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Saturday, 9 May 2026
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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Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria.
The city is located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Danube River-the second longest river in Europe.
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Florence
The Arno River, which runs through the old part of the city, is deeply embedded in the history of Florence.
It evokes two feelings in the city's inhabitants: love, because thanks to it the city developed, but ...
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Florence
The Florentine (Tuscan) dialect forms the basis of standard Italian.
It was chosen as the language that began the process of the linguistic unification of Italy. This ha ...
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Cairo
Cairo was founded in 969 after the conquest of Fustat by the Fatimid Caliphate.
Originally, it was called al-Manṣūriyyah, and was erected northeast of Fustat by order of Fatmid gen ...
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Copenhagen
In Copenhagen's harbor, there is a statue of the Little Mermaid by Edvard Eriksen.
The sculpture depicts a character from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale and was unveiled on Augu ...
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Saint Petersburg
According to a 19th-century Russian proverb, St. Petersburg was the brain of Russia, Moscow, its heart, and Nizhny Novgorod, the wallet.
During the French offensive in 1812, St. Petersburg was not Napoleon's target. He attacked the "heart" of Russia - Moscow, thanks to which St. Petersburg was not destroyed.
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Ghent
The first steam train arrived in Ghent on September 28, 1837.
In 1874, streetcars appeared on the streets - horse-drawn at first, and electric since 1905.
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Chicago
It was for the first time in history that yellow taxis appeared on the streets of Chicago.
Only later did other American cities adopt this color for this type of transport.
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Shanghai
Shanghai’s signature dessert is the Tangyuan.
It is a hot soup with ball-shaped rice dumplings filled with black sesame.
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Hamburg
It is a city with traditional historic buildings.
There are no skyscrapers in it, the tallest object is the Heinrich-Turm TV tower with a height of 27 ...
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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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