Cities

Thursday, 5 February 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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Philadelphia
Philadelphia is a national cultural center.
It is home to sixty-seven national monuments, including Independence Hall, and has more outdoor scul ...
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Palermo
The reign of the Norman dynasty ended in 1194 with the childless death of William II, grandson of Roger II.
The Sicilian throne was taken over first by the German dynasty (Hohenstaufen), then the French (Anjo ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles is home to the largest diocese (by population) in the United States, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
It brings together five million Catholics.
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Helsinki
The city’s main landmark and probably the most famous building in all of Finland is the Helsinki Cathedral, completed in 1852.
The church was built as a tribute to the Grand Duke of Finland, Czar Nicholas I of Russia. The cathe ...
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Vienna
Vienna has the largest public park in central Europe and one of the largest in the world, the Wiener Prater.
Emperor Joseph II made the former Habsburg hunting grounds available to the public in 1766, which ga ...
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Bruges
The city’s name derives from the Old High German word bridge.
In historical documents, the name Bruges first appeared only in the 9th century. It was then that the first coins with the name Briggia appeared.
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Munich
The city had one of the oldest cinemas in the world - Gabriel Filmtheater.
The cinema was launched in 1907 and operated continuously until April 2019. Its founder was Carl Gab ...
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Florence
In 1861, Tuscany became part of the Kingdom of Italy.
Florence then replaced Turin as the capital of Italy (1865). Florence remained the capital of Italy for six years when Rome became the capital of the country.
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Rome
The Colosseum was a gift to the people of Rome.
Its construction was begun by Emperor Vespasian and completed by Titus Flavius. During the opening o ...
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Potsdam
In 1838, the first Potsdam-Berlin railway line in Prussia was opened.
Since 1911, Potsdam had an airship port. The Babelsberg film studio, the first in Germany and the world, was also founded in the Babelsberg district.
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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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