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Names of European capitals in local languages
The map below shows European capital cities together with their names in the local languages (all possible variants are shown in countries (...)
May 3, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Number of billionaires in 2018 by country in Europe
The American magazine Forbes regularly compiles a list of the world’s highest net-worth individuals. As a European who has a thing for (...)
April 26, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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‘Earth’ in European languages
The English word “Earth”, German “Erde”, Swedish “jorden”, and similar expressions in other Germanic languages come from Proto-Germanic (...)
April 22, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Year and method of last execution by country in Europe
As of 2018, capital punishment (the death penalty) has been abolished in all European countries, except Belarus and Russia. Russia, (...)
April 19, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Cigarette consumption by country in Europe
The Tobacco Atlas estimated the number of cigarettes an average person aged 15+ consumed in the year 2016, which is what the following map (...)
April 12, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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By the way, have you already seen my brand new web app for non-native speakers of English? It's based on reading texts and learning by having all meanings, pronunciations, grammar forms etc. easily accessible. It looks like this:
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Most studied foreign languages in lower secondary education in Europe
English is the most widely studied foreign language in all European countries (which should not be surprising) except Luxembourg, but what (...)
April 5, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Tree cover of Western Alps
The Western Alps are part of the Alps, the highest and most extensive mountain range system in Europe. The Western Alps include parts of (...)
March 19, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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People killed in road accidents by region in Europe
The map below, based on data by Eurostat, shows the number of victims killed in a road accident in 2016. This, of course, includes not (...)
March 15, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Tree cover of Eastern Alps
The Eastern Alps are part of the Alps, the highest and most extensive mountain range system in Europe. The Eastern Alps include parts of (...)
March 12, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in my linguistic maps
This article explains the methodology I used to generate the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian part of my linguistic maps, such as this (...)
March 9, 2018 – Jakub Marian – Maps
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