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📍Ghent , Belgium 🇧🇪
💡Interesting facts :
🔸Ghent began as a settlement at the confluence of the Scheldt and Leie Rivers in the Middle Ages, although archaeological discoveries date human presence in the region back to the Stone Age.
🔸Ghent is a university city with 65,000 students, more than 25 percent of its population.
📷: @herve_in_paris
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35 4,850 6 hours ago

📍Strasbourg , France 🇫🇷
💡Interesting facts :
🔸Strasbourg will give you a chance to explore a bit of German culture. Yes, this part of France has a lot of German influences as it has been a part of Germany before. You will find these influences in the unique and beautiful architecture of the half-timber houses, ornate wells and fountains, oriel windows, storks’ nests, and carved wooden balustrades.
🔸Strasbourg is important for France and also for Europe. It is called the Capital of Europe because there are many European institutions and the European parliament but it is also important for France. Did you know that the Marseillaise, the French national anthem, was invented here?
📷: @rebdestrass
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32 4,908 8 hours ago

📍Florence , Italy 🇮🇹
💡Interesting facts :
🔸 The Duomo has 463 stone steps, which, if you can climb to the top you can reach the cupola for a close-up of The Last Judgement and a sweeping view of the city.
🔸The emblem of Florence is a red lily, the representation of which derives from the Florentine iris, a white flower that was very common in the local area.
📷: @laura_manfredi
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74 8,823 14 hours ago

📍 Prague , Czech Republic 🇨🇿
💡Interesting facts :
🔸The Rolling Stones developed a friendship with Czech President Václav Havel after playing a show in Prague in 1990. Admirers of the city’s famous castle, the Stones financed a new lighting system that accentuated certain features of the landmark at night. It was installed by the band’s own lighting designer and cost $32,000, and it continues to be enjoyed by tourists today.
🔸 Prague was actually the first European city in which a book about Mozart was published. The book was a full-length biography by František Xaver Němeček, published in 1798, just seven years after the musician’s death.
📷: @danielvalliok
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71 6,427 30 April, 2019

📍 Istanbul , Turkey 🇹🇷
💡Interesting facts :
🔸Istanbul is the transcontinental city located on two continents, Europe and Asia. Istanbul constitutes the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. Its commercial and historical center lies in Europe, while a third of its population lives in Asia.
🔸Sultanahmet or the Old City is where most of the famous historical sights of Istanbul are located.
📷: @bildrone
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86 9,684 30 April, 2019

📍Schwerin , Germany 🇩🇪
💡Interesting facts :
🔸The Schwerin Palace , is a palatial schloss located in the city of Schwerin, the capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state, Germany. It is situated on an island in the city's main lake, the Lake Schwerin.For centuries the palace was the home of the dukes and grand dukes of Mecklenburg and later Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Today it serves as the residence of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state parliament.
📷: @gaby_sn_
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100 8,946 30 April, 2019

📍Stockholm , Sweden 🇸🇪
💡Interesting facts :
🔸The city became the venue for the award of the first Nobel Prizes, in the year 1901.
🔸 Stockholm is the second most visited city in the Nordic countries.
🔸 The astronomical lens is a Swedish invention. 📷: @optipes
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94 11,482 29 April, 2019

📍Positano , Italy 🇮🇹
💡Interesting facts :
🔸John Steinbeck the famous american author, spent quite some time living in Positano. In 1953, the American writer mentioned how Positano is a dream place that's quite surreal when you're living in it, and yet it beckons to you once you've gone.
📷: @treviorum
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200 21,830 29 April, 2019

📍Milan , Italy 🇮🇹
💡Interesting facts :
🔸Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) is a pair of residential towers in the Porta Nuova district of Milan, Italy, between Via Gaetano de Castillia and Via Federico Confalonieri near Milano Porta Garibaldi railway station. They have a height of 111 metres (364 ft) and 76 metres (249 ft) and contain more than 900 trees (approximately 550 and 350 in the first and second towers, respectively) on 8,900 square metres (96,000 sq ft) of terraces. Within the complex is an 11-storey office building; its facade does not include plants.
📷: @jovinycl
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143 12,578 28 April, 2019

📍 Dresden , Germany 🇩🇪
💡Interesting facts :
🔸Another nickname for Dresden is "Jewel Box". Dresden being called Florence on the Elbe, and Jewel Box is another nickname for this city full of Baroque and Rococo splendour.
🔸The coffee filter was invented in Dresden. In 1908, Amalie Melitta Bentz thought of using paper to prevent the grounds from getting into coffee cups. Her name is still present in the filter company Melitta, although it is not based in Dresden anymore.
📷: @nebbstarfotografie
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80 11,316 28 April, 2019

📍Bled , Slovenia 🇸🇮
💡Interesting facts :
🔸The island in Lake Bled is not only the most popular island in Slovenia, it is the only natural island in Slovenia.
🔸The bell of the island’s church grants wishes
📷: @paolobalsamo
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132 15,490 27 April, 2019

📍 Zurich , Switzerland 🇨🇭
💡Interesting facts :
🔸Zurich is not the capital of Switzerland
Because Zurich is the Swiss financial capital, many assume it also holds the highest rank in politics. However, the central city of Bern became the official unofficial federal capital in 1848, when Switzerland became the country we know today.
🔸 Zurich has over 1,200 drinking fountains. Rome may have her fancy fountains that are good for making wishes and taking selfies, but Zurich has hundreds of fountains that allow you to quench your thirst in almost every corner of the city. Drinking fountains are a part of the Swiss standard, as they are a sensible, public resource for the benefit of everyone. Some fountains are plain and simple, while others showcase historical figures or innovative design.
📷: @hrrbhn
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47 7,175 27 April, 2019