Europe

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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 and the Russian Empire.

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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 the planet, 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.

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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

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
node 25871341
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: “Ierupa”
  • Achinese: “Iërupa”
  • Adyghe: “Еуропэ”
  • Afrikaans: “Europa”
  • Albanian: “bota e vjetër”
  • Albanian: “Europa”
  • Albanian: “Evropa”
  • Albanian: “Evropë”
  • Albanian: “kontinenti i vjetër”
  • Albanian: “toka e vjetër”
  • Amharic: “አውሮፓ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Εὐρώπη”
  • Angika: “यूरोप”
  • Arabic: “أوروبا”
  • Arabic: “قارة أوروبا”
  • Aragonese: “Europa”
  • Armenian: “Եվրոպա”
  • Arpitan: “Eropa”
  • Assamese: “ইউৰোপ মহাদেশ”
  • Assamese: “ইউৰোপ”
  • Assamese: “ইউৰোপীয় মহাদেশ”
  • Assamese: “প্ৰাচীন মহাদেশ”
  • 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: “Еўрапейскі кантынент”
  • Belarusian: “Еўропа”
  • Belarusian: “Эўропа”
  • Bengali: “ইউরোপ মহাদেশ”
  • Bengali: “ইউরোপ”
  • Bengali: “ইউরোপীয় মহাদেশ”
  • Bengali: “প্রাচীন মহাদেশ”
  • Betawi: “Èropa”
  • Bhojpuri: “यूरोप”
  • Bislama: “Yurop”
  • Bosnian: “Evropa”
  • Brahui: “Yúrap”
  • Breton: “Europa”
  • Buginese: “banuwa éropa”
  • Buginese: “éropa”
  • Buginese: “ᨅᨊᨘᨓ ᨕᨙᨑᨚᨄ”
  • Buginese: “ᨕᨙᨑᨚᨄ”
  • Bulgarian: “Европа”
  • Burmese: “ဥရောပ”
  • Catalan: “continent europeu”
  • Catalan: “Europa”
  • Cebuano: “Ewropa”
  • Cebuano: “Uropa”
  • Central Bikol: “Europa”
  • Central Kanuri: “Europe”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەورووپا”
  • Central Kurdish: “کیشوەری ئەورووپا”
  • Chamorro: “Europa”
  • Chavacano: “Europa”
  • Chechen: “Европа”
  • Cherokee: “ᏳᎳᏛ”
  • Cheyenne: “Hóxovê-hooma”
  • Chinese: “Au-chiu”
  • Chinese: “Ōu”
  • Chinese: “日落之地”
  • Chinese: “欧洲/歐洲”
  • Chinese: “欧洲”
  • Chinese: “欧罗巴”
  • Chinese: “歐洲”
  • Chinese: “歐羅巴”
  • Chinese: “歐羅巴洲”
  • Chinese: “西日洲”
  • Church Slavic: “Єѵрѡпа”
  • Chuvash: “Европа”
  • Cornish: “Europa”
  • Corsican: “Europa”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Avropa”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Awrupa”
  • Croatian: “Europa”
  • Croatian: “Evropa”
  • Czech: “Evropa”
  • Dagbani: “Tuure”
  • Danish: “Europa”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Ewropa”
  • Dinka: “Yurop”
  • Dotyali: “युरोप”
  • Dutch: “Europa”
  • Dutch: “Europees continent”
  • Dutch: “oude continent”
  • Eastern Mari: “Европа”
  • Eastern Mari: “Европо”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوروبا”
  • Erzya: “Европа”
  • Erzya: “Европань Мастор”
  • Esperanto: “Eŭropo”
  • Estonian: “Euroopa”
  • Estonian: “kontinent”
  • Ewe: “Europa”
  • Extremaduran: “Uropa”
  • Faroese: “Evropa”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Europe”
  • Fijian: “Iurope”
  • Fijian: “Vavalagi”
  • Finnish: “Eurooppa”
  • Fon: “Elɔpu”
  • Fon: “Europe”
  • French: “continent européen”
  • French: “Europe”
  • French: “Vieux Continent”
  • Friulian: “Europe”
  • Fulah: “Yuroopu”
  • Gagauz: “Evropa”
  • Galician: “Europa”
  • Gan Chinese: “歐洲”
  • Ganda: “Bulaaya”
  • Georgian: “ევროპა”
  • German: “Alter Kontinent”
  • German: “Die alte Welt”
  • German: “Europa”
