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Friday, 8 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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Helsinki
Finland’s rapid urbanization occurred later than in other European countries, only in the 1970s.
At that time, the population of the metropolitan area tripled. The city built a subway (1982, after 27 years of planning), which is the northernmost such system in the world.
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Dubai
Eating, drinking, and throwing gum are not allowed on Dubai's trains, and people doing it face fines.
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Epheseus
In the 6th century BC, the last king of Lydia, Croesus (his name is synonymous with the rich man of antiquity) built a temple to Artemis in Ephesus.
Artemis was worshiped both as a Mother Goddess (her statue in Ephesus depicted a woman with countles ...
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Chicago
The name of the region appeared for the first time in 1688 as "Chigagou", which in the Algonquian language meant onion field.
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Helsinki
Helsinki covers an area of 715 square kilometers.
The city is divided into eight districts, which are subdivided into 34 basic districts, divided into ...
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Tallinn
Tallinn is divided into eight administrative districts.
Each district is administered by a district president. Such a person is recommended by the mayor, but the proposal is assessed by the administrative council and does not have to be binding.
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Shanghai
The city of Shanghai participated in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
The first engagement of the Second Sino-Japanese War took place in 1937 and is called the Battle of ...
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Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg's streetcar network was launched in 1907.
In the late 1980s, it reached the peak of its development and became the largest streetcar network in the world, as documented in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Dubai
Dubai is one of the safest places in the world.
The United Arab Emirates is among the countries with the lowest crime rate in the world.
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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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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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