Cities

Sunday, 11 January 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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Vienna

One of Vienna’s most important sites, Graben Square, is home to the baroque Trinity Column, known as the Moor Column.

This monumental votive monument was founded by Emperor Leopold I in gratitude to God for ending the ...

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Florence

Near Piazza della Signoria there is one of the oldest museums in Europe - the Uffizi Gallery.

The gallery's collections are dominated by paintings by the Italian and Flemish schools: Cimabue, Gi ...

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Saint Petersburg

Built by Peter I, the city was to be entirely made of brick.

It was being built in very difficult conditions (swampy, unfamiliar terrain, low temperatures). The ...

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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 ...

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Tallinn

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, on August 20, 1991, Estonia declared independence, and Tallinn became its capital again.

Tallinn gradually regained its western face. In addition to Danish and German influences, traces of ...

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Potsdam

The Potsdam Conference was held in Cecilienhof Palace, the last palace built by the Hohenzollerns.

This palace was built for the heir to the throne, William of Hohenzollern, and his wife Cecilia, pri ...

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia was the first capital of the United States.

It served in this role throughout much of the colonial and early post-colonial period, including fro ...

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Munich

Cyclists account for 18% of street traffic and 80% of the city's inhabitants own a bicycle.

The city is the leader in the share of this means of transport among the largest German cities. Ther ...

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Florence

The city's main resource was the Arno River (mainly for the textile industry) and access to the Mediterranean Sea (international trade).

Another resource was the city's merchant community and its merchant banking skills, which gained par ...

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Rome

The Column of Trajan is 39.83 meters high. It is an important city monument commemorating Emperor Trajan's victory over the Dacians.

Built between 106 and 113 A.D., it is covered with reliefs depicting 155 scenes with 2,662 figures, ...

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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 ...