I built a giant German city and it ruined everything | Cities Skylines 2

[@joaosantiago4806]

I think Markburg would do the trick, its easy to prounounce, Mark does the connection with the dollar theme and was the the coin in Germany before the Euro. The Burg part is very self explanatory.

[@ironfist-ye3vz]

ohhhh hell yeay thats so fitting. pls use this name :)

[@ThatNerdDott]

considering how the budget went at the spart, perhaps the city should be named Reichesmarkburg (rikes mark burg) hehe

[@LittletbigT]

Markstadt sound better in my opinion

[@Jakeio-w9j]

​@@ThatNerdDottthere is a suburb in my city of Melbourne Australia. Called Coburg? Does that mean anything special. There is also a Heidelberg. Sorry we stole the names lol

[@Jakeio-w9j]

​@@ThatNerdDottCoburg has a sick art deco metro station

[@LittletbigT]

I think the one thing both cities are lacking are TRAIN STATIONS... No European city is complete without one.

[@twodollarstwenty]

Oh they’re coming!

[@martijnbroos6783]

Germans don't just have train stations, they also speak train stations

[@constantinosbou]

Of course they do

[@CubeAtlantic]

Train stations are relaxin' in Europe, they're popular remotely.

[@brickcat5342]

Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof

[@ptr9006]

21:00 there are no real noticeable border crossings due to schengen area between france and germany besides signs of you're now entering germany/france

[@seneks8637]

Before the Common European Market, border controll stations pretty much looked like the toll stations that come along with the rogue game. And yes, nowadays it looks like crossing border between adjacent US federal states.

[@geoffrey111995]

In the french/german areas of the schengen treaty. There are a couple of abandonned border checkpoint post buildings at the borders. And usually, atleast with the bigger/more important roads, there are service stations for trucks, and a police station building or a customs house. But vehicules can just drive through if the police aren't currently doing border checks and if as a trucker you have nothing to declare at the border. Two dollars can take note of these examples. maps.app.goo.gl/KavEhUvNWktrdLc48 ; maps.app.goo.gl/i1aE3Dm8bMSGH2YV8

[@Cigmacica]

Yep, i’m from the border area from the french side and there pretty much nothing. Sometimes we even crossed the border to do shopping to a store called globus

[@Phoenix84]

You'll only need one for the UK

[@MinedMaker]

Some countries have basically nothing but a sign. Some countries have small border control stations that are old pre-EU facilities or are still used in special situations. There is often a truckstop, parkinglot, gas station shops and maybe some flags and nice landscaping. It's different in every place.

[@deetoher]

In Europe, there are electricity interconnectors between countries, so feel free to share electricity between your "countries" on your map.

[@shrekboylover]

In the EU there aren't really bordercrossing but ther might be a place for truckers to take a break. Between England and France there is a bordercrossing.

[@merderSeal]

also between sweden, danmark and germany

[@sachacendra3187]

Although there used to be ones, so some custom buildings remain.

[@Cmill15255]

wdym england and france

[@Daweetbix]

How about Hafendorf as a city name? Pretty easy to pronounce for us Australians and it means “port village”in German.

[@twodollarstwenty]

Oh that does sounds pretty good!

[@AvatsAirbus]

I like it too!

[@deetoher]

Also, Germany and France are Schengen zone countries, so no border checkpoints (although Germany is reintroducing checkpoints on other borders). In terms of interesting border stuff, check out Calais and Dover in preparation for your UK build and how to do the connection between the two.

[@oskarwhite8155]

Little tips for your highways, in Europe (western a least) we’rnt huge fans of to much bridges especially when we’re out of urban spaces. Our roads go up but not as a bridge and more one the ground, creating artificial hills. It’s subtle but it makes a huge difference ;)

[@khingtv6060]

There is usually a lake (fishing ponds) by any raised earth work. A run off basin for any rain on the highway especially round the junction.

[@ernestcarpentier]

@@khingtv6060 These "lakes" are always very deep pits used to excavate the enormous amounts of dirt used in the embankments, it functioning as a run-off basin is really just a bonus secondary function as we try to let as much water permeate into the ground in Europe rather than storing it up to dump it later.

