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Predškolska ustanova Naša radost, Aleksandrovac

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Predškolska ustanova Naša radost, Aleksandrovac

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Our kindergarten is found in a vineyard region of Zupa, Serbia. From this presentation you will find more about us

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Serbia - One journey, million impressions | Jedno putovanje, bezbroj doživljaja

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Our national flag containing three equal red, blue, and white horizontal stripes and, near the hoist, the Serbian coat of arms.

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As you can see on the ZeeMap, our school is located in the central part of Romania, near the city of Medias, Sibiu county. It`s a village school, with a number of approximate 600 students, divided on 3 structures and 3 levels of education.
Our school benefits of all kind of cultural and aggro-touristic background, due to its historical and geographical sources.

https://scoala-gimnaziala-bazna.webnode.ro/despre-noi/

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Escola Básica Manuel António Pina (EBMAP)

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Escola Básica Manuel António Pina (EBMAP)

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EBMAP, belongs to a group of schools: Agrupamento de Escolas António Fernandes de Sá  http://www.escultorfsa.pt school is a big one, close to the city center of Gaia, on the North of Portugal. Fortunately we have almost 110 000 m² of trees, gardens with a big lake, that we can use any time we want!!! (the city park). We have almost 500 students from 3 to 10.

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Here we are, more than words...

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PORTUGAL - A BELEZA DA SIMPLICIDADE - HD

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The Flag of Portugal is a rectangular bicolour with a field unevenly divided into green on the hoist, and red on the fly. The armillary sphere and Portuguese shield is centered over the colour boundary at equal distance from the upper and lower edges.

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"The Carpathian Garden" as they say . . .

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Visit Romania - The most beautiful places in Romania

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Vila Nova de Gaia, or simply Gaia, is a city and a municipality in Porto District in Norte Region, Portugal. It is located south of the city of Porto on the other side of the Douro River. The municipality has an area of 168.46 km², and a total population of 302,295 inhabitants making it the most populous municipality in Norte Region. Gaia together with Porto and 12 other municipalities makes up the commonly designated Porto Metropolitan Area.
The city contains many cellars (locally known as "caves") where port wine is stored and aged. These cellars have become a major tourist attraction.

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SIBIU COUNTY,
TRANSILVANIA
This is the second largest city in Sibiu County,  Transylvania, Romania. The town was founded in 1146, being one of the oldest cities in this region.
With a population of 47.204 individuals, Mediaș has close to 20 kindergartens, 10 schools, including 5 high-schools. Here are set also a special education center and an orphanage.

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JMAP3 is the label of my group. It's a preschool group with 25 pupils from 3 to 6 and is a multicultural and inclusive one, as we have children from Brazil, Ukraine, gypsy ethnicity, ...

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The national flag is a tricolor with vertical stripes, beginning from the flagpole: blue, yellow and red. It has a width-length ratio of 2:3.

The proportions, shades of color as well as the flag protocol were established by law in 1994 and extended in 2001.

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There are two legends that explain origin of the Czech flag. The first one says that our forefather - Duke Czech once saw a white eagle on the red evening sky, so he decided to adopt it on the flag. The other legends explains that the white colour stands for our peaceful nature and honesty. Red colour means courage of the nation and the blue colour symbolizes truth, loyalty and perseverance.

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The flag of Bulgaria  is a tricolour consisting of three equal-sized horizontal bands of (from top to bottom) white, green, and red. The flag was first adopted after the 1877–1878 Russo-Turkish War, when Bulgaria gained independence.

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The Most Beautiful Place In The World

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Bulgaria - The Most Beautiful Place In The World

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In This Video: 1. Nikola Iliev - klarinet(Traditional Bulgarian music) 2. Theodosii Spassov - kaval(Traditional Bulgarian music) 3. Rufinka bolna legnala - Bulgarian traditional song 4. This is Bulgaria - Ernst Sasse movie

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Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. The city is at the foot of Vitosha Mountain in the western part of the country. Being in the centre of the Balkan peninsula, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea.

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120 th Georgi S. Rakovski Sofia, Bulgaria

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120 th Georgi S. Rakovski Sofia, Bulgaria

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120th G.S.Rakovski Primary School was founded in 1894. It is located in the downtown Sofia in one of the most prestigious neighborhoods of the capital of Bulgaria - Lozenets.

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Romania

Medias Medies earlier, is the second largest city in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania. The city is situated in the middle of the Târnava sea at a distance of 39 km and 41 km from Sighisoara Blaj.

In 1267, the first documentary mention Mediesy appears. The settlement is closely related to the name of a tribe Székely ninth century.

In the twelfth century and the thirteenth-century Hungarian kings Medias German colonists settled in the area, known as the Saxons.

From 1900 Mediaş becomes an important center for mining of methane gas. In the nineteenth century, the old craft centers here have turned into factories and were first produced here the first crystal and Romanian email.

According to the 2002 census, the population is 63,153 Medias and from ethnically were: 53 376 Romanian, 6554 Hungarian, Roma 1959, 1150 German, 114 other nationalities.

Mediaş today is a picturesque town that feels the combination of old and new, with a sequence of architectural styles from Gothic to Renaissance and neoclassical, the Baroque and Secession (Jugendstil). Medias historic city center is like a open air museum. The monuments are unique medieval castle in Transylvania market. The city has a history of over seven centuries, is one of the oldest cities in Romania.

