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Europe Overview

Posted on October 1, 2022October 2, 2022 by ehangzhou

Extensive vineyards and hilly idyll …

From the barren peaks of the Caucasus and the cobbled alleys of Riga to the wild and beautiful lava landscapes of Iceland. Lavender-scented archipelago in Croatia and the Mediterranean that clings to Greek island pearls, mythical places where the sirens live… And then Tuscany that attracts with vineyards and wonderful food culture. Almost like home – but always wonderfully new: Europe.

Area: 10 million km²

Number of inhabitants: 740 million

Largest country (by population)

  • Russia – 140 million
  • Germany – 81 million
  • Turkey – 80 million
  • France – 65 million
  • United Kingdom – 63 million

Did you know that…

Europe is both the smallest and the most densely populated continent?

Istanbul is the only city located on two continents, namely Europe and Asia?

Countries in Europe

Contrary to most Europeans’ gut feelings, there is disagreement among experts as to whether Europe can be called a continent at all. Strictly speaking, Europe is only a peninsula to Asia, and the perception of Europe as an independent continent depends on culture and tradition rather than on strict geological principles. For the same reason, there is also no fixed, logical border between Europe and Asia, but most people draw it on the Ural Mountains and down through the Bosphorus, which means that only a small part of Turkey belongs to Europe. A similar confusion applies to Greenland, which is politically European, but geographically belongs to North America.

How many countries are in Europe? The following table presesents all of the 46 countries in the continent of Europe.

State Capital Area Population
Albania Tirana 28,748 km2 2,821,977
Andorra Andorra la Vella 468 km2 76,098
Belgium Brussels 32,545 km2 11,132,269
Belarus Minsk 207,600 km2 9,468,100
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 51,197 km2 3,791,622
Bulgaria Sofia 110,912 km2 7,282,041
Montenegro Podgorica 13,812 km2 620,029
Czechia Prague 78,866 km2 10,513,800
Denmark Copenhagen 43,094 km2 5,627,235
Estonia Tallinn 45,100 km2 1,311,870
Finland Helsinki 338,145 km2 5,452,821
France Paris 551,500 km2 65,844,000
Croatia Zagreb 56,538 km2 4,290,612
Ireland Dublin 70,273 km2 4,593,100
Iceland Reykjavík 103,000 km2 325,671
Italy Rome 301,318 km2 59,943,933
Kosovo Pristina 10,887 km2 1,815,606
Lichtenstein Vaduz 160 km2 37 132
Lithuania Vilnius 65,300 km2 2,941,953
Latvia Riga 64,600 km2 2,003,900
Luxembourg Luxembourg 2,586 km2 537,000
Hungary Budapest 93,032 km2 9,906,000
Macedonia Skopje 25,713 km2 2,062,294
Malta Valletta 316 km2 416,055
Moldova Chisinau 33,851 km2 3,559,500
Monaco Monaco 2 km2 36 136
Germany Berlin 357,022 km2 80,619,000
Netherlands Amsterdam 41,528 km2 16,842,200
Norway Oslo 385,155 km2 5,109,056
Poland Warsaw 312,685 km2 38,502,396
Portugal Lisbon 91,982 km2 10,487,289
Austria Vienna 83,858 km2 8,504,850
Romania Bucharest 238,391 km2 20,121,641
Russia Moscow 17,098,200 km2 143,700,000
Greece Athens 131,957 km2 10,815,197
San Marino San Marino 61 km2 33,540
Slovakia Bratislava 49,033 km2 5,415,949
Slovenia Ljubljana 20,256 km2 2,061,963
Serbia Belgrade 77,474 km2 7,181,505
Spain Madrid 505,992 km2 46,609,700
Sweden Stockholm 449,964 km2 9,651,531
Switzerland Bern 41,284 km2 8,112,200
Turkey Ankara 783,562 km2 76,667,864
Ukraine Kyiv 603,700 km2 45,426,200
Vatican Vatican 0.44 km2 839
Great Britain London 242,900 km2 63,705,000

European Countries Flags

Source: Flags of Countries in Europe

Geography

Geographically, Europe, or the Asian peninsula, can be likened to a kind of skateboard ramp with mountains in the northern and southern regions and a large, fertile plain in the middle. The prevailing view of Europe as a natural and landscape-like fairly smooth continent is not entirely justified. For example, the mild climate that Northern Europe has been blessed with in relation to latitudes is a rather extreme phenomenon. In Iceland and Italy there are volcanoes and in the Swiss Alps, in Iceland and Greenland you will find vast glaciers. In addition, there are the Norwegian fjords that cut into the steep mountain sides, and which are among some of the world’s longest and deepest. 90 percent of Europe has been covered by forest, but the vast majority of the natural forest stock has long since been given space for arable and grazing land.

The Parliament House on Ringstrasse in Vienna

Past and present

However, human activity has not only had negative consequences: Europe was also the place where the idea of ​​democracy arose. From the Roman Empire, most countries in the world have adopted the ideas of the legal system and the organization of society. European history also includes less pleasant phenomena such as crusades and missionary work, and in the 15th century a real boom of voyages of discovery began over large parts of the world. In this way, almost all European countries became colonial powers and could derive great benefits from the trade in goods from the colonies. In recent times, Europe’s history has been marked by world wars, and most recently by new members of the European family as a number of countries in Central and Eastern Europe have become independent states.

Traveling through Europe

European countries can meet the needs of most people for an exciting holiday. For example, northernmost Europe is perfect for different nature experiences and trips with a focus on wildlife. In Southern Europe, unique cultural and bathing holidays await, while the vast forests and wide rivers of Eastern Europe encourage river cruises. That you do not have to travel to distant continents for special holiday experiences, you discover when you stand face to face with a calving glacier in Greenland, enjoy the peaceful atmosphere of the Alhambra in Andalusia or almost get lost in the countless halls and rooms in the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.

 

 

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