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World's Fair Locations

Can you name the cities that have hosted the World's Fair, World Expo, or Specialized Expositions?
Includes former cities.
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Theme
Year
Country
City
Industry of All Nations
1851
United Kingdom
London
Agriculture, Industry and Art
1855
France
Paris
Industry and Arts
1862
United Kingdom
London
Agriculture, Industry and Art
1867
France
Paris
Culture and Education
1873
Austria
Vienna
Arts, Manufactures and Products of
the Soil and Mine
1876
United States
Philadelphia
New Technologies
1878
France
Paris
Arts, Manufacturing, Agriculture and
Industrial Products of all Nations
1880 -1881
Australia
Melbourne
Fine and Industrial Art
1888
Spain
Barcelona
French Revolution
1889
France
Paris
Discovery of America
1893
United States
Chicago
Modern Life
1897
Belgium
Brussels
19th Century: An Overview
1900
France
Paris
Louisiana Purchase
1904
United States
St. Louis
Commemoration of the 75th
anniversary of independence
1905
Belgium
Liege
Transport
1906
Italy
Milan
Works of Art and Science, Agriculture
and Industrial Products of All Nations
1910
Belgium
Brussels
Peace, Industry and Art
1913
Belgium
Ghent
Inauguration of the Panama Canal
1915
United States
San Francisco
Arts, Industry and Sport
1929 -1930
Spain
Barcelona
The interdependence among industry and
scientific research
1933 -1934
United States
Chicago
Transports
1935
Belgium
Brussels
Art and Technology in Modern Life
1937
France
Paris
Pageant of the Pacific
1939 -1940
United States
San Francisco
Building the World of Tomorrow
1939 -1940
United States
New York
The Festival of Peace
1949
Haiti
Port-au-Prince
A World View: A New Humanism
1958
Belgium
Brussels
Man in the Space Age
1962
United States
Seattle
Man and His World
1967
Canada
Montreal
Progress and Harmony for Mankind
1970
Japan
Osaka
The Era of Discovery
1992
Spain
Seville
Man, Nature, and Technology
2000
Germany
Hanover
Nature's Wisdom
2005
Japan
Aichi
Better City, Better Life
2010
China
Shanghai
Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life
2015
Italy
Milan
Connecting Minds, Creating the Future
2021
United Arab Emirates
Dubai
Theme
Year
Country
City
Designing Future Society for Our Lives
2025
Japan
Osaka
Aviation
1936
Sweden
Stockholm
Aeropace
1938
Finland
Helsinki
Art of Water
1939
Belgium
Liege
Urbanism and Housing
1947
France
Paris
Sport and physical culture
1949
Sweden
Stockholm
Rural Habitat
1949
France
Lyon
Textile
1951
France
Lille
Agriculture
1953
Italy
Rome
Conquest of the Desert
1953
Israel
Jerusalem
Navigation
1954
Italy
Naples
Sport
1955
Italy
Turin
Modern Man in the Environment
1955
Sweden
Helsingborg
Cirrus
1956
Israel
Beit Dagan
Reconstruction of the Hansa District
1957
West Germany
West Berlin
Celebration of centenial of Italian Unity
1961
Italy
Turin
Transport
1965
West Germany
Munich
Confluence of Civilizations in the Americas
1968
United States
San Antonio
The Hunt through the World
1971
Hungary
Budapest
Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh
New Environment
1974
United States
Spokane
The Sea we would like to See
1975 -1976
Japan
Okinawa
Hunting
1981
Bulgaria
Plovdiv
Energy Turns the World
1982
United States
Knoxville
The World of Rivers- Fresh Water
as a Source of Life
1984
United States
New Orleans
Dwellings and Surroundings- Science and
Technology for Man at Home
1985
Japan
Tsukuba
Inventions
1985
Bulgaria
Plovdiv
Transportation and Communication: World in
Motion – World in Touch
1986
Canada
Vancouver
Leisure in the Age of Technology
1988
Australia
Brisbane
The activity of young people in the service of a World of Peace
1991
Bulgaria
Plovdiv
Christopher Columbus, The Ship and the Sea
1992
Italy
Genoa
The Challenge of a New Road of Development
1993
South Korea
Daejeon
The Oceans: A Herritage for the Future
1998
Portugal
Lisbon
Water and Sustainable Development
2008
Spain
Zaragoza
The Living Ocean and Coast
2012
South Korea
Yeosu
Future Energy
2017
Kazakhstan
Astana
3 Comments
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Level 78
May 29, 2023
I feel "Berlin" should count as a valid answer. In that era, no additional qualifier was required unless the context required for more clarification.
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Level 75
May 29, 2023
How in the world did more people not get Knoxville? I went specifically to see the Wigsphere last year.
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Level 59
May 30, 2023
Wod fir??