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Wednesday, 25 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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San Francisco
San Francisco is a birthplace of several famous and talented people.
Among them are: Clint Eastwood, Courtney Love, Carlos Santana, Jack London, Danny Glover, Steve Jobs, and Bruce Lee.
Helsinki
Helsinki is a port city.
The Port of Helsinki is the largest port for cargo and passenger traffic in Finland.In 2019, ferry t ...
Vienna
The Austrian capital also houses one of the largest technology museums in Europe-Technisches Museum Wien.
Epheseus
Saint Paul had to escape from Ephesus.
While preaching by Saint Paul in the Grand Theater, one of the craftsmen, the jeweler Demetrius, who ...
Helsinki
Helsinki has one of Europe’s largest railroad hubs.
Trains run from it to all parts of Finland and Russia. The city is connected to the Allegro high-spe ...
Hamburg
In Hamburg, you can visit the deck of a submarine.
Although the name may suggest visiting a German vessel, it is the U-Boat Museum Hamburg.The ship is ...
Bremen
Bremen is a city located in northern Germany.
It is the capital of the smallest state of Bremen (a state - the highest-level administrative divisi ...
Olomouc
On Václavské náměstí in Olomouc is the Cathedral of St. Wenceslas.
It was built in 1107-1131 as a Romanesque basilica, rebuilt in the 14th century in Gothic style, and ...
Copenhagen
The oldest amusement park is located on the outskirts of Copenhagen.
The Bakken amusement park was created in 1583. The second oldest park in the world is Tivoli, also located in Copenhagen.
Olomouc
There was a large Jewish community in Olomouc.
Jews settled there as early as 906. From 1060 they had to live in a separate part of the city and we ...