The pages of the novel "Dracula", the Irish writer Bram Stoker stated that the wedding of Count Wallach, the wine was "the golden Medias. Medias and its surroundings are known today, given the fame of old wine county, symbol of the city emblem, the area was dubbed the old "Wine Country" or "Weinland", as shown in the map humanist Johannes Honterus (XVI century).

Medias | Medias is located in the heart of Transylvania, Sibiu County, Great Valley Târnava. Attested in 1267, Medias is a true open air museum. Historical monuments of medieval art and are distributed throughout the area between the city walls

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Our preschool is located in the small village Böle, in the north of Sweden. Our nearest city is Piteå. We have totally 52 children, divided in three different houses. Two of the houses share the same outside space and one is next to the village school. This is our website: https://www.pitea.se/Invanare/Skola/Forskola/Hitta-forskolor/Infjardensomradet/Bole-forskola/

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We have 20 children who are 5 years old (some of them have already turned six this year) and here works three preschool teachers.

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Here you can find more about our city

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the most beautiful places

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Szkoła Podstawowa w Kocmyrzowie I, third grade, 10 students who are 9 years old

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My class consists of 27 children aged 7 and 8 years old.

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These are three groups children from our kindergarten, aged 4 to 7 years

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Here, I present you the first group of students. They are 8 - 10 years old, coming from different cultural groups and backgrounds. They are so pleased and eager to take part in this project!

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Lithuania  officially the Republic of Lithuania (is a country in Northern Europe One of the three Baltic states, it is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, to the east of Sweden and Denmark.) It is bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian exclave) to the southwest. Lithuania has an estimated population of 2.9 million people as of 2015, and its capital and largest city is Vilnius. Lithuanians are a Baltic people. The official language, Lithuanian, along with Latvian, is one of only two living languages in the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family.

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Babtai is a small town 24 km (15 mi) north of Kaunas, in Kaunas County, in central Lithuania. It is situated on the left bank of the Nevėžis River. As of 2001 it had a population of 1,715.
In 1792, the town received Magdeburg rights and coat of arms.

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The flag of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos vėliava) consists of a horizontal tricolor of yellow, green, and red. It was adopted on 25 April 1918 during Lithuania's first period of independence (in the 20th century) from 1918 to 1940, which ceased with the occupation first by Soviet Russia and Lithuania's annexation into the Soviet Union, and then by Nazi Germany (1941–1944). The flag was then re-adopted on 20 March 1989, almost a year before the re-establishment of Lithuania's independence.

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The flag of Lithuania ( Lithuanian: Lietuvos vėliava) consists of a horizontal tricolor of yellow, green, and red. It was adopted on 25 April 1918 during Lithuania's first period of independence (in the 20th century) from 1918 to 1940, which ceased with the occupation first by Soviet Russia and Lithuania's annexation into the Soviet Union, and then by Nazi Germany (1941-1944).

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Medias Medies earlier, is the second largest city in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania. The city is situated in the middle of the Târnava sea at a distance of 39 km and 41 km from Sighisoara Blaj.

In 1267, the first documentary mention Mediesy appears. The settlement is closely related to the name of a tribe Székely ninth century.

In the twelfth century and the thirteenth-century Hungarian kings Medias German colonists settled in the area, known as the Saxons.

From 1900 Mediaş becomes an important center for mining of methane gas. In the nineteenth century, the old craft centers here have turned into factories and were first produced here the first crystal and Romanian email.

According to the 2002 census, the population is 63,153 Medias and from ethnically were: 53 376 Romanian, 6554 Hungarian, Roma 1959, 1150 German, 114 other nationalities.

Mediaş today is a picturesque town that feels the combination of old and new, with a sequence of architectural styles from Gothic to Renaissance and neoclassical, the Baroque and Secession (Jugendstil). Medias historic city center is like a open air museum. The monuments are unique medieval castle in Transylvania market. The city has a history of over seven centuries, is one of the oldest cities in Romania.

The pages of the novel "Dracula", the Irish writer Bram Stoker stated that the wedding of Count Wallach, the wine was "the golden Medias. Medias and its surroundings are known today, given the fame of old wine county, symbol of the city emblem, the area was dubbed the old "Wine Country" or "Weinland", as shown in the map humanist Johannes Honterus (XVI century).

Medias | Medias is located in the heart of Transylvania, Sibiu County, Great Valley Târnava. Attested in 1267, Medias is a true open air museum. Historical monuments of medieval art and are distributed throughout the area between the city walls

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Here is the second working group.... The 2nd grade from a village school has students between 8 and 12 years in age. Their family background is created on the disadvantaged social groups, with low means of living. They want to attend any kind of activities which bring them a good self esteem and happy days.

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Schools in Selásskóla began in the fall of 1986.The children are Selásskóla to 12 years of age, when they go in Árbæjarskóli a collection of neighborhood schools. The school has used the proximity to major natural city by linking it with most subjects.In 1998 the school an environmental policy, which is currently in development and work performance bar the spring of 2002, when school was delivered Green Flag is recognition from the Foundation for Environmental Education.

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Skólastarf í Selásskóla hófst haustið 1986. Skólinn er jaðarskóli efst í Árbænum. Börnin eru í Selásskóla til 12 ára aldurs en þá fara þau í Árbæjarskóla sem er safnskóli hverfisins. Skólinn hefur nýtt sér nálægð við helstu náttúruperlur borgarinnar með því að tengja hana við sem flestar námsgreinar.

