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Sunday, 13 September 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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Hamburg
The Nazis established a concentration camp in Hamburg.
Neuengamme was established in December 1938 and during World War II approximately 106.000 people, mo ...
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Ghent
In 1913, Ghent hosted the EXPO World Exhibition.
The exhibition was held in a specially built complex. At that time, the Sint-Pieters railway station, the Flanders Palace Hotel and many of the city's monuments were also built.
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Shanghai
Its official city flower is White Yulan.
It belongs to the genus magnolia, native to China. It grows in the Yangtze River basin.
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Tallinn
Tallinn is the 59th most populous city in the European Union.
According to Eurostat, in 2004 Tallinn had one of the highest numbers of non-European Union citizens ...
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Los Angeles
The most important airport in Los Angeles is Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
It is the fourth busiest commercial airport in the world and the second in the United States. In 2017, LAX welcomed over 84 million passengers.
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Copenhagen
The city hosts a historic car Grand Prix, during which old racing cars are presented and their races are organized.
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Hamburg
Speicherstadt is the world’s largest warehouse complex in the world.
It is located near the port of Hamburg and during its operation it was used to store coffee, tea, gr ...
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Tallinn
Tallinn (together with Turku in Finland) was the European Capital of Culture in 2011.
There are over 60 museums and galleries in the capital of Estonia.
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Vienna
Vienna was founded around the 5th century BC by the Boers (a large Celtic tribe), as a Celtic settlement.
Around 15 BC, this settlement was conquered by the Romans, who set up a camp of the 10th Legion call ...
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Hamburg
Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn, two great composers of classical music, were born in Hamburg.
Brahms created his first works here, and as his popularity grew, he moved to Vienna. A museum dedica ...
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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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