26Stockholm
Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is built on 14 islands, and its city center is “virtually situated on the water.”
27. Belgrade, capital of Serbia, is in such a strategic position that it has been destroyed in wars 44 times, and battled over in 115 different wars.
28. Throughout South London, there are large sections of fence made out of World War 2 stretchers. These stretchers were used by civil authorities to transport the injured during the Blitz. They are what remains of the 600,000 built for the city during the war.
29. Buildings in Hong Kong have gaping holes to allow dragons free passage from their mountain homes to the sea.
30. There is a Beatles monument in central Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia celebrating the Beatles. During the Mongolian communist times, locals would sit around listening to forbidden western music and discussing the values of freedom and democracy.
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31Singapore shops
Singapore's crime rate is so low that many shops do not even bother to close the door when they close at night.
32. The Conakry International Airport parking lot lights in Guinea is a popular destination for the students to study as it is one of the few illuminated public places in a country where only 5% have access to electricity.
33. Underneath the streets of Beijing, there are over a million people who live in nuclear bunkers.
34. In Rome, the ancient temple named Largo di Torre Argentina where Julius Caesar was murdered is now a sanctuary for hundreds of cats.
35. There is a mysterious expanding black goo called La Mancha Negra (the black stain) that covers parts of roads in Caracas, Venezuela. Millions of dollars have been spent researching it, yet the cause is still unknown. 1,800 people have died in auto accidents due to the goo.
