Where does northern Europe end? (life, country, place, people)
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I am seeing a lot of jealousy, only because the U.K. and Ireland has been classified as Northern Europe. It is what it is geographically. Everybody knows what? about it.
The blue-colored or blue-coloured parts of this map corresponds to what has been accepted as Northern Europe. Oh, yes there are parts of Western and Eastern Europe which borders with Northern Europe like the Netherlands, Belgium, northern France, Germany, Poland, and Belarus as well.
These are their flags of Northern European nations in alphabetical order below;
I am seeing a lot of jealousy, only because the U.K. and Ireland has been classified as Northern Europe. It is what it is geographically. Everybody knows what? about it.
The blue-colored or blue-coloured parts of this map corresponds to what has been accepted as Northern Europe. Oh, yes there are parts of Western and Eastern Europe which borders with Northern Europe like the Netherlands, Belgium, northern France, Germany, Poland, and Belarus as well.
These are their flags of Northern European nations in alphabetical order below;
Slovenia is not Southern European, If you count it as Southern European so should Romania.
Location: Northern Ireland and temporarily England
7,668 posts, read 5,260,330 times
Reputation: 1392
Quote:
Originally Posted by cattledog69
Have you been in the Netherlands? It doesn't get dark until 11pm here too you know. Same goes for Belgium and Northern Germany. Can't really follow your logic. Most of the UK is at the same latitude as we are, yet UK is North and the Netherlands isn't?
We, and you, are Western Europe with some parts a slight touch of the North i guess because we border it and a part of the UK overlaps.
Everybody knows this, except here on CD I guess can't believe this is going on for so many pages LOL.
If you simply divide in North, East, South, West, it's so obvious. What's there to argue about?
No.
The Netherlands does NOT have 18 hours of daylight like me, it is alot further south.
And no you are not western Europe, your 600 miles east of me!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Davy-040
You could take the Western part of the Loire River as the dividing line between North and South Europe.
No that is way south of my suggestion which is Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Old enough to know that the U.K. and Ireland are located in Northern Europe! To correct you once more, most of the U.K. doesn't lie within the same latitude as the Netherlands, though the southern regions do. Get your facts, straight. Politically, the U.K. does align itself with Western Europe.
Slovenia is not Southern European, If you count it as Southern European so should Romania.
Slovenia? Oh yes it is a Southern European country by excellence, but precisely Southern-Central European. Romania is a southeastern-Central European country. Northern Romania and most of Moldova lay north of Slovenia. You're still stuck with the Cold War mentality of calling all those former Communist countries "Eastern Europe". Oh well, Slovenia isn't in Eastern Europe.
Location: Near Tours, France about 47°10'N 0°25'E
2,825 posts, read 5,265,333 times
Reputation: 1957
Quote:
Originally Posted by Davy-040
You could take the Western part of the Loire River as the dividing line between North and South Europe.
The Loire river, but also the Danube, follow more or less the 47°N parralel that divides the main land mass of Europe into about two equal halfs. Said that, the line that really divides Europe in lansmasses of equal halfs would be slighlty further north, around 50°N.
In France it is quite common to consider that the Loire valley represent a major dividing line between Northern and southern France. In early middle ages times it was the limit between Neustria and Aquitaine. Around Nantes the river tend to separates the part of the country where traditional architecture is made of strong slate of falt tiles in the north or made or flatter roofs with roman tiles, tipical of southern Europe:
North of Nante, the architecture is typicall north-western French, in Breton style: here, exemple of Guerande:
A few kilometers south of Nantes, the architectural ambiance is nothing like typical north western France architecture, here the exemple of Clisson town:
Last edited by french user; 07-12-2015 at 09:34 AM..
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
about it. 
LOL, how old are you? 
To correct you once more, most of the U.K. doesn't lie within the same latitude as the Netherlands, though the southern regions do. Get your facts, straight. Politically, the U.K. does align itself with Western Europe. 
