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The Americas A-J
The Americas M-V
Asia A-K
Asia M-V
Australia, New Zealand and Pacific
Europe L-Y
Middle East and North Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa A-M
Sub-Saharan Africa N-Z
When did we open in…?
Europe A-I
Albania
1988
Austria
1946
Belarus
1994, closed 2001
Belgium
1944
Bosnia-Herzegovina
1995
Bulgaria
1940, closed 1941, reopened 1947, closed 1950, reopened 1987
Cyprus
1940
Czech Republic
1945, closed 1950, reopened 1963
Denmark
1945
Estonia
1993
Finland
1945
France
1944
Germany
1950 (closed between 1954 and 1959, cultural and education work handled by the British Embassy)
Gibraltar
1944, closed 1957
Greece
1939, closed 1941, reopened 1944
Hungary
1945, closed 1950, reopened 1963
Iceland
1940, closed 1947
Ireland
1989
Italy
1939, closed 1940, reopened 1945

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