Where am I?

Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.

Although Roman, THC’s chief puzzlewright, would be interested to know how long it takes you to solve this solo foxer, he’d rather you didn’t put spoilers or solutions in the comments.

Today I’m in a town that owns a two-masted sailing vessel. Translated into English, the town’s name is something you might find on a fantasy RPG map. About 175 kilometres from the nearest UEFA Euro 2024 stadium, and a 25 minute drive from a decommissioned nuclear power station, I’m in a country that has won more equestrian Olympic medals than Great Britain, and fewer fencing medals than Poland.

You are probably in the right place if you can see…

  • A compass rose
  • Swords
  • The Spanish flag
  • A round-bottom flask
  • An electric guitar
  • A skiing moose
  • A raven dressed as a Yeoman Warder
  • A disused signal box
  • Statues of Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Friedrich Schiller
  • Student accommodation
  • The formula for the volume of a sphere
  • The standard atomic weight of gold

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