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10 Westernmost Capital Cities in Europe

Can you name the ten westernmost national capitals that are considered to be part of Europe?
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Last updated: December 15, 2019
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First submittedNovember 18, 2016
Times taken70,519
Average score90.0%
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Longitude
Capital City
21°56′W
Reykjavík
9°08′W
Lisbon
6°16′W
Dublin
3°41′W
Madrid
0°07′W
London
Longitude
Capital City
1°52′E
Andorra la Vella
2°21′E
Paris
4°21′E
Brussels
4°54′E
Amsterdam
6°07′E
Luxembourg
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Level 72
Nov 19, 2016
A bit more leeway or Andorra la Vella would be nice. I tried Andorra vella and Andorra da vella without any luck
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Level 66
Jul 4, 2019
I also knew andorra, but I tried andorra vale and andorra valley. Though mine are too far off.. :D
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Level 42
Feb 12, 2024
It's called Andorra La Vella
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Level 48
Feb 12, 2024
I kept guessing, changing up the vowels, got it right with 7 seconds to spare
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Level 71
Nov 19, 2016
Every time Andorra la Vella comes up, I always put Andorra...
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Level 72
Nov 20, 2016
No other quizzes I've taken give any latitude on the capital names - all you have to do is remember "La Vella". Way easier than say... Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte or Bandar Seri Begawan:)
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Level 65
Nov 20, 2016
Yes. "Andorra la Vella" and " 'la Vella" both work
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Level 81
Nov 21, 2016
wholeheartedly agree!
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Level 86
Jun 10, 2017
So you accept "The City" as an answer... Very accurate indeed ;).
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Level 74
Jun 10, 2017
"The old" (city) literally.

Quite common on european names

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Level 66
Jul 4, 2019
It did not accept andorra city... I tried that one when I couldnt correctly remember la vella
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Level 52
Feb 12, 2024
Are you sure vella means city? In France, this city is called Andorre la Vieille, ie "the old" (feminine form) not Andorre la Ville.
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Level 76
Dec 2, 2019
But those capitals have Kotte and Bandar as type-ins
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Level 62
Jul 13, 2020
and Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte isn't as difficult to spell as some people claim it to be.

Jaya-Warden-Epura. Not hard, once you've memorized it.

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Level 60
Jul 15, 2020
Doesnt mean i want to type it every time.
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Level 59
Nov 13, 2020
Also SJK, and BSB.
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Level 54
Jul 16, 2021
Honestly, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is just one out of two capitals in Sri Lanka, and by far the less important one. The financial capital Colombo really should be allowed as an alternate, like they do for South Africa's multiple capitals...
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Level 64
May 24, 2022
All the Sri Lankans I know don't even consider it as the capital city. It's basically a suburb of Colombo and Colombo to them is the capital.
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Level 81
Nov 23, 2016
Nice quiz!
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Level 57
Nov 25, 2016
I don´t think the coordinates you have given are latitudes... latitudes are north or south, and not west or east. Reykjavik´s latitude for example is 64°09' N. ;)
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Level 60
Dec 14, 2016
Surprised that Monaco didn't make it.
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Level 68
May 8, 2017
Really! Tried Andorra, and Andorra la Velle, which was how I remembered it. Ugghhh
+5
Level 35
Jun 10, 2017
Ugh, Iceland's capital,Rejavabdhhejjshhsgdtsgssfwbik
+12
Level 45
Jun 10, 2017
Ugh, Netherland's capital Amstdhrdmdmdmddmddam. Seriously...
+2
Level 66
Jul 4, 2019
Seriously seriously? If you have amster, the dam part wouldnt seem to be that hard.
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Level 75
Dec 24, 2020
Ugh, France's capital Pareghkbsdkvhjbibsvilbskalvis
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Level 84
Jun 12, 2017
I've always found that if you want to remember ("want" being the operative word) how to spell a difficult word/name, pronounce it the way it appears. Something like rake-JAV-ick would get you close, and all you'd have to remember is that the first syllable starts with "reyk" not "rayk". It's worked for me for years, especially with words like REN-dez-vowss (rendezvous) or KIRE-gizz-stan (Kyrgyzstan...just remember it's all y's to start) or yas-triz-ZEMSKI (Carl Yastrzemski). First time I ever saw the word yarmulke, I had no idea what word I was looking at. Now, in my head I say yar-MULL-key, and can spell it without a hitch.
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Level 45
May 29, 2018
i say rake ya vik
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Level 66
Jul 4, 2019
Your way seems very confusing Don, and would do the opposite for me, then you have all sort of words/letters in your head that have nothing to do with the spelling ( though for pronunciation a trick like that can be useful)

