Europe is one of the 7 continents of the world. Multiple characters have mentioned it or traveled there.
Countries Mentioned[]
Bosnia: Pete and Meg worked together as Doctors Without Borders. Once during the war in Bosnia, Pete refused to evacuate and, despite the mortar fire, stayed with sick children for the whole night, saving the lives of most of them.[source?]
The Czech Republic:Henry Burton has one sister who lives in Prague, which he said was a long story.[1]
England:
When Violet Turner was attacked, her parents were on vacation in London.[source?]
Brad Spencer was planning to give up an internship at a studio to go to England with Paula when she was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, but after he was electrocuted and Paula was told he'd need extensive care, including more surgeries, she said she couldn't do that for him.[5]
Finland
While talking about Owen's ex-wife Cristina, Riggs asked Owen if Cristina had moved to Finland.[6]
France:
Holly, a patient of Violet's, got accepted into a cooking school in Paris named Le Cordon Bleu.[7]
Sheldon once mentioned having a cousin in a convent in France.[8]
Iceland:Gretchen Bitzer was mistakenly informed that she was dying. She was happy that she was dying, saying she'd left her boyfriend and quit her job and was moving to Reykjavik to live out the rest of her life. However, when they told her she wasn't actually dying, she was upset.[13]
Ireland:
Cormac Hayes offered his services during the pro bono surgery day Meredith had planned. He made a joke about pro bono surgery day being every day in Ireland, which Meredith didn't appreciate.[14]
Cormac Hayes returned to Ireland after resigning in Seattle.[15]
Italy:
After Michelle was diagnosed with Huntington's disease, she immediately took a long vacation to Italy, enjoying her life before the disease took over it. When she returned, she met with her best friend, Amelia Shepherd, and asked her to assist in her suicide because she'd started to show symptoms.[16]
Emmett Dixon has been accepted onto an art course in Italy and is now studying there.[20]
The Netherlands: When Meredith and Sadie travelled around Europe, one of the cities they visited was Amsterdam in the Netherlands. They had a large fight there and were never as close afterwards.[source?]
Spain: When Ellis betrayed Marie Cerone, Marie returned to Spain to run her father's company.[21]
When Cristina prepared to leave Seattle to move to Switzerland for her
Klausman Institute for Medical Research in Zurich
new job, Shane Ross came to her and begged her to take him with her as he didn't want his education to stall and he wanted to continue to learn from her. She agreed to take him with her.[24]
