Europe

Europe's well preserved cultural heritage, open borders and efficient infrastructure make visiting a breeze, and you'll rarely have to travel more than a few hours before you can immerse yourself in a new culture.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Central Europe and Britain and Ireland.

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is one of Europe's most beautiful regions. Long divided by the ambitions of warring empires and then Cold War tensions, this region was deeply influenced by the Holy Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire and the USSR.

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Great Britain, Ireland and the rest of the British Isles lie just northwest of the European mainland. Together they form one of the most visited regions on Earth, containing some of the world's most recognisable landmarks, historical sites dating back thousands of years, and unique natural environments, world cities, quaint towns, and remote and isolated areas and islands.

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was once the core of the mighty Roman Empire, and the cradle of the Renaissance. Along with , it is regarded as the "birthplace" of Western culture, and it is also home to the greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world, including high art and monuments.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Balkans and Nordic countries.

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The Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe is located between the Adriatic Sea and the Black Sea. The region has a mixed scenery with many tall mountain ranges, as well as deep forests, plains and rivers.

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The make up the northernmost part of western Europe, extending into the Arctic. They include the countries , , , and , the autonomous and , and in most definitions the autonomous , as there are long-standing political, cultural and linguistic ties.

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The term can be defined in several different ways; see the understand section below for a discussion. This article uses a fairly narrow definition, covering only , and .

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The Iberian Peninsula is the westernmost section of the European continent, lying between the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It is separated from by the snow capped mountains.

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is a country with which almost every traveller has a relationship. Many dream of its joie de vivre shown by the countless cafés, picturesque villages, and world-famous gastronomy.

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is an economic union comprising three neighbouring monarchies: , the , and . The name is formed from the beginning of each country's name. It was a precursor of the European Union.

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, the eastern half of the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, consists of three countries and one disputed territory. With the most hours of sun in Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean is a haven for beach-goers, party-people and cultural enthusiasts alike, and is known for its rich and tasty cuisine.

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The are three countries of north-eastern Europe, on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. The three small countries have a long interesting history, and an impressive cultural heritage dating back to the Hanseatic League.

