Western Europe


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Western Europe is one of the regions of Europe.

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  • Belgium, France,and Netherlands are members of the European Union; Channel Islands and Isle of Man are not.
  • Belgium, France, Republic of Ireland, Luxembourg, and Netherlands use the Euro.
  • Belgium, France, Luxembourg, and Netherlands are members of the Schengen Agreement [1], removing border checkpoints.

The region "Western Europe" is sometimes confused with the "Western Bloc", which was a Cold War name for the market-economy countries of Europe, as opposed to the Eastern Bloc of communist countries. "Western Europe" is used here more specifically.

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Major airports can be found for the following cities:

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  • Climb over the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland
  • Go biking on the Dingle Peninsula in western Ireland
  • Visit Blarney Castle and West Cork in Cork, Ireland
  • Explore pubs in Dublin
  • Cruise to the islands of the Scottish Highlands in Scotland
  • Scan for the Loch Ness Monster
  • Tour a whisky distillery in Scotland
  • Admire the massive Forth Bridge near Edinburgh
  • Climb up the extinct volcano to Edinburgh's castle
  • Go to Blackpool, go out on a pier, go up Blackpool tower, ride antique trams, and ride "Europe's greatest collection of white knuckle rides" at Blackpool Pleasure Beach
  • Go hiking or boating in the English Lake District
  • Walk or bike through the insanely quaint Cotswolds
  • Ride a Welsh railway, either go up Mount Snowdon on the Snowdon Mountain Railway or ride the Blaenau Ffestiniog Railway
  • Stroll the historic Welsh town of Conwy and see the massive castle
  • Visit an English university town like Oxford or Cambridge, and maybe do some punting
  • Admire Stonehenge, from a distance, since you can't go directly up to it
  • Tour the bizarre "biomes" of the Eden Project
  • See the White Cliffs at Dover
  • Call home from a phone booth near Big Ben at the top of the hour while the bells chime
  • Explore the creepy Tower of London
  • Ride the London Eye Ferris Wheel
  • Stroll in a London Park like Hampstead Heath, Regents, St. James, or Hyde
  • Ride a classic routemaster double-decker bus in London (only on routes 9 & 15)
  • Zip through the chunnel on a high speed train from London to Paris
  • Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
  • Stroll grand Parisian Boulevards
  • Climb Montmarte Hill in Paris
  • See a managable amount of art in the Louvre, or see the art in the Orsay Museum, in a former train station
  • See the surprisingly modern architecture in the business district of La Defense
  • See the Science Museum in Villette Park, and the other odd attractions assembled there
  • Stroll an old train viaduct on the Promenade Plantee in Paris
  • See the stunning, but crowded, Versailles Palace
  • Ride the TGV, one of the fastest trains in the world, from Paris to Lyon
  • Cross the beach at low tide and then climb to the top of Mont Saint Michel
  • See the D-Day Beaches of Normandy
  • Explore Chartres Cathedral
  • See the quaintness of the Alsace
  • Sunbathe on the beaches of the French Riviera
  • Eat Belgian chocolate, cheese, and beer
  • Take a canal cruise of Bruges
  • See the unusual atomium and nearby little Europe in Brussels
  • See the battlefield at Waterloo
  • Bike alongside or cruise the canals of Amsterdam
  • See Anne Frank's Amsterdam house
  • See, cautiously, Amsterdam's Red Light District
  • Bike through the tulip fields of Holland and its windmills
  • See the astounding architecture of central Rotterdam
  • Climb the tower of the Dom-church in Utrecht

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