GATEWAYS TO COUNTRIES Europe Planner - Concise info on 29 countries.
- World Travel Guide.
- Weather, events at top page. Click on Europe, choose country, then choose from links at right.
- CIA --The World Factbook
- Scroll and select your country from the alphabetical list on the left.
- Lonely Planet World Guide
- Select Europe, then your country, from the pull-down menus at the top.
- National Geographic
- Remember, the library has the actual magazines 1960- , plus the CD collection 1898-.
SPECIAL TOPICS- People
- If you know the name of the person, do a search on Biography.com for a short summary.
- Weather
- World Climate. What is the climate normally like in your country? Type in a city to find out.
- Intellicast -- World Local Weather Forecasts. Click on Europe.
- Festivals and Events Around the World.
- Type your country's name in the search box.
- Flags
- World Flag Database
- Currency
- Universal Currency Converter. Scroll down to the Quick Currency Converter.
- Health Tips and Alerts
- National Center for Disease Control (CDC) Travelers' Health. Choose a region from the pull-down menu.
SOURCES FOR PICTURES
- Google
- Castle Library's Images Link
LIBRARY RESOURCES ON RESERVE
- Culturgrams in print and on CD
- Countries and Their Cultures
- Books on individual countries
- The World Almanac
- DK World Reference Atlas
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RECOMMENDED SITES FOR -  Albania
- Albanian Home Page
-  Andorra
- Ministry of Presidency and Tourism
-  Amsterdam
- The Internet Guide to Amsterdam
-  Austria
- Austrian National Tourist Office. In the U. S.
-   Belarus
- Belarus Online
-  Belgium
- Belgian Tourist Office
-  Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Official Site of BH Tourism
-  Bulgaria
- Travel Bulgaria
-  Croatia
- Croatian Embassy
-  Czech Republic
- Czech Tourism and Travel Pages
-  Cyprus
- Cyprus Tourism Organization
-  Denmark
- Danish Tourist Board
-  England
- Travel England. The official tourism site.
-  Estonia
- Estonian Tourist Board
-  Finland
- Virtual Finland
-  France
- Focus on France
-  Germany
- Destination Germany
-  Greece
- Greek National Tourism Organization
-  Holland
- Holland Board of Tourism. Official site.
-  Hungary
- Hungarian Home Page
-  Iceland
- Iceland Tourist Board. Its official North American Site.
-  Ireland
- Ireland -- Information on the Irish State
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SPECIFIC COUNTRIES
-  Italy
- Let's Roam Italy. Nice Thinkquest (student) site.
-  Latvia
- Menu of Latvia Information
-  Liechtenstein
- Portal of the Principality of Liechtenstein
-  Lithuania
- Lithuanian State Department of Tourism
-  Luxembourg
- Luxembourg National Tourist Office. Official site.
-   Macedonia
       (The Former Yugoslav Republic of) - The Macedonian Directory
-  Malta
- Malta - aboutmalta.com. Well-organized site, looks like YAHOO.
-  Monaco
- Monaco Guide
-  Norway
- Norwegian Tourist Board
-  Poland
- Polish National Tourist Office
-  Portugal
- Virtual Portugal
-  Romania
- Romanian National Tourist Office
-  Russia
- Guide to Russia. From the Moscow Times.
 Scotland- Gateway to Scotland
-  Spain
- Spain.info
-  Sweden
- The Swedish Information Smorgasbord. Search or scroll down to click.
-  Switzerland
- Information about Switzerland
-  Turkey
- Let's Go Turkey
-  Ukraine
- Euroscope Paperless Guide Books: Ukraine
-  Yugoslavia
   (Serbia and Montenegro) - The Book of Home
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