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Wednesday, 11 November 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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Rome
Rome has two major football clubs.
AS Roma and S.S. Lazio provide an unforgettable experience for their fans. Lazio is the older club, ...
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Philadelphia
Penn named his colony Philadelphia, which means "brotherly love" in Greek.
He planned a city on the Delaware River, which was to be a port and the seat of administration. He w ...
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Hamburg
In Hamburg, you can visit the deck of a submarine.
Although the name may suggest visiting a German vessel, it is the U-Boat Museum Hamburg.The ship is ...
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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
There are 600 parks in Chicago.
The green space in the city covers an area of over 35 square kilometers.
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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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San Francisco
The tallest building in the city is the Salesforce Tower.
The skyscraper was completed in 2018 and has 61 floors and 326 meters in height. The building was de ...
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Bruges
The city’s economic revival didn’t come until the 19th century due to tourism.
The city fully preserved its medieval character, monuments, and works of art, which attracted tourists. Bruges turned out to be one of the most visited European cities.
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Kaliningrad
Königsberg became a Polish fief for 201 years.
After the Grand Master paid tribute to King Sigismund I the Old on the Krakow Market Square in 1525, ...
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Potsdam
In 1415, Potsdam became the property of the Hohenzollerns.
In 1660, the city was chosen as the hunting residence of the Elector of Brandenburg, Frederick William I, and became the core of a powerful state that later transformed into the Kingdom of Prussia.
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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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