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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 Rome Italy

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on January 3, 2009

Pictures of City Rome Italy

Rome, capital and largest city of Italy, is situated in the Lazio region of central-western portion of Italian Peninsula on the Tiber River. With its population of about 2.7 million people, Rome remains as the most populous city of Italy. Rome is regarded as the founder city of western civilization. With a history spanning more than twenty-five centuries, Rome occupies a significant place in the spreading Christianity even outside its history of Roman Empire. Rome remains as the city of Renaissance and Baroque in character being one of the very few major European cities that escaped World War II relatively unscathed.

Rome is a global city that has a large influence in politics, arts, culture and media. It is a highly developed cosmopolitan city ranks third in Europe in regard to most-visited tourist destination. Every year about 26 million tourists visit the city of Rome, which is listed by UNESCO as a world heritage site. Rome is regarded as the second most attractive and exciting cities in the world. Rome has a typical Mediterranean climate, which is comfortable and pleasant from April through June and from mid September to October.

Pictures of City Rome Italy

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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.