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Sunday, 22 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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Los Angeles
The original name of the city was El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles del Rio de Porciuncula.
Which translates as " City of Our Lady, Queen of Angels, of the Porciuncula River."
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles has the most museums per capita of any city in the world.
There are 841 museums and art galleries in Los Angeles County. It houses, among others, the Los Ange ...
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Potsdam
The Potsdam Conference was held in Cecilienhof Palace, the last palace built by the Hohenzollerns.
This palace was built for the heir to the throne, William of Hohenzollern, and his wife Cecilia, pri ...
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Tallinn
An annual film festival takes place in Tallinn - Tallinn Black Night Film Festival.
It has been organized since 1997 and is the only festival in Northern Europe, in the Baltic region, ...
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San Francisco
Construction of the famous Golden Gate Bridge began on January 5, 1933.
The bridge was opened on April 19, 1937. It was then the longest and highest suspension bridge in the world. Currently, approximately 112.000 vehicles pass through it daily.
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Shanghai
It is one of the four province-level municipalities of China, along with Beijing, Chongqing, and Tianjin.
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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.
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Dubai
The UAE government does not allow any form of naturalization of foreigners.
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Stuttgart
From the 7th century BC, the Stuttgart area was an important agricultural area - there were extensive vineyards there.
The Roman Empire conquered these areas in AD 83 and built a fortified military camp at the intersect ...
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Bratislava
As a result of the division of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, Bratislava became the capital of independent Slovakia.
It became the center of central, parliamentary, and scientific authorities. It is the center of cultural and social life.
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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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