Europe

  • Type: Locality with 739,000,000 residents
  • Description: terrestrial continent located in north-western Eurasia
  • Also known as: “Alter Kontinent”, “Âu”, “Âu châu”, “Au-chiu tāi-lio̍k”, “Au-lô-pa”, “Au-lô-pa-chiu”, “Avropa qitəsi”, “Avrupa kıtası”, “banuwa éropa”, “bătrânul continent”, “benua Eropa”, “Benua Lama”, “bota e vjetër”, “continent européen”, “continent europeu”, “continente europeo”, “continente europeu”, “continentul european”, “det europeiske kontinentet”, “Die alte Welt”, “éropa”, “Eski Kıta”, “Europa (continent)”, “Europäische Kontinent”, “Europäischer Kontinent”, “European continent”, “European Continent”, “European Peninsula”, “Europees continent”, “Europey”, “Europos žemynas”, “evropska celina”, “evropski kontinent”, “ʻEuropa”, “Ierupa”, “Iuropi”, “Iwropa”, “IYurobhu”, “Köhnə qitə”, “kontinent”, “Kontinente Zaharra”, “kontinenti i vjetër”, “Oarpey”, “Old Continent”, “Ōropi”, “oude continent”, “stara celina”, “Stary Kontynent”, “The Old Continent”, “toka e vjetër”, “Ūrapi”, “Vecchio continente”, “Vieux Continent”, “yn Europey”, “Yoropa”, “Yuropiyan kantinent”, “Γηραιά”, “Γηραιά ήπειρος”, “Ευρώπη (ήπειρος)”, “Европа (континент)”, “Европа (часть света)”, “Европейский континент”, “Еўрапейскі кантынент”, “اتر-اولھ يوريشيا”, “سوز ٚ قاره”, “قارة أوروبا”, “کؤنه قاره”, “کیشوەری ئەورووپا”, “يورپ کنڊ”, “ইউরোপ মহাদেশ”, “ইউরোপীয় মহাদেশ”, “ইউৰোপ মহাদেশ”, “ইউৰোপীয় মহাদেশ”, “প্রাচীন মহাদেশ”, “প্ৰাচীন মহাদেশ”, “ಪರಾತ್ ಖಂಡೊ”, “ಹಳೆಯ ಖಂಡ”, “ยุโรป”, “ᨅᨊᨘᨓ ᨕᨙᨑᨚᨄ”, “구라파”, “구주”, “ヨーロッパ州”, “日落之地”, “欧”, “欧州”, “欧罗巴”, “欧罗巴洲”, “欧羅巴”, “歐”, “歐羅巴”, and “西日洲”
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  • Categories: part of the world, continent, region, and geographic location
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Latitude of center
51.58° or 51° 34′ 48″ north
Longitude of center
21.7° or 21° 42′ east
Population
739,000,000
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
place=­continent
Wiki­data ID
Q46
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Europe” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Европа”
  • Achinese: “Iërupa”
  • Adyghe: “Еуропэ”
  • Afrikaans: “Europa”
  • Albanian: “Evropa”
  • Albanian: “Evropë”
  • Amharic: “አውሮፓ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Εὐρώπη”
  • Angika: “यूरोप”
  • Arabic: “أوروبا”
  • Aragonese: “Europa”
  • Armenian: “Եվրոպա”
  • Arpitan: “Eropa”
  • Assamese: “ইউৰোপ”
  • Asturian: “Europa”
  • Atayal: “Oco”
  • Atikamekw: “Pakwe Emitikociwi Askik”
  • Avaric: “Европа”
  • Awadhi: “यूरोप”
  • Aymara: “Iwrupa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Avropa”
  • Balinese: “Éropa”
  • Bambara: “Eropa”
  • Banjar: “Irupa”
  • Bashkir: “Европа”
  • Basque: “Europa”
  • Batak Mandailing: “Eropa”
  • Batak Toba: “Eropa”
  • Bavarian: “Eiropa”
  • Belarusian: “Еўропа”
  • Belarusian: “Эўропа”
  • Bengali: “ইউরোপ”
  • Betawi: “Èropa”
  • Bhojpuri: “यूरोप”
  • Bislama: “Yurop”
  • Bosnian: “Evropa”
  • Brahui: “Yúrap”
  • Breton: “Europa”
  • Buginese: “ᨕᨙᨑᨚᨄ”
  • Bulgarian: “Европа”
  • Burmese: “ဥရောပ”
  • Catalan: “Europa”
  • Cebuano: “Ewropa”
  • Cebuano: “Uropa”
  • Central Bikol: “Europa”
  • Central Kanuri: “Europe”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەورووپا”
  • Chamorro: “Europa”
  • Chavacano: “Europa”
  • Chechen: “Европа”
  • Cherokee: “ᏳᎳᏛ”
  • Cheyenne: “Hóxovê-hooma”
  • Chinese: “Ōuzhōu”
  • Chinese: “欧洲/歐洲”
  • Chinese: “欧洲”
  • Chinese: “歐洲”
  • Choctaw: “Yʋlop”
  • Church Slavic: “Єѵрѡпа”
  • Chuvash: “Европа”
  • Cornish: “Europa”
  • Corsican: “Europa”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Avropa”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Awrupa”
  • Croatian: “Europa”
  • Czech: “Evropa”
  • Dagbani: “Tuure”
  • Danish: “Europa”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ewropa”
  • Dinka: “Yurop”
  • Dotyali: “युरोप”
  • Dutch: “Europa”
  • Eastern Mari: “Европа”
  • Eastern Mari: “Европо”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوروبا”
  • Emilian: “Európa”
  • Erzya: “Европа”
