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Countries and Capitals
How many people know their countries and capitals? How many people even know all the countries in Europe? Probably not that many. Have a look at theses lists and see how familiar they are? Maybe you might like to try out the missing vowels quiz or the anagrams quiz?
An Alphabetical List of European Countries and Capitals.
Albania Tirana
Andorra Andorra la Vella
Armenia Yerevan
Austria Vienna
Azerbaijan Baku
Belarus Minsk
Belgium Brussels
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
Bulgaria Sofia
Croatia Zagreb
Cyprus Nicosia
Czech Republic Prague
Denmark Copenhagen
Estonia Tallinn
Finland Helsinki
France Paris
Georgia Tbilisi
Germany Berlin
Greece Athens
Hungary Budapest
Iceland Reykjavik
Ireland Dublin
Italy Rome
Kazakhstan Astana
Kosovo Pristina
Latvia Riga
Liechtenstein Vaduz
Lithuania Vilnius
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Macedonia Skopje
Malta Valletta
Moldova Chisinau
Monaco Monaco
Montenegro Podgorica
Netherlands Amsterdam
Norway Oslo
Poland Warsaw
Portugal Lisbon
Romania Bucharest
Russia Moscow
San Marino San Marino
Scotland Edinburgh
Serbia Belgrade
Slovakia Bratislava
Slovenia Ljubljana
Spain Madrid
Sweden Stockholm
Switzerland Bern
Turkey Ankara
Ukraine Kyiv
England London
Vatican City (Holy See) Vatican City
Wales Cardiff
An Alphabetical List of European Capitals and their Countries.
Amsterdam Netherlands
Andorra la Vella Andorra
Ankara Turkey
Astana Kazakhstan
Athens Greece
Baku Azerbaijan
Belgrade Serbia
Berlin Germany
Bern Switzerland
Bratislava Slovakia
Brussels Belgium
Bucharest Romania
Budapest Hungary
Cardiff Wales
Chisinau Moldova
Copenhagen Denmark
Dublin Ireland
Edinburgh Scotland
Helsinki Finland
Kyiv Ukraine
Lisbon Portugal
Ljubljana Slovenia
London England
Luxembourg Luxembourg
Madrid Spain
Minsk Belarus
Monaco Monaco
Moscow Russia
Nicosia Cyprus
Oslo Norway
Paris France
Podgorica Montenegro
Prague Czech Republic
Pristina Kosovo
Reykjavik Iceland
Riga Latvia
Rome Italy
San Marino San Marino
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
Skopje Macedonia
Sofia Bulgaria
Stockholm Sweden
Tallinn Estonia
Tbilisi Georgia
Tirana Albania
Vaduz Liechtenstein
Valletta Malta
Vatican City Vatican City (Holy See)
Vienna Austria
Vilnius Lithuania
Warsaw Poland
Yerevan Armenia
Zagreb Croatia
Let’s start with something straight-forward. Here we have countries with their capitals but with the vowels missing.
grmny – brln
lbn – trn
hngry – bdpst
clnd – rykjvk
fnlnd – hlsnk
ksv – prstn
str – vnn
grc – thns
rlnd – dbln
lchtnstn – vdz
ndrr – ndrr l vll
mlt – vlltt
tly – rm
kzkhstn – stn
ltv – rg
zrbjn – bk
lthn – vlns
lxmbrg – lxmbrg
mcdn – skpj
mldv – chsn
dnmrk – cpnhgn
mnc – mnc
crt – zgrb
mntngr – pdgrc
plnd – wrsw
nthrlnds – mstrdm
czch rpblc – prg
nrwy – sl
prtgl – lsbn
blgr – sf
grg – tbls
slvn – ljbljn
rss – mscw
spn – mdrd
blrs – mnsk
slvk – brtslv
frnc – prs
stn – tllnn
rmn – bchrst
sn mrn – sn mrn
srb – blgrd
swdn – stckhlm
nglnd – lndn
bsn nd hrzgvn – srjv
vtcn cty – vtcn cty
rmn – yrvn
wls – crdff
cyprs – ncs
sctlnd – dnbrgh
blgm – brssls
krn – kyv
swtzrlnd – brn
trky – nkr
Copy and paste one of these sections.
