Cities

Monday, 26 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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Helsinki
Helsinki was founded as the trading city of Helsingforst by King Gustav I of Sweden on 12th June 1550.
It was intended to rival the Hanseatic city of Rewal on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, n ...
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Tallinn
The southern coast of the Gulf of Finland was inhabited by Finno-Ugric tribes as early as the 2nd millennium BC.
The first mention of Tallinn appeared in the work of the Almoravid (soldier monk) cartographer Muham ...
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Rome
The city-state of Vatican City is located within the city.
The Apostolic See has existed since January 17, 1377, when Pope Gregory XI moved it from the destroy ...
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Kaliningrad
The history of Kaliningrad can be divided into four periods.
The first one is the Old Prussian settlement known as Twangeste, before 1255 The second period was ...
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Cairo
Cairo is the 37th most popular tourist destination.
In 2019, it was visited by 6,81 million tourists, more than half of all visitors to Egypt.
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Los Angeles
The original name of the city was El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del Rio de Porciuncula.
Which translates as " City of Our Lady, Queen of Angels, of the Porciuncula River."
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Ghent
Ghent's greatest profits in the period from the 12th to the 15th century came from the production of and trade in cloth.
More than 60% of Ghent's families profited from it.
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Cairo
During the anti-presidential riots of 2011, there was a series of break-ins into the Egyptian Museum.
Thieves looted and damaged many of the ancient exhibits.
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Glastonbury
Legend has it that Glastonbury was the birthplace of Christianity in the British Isles.
When the first Christians arrived there, Glastonbury was almost an island surrounded by marshes. The ...
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Shanghai
In late 2022 Shanghai will open the world’s largest indoor ski resort.
Wintastar Shanghai is a complex of indoor ski slopes, a waterpark, and a hotel. It will cover an area of 227,000 square meters, with 90,000 square meters of slopes.
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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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