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Friday, 15 May 2026
20 facts about Stuttgart
20 facts about Stuttgart
A German city with the highest standard of wealth
Stuttgart is one of the largest agglomerations in Germany, the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a city with a rich wine tradition, the ...

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San Francisco
The city experienced a powerful earthquake and huge fires.
The earth shook on April 18, 1906, in the morning. As a result of the vibrations, many buildings col ...
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Hamburg
Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn, two great composers of classical music, were born in Hamburg.
Brahms created his first works here, and as his popularity grew, he moved to Vienna. A museum dedica ...
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Rome
Rome is home to Europe's largest film studio, Cinecittà.
It is located on the outskirts of Rome and covers an area of 40 hectares. Within this area there are ...
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Florence
At the beginning of the 19th century (1801-1807), Florence was the capital of the Napoleonic kingdom of Etruria.
It covered a large part of modern Tuscany and took its name from the Roman name of the Etruscan land.
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Paris
There are 20 arrondissements in Paris arranged in a spiral, that extends from the city center.
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Helsinki
Outside the city center, much of Helsinki consists of post-war suburbs separated by patches of forest.
An important recreational area for the city’s residents is the narrow, 10-kilometer-long Helsinki Ce ...
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Florence
During the times of Emperor Hadrian, the city was connected to Rome by the Via Cassia road.
Current Florence was founded by Julius Caesar in 59 BC as a settlement for veterans and was called F ...
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Bratislava
City rights were granted to Bratislava in 1291.
It became a royal city, surrounded by the king's patronage and protectorate. This resulted in the ra ...
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Glastonbury
According to another legend, Joseph of Arimathea arrived in Glastonbury by boat.
When getting out of it, he struck the ground with his staff, and the staff miraculously took root, becoming a thorn bush that still blooms during Easter and Christmas in the abbey.
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Bremen
Bremen - Free Hanseatic City of Bremen - is a port city, a large industrial and commercial center.
The port of Bremen, together with the port of Bremerhaven, is the second largest port in Germany (after Hamburg).The airport (Flughafen Bremen "Hans Koschnick") is the 12th busiest airport in Germany.
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24 facts about Bremen
24 facts about Bremen
A city of tolerance and opportunities
Bremen, a city on the Weser, is located a short distance from its mouth into the North Sea. Its hallmark and pride are the values it has been professi ...
19 facts about Hamburg
19 facts about Hamburg
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
This beautiful city with old buildings existed already in the early Middle Ages when it served as a center of Christianization. Its city port is one o ...
31 facts about Helsinki
31 facts about Helsinki
The northernmost urban area in the world
Helsinki is the capital and largest city of Finland, the third largest city in the Nordic countries. It is the northernmost capital of a European Unio ...
48 facts about Vienna
48 facts about Vienna
One of the greenest cities in the world
Vienna, the capital of Austria, is a city of imperial palaces, the Viennese waltz, Sacher cake, classical music, and New Year’s concerts by the Vienna ...
31 facts about Bruges
31 facts about Bruges
Cradle of Flemish painting
Bruges is a small Belgian city that, in the Middle Ages, was a commercial and financial powerhouse of this part of Europe. At the time, it was one of ...
21 facts about Palermo
21 facts about Palermo
A city founded by Phoenicians
Palermo is a city founded by the Phoenicians over 2700 years ago. Located in a valley that the Arabs called Conca d’Oro in the 9th century, it is surr ...
19 facts about Olomouc
19 facts about Olomouc
The historic capital of Moravia
Olomouc, located in the eastern part of the Czech Republic, is a beautiful, though not very popular, city. As the capital of Moravia, it has a rich hi ...
17 facts about San Gimignano
17 facts about San Gimignano
The Town of Fine Towers
San Gimignano is a charming town in the heart of Italian Tuscany, which mesmerizes with an unprecedented beauty, fascinating history, and unique chara ...
27 facts about Rome
27 facts about Rome
The Eternal City hides many fascinating secrets
The history of Rome has been continuous for 28 centuries, although it is known that the area was inhabited much earlier. Rome is one of the longest in ...
30 facts about Shanghai
30 facts about Shanghai
The Paris of the East
Shanghai is the most eclectic city in China. It combines various architectural styles and is known as the Chinese center of Art Deco. Developing at a ...
23 facts about Paris
23 facts about Paris
City of Light
Paris is very eagerly visited by tourists. It surprises with the number of monuments and architectural marvels from various historical periods. Hundre ...
17 facts about Madrid
17 facts about Madrid
The bear and the strawberry tree
The medieval city dates back to the times when the Moors lived in this area. Situated on the Meseta Central near the Manzanares River, it was an excel ...
16 facts about Cairo
16 facts about Cairo
The city of a thousand minarets
Settlements in the area around today’s Cairo existed over five thousand years ago. Over the years, the city’s surroundings passed from hand to hand—fr ...
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