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Sunday, 27 September 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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Munich
The city had one of the oldest cinemas in the world - Gabriel Filmtheater.
The cinema was launched in 1907 and operated continuously until April 2019. Its founder was Carl Gab ...
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 ...
Munich
The official date of foundation of the city is June 14, 1158.
However, it is known that it existed earlier because fragments of pottery shards from the period pre ...
Helsinki
Helsinki is the birthplace of many prominent personalities.
These include: Ragnar Granit-neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize winner; Aino Aalto-designer, architect; ...
Los Angeles
In 1781, a group of forty-four settlers known as "Los Pobladores" founded a pueblo they named El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles.
More than half of the settlers were mestizos or mulattoes of African, Amerindian, or European descen ...
Hamburg
The Kontorhausviertel is also on the World Cultural Heritage List.
It is an office district with buildings from the 1920s and 1930s built in the style of brick expressionism.
Epheseus
In 1426, Ephesus was occupied by the Ottoman Turks.
In the 15th century, the city was completely abandoned.
Florence
In 1512, the Medici regained control of Florence.
They were led by two cousins, Giovanni and Giulio de Medici, who later became popes of the Catholic ...
Vienna
There are 1400 kilometers of bicycle paths, bicycle lanes, and bicycle routes through low-traffic zones in Vienna.
City bicycles can be rented at 121 stations.
Munich
It became the capital of Bavaria (Königreich Bayern) in 1806.
Since then, the city has developed dynamically and continues to this day.