Cities

BMW comes from Munich. It was established in 1916 by the merger of three companies producing aircraft engines.

Speicherstadt is the world’s largest warehouse complex in the world.

The city is home to the headquarters of the largest companies.

Helsinki also has Europe’s largest sobering house.

In 1973, an African American, Tom Bradley, became mayor of Los Angeles for the first time.

The patron saint of the city is St. Rosalie, and the heavenly protector of Palermo is St. Benedict the Maur.

Stuttgart is home to six Fraunhofer universities (the Fraunhofer Society is a German research organization with 75 institutes spread throughout Germany) - this is the second-largest number of research institutions in Germany after Dresden.

After World War II, Vienna once again became the capital of Austria.

Cyclists account for 18% of street traffic and 80% of the city's inhabitants own a bicycle.

While most people in China do not speak English, most inhabitants of Shanghai know at least the basics.