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In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are Europe itself and Scandinavia to the north, divided from each other by the Baltic Sea. Three smaller peninsulas— Iberia, Italy, and the Balkans —emerge from the southern margin of the mainland.
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Asia and Africa.
The Netherlands, [ j] informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. [ 13] The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North Sea ...
Website. europa .eu. The European Union ( EU) is a supranational political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. [ 8][ 9] The Union has a total area of 4,233,255 km 2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated total population of over 449 million.
The seven institutions of the European Union (EU) are seated in four different cities, which are Brussels ( Belgium ), Frankfurt am Main ( Germany ), Luxembourg ( Luxembourg) and Strasbourg ( France ), rather than being concentrated in a single capital city. All four were chosen, among various reasons, for their location halfway between France ...
Flag of the Brussels-Capital Region: A stylized yellow, white and grey iris on a blue field. 1973– Flag of Flanders (Flemish Community and Flemish Region} Flanders is a Dutch-speaking region in the northern half of Belgium. Or, a lion rampant armed and langued Gules. 1991– Flag of Wallonia (French Community and Walloon Region)
[147] 60 countries maintain an embassy in Norway, all of them in the capital, Oslo. Norway is a founding member of the United Nations (UN), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the Council of Europe and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Norway issued applications for accession to the European Union (EU) and its predecessors ...