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Monday, 23 February 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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Copenhagen
There are over 400 kilometers of bicycle paths in Copenhagen. Recently, a bicycle highway connecting Copenhagen with the nearby city of Albertslund was launched.
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Helsinki
Helsinki has the largest immigrant population in Finland.
More than 140 nationalities are represented in the capital. The world’s largest Estonian community outside Estonia lives there. Somalis are the second largest immigrant group.
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Saint Petersburg
Regardless of the social changes, St. Petersburg was developing all the time.
New palaces and religious buildings continued to be built, while wealthy capitalists and landowners ...
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Olomouc
One of the most valuable examples of Viennese Art Nouveau in Olomouc is Villa Primavesi.
It combines Viennese and English Art Nouveau architecture, with visible influences from the Prague B ...
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Ghent
In 1913, Ghent hosted the EXPO World Exhibition.
The exhibition was held in a specially built complex. At that time, the Sint-Pieters railway station, the Flanders Palace Hotel and many of the city's monuments were also built.
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Ghent
In the 7th century, the French monk Amand (Catholic saint, apostle of Flanders) came to Flanders to preach the gospel.
He began his evangelization from Ghent, where he was not well received at first, but eventually, his work bore fruit. Amand established many monasteries in the Flanders area.
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Munich
Cyclists account for 18% of street traffic and 80% of the city's inhabitants own a bicycle.
The city is the leader in the share of this means of transport among the largest German cities. Ther ...
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Bruges
The first fortifications in the area of Bruges were built as early as the 1st century BC.
They were built after Julius Caesar conquered the area to protect it from pirates.
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Ghent
In 1932, the largest cinema in Belgium began operating in Ghent, screening sound films - the Capitole.
Ghent had its radio station in the 1930s, and Ghent University became the first university in the co ...
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Ghent
Ghent received the rights to its own city council around 1100 from the Count of Flanders.
This meant independence and privileges for the city, the preservation of which the residents had to fight quite often over the centuries (the first uprising broke out in 1379).
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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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