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Answer key: Europe Crossword

1BER2LINO3RNUDS4FJOR5D6PSNAOI7NORWAYUT8PBU9C10FRANCEGHRAA11SWITZERLANDSNE12SICILY

Across 1 BERLIN · 4 FJORD · 7 NORWAY · 10 FRANCE · 11 SWITZERLAND · 12 SICILY

Down 2 LONDON · 3 RUSSIA · 5 DANUBE · 6 PORTUGAL · 8 PARIS · 9 CHANNEL

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Mountains, Islands and Regions 39

  • Alps Mountain range about 1,200 km long that crosses eight countries, French to Slovenian
  • Andalusia Southernmost region of mainland Spanish land
  • Apennines Mountain ranges stretching the whole length of the Italian boot
  • Balkans Southeastern region named for a mountain range that crosses Bulgarian land
  • Bavaria Largest German state by area, in the southeast; its capital is Munich
  • Ben Nevis Highest mountain in the British Isles, in the Scottish Highlands
  • Black Forest Large wooded mountain range in the southwest of German land
  • Brittany Peninsula and region in the far northwest of French land
  • Carpathians Mountain arc of Central and Southeast Europe, about 1,500 km long
  • Caucasus Mountain range at the edge of Asia with Elbrus, often counted as Europe's highest peak
  • Corsica French island where Napoleon was born
  • Crete Largest Greek island, home of the ancient Minoans
  • Dolomites Pale peaks in the Italian northeast, named for the carbonate rock they are made of
  • England Country of the UK that shares its island with the Scots and the Welsh
  • Etna Active volcano on the east coast of the largest Italian island
  • Fjord Drowned glacier valley with cliff walls; the Norwegian coast has nearly 1,200
  • Flanders Dutch-speaking northern part of Belgian land
  • Geyser Erupting hot spring; its English name comes from one called Geysir
  • Gotland Largest Swedish island
  • Great Britain Largest island of Europe, home of the English, Scots and Welsh
  • Iberia Southwestern peninsula shared mostly by the Spanish and the Portuguese
  • Jutland Peninsula that holds the mainland part of the Danish kingdom
  • Majorca Largest of the Spanish Balearic Islands
  • Matterhorn Swiss-Italian border peak with four faces, one toward each point of the compass
  • Mont Blanc "White mountain" on the French-Italian border, the highest Alpine peak
  • Olympus Tallest Greek peak; in myth, Zeus and his family lived at the top
  • Peloponnese Southern Greek peninsula joined to the mainland by a neck of land at Corinth
  • Polder Low land won from the water and ringed by dikes, common in Dutch country
  • Pyrenees Mountain range that forms a natural border between French and Spanish land
  • Sardinia Second-largest Italian island, west of the mainland
  • Scandinavia Northern region of the Danes, Norwegians and Swedes
  • Scotland Country of the UK where lakes are called lochs
  • Sicily Largest Italian island, home of a famous active volcano
  • Transylvania Romanian region bordered on the east and south by Carpathian peaks
  • Tuscany Central Italian region where Pisa and its leaning tower stand
  • Urals Long chain of mountains that divides the European part of Russian land from Siberia
  • Vesuvius The volcano of Pompeii, still active, east of Naples
  • Wales Country of the UK whose capital is Cardiff
  • Zealand Most populous Danish island, where the capital stands

