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Wednesday, 6 May 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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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 ...
Bruges
The city area is 138.4 square kilometers.
According to 2014 data, Burges had a population of more than 117.300, giving a population density of 848 people per square kilometer.
Ghent
The first modern trade unions in Belgium were established in Ghent.
Dubai
Al-Fahidi Fort is the oldest monument in Dubai, built in 1787.
Vienna
There is a widespread opinion that in Bienna you can drink good coffee only “at the Italian’s.”
Kaliningrad
The Kaliningrad Oblast area is the most militarized area of the Russian Federation.
There is the largest concentration of military facilities in Europe. Military bases are located thro ...
Ghent
Ghent had five or six apothecaries who held university degrees or certificates of having passed examinations in their field.
The city had theater societies and clubs for the townspeople. Printing was also developing significantly there.
Epheseus
After the edict of Emperor Theodosius in 381, the temple of Artemis was closed and Christianity became the dominant religion.
Saint Paul addressed one of his letters - the letter to the Ephesians - to the Christian community in Ephesus. The second letter to the Ephesians is found in the Book of Revelation.
Potsdam
In 1838, the first Potsdam-Berlin railway line in Prussia was opened.
Since 1911, Potsdam had an airship port. The Babelsberg film studio, the first in Germany and the world, was also founded in the Babelsberg district.
Bremen
In Bremen, in the Schnoor district, there is a house considered the smallest in the country.
It has an area of seven meters and in the past, it housed a chicken coop. In 2020, it was put up for sale for €77.777. It was bought by a German YouTuber.