Cities

In the 15th century, King Sigismund of Luxembourg recognized Bratislava as a free city.

Vienna is home to Austria’s famous Wiener Philharmoniker orchestra and the Wiener Sangerknaben boys’ choir.

On Václavské náměstí in Olomouc is the Cathedral of St. Wenceslas.

The Colosseum was a gift to the people of Rome.

Florence is the city where the leading representatives of Italian painting, architecture, and sculpture lived and worked.

The city’s main landmark and probably the most famous building in all of Finland is the Helsinki Cathedral, completed in 1852.

Dubai is one of the most visited cities in the world.

Florence has numerous museums and art galleries that house some of the most important works of art in the world.

However, the character of the city is beginning to change, and in 2025 the first urban high-rise building – Elbtower – is to be completed.

Bruges has a nearly 100-kilometer-long network of active canals, by which it is connected to Ostend, Zeebrugge (a port built by the Germans during World War I for U-boats), and Ghent.