Voir Wild Europe, Series 1 - Episode 1

Europe – a stunning continent. From sun-drenched Mediterranean shores to bleak mountain wildernesses, from arctic tundras to arid plains, and from primeval forests to sprawling cities. With a population of 730 million in an area less than half the size of North America, no other continent on Earth has such a dense human settlement living in such a diversity of landscapes and wildlife. So how did Europe come to be? This epic story began an unbelievably long time ago. Search through the bleak, primeval landscape of Norway’s Lofoten Islands and you find Europe’s oldest rocks, formed three billion years ago! At this time our future continent was a collection of fragments resting near the South Pole. Moving at the stately pace of four centimetres a year it took them two billion years to unite.