Árið 1998 setti skólinn sér umhverfisstefnu, sem stöðugt er í þróun og bar sú vinna árangur vorið 2002 þegar skólinn fékk afhentan Grænfánann sem er viðurkenning frá Foundation for Environmental Education. Fánann fékk skólinn til tveggja ára. Skólinn endurnýjaði umsókn sína og var hún samþykkt og afhending Grænfánans til næstu tveggja ára fór fram þann 1. júní 2004. Á tuttugu ára afmæli skólans vorið 2006 fékk skólinn Grænfánann afhentan í þriðja sinn.

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Fréttir Skoða fréttir Matseðill vikunnar Skoða matseðil Velkomin á heimasíðu Selásskóla Skólastarf í Selásskóla hófst haustið 1986. Skólinn er jaðarskóli efst í Árbænum. Börnin eru í Selásskóla til 12 ára aldurs en þá fara þau í Árbæjarskóla sem er safnskóli hverfisins. Skólinn hefur nýtt sér nálægð við helstu náttúruperlur borgarinnar með því að tengja hana...

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We are 26 children aged 6-7 years old. We are looking forward to see all the butterflies.

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Iceland is a beautiful place

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Reykavík is the capital city of Iceland.

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Reykjavík ( RAYK-yə-vik, -⁠veek; Icelandic: [ˈreiːcaˌviːk] ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08′ N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. Reykjavík has a population of around 140,000 as of 2023 (up from 121,822 in 2015). The Capital Region has a population of around 248,000.

Reykjavík is believed to be the location of the first permanent settlement in Iceland, which, according to Landnámabók, was established by Ingólfr Arnarson in AD 874. Until the 18th century, there was no urban development in the city location. The city was officially founded in 1786 as a trading town and grew steadily over the following decades, as it transformed into a regional and later national centre of commerce, population, and governmental activities.

Reykjavík is the centre of Iceland's cultural, economic, and governmental activity, and is a popular tourist destination among foreigners. It is among the cleanest, greenest, and safest cities in the world.

According to legend, the first permanent Norse settlement in Iceland was established at Reykjavík by Ingólfr Arnarson circa AD 870, as described in the Book of Settlement. Ingólfr is said to have decided the location of his settlement using a traditional Norse method: when land was in sight, he cast his high seat pillars overboard and promised to settle where the gods decided to bring them ashore. Two of his slaves then searched the coasts for three years before finding the pillars in the bay which eventually became the site of Reykjavík.

The name is of Old Norse origin, derived from the roots ('smoke') and ('bay'). The name is said to be inspired by steam rising from hot springs in the region. The original name was Reykjar-vík, with an "r" suffix for the genitive singular of reykr; the modern version reykja- uses the genitive plural. The name's meaning is still transparent in modern Icelandic, and in modern Norwegian ( røyk + vik). The name originally referred to both the bay on the northern shore of the modern city centre, between Örfirisey and Laugarnes, as well as the estate and farm of Ingólfr Arnarson. This form of the name fell out of use shortly after settlement, and the estate was referred to as Vík á Seltjarnarnesi until the name Reykjavík was revived when urban development began centuries later.

The name has been translated as Bay of Smoke in English language travel guides, or variations thereof, such as Smoky Bay, Smoke Cove, Steam Bay, etc.

The site of the modern city centre was farmland until the 18th century. In 1752, King Frederik V of Denmark donated the estate of Reykjavík to the Innréttingar corporation. The leader of this movement was Skúli Magnússon. In the 1750s, several houses were built to house the wool industry, which was Reykjavík's most important employer for a few decades and the original reason for its existence. Other industries were undertaken by the Innréttingar, such as fisheries, sulphur mining, agriculture, and shipbuilding.

The Danish Crown abolished monopoly trading in 1786 and granted six communities around the country an exclusive trading charter. Reykjavík was one of them and the only one to hold on to the charter permanently. 1786 is thus regarded as the date of the city's founding. Trading rights were limited to subjects of the Danish Crown, and Danish traders continued to dominate trade in Iceland. Over the following decades, their business in Iceland expanded. After 1880, free trade was expanded to all nationalities, and the influence of Icelandic merchants started to grow.

Icelandic nationalist sentiment gained influence in the 19th century, and the idea of Icelandic independence became widespread. Reykjavík, as Iceland's only city, was central to such ideas. Advocates of an independent Iceland realized that a strong Reykjavík was fundamental to that objective. All the important events in the history of the independence struggle were important to Reykjavík as well. In 1845 , the general assembly formed in AD 930, was re-established in Reykjavík; it had been suspended a few decades earlier when it was located at Þingvellir. At the time it functioned only as an advisory assembly, advising the king about Icelandic affairs. The location of Alþingi in Reykjavík effectively established the city as the capital of Iceland.

In 1874, Iceland was given a constitution; with it, Alþingi gained some limited legislative powers and in essence became the institution that it is today. The next step was to move most of the executive power to Iceland: Home Rule was granted in 1904 when the office of Minister for Iceland was established in Reykjavík. On 1 December 1918, Iceland became a sovereign country, the Kingdom of Iceland, in personal union with the Crown of Denmark.

By the 1920s and 1930s, most of the growing Icelandic fishing trawler fleet sailed from Reykjavík; cod production was its main industry, but the Great Depression hit Reykjavík hard with unemployment, and labour union struggles sometimes became violent.

