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Sunday, 12 July 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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Copenhagen
There is a Carlsberg brewing museum in the city.
One of the museum's attractions is a collection of 20.000 unopened beer bottles donated to the museu ...
San Francisco
Jeans were invented for gold diggers.
Every prospector needed comfortable and durable clothing in which he could search for nuggets for ho ...
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.
Kaliningrad
The city is located on the Sambia Peninsula - a peninsula in Russia that divides the Vistula Lagoon from the Curonian Lagoon.
Kaliningrad is located at the mouth of the Pregolya River into the Baltic Sea. It is located 35 km from the Polish border, 70 km from the Lithuanian border, and 1289 km from Moscow.
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 ...
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is an important commercial and military seaport.
The port is located on the Vistula Lagoon on the Pregolya River and has been open to international s ...
Epheseus
During the Persian rule, the painter Parrasios was also born and lived in Ephesus, next to Heraclitus.
He was a leading representative of linear painting, and a master of psychological analysis and dramatic expression. He operated mainly in Athens.
Madrid
Madrid has a large number of churches, some of which are some of the finest works of Spanish religious art. The oldest church that has survived to this day is San Nicolás de los Servitas. Its belfry dates back to the 12th century and is the oldest architectural element of the building.
The remaining parts of the church have been rebuilt many times and come from the period between the ...
San Francisco
San Francisco gained popularity in 1849 when the gold rush broke out in the area.
In a short period, about 100.000 seekers from all over the world flocked to the small settlement. It ...
Florence
In the 17th century, the first meteorological station in the history of the city, and one of the first in the world, was established in Florence - Monastero degli Angeli.
It was based in the former church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in via Alfani. It acted on the orders ...