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From: The Independent on Sunday
Date: 20050605
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Frankfurt

Germany's financial hub is home to the European Central Bank and the German Stock Exchange. For centuries the city was an important centre for European trade and domestic politics. No fewer than 36 kings were elected and 10 emperors crowned in Frankfurt between 855 and 1792, and in 1848 it became home to Germany's first elected parliament. Frankfurt was also the birthplace in 1749 of the writer, scientist and philosopher, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Berlin

Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification between east and west in 1990, Berlin again became the capital of ...

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