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Saturday, 9 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
In the 16th century, Vienna was a multinational city.
It was even compared to the Tower of Babel (Wolfgang Schmeltzl, playwright), for Greek, Latin, Frenc ...
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Bremen
The first cafes in this part of Europe were established in Bremen.
Bremen merchants monopolized the coffee trade. In the 17th century, in addition to importing it, the ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles was ranked 17th among the world's financial centers in 2018.
In L.A. is the headquarters of seven corporations from the Fortune 500 list - an annual ranking of the 500 largest American companies, classified by gross revenues.
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Epheseus
Ephesus is located in the west of Anatolia - a historical land in Turkey, 6 km from the Aegean Sea.
It is located between the cities of Izmir (formerly Smyrna) and Aydin.
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San Francisco
The city was founded on June 29, 1776 by Spanish colonists.
At first, the fort El Presidio Real de San Francisco was built here. The settlement gained independe ...
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Kaliningrad
The Kaliningrad Oblast is a Russian enclave in Central Europe on the Baltic Sea.
It is an administrative unit of the Russian Federation, the westernmost region of Russia. It covers ...
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Cairo
Cairo is the 37th most popular tourist destination.
In 2019, it was visited by 6,81 million tourists, more than half of all visitors to Egypt.
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Glastonbury
According to legend, Glastonbury was the place where Lancelot went after the death of King Arthur.
Lancelot of the Lake was the most famous Knight of the Round Table, a character from Arthurian legend.
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Cairo
Tahrir Square is the main square of Cairo.
It covers about eight square kilometers. In its vicinity, you will find government buildings, the he ...
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Olomouc
After the Thirty Year’s War, the city lost its status as the capital of Moravia to Brno.
From 1794 to 1797, a prominent Franco-American soldier and politician, the Marquis of Lafayette (who ...
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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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