KaNH 0 0 LEARNING LIBRARY Views of Europe Visit the continent at the crossroads of many cultures ENCY CLO P AE DIA Britannica CHICAGO LONDON NEW DELHI PARISSEOUL SYDNEY TAIPE TOKYo
Edinburgh Castle sits high up on Castle Rock some 250 feet above the rest of Edinburgh The site may have been used as a fortress as early as the 6th century e Larry Lee Photography Cortis
Views of Europe TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 Northern Europe Reykjavik Iceland Bay of Smokes 38 Europe Unity in Diversity 6 Western Europe Copenhagen Denmark City of the Little Mermaid 40 Portugal Life on the Iberian Peninsula 8 Norway Land of Fjords and Mountains 42 Spain A Distinctive European Country 10 Sweden Scandinavia's Largest Country 44 England Heart of a Language and Culture 12 Russia The Largest Country in the World 46 London England city on the Thames 14 Scotland Land of Mountains and Heath 16 Eastern and Southern Europe Ireland The Bmerald Isle 18 Bucharest Romania Little Paris 48 Wales Land of the Song 20 Sofia Bulgaria Bulgarian Capital France Country of Castles Wine and History 22 of Today and Yesterday 50 Brussels Belgium Belgium's Beautiful Capital 24 The Netherlands Country of Windmills and Dikes 26 Serbia A Country of Many Cultures 52 Ukraine Borderland Country 54 Greece Land of Islands 56 Central Europe Athens Greece city of the Acropolis 58 Germany A Country Reunited 28 Italy A Tourist s Delight 60 62 Switzerland Snow and Chocolates 30 Vienna Austria City of Music 32 GLOSSARY INDEX 63 Czech Republic New Beginnings in a Historic Land 34 Poland Country in the Heart of Europe 36 LaNLY QoS O LEARNING LIBRARY Have a great