  • Erzya: “Европань Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “Eŭropo”
  • Estonian: “Euroopa”
  • Ewe: “Europa”
  • Extremaduran: “Uropa”
  • Faroese: “Evropa”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Europe”
  • Fijian: “Iurope”
  • Fijian: “Vavalagi”
  • Finnish: “Eurooppa”
  • Fon: “Elɔpu”
  • Fon: “Europe”
  • French: “Europe”
  • Friulian: “Europe”
  • Fulah: “Yuroopu”
  • Gagauz: “Evropa”
  • Galician: “Europa”
  • Gan Chinese: “歐洲”
  • Ganda: “Bulaaya”
  • Georgian: “ევროპა”
  • German: “Europa”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Europe”
  • Gilaki: “اۊرۊپا”
  • Goan Konkani: “युरोप”
  • Gothic: “𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍂𐍉𐍀𐌰”
  • Greek: “Ευρώπη”
  • Guarani: “Europa”
  • Guarani: “Európa”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Léròp”
  • Gujarati: “યુરોપ”
  • Haitian: “Ewòp”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Êu-chû”
  • Hausa: “Turai”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻEulopa”
  • Hebrew: “אירופה”
  • Hiligaynon: “Ewropa”
  • Hindi: “यूरोप”
  • Hungarian: “Európa”
  • Iban: “Eropah”
  • Icelandic: “Evrópa”
  • Ido: “Europa”
  • Igbo: “Europe”
  • Igbo: “Obodo Békè”
  • Iloko: “Europa”
  • Inari Sami: “Euroop”
  • Indonesian: “Eropa”
  • Ingush: “Аьроп”
  • Ingush: “Европа”
  • Interlingua: “Europa”
  • Interlingue: “Europa”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐃᐆᕌᑉ”
  • Irish: “an Eoraip”
  • Irish: “An Eoraip”
  • Irish: “Eoraip”
  • Italian: “Europa”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Yuurop”
  • Japanese: “Yōroppa”
  • Japanese: “ヨーロッパ”
  • Javanese: “Éropa”
  • Javanese: “Eropah”
  • Javanese: “Éropah”
  • Jèrriais: “Ûrope”
  • Jju: “Yurop”
  • Kabardian: “Еуропэ”
  • Kabiyè: “Eerɔpʋ tɛtʋ wandamm”
  • Kabyle: “Turuft”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Eropah”
  • Kalaallisut: “Europa”
  • Kalmyk: “Европ”
  • Kannada: “ಯುರೋಪ್”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Evropa”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Европа”
  • Karekare: “Turài”
  • Kashmiri: “یوٗرَپ”
  • Kashubian: “Eùropa”
  • Kazakh: “Еуропа”
  • Khmer: “ទ្វីបអឺរ៉ុប”
  • Khmer: “អឺរ៉ុប”
  • Kildin Sami: “Европа”
  • Kinaray-A: “Ewropa”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Burayi”
  • Kirghiz: “Европа”
  • Kölsch: “Europa”
  • Komering: “Eropa”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Европа”
  • Komi: “Европа”
  • Kongo: “Mputu”
  • Korean: “유럽”
  • Kotava: “Europa”
  • Kurdish: “Ewropa”
  • Ladin: “Europa”
  • Ladino: “Evropa”
  • Lak: “Европа”
  • Lao: “ທະວີບເອີຣົບ”
  • Latgalian: “Europa”
  • Latin: “Europa”
  • Latvian: “Eiropa”
  • Lezghian: “Европа”
  • Ligurian: “Euròpa”
  • Limburgan: “Europa”
  • Lingala: “Erópa”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Europa”
  • Literary Chinese: “歐羅巴洲”
  • Lithuanian: “Europa”
  • Livvi: “Jevrouppu”
  • Lojban: “rontu’a”
  • Lombard: “Europa”
  • Low German: “Europa”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Europa”
  • Lule Sami: “Europa”
  • Luxembourgish: “Europa”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Europa”
  • Macedonian: “Европа”
  • Madurese: “Èropa”
  • Magahi: “यूरोप”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Öürobô”
  • Maithili: “युरोप”
  • Maithili: “यूरोप”
  • Malagasy: “Eoropa”
  • Malagasy: “Eorôpa”
  • Malay: “Eropah”
  • Malay: “ايروڤه”
  • Malayalam: “യൂറോപ്പ്”
  • Maltese: “Ewropa”
  • Manipuri: “ꯏꯎꯔꯣꯞ”
  • Manx: “yn Oarpey”
  • Manx: “Yn Oarpey”
  • Maori: “Ūropi”
  • Marathi: “युरोप”
  • Mazanderani: “اوروپا قاره”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ĕu-ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Au-chiu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Europa”
  • Minangkabau: “Eropa”
  • Mingrelian: “ევროპა”
  • Mirandese: “Ouropa”
  • Mon: “ဥရောပ”
  • Mongolian: “Европ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ؤروپا”
  • N'Ko: “ߋߙߐߔߎ߬”
  • Nauru: “Iurop”
  • Navajo: “Tó Wónaanídi Bilagáana Bikéyah”
  • Neapolitan: “Europa”
  • Neapolitan: “Europe”
