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Friday, 5 June 2026
37 facts about Saint Petersburg
37 facts about Saint Petersburg
A city of many names
It was a dream and a matter of prestige for the Romanov dynasty to gain access to the Baltic Sea and build a metropolis to testify to Russia's emergin ...

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Stuttgart
Since 1985, Stuttgart has been the seat of the International School.
It is one of fewer than 100 schools worldwide that offer all three International Baccalaureate programs - IB Primary Years, IB Middle Years, and IB Diploma.
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Hamburg
Miniatur Wunderland is the world’s largest miniature railway located in the Speicherstadt area of Hamburg.
There you can admire the world on a miniature scale with recreated regions such as the Harz Mountain ...
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Paris
The Arc de Triomphe took 30 years to complete.
One of the most outstanding monuments in France is placed in the Champs-Élysées.
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Olomouc
Around 981-990, Olomouc was captured by Mieszko I.
By 1003 Boleslaw the Brave had incorporated all of Moravia into the Polish state, and it remained in ...
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Vienna
Associated with the plague epidemic in Vienna is the legend of good Augustine.
Augustine was a street musician who fell into a gutter one night in a state of alcoholic intoxicatio ...
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Tallinn
Tallinn obtained city rights in 1248.
In 1236, the Danes took over the city again. They started building the largest fortifications in thi ...
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Ghent
In the mid-18th century, under Empress Maria Theresa, Ghent achieved the status of Belgium's largest city.
Sugar mills and the first real factories not related to the cloth industry appeared in the city. A new opera house in Kouter Square, founded by industrialists, opened in 1737.
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Potsdam
The Potsdam Conference was held in Cecilienhof Palace, the last palace built by the Hohenzollerns.
This palace was built for the heir to the throne, William of Hohenzollern, and his wife Cecilia, pri ...
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Rome
In that year, 64 cities were consumed by a huge fire. The event is known as the Great Fire of Rome.
According to Tacitus, the conflagration lasted 5 1/2 days and destroyed 10 of the 14 districts of the city.
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Stuttgart
Stuttgart has the highest overall standard of well-being in all cities in Germany.
Its nominal GDP per capita is €57.100. Stuttgart's total GDP is €33.9 billion, of which the service ...
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24 facts about Potsdam
24 facts about Potsdam
The residence of the Prussian kings
Potsdam is the capital of Brandenburg. Due to its historical past, it is an international city, which is also reflected in the diversity of city partn ...
24 facts about Kaliningrad
24 facts about Kaliningrad
Königsberg
Kaliningrad is the capital and largest city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, the westernmost federal subject of Russia. The former German capital of East Pr ...
27 facts about Tallinn
27 facts about Tallinn
One of the most intelligent cities in the world
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia, home to one-third of the country's population. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland ...
37 facts about Los Angeles
37 facts about Los Angeles
One of the most influential cities in the world
Los Angeles, the largest city in California and the second largest city in the United States, was founded in 1781 when a group of settlers founded a p ...
22 facts about Munich
22 facts about Munich
Not only beer and sausage
Munich is Germany's southernmost large city. His coat of arms depicts a monk with raised arms in black robes. The choice of the symbol is not accident ...
44 facts about Ghent
44 facts about Ghent
City of three towers
Ghent is one of Belgium's most visited cities by tourists. This beautiful old Flanders city combines dignity, beauty, culture, and creativity. It is a ...
16 facts about Glastonbury
16 facts about Glastonbury
The Legend of Avalon
Glastonbury - one of the most mysterious places in England. This place attracts people with various interests. Romantics come here because of the lege ...
24 facts about Dubai
24 facts about Dubai
Reportedly, Dubai's only limitation is human imagination
Located on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, Dubai is one of the seven emirates that have made up the United Arab Emirates since 1971. The city ...
34 facts about Chicago
34 facts about Chicago
From an Indian settlement to one of the largest cities in the USA
It is one of the largest American cities and one of the most important business areas. It is inhabited by a large number of people with Polish roots, ...
26 facts about Copenhagen
26 facts about Copenhagen
The capital of Denmark
It is considered the happiest city in the world. It is a paradise for cyclists, whom you can meet a lot here as they travel along the countless bicycl ...
30 facts about Epheseus
30 facts about Epheseus
One of the greatest ancient cities
Ephesus is probably the best-preserved ancient city in the Mediterranean. Founded in the most beautiful corners of Western Anatolia, during its heyday ...
14 facts about Bratislava
14 facts about Bratislava
The largest city in Slovakia
Bratislava is the capital and largest city in Slovakia. Although it is one of the youngest capitals in the world, the city's history dates back to ant ...
15 facts about San Francisco
15 facts about San Francisco
Oro en Paz, Fierro en guerra
San Francisco is located on the west coast of the United States at the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula. It began to develop dynamically in ...
22 facts about Philadelphia
22 facts about Philadelphia
"City of Brotherly Love"
Philadelphia is one of the most important and historically rich cities in the United States, the first capital of the US.Founded for religious toleran ...
34 facts about Florence
34 facts about Florence
The cradle of the Renaissance
Florence is the capital of Tuscany and its most populated city. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the richest cities of that era. Many scientists ...
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