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Sunday, 27 September 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
At the beginning of the 19th century (1801-1807), Florence was the capital of the Napoleonic kingdom of Etruria.
It covered a large part of modern Tuscany and took its name from the Roman name of the Etruscan land.
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Los Angeles
The city is both flat and hilly.
The highest point in the city itself is Mount Lukens - the peak of the San Gabriel Mountains, with a ...
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Bratislava
Bratislava (Prešburg) became the capital of Hungary in 1541.
For 300 years, the Gothic St. Martin's Cathedral hosted the coronations of Hungarian kings of the Habsburg dynasty and convened assemblies there. The Hungarian parliament was housed there until 1848.
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Vienna
The city’s largest population in its entire history-2.25 million-was in 1916.
These were Austro-Hungarian citizens.
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Copenhagen
In Copenhagen's harbor, there is a statue of the Little Mermaid by Edvard Eriksen.
The sculpture depicts a character from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale and was unveiled on Augu ...
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Bratislava
It is the only capital in the world that borders two countries, Austria and Hungary.
It borders with Hungary in the south and with Austria in the west. It is located approximately 60 km from Vienna and approximately 195 km from Budapest.
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Bremen
The first cafes in this part of Europe were established in Bremen.
Bremen merchants monopolized the coffee trade. In the 17th century, in addition to importing it, the ...
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Los Angeles
The area of the city is 1302 square kilometers.
The city is the center of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana agglomeration, which is inhabited by ...
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Chicago
The population of Chicago is 2.7 million and the population density is almost 4450 people/km².
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San Francisco
From 1934 to 1963, there was a famous maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island.
Before Alcatraz became a federal prison, there was a US Army base, forts, and, from the 1860s, a pri ...
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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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