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Friday, 27 February 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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Vienna
There are about 800 farms in the Vienna metropolitan area.
More cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, parsley, and chili peppers are harvested here than in the rest of Austria combined.
Glastonbury
According to legend, Glastonbury was the place where Lancelot went after the death of King Arthur.
Lancelot of the Lake was the most famous Knight of the Round Table, a character from Arthurian legend.
Munich
The city had one of the oldest cinemas in the world - Gabriel Filmtheater.
The cinema was launched in 1907 and operated continuously until April 2019. Its founder was Carl Gab ...
Bremen
The city area is approximately 38 km long and 16 km wide.
It lies approximately 50 km east of the city of Oldenburg, 110 km southwest of Hamburg, 120 km north ...
Saint Petersburg
The architectural development of the city took place at the end of the 18th century.
The rule was that the facades of the houses were built fronting the streets and canals, so the city' ...
Los Angeles
The most common plant communities in the Los Angeles area are coastal sagebrush, chaparral, and coastal forests.
Chaparral is an evergreen, thicket plant formation that is a characteristic component of sclerophyll ...
Paris
According to a fashion law from 1800, Parisian women were not permitted to wear pants in public.
The law was overturned in 2012. For almost 200 years, women would have to gain permission from city authorities if they wished to “dress as a man.”
Bremen
At the end of the 19th century, Bremen was incorporated by Prussia into the German Empire (Second Reich).
Thanks to the new anchorage and wharves in Bremerhaven, it became the main port of embarkation for G ...
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
It lies on the Neckar River in the fertile Stuttgarter Kessel valley. It is located near (one hour away) the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest.
Philadelphia
Until the end of the 18th century, Philadelphia was the largest city in the United States.
It was also the country's financial and cultural center, and projects to build new roads, canals, an ...