[@altemzwo8390]

The ring road is usually in the place of the former city fortifications. It's somewhat common to also see parks and/or rail infrastructure around there, like you see in Hamburg. Road layouts and architecture should probably also change depending on wether you're inside or outside that ring - though depending on when and how the city grew, and on WW2 destruction and rebuild, that can be more or less pronounced. In Hamburg, the difference is relatively minor, but in a smaller city like yours, I'd expect that most development outside of the ringroad looks pretty different to the old city center.

[@emmanuelcornu5026]

I’d recommend you check out Hastings/St-Leonards and the Margate area for your UK small town build next week. Very typical English seaside towns. Berwick-upon-Tweed and St-Andrews are also good references if you’re looking for more of a North of England/Scotland seaside town

[@Phoenix84]

For the UK. I appreciate there's not a lot of space, so here's where'd I take inspiration from: - Southampton is a city on the English South Coast, it has some industry, but it's mostly known for it's Cruise Terminal. If you're on a cruise in the UK, most of the time, it starts from Southampton. It also has an international airport. The other thing it's known for is the walls, and they use to have trams go through one of the city gates (Bargate) - Bournemouth is a large town, also on the English South Coast. It's mostly known for it's massive beach and pier, so could be a rival for tourism with the French city. - For the lake in the middle, perhaps turn this into a National Park. The Lake District is basically known for mountains and lake, so walking trails are common. - For the connection with the rest of Europe, there's long been discussions about a motorway under the Channel to France, but this has never happened. Rail and Ferry are the only two connections. - Other places to mix in include Bath (where the Romans Bath are), Bristol (see the Clifton Suspension Bridge), Edinburgh (possibly make use of the Medieval Castle) and Folkestone (where the channel tunnel starts). - And call it Albion.

[@NilWo]

It'd be very very cool if you could do some sort of Eurotunnel connection between the two sides! Might be a bit large of an undertaking but a detailed & realistic eurotunnel would be amazing. (Maybe have it be rail & road tunnels to make it function better from a game perspective since people can't bring their cars into trains ingame lol)

[@timdavidmusic]

There are only few border crossings in Europe. Between Germany and France there are none. On highways, therr is just a huge parking and resting station that was the border crossing before the EU began with the Schengen Contract. And on rural roads, there is just nothing. Just a sign

[@time_to_teaparty]

When you put a castle somewhere then you can use in the name of the city "burg" like Hamburg because burg means castle. Fun fact about Hamburg. Ham is an really old word and means meadow or bay. So Hamburg mean meadow or bay castle because in the 8th/9th century was a wooden castle structure in the center. The ring road around Hamburg follows the place where the old castle walls were from the 17th century, so so called "Wallanlagen". They got demolished after the French occupied Hamburg in 1814. What I think is a bit funny because in this playthrough is a French town nearby and Hamburg is an inspiration of this build.

[@LittleMissSmallPaw]

Bordercrossings in Europe? We don't do that here, you see the "Willkommen in Deutschland"sign and accelerate.

[@sernik1547]

I was about to go to bed but you quickly changed my mind

[@MrMolova]

If you're gonna have big port for the German town, Hamburg is definitely THE name you should play around. Bratburg. Lol

[@GullibleTarget]

Beefburg

[@yuriibondar3757]

This part of Europe that you're building is very interconnected, there are usually no pronounced border crossings and services like electricity are usually shared

[@PremDaiii]

Looks good! Take your time on the extra builds in the new German city.. for name suggestions: Freiburg seems like a fitting name!

[@thomaskeating1937]

How about Neuthalerstadt, (Pronounced Noy-taler-shtadt) with the Thaler being the old german coin where the word Dollar came from and it simply meaning New Dollarton in German.

[@Real-Snowball_vr]

He may not be a postman but he still delivers

[@InfraWatch_FRM]

Name suggestion: Marbeck It should be pretty easy to pronounce without noticable english accent. The name is a mix between Marburg (a town in central Germany) and Lübeck (a small city near Hamburg with a very similar vibe and structure). It would also totally fit the northern Germany vibe, as the suffix “-beck” is mostly found in the north and only rarely or even not at all in the south of Germany.

