Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

10 VISITING EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE

Putting Eastern and Central

Europe on the Map

The continent of Europe covers a total surface

area of 10.4 million square km (4 million square

miles) and stretches east as far as the Ural Mountains

in the Russian Federation. This guide covers 14

coun tries, 10 of which belong to the European

Union (EU), as well as the cities of Vienna, Moscow

and St Petersburg. The featured countries are

shown on this map in bright green. The principal

international airports and major road links are also

shown here, while the European rail network is

shown on the inside back cover.

Satellite image showing the terrain

of Europe

This image shows the range of landscapes

in Eastern and Central Europe, from the

broad plain that stretches from Poland to the

Baltic States and Russia, to the rugged

highlands of the Carpathian and Balkan

mountain ranges.

Outdoor café lining Cathedral Square in Rīga, Latvia

GERMANY

ITALY ALBANIA

AUSTRIA

POLAND

CZECH

REPUBLIC

SLOVAKIA

CROATIA

SLOVENIA

MONTENEGRO

BOSNIA AND

HERZEGOVINA

HUNGARY

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E
A
BALTIC
SEA
Dan
ube
Trogir Split
Vis
Hvar
Korčula
Brač
Banja
Luka
Novi Sad
Rijeka
Rab
Zadar
Pula
Osijek
Bled Maribor
Plzeň
České Budějovice
Český Krumlov
Karlovy Vary
Szczecin
Zielona Góra
Koszalin
Legnica
Brno
Trnava
Olomouc
Győr
Opole
Bydgoszcz
Kalisz
Varaždin
Ostrava
Veszprém
Gdynia
Gdańsk
Toruń
Cracow
Włocławek
Elbląg
Keszthely Kecskemét
Esztergom
Pécs
Poznań
Wrocław
Łódź
Mostar
Dubrovnik
SARAJEVO
PODGORICA
ZAGREB
LJUBLJANA
PRAGUE
BUDAPEST
VIENNA BRATISLAVA
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
NORTH
SEA
BALTIC
SEA
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA
BLACK
SEA
GERMANY
NORWAY FINLAND
SWEDEN
UNITED
KINGDOM
FRANCE
SPAIN
BELARUS
EASTERN
AND
CENTRAL
EUROPE
RUSSIAN
FEDERATION
UKRAINE
ITALY
TURKEY
EUROPE