European Countries and Their Capitals: The Full A-to-Z List
Every European country paired with its capital, A to Z, from Albania and Tirana through to Vatican City, including the states that straddle Europe and Asia.
The 51 entries below run alphabetically, from Albania and Tirana to Vatican City, and they include the seven states that sit partly or wholly in Asia: Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, and Cyprus.
European Countries and Capitals
| Country | Capital |
| Albania | Tirana |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella |
| Armenia | Yerevan |
| Austria | Vienna |
| Azerbaijan | Baku |
| Belarus | Minsk |
| Belgium | Brussels |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo |
| Bulgaria | Sofia |
| Croatia | Zagreb |
| Cyprus | Nicosia |
| Czech Republic | Prague |
| Denmark | Copenhagen |
| Estonia | Tallinn |
| Finland | Helsinki |
| France | Paris |
| Germany | Berlin |
| Greece | Athens |
| Georgia | Tbilisi |
| Hungary | Budapest |
| Iceland | Reykjavik |
| Ireland | Dublin |
| Italy | Rome |
| Kazakhstan | Astana |
| Kosovo | Pristina |
| Latvia | Riga |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz |
| Lithuania | Vilnius |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
| North Macedonia | Skopje |
| Malta | Valletta |
| Moldova | Chişinău |
| Monaco | Monaco |
| Montenegro | Podgorica |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam |
| Norway | Oslo |
| Poland | Warsaw |
| Portugal | Lisbon |
| Romania | Bucharest |
| Russia | Moscow |
| San Marino | San Marino |
| Serbia | Belgrade |
| Slovakia | Bratislava |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana |
| Spain | Madrid |
| Sweden | Stockholm |
| Switzerland | Bern |
| Turkey | Ankara |
| Ukraine | Kyiv |
| United Kingdom | London |
| Vatican City | Vatican City |
Did You Know?
Europe Day is celebrated on two days: 5 May (by Council of Europe) and 9 May (by European Union (EU)).
Europe is a continent whose landmass is bordered by the Arctic Ocean and other water bodies in the north, the Atlantic Ocean in the west, and the Mediterranean Sea in the south. The surface area of this continent is 10,180,000 square kilometers (3,930,000 square miles), which is about 2% of the Earth’s surface and about 6.8% of the total landmass on Earth.
The biggest country in Europe in area as well as by population is Russia. The Vatican City, on the other hand, is the smallest country in this continent. Although it is the second smallest continent by surface, it is the third most populous continent after Asia and Africa.
Note that countries like Russia, Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Cyprus are geographically considered to lie in Asia.
With the introduction of the European Union, many European countries have the same currency (Euro), which has made traveling between these countries easier. This continent has become as good as one big country. Europe is not far away from Winston Churchill’s dream of ‘United States of Europe’.
Seven of the fifty-one entries here, including Turkey and Armenia, sit only partly in Europe, a reminder that borders rarely respect the tidy boundaries drawn between countries of the world.
