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Tuesday, 24 February 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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Chicago
Chicago is the third largest and most populous city in the USA. It is inferior to New York and Los Angeles.
Philadelphia
In 1932, the first modern international-style skyscraper in the United States was built in Philadelphia.
This was the PSFS Building (now known as the Loews Philadelphia Hotel), designed by George Howe and ...
Florence
Florence is a city located in Tuscany, in central Italy.
It is the capital of Tuscany and its most populous city with 383.083 inhabitants (2016) and over 1.5 ...
Philadelphia
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the oldest postal service in the United States.
Its history dates back to 1775 when the Continental Congress appointed the first Postmaster General, ...
Copenhagen
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.
She even fell victim to censorship when one of the MPs posted her photo on Facebook, but it was cens ...
Vienna
Shortly after the outbreak of the Spring of Nations in 1848, when citizens took to the streets of Vienna demanding the introduction of reforms in the country, Franz Joseph I took power, leading to the creation of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy in 1867.
In addition to the dismantling of the city walls and the construction of the Ringstrase, along which ...
Ghent
The first modern trade unions in Belgium were established in Ghent.
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 ...
Shanghai
The tallest skyscraper in China is located in Shanghai.
The Shanghai Tower, which is 632 meters high, was opened in 2017. Currently, it is the third tallest ...
Saint Petersburg
Peter I supervised the construction of the fortress from his bungalow, the so-called Peter I hut, which was erected especially for him before the construction of the city began. Construction of the port, residential buildings, and road network also began.
The carpenters built him a cottage, consisting of two chambers divided by a hallway, with a small do ...