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Sunday, 14 June 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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Ghent
Between the 12th and 15th centuries, Ghent was one of the largest cities outside of Italy, second only to Paris.
It is estimated that between 60.000 and 65.000 people lived within the city walls.
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Olomouc
One of the most valuable examples of Viennese Art Nouveau in Olomouc is Villa Primavesi.
It combines Viennese and English Art Nouveau architecture, with visible influences from the Prague B ...
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Ghent
Along with French, the official language of the Flemish Region is the Belgian variety of standardized Dutch.
The people of Ghent speak the Ghent dialect, which has been heavily influenced by French (at the end ...
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Bremen
Between Roland's feet there is a figurine of a cripple, the hero of a local legend.
According to her, the graphic designer Emma von Lesum was to give the city as much land as the cripp ...
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Cairo
During the anti-presidential riots of 2011, there was a series of break-ins into the Egyptian Museum.
Thieves looted and damaged many of the ancient exhibits.
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Tallinn
During World War II, the city changed its occupants twice.
From 1940 it was under Soviet occupation, from 1941 under German occupation, and in 1944 it came und ...
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Tallinn
Tallinn (together with Turku in Finland) was the European Capital of Culture in 2011.
There are over 60 museums and galleries in the capital of Estonia.
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Madrid
The oldest tree in Madrid is the Montezuma cypress.
Native to Mexico and Guatemala, the tree grows in Retiro Park and was planted there in 1633.
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Ghent
A new Ghent-Bruges waterway was built, which was later extended to the ports of Ostend and Dunkirk.
It was used by some 50.000 people a year, and one of the most prominent passengers was Czar Peter the Great of Russia.
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Helsinki
Helsinki has quite a few buildings inspired by Art nouveau (Jugend in Finnish), belonging to the Romantic Nationalism trend.
They were designed in the early 20th century under the strong influence of the Kalevala (a 19th-cent ...
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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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