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Tuesday, 22 September 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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Stuttgart
Since 1985, Stuttgart has been the seat of the International School.
It is one of fewer than 100 schools worldwide that offer all three International Baccalaureate programs - IB Primary Years, IB Middle Years, and IB Diploma.
Vienna
The historic city center, full of monuments from all historical eras, was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001.
Vienna is one of the most visited cities in Europe.
Vienna
The city is divided into 23 districts, which do not have autonomy, they are only parts of a unified municipal administration.
Street and square nameplates display the district numbers.
Ghent
Every year Ghent hosts one of the largest film festivals in Europe - Film Festival Gent.
Vienna
Vienna is home to one of the two largest teaching hospitals in the world-the Allhemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien.
With its scientific achievements and worldwide reputation, the AKH Public Hospital attracts numerous ...
Hamburg
The port of Hamburg is the third in Europe in terms of the amount of cargo passing through it.
It was created during the reign of Frederick I Barbarossa on 7th  May 1189. Traffic goes through the ...
Stuttgart
Stuttgart has a population of approximately 635.000 inhabitants, which makes it the sixth largest city in Germany in terms of population.
2.8 million people live in the city's administrative district and 5.3 million in its metropolitan ar ...
Saint Petersburg
In 1990, the historic center of St. Petersburg and the complexes of suburban tsarist residences were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
In 2003, St. Petersburg celebrated its 300th anniversary, and UNESCO declared that year the Year of St. Petersburg.
Paris
There are eight statues symbolizing the largest cities in France, located in one of the major city squares, called the Place de la Concorde.
They symbolize Lille, Strasbourg, Marseille, Nantes, Lyon, Bordeaux, Rouen, and Brest.
Glastonbury
King Henry II heard the story about the legendary ruler's grave on the grounds of Glastonbury Abbey from a Welsh bard.
Henry II shared this news with the prior of the abbey. When the monastery was rebuilt after the fire ...