Rivers, Lakes and Seas 35

  • Adriatic Sea between the Italian and the Balkan coasts
  • Aegean Sea between the Greek and the Turkish mainlands
  • Arno River that the old bridge called Ponte Vecchio crosses
  • Balaton Largest lake in Central Europe, in Hungarian land
  • Baltic Northern sea with Swedish, Finnish and Polish shores
  • Biscay With "Bay of," the gulf between the French west coast and the Spanish north coast
  • Black Sea Water with Ukrainian, Romanian, Bulgarian and Turkish shores
  • Bosporus World's narrowest strait used by international shipping, at the edge of Europe
  • Channel With "English," the water between the British and the French coasts
  • Danube Waterway of ten countries and four national capitals, ending in a wide delta
  • Dnieper Major river that flows through the Ukrainian capital
  • Dover With "Strait of," the narrowest gap between the English and French coasts
  • Ebro Longest river that lies entirely in Spanish land
  • Elbe River that rises in Czech mountains and crosses German land past Dresden
  • Garda Largest Italian lake
  • Gibraltar With "Strait of," the narrow gap between Europe and Africa
  • Ionian Sea between the Italian south and the Greek west coast
  • Ladoga Largest lake that lies entirely in Europe, in the Russian northwest
  • Lake Constance Body of water with German, Swiss and Austrian shores
  • Lake Geneva Crescent of deep water with a Swiss north shore and a French south shore
  • Loch Ness Deep Scottish lake famous for tales of a monster
  • Loire Longest French river
  • Mediterranean Sea between southern Europe and North Africa
  • Neva Short river that flows through Saint Petersburg
  • North Sea Water between the British and the Norwegian coasts
  • Oder River that forms part of the German-Polish border
  • Rhine River that forms much of the French-German border on its way north from Basel
  • Rhone River that leaves the Swiss mountains and runs south through Lyon to the sea
  • Seine River that winds past Notre-Dame in the French capital
  • Shannon Longest Irish river
  • Tagus Longest river of the Iberian Peninsula, reaching the ocean at the Portuguese capital
  • Thames River that flows under Tower Bridge in the English capital
  • Tiber River of the Italian capital
  • Vistula Longest Polish river
  • Volga Russian river, the longest in Europe, that empties into a great inland sea

Countries 43

  • Albania Small coastal country between the Greeks and the Montenegrins
  • Andorra Small country in the mountains between French and Spanish land
  • Austria Landlocked mountain country, east of the Swiss, where German is spoken
  • Belarus Landlocked country between the Poles and the Russians
  • Belgium Small country with Dutch-, French- and German-speaking communities
  • Bulgaria Country south of the Romanians that writes in the Cyrillic alphabet
  • Croatia Country with a long coast and more than a thousand islands
  • Czechia Landlocked country of Bohemia and Moravia
  • Denmark Nordic country made of one peninsula and about 400 islands
  • Estonia Small northern country across a narrow gulf from the Finnish capital
  • Finland Nordic country with a long Russian border to its east
  • France Country with borders on Belgian, German, Swiss, Italian and Spanish land
  • Germany Country with the most people in the European Union
  • Greece Country on the Balkan Peninsula with thousands of islands
  • Hungary Landlocked country whose people call themselves Magyars
  • Iceland Island country of lava fields, glaciers and frequent eruptions, on a rift between plates
  • Ireland Country on the "Emerald Isle," west of the British mainland
  • Italy Country on a peninsula shaped like a boot
  • Latvia Small northern country between the Estonians and the Lithuanians
  • Liechtenstein Tiny country between the Swiss and the Austrians
  • Lithuania Small northern country between the Latvians and the Poles
  • Luxembourg Small landlocked country bordered by Belgians, Germans and the French
  • Malta Island country south of Italian shores and north of Libya, where English is an official language
  • Moldova Landlocked country between the Romanians and the Ukrainians
  • Monaco Tiny city-state on the French Riviera, the second-smallest country in the world
  • Montenegro Small coastal country whose name means black mountain
  • Netherlands Home of the Dutch; its name means lower countries
  • North Macedonia Landlocked Balkan country that added a direction to its name in 2019
  • Norway Long, narrow country on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula
  • Poland Country reaching from a northern sea coast to the Carpathian peaks, east of German land
  • Portugal Country on the southwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula, with a single land neighbor
  • Romania Country north of the Bulgarians whose language grew from Latin
  • Russia Largest country in the world, spread across Europe and Asia
  • San Marino Tiny republic completely surrounded by Italian land
  • Serbia Landlocked Balkan country south of the Hungarians
  • Slovakia Landlocked country that split peacefully from the Czechs in 1993
  • Slovenia Small Alpine country between the Italians, the Austrians and the Croatians
  • Spain Country that fills most of the Iberian Peninsula
  • Sweden Largest Nordic country, between the Norwegians and the Finns
  • Switzerland Landlocked mountain country with four national languages
  • Ukraine Second-largest country in Europe by area, smaller only than its giant eastern neighbor
  • United Kingdom Country of four nations whose flag is called the Union Jack
  • Vatican City Country of under 1,000 people, the fewest of any in the world

