I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
- Eddie Izzard
The 50 countries who host both the largest and smallest nations in the world.
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Austria
I really feel great in Austria, I love my home and Vienna is just the best place to be.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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Bulgaria
Bulgaria is a fascinating, beautiful, difficult country, and I fell in love with it.
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Croatia
Croatia has been glorious - it's so beautiful, and I want to go back as often as I can.
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Czech Republic
The Czech Republic are coming from behind in more than one way now.
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Denmark
Denmark is like a secret little place with its own special language.
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Estonia
Creating a new country from scratch has given Estonia the license to imagine what a country could be.
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France
I wanted to get far away from those who believed in cruelty, so then I went to France, a land of true freedom, democracy, equality and fraternity.
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Finland
My favourite country is Finland because once you get to a certain point, you can drive for hours without seeing a single person.
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Germany
Germany has become a country that many people abroad associate with hope.
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Greece
In many ways we are all sons and daughters of ancient Greece
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Hungary
In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.
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Iceland
I would like to go to Iceland to see the northern lights.
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Ireland
We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.
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Italy
You may have the universe if I may have Italy.
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Ladonia
People love Ladonia because it is a system of government that they chose; it's not an accident of birth. We share a vision for the world that we want to build together.
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Latvia
Latvia!
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Liechtenstein
Why is America the last best hope of Earth? What if it's Liechtenstein? Or, worse, Canada?
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Lithuania
And finally, the bald man joined in, singing out the national anthem. ‘Lithuania, land of heroes…’
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Portugal
I’ve got two places I like to be. Portugal is one
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Malta
Malta is the only country in the world where the local delicacy is the bread.
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Monaco
I have found serenity at Monaco.
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Netherlands
The whole territory of the Netherlands was girt with forests.
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Norway
I want to travel. Maybe I'll end up living in Norway, making cakes.
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Romania
I can go on forever, Romania is so beautiful!
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Russia
Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.
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Serbia
Serbia is open for business.
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Slovakia
I don't think falling in love in Slovakia is much different from falling in love in Tunbridge Wells.
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Spain
Barcelona is a great city and Spain is a great country to live in.
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Sweden
There’s something I love about how stark the contrast is between January and June in Sweden.
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Switzerland
It's tough to find a place not to like in Switzerland.
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Ukraine
I promise everyone who comes to Ukraine can see a beautiful country.
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United Kingdom
The four home nations that make up our United Kingdom are bound together by historic links. We have, and always will be, better together.
Read the latest European Adventures…
Reykjavik
Reykjavik is a surprisingly busy city on the west coast of Iceland. Surrounded by black volcanic stone and yellow grass the city is striking. Arctic winds blow in from the coast, and Iceland is the third windiest place in the world. Houses are generally low with sloped roofs to avoid the ever-present wind.
Belgrade
Belgrade, as it is not served by any low cost airlines, is spared the stag dos and hen dos that fill other eastern European cities. As such, it's tourism is lower volume and less crass. The city is served by a good network of Trams, which are surprisingly thiner than the average tram in other cities.
Split
Tiny winding streets with old buildings, hugely driven by city break tourism rather than the more sedate options are part of the character of Split. The small tight streets in the old town have lead to the adoption of motorised cards, like you may see in a warehouse for moving goods around.
Vilnius
Days are identified by Roman numerals. The city has a strong resonance with Rom, the history of repeated attempts to align with the Hapsbergs and the Pope have given Vilnius an affinity from Italy as well as this there is a stronger Russian influence than I have seen in the other Baltic states, they have a soviet influence, but less of the historic Russian.
Düsseldorf
Architecture is varied, but there is not much of the extremely modern glass around. Brickwork dominates and it feels that even new buildings are trying to fit in. The main exception is the area around the Rhine Towner, a needle standing tall and alone on the riverside and the various modernist buildings nearby.
Barcelona
Gaudi’s influence can be felt throughout the city, even though there are in truth only a small number of his buildings in a large sprawling city the influence of colour and shape make Barcelona an interesting city. Whilst it has many of the dull square buildings that infest major cities, it also has old churches in immaculate repair and colourful shapes and sculptures scattered through the city.