Capitals by Continent · Level 1

Capitals of Europe

This deck has 45 European capitals, and most of the difficulty lies in the east and in the microstates. Bratislava, Ljubljana and Zagreb get swapped all the time, and so does the Baltic trio of Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. A few cards come with a twist. The Dutch government sits in The Hague although Amsterdam is the capital, Switzerland has no capital in law, and Monaco, San Marino, Luxembourg and Vatican City share their names with their capitals.

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How to study this set

Learn the Baltic capitals from north to south (Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius), in the same order as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Do the same for the Balkans with a map open. Keep the six microstates for a separate sitting; Vaduz, Valletta and Andorra la Vella are short cards that are easy to skip.

All 45 flashcards

What is the capital of Albania?

Tirana

What is the capital of Andorra?

Andorra la Vella

What is the capital of Austria?

Vienna

What is the capital of Belarus?

Minsk

What is the capital of Belgium?

Brussels

What is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina?

Sarajevo

What is the capital of Bulgaria?

Sofia

What is the capital of Croatia?

Zagreb

What is the capital of Cyprus?

Nicosia

Cyprus lies geographically in Western Asia, but it is an EU member and is usually grouped with Europe.

What is the capital of Czechia (the Czech Republic)?

Prague

What is the capital of Denmark?

Copenhagen

What is the capital of Estonia?

Tallinn

What is the capital of Finland?

Helsinki

What is the capital of France?

Paris

What is the capital of Germany?

Berlin

What is the capital of Greece?

Athens

What is the capital of Hungary?

Budapest

What is the capital of Iceland?

Reykjavík

What is the capital of Ireland?

Dublin

What is the capital of Italy?

Rome

What is the capital of Latvia?

Riga

What is the capital of Liechtenstein?

Vaduz

What is the capital of Lithuania?

Vilnius

What is the capital of Luxembourg?

Luxembourg

The capital city shares its name with the country.

What is the capital of Malta?

Valletta

What is the capital of Moldova?

Chișinău

What is the capital of Monaco?

Monaco

Monaco is a city-state: the country and its capital are the same place.

What is the capital of Montenegro?

Podgorica

Cetinje is the historic royal capital and is still the seat of the president.

What is the capital of the Netherlands?

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the constitutional capital; the government and parliament sit in The Hague.

What is the capital of North Macedonia?

Skopje

What is the capital of Norway?

Oslo

What is the capital of Poland?

Warsaw

What is the capital of Portugal?

Lisbon

What is the capital of Romania?

Bucharest

What is the capital of Russia?

Moscow

Russia is transcontinental: most of its territory is in Asia, but most of its population lives in Europe.

What is the capital of San Marino?

San Marino

The capital has the same name as the country.

What is the capital of Serbia?

Belgrade

What is the capital of Slovakia?

Bratislava

What is the capital of Slovenia?

Ljubljana

What is the capital of Spain?

Madrid

What is the capital of Sweden?

Stockholm

What is the capital of Switzerland?

Bern

Switzerland has no capital in law; Bern is the “federal city” and the seat of government.

What is the capital of Ukraine?

Kyiv

What is the capital of the United Kingdom?

London

What is the capital of Vatican City?

Vatican City

A city-state and the smallest country in the world. Vatican City is a UN observer state.

What to learn next

When the European capitals come without hesitation, go on to level 2, “Capitals of the Americas”. Its 35 capitals include Ottawa, Brasília and Washington, D.C., three that are famously not the biggest city.

Continue to Level 2: Capitals of the Americas →