POPULATION: 10 million
AREA: 30,519km (about half the size of Ireland)
CAPITAL: Brussels
CURRENCY: Euro
LANGUAGES: Dutch,French and German
FAMOUS FOR: Chocolates and Tintin (from the cartoon), E. U headquarters
NATIONAL ANTHEM: La Brabanconne
B russels
E uropean headquarters
L aume Dufay (famous Belgian writer & artist)
G hent
I ndustrialized
U niversityof Louvain
M onarchy
COUNTRY: Denmark
POPULATION: 5.2 million
AREA: 43,094
CAPITAL: Copenhagan
CURRENCY: Kroner
LANGUAGE: Danish
FAMOUS FOR: Lego, Vikings
NATIONAL ANTHEM: “There is a lovely country”
D anish Cheeses
E uropean Unions 7th joiner along with Ireland and the UK
N eutral in World War 1
M ild climate
A ndersen famous writer
R uled by a monarchy
K roner is its currency
POPULATION: 57 Million
AREA: 544,000 km2
CAPITAL: Paris
CURRENCY: Euro
LANGUAGE: French
FAMOUS FOR: Wine, Fashion
NATIONAL ANTHEM: La Marseillaise
F rench cuisine
R hone
A lps and Alsasce
N otre Dame Cathedral
C heese
E iffel Tower
POPULATION:57,240,000
AREA:301,046 KM
CAPITAL: ROME
CURRENCY: EURO
LANGUAGE: ITALIAN
FAMOUS FOR:.THE LEANING TOWER OF PISA
NATIONAL ANTHEM: FRATELLI DE ITALIA (BROTHERS OF ITALY)
I TALIAN
T URIN
A ZURI
L ASAGNE
H YNM OF MANELI
POPULATION: 400,900
AREA: 2,586KM
CAPITAL: Luxembourg City.
CURRENCY: Euro.
LANGUAGE: Letzeburgesh<national>French<official>.
FAMOUS FOR: Banks,castles.
NATIONAL ANTHEM:Ons hemecht<Our Homeland>.
L ittle Country.
U nbelievably beautiful castles.
X mas trees are grown here.
E chternach.
M ersch.
B anks.
O esling.
U nbelievably amazing scenary.
R edange.
G revenmacher.
POPULATION:8,222,00
AREA:449,964km
CAPITAL:Stockholm
CURRENCY:Euro
LANGUAGE:Swedish
FAMOUS FOR:Making steel and Cars
S teel
W oods
E kjo
D egerhamn
E skilstuna
N ybro
POPULATION: 7.8 MILLION
AREA: 83,857M2
CAPITAL: VIENNA
CURRENCY: EURO
LANGUAGE: GERMAN
FAMOUS FOR: MOZART, THE ALPS AND SKIING
NATIONAL ANTHEM: LAND DER BERG. LAND AM STROME
A IS FOR AUSTRIA
U IS FOR EUROPEAN UNION
S IS FOR STRAZBURG
T IS FOR THEATRES
R IS FOR ROMAN CATHOLICS
I IS FOR ICE IN THE WINTER
A IS FOR THE ALPS
COUNTRY: FINLAND
POPULATION:5MILLION
AREA:338KM
CAPITAL CITY. HELSINKI
CURRENCY: EURO
LANGUAGE: FINNISH
FAMOUS
FOR:FORESTRY,CAR RACING
NATIONAL ANTHEM: MAAMMEE
F orestry
I ndustries
N orthern Europe
L anguage,Finnish
A rctic circle
N eutral until [1995] joined the EU
D ensley Populated
COUNTRY: GREECE
POPULATION:10.6 Million
AREA: 50,000 miles2
CAPITAL: Athens
CURRENCY: Euro
LANGUAGE: Greek
FAMOUS FOR: Parthenon, Olympic Games
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Ethnikos Hymnos
G reek architecture
R hodes
E astern Mediterranean
E mpire
C rete
E llas (Greek
name for Greece)
POPULATION: 4.5million.
AREA: 70,284 km2.
CAPITAL: Dublin.
CURRENCY: Euro.
LANGUAGE: Irish and English
FAMOUS FOR: Pubs and Irish dancing.
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Amhrán na bhFiann
I n the Atlantic Ocean
R ight on the edge of Europe
E ireann (Ireland in Irish)
L and is forty shades of green
A griculture is important
N ative land of us all
D ublin is our capital
COUNTRY: Portugal
POPULATION: 9.8 million
AREA: 92,100 km
CAPITAL: Lisbon
CURRENCY: Euro
LANGUAGE: Portuguese
FAMOUS FOR: Port, Algarve, Explores
NATIONAL ANTHEM; "A Portuguesa"
P ort
O port
R oman Catholics
T orres Vedras
U nited Nations
G uimarais
A zores
L isbon
POPULATION:39 million
AREA: 504,800 km
CAPITAL: Madrid
CURRENCY: Euro
LANGUAGE: Spanish
FAMOUS FOR: Bullfighting and Paella
NATIONAL ANTHEM: La Marcha Real
S panish
P aella
A rroz
I rlanda
N inos (children)
POPULATION:15 Million
AREA: 42,000 km2
CAPITAL: Amsterdam
CURRENCY: Euro
LANGUAGE: Dutch
FAMOUS FOR: Tulips Rotterdam
NATIONAL ANTHEM: Wilhemus van Nassauve (“William of Nassau”)
N ot very big
E ven flat land
T ulips
H orticulture
E lectronics
R otterdam
L ow hills only
A griculture
N orth Sea
D ams
S cheldt
POPULATION: 57 million
AREA: 243,000km2
CAPITAL: London
CURRENCY: Sterling
LANGUAGE: English
FAMOUS FOR: Cricket and Shakespeare
NATIONAL ANTHEM: God Save the Queen
U=U.K.
N=Newcastle
I=Isle of Man
T=Tottenham
E=Edinburgh
D=Dundee
K=Kensington
Palace
I=Inverness
N=Northampton
G=Glasgow
D=Derby
O=Oxford
M=Man.Utd.
POPULATION: 81 million
AREA: 356,000km2
CAPITAL: Berlin
CURRENCY: Euro
LANGUAGE: German
FAMOUS FOR: Industry
NATIONAL ANTHEM:
G ermany Re-unified in 1990
E ngineering
R iver Rhine
M otor industry
A ustria is a near neighbour
N orth Sea
Y es it has great soccer teams
