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Albania Capital: Tirana Official Language: Albanian Cool Facts: famous for its very old Gjirokaster, a city in Albania, is es that have been and impressive buildings and hom 1 built out of stone.

Austria Capital: Vienna Official Language: German Cool Facts: Austria is a beautiful mountain country that is known for its skiing.2 Many famous music composers where born in this area, the waltz started here3 and the Vienna Boys’ Choir was founded over 500 years ago and is world famous.4 The Spanish Riding School is also world famous. It is over 400 years old and has the beautiful, white Lipizzaner stallions, which perform around the world.5 Austria has the world’s oldest zoo6 and the largest ice caves.7 Austria also has a very old history of baking cakes and communities competing to make the best.8

Belgium Capital: Brussels Official Languages: Dutch, French and German Cool Facts: colate and Belgium is world famous for its cho 13 ional Airport rnat Inte The Brussels’ Belgium waffles. e in the plac r othe sells more chocolate than any largest ld’s wor 14 the is Antwerp, in Belgium, world. 15 n of tow the in gs sprin diamond trading center. The spa first the re whe is Spa were used anciently and 16 was created.

Andorra Capital: Andorra la Vella Official Language: Catalan

Cool Facts: Andorra is a small country but is a popular tourist location for skiing and shopp ing. It also doesn’t have a regular army but is pro tected by Spain and France.10

Belarus Capital: Minsk Official Languages: Russian and Belarusian Cool Facts: Glaciers that moved through the country caused 11 The there to be thousands of rivers and lakes. Bialowieza Forest, on its border with Poland, is one of 12 the world’s oldest forests.

Bosnia and Herzegovina Capital: Sarajevo Official Languages: Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian

Cool Facts: This country has some the world’s most beautiful waterfalls, rivers, lakes and bridges.9

Bulgaria Capital: Sofia Official Language: Bulgarian Cool Facts: Bulgaria’s yogurt has an ancient history and is very famous.17 Bulgaria also produces the most rose oil, which is used in most perfumes.18 The oldes t gold treasure in the world was found here.19 A Bulga rian folk song, sung by Valya Balkanska, was adde d to the collection of cultural artifacts that was sent into space on the Voyager spacecraft in 1977.20 Copyright Homemade-Preschool.com

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Czech Republic Capital: Prague Official Language: Czech

Croatia Capital: Zagreb Official Language: Croatian Cool Facts: nd beautiful islands and Croatia has over a thousa 26 The most famous one is the Zlatni Rat beaches. with different tides and beach that changes shape from 27 Neckties and Dalmatians both came wind. 28 Croatia.

Denmark Capital: Copenhagen Official Language: Danish Cool Facts: Denmark has the world’s oldest country flag29 and butter from here is sold around the world.30 LEGO was invented in Denmark and the company’s headquarters is still here.31 Hans Christian Andersen, the famous writer of fairy tales, was born here.32 Swimming lessons are taught in their schools.33 Greenland is a part of the Kingdom of Denmark and is covered in about 80% ice.34

Finland Capital: Helsinki Official Languages: Swedish and Finnish

Cool Facts: h is In Finland, the sun never sets in the summer, whic the in rise n’t does called the Midnight Sun, and it hot winter.35 A sauna, a small room that is filled with in es hom the of steam, can be found in most 36 Finland.

Cool Facts: Czech Republic is almost surrounded by low mountains and is a castle country, with thousands of castles and castle ruins.21 The sugar cube was invented here22 and the people love hunting for mushrooms in the forest.23

Estonia Capital: Tallinn Official Language: Estonian

Cool Facts: Old Town, in Estonia, is its top tourist attraction because of its preserved medieval buildings and roads.24 Music is an important part of Estonia’s history and it has one of the largest collections of folk songs.25

France Capital: Paris Official Language: French Cool Facts: France is the most visited country in the world37 and is full of historical sites, like the mas sive Palace of Versailles. The Louvre Museum is the most visited museum in the world.38 The Eiffel Tow er was originally built as just a temporary entrance arch for the 1889 World’s Fair.39 The Tour de France is the world’s oldest and most famous cycling race 40 . Disneyland Paris is one of the most visited attra ction in Paris.41 France has hundreds of types of che ese, with many of these protected and regulated by law.42 Grasse, in France, is called the perfume capital of the world.43 The hot air balloon was the first type of flying machine and was invented in France,44 along with the first modern department store.45 Copyright Homemade-Preschool.com

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Germany Capital: Berlin Official Language: German

Cool Facts: Germany has a great history of famous philo sophers, scientists, artists and musicians. Albert Einstein was born here and also Johannes Gute nberg, who printed the first book and started the print ing revolution, one of the most important events in history. The first movie was shown in a theater in Berli n. Germany has the most zoos in the world and has the largest one. It has over 1,000 types of sausage s and the currywurst dish is an icon of Germany.52 It has Europe’s largest train station, by square footage,53 and the Ulm Cathedral is the tallest chur ch in the world.54 The Fairy Grottoes are one of the most colorful caves in the world.55

Greece Capital: Athens Official Language: Greek Cool Facts: Ancient Greece has had one of the greatest impact on the Western world, with major contributions to mathematics, science, literature, art, architecture, philosophy and politics. It is full of world famous ancient ruins and sunny beaches and has thousands The ancient Greeks invented the of islands.46 48 Greek has theater47 and the Olympic Games. 49 been spoken for over 3,000 years. Mount Olympus, in Greece, is the highest point in the country and is the legendary home of the ancient Olympian gods.50 Greece has the second largest shipping 51 fleet in the world, Japan has the largest.

