Capital and largest city of Nova Scotia, and Canada's main ice-free Atlantic port. Its strategic position made it an important wartime naval base. James Wolfe, the British general, sailed from here to capture Quebec in 1759, and in both World Wars Halifax was a gathering place for Atlantic convoys. The first transatlantic steamship service started between Halifax and Great Britain in 1840. Today the city is important for bulk cargoes and container traffic, and is an educational, cultural and industrial centre, with iron foundries, oil refineries and factories making soap and shoes.
Population (city) 114 595; (metropolitan area) 278 000
Locals hypothesize that the legacy of Italian blood and culture in Cologne, colonized by the Romans more than 1500 years ago, makes the people more jovial and lighthearted. Cologne is the largest city on the Rhine.
Kolsch is not only the dialect spoken here but, also the name of their own top-fermented beer. There are more than 4,000 pubs, restaurant's and brewery taverns in Cologne.
Unlike many of the world's large cities, Cologne, with a population of over a million, gets better every day, there are more things to do and see, more new and innovative buildings... more
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Cologne is situated on the beautiful Rhine River.