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Wednesday, 11 November 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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Los Angeles
The pillars of the Los Angeles economy are international trade, the entertainment industry (film, television, music, video games), aviation and oil industry, technology, fashion, and tourism.
The city is the industrial center of the western United States. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Be ...
Potsdam
The area in which Potsdam is located was formed from a series of large moraines left over from the last glaciation.
Forests and lakes dominate the city's landscape. Only a quarter of its area is built-up, the rest is green areas.There are about 20 lakes and rivers in Potsdam and its surroundings.
Glastonbury
Glastonbury is a small town in Great Britain, in Somerset.
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad has numerous museums.
These include: Immanuel Kant Museum, Cathedral Museum, Museum of History and Art, Amber Museum, and Museum of the World Ocean, which was established on board the former research ship "Witjas".
Stuttgart
The city has the only urban rack railway in Germany.
This is a peculiarity of Stuttgart. The rack and pinion railway is powered by electricity and runs b ...
Chicago
There are 600 parks in Chicago.
The green space in the city covers an area of over 35 square kilometers.
Epheseus
One night in 356 BC, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus was burned down by a madman named Herostratus, who wanted to gain fame in this way.
Also on this night, in Pella, the metropolis of Macedonia near Thessaloniki, Alexander of Macedon wa ...
San Gimignano
San Gimignano is a walled medieval town in the province of Siena in Tuscany in north-central Italy.
It covers an area of 138 square kilometers and is located on a hill in the valley of the Elsa River– ...
Glastonbury
Nowadays, Glastonbury is a religious center associated not only with Christianity but also with pagan practices.
There are many shops in the city selling pagan or magical items.
Helsinki
The name of the city of Helsinki came into common use in the 19th century, and the Senate approved it in 1819.
When the Swedes founded a town in the village of Forsby (later known as Koskela) in 1548, they calle ...