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Saturday, 16 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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Vienna
Due to the constant Turkish threat, the city’s fortifications began to expand in the mid-16th century.
These defensive walls were dismantled after Franz Joseph took power in Vienna and the Austro-Hungari ...
Glastonbury
There are numerous myths associated with Glastonbury Hill.
They concern King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Joseph of Arimathea, and the Holy Grail ...
Rome
Senatus Populusque Romanus
S.P.Q.R. - the inscription we often see on Roman walls and monuments means "The Senate and People of ...
Florence
In the 15th century, an important figure for Florence was Girolamo Savonarola - a Dominican, religious and political reformer, who was considered a heretic and schismatic by the Catholic Church.
Savonarola was an Italian Dominican from Ferrara, a preacher who called for Christian renewal and co ...
Bremen
Bremen is a city very friendly to immigrants.
In 2015, all refugees who came to Bremen found help. The city has found accommodation for 2000 people, and the rest were taken in by the city's inhabitants.
Ghent
Ghent is located in the northwestern part of Belgium, in Flanders - a former part of the Netherlands.
It is the capital of East Flanders, a province in the Flemish region (one of Belgium's three federal regions).
Helsinki
The name of the city of Helsinki came into common use in the 19th century, and the Senate approved it in 1819.
When the Swedes founded a town in the village of Forsby (later known as Koskela) in 1548, they calle ...
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 ...
Munich
The city had one of the oldest cinemas in the world - Gabriel Filmtheater.
The cinema was launched in 1907 and operated continuously until April 2019. Its founder was Carl Gab ...
Bratislava
Bratislava's location is unusual and peripheral, as it is situated in the southwestern part of the country.
It stretches on two banks of the Danube, at the mouth of the Morava River, and on the hills of the L ...