Cities

While most people in China do not speak English, most inhabitants of Shanghai know at least the basics.

Stuttgart is home to six Fraunhofer universities (the Fraunhofer Society is a German research organization with 75 institutes spread throughout Germany) - this is the second-largest number of research institutions in Germany after Dresden.

In Bremen, in the Schnoor district, there is a house considered the smallest in the country.

One of the city's oldest streets is Kaufingerstraße.

Eating, drinking, and throwing gum are not allowed on Dubai's trains, and people doing it face fines.

The city center is located at an altitude of 219 meters above sea level.

The mermaid statue in Copenhagen has not had an easy life. She was repeatedly covered with graffiti, lost an arm and her head twice, was blown up, and had a sex toy attached to her body.

There are over 450 gardens and parks in Paris.

Al-Fahidi Fort is the oldest monument in Dubai, built in 1787.

One night in 356 BC, the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus was burned down by a madman named Herostratus, who wanted to gain fame in this way.