  • German: “Europäischer Kontinent”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Europe”
  • Gilaki: “اۊرۊپا”
  • Gilaki: “سوز ٚ قاره”
  • Gilaki: “کؤنه قاره”
  • Goan Konkani: “युरोप”
  • Gothic: “𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍂𐍉𐍀𐌰”
  • Greek: “Γηραιά ήπειρος”
  • Greek: “Γηραιά”
  • Greek: “Ευρώπη (ήπειρος)”
  • Greek: “Ευρώπη”
  • Guarani: “Europa”
  • Guarani: “Európa”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Léròp”
  • Gujarati: “યુરોપ”
  • Haitian: “Ewòp”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Êu-chû”
  • Hausa: “Turai”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻEulopa”
  • Hawaiian: “ʻEuropa”
  • Hebrew: “אירופה”
  • Hiligaynon: “Ewropa”
  • Hindi: “यूरोप”
  • Hungarian: “Európa”
  • Iban: “Eropah”
  • Icelandic: “Evrópa”
  • Ido: “Europa”
  • Igbo: “Obodo Békè”
  • Iloko: “Europa”
  • Inari Sami: “Euroop”
  • Indonesian: “benua Eropa”
  • Indonesian: “Benua Lama”
  • Indonesian: “Eropa”
  • Ingush: “Аьроп”
  • Ingush: “Европа”
  • Interlingua: “Europa”
  • Interlingue: “Europa”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐃᐆᕌᑉ”
  • Irish: “an Eoraip”
  • Irish: “An Eoraip”
  • Irish: “Eoraip”
  • Italian: “Europa”
  • Italian: “Vecchio continente”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Yuropiyan kantinent”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Yuurop”
  • Japanese: “Yoroppa”
  • Japanese: “よーろっぱ”
  • Japanese: “ヨーロッパ”
  • Japanese: “ヨーロッパ州”
  • Japanese: “欧”
  • Japanese: “欧州”
  • Japanese: “欧羅巴”
  • Javanese: “Éropa”
  • Javanese: “Éropah”
  • Kabardian: “Еуропэ”
  • Kabiyè: “Eerɔpʋ tɛtʋ wandamm”
  • Kabyle: “Turuft”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Eropah”
  • Kalaallisut: “Europa”
  • Kalmyk: “Европ”
  • Kannada: “ಯುರೋಪ್”
  • Kannada: “ಹಳೆಯ ಖಂಡ”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Evropa”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Европа”
  • Kashmiri: “یوٗرَپ”
  • Kashubian: “Eùropa”
  • Kazakh: “Еуропа”
  • Khmer: “ទ្វីបអឺរ៉ុប”
  • Khmer: “អឺរ៉ុប”
  • Kinaray-A: “Ewropa”
  • Kinaray-A: “Iwropa”
  • Kinaray-A: “Yoropa”
  • Kinaray-A: “Yuropa”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Burayi”
  • Kirghiz: “Европа”
  • Kölsch: “Europa”
  • Komering: “Eropa”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Европа”
  • Komi: “Европа”
  • Kongo: “Mputu”
  • Korean: “구라파”
  • Korean: “구주”
  • 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: “歐洲”
  • Literary Chinese: “歐羅巴”
  • Literary Chinese: “歐羅巴洲”
  • Lithuanian: “Europa”
  • Lithuanian: “Europos žemynas”
  • 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”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Öürobô”
  • Maithili: “युरोप”
  • Maithili: “यूरोप”
  • Malagasy: “Eoropa”
  • Malagasy: “Eorôpa”
  • Malay: “Eropah”
  • Malay: “ايروڤه”
  • Malayalam: “യൂറോപ്പ്”
  • Maltese: “Ewropa”
  • Manipuri: “ꯏꯎꯔꯣꯞ”
  • Manx: “Europey”
  • Manx: “Oarpey”
  • Manx: “yn Europey”
  • Manx: “yn Oarpey”
  • Manx: “Yn Oarpey”
  • Maori: “Iuropi”
  • Maori: “Ōropi”
  • Maori: “Ūrapi”
  • Maori: “Ūropi”
  • Marathi: “युरोप”
  • Mazanderani: “اوروپا قاره”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Ĕu-ciŭ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Au-chiu tāi-lio̍k”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Au-chiu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Au-lô-pa-chiu”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Au-lô-pa”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Europa”
