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Wednesday, 1 April 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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Copenhagen
There is a Carlsberg brewing museum in the city.
One of the museum's attractions is a collection of 20.000 unopened beer bottles donated to the museu ...
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Kaliningrad
There are 21 cities and 3 urban-type settlements in the oblast.
The largest of them is Kaliningrad, whose historical name is Königsberg.
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Florence
Florence has numerous museums and art galleries that house some of the most important works of art in the world.
The city is one of the best-preserved Renaissance centers of art and architecture in the world, char ...
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Kaliningrad
From 1618, Duchy of Prussia was ruled by the Electors of Brandenburg.
In 1657, the Duchy of Prussia became independent from the First Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The ...
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Vienna
In the 16th and 17th centuries, attacks on Vienna by the Turks were repulsed twice, also with the help of Poland.
During the relief of Vienna-the Battle of Vienna-fought on 12th September 1683, between the Polish a ...
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Philadelphia
In 1852, the Czech-German priest and missionary Johannes Nepomucene Neumann was ordained Bishop of Philadelphia.
During his eight-year term, he laid the foundations for the Catholic parochial school system that st ...
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Cairo
Throughout its history, the city has fallen victim to the Plague over fifty times.
The outbreaks of the Black Death took place between 1348 and 1517. The initial one was the most seve ...
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San Francisco
San Francisco has over 850.000 inhabitants.
It is the 16th most populous city in the United States.
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Dubai
Al-Fahidi Fort is the oldest monument in Dubai, built in 1787.
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Olomouc
One of the most important examples of Late Gothic architecture in Moravia is the Church of St. Maurice in Olomouc.
It was built in the 13th century and has been rebuilt several times since then. It is dominated by u ...
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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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