[@NichtHailo]

I would love to recommend a city with a name which ends in -münde. For example Doggermünde. Other real life examples are Wesermünde or Travemünde. The -Münde basically means that a river flows into the ocean at that point. Other endings for a city in which a river crosses into the Ocean would also be -siel. Real life examples are for example. Neuharlingersiel, Nessmersiel or Carolinensiel. Those towns end with -siel because they have a valve to let out water during the tide while the water is low on the ocean side so that the areas behind the dike can be drained.

[@EVIL-t4o]

I think the reason why the city is struggling so badly is because of the high taxes. It sounds counter intuitive but if you lower taxes people and businesses should move in faster. I also think a lot of your businesses are probably empty since demand is so low. As a final point garbage pilling up will destroy the efficiency of any building so your schools are probably not educating people and businesses probably don't have enough educated workers for them to make a profit.

[@comicman3173]

If I had a nickel for every time Two Dollars made something super cool that broke his city, I would be millionaire

[@twodollarstwenty]

And I would be a two dollars twenty

[@RWDtech]

​@@twodollarstwentyjust sharing my opinion, but I don't think you'd lose any viewers or subscribers if you played with unlimited money! I think we're all here to watch you create, not necessarily manage a budget. Anyway, great vid, love the content!

[@NilWo]

For Border Crossings: There aren't really any due to the Schengener Abkommen. Usually its just a wee sign welcoming you to whatever country your entering. However, rarely you miiiighttt find an old defunct border crossing that's just been left there but in my experience they tend to be quite small and you just drive through as per usual.

[@citieman]

You should include an underground as hamburg has one that goes all around the city

[@sachacendra3187]

The pronunciation you used for Deux-Côtés is quite on point i must say. Duh-Coat-Ay

[@aarnitani698]

I have a name, "Schmiedenburg." "Schmieden" means forge, which would fit well with the industrial vibe and burg is a town or fort. Don't know about the pronunciation though, might be a bit too fancy.

[@Zennec8]

Doggerland is honestly a perfect name, this city feels like what you might see if doggerland never sunk

[@pimsterrrr]

Really love how it’s coming along there! I see tons of potential especially when you neaten things up. I’d recommend using the recolour mod on the vanilla euro rowhouses, you can make them fit both asset packs really well easily

[@sergiorodrigueztejero4991]

You should call the ring road wall street because these ring roads normally are were the old city Walls were.

[@OscarBorrem]

Since there's such a clear contrast in the architecture between the cities, wouldn't it be awesome to create an *actual* border to highlight the divide?

[@twodollarstwenty]

I kinda want to make one..

[@sachacendra3187]

For Border crossing, the schengen area got rid of strict border control between most countries. But the old custom building might remain, often as a small police station or stuff like that. Elsewhere you still have border crossing with big hovering building mostly for cherking truck imports. Between France and Germany you might find an example near Lauterbourg in France.

[@lioshin]

for the UK definitely include the Castle building if you can afford it, or the ruined castle prop if you cant. and maybe make a seaside beach town in between the cliffs similar to ones found in cornwall or the south coast

[@glancing.]

You could call it Elbe (Elbuh). It's the river on which Hamburg's built, easy to pronounce and thematic.

[@fletchb9816]

For the connection across the water defintely a ferry connection and a road+rail tunnel to mimick the channel tunnel, I know tunnels can be boring but detailed and making realistic entry/exit points could be really cool.

[@aurontahiri1514]

21:06 both countries have broder crossong buildings but you dont need to stop

[@andrewengland4666]

If it's inspired by Hamburg, how about Käseburg (pronounced kehz or kayz) meaning Cheeseburg! Also i believe Les Deux-Côtes should be pronounced "leh duh/doouh cawh-t". Loving the series TwoDollars great to see you tackling europe!

[@levaihmastenbroek7355]

The netherlands is actually partially under sea level, would be cool to see you try this!

