Which western European country is most different from the rest of western Europe?

[Lines]

This is basically a which doesn't belong

[DeaththeKid]

Well from a topographical perspective it's Spain. I mean when you look at a map of Europe it is strikingly green but Iberia is brownish and looks like a bit of North Africa attached to Europe.

[Lines]

Well from a topographical perspective it's Spain. I mean when you look at a map of Europe it is strikingly green but Iberia is brownish and looks like a bit of North Africa attached to Europe.

Not only that but the people don't look white in the pure western European white way

[Vasconcelos]

As if western Europe was an homoegnous thing anyway. What's up with the retarded threads these days?

[Foxy]

Not only that but the people don't look white in the pure western European white way

Shitstorm and gangs in arrival...

[FeederOfRavens]

You missed Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, and Portugal

[Lines]

You missed Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, and Portugal

Those countries are too small

[Dictator]

You missed Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, and Portugal

Trolls aren't good with geography, there isn't enough light under the bridge so they can't read well.

[FeederOfRavens]

Those countries are too small

All of them are bigger than Norway. :p

[Ctwentysevenj]

All of them are bigger than Norway. :p

Actually France is the largest: 640,679 sq km2


Norway:385,178 sq km2

[FeederOfRavens]

Actually France is: 640,679 sq km2


Norway:385,178 sq km2

Population wise I mean.

[Ctwentysevenj]

I thought so, the UK is the smallest: 243,610 sq km2

[Ctwentysevenj]

Out of those countries, Spain has got the smallest economy.

[Ctwentysevenj]

Population wise I mean.

ok, then that is correct.

[Ctwentysevenj]

Out of those countries, Spain has got the smallest economy.

If you don't include Norway in the list.

[KawaiiKawaii]

Switzerland. We are not in the EU, we are more democratic and we are not poor like them.

[Bloody]

Phenotypewise... UK and Ireland

[Empecinado]

Well from a topographical perspective it's Spain. I mean when you look at a map of Europe it is strikingly green but Iberia is brownish and looks like a bit of North Africa attached to Europe.

It is "brownish" only in summer, because the cereal crops. But Spain is the second country in Europe after Sweden with highest % of forested areas, 60% of Spain is covered by forests so if we are like North Africa the other parts of Europe are like the desert of Atacama.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1v00ENZUMko/T2tAtpCt0xI/AAAAAAAAGZI/4w04wnhnA_M/s1600/RVB.jpg

[Bahaman]

Iberians. They are swarthy fuckers.

Don't look like proper Western Europeans at all.

[Aldaris]

Iberians. They are swarthy fuckers.

Common misconception, when it comes to our phenotype. It is not a rare thing, non-europeans are often imagining typical Iberian almost as north African, or typical German as some faelid extreme. Stereotypes aren't usually correct and this case is not different. Before you start making statements about something, you shouldn't base it on stereotypes, but you should get your facts straight first.

[Bloody]

Common misconception, when it comes to our phenotype. It is not a rare thing, non-europeans are often imagining typical Iberian almost as north African, or typical German as some faelid extreme. Stereotypes aren't usually correct and this case is not different. Before you start making statements about something, you shouldn't base it on stereotypes, but you should get your facts straight first.

Germans look pretty germanic in average, faelid is fairly common. Average in spain is atlanto-med ..hardly a "non-european looks".

[Lábaru]

Well from a topographical perspective it's Spain. I mean when you look at a map of Europe it is strikingly green but Iberia is brownish and looks like a bit of North Africa attached to Europe.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCx_bzUMb2g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AytBLRPvPXQ

[Ouistreham]

It is "brownish" only in summer, because the cereal crops. But Spain is the second country in Europe after Sweden with highest % of forested areas, 60% of Spain is covered by forests so if we are like North Africa the other parts of Europe are like the desert of Atacama.

Except for the Northern coast and the Pyrenean region, Spanish "bosques" are more reminiscent of the Australian bush than of European forests.

http://www.cieletespacephotos.fr/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=15105&g2_serialNumber=2

[Lábaru]

Except for the Northern coast and the Pyrenean region, Spanish "bosques" are more reminiscent of the Australian bush than of European forests.

http://www.cieletespacephotos.fr/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=15105&g2_serialNumber=2

A better map.
http://img.microsiervos.com/eco/bosques-europa.jpg

[Damião de Góis]

There's actually some study on pan-european forests:

Pan-European Forest Maps Derived from Optical Satellite Imagery:

http://www.earthzine.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/JRC-Forest-Map.jpg

http://www.earthzine.org/2012/07/25/pan-european-forest-maps-derived-from-optical-satellite-imagery/

[Empecinado]

Except for the Northern coast and the Pyrenean region, Spanish "bosques" are more reminiscent of the Australian bush than of European forests.

http://www.cieletespacephotos.fr/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=15105&g2_serialNumber=2

Bullshit. Most of the forests are made up of pines like these:

http://www.birkenaventura.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/sierraespuc3b1a-1.jpg

And Spain is the country in Europe with highest diversity of animal species, ecosystems and endemisms: nº1 in number of bird species, nº1 in number of mammals, nº1 in number of reptiles and 3º in number of fish. 10.000 out of 12.000 plant species in Europe are found here. 60% of all the habitats existing through Europe are found in Spain too. Also we keep growing populations of animals extincted or almost extincted in most of Europe, like eagles, griffon vultures, brown bears, wolves, lynxs...

