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UK is not a Nordic country. 75% of the population lives in England and Wales, not Scotland or NI. The majority of the UK landmass is below 55°N, which marks the German-Danish border. You're Western Europe, not Northern.
The United Kingdom and Ireland are in Northern Europe. Ireland lays at about the same latitude as Denmark and southern Sweden, and parts of Scotland are as even as far north as southern Norway. The Isles are precisely in Northwestern Europe, while Scandinavia is in a more north central position, the Baltic nations are in northeastern position!
The United Kingdom and Ireland are in Northern Europe. Ireland lays at about the same latitude as Denmark and southern Sweden, and parts of Scotland are as even as far north as southern Norway. The Isles are precisely in Northwestern Europe, while Scandinavia is in a more north central position, the Baltic nations are in northeastern position!
the u.k isn't really comparable to scandinavia and northern europe in general, though. there's something lacking, and you know it. climatologically, spiritually, socially etc etc...
If you take the northernmost point and southernmost point of mainland Europe, the divide between north and south is about 57N.
If you were to measure this culturally, then places like northern France, Belgium, Netherlands, UK have a lot more in common with each other than they do with Scandinavia which is truly northern European.
Personally, I would say that the UK, France, Benelux, Switzerland, maybe also Germany is western Europe.
Northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands, most of Germany, Denmark, southwest Sweden, southern Norway, the U.K. and Ireland belong to "classic" Northwestern Europe. The ethnic groups which are predominant are of Germanic and Celtic ancestry.
Happy is the opposite of sad, rural is the opposite of urban. That doesn't restrict us for using categories in-between, like 'content', 'suburban' or................ 'central'.
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