[@levaihmastenbroek7355]

It also has loads of windmills! In the sea and on the land near the sea

[@bensmith7971]

In terms of UK cities to try - London is probably too complex to tackle head on. Birmingham is do-able in CS2, but is very dense and would be complex. Manchester might be a fun one to attempt - it has a canal system, heavy duty rail infra, and a tram network. The inner city is somewhat built-up to a similar level as the rest of this map, and has the sprawling vintage UK suburban hellscape feel that I suspect the UK asset pack will lean into (writing this before the pack comes out though). Or if you want a coastal vibe, maybe Southampton?

[@illehup9505]

You could have the city name end with -hafen, meaning harbour in German (it does also exist as an actual suffix). Could go for Münzhafen, meaning coin harbour to have a connection to the channel Also: Germany and France are both EU & Schengen countries, you don’t notice border crossings. Only rarely there a police cars close to borders to check randomly which happens on regular parking lots

[@Jexeter66]

For UK inspiration you should check out Plymouth and Torquay, both on the south coast. They would make for great inspiration for the style of this project, they both have some great features to include, and Plymouth especially has good sea links to Europe. Great video btw, loving this series so far!

[@MichaelDanger19]

That’s a great call

[@Cmill15255]

Some name suggestions 1. (Centstadt) Stadt is is the german word for city and you base most of your city's from cent. 2. (Eurosburg) Euro is a currency in europe and burg is the word for fortress or castle which can be seen in some parts of germany and austria a country next to germany this could be used if you decide to place the castle unique building there. 3.(Talerheim) Taler is a old german coin and hiem means home. 4.(Centfurt) Furt means a ford or crossing something I think you said.

[@SwaggyShiesty]

The city name should definitely be Ludendorff from the GTA V prologue

[@Usergnomes]

Your link between Germany and the UK should ideally be flights, ferry and cargo ships only to make things more interesting. Save the subsea passenger and cargo rail (and road if you really have to!) connection for the shortest gap between France and the ‘southern’ part of the UK.

[@cheems436]

Hansa would make sense for the German city! It's pronounced exactly how it's spelt - Han-sa - and has some historical basis too, Hamburg was a free city of the Holy Roman Empire and was a member of the Hanseatic League (which was also called the Hansa in German), which was a trading League of several cities in the north of Germany at the time, it had trading outposts all the way from England to Russia - which at the time, was a comparatively far distance apart. Since the German city you've built has an emphasis on exporting, it'd make sense that it'd be somewhat significant in domestic and international trade, reinforcing the reference back to the Hanseatic League

[@aurontahiri1514]

30:48 you would never see such an highway exit im germany only in some places highways in german always go around the city sometimes even 10 kilometers

[@Lo1XDImNoob]

The ring roads are where old city walls once were so thats why most European cities have ring roads, during the middle ages there was once a wall there

[@archivek4]

20:46 Hey just to let you know. We don't have border crossings in Europe thanks to the EU and Schengen

[@gasho7052]

Maybe for the UK build you should build a lot of farms, kinda like you did with France, and a couple of villages with a big city, to resemble London.

[@emmanuelcornu5026]

The border crossing between France and Switzerland should help you out with a border crossing (search for Bardonnex crossing on Maps; it’s a good example and a great scale for your build)

[@jonathanschungel5219]

For a city name maybe "Neu-Start" (roughly translated to New Start). "Neustart" is the german word for a new beginning, starting over or simply restart. It's a little pun that includes the fact you had to restart building the city. Also some real cities and villages have names with "Neu" (New) in it. For example Neu-Ulm, Neu-Anspach, Neu-Bamberg.

[@d4wnsi972]

For the UK build, look up West Bay in Dorset for some inspiration for a nice coastal village with a nice beach and cliff

[@TheEggedEgg]

I think "Strandburg" would be a pretty good name for the German city. It is also easy to pronounce. It means something like beach/coast town. By the way I love your videos😀

[@Bulkinc]

that interchange is beautiful. good job man

[@The_Really_Real_Reality]

For the UK build I would recommend Richmond in London as inspiration. It features some rail infrastructure and an interesting location and history

[@TonGolem]

Beautiful! Also, feels like CS2 is finally alive 🥳

[@xbx.trains2192]

No much for border changes in Europe but would love a small German village or near the highway surrounded by forests and with a nice commuter rail corridor to the city, would look good and maybe bring less attention to all the concrete. When the UK pack releases I would look at Dover and Calais for inspiration for the French - UK crossing.

