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Tuesday, 3 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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Copenhagen
Many city residents ride bicycles.
Residents, entrepreneurs, and politicians alike choose this means of transport. It's hard to park a car in Copenhagen because the sidewalks are full of bicycles.
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 ...
Bratislava
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.
It was the first university founded in what is now Slovakia.
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 ...
Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is the largest city and administrative center of the Kaliningrad Oblast.
It is the westernmost subject of Russia.
Stuttgart
The origins of Stuttgart date back to the 10th century.
The city, as a stud farm for war horses for his cavalry, was founded in 950 by the Swabian prince Li ...
Bremen
Bremen briefly lost its independence twice.
The first time was during Napoleon's invasion in 1806. Napoleon then planned to take Roland's statue ...
Palermo
In 1946, Palermo was declared the seat of the Regional Parliament.
In 1947, it became the capital of the Region with Special Status, whose seat is in the Palazzo dei Normanni (Royal Palace of Palermo).
Palermo
By the stone cliff wall of Monte Pellegrino, there is the Sanctuary of Santa Rosa - a church and place of pilgrimage for the faithful to the relics of Saint Rosalie, one of the four patron saints of the city.
On 15th July 1624, probable relics of this 12th-century saint were discovered in a cave on this site ...
Chicago
The first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon was filmed in the Chicago CBS studio.