In Hong Kong there are actually more skyscrapers than in New York. Hong Kong it the city which holds the world record for the number of skyscrapers, over 7800. And among them about 1300 are more than 100 meters tall, while the all time record is the International Commerce Centre - 484 meters high. And as you might have thought the city also has a record annual tea consumption - over 9.8 million kilos. Every year. And rising. If you want to visit Oslo maybe you should know that it has been the Norwegian capital since 1814 and for a while it was named Christiania. And every year, on December the 10th, it is also the host of the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony.
How easy it is to be a taxi driver in London? Or a cab driver, if you want. Not so easy. For not only you have to posess ”The Knowledge”, which means you have to know by heart about 25000 roads and streets, as well as over 50 000 landmarks of all kind, but you will be tested. And it is a hard exam, one of the hardest.
While the Spanish city of Barcelona has over 50 museums, ranging from art and history to some rather unusual ones, the most popular, the one which enjoys the most visitors every year is (maybe not such a big shock) the FC Barcelona Museum. So there must be many soccer fans who come here especially for it.
You are in Tokyo and you sort of miss Paris? Not a problem, for here you can admire the Japanese version of the Eiffel Tower, the Tokyo Tower, inspired by the French model but 13 meters taller. And a lot lighter, of course.
If you are a Beatles fan and are in Prague you are in for a treat. Here you can visit the John Lennon Wall, covered with graffiti about the artist, portraits and lyrics, messages from fans and mementos. The wall was first painted in the 1980s, shortly after the assassination of Lennon, and even if the authorities time and time again painted over the artwork, the anonymous artists simply carried on. And no, John Lennon never visited Prague.
There are more than 1700 bridges in Berlin, more than Venice in any case.
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