On the morning of 10 May 1940, following the German occupation of Denmark and Norway on 9 April 1940, four British warships approached Reykjavík and anchored in the harbour. In a few hours, the allied occupation of Reykjavík was complete. There was no armed resistance, and taxi and truck drivers even assisted the invasion force, which initially had no motor vehicles. The Icelandic government had received many requests from the British government to consent to the occupation, but it always declined on the basis of the Neutrality Policy. For the remaining years of World War II, British and later American soldiers occupied camps in Reykjavík, and the number of foreign soldiers in Reykjavík became about the same as the local population of the city. The Royal Regiment of Canada formed part of the garrison in Iceland during the early part of the war.

The economic effects of the occupation were positive for Reykjavík: the unemployment of the Depression years vanished, and construction work began. The British built Reykjavík Airport, which remains in service today, mostly for short haul flights (to domestic destinations and Greenland). The Americans, meanwhile, built Keflavík Airport, situated 50 km (31 mi) west of Reykjavík, which became Iceland's primary international airport. In 1944, the Republic of Iceland was founded and a president, elected by the people, replaced the king; the office of the president was placed in Reykjavík.

In the post-war years, the growth of Reykjavík accelerated. An exodus from the rural countryside began, largely because improved technology in agriculture reduced the need for manpower, and because of a population boom resulting from better living conditions in the country. A once-primitive village was rapidly transformed into a modern city. Private cars became common, and modern apartment complexes rose in the expanding suburbs.

In 1972, Reykjavík hosted the famous world chess championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. The 1986 Reykjavík Summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev underlined Reykjavík's international status. Deregulation in the financial sector and the computer revolution of the 1990s again transformed Reykjavík. The financial and IT sectors are now significant employers in the city.

The city has fostered some world-famous musicians and artists in recent years, including musicians Björk; Múm and Sigur Rós; writer Sjón; and visual artist Ragnar Kjartansson.

Reykjavík is located in the southwest of Iceland. The Reykjavík area coastline is characterized by peninsulas, coves, straits, and islands.

During the Ice Age (up to 10,000 years ago) a large glacier covered parts of the city area, reaching as far out as Álftanes. Other parts of the city area were covered by sea water. In the warm periods and at the end of the Ice Age, some hills like Öskjuhlíð were islands. The former sea level is indicated by sediments (with clams) reaching (at Öskjuhlíð, for example) as far as 43 m (141 ft) above the current sea level. The hills of Öskjuhlíð and Skólavörðuholt appear to be the remains of former shield volcanoes which were active during the warm periods of the Ice Age. After the Ice Age, the land rose as the heavy load of the glaciers fell away, and began to look as it does today.

The capital city area continued to be shaped by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, like the one 4,500 years ago in the mountain range Bláfjöll, when the lava coming down the Elliðaá valley reached the sea at the bay of Elliðavogur.

The largest river to run through Reykjavík is the Elliðaá River, which is non-navigable. It offers salmon fishing within the city limits. Mount Esja, at 914 m (2,999 ft), is the highest mountain in the vicinity of Reykjavík.

The city of Reykjavík is mostly located on the Seltjarnarnes peninsula, but the suburbs reach far out to the south and east. Reykjavík is a spread-out city: most of its urban area consists of low-density suburbs, and houses are usually widely spaced. The outer residential neighbourhoods are also widely spaced from each other; in between them are the main traffic arteries and a lot of empty space. The city's latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state ( Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, is slightly further north at 64°10' (about 4 km) but Greenland is a constituent country, not an independent state).

Reykjavík has a subpolar oceanic climate ( Köppen: Cfc) closely bordering on a subarctic climate ( Köppen: Dfc) in the 0 °C isoterm. The city has had its present climate classification since the beginning of the 20th century.

At 64° north, Reykjavík is characterized by extremes of day and night length over the course of the year. From 20 May to 24 July, daylight is essentially permanent as the sun never gets more than 5° below the horizon. Day length drops to less than five hours between 2 December and 10 January. The sun climbs just 3° above the horizon during this time. However, day length begins increasing rapidly during January and by month's end there are seven hours of daylight.

Despite its northern latitude, temperatures very rarely drop below −15 °C (5 °F) in the winter. The proximity to the Arctic Circle and the strong moderation of the Atlantic Ocean in the Icelandic coast (influence of North Atlantic Current, an extension of the Gulf Stream) shape a relatively mild winter and cool summer. The city's coastal location does make it prone to wind, however, and gales are common in winter (influence of the Icelandic Low). Summers are cool, with temperatures fluctuating between 10 and 15 °C (50 and 59 °F), rarely exceeding 20 °C (68 °F). This is a result of exposure to the maritime winds in its exposed west coast location that causes it to be much cooler in summer than similar latitudes in mainland Scandinavia. Contrasting this, winter days are milder than anywhere in far southern Sweden and the vast majority of Denmark. In fact, winter temperatures are comparable to those of New York City, which is more then 20 degrees further south. Reykjavík averages 147 days of rain (more than 1 mm) per year. Droughts are uncommon, although they occur in some summers. In the summer of 2007, no rain was measured for one month. July and August are the warmest months of the year on average and January and February the coldest.

Summer tends to be the sunniest season, although May averages the most sunshine of any individual month. Overall, the city receives around 1,300 annual hours of sunshine, which is comparable with other places in northern and north-western Europe such as Ireland and Scotland, but substantially less than equally northern regions with a more continental climate, including the Bothnian Bay basin in Scandinavia. Nonetheless, Reykjavík is one of the cloudiest and coolest capitals of any nation in the world. The highest temperature recorded in Reykjavík was 25.7 °C (78 °F), reported on 30 July 2008, while the lowest-ever recorded temperature was −24.5 °C (−12 °F), recorded on 21 January 1918. The coldest month on record is January 1918, with a mean temperature of −7.2 °C (19 °F). The warmest is July 2019, with a mean temperature of 13.4 °C (56 °F).

