What is the largest natural park in Europe?

Given its small size compared to many other continents, many of Europe's largest parks seem puny compared to the others. But that doesn't mean they're actually small. Far and away the largest is Iceland's Vatnajökull National Park (14,141 square kilometers/5,460 square miles).



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