Continental Europe, also referred to as mainland Europe or simply the Continent (particularly by Britons, Azores and Madeira Portuguese, Balearic and Canary Spaniards, Sardinians, Icelanders and other European island nations, and peninsular Scandinavians), is the continent of Europe, explicitly excluding the islands of Europe.

Kontinentaleuropa bezeichnet geographisch gesehen den Teil Europas, der zur Hauptlandmasse des europäischen Kontinents gehört.