Twin cities of Łódź

Country

Approx. Population

Hint

Answer

Germany

250.000

Formerly called Karl-Marx-Stadt, German figure skating mecca

Germany

625.000

State capital, home to country's second largest fair: Cannstatter Wasn

France

510.000

Football club Olympique, on the rivers Rhône and Saône, Birthplace of Andre-Marie Ampere

Lithuania

545.000

Capital, called "Rome of the North"

Russia

410.000

Textile center of Russia, first part of the name includes a comon Russian first name

Russia

430.000

Administrative center of a Russian Exclave, formerly Königsberg

Belarus

1.920.000

Capital, residence of Lee Harvey Oswald for more than two years

Ukraine

1.015.000

Named after a Greek city mistakenly believed to be there, home to the famous steps from Battleship Potemkin

Israel

440.000

Home to the Israeli sillicon valley, name means "Old New Land" in Hebrew

China

15.500.000

Namesake of an infamous square in Beijing, place of accidental explosions in a port storag area with 173 deaths in 2015

Georgia

125.000

Ancient town and place of the last Soviet race track to be constructured before 1990, near Tblisi

Portugal

80.000

Bayside town near Lisbon

Finland

230.000

Former industrial (textiles and metal) center, "Manchester of Finland"

Mexico

2.500.000

Planned city, home to major car factories, textile center in the 19th century, place of the battle that is celebrated on El Cinco de Mayo

Spain

440.000

Founded by the emir of Cordoba, probably named after Myrtle, one of the former Castilean capitals

Sweden

150.000

Originally small town which grew with a shoe-industry, name refers to a bridge on a bank of a river, birthplace of race car driver Ronnie Peterson

Ukraine

730.000

Former center of Galicia, until WW2 majority of population was Polish, part of "Everything is Illuminated" is set here, birthplace of Stanisław Lem

Hungary

165.000

Namesake of a goulash made with sour cream, known as the home of Paprika, site of a great flood obliterating the city in 1879

China

14.000.000

Terminus of the silk road, the only Chinese Port accessible to foreigners until the opium wars, a regional cuisine is named after its former romanization, capital of China on three (short) occassions in the 20th century