Match these Countries with their Capitals
Draw a line to match each country with its capital
Vatican City Tbilisi
Wales Rome
Portugal Amsterdam
Kazakhstan Sarajevo
Turkey Astana
Georgia Cardiff
Monaco Lisbon
Albania Stockholm
Sweden Tirana
Slovenia Ankara
Italy Ljubljana
Bosnia and Herzegovina Vatican City
Netherlands Monaco
Match these Countries with their Capitals
Draw a line to match each country with its capital
Scotland Baku
Switzerland Riga
Slovakia Vienna
Cyprus Valletta
Ukraine Minsk
Malta Bratislava
Azerbaijan Helsinki
Belarus Luxembourg
Latvia Bern
Austria Kyiv
Luxembourg Nicosia
Finland Edinburgh
Croatia Zagreb
Match these Countries with their Capitals
Draw a line to match each country with its capital
Estonia Yerevan
Hungary Reykjavik
Greece San Marino
Romania Budapest
San Marino Andorra la Vella
Andorra Tallinn
Iceland Oslo
Montenegro Athens
Norway Chisinau
France Podgorica
Germany Berlin
Armenia Bucharest
Moldova Paris
Match these Countries with their Capitals
Draw a line to match each country with its capital
Poland Dublin
Denmark Brussels
Spain Copenhagen
Kosovo Moscow
Serbia Madrid
Russia Pristina
Bulgaria Warsaw
Czech Republic Sofia
Belgium Skopje
Macedonia Prague
Liechtenstein Belgrade
Lithuania Vaduz
Ireland Vilnius
Anagrams of European Countries
Have a go at these – answers below
Cold Ants
Vital A
Tzar Sled Win
Old Nap
Ovos ok
Ak Khan Staz
Real Bus
Sea Rib
Lap Or Gut
Box Glue Rum
Cacti Vanity
Rec Gee
A Roe Gig
Akin Rue
A Marine
Banana Hiders Given Zoo
Radar No
Silence Then It
Nice Lad
And Glen
Key Rut
Usa Sir
A Man Irons
Main Oar
I A Actor
Near Gym
Into Sea
A Snip
Hug Yarn
Nail Red
We Send
Las We
No Coma
Glib Aura
Baa Nail
Club Zip Creche
Din Flan
Can Ref
Oval Mod
Mend Ark
Ask Viola
Glib Emu
Amid Ocean
La Tam
Save Lion
Its Aura
Or Yawn
Ha Ail Unit
Cry Sup
A Zebra Jan I
Handle Terns
Gnome Or Ten
Laity
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Scotland Cold Ants
Latvia Vital A
Switzerland Tzar Sled Win
Poland Old Nap
Kosovo Ovos ok
Kazakhstan Ak Khan Staz
Belarus Real Bus
Serbia Sea Rib
Portugal Lap Or Gut
Luxembourg Box Glue Rum
Vatican City Cacti Vanity
Greece Rec Gee
Georgia A Roe Gig
Ukraine Akin Rue
Armenia A Marine
Bosnia and Herzegovina Banana Hiders Given Zoo
Andorra Radar No
Liechtenstein Silence Then It
Iceland Lad Nice
England And Glen
Turkey Key Rut
Russia Usa Sir
San Marino A Man Irons
Romania Main Oar
Croatia I A Actor
Germany Near Gym
Estonia Into Sea
Spain A Snip
Hungary Hug Yarn
Ireland Nail Red
Sweden We Send
Wales Las We
Monaco No Coma
Bulgaria Glib Aura
Albania Baa Nail
Czech Republic Club Zip Creche
Finland Din Flan
France Can Ref
Moldova Oval Mod
Denmark Mend Ark
Slovakia Ask Viola
Belgium Glib Emu
Macedonia Amid Ocean
Malta La Tam
Slovenia Save Lion
Austria Its Aura
Norway Or Yawn
Lithuania Ha Ail Unit
Cyprus Cry Sup
Azerbaijan A Zebra Jan I
Netherlands Handle Terns
Montenegro Gnome Or Ten
Italy Laity
I hope you enjoyed that!
