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SPORT


The British, Spanish, and Italian football
leagues are considered the best in the

played throughout the year, tennis world. Football and rugby are
and cricket are summer sports,
and mountain ski resorts have

busy winter seasons.

INDUSTRY
Germany is the continent’s industrial
leader, with its car production and
high-tech goods industries. Forestry
flourishes in Finland and Sweden,
while cod-fishing is big business in
Norway and Iceland.

UKRAINE
FRANCE

GERMANY


POLAND

ROMANIA

BELARUS

LATVIA

FINLAND

HUNGARY

ESTONIA

SERBIA
KOSOVO
(disputed)
PORTUGAL BULGARIA
TURKEY

GREECE

SPAIN

IRELAND UNITED DENMARK
KINGDOM

NETHERLANDS
BE
LGI
UM
CZECH
REPUBLIC
(CZECHIA)
SLOVAKIA

AUSTR

IA

BOSNIA &
HERZEGOVINA

North
Sea

Orkney Islands

Shetland Islands

HebridesOuter

NorthernIreland

Bay of
Biscay

LUXEMBOURG •

ANDORRA •

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Sardinia

Corsica

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I T A L Y

S CROATIA
LOVEN
IA

Ionian
Sea

Sicily

Aegean
Sea


  • MACEDONIA


MONTENEGRO •
ALBANIA •

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(Kaliningrad)RUSSIA

Barents
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Scotland

English Channel

ICELAND This famous clock
tower is part of
Britain’s Houses
Formula 1 motor racing is of Parliament
a popular sport in Europe

Roger Federer celebrates winning
a Wimbledon title at the famous
tennis competition in London

The Tour de France was
first held in 1903 and is
now the world’s biggest
cycling race

About 60 per cent of
farmland in Greece is
used to grow olives

Flower farming, especially
tulips, is an important
industry in Holland

The steel industry
is thriving in
eastern Europe

Germany is one of
the world’s leading
car producers

Portugal has some
of the best deep-sea
fishing in Europe

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England

Wales

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