From looking at a flat world map you may assume it would be Ireland, France and Scandinavia, ... Interactive map shows precisely which countries are directly across the sea from the UK coastline.

There is a significant variation in the size of government workforces worldwide ranging from 30 percent of the total workforce in Norway to just 5.9 percent in Japan.

Scandinavia’s 32 UNESCO World Heritage sites include Viking era monuments, copper mining towns and World War II historical sites.