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Friday, 26 December 2025
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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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 ...
Chicago
The first American to receive the Nobel Prize in science in 1907 was Albert A. Michelson, who worked at the University of Chicago.
Rome
The Column of Trajan is 39.83 meters high. It is an important city monument commemorating Emperor Trajan's victory over the Dacians.
Built between 106 and 113 A.D., it is covered with reliefs depicting 155 scenes with 2,662 figures, ...
Bruges
Anselm Adorno also engaged in diplomatic activities.
He visited many places in Europe and beyond. He also ended up in Jerusalem, where, after seeing the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher, he decided to fund a similar one in Bruges.
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 ...
Florence
Tourism in Florence is by far the most important of all industries, although manufacturing and trade are also very important.
Tourism added approximately €2.5 billion to the city's finances in 2015. From April to October, tour ...
Potsdam
It is situated on the Havel River, a tributary of the Elbe.
It borders Berlin in the southwest and is one of the most prosperous cities in its agglomeration with approximately 4.7 million inhabitants.
Bremen
Bremen briefly lost its independence twice.
The first time was during Napoleon's invasion in 1806. Napoleon then planned to take Roland's statue ...
Helsinki
A landmark event in the life of Helsinki was the 1952 Olympic Games.
The 1952 Summer Olympics were the last of two consecutive Olympic Games to be held in Northern Europ ...
Bremen
Bremen is the fourth largest city in the Low German dialect region after Hamburg, Dortmund and Essen.
Low German or Low Saxon is a variety of West Germanic spoken mainly in northern Germany and the nort ...