Is Germany part of Northern Europe?

There aren't any official regions in Europe, so it's kind of hard to tell. Germany is almost a pretty large country for European standards and very populous, meaning it stretches through several different regions and has several smaller cultures within it's border. read more

PIGS--Germany is Northern Europe. In popular parlance and journalism, people do sometimes refer to Northern and Southern Europe in the context of the Euro-crisis, with the southern economies typically stereotyped as lazy and corrupt as opposed to the austere, hardworking, Protestant north. read more

The countries considered to comprise northern Europe are: Iceland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Iceland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Faroe Islands are separate island nations that are located on the western side of northern Europe. read more

Northern Europe is the general term for the geographical region in Europe that is approximately north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Nations usually included within this region are Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, and occasionally United Kingdom, Ireland, northern Germany, northern Belarus and northwest Russia. read more