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Thursday, 12 March 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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Vienna
Eighteen-century composers dubbed the Viennese classics are associated with Vienna.
These include Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonio Salieri, and othe ...
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Ghent
Ghent is Belgium's most important university city in terms of student numbers.
About 28.000 people study at the university alone. Many foreign students study in the city.
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Hamburg
The first modern zoo in the world was established in Hamburg.
When it opened, this zoo was groundbreaking by the standards of facilities of this type at that time ...
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Dubai
In Dubai, you should restrain all emotions in public places because you can even be deported for offensive gestures or words.
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Stuttgart
Stuttgart has the highest overall standard of well-being in all cities in Germany.
Its nominal GDP per capita is €57.100. Stuttgart's total GDP is €33.9 billion, of which the service ...
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia was the first capital of the United States.
It served in this role throughout much of the colonial and early post-colonial period, including fro ...
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Epheseus
The Basilica of St. John and the Cave of the Seven Sleepers comes from the Christian period of Ephesus.
The Cave of the Seven Sleepers is a Byzantine-era necropolis located near the ruins of ancient Ephes ...
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Cairo
Near Cairo lies the city of Giza, mostly known for its pyramid complex, dating back 4,500 years.
Giza is the third largest city in Egypt. It houses the most prominent Egyptian attractions—the Giza ...
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Vienna
After the end of World War I, Vienna became the capital of the Austrian Republic.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Vienna also became a bastion of socialism and was nicknamed “Red Vienna.” At ...
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Los Angeles
In the 1930s and 1940s, Los Angeles County was a national leader in agriculture.
After the end of World War II, Los Angeles grew faster than ever. During the 1950s and 1960s, a netw ...
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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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