Tag: World Cities
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Ulaanbaatar: Why Mongolia Has the World’s Coldest Capital
Forget Moscow, Helsinki or Reykjavík. The coldest national capital on Earth is found in the heart of Mongolia. When you think of the world’s coldest capital cities, Moscow, Helsinki or perhaps Reykjavík might come to mind. But the title belongs to a city much farther east: Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. Situated between the vast Mongolian steppe and the mountains of Central Asia, Ulaanbaatar experiences some of the harshest winters of any…
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Why Most Countries Don’t Have a Metro
It’s easy to assume that any reasonably developed country should have an underground railway. Tokyo has the Ginza Line. London has the Tube. Paris Why Most Countries Don’t Have a Metro It’s easy to assume that any reasonably developed country should have an underground railway. Tokyo has the Ginza Line. London has the Tube. Paris…