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Friday, 29 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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Hamburg
On the section of the Elbe between Hamburg and the North Sea, in the town of Wedel, lies the Willkomm-Höft, the welcome point for ships arriving or leaving the port of Hamburg.
Ships passing through this point are greeted by the playing of the national anthem of the country in ...
Stuttgart
Currently, the most visited museum in Stuttgart is the Mercedes-Benz Museum (440.000 visits per year).
In second place, in terms of the number of visitors, is the Art Museum, presenting contemporary art ...
Rome
Urine was a coveted commodity in ancient Rome.
It was harvested in specially designated areas and later used for tanning leather, cleaning various ...
San Gimignano
San Gimignano’s greatest heyday came at the end of the medieval era.
The city became independent of the bishops of Volterra and established a podestà (in medieval Italia ...
Ghent
The event grew to become a symbol of Ghent's steadfastness.
To this day, a parade of stroppendragers takes place every year in the city center during Gentse Fee ...
Potsdam
The highest hill in the city is Kleiner Ravensberg with a height of 114.2 m above sea level.
This hill is located in a forest called Ravensberge. The hill is part of a retaining moraine.The lowest point is in the city center, on the banks of the Havel, and is 29 m above sea level.
Bratislava
From the 10th century until 1918, Bratislava was part of Hungary and was then called Pozsony.
Then King Stephen I of Hungary, also known as the Hungarian (the first Hungarian ruler crowned king), brought German settlers there and started building a defensive castle.
Los Angeles
There was a clause in the city charter that prevented the sale or delivery of water from the aqueduct to any area outside the city limits of Los Angeles.
Many neighboring cities and communities were forced to join Los Angeles.
Bruges
Bruges is located in northwestern Belgium.
It is the Flemish Region, also often referred to as Flanders, one of Belgium’s three federal regions ...
Florence
The Florence skyline is dominated by the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, called Il Duomo by the Italians, topped by Brunelleschi's dome.
Brunelleschi’s design involved building the largest dome ever built at the time and the first larger ...