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Monday, 1 December 2025
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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Munich
Munich is located near the Bayerische Voralpen, part of the Bavarian Alps, which, in addition to the views, offers countless hiking trails for both pedestrians and cyclists.
The highest peak of the range, Krottenkopf (2086 m above sea level) is located less than 80 km from the center of Munich.
Florence
The Florentine plain and the surrounding hills have been inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by archaeological finds in the area.
The first permanent settlement was a stilt village built around the 9th century BC by the Etruscans, ...
Epheseus
This period of wonderful development of Ephesus ended during the so-called Ephesus Vespers - the massacre of the Romans and Italic peoples in Asia Minor, which took place around 88 BC.
Probably 80-150 thousand Romans died then.
Chicago
Cyclists in Chicago have a lot to do.
There are over 321 kilometers of bicycle paths in the city, 30 km of which run along the lake shoreline.
Bremen
Bremen briefly lost its independence twice.
The first time was during Napoleon's invasion in 1806. Napoleon then planned to take Roland's statue ...
Saint Petersburg
In St. Petersburg, Adam Mickiewicz lived for a year in a tenement house, the wall of which bears a plaque commemorating this fact.
Adam Mickiewicz was also honored with a monument.
Helsinki
The name of the city of Helsinki came into common use in the 19th century, and the Senate approved it in 1819.
When the Swedes founded a town in the village of Forsby (later known as Koskela) in 1548, they calle ...
Tallinn
In 1997, the Old Town was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
This is the oldest part of Tallinn, where most of the buildings were built in the 13th and 14th cent ...
Hamburg
It is the second most populous city in Germany.
Hamburg has a population of approximately 1.85 million people.
Kaliningrad
The Kaliningrad Oblast area is the most militarized area of the Russian Federation.
There is the largest concentration of military facilities in Europe. Military bases are located thro ...