Hungary Capital: Budapest Official Language: Hungarian

Cool Facts: Hungary has an old history and is a very popular tourist destination. Hungary has over a 1,000 thermal baths and springs.56

Iceland Capital: Reykjavik Official Language: Icelandic Cool Facts: 57 Iceland has over 100 volcanoes. It has many large also glaciers that carve out valleys in the land and 58 The rs. geyse many hot springs, waterfalls and d name were rs Great Geysir is what all other geyse 59 air. the into after. It can shoot water over 200 feet

Republic of Ireland

Capital: Dublin Official Languages: Irish and English

Cool Facts: Ireland is called the “Emerald Isle” beca use of its beautiful green lan dscape. It has ma ny famous ancient sites and castles.60 Saint Pa trick’s Day began in Ireland61 and Halloween wa s first celebrated ancientl y in this area.62 The shamrock is a national symbol an d a registered trade mark of Ireland.63 Dracula was written by the Irish author Bram Stoker.64 The Hook Lighthouse is about 800 years old, one of the oldest in the world.65 On the top of the famous Blarne y Castle, people lea n over backwards, off of the edge, to kiss underne ath the famous Blarney Stone , which legend says will give the gift of speaking wi th eloquence.66 Copyright Homemade-Preschool.com

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Italy

Latvia

Capital: Rome Official Language: Italian

Capital: Riga Official Language: Latvian

Cool Facts: Italy has more World Heritage Sites than any other world’s best country.70 It is considered to have the 72 71 Italy makes . pasta of food and is the birthplace 73 Milan cars. sports lar some of the world’s most popu the of ls capita n fashio is considered one of the four 74 and here born was bus world. Christopher Colum also Galileo, who was imprisoned and spent the last years of his life under house arrest for saying the Earth 75 revolved around the Sun. It has a history of famous artists, like Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo. The piano and violin were first made in Italy. The first opera was performed in Italy and has one of the world’s most famous opera houses. Italy is the only 76 volcanoes. mainland European country with active 77 The beautiful city of Venice is sinking and the Leann, ing Tower of Pisa began to tilt during its constructio 78 The build. to years ed which took almost two hundr amazing Colosseum is the largest Roman amphitheof its ater ever built. After it was abandoned, some 79 ts. projec g stone was used for other buildin

Cool Facts: Latvia’s unique architecture and wooden buildings are famous.67 It is also home to the widest

Lithuania Capital: Vilnius Official Language: Lithuanian

Cool Facts: Lithuania is the only country that has a national perfume. It is supposed to smell like cedar, wood fires, moss and wildflowers.69

Macedonia

waterfall in Europe, the Venta Rapids.68

Liechtenstein Capital: Vaduz Official Language: German

Cool Facts: Liechtenstein is a tiny country that was recently invaded by the Swiss army when their army accidently got lost. Liechtenstein makes more80 false teeth than any other country in the world.

Luxembourg Capital: Luxembourg City Official Languages: French, German and Luxembourgish Cool Facts: Luxembourg is one of the richest countrie s, based on the average resident, in the world.81 The Bock are towering, rocky cliffs that almost surro und the old Luxembourg City and were used as a natu ral fortification for defense.82 Luxembourg has one of the largest European television and radio com panies.83

Malta

Capital: Skopje Official Language: Macedonian

Capital: Valletta Official Languages: English and Maltese

Cool Facts: 87 Mother Teresa was born in Macedonia. The Ohrid 88 donia has Lake is the oldest lake in Europe. Mace89 and the tall feet the world’s largest cross, over 200 cars.90 g parkin for sidewalks in Macedonia are used

Cool Facts: Malta is known for its beautiful historic 84buildings, In the amazing beaches and great for diving. ancient capital city Mdina, no cars are85allowed, except for the limited number of residents. Copyright Homemade-Preschool.com

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Moldova

Montenegro

Capital: Chisinau Official Language: Romanian

Capital: Podgorica Official Language: Montenegrin

Cool Facts: Moldova has the world’s largest wine cellar and it is found underground.91 The Emil Racovita Cave, in Moldova, is one of the largest in the world and has over 55 miles of tunnels92 and over 20 underground lakes.93

Cool Facts: Montenegro has breathtaking beaches and rugged mountains and has one of the world’s fastest growing tourism markets.86

