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Denmark 
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Recht- und Steueranwalt, Versicherung ... | Famous for | Fishing, furniture, other wood products, shipbuilding |
| Language | Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Eskimo dialect), German (small minority) |
| Capital | Copenhagen (places to see) (weather) |
| Religions | Evangelical Lutheran 91%, other Protestant, Roman Catholic 2%, other 7% |
| Area | Total: 43,094 sq km Land: 42,394 Sq km Water: 700 sq km |
| Population | 5,3 million (July 1999 est.) |
| Conventional long form | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Conventional short form | Denmark |
| Neighbors | Germany |
| States / Länder | Arhus, Bornholm, Fredericksberg *(kommune), Frederiksborg, Fyn, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavns *(kommune), Nordjylland, Ribe, Ringkobing, Roskilde, Sonderjylland, Storstrom, Vejle, Vestsjalland, Viborg |
| Railroads |
Total 3,323 Km Standard Gauge 3,323 Km |
| Highways |
Total 71,600 Km Paved 71,000 Km |
| Inland Waterways |
417 km Ports and harbors: Alborg, Arhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Grena, Koge, Odense, Struer |
France 
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| Famous for | Baguette, wine, film festival |
| Language | French, rapidly declining regional dialects Most (younger) people speak English, too. |
| Capital | Paris (best of Paris) (weather) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 90% Protestant 2% Jewish 1% Muslim 1% unaffiliated 6% |
| Area | Total: 547,030 sq km Land : 545,630 sq km Water: 1,400 sq km |
| Population | 58,6 million (July 1997 est.) |
| Conventional long form | French Republic / Republique Francaise |
| Conventional short form | France |
| Neighbors | Belgium (N), English channel (N), Bay of Biscay (W), Spain (S), Mediterranian Sea (S), Italy (E), Switzerland (E), Germany (E), Luxemburg (E) |
| States / Region(s) |
Alsace, Aquitaine, Auvergne, Basse-Normandie, Bourgogne, Bretagne, Centre, Champagne-Ardenne, Corse, Franche-Comte, Haute-Normandie, Ile-de-France, Languedoc-Roussillon, Limousin, Lorraine, Midi-Pyrenees, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie, Poitou-Charentes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Rhone-Alpes |
| Railroads | Total: 34,123 km Standard gauge: 33,524 km Narrow gauge : 599 km |
| Highways |
Total: 1,512,700 km Paved : 812,700 km |
| Waterways | 14,932 km 6,969 km heavily traveled |
| Universities |
a list of Universities in France |
Germany 
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| Famous for | Beer, Sausage, a link between East and West / Scandinavia and the Mediterranean, an integral part of the European Union and NATO & a bridge to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe |
| Language | German / Deutsch Most (younger) people speak English, too. |
| Capital | Berlin (sightseeing) |
| Religions | Protestant (38%) Roman Catholic (34%) Muslim (1.7%) Unaffiliated or other (26.3%) |
| Area | Total: 356,910 sq km Land: 349,520 Sq km Water: 7,390 sq km |
| Population | 82.1 million (July 1997 est.) |
| Conventional long form | Federal Republic of Germany Bundesrepublik Deutschland |
| Conventional short form | Germany Deutschland |
| Neighbors | Denmark (N), Netherlands (W), Belgium (W), Luxembourg (W), France (W), Switzerland (S), Austria (S), Czech Republic (E) & Poland (E). |
| States / Länder (capitals in parentheses) |
Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart), Bavaria (Munich), Berlin, Brandenburg (Potsdam), Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse (Wiesbaden), Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Schwerin), Lower Saxony (Hannover), North Rhine-Westphalia (Düsseldorf), Rhineland-Palatinate (Mainz), Saarland (Saarbrücken), Saxony (Dresden), Saxony-Anhalt (Magdeburg), Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel) & Thuringia (Erfurt). |
| Railroads |
Total 43,457 km Standard Gauge 43,190 km Electrified 16,694 km |
| Highways |
Total 636,282 km Paved 501,282 km |
