Singapore is remarkable in that it is one of the few “city-states” left in the world This is an indication of how old Singapore is, since most city-states, like Athens, date back to thousands of years before Christ

As the most populated city in the most populated country in the world, Shanghai is well-known for dubious reasons Bursting at the seams with a population of over twenty million people, this city is easily among the largest on the face of the planet

Seville has been a bustling burg for over two thousand years, making it one of the few cities from before Christ that still maintains an important presence in the modern world Though its history is remarkable and fascinating, modern day Seville is indispensable as Southern Spain’s most important city in terms of culture, art, and finance

As both the capital and the largest city in Latvia, Riga commands quite a presence in the Baltic region Only St

Nuremberg, Germany is probably most well-known for the ill-fated “Nuremberg Trials” where Nazi generals were sentenced to death in light of the country’s defeat in World War Two and the massacres of the Holocaust This red mark has, sadly, overshadowed the remarkable and generally non-genocidal history of Nuremberg

Marrakech, or the “red city”, is a sprawling, beautiful burg that combines the old world aesthetic of the Middle East with the modern styling of today’s cities and towns As the shining beacon in the North African country of Morocco, thousands visit Marrakech each week to lay eyes on the incredible market squares that have been the trademark of Marrakech from time immemorial

In North Germany, not far from Denmark, lies Hamburg, the second most populated city in Germany after Munich The Hamburg Metropolitan Region boasts almost five million citizens and has been a home to Germans for over a thousand years

Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is also the country’s largest city With a population that tops two million, no other city in the nation comes close to Bucharest in scope and scale and, as a result, it has become Romania’s cultural, artistic, and financial epicenter

Lying at the heart of one of the largest metropolitan areas in all of the United Kingdom, with a population of over two million people, Manchester is the shining beacon of Northwest England This city is of massive economic importance to Britain and has been ever since the Industrial Revolution, when it led the country in heavy industry

In all of Austria few cities compare to Salzburg when it comes to beauty, history, and grandeur The gorgeous landscape overlooking the Alps has made an impression on countless people and the incredible baroque era architecture makes Salzburg both pristine and fascinating to look at