The Reykjavík City Council governs the city of Reykjavík and is directly elected by those aged over 18 domiciled in the city. The council has 23 members who are elected using the open list method for four-year terms.

The council selects members of boards, and each board controls a different field under the city council's authority. The most important board is the City Board that wields the executive rights along with the City Mayor. The City Mayor is the senior public official and also the director of city operations. Other public officials control city institutions under the mayor's authority. Thus, the administration consists of two different parts:

The political power of City Council cascading down to other boards

Public officials under the authority of the city mayor who administer and manage implementation of policy.

The Independence Party was historically the city's ruling party; it had an overall majority from its establishment in 1929 until 1978, when it narrowly lost. From 1978 until 1982, there was a three-party coalition composed of the People's Alliance, the Social Democratic Party, and the Progressive Party. In 1982, the Independence Party regained an overall majority, which it held for three consecutive terms. The 1994 election was won by Reykjavíkurlistinn (the R-list), an alliance of Icelandic socialist parties, led by Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir. This alliance won a majority in three consecutive elections, but was dissolved for the 2006 election when five different parties were on the ballot. The Independence Party won seven seats, and together with the one Progressive Party they were able to form a new majority in the council which took over in June 2006.

In October 2007 a new majority was formed on the council, consisting of members of the Progressive Party, the Social Democratic Alliance, the Left-Greens and the F-list (liberals and independents), after controversy regarding REI, a subsidiary of OR, the city's energy company. However, three months later the F-list formed a new majority together with the Independence Party. Ólafur F. Magnússon, the leader of the F-list, was elected mayor on 24 January 2008, and in March 2009 the Independence Party was due to appoint a new mayor. This changed once again on 14 August 2008 when the fourth coalition of the term was formed, by the Independence Party and the Social Democratic Alliance, with Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir becoming mayor.

The City Council election in May 2010 saw a new political party, The Best Party, win six of 15 seats, and they formed a coalition with the Social Democratic Alliance; comedian Jón Gnarr became mayor. At the 2014 election, the Social Democratic Alliance had its best showing yet, gaining five seats in the council, while Bright Future (successor to the Best Party) received two seats and the two parties formed a coalition with the Left-Green movement and the Pirate Party, which won one seat each. The Independence Party had its worst election ever, with only four seats.

The mayor is appointed by the city council; usually one of the council members is chosen, but they may also appoint a mayor who is not a member of the council.

The post was created in 1907 and advertised in 1908. Two applications were received, from Páll Einarsson, sheriff and town mayor of Hafnarfjörður and from Knud Zimsen, town councillor in Reykjavík. Páll was appointed on 7 May and was mayor for six years. At that time the city mayor received a salary of 4,500 ISK per year and 1,500 ISK for office expenses. The current mayor is Dagur B. Eggertsson.

Reykjavík is by far the largest and most populous settlement in Iceland. The municipality of Reykjavík had a population of 131,136 on 1 January 2020; that is 36% of the country's population. The Capital Region, which includes the capital and six municipalities around it, was home to 233,034 people; that is about 64% of the country's population.

On 1 January 2019, of the city's population of 128,793, immigrants of the first and second generation numbered 23,995 (18.6%), increasing from 12,352 (10.4%) in 2008 and 3,106 (2.9%) in 1998. The most common foreign citizens are Poles, Lithuanians, and Latvians. About 80% of the city's foreign residents originate in European Union and EFTA member states, and over 58% are from the new member states of the EU, mainly former Eastern Bloc countries, which joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013. As of 1 January 2023, about 63% of the population was documented to live in the Greater Reykjavik area with a total of 242,995 inhabitants.

Children of foreign origin form a more considerable minority in the city's schools: as many as a third in places. The city is also visited by thousands of tourists, students, and other temporary residents, at times outnumbering natives in the city centre.

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Other Europe[f]
41

0.03%

0.26%

223

0.19%

2.29%

81

0.08%

3.35%

Stateless
38

0.03%

0.27%

58

0.05%

0.60%

2

0.00%

0.08%

Total: EU and EFTA 12,583 9.98%80.68%6,835 5.75%70.35%1,258 1.17%[i][h][g]
51.96%

Total: Nordic countries 689 0.55%4.42%823 0.69%8.47%680 0.63%[j]
28.09%

Total: Europe outside of
EU and EFTA 338 0.27%2.17%523 0.44%5.38%278 0.26%
11.48%

Total foreign citizens 15,596 12.37%100%9,716 8.18%100%2,421 2.26%
100%

Total population 126,041 100%118,827 100%107,341 100%

Reykjavík is divided into 10 districts:

In addition there are hinterland areas (lightly shaded on the map) which are not assigned to any district.

Borgartún is the financial centre of Reykjavík, hosting a large number of companies and three investment banks. Reykjavík has been at the centre of Iceland's economic growth and subsequent economic contraction over the 2000s, a period referred to in foreign media as the "Nordic Tiger" years, or "Iceland's Boom Years". The economic boom led to a sharp increase in construction, with large redevelopment projects such as Harpa concert hall and conference centre and others. Many of these projects came to a halt in the following economic crash of 2008.

There are 14 embassies in Reykjavik, in addition to ambassadorial residences, and representative offices for Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the European Union.

