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BERNE Legend has it that Duke Berchtold V of Zahringen, the founder of the city, named it after the first animal he killed in a great chase. He killed …
SIGHTS London possesses a large number of splendid buildings, squares, museums, beautiful parks and exciting, lively streets like no other city in the world. This is why we can …
BASEL With a total population of 173,000 Basle is Switzerland’s second largest city. It is situated at an old Rhine crossing between the Jura and the Black Forest. Both …
ANKARA Ankara, Turkey’s capital, is set in the strategic heartland of Central Anatolia, its site deliberately chosen by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the modern Republic of Turkey. …
GOTEBORG Goteborg, Sweden’s second largest dty and largest port is situated on the Swedish west coast of the archipelago, a city from the 17th century surrounded by channels -a …
STOCKHOLM Stockholm is officially 730 years old, but more than 4000 years ago, there were already people living in the Stockholm area and there are many historical sites in …
MALMO Malmo is the third largest city of Sweden and can trace its history back to the 12th century. The city is located in southern Sweden on the shores …
GENEVA For many people and for many centuries, Geneva has been and remains a most suitable place for exchanges of all kinds: A legendary oasis in the world of …
ZURICH The North West Company, a rival of the Hudson’s Bay Company since the late eighteenth century, finally merged with it in 1821. Owning or managing half of the …
BUCHAREST In the lowland plains of Romania in Walachia, 50 kilometers north of the Danube is the Romanian capital Bucharest Romania lying on both sides of the river Dimbowitza. …