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General Secretariat of the Council Europe and you Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union 2011 — 32 pp. — 21 × 21 cm ISBN 978-92-824-3327-0 doi:10.2860/46724 QC-31-11-247-EN-C

A wide range of information on the European Union is available through its Internet portal (http://europa.eu).

Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication.

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2011 ISBN 978-92-824-3327-0 doi:10.2860/46724 QC-31-11-247-EN-C © European Union, 2011 All rights reserved.

Illustrations © Fotolia.com for all illustrations, except: p. 2 : p. 17 : © Booyabazooka Printed in Luxembourg Printed on elemental chlorine-free bleached paper (ECF)

Hello!

Welcome to the European Union.

Did you know that the European Union is made up of 27 countries and has a population of about 500 million?

Come and discover these countries, colour in their flags and guess the names of their capitals from the letters that have been jumbled up.

You'll see what fun it is!

If you need help, you'll find the flags, the names of the capital cities and the map of Europe at the end of this book.

Have fun!

BELGIUM

2

S B U S E S R L In Belgium we read a lot of comic strips.

B_U_ _E_S

BULGARIA O

S

F A I

3

In Bulgaria we use the Cyrillic alphabet.

_O_ _ A

CZECH REPUBLIC

4

A

U

R P

E

G

The nickname for my country's capital is 'the golden city'.

PR _ _U_

DENMARK O NA E C G N H E P

Do you know where Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid is?

_O_ E _ _ A _ EN

5

GERMANY E 6

R BI L N The printing press was invented by a German in the 15th century.

_ _ R _ IN

ESTONIA I TL A N N L In Estonia we love to sing in the spring.

T_ L _ _ N _

7

IRELAND N

L U I D B

8

The symbol of Ireland is the shamrock.

D_ BL _ _

GREECE A T H E

S

N The Greeks invented the theatre and the Olympic Games.

A_H_N_

9

SPAIN A 10

D

R D

M

I

Spanish children are brought presents by the three kings.

_ AD_ I _

FRANCE A

I S

R 11

P

Have you been up the Eiffel Tower yet?

P_ R _ _

ITALY M E O 12

R My country is shaped like a boot.

_ _ ME

CYPRUS

13

Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, was born in Cyprus.

S A N O I C I

N _CO_ I _

LATVIA

14

I

G A

R

The Latvian national flower is the daisy.

R__A

LITHUANIA I S

U

L

N V

I The national sport of Lithuania is basketball.

_ IL _ _U_

15

LUXEMBOURG U O G E L M R U B X

16

Luxembourg is the only grand duchy in the world.

_UX _ M _OU_ _

HUNGARY S T B U A D P E Rubik's Cube was invented by a Hungarian.

BU_ A _ _ST

17

MALTA

18

Malta is the smallest country in the European Union.

T L A L E V A T

V_ _ _ E _T_

NETHERLANDS R M M D S E T A A We love cycling.

_ _ST_ _ D_ M

19

AUSTRIA

20

N

E A I VN

Every first of January, a celebrated New Year's concert takes place in our capital.

V_ _ NN _

POLAND A W A W

R

S

Poland's national symbol is the white eagle.

_ A _SA _

21

PORTUGAL

22

Portugal is a land of great navigators.

LS B O NI

L__B_N

ROMANIA E

A B T R H S U C At Christmas time we sing for sweets.

_U_ HAR _ _T

23

SLOVENIA

24

NJ J A L A BL U The symbol of our capital city is the dragon.

_ J_ B _ J_ NA

SLOVAKIA

VT B A I A S A R L My country is a mountainous one and we do a lot of skiing.

B _ AT_ _ L _V_

25

FINLAND I 26

Finland is where Father Christmas lives.

E S L K N I H

HE _S_ _ K _

SWEDEN

Pippi Longstocking is the heroine of Swedish children's literature.

H K M O

S L O C T

_TOC_ _O_ M

27

UNITED KINGDOM

28

The United Kingdom is linked to the European mainland by a tunnel under the sea.

N O D N L O L _ N _O_

EUROPEAN UNION

29

Now you know a lot more about the 27 countries of the European Union!

Belgium

Bulgaria

Czech Republic

Ireland

Greece

Spain

France

Luxembourg

Hungary Budapest

Malta

Valletta

Netherlands

Slovenia

Slovakia

Finland

Brussels

30

Dublin

Luxembourg

Athens

Ljubljana

Sofia

Madrid

Bratislava

Prague

Paris

Amsterdam

Helsinki

Denmark

Germany

Estonia

Italy

Cyprus

Latvia

Lithuania

Austria

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Sweden

United Kingdom

European Union

Copenhagen

Rome

Vienna

Stockholm

Berlin

Nicosia

Warsaw

London

Tallinn

Riga

Lisbon

Vilnius

Bucharest

31

FINLAND SWEDEN

ESTONIA

LATVIA

32

DENMARK

IR ELA ND

LITHUANIA

UNITED KINGDOM NETHERLANDS BELGIUM

POLAND

GERMANY

LUXEMBOURG

C ZE C H R E P UB L IC S LOVA K IA

F R A N C E

AUSTRIA

HUNGARY

SLOVENIA

ROMAN I A

I T A LY

BU LGARI A

PORTUGAL

S P A I N

GRE E CE

Map: www.lovelljohns.com

CYPRUS M ALTA

General Secretariat of the Council Europe and you Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union 2011 — 32 pp. — 21 × 21 cm ISBN 978-92-824-3327-0 doi:10.2860/46724 QC-31-11-247-EN-C

A wide range of information on the European Union is available through its Internet portal (http://europa.eu).

Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication.

Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2011 ISBN 978-92-824-3327-0 doi:10.2860/46724 QC-31-11-247-EN-C © European Union, 2011 All rights reserved.

Illustrations © Fotolia.com for all illustrations, except: p. 2 : p. 17 : © Booyabazooka Printed in Belgium Printed on elemental chlorine-free bleached paper (ECF)

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