Northern Europe & the Low Countries

What Peninsula is Denmark located on?

Jutland

What is the name of the famous statue in that city?

Mannenken Piss

What are the two main regions in Belgium called and what languages do they speak?

North- Dutch Speaking Flanders and South- Wallonia French Speaking.

What is the name of the Bridge-Tunnel that connects Denmark to Sweden?

Oresund

Name two famous Dutch painters

Rembrandt (most important dutch painter). Vincent Van Gogh.

What is the capital city of Iceland (the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state)?

Reykjavik

What city in the Netherlands is the largest Port in Europe and second largest in the world (behind Shanghai, China since 2004)?

Rotterdam.

What is the name of the indigenous people inhabiting the area in the Arctic Circle encompassing the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia?

Sami

The Finnish created what type of structure that is found at many health spas/recreation centers all over the world?

Sauna.

Sweden and the other Northern European countries have what type of Social Welfare/Protection System?

Social democratic welfare system.

What is the capital and most populous city in Sweden?

Stockholm

What is the major public square called in the netherlands?

The Dam Square.

What city in the Netherlands is considered to be the Legal Capital of the World and the International City of Peace and Justice?

The Hague

When did the Norway Massacre occur?

Andres Breivik killed multiple people on July 22, 2011.

Who is/was Amsterdam's most famous resident and one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust?

Anne Frank

Approximately 80% of the world's rough diamonds pass through which Belgian city each year?

Antwerp

What is the scientific name for the Northern Lights?

Aura Borealis

What is another name for the Low Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)?

Benelux

What is the capital of Belgium?

Brussels

What is the capital and most populous city in Denmark?

CoPANHAGEN

What is the most popular winter recreational activity in Finland?

Cross Country Skiing.

Finland is recognized as having the best ?????????? in the world.

Education System

The above city is considered the de facto capital and headquarters of what two organizations?

European Union and N.A.T.O.

What is the most important economic activity in Iceland?

Fishing.

Due to the special geological conditions in Iceland, heating and electricity is produced by what type of energy?

Geothermal energy

What is the name of Iceland's national dish?

Hakarl: fermented shark meat.

What is the capital and most populous city in Finland?

Helsinki

What is the name of the highly urbanized, densely populated area that stretches from Liverpool, England through the Low Countries, Western Germany, Switzerland, and Northern Italy?

The blue Banana.

What is the name of Iceland's most visited tourist site (geothermal spa)?

The blue lagoon

What is the common name used to refer to the Norse explorers and warriors who conquered much of Northern Europe and the North Atlantic from the late 8th century to the mid 11th century?

Vikings

What iconic building is the Netherlands most often associated with?

Windmills

What is the capital and largest city in the Netherlands?

amsterdam

What is the most common form of transportation in the city?

bike

What is the most famous landmark in Copenhagen?

little mermaid

What is the name of the tectonic boundary which Iceland is located on?

mid atlantic ridge.

What is the name for low-lying land that once underwater but is now habitable?

polders

What animal is extremely important to the swedish people's culture and way of life?

reindeer

What flower is most often associated with the Netherlands?

tulips