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Monday, 1 December 2025
20 facts about Stuttgart
20 facts about Stuttgart
A German city with the highest standard of wealth
Stuttgart is one of the largest agglomerations in Germany, the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a city with a rich wine tradition, the ...

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Philadelphia
In 1793, the largest yellow fever epidemic in the history of the United States broke out in Philadelphia.
In the period from August 1 to November 9, the plague killed at least 4000 to 5000 people there, whi ...
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Helsinki
Every year in early October, Helsinki hosts a traditional herring market.
It takes place in the center of the city at the Kauppatori market, just off the harbor. The market h ...
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Cairo
The Al-Azhar Mosque is said to be the most renowned educational institution in Sunni Islam.
It is one of the oldest and most important in the Arab world. Its construction began shortly after t ...
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Philadelphia
In 2021, Time magazine named Philadelphia is one of the 100 best places in the world.
In 2016, the city was visited by 42 million domestic tourists, whose stay added $6.8 billion to the city's coffers.
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Saint Petersburg
Already in the first half of the 18th century, St. Petersburg became one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.
At that time, such architectural structures as the Admiralty, the Twelve Colleges (today it houses S ...
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Saint Petersburg
The date of the city's founding is considered to be May 27, 1703 (May 16, 1703, according to the Julian calendar).
This date was immortalized on a stone slab specially prepared for the occasion, on which an inscript ...
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Florence
Around 1000, the golden age of Florentine art began.
In 1013, construction began on the Basilica of San Minato al Monte, situated atop one of the city's ...
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Potsdam
Frederick the Great, son of Frederick I, valued the ideas of the Enlightenment and reformed the Prussian state.
During his reign, Potsdam became a residential city, also in terms of its cityscape, and then made e ...
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Paris
Despite being one of the most recognizable symbols of Paris, the Eiffel Tower was, and still is, despised for its ugliness by many Parisians.
It is called a scar on the beautiful panorama of the city.
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Kaliningrad
After the end of World War II, as a result of the Potsdam Conference, Königsberg found itself within the borders of the Soviet Union.
In 1946, the city's name was changed to Kaliningrad, in honor of the late Mikhail Kalinin, a Bolshev ...
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24 facts about Bremen
24 facts about Bremen
A city of tolerance and opportunities
Bremen, a city on the Weser, is located a short distance from its mouth into the North Sea. Its hallmark and pride are the values it has been professi ...
19 facts about Hamburg
19 facts about Hamburg
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
This beautiful city with old buildings existed already in the early Middle Ages when it served as a center of Christianization. Its city port is one o ...
31 facts about Helsinki
31 facts about Helsinki
The northernmost urban area in the world
Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland, the third largest city in the Nordic countries. It is the northernmost capital of a European Unio ...
48 facts about Vienna
48 facts about Vienna
One of the greenest cities in the world
Vienna, the capital of Austria, is a city of imperial palaces, the Viennese waltz, Sacher cake, classical music, and New Year’s concerts by the Vienna ...
31 facts about Bruges
31 facts about Bruges
Cradle of Flemish painting
Bruges is a small Belgian city that, in the Middle Ages, was a commercial and financial powerhouse of this part of Europe. At the time, it was one of ...
21 facts about Palermo
21 facts about Palermo
A city founded by Phoenicians
Palermo is a city founded by the Phoenicians over 2700 years ago. Located in a valley that the Arabs called Conca d’Oro in the 9th century, it is surr ...
19 facts about Olomouc
19 facts about Olomouc
The historic capital of Moravia
Olomouc, located in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, is a beautiful, though not very popular, city. As the capital of Moravia, it has a rich hi ...
17 facts about San Gimignano
17 facts about San Gimignano
The Town of Fine Towers
San Gimignano is a charming town in the heart of Italian Tuscany, which mesmerizes with an unprecedented beauty, fascinating history, and unique chara ...
27 facts about Rome
27 facts about Rome
The Eternal City hides many fascinating secrets
The history of Rome has been continuous for 28 centuries, although it is known that the area was inhabited much earlier. Rome is one of the longest in ...
30 facts about Shanghai
30 facts about Shanghai
The Paris of the East
Shanghai is the most eclectic city in China. It combines various architectural styles and is known as the Chinese center of Art Deco. Developing at a ...
23 facts about Paris
23 facts about Paris
City of Light
Paris is very eagerly visited by tourists. It surprises with the number of monuments and architectural marvels from various historical periods. Hundre ...
17 facts about Madrid
17 facts about Madrid
The bear and the strawberry tree
The medieval city dates back to the times when the Moors lived in this area. Situated on the Meseta Central near the Manzanares River, it was an excel ...
16 facts about Cairo
16 facts about Cairo
The city of a thousand minarets
Settlements in the area around today’s Cairo existed over five thousand years ago. Over the years, the city’s surroundings passed from hand to hand—fr ...
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