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Thursday, 20 August 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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Hamburg
One of Hamburg’s biggest tourist attractions is the Planten un Blomen park.
Its history dates back to 1821 when a plane tree was planted there. The park was opened in 1930 and ...
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Stuttgart
Currently, the most visited museum in Stuttgart is the Mercedes-Benz Museum (440.000 visits per year).
In second place, in terms of the number of visitors, is the Art Museum, presenting contemporary art ...
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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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Philadelphia
The oldest zoo in the USA is located in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Zoo is located on the west bank of the Schuylkill River. It was approved on March 2 ...
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Helsinki
The city has about 11.000 boat moorings.
It also gas more than 14.000 hectares of marine fishing waters adjacent to the capital region. There ...
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Helsinki
Not far from the Finnish capitals is the 18th-century fortress of Suomenlinna, which is called the Gibraltar of the North.
This fortress is located on several interconnected islands: Kustaanmiekka, Susisaari, Iso Mustasaari ...
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Epheseus
Tradition says that the city was founded by Androclus, the son of the Athenian king Kodros.
According to the prophecy that Androclus received from the oracle before his expedition to Ionia, he ...
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Florence
In 1861, Tuscany became part of the Kingdom of Italy.
Florence then replaced Turin as the capital of Italy (1865). Florence remained the capital of Italy for six years when Rome became the capital of the country.
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Dubai
The UAE government does not allow any form of naturalization of foreigners.
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Potsdam
After German reunification in 1990, the state of Brandenburg was created and Potsdam became its capital.
A large part of the city's cultural landscape was then included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. T ...
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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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