus-esque (plain concrete appartmentcomplexes) expansion to the little village, if the railyard gets bigger, this Bauhaus expansion would be where the workers are housed!

[@chrismdb5686]

No (real) highways in the US until Eisenhower commissioned them after WWII. They were primarily made so cities could be evacuated if they were to become a military target (major centers like NYC, anywhere connected to the Manhattan Project - atomic bomb project - etc., and then spread out to other cities).

[@beesbeesbees9668]

Finally its back , I'm so glad

[@flameoguy]

You should do little villages all the way up to the map edge so we really get a sense of Altengrad's place in the countryside. Then we could see you upgrade the regional road system over time.

[@Quarhodron1]

I am celebrating day that you came back

[@bartomiejwalich6108]

This city is so awesome 👏 I want more videos!

[@qzg7857]

It was one month ago. I need more. We need more

[@kremowa2092]

it's happening!

[@danielaltmann8493]

I prefer Altengrad more then Aurelia, as I think it's also more complicated having to restrict your buildings to fit the era!

[@andrej8505]

Nice

[@absquatulatea5579]

im missing you so much akruas, *love u*

[@dagorren]

You have been missed Altengrad! :D

[@SIZZLY_7]

This is most interesting channel :) Keep doing like you do. Also it would be nice rolling hills with vineyards on right side of map. It will be nice view on city. :) Keep in mind if you like to :) Best regards

[@kabina7767]

I have been waiting for so damn long

[@AstroTricks]

Love the series! keep it up

[@Radevere]

I love this series

[@woafy4967]

How do you manage to use pavement surface painter on your plazas etc? When I use it the pavement moves away from where I've painted and leaves little cracks. However this doesn't happen with other surfaces like gravel.

[@КириллВасилевский-й3й]

Hurrah, Altengrad returned!

[@diabolo1517]

4:53 What was that street that says alt?

[@Akruas]

Some Workshop cobblestone street.

[@diabolo1517]

Thanks

[@juicello]

no факинг way!!! you finally got it back!! {went for special bottle of beer for this moment} XD

[@kachung2891]

Finally 😀

[@jakubcesarzdakos5442]

Imagine a project with a historical city that starts in ancient times and includes several times it is destroyed and another civilization starts their own cities on that rubble? Maybe a mod that randomly deletes a set percent of all buildings and props? I don't think such one exist, although it would be fun.

[@KapeluszNik121]

Ya was waiting thx man

[@nik.action3974]

Hi your series is mega good, but I wonder which mods you use. I would appreciate an answer.

[@Akruas]

Check the linked Steam collections in the video description. Aurelia and Altengrad mods are mostly the same.

[@nik.action3974]

Thanks

[@nik.action3974]

I thought maybe you could build an opera house, which has been around since the 17th century.

[@panconpikito5589]

Awesome! But the small town needs a church.

[@antondamgaardlarsen3602]

I think you should do a s-Bahn system in Altengrad. Manny big European city’s build their first Lines in the 1930s.

[@Akruas]

I'm going to follow the more eastern approach and have trams be the backbone of transportation. Later I'll convert existing train tracks into something similar to s-bahn, but not like in Germany.

[@manuelmanuel3554]

I am so happy!

[@umhi2822]

What will altengrads first skyscraper be and what style and the amount of floors

[@OrlandMapper]

Will you make Altengrad divided after WW2? Like Berlin was.. I think it would be cool if the city was built in 2 styles. (Probably very hard though..)

[@SCANNO21]

Cute village, but so strange it has no church !

[@aeniur8329]

What map do u use?

[@Akruas]

Copper Creek

[@Kasimirsky]

Have you got a collection on steam of buildings that you use?

[@Akruas]

I do not, but especially for Altengrad I have probably every single European (central at least) asset that you can find in the Workshop.

[@safymfg]

very good!

[@Oskiinus]

BTW Akruas, Germany already had highways before the war and they were comparable in size to current polish highway network. Given that Altengrad isn't placed in any real country, but is rather in it's ambiguity of being central/eastern European city I think they could fit if you had some distant locations, just not thrown literally through the city - rather functioning as it's bypass as of current city borders, if the city expanded after the Eastern Bloc era (in which the rulers of socialist states didn't really care for highways due to low traffic levels, look at Poland that had remnants of the road to Legnica and in general East Germany) then a new highway could be constructed at the new borders and the old bit removed or made into a boulevard, but that's just my idea. Picture for reference of the German Autobahn in the 30s: i.redd.it/y6c0k3nm5ic41.jpg EDIT. I think I'll just merge my two comments into a mega comment. Do you plan to put some polish-inspired bits as well? Cities of Warsaw, Cracow, and Lviv (now in Ukraine) are very similar in the theme if not the same in the 1930s. You even have some Polish buildings on workshop, for example Prudential skyscraper from Warsaw.

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

Um, what was Altengrad's goverment system again? Was it republic, duchy, principality, or something of their own, like Andorra's co-monarchy with president of France and Urgell's bishop, and San Marino's captain system.

[@Akruas]

Republic now.

[@reichtangleanschluss509]

@@Akruas Well, can't wait for the 40s now.