Maarten's Regions (Imaginia and Schellingen Stadt)

[Swordmaster]

Wonderful! May I ask on pic 3.06, what buildings are that on the left side of the avenue?

Cheers,
Willy

[Sciurus]

This is just wonderful!!

[Terring7]

Cool pictures

[MandelSoft]

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A small intermezzo today: I made a video showing the whole A10, the Kapish City Ring. Enjoy the ride!

http://www.youtube.com/v/_BZ1e2Uj0fw

Best,
Maarten

[rooker1]

Very nice video.
Where did you get the Zonzeel bridge?
Great month so far!!

Robin

[noahclem]

Awesome work Maarten     The highways are fantastic and I especially like the old city center!

[bat]

Fantastic video of that highway!! Great work on it.

[Fresh Prince of SC4D]

Nice video, mrtnrln. And, I like how you used "Don't Walk" from Transport Tycoon.

[jmyers2043]

Hi Maarten

Cool video. I would have crashed several times. 

- Jim

[MandelSoft]

Wonderful! May I ask on pic 3.06, what buildings are that on the left side of the avenue?

Cheers,
Willy

That's Haarlemmergold's Monumental Block, made up from several 19th century dutch buildings. It's available on the STEX.

Very nice video.
Where did you get the Zonzeel bridge?
Great month so far!!

Robin

That's a good and valid question, and I've heard this question several times before. The answer is: these bridges are from Choco and at this stage they are not released. Heck, I even had to fix a few months ago to get them in this shape. Probably these bridges will be released together with the next NAM.

Nice video, mrtnrln. And, I like how you used "Don't Walk" from Transport Tycoon.

I like that tune from Transport Tycoon. In fact, I like almost all the tunes from Transport Tycoon 

Amazing, just amazing! The Old City (4) is my favourite along with pic 11, 18, 20, 21, 23 and 27. 

This is just wonderful!!

Cool pictures

Awesome work Maarten     The highways are fantastic and I especially like the old city center!

Fantastic video of that highway!! Great work on it.

Hi Maarten

Cool video. I would have crashed several times. 

- Jim

Thank you all!

Konrad is the capital of the Republic of Imaginia. The city itself is not really that big (only about 300 000 inhabitants). However, the city is part of a large agglomeration, known as the Capital District. The Capital District is the economic and political heart of Imaginia and it contains the cities of Kapish, Konrad, Hoogerhey, Newlandervayne, Hertenkamp, Karlshonk, Jonkersmond and Maxtor. The cities from this agglomeration function as one large city and together they house as much as 1.5 million citizens. Konrad used to host the gouvernment, but this is nowadays allocated across the river Kareel in Hoogerhey. We'll visit Hoogerhey in the next update.

We start of at the railway station Konrad-West. It's part of the old railway line between Kapish and Konrad. Trains drive no faster than 50 km/h here. Looking at this picture you get an overall impression of the city infrastructure of Konrad: It's griddy, unstructured and for quite some parts under capacity. The freeways are OK, but the city itself is known as the Drivers Hell of Imaginia...

We go further down the line to the Central Station. The Central Station District is surrounded by office buildings. Because, isn't it good for business if your customers only have to walk a few minutes from the station instead of going through the congested city roads?

More offices. Konrad is full of them...

Get used to it: the city streets in Konrad are lit with blue-ish!

And even more, quite some pre-fabricated offices here...

The old highway to Newlandervayne and Suessensee, now downgraded to a city Avenue.

And now for my famous RHW constructions. Here we have the interchange between the Continental Route 40 (C40) and the Continental Route 75 (C75), both major routes in Imaginia. Their actual administrative numbers are A3 and A7, but Imaginia doesn't sign them, just like Belgium and Scandinavia. The C75 is the thorough route here while the C40 turns off from the west to the south...

(I don't know what happened to the pillars there...)

And here's the interchange with Vreerust Avenue...

The same intersection from another angle. Here we also see the Konrad Twin Towers. The left one, the Peace Tower, is build in 1982. The right one, the Prosperity Tower, is completed in 1986. Together they form a nice couple and a landmark of the city.

And one of the exits in the CBD. The C40 has Plus Lanes on this stretch. These open during rush hour to releave traffic. You might wonder "why not build full-blown lanes anyway". The answer is that it's juridically easier to construct Plus Lanes than regular lanes, since they have lower design values concerning exhaust gasses and noise production. This principle is applied quite some times in the Netherlands. At the looks of it, the Plus Lane is closed at this moment...

And this is one of my most crammed interchanges. It's notorius for its sharp curves and short ramps...

The Konrad Central Freeway at night...

Some close up pics...

And another intechange. Here the C40 turns from north to east, while the A5 starts here and goes west. The whole section of the A5 here is sunken.

Those Belgian "Ossenkop" lights have their odd charms; they are so ugly, they look beautiful...

And again, the lights are fully functional, showing off this sunken freeway in all its awesomeness! 8)

And what do you know, there are some exits on this section too (you don't say!)

And here the N20 connects to the A5. The N20 goes north across the water to Hoogerhey. The road also marks the western border of city of Konrad.

And another interchange of the A5 further west...

Back to Konrad, the suburb of Nieuwgaarden. It even has a Golf Course, which has been totally financed by the upper class of Konrad and surroundings. It's one of the very few Imaginian golf courses and it has only 8 holes...

And here we have some nice appartment buildings, quite some with a few across the river Kareel...

Nice, green and spaceous, that's the way to go!

And last but not least: a sunken railway line, leading to the Central Station!

Well that's it for today! 8)

Next update: Hoogerhey. Stay tuned!

Best,
Maarten

[Girafe]

You manage perfectly transportation ways 

[nbvc]

Great work. I like the night images.

[FrankU]

Hi Maarten,

You have a nice collection of high rise buildings in there.
Just one remark: the sun farms are not very effective as you placed them in the shadows of highrise buildings. Maybe they should be put in more rural areas or in a park?

Frank

[RickD]

I love your freeways. The signs make them ultra realistic. The plus lanes seem to be a similar concept like when the emergency lane is opened for traffic during rush hour. They installed this a few days ago on a stretch of the Autobahn I commute to work on.

[Allein]

Beautiful

[art128]

Not a huge fan of the skyscrapers mess, but I have to say it's very nice. The RHW Fits well inside.

[Ol.S / Benoit]

Great work on this update !

I'm looking for ideas with the RHW, and your MD is a nice place for that !

[MR.Y]

Hihi, That's irony...the person, who makes all this great euro-textures wich are find on nearly every european SC4-Computer, don't use them himself.

To the update:
In my opinion this great pictures would look better with your euro-mod, bud also in this way they are great.

[rooker1]

Great transportation networks indeed!
I have stolen a few ideas from here....thank you.

Robin

[Delecto]

Very nice update! 

It seems that my Bat has invaded your city. 


Sam.