Cities

Tuesday, 21 July 2026

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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Olomouc

Olomouc’s Upper Square is also home to the Gothic Town Hall, a historic building that was the former seat of the city government.

It was built in the 14th century and expanded in the 15th century. The most valuable interior monume ...

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Helsinki

Helsinki’s neoclassical buildings have often been used by Hollywood filmmakers.

They served as a backdrop for scenes set in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, when filming in th ...

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Kaliningrad

When the Seven Years' War broke out (1757), Russian troops defeated the Prussians near Königsberg and occupied all of Prussia.

Tsarina Elizabeth (younger daughter of Peter I the Great and his second wife, Empress Catherine I) i ...

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Vienna

“The golden period” for the city was the 18th century.

At that time there was a significant development of trade, industry, culture, and art.

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Florence

Tourism in Florence is by far the most important of all industries, although manufacturing and trade are also very important.

Tourism added approximately €2.5 billion to the city's finances in 2015. From April to October, tour ...

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart is the birthplace of the car.

The automobile and motorcycle were allegedly invented in Stuttgart (by Karl Benz and then industrial ...

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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 ...

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Chicago

The population of Chicago is 2.7 million and the population density is almost 4450 people/km².

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San Francisco

A human settlement in the area of today’s city was there already 3000 BC.

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Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg is one of the world's major museum centers.

It is home to the Hermitage Museum, one of the three largest museums in the world. The museum is hou ...

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...