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Monday, 1 December 2025
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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Saint Petersburg
The unofficial, fondling, colloquial name of the city is Piter.
It was used as early as the 19th century, in Soviet times and now.
Dubai
Dubai stretches 70 kilometers.
The distances between the sites you want to see are so great that moving on foot is not advisable.
Vienna
Vienna is a statutory city - its administration is organized according to local law, contained in the city charter.
It also forms a separate state - the Republic of Austria is a federation of nine states.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles was ranked 17th among the world's financial centers in 2018.
In L.A. is the headquarters of seven corporations from the Fortune 500 list - an annual ranking of the 500 largest American companies, classified by gross revenues.
Bruges
Bruges has a nearly 100-kilometer-long network of active canals, by which it is connected to Ostend, Zeebrugge (a port built by the Germans during World War I for U-boats), and Ghent.
Because of its sizable network of canals, Bruges is often referred to as the Venice of Flanders.
Bremen
Bremen - Free Hanseatic City of Bremen - is a port city, a large industrial and commercial center.
The port of Bremen, together with the port of Bremerhaven, is the second largest port in Germany (after Hamburg).The airport (Flughafen Bremen "Hans Koschnick") is the 12th busiest airport in Germany.
Rome
According to legend, the Romans owe the defense of the Roman Capitol against the invasion of the Gauls in 390 B.C. to geese.
It is said that when the soldiers, tired of defending the city, fell asleep, they were awakened by t ...
Ghent
The first modern trade unions in Belgium were established in Ghent.
Palermo
Palermo has the second-oldest university on the island.
It was officially founded in 1806, but historical sources say that medicine and law were taught here from the end of the 15th century.
Florence
Florence is considered to have the greatest concentration of art (proportion to size) in the world.
The city was the birthplace of Renaissance art (1450 to 1527). Renaissance art focused on naturalism ...