DK - WOW! The Visual Encyclopedia of Everything

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

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CZECH

REPUBLIC

(CZECHIA)

SLOVAKIA

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Orkney Islands

Shetland Islands

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NorthernIreland

Bay of

Biscay

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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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