  • Nepali: “युरोप”
  • Newari: “युरोप”
  • Nias: “Eropa”
  • Northern Frisian: “Euroopa”
  • Northern Luri: “ئوروٙپا”
  • Northern Sami: “Eurohpá”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Europa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Europa”
  • Norwegian: “Europa”
  • Novial: “Europa”
  • Nyanja: “Europe”
  • Obolo: “Yurop”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Euròpa”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܐܘܪܘܦܐ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Europe”
  • Oriya: “ଇଉରୋପ”
  • Oriya: “ୟୁରୋପ”
  • Oromo: “Yuurooppi”
  • Ossetian: “Европæ”
  • Pa'o Karen: “ဥရောပတွိုက်”
  • Paiwan: “iyurupu”
  • Pampanga: “Europa”
  • Pangasinan: “Europe”
  • Panjabi: “ਯੂਰਪ”
  • Papiamento: “Oropa”
  • Pedi: “Europa”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Eiropaa”
  • Persian: “اروپا”
  • Pfaelzisch: “Europa”
  • Picard: “Urope”
  • Piemontese: “Euròpa”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Urup”
  • Polish: “Europa”
  • Pontic: “Ευρώπην”
  • Portuguese: “Europa”
  • Pushto: “اروپا”
  • Quechua: “Iwrupa”
  • Romanian: “Europa”
  • Romanian: “Еуропа”
  • Romansh: “Europa”
  • Russia Buriat: “Европо”
  • Russian: “Европа”
  • Rusyn: “Европа”
  • Sakizaya: “O-cuo”
  • Samoan: “Europa”
  • Samogitian: “Euruopa”
  • Sango: “Aêropa”
  • Sanskrit: “यूरोपखण्डः”
  • Sanskrit: “यूरोप्”
  • Santali: “ᱤᱭᱩᱨᱳᱯ”
  • Santali: “ᱭᱩᱨᱳᱯ”
  • Saraiki: “یورپ”
  • Sardinian: “Europa”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Europa”
  • Scots: “Europe”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Roinn-Eòrpa”
  • Serbian: “Evropa”
  • Serbian: “Европа”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Evropa”
  • Shan: “ယူးရူပ်ႉ”
  • Shona: “Europe”
  • Shona: “Yuropu”
  • Sicilian: “Europa”
  • Silesian: “Ojropa”
  • Sindhi: “يُورَپ”
  • Sinhala: “යුරෝපය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Europp”
  • Slovak: “Európa”
  • Slovenian: “Evropa”
  • Somali: “Yurub”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوروپا”
  • Southern Sami: “Eurovpe”
  • Southern Sotho: “Uropa”
  • Spanish: “Europa”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Ropa”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⵓⵕⵓⴱⵜ”
  • Sundanese: “Éropa”
  • Swahili: “Ulaya”
  • Swati: “IYurophu”
  • Swedish: “Europa”
  • Swiss German: “Europa”
  • Sylheti: “ꠁꠃꠞꠥꠙ”
  • Tachelhit: “Tuṛuft”
  • Tagalog: “Europa”
  • Tahitian: “’Europa”
  • Tai Nüa: “ᥕᥧᥰ ᥞᥨᥙᥳ”
  • Tajik: “Аврупо”
  • Talysh: “Avropə”
  • Tamil: “ஐரோப்பா”
  • Tatar: “Awrupa”
  • Tatar: “Аурупа”
  • Tatar: “Европа”
  • Tatar: “Яурупа”
  • Telugu: “ఐరోపా”
  • Tetum: “Europa”
  • Thai: “ทวีปยุโรป”
  • Tibetan: “ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང་།”
  • Tigrinya: “ኤውሮጳ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Yurop”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻEulope”
  • Tsonga: “Yuropa”
  • Tulu: “ಯುರೋಪ್”
  • Tumbuka: “Europe”
  • Turkish: “Avrupa”
  • Turkmen: “Ýewropa”
  • Tuvinian: “Европа”
  • Twi: “Yurop”
  • Tyap: “Yurop”
  • Udmurt: “Европа”
  • Uighur: “Yawropa”
  • Uighur: “ياۋروپا”
  • Ukrainian: “Європа”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Europa”
  • Urdu: “یورپ”
  • Uzbek: “Yevropa”
  • Venetian: “Eoropa”
  • Veps: “Evrop”
  • Vietnamese: “châu Âu”
  • Vietnamese: “Châu Âu”
  • Vlaams: “Europa”
  • Vlax Romani: “Europa”
  • Vlax Romani: “Evropa”
  • Volapük: “Yurop”
  • Võro: “Õuruupa”
  • Walloon: “Urope”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Europa”
  • Welsh: “Ewrop”
  • Western Armenian: “Եւրոպա”
  • Western Frisian: “Jeropa”
  • Western Mari: “Европа”
  • Western Panjabi: “یورپ”
  • Wolof: “Tugal”
  • Wu Chinese: “欧洲”
  • Xhosa: “Europe”
  • Xhosa: “IYurophu”
  • Yakut: “Дьобуруопа”
  • Yakut: “Европа”
  • Yiddish: “אייראפע”
  • Yoruba: “Europe”
  • Yue Chinese: “歐洲”
  • Zeeuws: “Europa”
  • Zhuang: “Ouhcouh”
  • Zulu: “IYurophu”
  • “Eoropah”
  • “Evropa”
  • “ma Elopa”
  • “Европа”
  • “यूरोप”

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