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Thursday, 11 June 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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Tallinn
Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia.
It is located in the north of the country, on the shore of Tallinn Bay.The Tallinn Bay is a bay of t ...
Rome
According to legend, the Romans owe the defense of the Roman Capitol against the invasion of the Gauls in 390 B.C. to geese.
It is said that when the soldiers, tired of defending the city, fell asleep, they were awakened by t ...
Copenhagen
Copenhagen has the most Michelin-starred restaurants in the world.
Philadelphia
In 1835, the first general strike in North America took place in Philadelphia, in which workers won a ten-hour day.
Immigrants came to the city, mainly from Ireland and Germany, who were fleeing the Great Famine in t ...
Epheseus
In the 7th century BC, the city was destroyed by the Kimmerians - a nomadic Indo-European people most likely coming from the vicinity of Crimea and the parts of today's Ukraine adjacent to Crimea.
The city was then captured by the king of Lydia (a historic land in western Asia Minor), Croesus, who rebuilt it. In 560 BC Ephesus came under Persian rule.
Bruges
Bruges has retained its original Gothic buildings and many monuments gathered in the city.
These include one of the city’s symbols - a monumental tower (beffroi - a castle watchtower or city ...
Bratislava
In the area of today's Bratislava, the first settlers appeared already in the Stone Age, but it was not until the Celts in the 2nd century BC they founded a town on the Danube.
After them came the Romans, Germanic, and Slavic tribes, but only in 907 a real settlement called Brezalauspruch was established here.
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 ...
Cairo
The Egyptian Museum is home to about 160,000 exhibits.
It is the oldest archeological museum in the Middle East, in a neoclassical building that opened on ...
Dubai
Dubai has established Dubiotech, a park that allows biotech companies to work on genetics, medicines, and biodefense.