Europe

Largest economiess

1. Germany
2. UK
3. France
4. Italy
5. Russia
6. Spain
7. 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.