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Friday, 26 June 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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Florence
One of the Medici was Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful and enthusiastic patron of Renaissance culture in Italy.
Lorenzo was a great patron of art, commissioning works of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Botti ...
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Olomouc
Olomouc currently has at least 25 fountains.
Olomouc’s fountains are located at various points in the Old Town. Some of them stand out because of ...
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Stuttgart
The Stuttgart area currently has the highest concentration of scientific, academic, and research organizations in Germany.
No other region in Germany registers as many patents and designs as Stuttgart. Almost 45 percent of ...
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Potsdam
Potsdam is the capital of the German state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg metropolitan region.
It has 183.154 inhabitants and is the most populous city in the region.
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Vienna
Vienna is one of the greenest cities in the world and is also a city with the highest quality of life.
There are 990 city parks there. Thanks to the Vienna Forest complex and the Danube area, almost half ...
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen is one of the greenest cities on earth and plans to become carbon neutral by 2025.
Over the last 10 years, the city has managed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1/3, mainly thanks to investments in photovoltaics and wind farms.
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Olomouc
Olomouc and its surroundings are among the warmest places in the Czech Republic.
It has a lowland, mild climate with no major temperature fluctuations. The coldest month is January, ...
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Rome
In ancient Rome, the center of the city was the Roman Forum.
It was the center of civic and political life. Today the Forum is a tourist attraction where we can admire the architecture and art of the time.
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Vienna
After World War II, Vienna once again became the capital of Austria.
Like Berlin, it was divided into four occupation zones: Russian, American, British and French. The f ...
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles is often called the "Creative Capital of the World".
One in six city residents works in the creative industry. In L.A. More artists, authors, filmmakers, ...
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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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