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The largest squares have always played a crucial role in people’s lives. Typically, they housed courts, theaters, and restaurants. Meetings were arranged here, decrees and news were announced, and celebrations were held. Therefore, the main virtue of a city square was its capacity. In other wo...
Small towns are great friends. Everyone knows you here, the whole community will help you, and they will discuss you too, but that’s just part of the deal, right? However, you shouldn’t get too carried away looking for the smallest town – you might end up alone if you quarrel with your o...
Many large cities have grown so much that they have absorbed nearby settlements and literally merged into agglomerations. The question arose: what defines a city? Scientists devised a simple solution, writes the authoritative source demographia.com, using nighttime satellite imagery to determine the...
The publication cushmanwakefield.com released a list of the most expensive streets in the world for commercial real estate rental per square meter. Traditionally, New York’s Fifth Avenue ranks high with an average rent of $21,295 per year per square meter. 1 Causeway Bay, Hong Kong – $25...
Did you know what slum tourism is? It’s a new fascination — traveling through various slums. It’s quite an extreme option, but no less interesting for that. Fortunately (or unfortunately for some), there are plenty of slums in the world, some of them quite impressive. 1Dharavi. Mumbai, India Perhaps...
Tourism experts from PACE compile a list of the most beautiful cities in the world annually. If you pay attention to the coastal European options, the overall picture has not changed for several years. 1 Hallstatt, Austria The oldest village (of course, only in terms of historical age) on the shores...
Analyzing 350 world tours of 200 groups and artists, it turns out they’re not as global as one might think; the list of cities repeated from time to time. These are the trends of modern music, which has long turned from art into commercial projects. So, here are the 10 Most Visited Cities by A...
Throughout human history, many cities have been abandoned by their inhabitants for various reasons. Natural ones, such as earthquakes or landslides; economic factors, like depleted resources or new roads bypassing cities; social issues, including diseases or population aging. Many of these cities re...
The list includes high-altitude cities with populations exceeding 100,000 people located at the maximum elevation above sea level. For comparison, these cities are higher than the famous Machu Picchu, which is situated at an elevation of 2400 meters above sea level. 1El Alto, 4150 m El Alto in Boliv...
Japan is a very unique country that has preserved its culture from external influences. For a long time, Japan was a closed country to foreigners, so closed that many city names sound unfamiliar to us. Nevertheless, Japan is densely populated with many big cities, and today, here is the top 10 large...