Per capita car ownership in Iceland is among the highest in the world at roughly 522 vehicles per 1,000 residents, though Reykjavík is not severely affected by congestion. Several multi-lane highways (mainly dual carriageways) run between the most heavily populated areas and most frequently driven routes. Parking spaces are also plentiful in most areas. Public transportation consists of a bus system called Strætó bs. Route 1 (the Ring Road) runs through the city outskirts and connects the city to the rest of Iceland.

Reykjavík Airport, the second largest airport in the country (after Keflavík International Airport), is positioned inside the city, just south of the city centre. It is mainly used for domestic flights, as well as flights to Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Since 1962, there has been some controversy regarding the location of the airport, since it takes up a lot of valuable space in central Reykjavík.

Reykjavík has two seaports, the old harbour near the city centre which is mainly used by fishermen and cruise ships, and Sundahöfn in the east city which is the largest cargo port in the country.

There are no public railways in Iceland, because of its sparse population, but the locomotives used to build the docks are on display. Proposals have been made for a high-speed rail link between the city and Keflavík.

Volcanic activity provides Reykjavík with geothermal heating systems for both residential and industrial districts. In 2008, natural hot water was used to heat roughly 90% of all buildings in Iceland. Of total annual use of geothermal energy of 39 PJ, space heating accounted for 48%.

Most of the district heating in Iceland comes from three main geothermal power plants:

Safnahúsið (the Culture House) was opened in 1909 and has a number of important exhibits. Originally built to house the National Library and National Archives and also previously the location of the National Museum and Natural History Museum, in 2000 it was re-modeled to promote the Icelandic national heritage. Many of Iceland's national treasures are on display, such as the Poetic Edda, and the Sagas in their original manuscripts. There are also changing exhibitions of various topics.

Reykjavík is the capital, and in fact Iceland's only city, and as such, it plays a vital role in all cultural life in the country. The city is home to Iceland's main cultural institutions, boasts a flourishing arts scene and is renowned as a creative city with a diverse range of cultural happenings and dynamic grassroots activities. Most of the country's writers live in the city, and it also provides the setting for the majority of contemporary Icelandic literature - a development that has gone hand in hand with the rapid expansion of the city in the past 100 years or so.

Reykjavík is home to Icelandic medieval literature, including the Sagas of the Icelanders and the Poetic Edda, landmarks of world literature still widely read and translated today. This literary heritage is the core of the nation's identity and narrative art is the single most important part of its cultural history. The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies in Reykjavík is the centre of this heritage. It preserves manuscripts, conducts research on them and publishes texts for the public, in addition to offering research facilities and tutoring to foreign scholars and students. The Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection was added to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register on 31 July 2009. Reykjavík city was designated as a UNESCO City of Literature in 2011 and joined then the UNESCO Creatives Cities network.

Iceland is one of the smallest linguistic areas in the world, with only around 330,000 inhabitants and very few speakers outside the country. The language has not changed much since the time of settlement in the 9th century and modern Icelanders can still read the original medieval texts with relative ease. Literature plays a vital role in cherishing and cultivating the language, both original Icelandic literature and translations. Language undergoes constant renewal and development in fiction, and translation of foreign work has also been instrumental in conserving this thousand-year-old literary language.

Award-winning authors

Several Reykjavík writers have received international and Nordic awards. Halldór Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955 for "vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland". The House of Halldór Laxness, Gljúfrasteinn, in the capital area can be visited year-round. A number of writers have won the Nordic Council's Literature Prize, among them are Thor Vilhjálmsson, Einar Már Guðmundsson and Sjón, and authors such as Guðrún Helgadóttir, Kristín Steinsdóttir and Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir are winners of The Nordic Children's Literature Prize. Crime writer Arnaldur Indriðason has won prizes abroad, including The Golden Dagger Award. Among other prizes awarded to writers from Reykjavík are the Kairos Preis ( Andri Snaer Magnason), the Swedish Academy's Nordic Literature Prize ( Guðbergur Bergsson) and the Prix de Page ( Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir). Contemporary Icelandic writers are published in an increased number in translations throughout the world.

Alcohol is expensive at bars. People tend to drink at home before going out. Beer was banned in Iceland until 1 March 1989 but has since become popular among many Icelanders as their alcoholic drink of choice.

The Iceland Airwaves music festival is staged annually in November. This festival takes place all over the city, and the concert venue Harpa is one of the main locations. Other venues that frequently organise live music events are Kex, Húrra, Gaukurinn ( grunge, metal, punk), Mengi (centre for contemporary music[disambiguation needed ], avant-garde music and experimental music), the Icelandic Opera and the National Theatre of Iceland for classical music.

New Year's Eve

The arrival of the new year is a particular cause for celebration to the people of Reykjavík. Icelandic law states that anyone may purchase and use fireworks during a certain period around New Year's Eve. As a result, every New Year's Eve the city is lit up with fireworks displays.

Reykjavík Golf Club was established in 1934. It is the oldest and largest golf club in Iceland. It consists of two 18-hole courses-one at Grafarholt and the other at Korpa. The Grafarholt golf course opened in 1963, which makes it the oldest 18-hole golf course in Iceland. The Korpa golf course opened in 1997.

Other youth clubs

Clubs classified as youth clubs offer youth teams where anyone can train with the team, though each club is based in a certain area of Reykjavík and mainly serves that area.

Twin towns - sister cities

In July 2013, mayor Jón Gnarr filed a motion before the city council to terminate the city's relationship with Moscow, in response to a trend of anti-gay legislation in Russia. Lviv in Ukraine replaced Moscow in 2023.