Capitals and Cities 45

  • Amsterdam Dutch capital, a city of canals
  • Athens Greek capital, named for the goddess Athena
  • Barcelona Spanish port city, capital of Catalonia
  • Belgrade Serbian capital, where the Sava River meets a longer one
  • Berlin German capital, once divided by a wall
  • Bern Swiss "federal city," where the national government sits
  • Bratislava Slovak capital, the only national capital that borders two other countries
  • Brussels Belgian capital, where the European Union has its main offices
  • Bucharest Romanian capital and largest city
  • Budapest Hungarian capital, made in 1873 by joining Buda, Obuda and Pest
  • Cologne German city with a great twin-spired Gothic cathedral
  • Copenhagen Danish capital, linked to the Swedish city of Malmö by a long bridge
  • Dublin Irish capital, at the mouth of the River Liffey
  • Edinburgh Scottish capital, with a castle on a rock above the old town
  • Florence Tuscan city ruled for long periods by the Medici family
  • Hamburg Second-largest German city, with the country's largest port
  • Helsinki Finnish capital, on the shore of a gulf
  • Krakow Royal capital of the Poles until 1596
  • Kyiv Ukrainian capital and largest city
  • Lisbon Portuguese capital, near the westernmost point of mainland Europe
  • Ljubljana Slovenian capital and largest city
  • London Capital of the UK, where Big Ben chimes
  • Madrid Spanish capital, near the center of the Iberian Peninsula
  • Milan Northern Italian city, the second-largest in the country
  • Minsk Belarusian capital and largest city
  • Moscow Russian capital, home of the Kremlin and Red Square
  • Oslo Norwegian capital, called Christiania or Kristiania until 1925
  • Paris French capital, home of a famous iron tower
  • Prague Czech capital, nicknamed the City of a Hundred Spires
  • Reykjavik Icelandic capital, the northernmost capital of a sovereign state
  • Riga Latvian capital and largest city
  • Rome Italian capital, once the heart of an ancient empire
  • Rotterdam Dutch city with the largest seaport in Europe
  • Salzburg Austrian city where Mozart was born
  • Sofia Bulgarian capital, at the foot of Vitosha mountain
  • Stockholm Swedish capital, built across fourteen islands
  • Tallinn Estonian capital, on a bay across the water from the Finnish capital
  • Tirana Albanian capital and largest city
  • Valletta Maltese capital, the European Union's smallest capital city by area
  • Venice Italian city whose 126 islands are joined by 472 bridges
  • Vienna Austrian capital, once home to Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert
  • Vilnius Lithuanian capital and largest city
  • Warsaw Polish capital and largest city
  • Zagreb Croatian capital and largest city
  • Zurich Largest Swiss city

How this list was compiled: Clues written for this site for grade 3 to 8 geography classes, in four sets: mountains, islands and regions; rivers, lakes and seas; countries; capitals and cities. Places, borders and superlatives were checked against English Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org, CC BY-SA 4.0) in October 2026. No clue was copied from a published puzzle. Licence: own work

How it works

These Europe crossword puzzles, printable on Letter or A4, clue a capital by its country's adjective: Budapest is the Hungarian capital, made in 1873 from Buda, Obuda and Pest. The first puzzle has 12 easy words.

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Four sets, Alps to Zagreb

Mountains, Islands and Regions has Pyrenees, Matterhorn, Sicily, Fjord and Transylvania. Rivers, Lakes and Seas runs from Danube and Rhine to Baltic, Bosporus and Loch Ness. Countries clues most of its answers by where they lie: Liechtenstein is between the Swiss and the Austrians. Capitals and Cities has Lisbon, Prague, Reykjavik and Venice.

What was left out

Places whose status is disputed are not answers, and neither is Turkey, which lies mainly in Asia. England, Scotland and Wales are in the regions set, clued as countries of the UK.

  • An answer of two words, such as Mont Blanc or San Marino, is written in the squares as one.

Questions and answers

Are all the countries of Europe in the crossword?

Most. Countries has 43, from Albania to Vatican City. Bosnia and Herzegovina is too long for the grid, and Cyprus, Kazakhstan and the countries of the Caucasus are counted with Asia here.

What grade are the Europe crossword puzzles for?

Easy Europe Words suits grades 3 to 5, with answers such as France, Rome, Alps and Thames. The four themed sets suit grades 6 to 8, with an atlas at hand. These bands are our judgment, not a published standard.

Are the Europe crossword puzzles free to print?

Yes, for a whole class, with no sign-up. Each print ends with the answer key on its own sheet.

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