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Saturday, 8 March 2025
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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Munich
Munich was the cradle of Nazism. In 1919, the German Workers' Party was founded in the Munich hotel "Fürstenfelder Hof", which was transformed into the NSDAP by Adolf Hitler on February 24, 1920.
In Munich, at Briennerstraße 45, the NSDAP leadership had its headquarters in the years 1930 - 1945, ...
Dubai
Hitchhiking in Dubai and the rest of the Emirates is illegal.
Florence
The Florence skyline is dominated by the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, called Il Duomo by the Italians, topped by Brunelleschi's dome.
Brunelleschi’s design involved building the largest dome ever built at the time and the first larger ...
Munich
The official date of foundation of the city is June 14, 1158.
However, it is known that it existed earlier because fragments of pottery shards from the period pre ...
Potsdam
The Glienicker Brücke bridge over the Havel, built in 1907, was the border between West Berlin and East Germany and was called the "Bridge of Spies" during the Cold War.
It is a bridge over the Havel connecting Potsdam with Berlin. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union ...
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 ...
Florence
The Galeria dell'Accademia houses Michelangelo's David - probably the most famous work of art in the world.
It is one of the most important works of Renaissance sculpture, next to the Pieta, the most famous s ...
Cairo
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the country.
Over 10 million people inhabit Cairo and approximately 21,3 million live in the metropolitan area. It is the largest agglomeration in Africa.
Florence
In November 1966, there was a flood in Florence.
Arno flooded part of the center, damaging many works of art. Ponte Vecchio was flooded, and the wate ...
Helsinki
Helsinki has the largest immigrant population in Finland.
More than 140 nationalities are represented in the capital. The world’s largest Estonian community outside Estonia lives there. Somalis are the second largest immigrant group.