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There are many companies and schools that offer opportunities to learn many European languages while in Europe, whether is be through night schools or a gap year with an academic school this is a great way of experiencing the languages.
For instance if you would like to head to Italy the Italians are very friendly and will help you with the language even if you think you are making a fool of yourself. While you are there make sure you experience the culture, the Italians are known for their great cuisines, their hospitable, affectionate natures and their music! Whether it be Opera to folk music, it's amazing.
However, wherever you go in Europe you will be confronted with a huge variety of languages and cultures in such close proximately, it is a fantastic continent to get your fix of language and culture.
Italy
Italy can be found in Southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia and has a population of approximately 58,133,509.
· 13.8% of the population is between 0-14 years of age, 66.5% between 15-64 and 19.7% 65 years and over.
· The climate is predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south.
· Ethnic groups include, Italian (includes small clusters of German-, French-, and Slovene-Italians in the north and Albanian-Italians and Greek-Italians in the south).
· Religions observed are Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and a growing Muslim immigrant community.
· Languages spoken are Italian (official), German, French, and Slovene.
· UTC+1, +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October.
France
France can be found in Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain. It has a population of approximately 60,876,136.
· 18.3% of the population is between 0-14 years of age, 65.3% between 15-64 and 16.4% 65 years and over.
· The climate is generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean; occasional strong, cold, dry, north-to-northwesterly wind known as mistral.
· Ethnic groups include, Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities.
· Religions observed are Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim.
· Languages spoken are French.
· UTC+1, +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Germany
Germany can be found in Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark and has a population of approximately 82,422,299
· 14.1% of the population is between 0-14 years of age, 66.4% between 15-64 and 19.4% 65 years and over.
· The climate is temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind.
· Ethnic groups include, German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish).
· Religions observed are Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim.
· Languages spoken are German.
· UTC+1, +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom can be found in Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France, and has a population of approximately 60,609,153.
· 17.5% of the population is between 0-14 years of age, 66.8% between 15-64 and 15.8% 65 years and over.
· The climate is temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast.
· Ethnic groups include, white (of which English, Scottish, Welsh, Northern Irish) black Indian, and Pakistani.
· Religions observed are Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist), Muslim, and Hindu.
· Languages spoken are English, Welsh, Scottish form of Gaelic.
· UTC 0, +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October.
Netherlands
The Netherlands can be found in Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany, and has a population of approximately 16,491,461.
· 18% of the population is between 0-14 years of age, 67.8% between 15-64 and 14.2% 65 years and over.
· The climate is temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters.
· Ethnic groups include, Dutch, other (of which are non-Western origin mainly Turks, Moroccans, Antilleans, Surinamese, and Indonesians).
· Religions observed are Roman Catholic, Dutch Reformed, Calvinist, Muslim.
· Languages spoken are Dutch (official), Frisian (official).
· UTC+1, +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October.
Spain
Spain can be found in Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France, and has a population of approximately 40,397,842.
· 14.4% of the population is between 0-14 years of age, 67.8% between 15-64 and 17.7% 65 years and over.
· The climate is temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast.
· Ethnic groups include, composite of Mediterranean and Nordic types.
· Religions observed are Roman Catholic
· Languages spoken are Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque.
· UTC+1, +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October.
Austria
Austria can be found in Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia, and has a population of approximately 8,192,880.
· 15.4% of the population is between 0-14 years of age, 67.5% between 15-64 and 17.1% 65 years and over.
· The climate is temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers.
· Ethnic groups include, Austrians, former Yugoslavs (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks, and German.
· Religions observed are Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim.
· Languages spoken are German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland).
· UTC+1, +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October.
Sweden
Sweden can be found in Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway, and has a population of approximately 9,016,596.
· 16.7% of the population is between 0-14 years of age, 65.7% between 15-64 and 17.6% 65 years and over.
· The climate is temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north.
· Ethnic groups include, indigenous population: Swedes with Finnish and Sami minorities; foreign-born or first-generation immigrants: Finns, Yugoslavs, Danes, Norwegians, Greeks, Turks.
· Religions observed are Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist.
· Languages spoken are Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities.
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