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Sunday, 25 January 2026

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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Florence

Near Piazza della Signoria there is one of the oldest museums in Europe - the Uffizi Gallery.

The gallery's collections are dominated by paintings by the Italian and Flemish schools: Cimabue, Gi ...

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Bruges

Bruges also has a beautiful, mysterious chapel-the Jerusalemkerk.

Its origin is connected with the merchant Adorno family. In the second half of the 13th century, thi ...

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Rome

The city is home to more than 2.76 million people.

It is the most populous city in Italy and the third most populous in the European Union. The metropo ...

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Bremen

As part of her farewell to the Chancellor's office, in November 2021, Angela Merkel visited the Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven.

Part of the Museum is the Emigration Museum, dedicated to the fate of 7 million Europeans, including ...

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Chicago

Hugh Hefner, Walt Disney, and Harrison Ford were born in Chicago.

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Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg was the center of the revolutionary initiative in Russia. In 1825, the anti-Tsarist Dekabrists uprising broke out there.

The socialist organization of the Petrograders, a group of young Russian intellectuals who were supporters of French Utopian socialism, was also active there.

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Bruges

Bruges is home to the College of Europe.

It is a prestigious college, training in European economics, law, and politics.

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Hamburg

It is the second most populous city in Germany.

Hamburg has a population of approximately 1.85 million people.

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Dubai

The Dubai metro is segregated by gender.

There are separate carriages for women and children and separate ones for men. There are also VIP carriages.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is an American city located on the northeastern coast of the country, in Pennsylvania.

It is the sixth-largest city in the United States and the largest in the state of Pennsylvania. On t ...

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24 facts about Potsdam

The residence of the Prussian kings

Potsdam is the capital of Brandenburg. Due to its historical past, it is an international city, which is also reflected in the diversity of city partn ...

24 facts about Kaliningrad

Königsberg

Kaliningrad is the capital and largest city of the Kaliningrad Oblast, the westernmost federal subject of Russia. The former German capital of East Pr ...

27 facts about Tallinn

One of the most intelligent cities in the world

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia, home to one-third of the country's population. It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Finland ...

37 facts about Los Angeles

One of the most influential cities in the world

Los Angeles, the largest city in California and the second largest city in the United States, was founded in 1781 when a group of settlers founded a p ...

22 facts about Munich

Not only beer and sausage

Munich is Germany's southernmost large city. His coat of arms depicts a monk with raised arms in black robes. The choice of the symbol is not accident ...

44 facts about Ghent

City of three towers

Ghent is one of Belgium's most visited cities by tourists. This beautiful old Flanders city combines dignity, beauty, culture, and creativity. It is a ...

16 facts about Glastonbury

The Legend of Avalon

Glastonbury - one of the most mysterious places in England. This place attracts people with various interests. Romantics come here because of the lege ...

24 facts about Dubai

Reportedly, Dubai's only limitation is human imagination

Located on the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, Dubai is one of the seven emirates that have made up the United Arab Emirates since 1971. The city ...

34 facts about Chicago

From an Indian settlement to one of the largest cities in the USA

It is one of the largest American cities and one of the most important business areas. It is inhabited by a large number of people with Polish roots, ...

26 facts about Copenhagen

The capital of Denmark

It is considered the happiest city in the world. It is a paradise for cyclists, whom you can meet a lot here as they travel along the countless bicycl ...

30 facts about Epheseus

One of the greatest ancient cities

Ephesus is probably the best-preserved ancient city in the Mediterranean. Founded in the most beautiful corners of Western Anatolia, during its heyday ...

14 facts about Bratislava

The largest city in Slovakia

Bratislava is the capital and largest city in Slovakia. Although it is one of the youngest capitals in the world, the city's history dates back to ant ...

15 facts about San Francisco

Oro en Paz, Fierro en guerra

San Francisco is located on the west coast of the United States at the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula. It began to develop dynamically in ...

22 facts about Philadelphia

"City of Brotherly Love"

Philadelphia is one of the most important and historically rich cities in the United States, the first capital of the US.Founded for religious toleran ...

34 facts about Florence

The cradle of the Renaissance

Florence is the capital of Tuscany and its most populated city. During the Middle Ages, it was one of the richest cities of that era. Many scientists ...