Cities

Saturday, 6 June 2026

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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Stuttgart

Beer and wine produced in Stuttgart since the 17th century, as well as Swabian cuisine, are now known throughout Germany and beyond.

In 2009, the Ministry of Agriculture announced that the European Union would officially recognize Ma ...

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Philadelphia

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the oldest postal service in the United States.

Its history dates back to 1775 when the Continental Congress appointed the first Postmaster General, ...

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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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Shanghai

It is the world’s third largest city.

Its current population exceeds 28 million inhabitants. Only Tokyo, Japan, and Delhi, India, precede Shanghai in terms of population, with 37 million and 32 million, respectively.

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Chicago

Chicago is located on Lake Michigan, the third largest lake in the five Great Lakes of North America.

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Shanghai

Shanghai Port is the busiest container port in the world.

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Epheseus

Ephesus was originally an ancient Greek city.

It was probably founded as an Ionian city in the 9th century BC (some believe that in the 11th-14th ...

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Munich

This is where Oktoberfest takes place.

It is a beer festival that has been held in Munich since 1810. Although the name suggests that it ta ...

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Bratislava

The city's greatest prosperity occurred in the 18th century, during the reign of Maria Theresa Habsburg.

The castle was then expanded, the first theater was founded and the first magazine was published. Nu ...

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Helsinki

Helsinki has one of Europe’s largest railroad hubs.

Trains run from it to all parts of Finland and Russia. The city is connected to the Allegro high-spe ...

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...