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Thursday, 14 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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Chicago
The Lincoln Park Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in the United States.
Saint Petersburg
Peter I supervised the construction of the fortress from his bungalow, the so-called Peter I hut, which was erected especially for him before the construction of the city began. Construction of the port, residential buildings, and road network also began.
The carpenters built him a cottage, consisting of two chambers divided by a hallway, with a small do ...
Epheseus
In the 3rd century, Ephesus was invaded by the Goths, who plundered the city.
The silted estuary cut the city off from the sea, which resulted in its loss of economic importance. ...
Glastonbury
The place within the abbey, today considered King Arthur's grave, is in fact the place where the deceased's bones were moved in 1278.
The original grave remains unmarked and is located 15 m from the southern door of the Chapel of the Virgin Mary.
Ghent
Along with French, the official language of the Flemish Region is the Belgian variety of standardized Dutch.
The people of Ghent speak the Ghent dialect, which has been heavily influenced by French (at the end ...
Bremen
In 1857, the German transport company Norddeutscher Lloyd (NDL) was established in the city.
It has become one of the leading shipping companies in the world.
Vienna
One of the most famous addresses in Bienna is Berggasse 19-the house and now the Museum of Sigmund Freud.
For almost half a century (1891-1938), Sigmund Freud lived and worked in a classic tenement house in ...
Vienna
There are about 800 farms in the Vienna metropolitan area.
More cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, parsley, and chili peppers are harvested here than in the rest of Austria combined.
Paris
The Bloody Mary cocktail was invented in Paris in 1921 by a bartender named Fernand “Pete” Petiot.
Saint Petersburg
Construction of the new fortress of Sankt-Piter-Burch (later called St. Petersburg) began after Russia won the battles of the Northern War against the Swedes and gained access to the Baltic Sea.
Russia's wars with Sweden over the lands of the Neva River continued for centuries. They were fought ...