Green Spain
Green Spain is a region in northern Spain. Forget the Spanish stereotypes of bullfighting, flamenco dancers, and sunwashed beaches — with its ancient Celtic heritage, bagpipe players, and often rainy weather, Green Spain is more akin to Scotland than the rest of the country.Tap on the map to travel |
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Green Spain
- Type: region
- Description: Coastal region in the north of Spain
- Location: Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude of centre
42.5854° or 42° 35' 8" northLongitude of centre
-5.9326° or 5° 55' 57" westWikidata ID
Q1136392Green Spain Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Կանաչ Իսպանիա
- Asturian: Cornisa Cantábrica
- Asturian: Rexón Cantábrica
- Basque: Kantabriar Erlaitza
- Basque: Kantauriar Erlaitz
- Basque: Kantauriar Erlaitza
- Basque: Kantauriar erlaitza
- Basque: Kantauriar eskualdea
- Basque: Kantauri itsasoko ertza
- Belarusian: Зялёная Гішпанія
- Bengali: সবুজ স্পেন
- Bosnian: Costa Verde
- Catalan: Cornisa Cantàbrica
- Catalan: cornisa Cantàbrica
- Chinese: 坎塔布里亞海岸
- Chinese: 綠西班牙
- Chinese: 绿西班牙
- Croatian: Costa Verde
- Dutch: Cornisa Cantabrica
- Dutch: Cornisa Cantábrica
- Dutch: Costa Cantabrica
- Dutch: Costa Cantábrica
- Dutch: Costa Verde
- Dutch: Groen-Spanje
- Dutch: Groen Spanje
- Dutch: Region Cantabrica
- Dutch: Región Cantábrica
- English: Cantabrian Coast
- English: Cornisa Cantabrica
- English: Cornisa Cantábrica
- English: Costa verde
- English: España verde
- Esperanto: Kantabra Kornico
- French: Côte cantabrique
- French: Espagne verte
- Galician: Cornixa Cantábrica
- Galician: Cornixa cantábrica
- German: Costa Verde
- German: Costa Verde (Spanien)
- Greek: Βορειοδυτική Ισπανία
- Hebrew: ספרד הירוקה
- Italian: Costa verde spagnola
- Japanese: エスパーニャ・ベルデ
- Korean: 에스파냐 베르데
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Costa Verde
- Norwegian Nynorsk: España Verde
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Grøne Spania
- Polish: Costa Verde
- Portuguese: Cornija Cantábrica
- Russian: Зелёная Испания
- Serbian: Коста Верде
- Serbo-Croatian: Costa Verde
- Spanish: Cornisa Cantabrica
- Spanish: Cornisa Cantábrica
- Spanish: Cornisa cantabrica
- Spanish: Cornisa cantábrica
- Spanish: Costa cantabrica
- Spanish: Costa cantábrica
- Spanish: España Verde
- Spanish: Noroeste de España
- Spanish: Region Cantabrica
- Spanish: Region Cantábrica
- Spanish: Región Cantabrica
- Spanish: Región Cantábrica
- Spanish: Región cantábrica
- Ukrainian: Зелена Іспанія
- Venetian: Costa Verda spagnoła
- Vietnamese: Tây Ban Nha Xanh
- Cornice Cantabrica
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Green Spain. Photo: Xosema, CC BY-SA 3.0.