  • Minangkabau: “Eropa”
  • Mingrelian: “ევროპა”
  • Mirandese: “Ouropa”
  • Mon: “ဥရောပ”
  • Mongolian: “Европ”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ؤروپا”
  • N'Ko: “ߋߙߐߔߎ߬”
  • Narom: “Ûrope”
  • Nauru: “Iurop”
  • Navajo: “Tó Wónaanídi Bilagáana Bikéyah”
  • Neapolitan: “Europa”
  • Nepali: “युरोप”
  • Newari: “युरोप”
  • Nias: “Eropa”
  • Northern Frisian: “Euroopa”
  • Northern Luri: “ئوروٙپا”
  • Northern Sami: “Eurohpá”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Europa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “det europeiske kontinentet”
  • 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”
  • Paiwan: “歐洲”
  • 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”
  • Polish: “Stary Kontynent”
  • Pontic: “Ευρώπην”
  • Portuguese: “continente europeu”
  • Portuguese: “Europa”
  • Pushto: “اروپا”
  • Quechua: “Iwrupa”
  • Romanian: “bătrânul continent”
  • Romanian: “continentul european”
  • Romanian: “Europa (continent)”
  • Romanian: “Europa”
  • Romansh: “Europa”
  • Russia Buriat: “Европо”
  • Russian: “Европа (континент)”
  • Russian: “Европа (часть света)”
  • Russian: “Европа”
  • Russian: “Европейский континент”
  • 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: “Europa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Evropa”
  • Shan: “ယူးရူပ်ႉ”
  • Shona: “Europe”
  • Shona: “Yuropu”
  • Sicilian: “Europa”
  • Sicilian: “Oropa”
  • Silesian: “Ojropa”
  • Sindhi: “اتر-اولھ يوريشيا”
  • Sindhi: “يورپ کنڊ”
  • Sindhi: “يُورَپ”
  • Sinhala: “යුරෝපය”
  • Skolt Sami: “Europp”
  • Slovak: “Európa”
  • Slovenian: “Evropa”
  • Slovenian: “evropska celina”
  • Slovenian: “evropski kontinent”
  • Slovenian: “stara celina”
  • Somali: “Yurub”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوروپا”
  • Southern Sami: “Eurovpe”
  • Southern Sotho: “Uropa”
  • Spanish: “continente europeo”
  • Spanish: “Europa”
  • Sranan Tongo: “Ropa”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⵓⵕⵓⴱⵜ”
  • Sundanese: “Éropa”
  • Swahili: “Ulaya”
  • Swati: “IYurophu”
  • Swedish: “Europa”
  • Swiss German: “Europa”
  • Sylheti: “ꠁꠃꠞꠥꠙ”
  • Tachelhit: “Urupa”
  • 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: “Europe”
  • Thai: “ทวีปยุโรป”
  • Thai: “ยุโรป”
  • Tibetan: “ཡོ་རོབ་གླིང་།”
  • Tigrinya: “ኤውሮጳ”
  • Tok Pisin: “Yurop”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻEulope”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Europa”
  • Tsonga: “Yuropa”
  • Tulu: “ಪರಾತ್ ಖಂಡೊ”
  • Tulu: “ಯುರೋಪ್”
  • Tumbuka: “Europe”
  • Turkish: “Avrupa kıtası”
  • 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”
  • Venetian: “Europa”
  • Veps: “Evrop”
  • Vietnamese: “Âu châu”
  • Vietnamese: “Âu”
  • 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: “Europa”
  • Western Frisian: “Jeropa”
  • Western Mari: “Европа”
  • Western Panjabi: “یورپ”
  • Wolof: “Tugal”
  • Wu Chinese: “欧”
  • Wu Chinese: “欧洲”
  • Wu Chinese: “欧罗巴”
  • Wu Chinese: “欧罗巴洲”
  • Xhosa: “Europe”
  • Xhosa: “IYurophu”
  • Yakut: “Дьобуруопа”
  • Yakut: “Европа”
  • Yiddish: “אייראפע”
  • Yoruba: “Europe”
  • Yue Chinese: “日落之地”
  • Yue Chinese: “歐”
  • Yue Chinese: “歐洲”
  • Yue Chinese: “歐羅巴”
  • Yue Chinese: “歐羅巴洲”
  • Yue Chinese: “西日洲”
  • Zeeuws: “Europa”
  • Zhuang: “Ouhcouh”
  • Zulu: “IYurobhu”
  • Zulu: “IYurophu”
  • “Eoropah”
  • “Eropah”
  • “Europa”
  • “Európa”
  • “Europe”
  • “Euruopa”
  • “ma Elopa”
  • “Õuruupa”
  • “Еуропа”
  • “यूरोप”

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