Cities

Wednesday, 14 January 2026

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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Paris

On April 15th, 2019, the most famous cathedral, the Notre-Dame, burst into flames. The fire lasted for 15 hours.

2/3 of the roof surface was destroyed, and a spire pierced the ceiling, collapsing into the building ...

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Tallinn

Tallinn is the 59th most populous city in the European Union.

According to Eurostat, in 2004 Tallinn had one of the highest numbers of non-European Union citizens ...

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Potsdam

Frederick the Great, son of Frederick I, valued the ideas of the Enlightenment and reformed the Prussian state.

During his reign, Potsdam became a residential city, also in terms of its cityscape, and then made e ...

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Vienna

Vienna is an administrative, industrial, commercial, service, academic, tourist, and cultural center of international importance.

It is the seat of the Australian parliament, president, government, religious associations, societies, organizations, universities, and businesses.

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Bratislava

It is the only capital in the world that borders two countries, Austria and Hungary.

It borders with Hungary in the south and with Austria in the west. It is located approximately 60 km from Vienna and approximately 195 km from Budapest.

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Los Angeles

The area of the city is 1302 square kilometers.

The city is the center of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana agglomeration, which is inhabited by ...

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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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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is commonly called Philly.

It is also called The City of Brotherly Love. This name comes from Greek, where philos means "friend, loving" and adelphos - "brother".

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Ghent

In the 13th century, the Lieve canal, 45 km long, was built in Ghent, and later, facing Antwerp, the Sasse Vaart canal.

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Chicago

Hugh Hefner, Walt Disney, and Harrison Ford were born in Chicago.

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...