Where does northern Europe end? (2013, places, people, English)

[SwedishViking]

Originally Posted by DJ-

Huh, you really sure with the way you draw your line ? You just put Switzerland in it because it's "Germanic" ?

Yes and no.
if you'd been to small towns in mid/northern sweden and in switzerland and compare it to experiences in say hungary, poland or croatia I think you'd understand.
Switzerland to me feels a lot more like back home, than the medeterainian countries or eastern europe or balkans when I've visited them

[cattledog69]

Originally Posted by SwedishViking

Yes and no.
if you'd been to small towns in mid/northern sweden and in switzerland and compare it to experiences in say hungary, poland or croatia I think you'd understand.
Switzerland to me feels a lot more like back home, than the medeterainian countries or eastern europe or balkans when I've visited them

This is exactly what my wife and i said when we were in Härjedalen last year. It had a "Swiss" feeling to it. Not exactly the sight of the country itself, but more like the people, the houses, the "mountain lifestyle" i guess.

[Davy-040]

Outside these Orange lines is the North and South for sure.

[SwedishViking]

Originally Posted by Davy-040

Outside these Orange lines is the North and South for sure.

Yes, this does devide north and south gographically,
but in terms of what countries belong to each other, does Britain, Sweden and Denmark belong more with Russia than with Germany?

I mean sure if you ask a russian the entire world belongs under the russian flag but that's a different issue.

[mar89]

Italy is entirely a southern european state. The lower line should be along the Alps.

[Eden Morlevent]

Originally Posted by mar89

Italy is entirely a southern european state. The lower line should be along the Alps.

If the lower line was in the Alps, some countries will be cut in half, like always in fact.

This subject is really too vague...

[forgotten username]

Originally Posted by mar89

Italy is entirely a southern european state. The lower line should be along the Alps.

Aber was denken die leuten aus bozen ?

(What do people from Bolzano think ?)

About France, the line is ok for me.

[Eden Morlevent]

Originally Posted by forgotten username

About France, the line is ok for me.

You don't find it strange at all ?

[mar89]

From an extreme to another...someone keeps saying that Denmark, Ireland or Lithuania are southern Europe, others put Italy in central Europe with no reason.

[mar89]

Dubious countries are France, Slovenia, Romania (Southern or Central?) and probably Belarus (Central or Northern?)