Cities

BMW comes from Munich. It was established in 1916 by the merger of three companies producing aircraft engines.

Shanghai Port is the busiest container port in the world.

Until the end of the 18th century, Philadelphia was the largest city in the United States.

Tallinn was one of the urban areas of industrial and military importance in northern Estonia that underwent extensive Russification during the Soviet occupation (1944-1991).

Cyclists account for 18% of street traffic and 80% of the city's inhabitants own a bicycle.

Copenhagen has a maritime climate, which means that the winters are quite mild and the summers are cool.

Approximately 1.6 million people ride the Chicago subway every day.

In the second half of the 20th century, an Austrian archaeological mission cleaned up the ruins of St. John's Basilica and rebuilt the confession (the tomb of a saint, martyr or the vestibule leading to his tomb placed under the main altar, or the altar) of St. John.

In the 13th century, the Lieve canal, 45 km long, was built in Ghent, and later, facing Antwerp, the Sasse Vaart canal.

It became the capital of Bavaria (Königreich Bayern) in 1806.