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Reykjavík ( RAYK-yə-vik, -⁠veek ; Icelandic: [ˈreiːcaˌviːk] ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08′ N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state.

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The flag of Iceland ( Icelandic: íslenski fáninn) was officially described in Law No. 34, set out on 17 June 1944, the day Iceland became a republic. The law is entitled "The Law of the National Flag of Icelanders and the State Arms" and describes the Icelandic flag as follows:

The civil national flag of Icelanders is blue as the sky with a snow-white cross, and a fiery-red cross inside the white cross. The arms of the cross extend to the edge of the flag, and their combined width is , but the red cross of the combined width of the flag. The blue areas are right angled rectangles, the rectilinear surfaces are parallel and the outer rectilinear surfaces as wide as them, but twice the length. The dimensions between the width and length are 18:25.

Iceland's first national flag was a white cross on a deep blue background. It was first shown in parade in 1897. The modern flag dates from 1915, when a red cross was inserted into the white cross of the original flag. This cross represents Christianity. It was adopted and became the national flag when Iceland gained independence from Denmark in 1918. For the Icelandic people the flag's colouring represents a vision of their country's landscape. The colours stand for 3 of the elements that make up the island. Red is the fire produced by the island's volcanoes, white recalls the ice and snow that covers Iceland, and the blue is for the mountains of the island.

According to a legend described in Andrew Evans' Iceland, a red cloth with a white cross fell from the heavens, ensuring Danish victory at the Battle of Valdemar in the 13th century. Denmark then used the cross on its flag throughout its Nordic territories as a sign of divine right. Upon Iceland's independence, they continued to use the Christian symbol.

The civil flag of Iceland had been used as an unofficial symbol since 1913. It was officially adopted on 19 June 1915, to represent Iceland, and has been in use at sea since 1 December 1918, when Iceland became a separate Kingdom in union with Denmark. Other symbolic meanings refer to the natural features of Iceland itself. Blue is the colour of the mountains when looked at from the coast, white represents the snow and ice covering the island for most of the year, and red the volcanoes on the island.

The civil flag as it appeared between 1918 and 1944, when the blue colour was classified as "ultramarine blue". It has an aspect ratio of 18:25.

A former flag which never became official, known as Hvítbláinn ("the white-blue"), in use by Icelandic republicans around 1900. A very similar design has subsequently been adopted as the flag of Shetland.

On 17 June 1944, the day Iceland became a republic, a law was issued that dealt with the national flag and the coat of arms. To date, this is the only major law to have been made about the flag and coat of arms, aside from two laws made in 1991: one that defines official flag days as well as the time of day the flag can be drawn, and another that defines the specific colours that the Icelandic flag is composed of (until then, the colouring had followed by convention; the new law set the common custom in stone).

The law describes the dimensions of both the common flag and special governmental flags used by embassies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It also goes into details of usage, such as how the flag should be attached in different situations such as on a flagpole, a house and on different kinds of ships.

According to the law, using the flag is a privilege and not a right. The owner must follow instructions on its usage and make sure that his or her flag is in mint condition regarding colouring, wear and tear. It also states that no-one shall disrespect the flag in act or word, subject to a fine or imprisonment of up to one year.

The original law stated in its seventh article that another law would be set regarding official flag days and the time of day that the flag may be flown, but such a law was not put into effect until almost 50 years later in 1991. This law states that the flag shall not be flown until 7 o'clock in the morning, that it should preferably not be flown beyond sunset but that it must not be flown beyond midnight. However, if the flag is raised at an outdoor assembly, an official gathering, funeral or a memorial the flag may be flown as long as the event lasts, though never beyond midnight.

According to Law No. 5 of 23 January 1991, the following are nationally sanctioned flag days. On these days the flag must be raised at official buildings, and those under the supervision of officials and special representatives of the state. Any additions to the list below can be decided each year by the Prime Minister's Office. On these days, the flag must be fully drawn, except on Good Friday where it must be drawn at half-mast.

The Icelandic state flag ( Ríkisfáni), known as the Tjúgufáni, was first flown on 1 December 1918 from the house of ministry offices, although laws regarding its uses had not been finished. It wasn't until 12 February 1919 that such a law was enacted.

The State flag is used on governmental buildings and embassies. It is also permitted to use the flag on other buildings, if they are being used by the government in some fashion. The Tjúgufáni is the Naval Ensign of the Icelandic Coast Guard as well, and state ships and other ships put to official uses are permitted to use it.

The Customs service flag is used on buildings used by the Icelandic Customs service and Customs checkpoints, as well as ships used by the Icelandic Customs service.

The Icelandic Presidential flag is used on the dwellings of the President as well as any vehicles that transports them.

Officially, the colours of the Icelandic flag follow a law set in 1991 which states that the colours must be the following Standard Colour of Textile ( Dictionnaire Internationale de la Couleur) hues:

The government of Iceland has issued colour specifications in the better known Pantone, CMYK, RGB, hex triplet and Avery systems.

Lög um þjóðfána Íslendinga og ríkisskjaldarmerkið. ( 1944 nr. 34 17. júní ).

Retrieved 14 May 2004 from http://www.althingi.is/lagas/130a/1944034.html

Forsetaúrskurður um fánadaga og fánatíma. ( 1991 nr. 5 23. janúar ).

