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Tuesday, 27 October 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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Epheseus
In the 7th century BC, the city was destroyed by the Kimmerians - a nomadic Indo-European people most likely coming from the vicinity of Crimea and the parts of today's Ukraine adjacent to Crimea.
The city was then captured by the king of Lydia (a historic land in western Asia Minor), Croesus, who rebuilt it. In 560 BC Ephesus came under Persian rule.
Palermo
Palermo has at least two rings of city walls, many of which still survive today.
The first ring surrounded the ancient center of the Phoenician city. Several historic gates have been preserved in the city wall.
Bratislava
In the area of today's Bratislava, the first settlers appeared already in the Stone Age, but it was not until the Celts in the 2nd century BC they founded a town on the Danube.
After them came the Romans, Germanic, and Slavic tribes, but only in 907 a real settlement called Brezalauspruch was established here.
Munich
Munich is the economic center of southern Germany.
It has the strongest economy among German cities and the lowest unemployment among cities with a million inhabitants. Most of the companies listed in the German DAX stock index come from Munich.
Bremen
As part of her farewell to the Chancellor's office, in November 2021, Angela Merkel visited the Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven.
Part of the Museum is the Emigration Museum, dedicated to the fate of 7 million Europeans, including ...
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 ...
Potsdam
He also transformed Sanssouci Park into his summer residence.
Before the Sanssouci residence was built, first, terraced gardens were created on the southern slope ...
Stuttgart
There are still vineyards in Stuttgart, less than 500 m from the main station.
There are over 400 steps in the area (known as "Stuttgarter Stäffele" in the local dialect), which i ...
Philadelphia
In the 1750s, Philadelphia was the largest city and busiest port in British America.
It also became the second-largest city in the entire British Empire after London. As a result of the ...
Helsinki
The typical tree in Helsinki is the common maple (Acer platanoides).
The typical animal, on the other hand, is the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).