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Europe, told from smallest to largest

A guide that starts with the smallest country on the continent and does not move on until it has covered every city, neighbourhood and landmark. With opening hours, prices and official sources, in English and Spanish.

All 47 countries, in the order we will cover them

Each circle grows with the country’s area on a logarithmic scale. At true scale, Vatican City would be invisible.

  1. 01 Vatican City 0.44 km² We start here
  2. 02 Monaco 2.02 km²
  3. 03 San Marino 61 km²
  4. 04 Liechtenstein 160 km²
  5. 05 Malta 316 km²
  6. 06 Andorra 468 km²
  7. 07 Luxembourg 2,586 km²
  8. 08 Cyprus 9,251 km²
  9. 09 Kosovo 10,887 km²
  10. 10 Montenegro 13,812 km²
  11. 11 Slovenia 20,273 km²
  12. 12 North Macedonia 25,713 km²
  13. 13 Albania 28,748 km²
  14. 14 Belgium 30,689 km²
  15. 15 Moldova 33,846 km²
  16. 16 Switzerland 41,285 km²
  17. 17 Netherlands 41,850 km²
  18. 18 Denmark 42,943 km²
  19. 19 Estonia 45,339 km²
  20. 20 Slovakia 49,035 km²
  21. 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 51,209 km²
  22. 22 Croatia 56,594 km²
  23. 23 Latvia 64,589 km²
  24. 24 Lithuania 65,300 km²
  25. 25 Ireland 70,273 km²
  26. 26 Serbia 77,474 km²
  27. 27 Czechia 78,871 km²
  28. 28 Austria 83,879 km²
  29. 29 Portugal 92,226 km²
  30. 30 Hungary 93,028 km²
  31. 31 Iceland 103,000 km²
  32. 32 Bulgaria 110,994 km²
  33. 33 Greece 131,957 km²
  34. 34 Belarus 207,600 km²
  35. 35 Romania 238,397 km²
  36. 36 United Kingdom 242,495 km²
  37. 37 Italy 302,068 km²
  38. 38 Poland 312,696 km²
  39. 39 Finland 338,455 km²
  40. 40 Germany 357,592 km²
  41. 41 Norway 385,207 km²
  42. 42 Sweden 450,295 km²
  43. 43 Spain 505,990 km²
  44. 44 France 551,695 km²
  45. 45 Ukraine 603,628 km²
  46. 46 Türkiye 783,562 km²
  47. 47 Russia 17,098,246 km²
Country 1 of 47 in Europe Vatican City Vatican City is an independent state of 0.44 km² inside Rome and the smallest country in the world. It holds St Peter's Basilica, Bernini's square, the Vatican Museums with the Sistine Chapel, and the Vatican Gardens. You can see it on foot in a day, and both the basilica and the square are free. The full Vatican City guide

Vatican City

Vatican City, in detail

How it is made

  1. 1

    Official sources

    Every price, opening time and figure comes from the place’s official website, and the page links to where it came from.

  2. 2

    A checked date

    Every guide states the day its facts were checked. When something changes, it is updated at the same address.

  3. 3

    Down to the street

    No postcard top tens. We go down to what you see on each street, where to eat nearby and where to stay.

Sergio Lepone

Who is behind it

I am Sergio Lepone, a tourism graduate who has travelled all over Europe. Today I work in SEO in Málaga, Spain, and naveguia is where the two meet, with my own judgement and only checked facts.