Western Europe

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Western Europe is one of the regions of Europe. Most people coming from North and South America going to elsewhere is the world will likely fly via here from a stop or to catch an conecting flight. It has the most flights worldwide than anywhere else however most people find there is plenty to do here. It contains over 137,000,000 people in it and is one of the most densly populated areas in the world. It is about the same size as Pakistan.

Western Europe region
Western Europe region

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  • The Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, 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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  • 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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