EUROPE NOTES

SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA Norway and Sweden

JUTLAND PENINSULA Denmark and the Northern portion of Germany
ITALIA/APENNINE PENINSULA Italy, San Marino and the Vatican City
IBERIAN PENINSULA Spain, Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar, small
portion of France
BALKAN PENINSULA Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro,
Romania, Serbia, Kosovo, Slovenia, Turkey
CRIMEAN PENINSULA Nowadays the sovereignty over the peninsula is
currently disputed between Ukraine and the
Russian Federation

WESTERN UPLANDS Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden and Denmark),

Finland, Iceland, Scotland, Ireland, Brittany region
of France, Spain, Portugal
NORTH EUROPEAN PLAIN United Kingdom, Russia, parts of France, Belgium,
the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Baltic States
(Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and Belarus
CENTRAL UPLANDS Western France and Belgium, parts of Northern
Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria
ALPINE MOUNTAINS The Italian and Balkan Peninsulas, Northern Spain
and Southern France

EASTERN EUROPE CAPITALS TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Belarus Minsk NesvizhRadziwitt Castle
Bulgaria Sofia Rila Monastery
Moldova Chisinau Soroca Fort
Russia Moscow St. Basil’s Cathedral
Ukraine Kiev St. Sophia’s Cathedral
Azerbaijan Baku Heydar Aliyev Center
Georgia Tbilisi Vardzia
Armenia Yerevan Temple of Garni
Baltic States
Estonia Tallinn Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Latvia Riga Gauja National Park
Lithuania Vilnius Trakai Island Castle

NORTHERN EUROPE CAPITALS TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Denmark Copenhagen Colorful Old Port of Nyhavn
Finland Helsinki Suomenlinna
Iceland Reykjavik Gullfoss Waterfall
Norway Oslo Svalbard
Sweden Stockholm Gamla Stan
United Kingdom
England London Buckingham Palace/Stonehenge
Northern Ireland Belfast Giant Causeway
Scotland Edinburgh Palace of Holyroodhouse
Ireland Dublin Phoenix Park

CENTRAL EUROPE CAPITALS TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Austria Vienna Schönbrunn Palace, Museum
and Opera
Czech Republic Prague Charles Bridge and Medieval
Old Town
Germany Berlin Bradenburg Gate
Hungary Budapest Castle Hill
Liechtenstein Vaduz Malbun
Poland Warsaw Wawel Royal Castle
Slovakia Bratislava St. Elisabeth’s Cathedral
Slovenia Ljubljana Postojna
Switzerland Bern Fraumünster Church
Romania Bucharest Dimitrie Gusti National Village
Museum
Serbia Belgrade Stari Grad

WESTERN EUROPE CAPITALS TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

France Paris Louvre Museum
Monaco Monaco Casino Monte-Carlo
BENELUX
Belgium Brussels Belfry of Bruges
Netherlands Amsterdam Van Gogh Museum
Luxembourg Luxembourg Vianden Castle
SOUTHERN EUROPE CAPITALS TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
Albania Tirana Dajti
Andorra Andorra la Vella OrdinoArcalisEstación de Esqui
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Jahorina
Croatia Zagreb Walls of Old Town of
Dubrovnik
Cyprus Nicosia Tombs of the Kings
Gibraltar Gibraltar Europa Point
Greece Athens Parthenon
Italy Rome The Colosseum
Kosovo Pristina NebeskeStolice
North Macedonia Skopje Matka Canyon
Malta Valletta St. John Co-Cathedral
Montenegro Podgorica Lovćen
Portugal Lisbon São Jorge Castle
San Marino City of San Marino Monte Titano
Spain Madrid Royal Palace
Turkey Ankara Hagia Sofia
Vatican City Vatican City Sistine Chapel

Trivia About Europe

 World’s longest tunnel – Gothard Tunnel in Switzerland

 World’s Longest instrument – Trembita in Ukraine
 Longest River in Europe– Volga River in Russia.
 World’s remotest island - Bouvet Island owned by Norway
 World’s largest producer of olive oil– Spain
 Europe is home to two countries that are completely landlocked by Italy; San Marino and Vatican City
 Smallest country in the world – Vatican City
 Europe has some unique place names – There are seven different villages in Denmark, Sweden and
Norway with the name Å means river in Scandinavian languages, making Europe home to some of the
shortest named places in the world.
 A large village of Anglesey in Wales–Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. The
long form of the name was invented for promotional purposes in the 1860s, and with 58 characters, it is
the longest name in Europe.
 Northernmost town: Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard in Norway. Only about 35 people live there all year round,
but in summer, there are about 120 people staying in the town. The town is used as a base for
explorations and research.
 Rome was the first city in the world to reach a population of 1 million people.
 Istanbul is the largest city in the world that is on two different continents.

 Norway has a lot of fjords

 Spain means “land of the rabbits”