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OSLO Oslo is the capital of Norway and was founded in 1050 by Harald, a Viking King Harderade. The city has experienced several influences mainly from the Hanseatic Guild …
LISBON Lisbon has 830,000 inhabitants in its densely populated urban area and if one includes the surrounding areas the total reaches 2.5 million. Lisbon is 15 kilometers from the …
PORTO Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, has always been a trading town and still is one today. Situated in the north of Portugal with its center on …
MILAN With 1,464,000 inhabitants, Milan, the capital city of Lombardy (the country’s most prosperous and highly industrialized region producing 20.4% of the GNP) is the second largest city and …
BERGEN Founded by King Olav Kyrre in 1070. Bergen is one of the country’s oldest towns and probably its most interesting. In the 12th and 13th centuries, one of …
LUXEMBOURG CITY For a city with only 80,000 inhabitants it is very important as the seat of the European Court of Justice and numerous institutions of the European Economic …
MADRID The capital of the Spanish kingdom lies at the foot of the Sierra Guadarrama 40 degrees north, a high plateau 650 meters above sea level. In winter it …
TRONDHEIM Founded in 997 AD by the Viking King Olav Tryggvason. Capital of Norway and chief ecclesiastical seat Ages, Trondheim is today one of the three largest towns in …
VENICE Venice (324,000 inhabitants), the capital of the region of Veneto, was built on 118 islands in the Gulf of Venice, separated from the sea by juts of land. …
ROTTERDAM The mega harbor town lies 28 kilometers from the coast on both sides of the New Maas river, one of the tributaries of the Rhine, where it flows …