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They really need to fix the non-sensical "North" and "West" Europe naming. Amsterdam is western Europe, yes, but so is the UK and Dublin where their "North" Eu
by nbevans 12y ago
They really need to fix the non-sensical "North" and "West" Europe naming.
Amsterdam is western Europe, yes, but so is the UK and Dublin where their "North" Europe region is. A better name would be Central Europe, perhaps?
I'm not even sure what North Europe is? I guess it could be either Sweden, Scotland or maybe Iceland?
/minirant; feel free to downvote ;)
- codfrantic 12y agoNorth Europe would surely by Norway,Sweden,Finland or even Denmark. Central Europe would be Poland..
- _delirium 12y agoNorthern Europe is the British Isles, Iceland, Scandinavia, Finland, and the Baltic countries, according to the UN's statistical definition of European regions. Here's a map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_subregion_map_UN_geoschme.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_subregion_map... Western Europe in that scheme is France, Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, and Austria. The EU's grouping, on the other hand, while mostly the same, puts the British Isles into Western Europe: http://eurovoc.europa.eu/drupal/?q=request&uri=http://eurovoc.europa.eu/100277 http://eurovoc.europa.eu/drupal/?q=request&uri=http://eurovo...
- nbevans 12y agoInteresting reply, thanks!