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Sunday, 4 October 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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Chicago
The population of Chicago is 2.7 million and the population density is almost 4450 people/km².
Shanghai
The most traditional architectural style in Shanghai is called Shikumen.
It is depicted by two or three-story structures, resembling terrace- or town-houses, popular in Europe and North America.
Vienna
In 1938, Adolf Hitler triumphantly entered Vienna.
He convinced the Austrians of Austria’s importance to the Reich. The Anschluss - the annexation of t ...
Shanghai
It has its own dialect.
Shanghainese is so distinctive from Chinese that most people from around the country cannot understand it.
San Francisco
The city was founded on June 29, 1776 by Spanish colonists.
At first, the fort El Presidio Real de San Francisco was built here. The settlement gained independe ...
Chicago
The first American to receive the Nobel Prize in science in 1907 was Albert A. Michelson, who worked at the University of Chicago.
Florence
The Galeria dell'Accademia houses Michelangelo's David - probably the most famous work of art in the world.
It is one of the most important works of Renaissance sculpture, next to the Pieta, the most famous s ...
Madrid
Unofficially, it became the capital of Spain in 1561 when Philip II moved his court here. This move accelerated the city's development.
Although in the middle of the 16th century it had a population of just over 20,000, by the end of th ...
Helsinki
Helsinki is nicknamed the “White City of the North.”
It originated when German architect Carl Ludwig Engel was entrusted with planning the redevelopment ...
Paris
The Louvre Museum is the most visited museum in the world.
Every year it attracts around 10 million visitors.