Trade route without roads and without sailing

[flitz]

Hi,

in the attached savegame, I realized that my southern-most city, Nuremberg, has a trade route with the rest of my empire.

I wonder why this is, the roads to the city are not finished yet and although it has a river access, I have not researched sailing, yet.
Is this a bug or am I missing something ?

 

[elitetroops]

Can't look at save now, but as long as the river connection is entirely within your cultural borders, you usually get the trade route even without sailing.

 

[Pangaea]

Aye, cities connected with rivers inside your cultural borders will get intra-city trade route(s).

 

[flitz]

This is actually the case, the river tiles from between nuremberg and aachen are completely inside by cultural borders.

I probably missunderstood this the whole time then, thanks for clearing it up

 

[lymond]

It should also be noted that this works for coastal connections as well

 

[Flying Pig]

On rivers, one can imagine that the people are using rafts or barges and pulling them along the river. I'm not sure how that would map to the coast, though.

 

[SpitfireMI]

Can't look at save now, but as long as the river connection is entirely within your cultural borders, you usually get the trade route even without sailing.

Of course. Famous quote: "We don't need no boats. Let's fling it upriver!"

 

[Pangaea]

Works for salmon

 

[SpitfireMI]

Works for salmon

Or this: "Hey, make a beeline for plastic and glue. We duct-tape the cows to the fish!"

 

[flitz]

Or this: "Hey, make a beeline for plastic and glue. We duct-tape the cows to the fish!"

lol, what the ....