diff --git a/android/assets/jsons/Translations/Notifications.json b/android/assets/jsons/Translations/Notifications.json
index 85a34e2a76..57042d0aab 100644
--- a/android/assets/jsons/Translations/Notifications.json
+++ b/android/assets/jsons/Translations/Notifications.json
@@ -535,6 +535,9 @@
 		Simplified_Chinese:"真是不知死活！[civName]竟然敢谴责我们！"
 	}
 	
+	"[cityName] has been connected to your capital!":{
+	}
+	
 	// Trade
 	"[civName] has accepted your trade request":{
 		Italian:"[civName] ha accettato la nostra offerta commerciale."
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/GameInfo.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/GameInfo.kt
index a23a05dd37..cf24630a7a 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/GameInfo.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/GameInfo.kt
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class GameInfo {
             // Since this depends on the cities of ALL civilizations,
             // we need to wait until we've set the transients of all the cities before we can run this.
             // Hence why it's not in CivInfo.setTransients().
-            civInfo.setCitiesConnectedToCapitalTransients()
+            civInfo.initialSetCitiesConnectedToCapitalTransients()
 
             // We need to determine the GLOBAL happiness state in order to determine the city stats
             for(cityInfo in civInfo.cities) cityInfo.cityStats.updateCityHappiness()
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivInfoTransientUpdater.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivInfoTransientUpdater.kt
index 3642f1126f..5cc71ebde6 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivInfoTransientUpdater.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivInfoTransientUpdater.kt
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class CivInfoTransientUpdater(val civInfo: CivilizationInfo){
                 civInfo.containsBuildingUnique("Enemy land units must spend 1 extra movement point when inside your territory (obsolete upon Dynamite)")
     }
 
-    fun setCitiesConnectedToCapitalTransients(){
+
+    fun setCitiesConnectedToCapitalTransients(initialSetup:Boolean=false){
         if(civInfo.cities.isEmpty()) return // eg barbarians
 
         // We map which cities we've reached, to the mediums they've been reached by -
@@ -124,6 +125,12 @@ class CivInfoTransientUpdater(val civInfo: CivilizationInfo){
             citiesToCheck = newCitiesToCheck
         }
 
+        if(!initialSetup){ // In the initial setup we're loading an old game state, so it doesn't really count
+            for(city in citiesReachedToMediums.keys)
+                if(city !in civInfo.citiesConnectedToCapital)
+                    civInfo.addNotification("[${city.name}] has been connected to your capital!",city.location, Color.GOLD)
+        }
+
         civInfo.citiesConnectedToCapital = citiesReachedToMediums.keys.toList()
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivilizationInfo.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivilizationInfo.kt
index a9dca90669..74f1d5efd0 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivilizationInfo.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/logic/civilization/CivilizationInfo.kt
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class CivilizationInfo {
     }
 
     // implementation in a seperate class, to not clog up CivInfo
-    fun setCitiesConnectedToCapitalTransients() = transients().setCitiesConnectedToCapitalTransients()
+    fun initialSetCitiesConnectedToCapitalTransients() = transients().setCitiesConnectedToCapitalTransients(true)
     fun updateHasActiveGreatWall() = transients().updateHasActiveGreatWall()
     fun updateViewableTiles() = transients().updateViewableTiles()
     fun updateDetailedCivResources() = transients().updateDetailedCivResources()
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class CivilizationInfo {
         }
 
         updateViewableTiles() // adds explored tiles so that the units will be able to perform automated actions better
-        setCitiesConnectedToCapitalTransients()
+        transients().setCitiesConnectedToCapitalTransients()
         for (city in cities) city.startTurn()
 
         getCivUnits().toList().forEach { it.startTurn() }