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Pictures of City Iceland Reykjavik

Pictures of City Iceland Reykjavik

Reykjavik is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is the world’ most northern national capital. Population of Reykjavik is 120,000 in city limits and 200,000 in the Greater Reykjavik area. It is the hub of Iceland’ economic and government activities. The city is the only metropolitan area in the entire Iceland country. Reykjavik is a highly modernized capital of one of the most developed countries of world. It has one of the best welfare system and infrastructure in the world. Being located slightly south of the Arctic Circle, the city receives only four hours of daylight on the shortest day in winter. During summer, the nights are almost as bright as days. Reykjavik has been ranked as the top city in the list of ‘World’ 15 most green cities’.

Reykjavik is located in the southwest Iceland. Its coastline comprises of peninsulas, coves, straits and islands. Despite its North Atlantic location, Reykjavik is much warmer than other locations on similar latitude. Average temperature is January is 0 Celsius and rarely drops below -10 Celsius in winter. Summer months are cool with temperatures in the range of 10-15 Celsius. With its per capita car ownership being the highest among the world, Reykjavik is regarded as a car-friendly city. Abundant water and volcanic activity in Iceland have provided Reykjavik with a unique opportunity of using geothermal heating system.

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Pictures of City Czech Republic Prague

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.

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Pictures of City Finland Helsinki

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.

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Pictures of City Paris France

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.

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Pictures of City Las Vegas USA

Pictures of City Las Vegas USA

Las Vegas, most populous city in the state of Nevada in USA, is a world-renowned city of casinos, shopping and entertainment. Best known as The Entertainment Capital of the World, Las Vegas has world’ highest numbers of casino resorts offering gambling related entertainment. With an estimated population of about 560,000, Las Vegas is 28th most populous city of USA. It is emerging as a preferred city for retirement and family life. Due to its tolerance for maximum numbers of adult entertainment and gambling dens, it is often called as Sin City.

Owing to its numerous outdoor lighting displays, Las Vegas remains as the brightest area of the earth as seen from the space. Las Vegas houses several popular settings for films and television programs. Despite its growing gambling economy, Las Vegas is set to fall behind Macau in China, which has become the largest gambling center in the world. Las Vegas is situated on the arid dessert floor within Clark County and thus the surrounding environment is dominated by dessert vegetation, wildlife and torrential flash floods.