- Venice, Italy
23 May '18
“Venice is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and
linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an
enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers.”
- Havana, Cuba
16 Apr '18
“Havana is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana
Province, Havana is the country’s main port and commercial center. The city
has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of 728.26
km2 (281.18 sq mi) – making it the largest city by area, the most populous
city, and the fourth largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean region.”
- Toronto, Canada
9 Apr '18
“Toronto is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a
recorded population of 2,794,356, it is the most populous city in Canada and
the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the
Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people surrounding the
western end of Lake Ontario. Toronto is an international centre of business,
finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most
multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.”
- Doha, Qatar
1 Jan '18
“Doha is the capital of Qatar, and has more people than the rest of Qatar
combined, with a population of 2,382,000 in 2018. The city is located on the
coast of the Persian Gulf in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and
south of Al Khor. It is Qatar’s fastest growing city, with over 80% of the
nation’s population living in Doha or its surrounding suburbs. It is the
political and economic center of the country.”
- Copenhagen, Denmark
22 Aug '15
“Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.”
- Stockholm, Sweden
22 Sep '13
“Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest
urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the
municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the
metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake
Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the
coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been
settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a
city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of
Stockholm County.”
- Crete, Greece
20 Aug '13
“Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest
island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea,
after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete rests about 160 km (99 mi)
south of the Greek mainland, and about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Anatolia.
Crete has an area of 8,336 km2 (3,219 sq mi) and a coastline of 1,046 km (650
mi). It bounds the southern border of the Aegean Sea, with the Sea of Crete to
the north and the Libyan Sea to the south.”