Somewhere in the Old Continent - Cities Skylines: Nydal - EP 1

[@SkateGeneva]

If you want your city to feel European I believe the 2 most important things are : 1. make the city circular, from the inside out. Historically European cities have grown radially outwards from a city center. 2. Make the roads organic. As the city grows outwards it grows as needed, meaning it has a very organic feel as to how the roads are placed and all. Bonus... Having a highway cut through your city is the opposite of european. Highways were built around cities as either ring roads for bigger cities or just pass-through highspeed roads. Your city feels (as of now) preplanned and very grid based. This is my personal opinion

[@flyingpiggie979]

Claudio Jaramillo The grid isn’t alien to Europe. Even the Romans used grid systems, and it had been used in a lot of “new” European towns and cities from as far a back as the 12-1300’s. Even the Georgian town I grew up in was built right from the start in the 1600’s with a right angled grid design.

[@SkateGeneva]

Blinkysaurus Rex most of the places that did use a grid based design from the beginning were very flat places (the Netherlands for example). Not a small city in the middle of a valley like this one

[@OkstadOo]

Necroposting, but grids aren't alien to Europe as said. In Norway (which has a geography that looks very much like this map) several cities have a section called "Kvadraturen", due to their grid based layout. Oslo, Kristiansand and Namsos all have districts featuring heavy gridding.

[@SylkaChan]

@@OkstadOo Can you upload this map on steam? I actually like it a lot!

[@parkmeadow]

Such a timeless classic, can’t wait to binge watch all of it again

[@twodollarstwenty]

Great start! Been really looking forward to this series :)

[@dhananjaygunjal313]

How much this game with all the mods and props cost...🎮🎮🎮🎮🎮

[@kapparill]

its your aussie boi

[@emptyavatar]

I am rewatching Nydal. I miss how satisfactory sensation every time you place the curve road or tackling the topography differences.

[@Fluxtrance]

Hype!!

[@strictoaster]

Indeed!

[@dhananjaygunjal313]

How much this game with all the mods and props cost...🎮🎮🎮🎮🎮

[@Kodak567]

thr mods and props are free the DLC cost and the base game

[@Kodak567]

u can look on steam how much the game and DLC costs

[@lunchbox1341]

but if you buy dlc and game on g2a you will save a loot of money - for example - cities skylines on steam costs 4 times more than on g2a must try this

[@lespring]

Oh my, a European city project by Strict, I am soo hyped for this already! :) I can't wait to see where this is going and what you'll make of that, it looks awesome already! And your production values are as always absolutely spot on! :) Can't wait for the next one!

[@VerumPositor]

wow I was waiting so long for you starting an European project!

[@ayoeandrie5619]

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[@Machachius]

Same here :) And I really enjoy this kinda smaller scaled but highly detailed cities like Seeneau or arrowhead. For dense mega cities I still have Flux' Avalon or Gramercy from bsquiklehausen (oh boy... I'm watching too many series at the same time :D I'm already 2 epsidoes behind in the FBS series and have not seen the latest Gramercy one either).

[@nilsmeta641]

"Nydal" in swedish is "new-valley" and I think it's a similar meaning in norwegian. In swedish it would be pronounced like "Nü-dall", not sure how to explain and I don't know if you want to pronounce it the english or swedish way :) I'm very excited for this series either way :D

[@Semonjes]

Means the exact thing in Norwegian, yep! Also a very common place here in western Norway, and then also a very common surname :)

[@matsv201]

As far as i can se there is at least 3 semi large vilages called nydal. One in norway, one in Sweden and one in Finland. Of cause, part of Finland speak swedish making it a logical name there to

[@Semonjes]

Yeah. I tried searching on Google maps too but it doesn't show all the varieties, and not smaller places. There's a part of my hometown called "Nydalen" as well as in Oslo, among others, but it doesn't show :P

[@matsv201]

Google maps is a bit buggy showing smal vilgaes in other countries

[@jorgenadam]

In Norwegian the y is like the y in myth or system

[@clinton8421]

If I was an asset creator, I would make an army of custom vehicles, props and buildings for Nydal. Nydal is looking great, keep up the good work. I can't wait for episode 2.

