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URO
& You
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URO
& You
This book belongs to
 Hello my friend!
I’m Yooki the firefly.

Did you know that the country you live in belongs to a group of
friendly countries called the European Union?

Some time ago, they decided to unite and work together for peace and for the well-being of all.

Come with me and discover these 27 countries, colour in their flags and
rearrange the jumbled up letters to find the names of their capitals.

If you need help, you’ll find the flags, the names of the capital cities
and a map of the European Union at the end of the book.

If you have questions or comments about this book, ask your teacher or
your parent to send me a message at: yooki@consilium.europa.eu

Have fun!
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 Austria

V
E A
N N
I
Every 1 January, a
famous New Year’s
concert takes place
in the capital.

V––NN–
4
 Belgium

S U
B S
S R
E
In Belgium people read
a lot of comic strips.
L

B–U–S––S
5
 Bulgaria

S
O
F
I
A

Bulgarians use the

Cyrillic alphabet.
–O––A
6
 Croatia
G E
Z B
A
R

Dalmatian dogs
originally came
from Croatia.

Z– –R–B
7
 Cyprus

N I
A C O
S
I

Aphrodite, the goddess

of love and beauty, was
born in Cyprus.
N–CO–I–
8
 Czechia

R
A
P G
E
U

The nickname of
Czechia’s capital
is ‘the City of a
Hundred Spires’.
PR––U–
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 Denmark
O
N
C
P
E H
A
G E N
Do you know where
Hans Christian Andersen’s
Little Mermaid is?

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–O–E–HA––N
 Estonia

N L
I
A
T N
L
In Estonia people
love to sing in
the spring.

T– L– – N –
11
 Finland
S
E
I
L
H I
Finland is where
Father Christmas lives. K
N

HE–S––K–
12
 France

R
S

A
I
P

Have you been up the

Eiffel Tower yet?
P–R––
13
 Germany

L E

R
B
N
I
The printing press
ress
ss
was invented by a
German in the
15th century. ––R–IN
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 Greece
T
E
S A
H

The Greeks invented

the theatre and the
Olympic Games.
A–H––S
15
 Hungary

P A
E D
S
U T
B

The Rubik’s cube

was invented by a
Hungarian. BU–A––ST
16
 Ireland

N
D
B U
I
L

The symbol
of Ireland
is the shamrock. D –BL– –
17
 Italy
M
R
O
E

The country is shaped

like a boot.
––ME
18
 Latvia

R
A
G
I

The Latvian national

flower is the daisy.
R––A
19
 Lithuania

N
V I
U S
I
L
The national sport
of Lithuania is
basketball.

–IL– –U–
20
 Luxembourg
B
X
U
R
L
O E
G U M
Luxembourg is the
only grand duchy in
the world.
–UX–M––U––
21
 Malta
V
T

T A
L A L
Malta is the smallest E
country in the
European Union.

V– – – E–T–
22
 Poland

W
W
S
A
R
A
The white eagle is
Poland’s national
symbol.

–A–SA–
23
 Portugal
N
S
O
L
B
Portugal is a land of
great navigators. I

L– –BO –
24
 Romania

C E

H S T
B
R A
U
At Christmastime,
singing for sweets is a
Romanian tradition.

– U – – AR– –T
25
 Slovakia

B R A
T L I
A A S
V

It is a mountainous
country where people
ski a lot. B – AT– – L–V–
26
 Slovenia

B A U
J
L
L A
J N

The dragon is the

symbol of Slovenia’s
capital city. ––UB–J–NA
27
 Spain
M
D
D
A
R
I

Spanish children are

brought presents by
the Three Kings.
–AD–I–
28
 Sweden
K
L
O
O
C
S
H
M
T
Pippi Longstocking is
the heroine of Swedish
novels for children.
–TO – K– O – M
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 The Netherlands
E A
D

S T
M
M
R
A
Cycling is a national
pastime.

– –ST– – D – M
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 European Union

Now you know a little more

about the countries that
belong to the European
Union !
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 Belgium Bulgaria Czechia
Brussels Sofia Prague

Denmark Germany Estonia

Copenhagen Berlin Tallinn

Ireland Greece Spain

Dublin Athens Madrid

France Croatia Italy

Paris Zagreb Rome

Cyprus Latvia Lithuania

32 Nicosia Riga Vilnius
 Luxembourg Hungary Malta
Luxembourg Budapest Valletta

The Netherlands Austria Poland

Amsterdam Vienna Warsaw

Portugal Romania Slovenia

Lisbon Bucharest Ljubljana

Slovakia Finland Sweden

Bratislava Helsinki Stockholm

European Union
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 NON-CONTINENTAL AND OVERSEAS
TERRITORIES OF MEMBER STATES

Azores (PT) Finland

Madeira (PT)
Canary Islands (ES)
Guadeloupe (FR)
Martinique (FR)
French Guiana (FR)
Mayotte (FR)
Réunion (FR)

Sweden Estonia

De n ma L a tv i a
rk
Li t h u
and ani a
I re l
ds
r l an
th e
Ne
Be l Poland
giu Germany
m

Luxembourg Czechia
ki a
S l ov a
France Austria
Hungary
e nia
S l ov Romania
C ro
a ti
al
ug

Italy Bulgaria
t
Por

Spain

Greece

Malta Cyprus

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 I hope you enjoyed this book!

Are you curious about what the

European Union is and why it was created?
Then come and follow my adventures at:

consilium.europa.eu/learn-with-yooki

Hope to see you

again soon!

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