Norway Capital: Oslo Official Language: Norwegian

Netherlands Capital: Amsterdam Official Language: Dutch Cool Facts: Around 25% of the Netherlands is below sea level to and it has thousands of miles of dikes and canals 94 and rs It is famous for its flowe control the water. than any other country in the rs flowe more rts expo 95 millions of The annual Flower Parade uses world. 96 se flowers to cover the floats in the parade. Its chee 97 est. has won the World Champion Cheese Cont , The Netherlands is famous for its wooden shoes like , having many windmills and for its master artists 98 It is considered the Van Gogh and Rembrandt. ntbike capital of the world, because of the perce bike age of citizens riding bikes and for being very friendly.99

Poland Capital: Warsaw Official Language: Polish

Cool Facts: The composer Chopin was born in Poland and the International Chopin Piano Compet ition is one of the oldest and most prestigious mus ic competitions in the world.107 Poland has the Wie liczka Salt Mines, which is one of the world’s oldest and is still in use.108

Cool Facts: Norway has famous, absolutely amazing fjords, which are high cliffs with a long and deep river running to the sea.100 Norway has a very old history of winter sports and has won more Winter Olympic medals than any other country.101 Norway has the world’s largest ski jump and the record longest jump was here.102 Norway is one of the top exporters of seafood and exports the most salmon.103

Portugal Capital: Lisbon Official Language: Portuguese

Cool Facts: Portugal has many famous historical sites and has 104 Its beaches are very Europe’s largest bridge. 105 surfing. for popular

Romania Capital: Bucharest Official Language: Romanian

Cool Facts: The Bigar Cascade Falls, in Romania, is a very unique and beautiful waterfall, with water falling over a large dome of mossy rocks. The Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci was the first ever to receive a perfect 10 in the Olympic Games.109 Copyright Homemade-Preschool.com

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Serbia

San Marino Capital: San Marino Official Language: Italian

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Cool Facts: San Marino is a very old and second smallest country. It has rocky peaks that rise high over the city, with 106 three castle towers built on the top of these peaks.

Slovakia

Capital: Belgrade Official Language: Serbian

Cool Facts: The Djerdap Gorge is one of the largest canyons in Europe and forms the boundary between Serbia and Romania.110 Devil’s Town, in Serbia, is a very unique collection of towering rock formations.111

Slovenia

Capital: Bratislava Official Language: Slovak

Capital: Ljubljana Official Language: Slovenian

Cool Facts: Slovakia and Slovenia have a long histo ry of people mixing the two countries up. They have had wrong national anthems played at events and other mix ups. The two countries meet each mon th to exchange mail that was wrongly addresse 112 d.

Cool Facts: Slovenia has famous beautiful lakes and mountains. It has over 10,000 caves, with some that are world famous.119

Sweden Capital: Stockholm Official Language: Swedish

Spain Capital: Madrid Official Language: Spanish

Cool Facts: The capital city of Stockholm is built on 14 islands and has over 50 bridges.120 Sweden buil t the first ice hotel121 and it has a popular, black ice cream that is a salty, liquorice flavor.122

Cool Facts: ted countries in the113world Spain is one of the top visi It is unique buildings. and is full of beautiful and o. ass Pic blo Pa artists, like famous for its explorers and ere wh It’s in. Spa ous in The Running of the Bulls is fam in front of a group of ets stre the h ug people run thro est food fight in the world, bulls.114 Spain has the larg squashed tomatoes are where over 100 tons of the 115 Spain produces the most olive oil in thrown. lor co h dis red a s 116 Rio Tinto is a river that ha 117 Spain world. . ter wa ed in the from all the minerals dissolv st popular soccer clubs mo d an est rich has two of the 118 in the world. Copyright Homemade-Preschool.com

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Switzerland Capital: None Official Languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh

Cool Facts: Switzerland has beautiful mountains and over 1,400 lakes. It is famous for its high quality chocolate and is one of the top producers and leaders of luxury watches.123 The Swiss Army knife, the world’s most famous knife, was created in Switzerland.124

Vatican City Capital: Vatican City Official Language: Latin Cool Facts: and has Vatican City is the world’s smallest country in the ted loca is It the world’s smallest population. to site age Herit city of Rome and is the only World here lives Pope The encompass the entire country. Basilica, and is the leader of the country. St. Peter’s which ums, Muse an the Sistine Chapel and the Vatic are ork, artw us have some of the world’s most famo 133 found in Vatican City.

Ukraine Capital: Kiev Official Language: Ukrainian Cool Facts: Ukraine is the largest country that is entirely on the 125 It has the deepest metro European continent. 126 300 feet deep. over is station in the world. It

United Kingdom Capital: London Official Language: English Cool Facts: United Kingdom includes England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Beatles, from England, is the top selling band of all time. William Shakespeare, born in England, is considered the greatest English writer ever. The Championships, Wimbledon, in England, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world.127 England has some of the oldest and top universities in the world128 and the British Library has the largest collection of materials in the world.129 J.K. Rowling, from England, was the first writer to ever become a billionaire and the Harry Potter series sold the most books in history.130 London is one of the four fashion capitals of the world.74 Modern golf was created in Scotland. The Loch Ness Monster legend comes from the body of water called Lock Ness, in Scotland.131 Stonehenge, Big Ben, the ancient Roman Baths, and one of the world’s oldest subways are found in the United Kingdom.132

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