Cities

Thursday, 26 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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Madrid
Sobrino de Botin, according to the Guinness World Records, the oldest restaurant in the world, is located in Madrid.
Established by a Frenchman Jean Botin and his wife, who fell in love with the local cuisine while tr ...
Bruges
The first fortifications in the area of Bruges were built as early as the 1st century BC.
They were built after Julius Caesar conquered the area to protect it from pirates.
Philadelphia
The oldest zoo in the USA is located in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Zoo is located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River. It was approved on March 2 ...
Hamburg
At the beginning of their career, the Beatles often played in Hamburg.
In honor of the band, a square called Beatles-Platz was created at the intersection of Reeperbahn an ...
Madrid
The series of terrorist attacks in 2004 took many lives.
On March 11, Muslim al-Qaeda terrorists carried out a series of bomb attacks on commuter trains in M ...
Cairo
The Cairo Metro has three operational lines.
It was the first rapid transit system in the Arab world. Construction plans date back to the 1930s, ...
Cairo
Cairo was founded in 969 after the conquest of Fustat by the Fatimid Caliphate.
Originally, it was called al-Manṣūriyyah, and was erected northeast of Fustat by order of Fatmid gen ...
Vienna
The city is divided into 23 districts, which do not have autonomy, they are only parts of a unified municipal administration.
Street and square nameplates display the district numbers.
Los Angeles
The pillars of the Los Angeles economy are international trade, the entertainment industry (film, television, music, video games), aviation and oil industry, technology, fashion, and tourism.
The city is the industrial center of the western United States. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Be ...
Shanghai
Shanghai was a ground for a Japanese invasion in 1932.
Over 18,000 people were killed, injured, or declared missing, and the Zhabei district completely destroyed.