[@lowlight8316]

Wooohooo! I'm so excited for this series. So much water equals so many creative challenges ahead. Can't wait.

[@SylkaChan]

It looks like an island to me.

[@domjwood]

Strict this already looks and feels amazing and I’m sure it will be one of your best projects to date. I was so hoping for a kick-ass intro segment though! Looking forward to episode 2!

[@sErgEantaEgis12]

Also the city looks unbelievably comfy. Great start man.

[@ninjacuber1854]

This map looks alot like Lofoten, Norway, if you need any references of little towns you can look at areas like Borhaug and Farsund, they fit the theme you are going for, good luck!

[@karekristoffersen4832]

English is your second language?! Definitley could not tell

[@419Films]

The only hint I got of that was his pronunciation of "oval". Otherwise...

[@userequaltoNull]

English must not be your native language. While he is highly fluent, even for a Native speaker, his accent gives it away. Aside from the accent, he sounds like a very articulate native.

[@cracqheadish908]

I know right! Sounds like he knew English in Elementary or something-

[@SantiagoGeffen]

His mother tongue is Spanish.

[@jasontillett]

David Loewen he pronounced oval like normal to me 😳😂 am I confused. I pronounce it like ‘Oh-vill’

[@safe-keeper1042]

A Norwegian map and town, looking forward to this :) ! Only discovered this series now and can't wait to watch these vids :) .

[@NorDank]

This is 100% Norwegian. From the name, to the fjord landscape. Nydal is a real place in Norway. It means new valley. The landscape looks almost identical to the islands northwest of Ålesund, where is not too far from where I live.

[@jubmelahtes]

Wow. I get an Lofoten vibe from the map 😀 cool to see something close-ish to home. I'm intrigued to see where this leads

[@crowdozer]

I love these types of maps! The Norfolk trees work so well with them! I remember I did a build with a heightmap from Alaska and it had similar look and feel with Norfolk pines all over. I can't get enough of it.

[@georgfranko]

you know when a series is just that good that you start watching it from the beginning again , 6 years after the first episode :) We miss you dude ! Hoping to see you again in CS2 !

[@ClarkeRoberts]

Genuinely one of the most talented Cities players I’ve found. I love your content! The style of videos, with the mix of live play, time lapse, your narration and the music is super relaxing. A joy to watch! Keep up the great work.

[@poisonfoggaming]

so happy your back doing cities skylines :)

[@Mayofeam60009]

It's wierd coming back for inspiration after he's done, I hope he's ok and he's coming back

[@Hoehlenmaensch]

Reading "Nydal": sounds norwegian. Sees the landscape: looks norwegian. Not very generic so far, very norwegian biase. xD Also i can't really imagine what a generic european police would look like. They look very different wherever you go. I mean, Germany (except for bavaria) started using blue instead the old green colour 15 years ago, to make it more easy to identify police all across Europe. But you still need to decide on the design of one country though. Can't wait for episode 2! :)

[@Hoehlenmaensch]

Also: Is there a chance this means "New Valley"? Sounds like that to me. Would be a bit ironic for an island city. :D

[@MrUptonguy]

Hoehlenmaensch yea, Ny dal means new valley in Norwegian. Same as Swedish, except they will write it nü instead of ny i believe

[@WickhardtvonBarnheim]

I hate the fact they changed it to blue

[@PrograError]

I think the more generic Euro police would be the checkers yellow reflector/ safety warning with hatchbacks and 4x4s with limited sedans like those of BMWs and Toyotas or local car manufacturer. and the paint job be generic white with barely any decals than police

[@viktorblachowski1655]

It looks a bit like Faroe Islands :D

[@TairnKA]

Before I get too involved into this video and forget... again. Thank-you and the other builders for the beautiful, imaginative and innovative cities you've created. I've recently started and have created a "testing" city/map to learn how to play and create elements, examine assets, mods, etc... that I've seen used and want to incorporate. I hope my imagination hasn't gotten rusty from lack of need, so it's time to let it roam around up there for concepts and gain inspiration from the cities I'm seeing. ;-)

[@Semonjes]

If you're looking for places with both fjords, mountains and cities, I recommend you check out Ålesund, Norway! Your map kind of reminds me of it :)

[@Semonjes]

It should be said that Norwegian villages are extremely spread out and almost never dense at all.

