Fun facts about famous cities

By travelling around cities and reading about their characteristics, most famous places or other sights that are worth seeing, I also came across some very ridiculous facts.

New York, Rome, London, Paris or Brussels – a lot of holidaymakers know these cities like the back of their hands. Whether it’s the Buckingham Palace in London, the taste of the famous Belgian chocolate or just the fact that New York is also called the “Big Apple”, there is nothing new about these information. Time to discover something new! 

Every city has its secrets! Therefore I’d like to list a few fun facts for you: 

Starting with the City of Love – Paris: It’s the only place in the world where you’ll find the “M” of McDonald’s written in white instead of yellow colour. The city council insisted on this change because they found the yellow colour tasteless.

Next interesting fact about the city of Oslo: Who believed it? Oslo remains the world’s costliest city for holidaymakers beating London, Paris, Zurich and other cities in the ranking. A night out in the city, including one night at a four-star hotel, a short taxi ride and cocktails and dinner for two, was found to cost 2135 Złoty.

Another fun fact about the city of Bangkok: Being the capital of Thailand it also is certified as the longest place name in the world:

"Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit”.

What it means is “The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (unlike Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the grand capital of the world endowed with nine precious gems, the happy city, abounding in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn”. 

The city with the last fun fact for today – New York: With the length of 10,000km its road network is the longest in the world. Not only the average running time but also the running time for commuter seems record-breaking: almost two hours daily!