diff -ur freeciv/client/gui-gtk/mapview.c dev/client/gui-gtk/mapview.c
--- freeciv/client/gui-gtk/mapview.c	Fri Jun 16 18:23:54 2000
+++ dev/client/gui-gtk/mapview.c	Sat Jun 17 20:46:46 2000
@@ -822,6 +820,7 @@
 	gdk_draw_pixmap( map_canvas->window, civ_gc, map_canvas_store,
 		event->area.x, event->area.y, event->area.x, event->area.y,
 		event->area.width, event->area.height );
+	show_city_descriptions();
       }
     }
     refresh_overview_canvas();