[@TriviBoy]

What a wonderful work dude, can't wait to see episode 2

[@Republic3D]

The map looks very Lofoten like. The city itself looks inspired by Bergen or Ålesund so far. Can't wait to see what you come up with. Thanks for making this!

[@tsukirunsu]

I really like your style of building cities, not too big and still keeping the nature within.

[@xavierkelsomacleod4066]

I've also waited so long to see a major youtuber from Across-The-Pond do a European city. I myself am Scottish, so obviously European. It is great to see a variety of cities being built. I don't particularly like when people do the same things over and over again. I am so excited for it. I can't wait for next weeks episode. It is also my birthday next week.

[@mh93sab]

Amazing! New project, top quality, super fun to watch! Great job Strict!

[@ElspethGaming]

Always exciting to see you start a new project!

[@Lionfire1998]

I was begging you for an european project for sooo long, thank you ❤

[@dhananjaygunjal313]

How much cities skyline game with all the mods and props cost...🎮🎮🎮🎮🎮

[@nanwe01]

The Belgian-style buildings by King Gecko (I think) give any city a nice western European feel that is not too obviously from anywhere, so if you want a generic European city style, they are a really good fit.

[@Sinnicle]

Absolutely gorgeous! I wish I had a portion of your creativity!

[@strictoaster]

Practice, practice, practice... I'm not gifted or anything like that.

[@Sinnicle]

I will certainly try. Your videos continue to inspire me in my own cities. =)

[@spinielgeckodin3321]

Gonna binge this series 💖😌

[@distanced]

So excited! Can't wait to see how this turns out :)

[@sebastianalvarez2584]

WOW INSTANT SUBSCRIBED, I cant wait to see how this city turns out! I just found your channel and I HATE seeing people build roads but honestly seeing this video just now, I was in love with it. Keep it up!

[@SamsamTS]

Looking nice so far. Can't wait to see what you gonna do with this map. One suggestion : In Fine Road Tool enable the "Change max turn angle for more realistic tram tracks turns" option. This will remove those ugly sharp tram track turns you can see at 13:07 or 16:22. Of course this also means trams won't be able to make those turns. You can play with the angle if 90° is too drastic for your needs.

[@strictoaster]

I didn't know that was a thing! Thanks for the heads up :D PS: I've noticed that the "Straight slope" feature of Fine Road Tools is not working properly. Are you aware of any mods (or any recent game updates) that may be resetting it? I have to constantly check/unceck that box to get straight slopes. Bsquikle told me this is happening to him as well.

[@maxemiloddmoland5476]

Since it has a Nordic feeling in the map, perhaps look at cities such as Bodo or Svolvaer in Norway for inspiration. They are smal coastal towns and there are very few tall buildings, but you could spice it up with some :)

[@nopenope4938]

Man, that bridge area looks very similar to Deception Pass State Park here where i live in Washington.

[@swaree]

Looking forward to watching how this series evolves!

[@frankthedsigner558]

Great start to another great new series! In love with this map!

[@LatvianGamings]

This looks very nordic. When I tried to make a nordic styled city i just gave up because of lack of assets for that style but good luck with your new project I'm very excited.

[@legosupremo]

this is so exciting, I'm just so glad you're doing something with trains again haha

[@strictoaster]

Yeah, it's been a while!

[@parsnippings]

This is a nice map! I think the rough terrain will make for a really interesting cityscape. Hopefully it will be full of bike lanes, they are the best part about European urban planning.

[@stronghold5606]

Hey strict if I where you I would put the streetcar in the middle of the avenue at least that's how it's commonly done in real life. Looking forward to this build!

[@Chan-mi5wt]

New viewer and damn this is so professional and calm. Have to watch more!

[@strictoaster]

Welcome!

[@georgelund04]

That map is beautiful!

[@ejeslick]

Strict. Have you seen pictures of Cinque Terre Italy? Your map looks like you could do a very good representation of something in that style. Maybe add a Venice style island in the bay. I just see a lot of Italy in your map. Looks great.

