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Bremen is the largest city on the Weser, the longest river flowing entirely in Germany.

Saint Paul had to escape from Ephesus.

A human settlement in the area of today’s city was there already 3000 BC.

In Copenhagen's harbor, there is a statue of the Little Mermaid by Edvard Eriksen.

In the 7th century, the French monk Amand (Catholic saint, apostle of Flanders) came to Flanders to preach the gospel.

Racial tensions in the city led to riots in 1965 in Watts, a small L.A. neighborhood.

In late 2022 Shanghai will open the world’s largest indoor ski resort.

There are many churches in the city.

On the Bremen market square, between the town hall and the merchants' building (Schütting), there is a medieval statue of the knight Roland, made famous by the French chivalric epic "The Song of Roland".

After the Thirty Year’s War, the city lost its status as the capital of Moravia to Brno.