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Western Europe

From Wikitravel

Contents

• [+] Countries
  • Other territories
• Common sub-region names
• Cities
• Understand
• [+] Get In
  • By Plane
  • By Train
  • By Car
  • By Bus
• [+] Get Around
  • By Train
  • By Car
  • By Bus
• See
• Do
• Sleep
• Eat
• Drink
• Get Out

Western Europe is one of the regions of Europe.

[edit] Countries

Belgium
France
United Kingdom
Ireland
Luxembourg
The Netherlands

[edit] Other territories

Channel Islands (United Kingdom)
Isle of Man
Sealand — would-be data haven and world's smallest principality

[edit] Common sub-region names

Benelux:

Belgium
The Netherlands
Luxembourg

[edit] Cities

Belfast
Cardiff
Cork
Dublin
Edinburgh
Manchester
London
Paris
Lyon
Brussels
Amsterdam

[edit] Understand

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.

[edit] Get In

[edit] By Plane

Major airports can be found for the following cities:

Dublin, Ireland
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Birmingham, England, United Kindom
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
London, England, United Kingdom-Has 5 airports:

Heathrow
Gatwick
City
Stansted
Luton

Paris, France-Has 2 airports:

Charles de Gaulle
Orly

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Brussels, Belgium

[edit] By Train

[edit] By Car

[edit] By Bus

[edit] Get Around

[edit] By Train

[edit] By Car

[edit] By Bus

[edit] See

[edit] Do

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

[edit] Sleep

[edit] Eat

[edit] Drink

[edit] Get Out