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Tuesday, 10 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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Kaliningrad
After the end of World War II, as a result of the Potsdam Conference, Königsberg found itself within the borders of the Soviet Union.
In 1946, the city's name was changed to Kaliningrad, in honor of the late Mikhail Kalinin, a Bolshev ...
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, ...
Bruges
Bruges is located in northwestern Belgium.
It is the Flemish Region, also often referred to as Flanders, one of Belgium’s three federal regions ...
Chicago
The largest population center with Polish roots in Chicago is the Portage Park district.
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is home to Germany's ninth-largest exhibition center, the Stuttgart Trade Fair, located on the outskirts of the city, next to Stuttgart Airport.
Hundreds of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are based in this city. Many of them are family-owned, with strong ties to the automotive, electronics, engineering, and high-tech industries.
Chicago
Chicago is located on Lake Michigan, the third largest lake in the five Great Lakes of North America.
Ghent
Ghent in the 15th century was a city of culture and an important scientific center.
It was there that the van Eyck brothers created the Altarpiece of the Mystic Lamb in 1432, and it wa ...
San Gimignano
There are many churches in the city.
The two main ones are the Collegiata (formerly the cathedral) located in Piazza Duomo and Sant’Agost ...
Saint Petersburg
Maria Szymanowska, a Polish composer, spent the last moments of her life in St. Petersburg.
Maria Szymanowska was a pianist and composer, one of the first female pianists in the history of Eur ...
Ghent
Another well-known work in St. Bavo Cathedral is Rubens' painting - "St. Bavo arrives at the monastery in Ghent."
There is also a Rococo pulpit by Laurent Delvaux from 1745.