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Friday, 21 November 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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Saint Petersburg
St. Petersburg was the center of the revolutionary initiative in Russia. In 1825, the anti-Tsarist Dekabrists uprising broke out there.
The socialist organization of the Petrograders, a group of young Russian intellectuals who were supporters of French Utopian socialism, was also active there.
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Ghent
The event grew to become a symbol of Ghent's steadfastness.
To this day, a parade of stroppendragers takes place every year in the city center during Gentse Fee ...
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Vienna
On 9th August 1918, the flight over Vienna took place - a propaganda action by Italian pilots who, during World War I, dropped propaganda leaflets in the districts of Vienna, calling on the Austrians to end the war.
This flight had no military significance, only propaganda, both in Italy and abroad. In addition to ...
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Los Angeles
In 1910, Hollywood merged with Los Angeles.
At that time, there were already ten film studios operating in the city. By 1921, over 80% of the wo ...
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Paris
There are 1 803 statues and 173 museums in the city.
Many objects, such as the Louvre, the Orsay Museum, and the Pompidou Center, are well known worldwide.
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Dubai
One of the world's largest malls, Dubai is home to the third-largest indoor ski slope.
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Glastonbury
The place within the abbey, today considered King Arthur's grave, is in fact the place where the deceased's bones were moved in 1278.
The original grave remains unmarked and is located 15 m from the southern door of the Chapel of the Virgin Mary.
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Ghent
Ghent was the first city in Europe where the Industrial Revolution arrived.
The textile industry was mechanized, thanks to a spinning machine design smuggled from England - the Spinning Jenny.
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Los Angeles
L.A. Subway is the ninth busiest system in the United States.
The "light" railway is the second most popular structure of this type in the country in terms of the number of users.
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Bremen
It is an important cultural and economic center in northern Germany.
There are many historical galleries and museums in the city (including the Bremen Overseas Museum - a natural history and ethnographic museum).
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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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