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Pictures of City Belgium Brussels

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on February 14, 2009

Pictures of City Belgium Brussels

Brussels is the largest urban area in Belgium and de facto capital city of the European Union. Officially, Brussels is known as ‘Brussels Capital-Region. People often confuse Brussels with the much smaller ‘City of Brussels’ withing it, which is the capital of Belgium. Brussels has turned from a 10th century fortress into a metropolis of more than one million inhabitants. After WWII, Brussels has remained as an important center of international politics. Main institutions of European Union and headquarters of NATO are situated at Brussels. In terms of per capita income, Brussels is the third richest city in EU.

Although historically Brussels was a Dutch speaking city but majority of the inhabitants are French speaking and thus both the languages are official. Due to its close proximity to the coastal area, the climate of Brussels is influenced by marine air masses from the Atlantic Ocean. Brussels faces on an average 200 days of rain per year. Brussels is divided into 19 municipalities. Architecture in Brussels is diverse, spanning from the medieval constructions on Grand Place to the modern buildings of EU institutions. Brussels is the UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988. Main attractions of Brussels include Grand Place, Gothic Town Hall, Basilica of the Sacred Heart, St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral, Laken Castle with large greenhouses, Royal palace and many other museums and historical structures and buildings.

Pictures of City Belgium Brussels

Pictures of City Denmark Copenhagen

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on February 14, 2009

Pictures of City Denmark Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark. Its population is around 1.15 million. Copenhagen is the most visited cities of Nordic countries. Every year, about one million international tourists visit Copenhagen. The city is the major regional center for education, culture, business, media and science. Life Science, IT, Shipping and R&D play major role in the economy of Copenhagen. Owing to its strategic location and state-of-the-art infrastructure in Scandinavia, Copenhagen has become the regional hub and a popular location for international conventions and regional headquarters.

Copenhagen has often been recognized as ‘The Most Livable City‘ and for ‘The Best Quality of Life’ by several international organizations and lifestyle magazines. Besides, Copenhagen is also considered as one of the most environment friendly cities. 36% of the workforce commutes to their places of work by bicycles. With strong urban and cultural developments, Copenhagen has been rightly described as a boom town. From its humble origin as a fishing village, today, the glittering capital of Danish Empire, Copenhagen has reached to the status of one of the world’ premier design capitals.

Pictures of City Denmark Copenhagen

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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.