Retrieved 14 May 2004 from http://www.althingi.is/lagas/125b/1991005.html

Auglýsing um liti íslenska fánans. ( 1991 nr. 6 23. janúar ).

Retrieved 14 May 2004 from http://www.althingi.is/lagas/125b/1991006.html

Lög um breyting á lögum nr. 34 17. júní 1944, um þjóðfána Íslendinga.

Retrieved 14 May 2004 from http://www.althingi.is/altext/stjt/1998.067.html

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The flag of Iceland ( Icelandic: íslenski fáninn) was officially described in Law No. 34, set out on 17 June 1944, the day Iceland became a republic. The law is entitled "The Law of the National Flag of Icelanders and the State Arms" and describes the Icelandic flag as follows: The civil national flag of Icelanders is blue as the sky with a snow-white cross, and a fiery-red cross inside the white cross.

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Hadiach Olena Pchilka Gymnasium, UKRAINE

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Hadiach Olena Pchilka Gymnasium, UKRAINE

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Gymnasium is located in Hadiach. There are about 500 hundred students aged 6 through 16 (grades 1 - 11). We study English as a foreign language and students have 2-3 classes a week.

We make focus on upbringing an all-round educated modern personality who is prepared to live in the modern world. The school structure comprises Primary school and Secondary school. High School is Economics and IT magnet school. Here our students have possibility to learn not only compulsory subjects but also Economics and Web-design.

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Gymnasium is a promising educational establishment where the atmosphere of mutual respect and understanding is created among all the participants of the educational process.

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The 1st graders, Hadiach Olena Pchilka Gymnasium, Ukraine

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The 1st graders, Hadiach Olena Pchilka Gymnasium, Ukraine

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Hadiach is a picturesque Ukrainian town located on the bank of the Psel River. As Lesia Ukrainka wrote, “the horizon is broad here, the suburbs are beautiful … you’ll see the most original Ukraine which nowhere else exists…”

Our town is rich in history. We are proud of the fact that Hadiach was the capital of Hetman Ukraine in the 17th century. During skifian times people liked this place and started to settle along the banks of the Psel and the Hrun rivers. Hadiach itself started its history in the Xth -XIIIth centuries. Hadiach is about 500 years old which is proved on the map “Borders of Lithuanian Rus of 1533.”

Our district is famous for talented people known worldwide. Among them Panas Myrnyi, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Olena Pchilka and Lesia Ukrainka who lived and created their works on this fruitful land.

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Skopje, Noth macedonia

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The flag of North Macedonia (Macedonian: Знаме на Северна Македонија) depicts a stylized yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the center to the edge of the field. It was created by Miroslav Grčev and was adopted on 5 October 1995. The first flag of the country featured the Vergina Sun which had been discovered at Aigai, the first capital and burial ground of the ancient kings of Macedon. Greece considers the Vergina Sun to be a Greek symbol and imposed a year-long economic embargo in order to force the then Republic of Macedonia to remove it from its flag, resulting in the current design.The new eight-rayed sun represents the "new sun of Liberty" referred to in Denes nad Makedonija, the national anthem of North Macedonia.

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Our school is located in northwest of Croatia.

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It is small village in northwest of Croatia. People are very kind and hardworking. They work in wood industry or on agriculture grow flowers or vegetables.

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Primary school Veliki Bukovec

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Alaaddin Keykubat Anaokulu, Antalya, Turkey

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Alaaddin Keykubat Anaokulu, Antalya, Turkey

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Alaaddin Keykubat Kindergarten, which was founded in 2001, locates in historical peninsula in Alanya. İn our school we have 2 managers, 6 teachers, 3 school members, 5 interns and 5 school drivers. Also we have 140 students who are 3-4-5 avarage of age.

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3 years of group, B branch

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Alanya is a full-fledged city with long coasts to Mediterranean climate. It welcomes an average of 3.500.000 toutists a year. In history, many nations such as Hitites, Romans and Seljuks ruled in Alanya.

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Türkiye Tanıtım Filmi - 2019 ''Yaratıcı Eller''

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Colegio Asunción de Nuestra Señora, Benaguasil (Valencia, España)

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Colegio Asunción de Nuestra Señora, Benaguasil (Valencia, España)

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We live in the east of Spain, in Valencia. It's a beautiful city and it's to hot and warm!
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Primary School of Vari-Manna, Syros, Greece

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Primary School of Vari-Manna, Syros, Greece

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Our school is located in the suburbs of Ermoupolis, the capital city of the Cyclades, a group of 33 island in the Aegean Sea. There are two buildings: students attend lessons in the building at the village of Manna in the first, second and third grade and then they have lessons at the building at the village of Vari. We are very lucky to live on an island because we are close to the sea and enjoy it all year round.

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Δημοτικό Σχολείο Βάρης-Μάννα

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Την Τετάρτη 8/5/2019 το σχολείο μας επισκέφθηκε το Αθλητικό Κέντρο "ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ ΒΙΚΕΛΑΣ" για την παρακολούθηση μιας εκδήλωσης με θέμα τη γνωριμία με τα παραολυμπιακά αθλήματα και τη συνολικότερη ευαισθητοποίηση των μαθητών μας για το θέμα.

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Primary School of Vari-Manna, Syros, Greece

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Primary School of Vari-Manna, Syros, Greece

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We are a group of 22 first graders. We have English lessons once a week and we really love learning about the world, other countries and of course we love arts and crafts!!!

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Syros is an island in the Cyclades, a name taken after 'cycle' since the islands form a cycle around the holy island of Dilos in ancient times.

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