[@pedroneves3153]

This map theme is beautiful, this series is going to be a joy to watch 🤩😍

[@wthiry]

Such a teasing start of a promising project again, and a phenomenal job at the map creation/teraforming.. Looking forward to this series.. And hopefully contribute to a district name ;) (Already thinking, considering the fairly Scandinavian origins here, some Black Metal-like related name would be appropriate :p ... or Trolls..)

[@GiuliaCan]

I just found your channel after ages of looking for some relaxing LPs focused on design, and good lord, your videos are perfect and gorgeous!! Keep up the great work!

[@whistlehead9876]

I'm enjoying this already :) since this is a relatively large city surrounded entirely by water, historically it must have been primarily accessed by boat, so there's great potential for a historic harbour district, and the inevitable modern apartment blocks which spring up on them in later years. It's also in a really good place strategically to be a defensive city or stronghold for the same reason, so there might even be scope to make the city centre part of a medieval walled city, maybe like the Visby city wall in Sweden, which even has a similarly short Scandinavian name With so much room for characteristic features I'm looking forward to watching the city develop :)

[@micmic124]

new cities series is what i deeply need

[@emmanuelmaldonado2407]

The map looks cool, and keep up the goos work.

[@karenking4271]

the map looks cool :)… good luck with this new project, Strict :D

[@SgtReaper1987]

As always it looks stunning.

[@IztokKoler]

You know when you have an idea of making a map on Skylines and you watch this video, realize you will never go into so much detail and abandon the idea of making your own map.

[@BatlleRossell]

This looks like Lofoten Islands, beautiful archipielago :)

[@Mrsyulleke]

I absolutely love your use of one way streets! It's so beautiful and satisfying :) thank you ;)

[@williamwallace2804]

I was looking forward to watching this series but can't sit here listening to you for 7mins before you even begin, you must love the sound of your own voice

[@fairuzbaiquny9350]

New Series! yes!. hope could learn more from this

[@matsv201]

If you want a very classical Scandinavian train i would recommend the loco known as "Swedish meatball" also known as the toaster in the US. Its a Swedish made loco that is heavily used in both Norway and Sweden that have been exported in quite large numbers to the US. Known as the RC in Sweden and the NSB El 16 in Norway

[@oharon25]

The terrain kinda reminds me of some islands in S.E Asia. Especially with the European buildings, since they do have quite a few of them that were built during the colonial era.

[@crossridergamingfps8279]

that map reminds me a map from a build game called jurassic world evolution lol very nice, I look forward to seeing the development of this beautiful map!

[@ldnstan2454]

That stacked bridge is gorgeous

[@MrHessuX]

Break up the grid a little more! Many smaller european cities have this very wonky grid.

[@strictoaster]

We are just getting started good sir.

[@undertale9313]

This Map Is Just Beautiful !

[@celinemariella7392]

TBH, this looks something similar to Norway! Amazing, can't wait to see more :D

[@rothebear]

SO EXCITED 😍

[@Alex-ns4qk]

So hyped! Really looking forward to the series and for inspiration for my own architecture projects 🤗

[@_underscore_2381]

If you want to have "generic european police car" you have a problem. This is some police car in different european country: France: renault megane, renault clio, renault kangoo, peugeot partner, ... Spain: Citroen C3 (for the majority of the police car) Luxembourg: volkswagen transporter, skoda octavia Car color for each country France: White with blue symbol Luxembourg: White and light blue Spain: Dark blue Like you see each country has different police cars and color...

[@lindenbergers]

Lovely map, looking forward to seeing the series.

[@moritzhagmann6767]

map looks super cool!!!!

[@Hugga51]

i will never be this talented of a builder.

[@LuddeVinje]

Looks amazing! Really reminds me of the city of alesund in western Norway. It's set in a very similar landscape to nydal. Might be worth having a look at it in Google maps to see how it grows around the mountains being so close to the sea

[@Ebalosus]

Looking forward to the series 👍 Also, I feel you when it comes to making really big cities. For me, they just end up repeating ideas and looking generic, hence why on really big maps, I’ll make a county with a medium-sized city and a few satellite towns instead of one megalopolis.

[@BATTIS94]

Oh! Looking forward to this one!

