Cities

In 1913, Ghent hosted the EXPO World Exhibition.

In the 13th century, the Lieve canal, 45 km long, was built in Ghent, and later, facing Antwerp, the Sasse Vaart canal.

Vienna is one of the greenest cities in the world and is also a city with the highest quality of life.

Approximately 1.6 million people ride the Chicago subway every day.

The city is home to the largest aquarium in northern Europe. 20.000 fish are swimming in over 7 million liters of water.

The first non-Indian settler to arrive in these lands was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable.

During the times of Emperor Hadrian, the city was connected to Rome by the Via Cassia road.

St. Petersburg has 41 universities, more than 170 scientific research institutions, more than two thousand libraries, the Pulkovo Observatory, the Mariinsky Theater, and the world-renowned 1862 Philharmonic Hall.

It took 120 years to build St. Peter's Basilica.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, attacks on Vienna by the Turks were repulsed twice, also with the help of Poland.