How much of Europe have you seen?

The European Union has 27 member states in 2026. Croatia was the most recent to join (2013); the United Kingdom left in 2020; Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and the Western Balkans are at various stages of accession.

The Schengen Area has 29 members in 2026: 25 EU states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland. Bulgaria and Romania joined fully in March 2024; Cyprus and Ireland are EU members but not in Schengen.

Yes — partially. About 22% of Russia’s landmass and roughly 78% of its population sit west of the Ural Mountains, in geographic Europe. Russia is also a Council of Europe state (suspended in 2022). The map includes Russia under Eastern Europe.

Türkiye is transcontinental — about 3% of its land is in Europe (Eastern Thrace, including part of Istanbul). It is a long-standing Council of Europe member, an EU candidate country, and a NATO ally. Most travel writing counts it as European, so the map includes it.

Geographically yes; politically the UK left the European Union in 2020 but remains in Europe and is still a member of the Council of Europe. The map counts the UK under Northern Europe.

The Balkans cover roughly ten countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. Sometimes Romania, Türkiye’s European portion, and Moldova are included depending on the definition.

The Nordic countries are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. "Scandinavia" is narrower — usually just Denmark, Norway, and Sweden — though Finland and Iceland are often added in casual use.

Click any European country on the map (or search by country or capital) to mark it as visited. Your selections are saved automatically in your browser. Share a link to send your map to a friend — the URL encodes the visited countries.

Yes. Your visited list is stored in your browser’s local storage and is also encoded in the share link. Reset clears it instantly. Nothing is uploaded to TripMemo.

The Visited Countries Map covers all 195 countries in the world. This map zooms into Europe and lets you see progress by sub-region (Western, Northern, Southern, Eastern Europe, and the Balkans), plus EU and Schengen counts.

There’s no global rule — the most common definitions are (1) you’ve set foot on the soil and (2) you’ve spent at least one night. Pick your own rule and stick to it.

Most travellers say no — a layover where you stay airside doesn’t count. Some "country counters" do include them. The map is yours; track it however feels honest.

Most lifetime travellers from English-speaking countries visit between 6 and 12 European countries. Anything above 25 puts you in the top few percent; visiting all 47 typically takes a decade of deliberate travel and a forgiving visa situation.

France has been the most-visited country in the world (and Europe) every year since 1990, with roughly 100 million international arrivals annually. Spain, Italy, the UK, and Germany usually round out the top five for Europe.

Yes. Click Share to copy a link that encodes your selections — the recipient sees your map automatically when they open it.