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Saturday, 12 September 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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Bruges
Bruges is home to the College of Europe.
It is a prestigious college, training in European economics, law, and politics.
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Paris
One of the most prominent symbols of Paris—the Eiffel Tower—was meant to be a temporary installation, but was scheduled for demolition after 20 years.
It was built for the World Fair in 1889. It is 324 meters high, consists of 18,000 metal parts joined together with 2,5 million rivets, and weighs 10,100 tons.
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Olomouc
The city center is located at an altitude of 219 meters above sea level.
The area occupied by the city has the character of a flat plain bounded on the west and east by a st ...
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Paris
The Louvre Museum is the most visited museum in the world.
Every year it attracts around 10 million visitors.
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Potsdam
After the conference, the palace was opened to the public.
Later, it housed the training center of the Democratic Women's Association, and in 1960, a hotel for ...
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Hamburg
The port of Hamburg is the third in Europe in terms of the amount of cargo passing through it.
It was created during the reign of Frederick I Barbarossa on 7th  May 1189. Traffic goes through the ...
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Saint Petersburg
In 1715, the Naval Academy was opened in St. Petersburg, followed ten years later by the Academy of Sciences.
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Palermo
Palermo has the second-oldest university on the island.
It was officially founded in 1806, but historical sources say that medicine and law were taught here from the end of the 15th century.
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Kaliningrad
In 1454, the city was incorporated into Poland for a year thanks to King Casimir IV Jagiellon who changed its name to Królewiec.
Casimir IV Jagiellon created the Królewiec Voivodeship, the capital of which was Królewiec. The firs ...
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Tallinn
As an important trading port between Russia and Scandinavia, Tallinn became a target for expansion by the Teutonic Order and Denmark.
In 1219, the city was conquered by the Danish king Waldemar II the Victorious, who ordered the exist ...
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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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