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Sunday, 9 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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Kaliningrad
Kaliningrad is an important commercial and military seaport.
The port is located on the Vistula Lagoon on the Pregolya River and has been open to international s ...
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Tallinn
The official language of Tallinn is Estonian.
In 2011, 50.1% of Tallinn's population spoke Estonian as their native language, and 46.7% spoke Russian as their native language.
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Paris
One of the most prominent symbols of Paris—the Eiffel Tower—was meant to be a temporary installation, but was scheduled for demolition after 20 years.
It was built for the World Fair in 1889. It is 324 meters high, consists of 18,000 metal parts joined together with 2,5 million rivets, and weighs 10,100 tons.
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Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and the largest city in Finland.
It is also the country’s most populous city (over 650.000 inhabitants).
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Vienna
In the 16th and 17th centuries, attacks on Vienna by the Turks were repulsed twice, also with the help of Poland.
During the relief of Vienna-the Battle of Vienna-fought on 12th September 1683, between the Polish a ...
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Glastonbury
Glastonbury is a small town in Great Britain, in Somerset.
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Helsinki
The oldest church in Helsinki is the 1826 Evangelical Lutheran Old Church, designed by Engel.
The church is located in a recreational park called Old Church Park. It is colloquially known as Blight Park because more than a thousand victims of the 1710 blight are buried next to it.
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Vienna
Vienna is the only metropolis in the world that has significant vineyards within the city limits.
Vines are grown there by about 400 growers on an area of about 700 hectares, with white wine in 80 p ...
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Ghent
Houses built in the 18th century in Ghent hosted notable figures: King Louis XVIII of France, Tsar Alexander, King William I of the Netherlands, Wellington before he went to Waterloo, and an American delegation with future President John Quincy Adams.
The signing of the so-called Treaty of Ghent, ending the Second British-American War, also took place there.
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Dubai
Al-Fahidi Fort is the oldest monument in Dubai, built in 1787.
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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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