Cities

The first inhabitants of Shanghai settled in the western part of the city 6,000 years ago.

Tallinn was one of the urban areas of industrial and military importance in northern Estonia that underwent extensive Russification during the Soviet occupation (1944-1991).

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.

Helsinki, together with the neighboring cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen, make up the so-called Capital Regin.

In 1465, King Matthias Corvinus, a comprehensively educated man, inspired by the ideas of the Renaissance and in contact with the first Italian scholars, founded a university in Bratislava (then Pozsony) - Universitas Istropolitana.

Eighteen-century composers dubbed the Viennese classics are associated with Vienna.

In Vindobona, Emperor Marcus Aurelius died in 180.

The origins of Stuttgart date back to the 10th century.

In 1919, one of the largest film studios in Europe - Emelka Studios - was established in Munich.

In 1943, Ike Sewell invented and created the world's first Chicago-style pizza.