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Mini-Europe receives 350,000 visitors per year [2] and has a turnover of €4 million. [3] Mini-Europe is the brainchild of Johannes A. Lorijn, who founded similar miniature parks in Austria and Spain. [4] The park contains live action models such as trains, mills, an erupting Mount Vesuvius, and cable cars. A guide gives the details on all the ...
The building previously served as a greenhouse and was renamed Sportpaleis Gent. Because of its short track and unusually steep gradient, it was nicknamed "Kuipke" (English: Little Tub) . On 12 November 1962 the building was destroyed by fire, after which a second velodrome was opened on the same location in 1965.
Map of the European microstates Monaco. A European microstate or European ministate is a very small sovereign state in Europe.In modern usage, it typically refers to the six smallest states in Europe by area: Andorra, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City (the Holy See). [1]
War memorial at the Achtmeiplein square at the Koning Albertpark in Ghent. The Koning Albertpark, also known as Zuidpark, is a city park in the Belgian city of Ghent.The park is located in the southeast of the city center, between Woodrow Wilson Square and the B401 motorway exits that terminate at Zuidpark in the city.
List includes metropolitan areas according only to the studies of ESPON, Eurostat, and OECD.For this reason some metropolitan areas, like the Italian Genoa Metropolitan Area (with a population of 1,510,781 as of 2010 [1]) or the Ukrainian Kryvyi Rih metropolitan area (with a population of 1,170,953 as of 2019 [2]), are not included in this list, with data by other statistic survey institutes.
The Sint-Pietersplein with Our Lady of St. Peter's Church and St. Peter's Abbey View of the Sint-Pieterplein from the north side. The Sint-Pietersplein (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnt ˈpiːtərsplɛin]; "St. Peter's Square") is a city square located in the south of the historic centre of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.
Member states in red, Vatican City in blue as unknown status, Faroe Islands in green as a prospective member. The Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) is a biennial multi-sport event, launched by the Republic of San Marino, organized by and featuring the National Olympic Committees of nine European small states since 1985.
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [2] ...