If you are interested in doing a project then check out this notebook:
There’s just a name on each page – so you can add whatever information you like.
Very interesting site. After going through your lists, I have to admit I don’t know all the names of all the countries in Europe including the capitals. It is great fun to learn these names with the activities you have set out. Good fun way for kids to learn all these country names and its capitals as well. Great work, Julia!
Thank you! I have enjoyed compiling these lists and finding out more about these countries as I was doing so.
Hi Julia,
what a fun quiz you’ve put together here! I really like it, especially the “fill-in-the-gaps” style quiz with the missing vowels. That’s a great idea. I am from Europe myself, and I learned alot by going through the list. Back in school we had to learn a lot of these, but obviously, you forget most of them over the years. So it’s a lovely challenge. My son is 3 years old now and it’s probably a bit too early to go through this kind of quiz. On the other hand, I noticed how he is more and more interested in our old terrestrial globe! Every now and then we sit in front of it and he wants me to explain what this is all about! So lovely 🙂
So thanks again for your inspirational post!
All the best,
chris
Yes Chris – this is definitely not for 3 year-olds!
I’m glad you like the fill in the missing gaps activity.
With children you could just copy and paste a few depending on age, or for an adult quiz use them all and maybe even take out a few more letters.
Excellent pieces of information! I have been a special educator for 17yrs and also enjoy teaching and coaching. I especially enjoy working with individuals with special needs. The site you provided is very inspirational and will bring value to many parents out there looking to do additional educational activities with them. Please keep creating great content in this subject area! Nice Work!
Hi Gary,
Thank you very much. I enjoy creating these post so I plan to do many more!
Hello,
Very informative website! Terrific ideas on how to engage children in mathematics. Today it seems children are not sitting still enough in classrooms and at home to really get the concepts of math as they should be. Your ideas may close the gap some.
My niece’s child care provider is always looking for ideas on how to extend education among the children she care for. As an after school provider of care for children ranging from 3 – 11years old, she want the children to continue to learn under her care.
What would you recommend for a group setting (age specific)?
And, or;
What would you recommend for a group of all ages within one group?
Thank you,
Diane
Hi, for after school activities I would recommend getting in some games that children will enjoy engaging with. They will soon start teaching each other.
Hi ! great insight and information regarding euro country and capital.I learned some of the new country and capital from your post, and i always find myself confused with particular bern the country .I think sometime it is overwhelming to remember/recognise the mistake as some of the capital as so big that it feels like it is a country. Thank you for the compiling the list for our convenience.Cheers
Hi Julia,
You have created an excellent list here. This is not just helpful for children, but for everyone. I am going to bookmark this page for myself. I need to brush up on my geographical skills.
Do you maybe have a PDF document you are willing to share on your page?
Thanks for a great list with fun activities!
HAHA! I thought I was an ace at geography. There were a handful of cities I missed and I wasn’t aware that Azerbaijan was even in Europe? Most importantly I was able to brush up on my European geography. What really helps “trick” my mind into remembering is how you have a list of the countries – and cities, but with their vowels missing ( the capital letter is the clue) When I looked over the main list a few times, plus – for me it helps to repeat outloud, I was able to easily identify all the correct cities and countries. Easy peasy!
Such a good information about European capitals after reading your site a found very interesting how they use capital and you right the not many people know about it.. i put my kid to read a little bit and she have fun learning this new letters for her, she was asking me if we can buy a book of this European countries and capital.. thank you for the info..
I am always frustrated by many American’s lack of history and geography knowledge. Many barely know where the capital of our own country is. I looked at these lists and saw that I didn’t know many of the European capitals however!
Good for you for spreading this basic information that most of us don’t know! I now have a few more committed to memory.
Thanks!
Jessica
Hi Swangirl,
I was quite surprised that I didn’t know all of them – so I enjoyed creating this for others to enjoy and benefit from.