During the Nazi occupation there was an uprising and after Germans quelled it they razed the whole city down. Not just some important buildings, it was all ruins after they were done, look up "destroyed Warsaw" and then just "Warsaw" to see how it looks now.
It’s the only capital city that borders with two different countries. Since travel is so easy with schengen, rural areas in Hungary and Austria that border Bratislava became de facto suburbs of the city. So lot of people commute through border daily.
The chemical element Hafnium is named after the latin name for Copenhagen, Hafnia.
There’s a city district named after Carlsberg the beer.
The Round Tower contains the oldest septic tank in Northern Europe.
There’s an enclave municipality inside of Copenhagen municipality called Frederiksberg municipality.
The naval church, Holmens Kirke, used to be an old anchor forge and is dedicated to the Danish navy. It’s also home to a Swedish cannon ball from 1658.
Stockholm. Built on 14 islands. Stockholm divide the Baltic sea from the Mälaren sea. Mälaren has the cleanest water in the world for a sea of that size. The baltic sea is the most polluted sea on the planet.
It’s often called "The Paris of the East" because of the old architecture mirroring that of Paris. We also have an Arc de Triomphe, albeit much smaller in size, to go along with the nickname.
Madrid was made the capital of Spain because it was in between two bishoprics so the church would have to fight over jurisdiction and let Felipe II (Bloody Mary’s husband) have a freer hand.
Unlike most big cities that are either on a coast or on a river, Sofia has neither. However it has lots of mineral springs and this is what it was built around.
It’s two meters underwater. Our main train station was built in the middle of a bay/river and its biggest bike parking (7000 bikes) is physically under water.
Also, farmers protested against railways because they said the extreme speed of 35km/h trains would stress out the cows so much they would stop producing milk.
That the Danes murdered 82 noblemen in it in 1520, and with it basically kicking of the Swedish independence war to succeed from the Kalmar Union for real. That said, it had been brewing for some time before (which was probably why the murders happened, but the murders did in fact not help, at all).
Wellington. It is called the windy city due to its proximity to a wind funnel from the Cook Strait and the "wind" from our politicians who habitate a beehive building and parliament buildings. It sits on a major fault line and long overdue for a big earthquake.
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Not only is it the largest city in the country, it’s also larger by population than every other city (plus some towns) in the country combined.
It is not the seat of government, which is the Hague.
The Royal Palace in the capital used to be the city hall.
The coat of arms of the city has three x’s, in honour of St. Andrew, and an emperors crown.
During the Nazi occupation there was an uprising and after Germans quelled it they razed the whole city down. Not just some important buildings, it was all ruins after they were done, look up "destroyed Warsaw" and then just "Warsaw" to see how it looks now.
The people who live in D.C. dont get any representation in congress
It was once not the capital city. Winchester was in fact the capital city of England.
It’s the only capital city that borders with two different countries. Since travel is so easy with schengen, rural areas in Hungary and Austria that border Bratislava became de facto suburbs of the city. So lot of people commute through border daily.
40% of the population (22000) died during the outbreak of plague 1710-1711 ☹️
The chemical element Hafnium is named after the latin name for Copenhagen, Hafnia.
There’s a city district named after Carlsberg the beer.
The Round Tower contains the oldest septic tank in Northern Europe.
There’s an enclave municipality inside of Copenhagen municipality called Frederiksberg municipality.
The naval church, Holmens Kirke, used to be an old anchor forge and is dedicated to the Danish navy. It’s also home to a Swedish cannon ball from 1658.
Stockholm. Built on 14 islands. Stockholm divide the Baltic sea from the Mälaren sea. Mälaren has the cleanest water in the world for a sea of that size. The baltic sea is the most polluted sea on the planet.
It’s often called "The Paris of the East" because of the old architecture mirroring that of Paris. We also have an Arc de Triomphe, albeit much smaller in size, to go along with the nickname.
Madrid was made the capital of Spain because it was in between two bishoprics so the church would have to fight over jurisdiction and let Felipe II (Bloody Mary’s husband) have a freer hand.
Unlike most big cities that are either on a coast or on a river, Sofia has neither. However it has lots of mineral springs and this is what it was built around.
It has less castles than our largest city. Edinburgh 1, Glasgow 3.
It’s two meters underwater. Our main train station was built in the middle of a bay/river and its biggest bike parking (7000 bikes) is physically under water.
Also, farmers protested against railways because they said the extreme speed of 35km/h trains would stress out the cows so much they would stop producing milk.
That the Danes murdered 82 noblemen in it in 1520, and with it basically kicking of the Swedish independence war to succeed from the Kalmar Union for real. That said, it had been brewing for some time before (which was probably why the murders happened, but the murders did in fact not help, at all).
Copenhagen 🇩🇰 has the oldest amusement park in the world, Dyrehavsbakken, which opened in 1583 and is still open today.
Eveybody knows Tivoli, but Dyrehavsbakken is way older.
It was founded by the Vikings and was the biggest slave port in Western Europe at the height of the Viking era.
Wellington. It is called the windy city due to its proximity to a wind funnel from the Cook Strait and the "wind" from our politicians who habitate a beehive building and parliament buildings. It sits on a major fault line and long overdue for a big earthquake.