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Tuesday, 30 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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Bruges
It was a battle referred to as the “Battle of the Golden Spurs.”
The extent of the French defeat was evidenced by the 700 golden spurs found after the battle.
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Bruges
Bruges is home to the College of Europe.
It is a prestigious college, training in European economics, law, and politics.
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Helsinki
Helsinki’s neoclassical buildings have often been used by Hollywood filmmakers.
They served as a backdrop for scenes set in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, when filming in th ...
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Helsinki
Helsinki has a humid continental climate, similar to that on the coast of Hokkaido or Nova Scotia (one of Canada’s thirteen provinces).
Winters in Helsinki are much warmer than in northern Finland (the moderating influence of the Baltic ...
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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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Stuttgart
The Stuttgart stock exchange is the second largest in Germany (after Frankfurt).
Many leading companies in the financial services sector are based in the city, including about 100 credit institutes (e.g. LBBW Bank, Allianz Life Assurance, and others).
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Ghent
During World War II, General Stanislaw Maczek's of the Polish First Armored Division took part in the fighting to liberate the city.
On January 1, 1945, one of the largest air battles of the end of World War II, known as the Battle o ...
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Cairo
The Greater Cairo Area is the largest metropolitan area in Africa and the 6th largest in the world.
It comprises Cairo, Giza, Heluan, Imbaba, and Shubrā al-Khaimah. Roughly 60% of all Egypt’s illegally constructed buildings are in the Greater Cairo Area.
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Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg is one of the world's major museum centers.
It is home to the Hermitage Museum, one of the three largest museums in the world. The museum is hou ...
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Olomouc
Olomouc was founded in the mid-10th century.
The site was an important point at the crossroads of trade routes: the river route, connecting the O ...
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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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