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Sunday, 10 May 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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Ghent
St. Bavon's Cathedral is known for its Ghent Altarpiece, known as the "Adoration of the Mystical Lamb" by the brothers Hubert and Jan van Eyck.
This painting is considered the opus magnum (the most outstanding work in the artist's oeuvre) of medieval painting.
Saint Petersburg
Residents of St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) showed great patriotism and courage during World War II when the so-called Blockade of Leningrad was in progress.
The Germans surrounded Leningrad with a tight cordon and for 879 days besieged the city, which was t ...
Munich
Munich was the cradle of Nazism. In 1919, the German Workers' Party was founded in the Munich hotel "Fürstenfelder Hof", which was transformed into the NSDAP by Adolf Hitler on February 24, 1920.
In Munich, at Briennerstraße 45, the NSDAP leadership had its headquarters in the years 1930 - 1945, ...
Bruges
The relic is placed in a crystal vial, and this one is inside a small glass vessel decorated at each end with a gold crown.
It is usually stored in the tabernacle of the side altar but is regularly brought out for adoration ...
Hamburg
Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn, two great composers of classical music, were born in Hamburg.
Brahms created his first works here, and as his popularity grew, he moved to Vienna. A museum dedica ...
Tallinn
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, on August 20, 1991, Estonia declared independence, and Tallinn became its capital again.
Tallinn gradually regained its western face. In addition to Danish and German influences, traces of ...
Helsinki
The typical tree in Helsinki is the common maple (Acer platanoides).
The typical animal, on the other hand, is the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).
Ghent
Legends are associated with the figure of Amand, telling of his efforts to convert the people of Ghent and the surrounding area to Christianity.
Amand arrived in Ghent by boat, but when he wanted to go ashore from it, the residents threw him int ...
Helsinki
In the 20th century, Helsinki continued its growth.
The city was now home to more than 100.000 people, among whom about as many spoke Finnish as Swedish ...
Copenhagen
Copenhagen has 5 partner cities: Paris, Prague, Reykjavík, Berlin and Marseille.