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Friday, 12 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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Chicago
The population of Chicago is 2.7 million and the population density is almost 4450 people/km².
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San Gimignano
San Gimignano’s downfall came in 1348, when the city was hit by an epidemic of plague (the Black Death).
The epidemic of the Black Death reached all of Europe at the time, and between 30 and 60 percent of ...
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Cairo
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the country.
Over 10 million people inhabit Cairo and approximately 21,3 million live in the metropolitan area. It is the largest agglomeration in Africa.
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Tallinn
The only officially established and significant agglomeration in Estonia is the Tallinn Metropolitan Area.
Its total population is 530.000 inhabitants and its area is 1391 square kilometers. It is divided into three zones.
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Dubai
The weekend in Dubai starts on Thursday evening and lasts until the end of Saturday. Sunday is a working day.
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Paris
Originally, Paris was called Lutetia and was a Roman settlement.
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Ghent
A new Ghent-Bruges waterway was built, which was later extended to the ports of Ostend and Dunkirk.
It was used by some 50.000 people a year, and one of the most prominent passengers was Czar Peter the Great of Russia.
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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 ...
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Palermo
Palermo is surrounded by a mountain range facing the Tyrrhenian Sea, whose name comes from the city.
The highest peak of the range is La Pizzuta, approximately 1333 meters tall, but historically the mo ...
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Helsinki
Helsinki also has Europe’s largest sobering house.
Alcohol prices are among the high ones in Finland, and yet Europe’s largest sobering-up room has bee ...
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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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