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Pictures of City Czech Republic Prague

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on February 14, 2009

Pictures of City Czech Republic Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of Czech Republic. Prague is the official cultural, economic and administrative center of Czech State for more than 1100 years. Population of city is 1.2 million and that of metropolitan area is 1.9 million. Since 1992, Prague has been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Site. As per the Guinness Book of World records , Prague Castle is the largest ancient castle in the world. Prague is also known as ‘City of Hundred Spires‘, ‘The Golden City’ and ‘The Mother of Cities’.

After the fall of Iron Curtain, Prague has become of the most preferred tourist destination for European and other international travelers. It is the sixth most visited city after London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin. Since Prague suffered considerably less damage during WWII than some of the other major cities in the region, most of its historic architecture has remained true to form. Prague houses one of the world’ most pristine and varied collection of architecture including Renaissance Gothic, Neo-Classical and ultra-modern. Some of the most interesting places in Prague include Old Town with its Square , The Astronomical Clock , Charles Bridge, Old New Synagogue, New Town, Prague Castle, St. Vitus Cathedral, Old Jewish Cemetery, National Museum, An Observation Tower resembling Eiffel Tower and The Dancing House, among other.

Pictures of City Czech Republic Prague

Pictures of City Estonia Tallinn

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on February 14, 2009

Pictures of City Estonia Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It lies on the northern coast of Estonia on the Gulf of Finland. Tallinn is an important industrial, political, cultural center and a seaport. Lake Ulemiste is the largest lake (9.6 square Km) and the main drinking source in Tallinn. A limestone cliff runs through the city of Tallinn.

Tallinn has a coastline of 46 km and it comprises of three large peninsulas. Tallinn is subdivided into eight administrative districts. As of May 2007, population of Tallinn is around 400,000. Due to Soviet occupation during 1944-1991, large number of non-Estonians, mostly Russians, migrated and settled in Estonia. Around 28% of total population of Tallinn is non-EU, which is the highest among the member state capitals of EU. Besides the Estonian language, Russian, Finnish and English are the three major international languages that are spoken in Tallinn. Major economy of Tallinn is dependent on seaport and IT. It is considered as the Silicone Valley of Baltic Sea. Main attractions in Tallinn are in the two old towns (Lower Town and Toompea) that could be easily explored on foot.

Pictures of City Estonia Tallinn

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Pictures of City Finland Helsinki

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on February 14, 2009

Pictures of City Finland Helsinki

Capital and largest city of Finland, Helsinki is located in the southern part of Finland, on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. With a population of around 575,000, helsinki is the most populous municipality in Finland. Fireign-born population of Helsinki stands at 10%. Helsinki along with the neighboring cities of Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen constitues the capital region, which has about 1 million inhabitants. Helsinki is the cultural, educational, political, government and business center of Finland.

Helsinki is spread across a nmber of bays and peninsulas and over a number of islands. The city has a temperate continental climate, with maximum summer temperature of around 20 Celsius during June to August and with maximum winter temperature of around -5 Celsius during January and February. Helsinki is famous for its architecture, most notable being its numerous Art Nouveau buildings designed in the early 1900s. National Museum of Finland is the largest museum in Helsinki, which displays a vast historical collection prehistoric times to 21st century. With its romantic style neo-medieval castle, the museum building itself is a major tourist attraction.

Pictures of City Finland Helsinki

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Pictures of City Paris France

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on January 3, 2009

Pictures of City Paris France

Paris, Capital and largest city of France, is located on the river Seine in northern France. With a population of around 12 million of the city of Paris and its agglomeration, Paris is the most populous metropolitan city of Europe. Paris is one of the major global cities in the world. With a GDP of more than $700 billion, Paris comes at the fifth place by GDP in the global cities. Apart from hosting 37 Fortune Global-500 companies, Paris also hosts the headquarters of many international organizations like UNESCO, OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) and ICC (International Chambers of Commerce)

Every year, more than 30 million tourists from all over the world flock Paris to visit several iconic landmarks, places of historical interests, internationally renowned institutions, museums and monuments, cathedrals, world heritage sites, city parks, opera houses, and above all Eiffel Tower. Aside from capital of France, Paris is also known as the fashion capital of world.