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Europe may be small in comparison to Canada, but it is densely populated and difficult to map as a continent while providing detail. Eastern Europe used to be defined as everything behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, but now it encompasses everything east of Germany and Switzerland, which means that this map covers Italy, Greece and the Balkan countries, the Central European countries of Romania and Hungary and most of Ukraine, Poland and the three Baltic states, and western Russia as far east as Volgograd, as well as much of Turkey. It is a combined road and rail map, showing motorways and major highways, fast-train routes in red and regular services in black. It also shows major cruise line routes, although many have been suspended due to Covid and political situations in Russia and Turkey.

Essentially, this is a map covering a very large area, as are our maps of Western and Central Europe, and our earlier map of Scandinavia. We have tried to make it politically correct, which is difficult considering the Russian occupation of Crimea and the Donetsk region of Ukraine and the on-going controversy over the ‘proper’ name for Macedonia, so we apologize for any errors. For simplicity’s sake, we have named most place names in English, so Roma is Rome and Moscva is Moscow etc. Fortunately, most English place names are the same in the local languages. However, being ITMB, Naples is Napoli, and Florence is Firenze, so don’t be too critical of us; we’re trying to reconcile differing perspectives.

• Publisert: 2021
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Papir
• Målestokk: 1:2 600 000

The region stretching from Trieste to Sophia that used to be known as Yugoslavia is now called the Western Balkans, consisting of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Northern Macedonia, and parts of Albania, Hungary, and Bulgaria. Slovenia and Croatia are now part of the EU, and the other countries are aspiring to join. As a result, the region is becoming a popular touristic destination, easy to reach from Italy or Austria. Side 1 fronts on to the Adriatic Sea, showing the many ferry routes to Italy, the coastal motorway to Greece, and cities such as Ljubljana, Zagreb, Split, and Dubrovnik. Side 2 concentrates on the mountainous interior, essentially from Lake Balaton south to the Greek border and Thessalonica. This is a developing part of Europe, with names like Belgrade, Sarajevo, Pristina, Podgorica, Tirana, and Skopje, that are exotic and different, and therefore exciting to visit.

• Publisert: 2025
• Innbinding: Falset
• Materiale: Papir
• Målestokk: 1:900,000