Cities

Wednesday, 28 January 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
Munich was the cradle of Nazism. In 1919, the German Workers' Party was founded in the Munich hotel "Fürstenfelder Hof", which was transformed into the NSDAP by Adolf Hitler on February 24, 1920.
In Munich, at Briennerstraße 45, the NSDAP leadership had its headquarters in the years 1930 - 1945, ...
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Olomouc
Olomouc is a Czech city located in the eastern part of the country, in Moravia.
It is the historical capital of Moravia and is the main city of the Hana region (an ethnographic reg ...
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Potsdam
He also transformed Sanssouci Park into his summer residence.
Before the Sanssouci residence was built, first, terraced gardens were created on the southern slope ...
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San Francisco
San Francisco gained popularity in 1849 when the gold rush broke out in the area.
In a short period, about 100.000 seekers from all over the world flocked to the small settlement. It ...
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Bremen
Bremen is the largest city on the Weser, the longest river flowing entirely in Germany.
It lies on both sides, approximately 60 km from its mouth into the North Sea.
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Ghent
Ghent, along with six other cities, forms an agglomeration.
Among them, the largest are Sint-Amandsberg and Gentbrugge.
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Shanghai
It is the world’s third largest city.
Its current population exceeds 28 million inhabitants. Only Tokyo, Japan, and Delhi, India, precede Shanghai in terms of population, with 37 million and 32 million, respectively.
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Paris
According to a fashion law from 1800, Parisian women were not permitted to wear pants in public.
The law was overturned in 2012. For almost 200 years, women would have to gain permission from city authorities if they wished to “dress as a man.”
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Munich
It is located on the Isar River.
The name comes from Celtic times, in that language isirás meant quick, fast, and strong. The river is 295 km long and flows into the Danube.
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Dubai
Dubai stretches 70 kilometers.
The distances between the sites you want to see are so great that moving on foot is not advisable.
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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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