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Saturday, 24 January 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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San Gimignano
San Gimignano was founded thanks to St. Gimignano, the bishop of Modena.
According to chroniclers, during Lucius Sergius Catillina’s failed coup against the Roman Republic i ...
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Potsdam
Many distinguished guests stayed in the palace next to the king.
Voltaire is said to have lived there. There is also a hypothesis that Bishop Ignacy Krasicki wrote t ...
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Munich
One of the city's oldest streets is Kaufingerstraße.
Its history dates back to the 13th century and has always been one of the most frequented streets. T ...
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Bruges
Another landmark is the 12th-century Cathedral of St. Salvador-the main church of the Diocese of Bruges and the Basilica of the Holy Blood.
The Basilica of the Holy Blood was built in the 12th century as a chapel for the rulers of Flanders. ...
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Rome
In 846, St. Peter's Basilica was sacked by Arab pirates.
It was only after these events that it was decided to fortify the Basilica with walls. The fortifica ...
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Ghent
Thanks to the counts of Flanders, Baldwin Iron Arm and his son, Baldwin II “the Bald,” Ghent began to regain its status.
Baldwin II “the Bald” built fortifications in Ghent on the left bank of the Leie. Residents gathered ...
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Rome
Rome is home to Europe's largest film studio, Cinecittà.
It is located on the outskirts of Rome and covers an area of 40 hectares. Within this area there are ...
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Olomouc
Olomouc has many historic townhouses and palaces.
One of these is the Hauenschild’s Palace, the Renaissance home of a wealthy bourgeois family (it has ...
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Dubai
Islam is the dominant religion.
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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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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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