[@fabienpiacenti3350]

I want an European projet/city by Strict ! I love it ! ❤

[@MIKOLAJMUSIC]

I've fallen off your channel since the tail end of Seenu, but man am I suuuper pumped for this series!

[@strictoaster]

Glad you are back :D

[@joeypalmiero7576]

Any Mercedes Benz Citaro and the “ADL MMC 400” make good European bus assets. Also you could make one bus route with the New Routemaster, just because

[@viktorblachowski1655]

Or SOR, Solaris, Iveco and Man's Lion :D

[@koldik0383]

This video is awesome. Regarding the police car shortage. You can look at some cars based on Skoda. There are some good looking on the steam workshop. These are at some amount used in almost every country of EU.

[@strictoaster]

I'll look into it.

[@karelholvoet7193]

This guy has some great EU police vehicles. If you look closely, they're French, but I suppose they might fit your need. Looking forward to this series!! steamcommunity.com/id/ienbrana/myworkshopfiles/?appid=255710&p=1

[@Flosk89]

In Denmark, Sweden and Norway we don't use Skoda. We use Volkswagen Passat Variant 2.0 TDI, VW Touran, Ford Mondeo, Mercedes-Benz C220 CDI T and Volvo V90

[@jungel1234567890]

Capt. Fancy Pants And I think they have at least a Norwegian skin for police cars in the workshop

[@viktorblachowski1655]

Capt. Fancy Pants Passat and Octavia/Superb are almost the same.

[@slartibart3218]

There is a swedish type fire truck in the workshop called Scania P94D and also a swedish police car Volvo s60 II if thats any help. I found them a while back looking for assets for my swedish city. Great videos man :)

[@haswi2850]

Super cool! I can't wait to see the next one!

[@Pixelkvist]

Wow, this map looks VERY interesting! Subscribed and looking forward to the series! Also, in case you didn't know, "Nydal" means "New Valley" in Swedish and Norwegian. Would be great to have a lot of Scandinavian influence on this map, I've been wanting "one of the greats" of C:S to attempt that for a long time!

[@Toorn215]

Looks good! I would recommend making a monastery somewhere remote on the map, it might fit the theme.

[@OneLeggyBoy]

I would imagine this as a Norwegian city, mainly because of the fjords and Norwegian name. I think of it as a Scandinavian city. Also I think places like Molde and Bodø would he good to reference. I say Norway because that's where all the fjords are really. Not Sweden.

[@jonasgutermuth7850]

In the Workshop are many European vehicles and train from Germany and Austria that can you easily use.

[@henrikdavidebhardt9438]

The map looks a lot like Norway. And in Norwegian Nydal means new valley

[@CUfkes]

Good looking basic map. Curious what BonBon will say ;) Already looking forward to see some "Nydal" commuter aircraft....

[@AinaLove73]

i love watching your creative process!

[@spiritualawakening3204]

I love the map! It Kinda Reminds me of Lofoten in Norway.

[@markyguin]

Interesting, not what I expected! Also interesting because looking at that map and not seeing a lot of building space other than where you've made a start, be cool to see what you do with it

[@TheKartoffel101]

Maybe Im to late, but you can pretty much use any european train here to be honest because we share most of our trains during Trans European travel.

[@archlinuxrussian]

Awesome! :D I'm excited for seeing how you'll do transit ^_^

[@TheFogOfWar1wvdm]

downloaded the assets and mods right away! Gonna have some fun with this map! :)

[@lifeisabietzsche8229]

This looks promising although i don't get how you can even create a "generic european city" since Europe is so diverse. I'd say the theme of this map is Swiss/southern-German. Same goes for the "generic" emergency vehicles : Europe is not a country unlike the US, so you won't get a generic type of vehicle (for example French police cars are white, German ones are green, Spanish ones are dark blue, etc.). Anyway if you're going for some sort of mix of different European regions then so be it, it can be fun.

[@Rangatology]

Nydal looks good - but also challenging in terms of how you maximise the available buildable space.

[@user-wq9mw2xz3j]

NewValley? :) Looking forward to see another geartly inspiring city

[@pascalnooy]

Cool! I always love your series! Keep it going! Greet from the Netherlands.