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Friday, 2 October 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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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 ...
Tallinn
Tallinn is the financial and business capital of Estonia.
More than half of Estonian GDP is produced in Tallinn. In addition to its activities as a seaport, t ...
Bruges
In 1409, the Huis ter Beurze inn opened in Bruges, which became the first stock exchange and the most developed financial market in the Netherlands in the 15th century.
The city had a thriving banking and trading system. The interests of traders were protected by 21 consuls. The famous Roles de Damme basic maritime code was also established there.
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, ...
Tallinn
The highest hill in Tallinn is a point located in Hiiu, in the Nõmme district, in the southwestern part of the city - its height is 64 m above sea level.
A limestone cliff runs through the town and can be seen at Toompea and Lasnamäe. This cliff forms th ...
Bruges
As early as the beginning of the 13th century, the city belonged to the Hanseatic League (an association of Northern European trading cities from the Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern era).
A golden period for Bruges began then. The quay was developed so that ships coming to Bruges with No ...
Florence
Florence is a city located in Tuscany, in central Italy.
It is the capital of Tuscany and its most populous city with 383.083 inhabitants (2016) and over 1.5 ...
Palermo
The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as Sis (“Flower”).
It then became the property of Carthage. Two Greek colonies were established, known collectively as ...
Cairo
The Egyptian Museum is home to about 160,000 exhibits.
It is the oldest archeological museum in the Middle East, in a neoclassical building that opened on ...
Munich
It became the capital of Bavaria (Königreich Bayern) in 1806.
Since then, the city has developed dynamically and continues to this day.