[@4lags]

In Europe, atleast for EU there aren't any "real" border crossings. On highways you can sometimes find border crossings to just be a fuel station with a small shop and the flags of both countries one example of that is Bunde Bad Neuschanz Border Crossing between Northern Germany and the Netherlands. Other than that small roads don't see much border crossings but instead just signs that you enter a new country.

[@Dyllieaug]

i think that for the connection from the "main" land to the island, its maybe nice to do some sort of Ferry service from the german town to the island, and a rail road (eurotunnel) from the French to the island

[@_dinoDev]

Your layouts are always so cool! Love it!

[@portergasper5159]

Stadt der Industrie which translated to English is City of Industry which I think would go perfect with your vision of what you were going for and it’s easy to pronounce

[@antonieparvulescu1427]

Hafenstadt could work, meaning port city. Also Hamburg has a district called Hafen City which means exactly that.

[@brainfood3802]

How about Zweimarken (Zway Marken): Two Dollars in german

[@ModernHistory4U]

For border crossings in Europe I have a fair amount of experience. Don’t know what all of them are like and can only speak about UK to EU or EU to EU but Western borders tend to have very limited border checks and facilities on highways and major roads. Other roads have none at all baring a sign saying you have entered/left a country. Former Eastern block countries tend to have left over border check facilities on their major roads that are no longer used e.g. Hungary, Slovakia etc. More modern roads and highways tend to have no checks at all

[@user-deevt]

Could call it Hondeldorf, from the Old Frisian word for 'to trade, to do business' (modern Frisian 'hondelje', modern German 'handeln'). And 'dorf' just means village. And I think it sounds about as German as a name can sound, while not being a challenge to pronounce.

[@orangeeater453]

i have been up for too long but oh well guess i will have to stay up to watch

[@vajda_vvy]

Just call it Spamburg (ham=spam)... as for the UK, I'd suggest the city of Bath but I do not know what type of assets (which style) will the UK pack include.

[@koobyn]

incredible stuff!!! i cannot wait to see this develop further

[@D1EGURK3]

Some german name suggestions: Ringstedt bc of the ring street in the city Neumünde sounds like a Harbor based City Deichstedt "Deich" is like a dam at the coast that protects from Floods

[@BestGaming-uh3lz]

You should also try to make border crossings between countries. I would love to see that.🎉🎉

[@timokho20]

Id argue highways are very european! Germans are after all the inventors of the autobahn. There are plenty of highways in europe, every city basically has one. Definitely also add a highway to or through the (new) industrial area! That would make it a lot more realistic. As of right now your highway connection is on the other side of the city, meaning that all the industrial traffic has to go through the city. I recommend continuing the tunnel and letting it come up on the other side of the downtown and creating a highway connection to the industrial area. It would just make a lot more sense, and if possible and connect it to an outside connection making it not as much of a dead end (if possible, otherwise continue on to outer lying suburbs or towns). Visually it would also be really interesting as it really enhances that industrial look and adds to the contrast you're looking for.

[@KingYan8263]

Moin moin! It's awesome seeing one of the top CS creators show Hamburg some love

[@KingYan8263]

Also if you want to know the German pronunciation the easy way sounds like Hum-bork, the harder way is Hum-boich (using the german -ch sound, which basically just sounds like a cat hiss)

[@incarnate3276]

Regarding the name. I propose Truthahn, it means turkey in English, the bird, not the country and it is inspired by the Hamburg inspired building, because hamburger, which is what the people of Hamburg are called is an American staple food, as is turkey and its thanksgiving soon, so… you know. I think you can manage the pronunciation. It’s a compound noun so you got two words to say consecutively. Trut- is pronounced trood and Hahn is the cock (the bird), pronounced with a long A as in clan, but with the soft H in the beginning like in Hamburg. Hahn is also a place in Germany, so while there is probably no place called Truthahn it isn’t stupidly ridiculous either.

