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Location: Near Tours, France about 47°10'N 0°25'E
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Originally Posted by Max96
Germany and Britain aren't either.
They are located in the northern half of the continent... Are culturally northern European (germanic languages, importance of protestantism, etc.). What they are not is scandinavian or "nordic" which included only the northern part of northern Europe.
Northern France is definitely northern Europe, southern France southern Europe.Thus it's the only country in Europe that is
half half, which explains the often schizophrenic features of French civilization.
Northern France is definitely northern Europe, southern France southern Europe.Thus it's the only country in Europe that is
half half, which explains the often schizophrenic features of French civilization.
Northern Europe ends at the Danish-German border. Period. If Scotland or the Netherlands is "Northern" Europe I'm Albania.
I feel another one of those geographical debates coming on, about how to classify regions of Europe.
Maybe we could compromise, by saying there's culturally-northern Europe, then geographically-northern Europe. One can't deny that Scotland is northern. FWIW. But yes, generally the term "northern Europe" is understood to mean Fenno-Scandia.
I see Paris, Stuttgart and Vienna as the border cities between North and South Europe.
If only talking about the pure North than the border is Galway (Ireland) - York (England) - Kiel (Germany) - Bialystok (Poland).
Dunno about that, but the Scots and Dutch are as Central European to us real Northerners than french user's French blokes living in Northern or Central France. Or Austrians, or Swiss. Certainly not Northern.
Northern Europe is the welfare state, conifer forests, smoked salmon, aurora borealis, heavy drinking, snow and 100 other things. Not 50% welfare state, stamppot, toll roads, deciduous forests, rainy winters, pot smoking, wine-drinking or haggis.
That's the difference.
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