European Capitals for Kids: Paris, Rome, Berlin and Madrid

Eight famous capital cities of Europe, each with its country: Paris (France), Rome (Italy), Berlin (Germany), Madrid (Spain), Lisbon (Portugal), Athens (Greece), Prague (Czech Republic) and Vienna (Austria). Athens has more than 3,000 years of recorded history, and Rome is the only capital with a whole country inside it, Vatican City.

Most of them sit on a river: the Seine in Paris, the Tiber in Rome, the Spree in Berlin, the Tagus in Lisbon, the Vltava in Prague and the Danube in Vienna.

European Capitals Vocabulary: 8 Words to Find

Words run across, up and down; 4 of the 8 read backwards. The longest words have 6 letters.

Athens: The capital of Greece, birthplace of democracy and home of the Acropolis.
Berlin: The capital of Germany, divided by the Berlin Wall from 1961 to 1989.
Lisbon: The capital of Portugal, on the estuary of the Tagus.
Madrid: The capital of Spain, in the center of the Iberian Peninsula.
Paris: The capital of France, on the River Seine.
Prague: The capital of the Czech Republic, on the Vltava River.
Rome: The capital of Italy, which completely surrounds Vatican City.
Vienna: The capital of Austria, on the Danube, famous for classical music and coffee houses.

How to Solve the European Capitals Word Search

"Paris" is the only word that reads normally across. "Madrid" reads backwards and has the only D. "Athens", "Berlin" and "Prague" run upward. "Vienna", with the only V and a double N, runs down like "Lisbon" and "Rome".

European Capitals Quiz Ideas

Match each capital to its country and color it on a blank map of Europe.
Name the river that runs through each city; Athens and Madrid are the tricky ones.
Ask which capital is the oldest and which is the farthest north.