"EUROPE - the old World" Europe by Leipzig

Europe Travel Guide: 821,381 reviews and 1,710,607 photos

When I was younger, before the Wall came down, I travelled with my family to the regions in the so-called East European countries. After 1989 I flew together with my partents for summer holidays into Europe's south. Today I do not want to lie two weeks on a single beach making the sun buring my skin. I prefer to visit places with great architecture and culture. As I am a student I can not afford flights to exotic places.
Everytime I have saved a little money I jump in my car and drive around. I don't regret this. Europe has much to offer and I am happy to live on a continent with such a long history and culture. I hope to see all 44 European countries - so far I visited 22 of them.
On my Must-See-Tips I introduce you to regions I have been so far. Under General Tips I indexed several castles, palaces and royal residences I have seen so far. There must be a million castles in Europe. It's a lifetime job to visit all.

Europe

LOCATION: The Continent of Europe being the Western part of the Euro-Asian landmass, is bounded by the North Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, the Caucasus Mountains and Sea of Mamara to the Southeast, the Ural mountains to the east and the Arctic Ocean and icecap to the north.

POPULATION: 731,730,000 (446,600,000 in the EU)

AREA: 9,938,000 sq km (3,837,000 sq miles) (6th largest continent - 6,7% of Earth's land)

COUNTRIES: 44 (25 in the EU)

HIGHEST POINT: Mt. Elbrus at 5,633m (18,481 ft)

LOWEST POINT: the surface of the Caspian Sea, 28 m (92 ft) below sea level

CAPITAL CITIES: please see graphics to the right

Intro Updated Feb 23, 2005
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Comments (29)

Maria16 Feb 9, 2011 at 8:38 AM Report Abuse

du kommst ja viel rum! Ich bin nun auch endlich mal in Bulgarien gewesen. Markus seine Eltern habe etwas zugegeben. Wann bist Du denn wieder aus Amerika zurück ?
Fesl Jul 3, 2010 at 5:16 PM Report Abuse

viele interessante tips und herrliche Fotos !
Maryimelda May 8, 2010 at 10:07 PM Report Abuse

You have put so much of your heart and soul into these pages, Christian. Thank you, well done!
nepalgoods Feb 28, 2006 at 12:22 PM Report Abuse

All those beautiful castles! This is certainly the most informative page on Europe at VT! When I see your tips and beautiful pics, I feel proud of living in this wonderful Europe! Thank you, Chrisi!
sihi Dec 20, 2005 at 1:47 AM Report Abuse

Hi! I liked your travelogue about trip around Baltic Sea!! Looks you had a nice time:)
pepples46 Jun 16, 2005 at 1:45 PM Report Abuse

sweet jesus, from here, looking at Europe, through your page Chris.......how beautiful it is and what a presentation, bin ganz hin und weg!!..today I was in the mood to come back and have an other peek
athenian80 Apr 18, 2005 at 2:23 PM Report Abuse

How nicely made page! I like especially the collages of photos. You missed one part of Europe: Greece !
J.I.M Mar 15, 2005 at 9:34 PM Report Abuse

Excellent pages on Europe, very informative and I LOVE your photo montages. Thanks! Jim
masc4s Dec 23, 2004 at 1:50 AM Report Abuse

Outstanding synopsis of Europe Christian. You put a lot of hard work here. Well done, tremndous work! I'll be back for Gen Tips - ran out of time :-)!
tini58de Sep 5, 2004 at 4:10 AM Report Abuse

Fantastic update, Christian!!! You sure put a lot of work into these pages! Thanks a lot!!!!