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They really need to fix the non-sensical "North" and "West" Europe naming.

Amsterdam is western Europe, yes, but so is the UK and Dublin where their "North" Europe region is. A better name would be Central Europe, perhaps?

I'm not even sure what North Europe is? I guess it could be either Sweden, Scotland or maybe Iceland?

/minirant; feel free to downvote ;)

Northern Europe is the British Isles, Iceland, Scandinavia, Finland, and the Baltic countries, according to the UN's statistical definition of European regions. Here's a map: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_subregion_map...

Western Europe in that scheme is France, Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, and Austria.

The EU's grouping, on the other hand, while mostly the same, puts the British Isles into Western Europe: http://eurovoc.europa.eu/drupal/?q=request&uri=http://eurovo...

Interesting reply, thanks!

North Europe would surely by Norway,Sweden,Finland or even Denmark.

Central Europe would be Poland..