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The #EURO2020 final has arrived with #Italy who have the second longest life expectancy in Europe at 82.7 years 🧓 v #England (yes you read that right) where no where is more than 75 miles from the coast 🏖️ #Ita #Eng (who'd have thought we would need extra facts for England🤔)

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The second (and massive) #Euro2020 semi-final is #England with Europe’s tallest building the Shard at 310 m 🏢 v #Denmark with the Øresund-Bridge linking it to Sweden, the longest combined road and railway bridge in Europe at over 5 miles 🌉 #ENG #DEN

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The first #Euro2020 semi-final is #Italy which has more than 4,700 miles of coastline in the Mediterranean Sea 🌊 v #Spain where the Pyrenees mountain ranges form a natural border with other countries ⛰️ 🇮🇹🇪🇸 #ITA #ESP

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To finish the #Euro2020 round is #Ukraine where Ukrainians wear wedding rings on the right hand not the left 🖐️✋ v #England where Tower Hamlets in London has the fastest growing, youngest, and most diverse populations in the UK 👨‍👩‍👦 #Ukr #Eng

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Saturday’s #Euro2020 kicks off with #CzechRepublic with the narrowest street in Prague just 50 cm wide 🏙️ v #Denmark where the town of Billund is the main producer and exporter of Lego 🌍 #CZE
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Friday’s second #Euro2020 helping (once this game finishes)is #Belgium the second largest chocolate exporting country 🍫 v #Italy where The Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence was the only bridge in the city left standing after WWII 🌉 🇧🇪🇮🇹 #bel #Ita #BELITA

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The quarter finals at #Euro2020 kick off with #Switzerland where Zurich and Geneva are among the top ten most liveable cities in the world 🗺️🌍 v #Spain where Madrid is the sunniest city in Europe, with over 300 days a year 🌞 #SUI #esp

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After that uneventful match to finish the #Euro2020 round of 16 (and play England) #Sweden which was the first country to create a national park to preserve nature v #Ukraine where you can find an Acropolis in the capital Kiev 🇸🇪🇺🇦 #swe #UKR

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The final day of the round in #Euro2020 starts with #England which houses the largest free playground in Europe at Wicksteed Park v #Germany which the largest train station in Europe in Berlin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪 #Eng #Ger

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Finishing Monday’s #EURO2020  action is #France which has an average of 10 movies filming in the city each day v #Switzerland with one of the lowest crimes rates in the whole of the world 🇨🇵🇨🇭 #FRA #SUI

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Monday’s helping of #Euro2020  kicks off with #Croatia home to Hum, with a population of around 20 is the world’s smallest town v #Spain where La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has been under construction since 1882 #CROESP #Cro #esp

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Finishing the weekends #Euro2020 action (in a couple of hours) is #Belgium which has only 3% of its population living in rural areas v #Portugal where Lisbon is home to one of the smallest bookshops in the world, the size of a small cupboard 🇧🇪🇵🇹 #bel #POR

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Sunday’s #Euro2020 starts with #Netherlands which has 5 million more bicycles than people in the country v #CzechRepublic housing the 3rd oldest astronomical clock in the world in Prague Old Town 🇳🇱🇨🇿 #NED #CZE

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Next up at #Euro2020 is #Italy with Lake Garda in the north, an attraction for surfers due to the high winds v #Austria housing the oldest zoo in the world, opened over 250 years ago 🇮🇹🇦🇹 #Ita #AUT #ITAAUS

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The first #Euro2020 knockout game sees #Wales home to the longest and fastest zipwire ride in Europe v #Denmark where over half the population of Copenhagen cycle to work each day #Wal #den #WalDen

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With a final #EURO2020 group game of #Portugal with the Vasco Da Gama Bridge in Lisbon the longest bridge in Europe at 17,185 meters  🌉 v #France the largest country in the EU, taking uo almost 1/5th of the area 🌎 🇵🇹🇲🇫 #Por #Fra

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Finishing the group stages of #EURO2020 is #Germany which has over 1,500 different beers 🍻🍺 v #Hungary where thermal water spas and public baths are common with 1,500 thermal springs and over 400 public baths in the country 🛁 🇩🇪🇭🇺 #Ger #Hun

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On at the same time in #EURO2020 #Sweden where Gothenberg is known for the Volvo car factory 🚙🚗 v #Poland where the Warsaw Radio Mast was the world’s tallest structure from 1974 until its collapsed in 1991📻🗼🇸🇪🇵🇱 #swe #Pol

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Starting the last day of the #EURO2020 group stages #Slovakia where women have 1.3 children, on average one of the lowest rates in the world 🚸  v #Spain where the first known stapler was made in the 18th century 💡🇷🇸🇪🇦 #esp

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In the other #EURO2020 game #CzechRepublic one of the least religious countrys in the world, with only 19% believing  in God 🙌 v  #England where Barton-on-Sea is a well known coastal village due to its high number of fossils found there  🌊 🇨🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #Cze #Eng