Belgium Ghent Brugge Unofficial capitol of Europe Wallonia and Flounders in Brussels Toulouse Symphony orchestra Belgium waffles and chocolate Peace conferences Treaty of Ghent Universities pastoral area high tech area for Flounders Automobile manufacture largest steel mill company owner here Competitor with Antwerp major seaport 8 miles off the sea used to be one it shift in earth Venice of the North River through the city goes into canals gothic neo gothic era Dutch style Americanized and beautiful Fabric wool cloth and lace Zee Brugge 1st Brugge 2 seaports Downtown equal to agricultural monument Leige 3rd largest in Belgium Largest in Walloonia Largest French speaking on Meuse River Used to be the center of steel capitol Pittsburg Gun Armory manufacturing EU Aid put here Aircraft Battle of the Bulge General McCall Nuts Rusted out old steel cities Bastogne Tons of American cemetaries WWI and WWII battles Luxembourg Country not Region City center of W Europe EU capitol distribution supreme court located here MANY European banks are here Netherlands Meuse Rhine into Estuary Kempenland part of Holland and Belgium Isselmeer fresh water blocking for dam Flevoland reclaimed from sea Amsterdam Major city 5th largest business city of Europe Financial center Looks like Manhattan Great Art Center Van Gogh Museum Switzerland is a confederation of cantons Night Watch in Riches Museum Every canton technically has the authority of Downtown looks like America Zurich major city of Switzerland 30 The nominal capitol of Amsterdam industry for a long time Thousands of banks International Court of Justice etc settle here high quality of life Home of the an independent nation Canton system came to be after 30 Years War each canton formed around religious beliefs of population lives here Largest city of Switzerland largest German speaking city Has been involved in the BANKING centered here famous for laundering money Extremely low taxes major corporations Club of Rome incredibly wealthy people who focus on environmental issues Featured in the Bourne Identity movie Geneva largest French speaking city in Switzerland Has always been identified with peace and tranquility strongly Protestant area Lots of international Liberal Red Light District Rotterdam 2 in Netherlands Erasmus bridge Largest seaport in Europe The Hague Site of Queen s home Legal capitol of the world Shell company here Utrecht End of the c Headquarters of Dutch railroad 2 auto reselling center world Shopping malls Leiden Oldest of Dutch Universities organizations are centered here World class Medical Research and Healthcare city World s 2 city of diplomacy after Top 3 with Nobel Prizes Eindhoven Center of Dutch Brabant New York City League of Nations the Red Cross United Nations World Trade Organization CERN Famous for SWITZERLAND Jura Mountains along border with France production of Swiss watches and high quality perfumes forms a giant glaciated valley between Jura Bern capital of Switzerland used to be Lake Constance is the origin of the Rhine Communist leaders and philosophers used to known as the world capital of communism and the Alps River meet in Bern every 2 years Lake Geneva is the heart of Romandie French Switzerland Basel a German city huge factories and Germanic architecture Famous for Ticinio Italian Switzerland many speak PHARMICEUTICALS known as Italian language Chemical Capital Lusanne FAMOUS FOR BEING Number 2 city in Austria HEADQUARTERS OF THE OLYMPICS Capitol of Styria International court for arbitration of sporting Large Slovenian population events 2 huge companies located nearby Major River port Nestle hated for production of baby formula Oil Refinery Petrochemicals bottled water and Phillip Morris Linz cigarettes Major city of Oberosterrich Davos once a year in February the leaders Number 3 in Austria of the world meet here to plan for the future Major Industrial Center Zermatt small city location of the On Danube MATTERHORN AUSTRIA Chemical Industry Biggest Industrial on Danube Has ruled the world for thousands of years Home of Pez candy as multiple empires Primarily alpine region Home of Adolf Hitler Tyrol region with largest mountains in Klagenfurt Austria tiny valleys in between Number 6 in Austria Oberosterreich means Upper Austria Capitol of Carinthia near Linz the home of Hitler Heavy of light electronics AUSTRIA Dates back before the renaissance Mainly assembly Skiing destination Charlemagne From the Baltic to the Salzburg Adriatic Austria has been in this region Mozart born here under different names for years Vienna Sound of Music Home Home of Silent Night o Capitol of world for last 2 000 Skiing years o Beautiful city OH SHIT CITY o Holy Roman Empire o World Capitol of Music o Major Center for Fine Arts o 1 city in Austria o Formal Balls gowns and dancing and the like Graz Major Industrial city Universities Baroque Architecture Number 4 city Primary entry point to Munich Hitler s private estate Eagle s Nest TOURISM University Innsbruck Capitol of Tyrol Cultural center of Austria Number 5 city Surrounded by Alpine Mountains 95 pop decimated in WWII Truck passing Rail center Very pretty Romantic Urban Setting Not a tourist town in summer Skiing 2 Winter Olympics Electronics GERMANY Mainly two countries Ruhr Valley Coal Mining and Steel 2nd biggest concentration of cities Dusseldorf 18 internet companies Center for design and fashion Business city Dortmund Number 2 in region Coal mining center Logistics center Blue Collar Essen Deindustrialization Steel Capitol of Europe Krupp Industrial warehouse for Wars Thyssen Krupp Elevators etc Construction Cologne 4th largest city limits Cultural center for Ruhr Valley 20 foreign population Turkish Headquarters of Ford Europe Toyota s Formula One German Airline Highest Cathedral in World Eau de Cologne Product Frankfurt Business capitol of Europe ECB Federal Reserve High Rise City American Style TRANSPORTATION gateway Airport has train center Home of Euro German Stock Markets New York of Germany S Ban and U Ban Number 5 city Motorway Hub World Alpha City Stuttgart Major Profit Wine Mercedes Benz Car invented here Porsche here Protestant Lutheran Radical Movements Munich Bavaria region Very independent Smallest in history Catholic city Founded by Monks Two Auto parts manufacture Headquarters of U S Armed Forces Everyone Command for Africa here too Largest city until Berlin became the capitol 3rd largest now Heavy timber use whole logs stacked with plaster in
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