Cities

From the 10th century until 1918, Bratislava was part of Hungary and was then called Pozsony.

It is located on the Isar River.

Its official city flower is White Yulan.

Helsinki has one of Europe’s largest railroad hubs.

In the 15th century, an important figure for Florence was Girolamo Savonarola - a Dominican, religious and political reformer, who was considered a heretic and schismatic by the Catholic Church.

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.

Native Austrians make up almost 77.7 percent of the capital’s population.

Spray paint was invented by Ed Seymour, a salesman who lived and lived in Chicago.

Philadelphia is commonly called Philly.

In 2012, the 5-millionth St. Petersburger was born.