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This article is from the Nordic countries
FAQ, by Antti Lahelma and Johan Olofsson, with numerous
contributions by others.
1.1 An ASCII map of Scandinavia
Well, if you can't recognise your own country/province/suburb/house on
the map (Iceland is tricky!), blame the American Standard Code for
Information Interchange, not me. :-)
+-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| *** ** | |
|**** ********* | ARCTIC SEA Nordkapp |
| *****ICELAND** | //// |
| R************ | // //////////++++++ |
| ************* | / //////////////+++++++++++ |
| ******** | L// ///////////####/++++++++++++++|
+-----------------+ // ////..###///####+++++++++++++++|
| ////:::::###########+++++++++++++|
| ///.:::::::::##########++++ ++++|
| ATLANTIC SEA /////::::::::::::########++++++ |
| ////::::::::::::::#########+++++++ |
| % /////:::::::::::::: ########++++++++++++|
| F% % /////::::::::::::: ###########++++++++++|
| ///////.::::::::::: #############+++++++++|
| //////////::::::::::: ###############+++++++++|
| ///////////::::::::: #####FINLAND####+++++++++|
| Capital cities: ///NORWAY//::::::::: ###############+(Russia)+|
| //////////::::::::::. ##############+++++++++++|
| C = Copenhagen ////////O::::::::::::: ##########++++ +++++++|
| H = Helsinki /////// ::::SWEDEN:::: #A ###H +++++++++++|
| O = Oslo ///// ::::::::::S: +++++++++++++++++|
| R = Reykjavik NORTH :::::::::: + ++++++++++++++++++++++|
| S = Stockholm SEA % :::::::: .: ++ +++++(Estonia)++++++++|
| %%% ::::::: :G ++++++++++++++++++++|
| DENMARK --> %%%%% %%% ::: ++ ++++++++++++++++++++|
| Islands: %%%% %%%C BALTIC ++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
| %%% B% SEA ++++(Latvia)++++++++++++++|
| L = Lofoten Isl. ++++ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
| B = Bornholm +++++++ ++++++ +++++(Lithuania)+++++++++++++|
| F = Faroe Isl. ++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
| G = Gotland ++++++++++++++++++++++++(Poland)+++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
| A = Aland +++++++++++++(Germany)+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
| ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++|
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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