| Inland Waterways | 7,543 km (almost 70% are usable by craft of 1,000-metric-ton capacity or larger): Kiel Canal (connection between the Baltic Sea and North Sea), Rhine-Main-Donau Canal (connection between North Sea via rivers Rhine & Donau with the Black Sea). |
| Universities |
a list with more than 140 Universities in Germany |
Travel to Frankfurt (S & E Frans-Reisen) |
Frankfurt [Palmengarten] [Weather in Frankfurt] [Frankfurt´s International Airport] |
Italy 
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| Famous for | Wine, Spagetti and sun shine |
| Language | Italian In some areas, people speak German or French as well. |
| Capital | Rome (weather) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic (with mature Protestant and Jewish communities) and a growing Muslim immigrant community |
| Area | Total: 301,230 sq km (includes Sardinia and Sicily) Land : 294,020 sq km Water: 7,210 sq km |
| Population | 57,7 million (July 2002 est.) |
| Conventional long form | Italian Republic |
| Conventional short form | Italy |
| Neighbors | France (NW), Switzerland (N), Austria (NO), Slovenia (O), Adriatic Sea (O), Ionian Sea (S), Mediterranean Sea (W) |
| States / Region(s) |
Abruzzi, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardia, Marche, Molise, Piemonte, Puglia, Sardegna, Sicilia, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Umbria, Valle d'Aosta, Veneto |
| Railroads | Total: 19,786 km Standard gauge: 18,761 km Narrow gauge : 113 km |
| Highways |
Total: 668,669 km Paved : 668,669 km |
| Waterways | 2,400 km |
UK / England 
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| Famous for | Fish & chips, "Tea time" and Royal Family |
| Language | English, Welsh (about 26% of the population of Wales), Scottish form of Gaelic (about 60,000 in Scotland) |
| Capital | London (weather) |
| Religions | Anglican 27 million, Roman Catholic 9 million, Muslim 1 million, Presbyterian 800,000, Methodist 760,000, Sikh 400,000, Hindu 350,000, Jewish 300,000 |
| Area | Total: 244,820 sq km Land: 241,590 Sq km Water: 3,230 sq km |
| Population | 59 million (July 1998 est.) |
| Conventional long form | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
| Conventional short form | United Kingdom (UK) |
| Neighbors | Irland (360 Km), Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea (Coastline: 12,429 Km) |
| States / Länder (districts, regions, areas ...) |
England (39, 7 metropolitan*); Avon, Bedford, Berkshire, Buckingham, Cambridge, Cheshire, Cleveland, Cornwall, Cumbria, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucester, Greater London*, Greater Manchester*, Hampshire, Hereford and Worcester, Hertford, Humberside, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Leicester, Lincoln, Merseyside*, Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Nottingham, Oxford, Shropshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire*, Stafford, Suffolk, Surrey, Tyne and Wear*, Warwick, West Midlands*, West Sussex, West Yorkshire*, Wiltshire Northern Ireland (26 districts); Antrim, Ards, Armagh, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Banbridge, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Castlereagh, Coleraine, Cookstown, Craigavon, Down, Dungannon, Fermanagh, Larne, Limavady, Lisburn, Londonderry, Magherafelt, Moyle, Newry and Mourne, Newtownabbey, North Down, Omagh, Strabane Scotland (9 regions, 3 islands areas*); Borders, Central, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, Grampian, Highland, Lothian, Orkney*, Shetland*, Strathclyde, Tayside, Western Isles* Wales (8); Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan |
| Railroads |
Total 16,878 Km Standard Gauge 16,536 Km Broad Gauge: 342 Km |
| Highways |
Total 372,000 Km Paved 372,000 Km |
| Inland Waterways |
3,200 km Ports and harbors: Aberdeen, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Dover, Falmouth, Felixstowe, Grangemouth, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Peterhead, Plymouth, Scapa Flow, Sullom Voe, Tees, Tyne |
| Universities |
a list of Universities in England |
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