In fact, nature tourism is becoming increasingly common. In UK there are companies that organize tours to see wolves in Sierra de la Culebra (http://www.wildwolfexperience.com/wolf_watching.html), bears in Somiedo (http://www.iberianwildlife.com/asturias/brown-bears-somiedo.htm), and birds in Cadiz (http://birdingcadizprovince.weebly.com/trip-reports.html).

[Porpolita]

Iberians. They are swarthy fuckers.

Don't look like proper Western Europeans at all.

Bahaman trolling Iberians again? Why am I not surprised ...

[Porpolita]

Northern Italy is central/western europe, but Southern Italy and Sicily have a southeastern vibe to them.

[alnortedelsur]

Well from a topographical perspective it's Spain. I mean when you look at a map of Europe it is strikingly green but Iberia is brownish and looks like a bit of North Africa attached to Europe.

LOL Your comment is BS and you're a big ignorant. Spain is NOT "different".

[B01AB20]

A better map.
http://img.microsiervos.com/eco/bosques-europa.jpg

I'm a bit surprised with british isles, they're almost bald despite their wet climate.

Too much density population and no mountains I guess.

[Empecinado]

And the brownish you see in maps is not a bush desert for the most part but a steppe of cereal fields, a very Quijote and Castilian landscape, that have this brownish vibe in summer:

http://www.ayto-doninos.com/portal/RecursosWeb/IMAGENES/9/1_11644_1.jpg

But the rest of the year looks like this:

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3290/3002418095_4ee18a675c.jpg

[Bahaman]

Iberian culture is alien to the rest of Europe: Here's the proof:

http://ryancore310.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/the-bullfighting.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_femhrxbNtS0/THJmBqHwaVI/AAAAAAAAHOU/WYFd_Xmsz-M/s1600/GROUND+ZERO+MOSQUE_Codoba_Spain.jpg
https://alwaysbedancing.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/ef022-paco_press1_lg.jpg

[Comte Arnau]

I'd say it's a toss between Spain and the UK, with Norway being also on the podium. The Hispano-Celtic Peninsula, the Anglo-Celtic Isles and Scandinavia are too idiosyncratic with regard to the continuum in Carolingian Europe.

[B01AB20]

Iberian culture is alien to the rest of Europe: Here's the proof:

http://ryancore310.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/the-bullfighting.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_femhrxbNtS0/THJmBqHwaVI/AAAAAAAAHOU/WYFd_Xmsz-M/s1600/GROUND+ZERO+MOSQUE_Codoba_Spain.jpg
https://alwaysbedancing.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/ef022-paco_press1_lg.jpg

OLE! ;)

too bad I only know one person from kazakhistan, you, and judging by that I bet this's a normal behaviour for people in kazakhostan...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fpsfyS4WgrE/SMBDNyM2eHI/AAAAAAAAAK8/ppAIrV4fs9k/s320/mono.JPG

[FeederOfRavens]

I'm a bit surprised with british isles, they're almost bald despite their wet climate.

Too much density population and no mountains I guess.

Britain was the first industrialized nation. So forest disappeared quick.

[Armand_Duval]

Well from a topographical perspective it's Spain. I mean when you look at a map of Europe it is strikingly green but Iberia is brownish and looks like a bit of North Africa attached to Europe.


Lol, have you ever been to spain?...:picard1:


I think they're pretty much hoimogeneous.

[Armand_Duval]

Iberian culture is alien to the rest of Europe: Here's the proof:

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Says the Chechen....:picard1:

[Cristiano viejo]

Well from a topographical perspective it's Spain. I mean when you look at a map of Europe it is strikingly green but Iberia is brownish and looks like a bit of North Africa attached to Europe.

You are a fully retarded and a bad troll. Spain is the western country with the more extense forest area, and second in Europe after Russia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_forest_area#Countries

[Graham]

I'm a bit surprised with british isles, they're almost bald despite their wet climate.

Too much density population and no mountains I guess.

Agriculture reasons mostly.


http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/irnbru293/uk_zps357b8507.jpg~original
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/61222000/jpg/_61222609_uk_habits_464.jpg

[FeederOfRavens]

You are a fully retarded and a bad troll. Spain is the western country with the more extense forest area, and second in Europe after Russia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_forest_area#Countries

Actually it's Sweden then Finland then Estonia then Slovenia then Spain. But Spain's is still high.

[Damião de Góis]

Says the Chechen....:picard1:

Kazakh

[Cristiano viejo]

Actually it's Sweden then Finland then Estonia then Slovenia then Spain. But Spain's is still high.

Not according that list.