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Wednesday, 4 November 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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Helsinki
Helsinki was founded as the trading city of Helsingforst by King Gustav I of Sweden on 12th June 1550.
It was intended to rival the Hanseatic city of Rewal on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, n ...
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Bruges
The city’s name derives from the Old High German word bridge.
In historical documents, the name Bruges first appeared only in the 9th century. It was then that the first coins with the name Briggia appeared.
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Olomouc
Olomouc is a Czech city located in the eastern part of the country, in Moravia.
It is the historical capital of Moravia and is the main city of the Hana region (an ethnographic reg ...
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Tallinn
An annual film festival takes place in Tallinn - Tallinn Black Night Film Festival.
It has been organized since 1997 and is the only festival in Northern Europe, in the Baltic region, ...
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San Francisco
The city was founded on June 29, 1776 by Spanish colonists.
At first, the fort El Presidio Real de San Francisco was built here. The settlement gained independe ...
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Palermo
Palermo has a huge architectural heritage and is distinguished by many buildings, several of which are inscribed on the UNESCO Heritage List.
Among them, palaces, museums, and churches are worth mentioning: Palazzo dei Normanni (Norman Palac ...
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Ghent
Another well-known work in St. Bavo Cathedral is Rubens' painting - "St. Bavo arrives at the monastery in Ghent."
There is also a Rococo pulpit by Laurent Delvaux from 1745.
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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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Olomouc
In 1971, the historic center of the city was declared a Municipal Monument Center.
Olomouc’s Old Town is the second largest historic complex in the Czech Republic, after the center of ...
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San Francisco
The tallest building in the city is the Salesforce Tower.
The skyscraper was completed in 2018 and has 61 floors and 326 meters in height. The building was de ...
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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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