Europe
Largest economiess
- Germany
- UK
- France
- Italy
- Russia
- Spain
- Netherlands
Microstates
- Vatican City: 0.44 sq. km
- enclaved by Italy.
- Official Language: Italian.
- Monaco: 2.02 sq. km
- bordered by France to the north, east and west.
- Official Language: French
- San Marino: 61 sq. km
- enclaved by Italy.
- Official Language: Italian.
- Liechtenstein: 160 sq. km
- between Austria and Switzerland.
- Official Language: German
- Malta: 316 sq. km
- Official Languages: Maltese (a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata, the only official Semitic language of the European Union. a latinised variety of spoken historical Arabic), English
- Andorra: 468 sq. km.
- Between France and Spain.
- Official Language: Catalan.
Netherlands vs Holland
Holland: 2 provinces out of 12
North Holland: Amsterdam
South Holland: Rotterdam, The Hague
North Macedonia
Changed name from Macedonia to North Macedonia in 2019.
Skopje: the capital and largest city; along the Vardar (or Axios) river.
Vardar: the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece; it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki.
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Fan of GameOfThrones? You should visit Dubrovnik in Croatia. Find the familiar scenes in this walled city. (Map: http://buff.ly/2uXJNmB)
Gibraltar
The southern end of the Iberian Peninsula, but a British Overseas Territory, not part of Spain.
Czech
Historically known as Bohemia.
Language: Czech, a West Slavic language, written in Latin script. Closely related to Slovak and Polish.
Austria
Official Language: German.
- Schloss Schönbrunn (Schönbrunn Palace, Schönbrunn meaning “beautiful spring”): the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, a Rococo palace.
- Wiener Musikverein: Renowned classical music venue.
Salzburg: the birthplace of Mozart.
Switzerland
Bern
Language: German
- old town
- Bärengraben (Bear Pit)
Zurich
Language: German
Geneva
Language: French
The longest rivers
Danube
- Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 2,850 km (1,770 mi) to the Black Sea
- Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade and Bratislava
- Five more capital cities lie in the Danube's basin: Bucharest, Sofia, Zagreb, Ljubljana and Sarajevo
- Munich
Rhine:
- the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe (after the Danube) 1,230 km (760 mi)
- The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps.
- flows north to Netherlands
- Basel->Strasbourg->(Frankfurt am Main)->Cologne->Düsseldorf->Duisburg->Rotterdam
The Danube is linked to the North Sea via the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, connecting the Danube at Kelheim with the Main at Bamberg.