Cities

Tuesday, 14 April 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
Copenhagen has 5 partner cities: Paris, Prague, Reykjavík, Berlin and Marseille.
Shanghai
Shanghai Port is the busiest container port in the world.
Helsinki
Finland’s rapid urbanization occurred later than in other European countries, only in the 1970s.
At that time, the population of the metropolitan area tripled. The city built a subway (1982, after 27 years of planning), which is the northernmost such system in the world.
Chicago
On April 15, 1956, the Chicago television station, NBC5 Chicago/WMAQ was the first in the world to broadcast a color program.
Munich
Munich has always been an important center for Bavarian cuisine.
It was here that Munich Weisswurst was created in 1857 - a local white sausage, the pride of the cit ...
Palermo
Palermo has an international airport, known as Falcone-Borsellino Airport.
It is dedicated to Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, two anti-mafia judges killed by the mafia ...
Vienna
In 1485, Vienna was occupied by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.
For five years of his reign, the city served as the capital of Hungary. After the death of Matthias Corvinus, the city was recaptured by the Habsburgs.
San Francisco
A human settlement in the area of today’s city was there already 3000 BC.
Shanghai
Shanghai holds the largest marriage market in the country.
Every weekend from noon to 5 p.m. parents of unmarried adults gather at People’s Park and exchange i ...
Paris
The Louvre Museum is the most visited museum in the world.
Every year it attracts around 10 million visitors.