[@aslake3848]

Really good fun! Thank you SO much for sharing.

[@robwrathmall]

For the UK build, Newcastle upon Tyne. Specifically the city centre

[@2830studios]

History of the Island: In the 1000's the island in the more north part off the north sea vikings found an island and made a village. About 400 years later Persia captured it and the island across they would later sell to the Brittish Empire and a little bit of their island to France. 200 years after the Persian part was sold to Germany, the rest is history.

[@Schle1fer]

Windburg - This name could refer to the nature and history of the region, with “wind” having both a maritime association and a deeper historical meaning for a town that has developed over the centuries.

[@PylonJon]

Your pronunciation of Deux-Côtés is solid! You're just putting the emphasis on the wrong syllable. It's more like DEUH-coh-TAY

[@DavidWilliams-yo4kb]

There are no border crossings in Europe due to it all being EU countries. The only border checks are at the UK - France connections since we left the EU at the ferries and channel tunnel

[@nathanielmikusch5832]

There are no typical borders between the States oft the EU you can just Drive from one Country to the other. There are some on the borders to switzerland tho if you want to imploment it in the Future.Regarding the Connection to the uk, it would make sende to just use rail and Ships and then use the roadbuilder mod to make Right Hand Traffic Like in the uk.

[@MorganHJackson]

You can use Google translate to pronounce things. A big difficulty with getting people to tell you how to say things is the accent differences show up in how people do phonetics. Based on Google translate and using my urban Queensland accent (very similar to yours - I think you're from Sydney? I don't pick up the Melbourne e/a shift, the Adelaide posh twang, or the broadness of regional areas) I would pronounce it as "du coat." Du like do, but a bit shorter, and not like due. Coat with a fairly closed A, kind of closer to court, but with no R. And not d'coat.

[@Urinimohr]

Markshafen would also fit pretty nicely 😁

[@alexanderattridge6898]

In my KZbin wrap it said I was in the top 0.2% of your viewers saying I watched 19x more than the average viewer. 😅 I thought I just casually watched while doing the washing up.

[@BoG_City]

So those islands on top, are they going to be inspired by Texel, Ameland, Vlieland?

[@VictorChukwuemeka-qe8jm]

Could name it something like Haffenstadt or Haffenburg as it means port City

[@irasponsibly]

Name suggestion: Guilder! Old german/dutch currency.

[@JaCrispy3060]

Just name it Neu Hambur lol or Markburg. Then name the English city Dollarton-On-Sea (Or at least one of the suburbs). Also I am not a fan of that placement location of the car factory lol. I'm not seeing why a car factory would be placed next to canals unless it was exporting cars directly via ferry. Nice build though for doing it all in one day. It could use a few of those decorative farms you put over in the french area to quickly sell the look.

[@mr.crunch3495]

City Suggestion for German City, Drum Roll, Hamburger!

[@gaborbogdan11]

Just a tip for the German city... you could make Berghain as a "culture center"

[@martinhowes1496]

UK should be the Purbeck Isles. Bournemouth and Poole

[@RodMXavier97]

I think Weissen Kanal is cool, its not hard to pronounce and it means white channel witch it totally relates with the town, as it sits close to some channels

[@TRichardsBlades]

Since it's inspired by Hamburg you should do Cheesburg

[@snappy-mobile5074]

this came out exactly when i got takeout and i have been waiting 2 weeks im so happy

[@slothdiger2245]

I have a name idea, Wittenburg (Pronounced-> Vi - tuhn - bugh). I think its pretty easy to pronounce.

[@aturchomicz821]

18:02 The Hypocrisy of using the excuse that buses are too expensive just to take out a huge loan to build a useless highway, Christ the Cities community will just never ever arrive in the 21st century eh?

[@orkaai6411]

Finally some good content to enjoy again.

[@KristianNordli]

A name i like is Wurstburg. Wurst in german is hot dog and burg, well beccause it goes well with Hamburg😅

[@CubeAtlantic]

That doesn't even look terrible it looks nice & detailed ime. 👌✅️😎