Breaking it into pieces/ syllables helps. Rey-kja-vik (pronounced righ (like high) kja like em kja and vik (like thick) here)

It means bay (vik) of smokes by the way, reykja is the genitive plural. (from reykr=smoke, in dutch smoke=rook, and in german it is rauch, english reek is most likely related, shakespeare still used it meaning smoke/fumes)

So smoke bay, maybe you can remember is it reek ya wick ;)

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Level 74
Jun 10, 2017
This site accepts Delhi for New Delhi, so it maybe should accept Andorra for Andorra la Vella.
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Level 82
Jun 10, 2017
While I agree that Andorra should be accepted for Andorra la Vella, this isn't really the same thing.
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Level 63
Nov 7, 2022
But it's not called Andorra. In fact, I think JetPunk should have less type-ins. I don't think KSA should work for Saudi Arabia, and I don't think NZ should work for New Zealand.
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Level 82
Jun 10, 2017
It's much closer to Kuwait, New York, Guatemala, etc. being acceptable without the extraneous "City"
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Level 72
Jun 10, 2017
Of course, New York should always be accepted as such. City is NOT part of its name.
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Level 65
Jun 10, 2017
All three of us have lived close to New York and can easily argue over this, but kalbahamut still holds a point.
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Level 72
Jun 10, 2017
I agree with kalbahamut's point but thought perhaps that Vatican City would make a better example than New York.
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Level 82
Jun 10, 2017
Try also the most central capital cities in Europe - neither east, west, north nor south.
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Level 41
Jun 10, 2017
Nice and easy thankfully no mistakes
+1
Level 47
Jun 10, 2017
Wow, every time I do a Europe geography quiz I always forget Iceland :(
+2
Level 55
Jun 10, 2017
Two words e z
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Level 65
Jun 12, 2017
Would've just squeaked it all in if my computer hadn't autocorrected Andorra to Pandora
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Level 45
May 29, 2018
haha autocorrect strikes again
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Level 31
Jun 4, 2020
yea, it does suck to be fair

(but not always)

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Level 37
Nov 6, 2018
Since New York is both a city and a State, it is necessary to write the City (or NYC) when you mean the city of New York.

Here we usually just write NYC (city) or NYS (state) to differentiate between the two if the meaning isn't clear from the context.

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Level 63
Feb 24, 2019
Got them all with 1 minute left at 6:19:23 PM on February 24, 2019. Another five points earned.
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Level 47
Mar 29, 2022
bruh
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Level 48
Mar 24, 2019
You don't accept Andorra for Andorra? Never heard of that.
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Level 63
Oct 28, 2019
On every other quiz you simply accept Andorra for Andorra La Vella. For equivalent North American quizzes, will you now be changing them to require "Mexico City" rather than the shorthand always otherwise acceptable?
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Level 65
Oct 28, 2019
Nowhere does it accept Andorra. I think you're confusing it with the alternative type-in "La vella".
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Level 82
Jul 13, 2020
la vella is accepted by andorra is not?? That doesn't make any sense
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Level 78
Sep 27, 2022
Andorra la Vella, (Catalan: “Andorra the Old”) , French Andorre la Vieille, Spanish Andorra la Vieja, town, capital of the independent coprincipality of Andorra.
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Level 51
Jul 13, 2020
100%
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Level 43
Jul 13, 2020
Couldnt spell that bloody reyjkavik and thought it was andorra da valle
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Level 36
Jul 13, 2020
not me forgetting france :(
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Level 40
Jul 14, 2020
i missed dublin....
+2
Level 72
Nov 4, 2022
This relates the Interesting Quotes No. 61: you misspelled Confucius.
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Level 15
Jun 7, 2023
For everyone who is from Andorra (If you are), sorry, but I forgot about your country for a minute there😐
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Level 49
Nov 29, 2023
that was very money. Bit harsh Andorra isn't a type in for the capital