Which of the following is the playground of Europe ?
Switzerland
Switzerland is called the Playground of Europe — option 2.
Where the name comes from. The English mountaineer Leslie Stephen published a book of that title in 1871, describing his climbs in the Alps, and the phrase stuck. It fits the country exactly: the Alps cover about 60 per cent of Switzerland, and the resorts of Zermatt, St Moritz, Davos, Interlaken and Grindelwald draw visitors for skiing, mountaineering, hiking and lake tourism through the whole year.
| Reason | Detail |
|---|---|
| Terrain | The Alps occupy about three-fifths of the country; the Matterhorn, the Jungfrau and the Eiger are all Swiss |
| Winter sport | Hosted the Winter Olympics twice, both at St Moritz, in 1928 and 1948 |
| Lakes and scenery | Geneva, Lucerne, Zurich and Constance |
| Access | A dense mountain-railway network — the Jungfraujoch station is the highest in Europe |
Some other geographical nicknames of the kind this question belongs to :
| Nickname | Place |
|---|---|
| Land of the Midnight Sun | Norway |
| Land of the Rising Sun | Japan |
| Land of Thousand Lakes | Finland |
| Emerald Isle | Ireland |
| Land of Cakes | Scotland |
| Cockpit of Europe | Belgium |
| Sick Man of Europe | Turkey, in the nineteenth century |
| Herring Pond | The Atlantic Ocean |
Note the contrast between the Playground and the Cockpit of Europe: Switzerland, protected by its mountains and by a policy of armed neutrality maintained since 1815, and Belgium, whose flat terrain made it the route of invading armies again and again.
Hence, the answer is Switzerland.
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