Europe's Geography is Weirder Than You Think

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[@ludovicusclericus]

You must've meant same LONGITUDE between East Coast of NA and West Coast of SA...

[@KhAnubis]

Yes I did... kind of easy to get those names mixed up sometimes

[@user-mf2gc6jl2d]

@@KhAnubis You are wrong about Malta technically they speak Arabic most of the words they use are Arabic words look it up

[@axisboss1654]

@@KhAnubis I realized that as well

[@riverIl0719]

ayoub jabnouni *Nope, they speak Maltese more often, which happens to be influenced greatly by Arabic, Italian and English. You’ll notice how English it is when you watch some Maltese shows such as The Voice.*

[@derorje2035]

@Lokz gic yeah, but the official languages in Malta are Maltese and English. You could also argue, Serbian and Croatian are the same language with a different alphabet but nowadays they are different.

[@fawoki8519]

The Vatican has the highest percentage of popes per people in the world.

[@amirsur1596]

and male citizens

[@thomasjensen9976]

Amir Fromage and emigrates, since nobody is born there.

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@Justin O'Brien So are you gonna slice the pope in half?

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@Justin O'Brien The current one,Pope Francis

[@envektro2519]

bruh

[@TransportGeekery]

Ukraine is simultaneously north, west, south and east of Moldova.

[@shadopulse5185]

Italy is also north, west, south and east of San Marino and the Vatican City

[@reptile_loki]

@@shadopulse5185 yea but that's cause Italy literally surrounds them from all sides,plus they are enclaves tehnically speaking

[@vlogdemon]

Greenland is the same towards Iceland

[@connorrcompton]

Russia is simultaneously north, west, south and east of Ukraine. And Moldova I guess.

[@shadopulse5185]

Lionking ye lmao.

[@Abhisheksharma-ez6vf]

Fun fact :- Egypt is smaller than Russia Canada and China combined.

[@anne.andromeda]

You can fit entire Vatican City in Egypt and still have plenty more space for San Marino and Lichtenstein combined

[@dogedude3859]

Impossible...

[@petartoshkov2076]

My mind is blown

[@ssnaut1871]

I just came in my pants

[@spicyleaves8876]

No way

[@ukaszb9223]

Warsaw and Alaska used to be in the same country

[@lookash3048]

It wasn't the best time in Warsaw history.

[@tobiasmazur8895]

So were Montreal, Sydney, and Delhi

[@sara19770]

Russia!!!!!!!!!!!

[@antonipolski9569]

I’m polish and don’t remind me of what

[@ognjenpetrovic5843]

Also Belgrade and Bagdad.

[@ThrE3-GeS]

Europe is a peninsula, that is made of more little peninsulas

[@ace_amello-yt5939]

leandro rodrigues that means Africa is a huge peninsula

[@rhukiebeats]

@@ace_amello-yt5939 or a gigantic island

[@thecakeofcommunism503]

Then America is a huge weird shaped island

[@khenricx]

@Carl Kirchhoff (Western) Europe fractal dimension is 1.47 :)

[@kbye2321]

Madcomz Eurafrasia is technically an island.

[@reptile_loki]

fun fact: because of Croatia's weird shape,the geographic center of Croatia is located in Bosnia also Croatia is simultaneously north,west,south and east of Bosnia

[@eclectic505]

North, west and south but not east

[@benas_st]

@@eclectic505 east as well. Bosnia has access to the sea which cuts off Dubrovnik from the rest of Croatia

[@eclectic505]

@@benas_st more like south east but okay

[@reptile_loki]

@@backtothefront9696 Braatee

[@eclectic505]

@@backtothefront9696 Hrvatska mi je, poslije BiH, bukvalno druga najdraza drzava na svijetu, a Srbija bi dijelila mjesto sa njom samo da imaju more :) Salim se, balkan u 💙

[@jimmykornelijegunnarsson4265]

Hi, you seem to have forgotten The Netherlands, wherein the Overseas Territories border the Virgin Islands of US possession, hence Germany is only one country away.

[@mfaizsyahmi]

This. This is a gross omission.

[@joshuawan7004]

Didn't know that Saba is close to US Virgin Island. I thought that Anguilla or French Saint Martin is closer

[@galadhremmin]

Britain shares a maritime border with Germany in the North Sea and the US in the Virgin Islands.

[@TheCriminalViolin]

Oh that is true so that makes 6 examples of it! haha

[@M77Vidal]

In the Caribbean, the territorial sea of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has a direct boundary with France (Sint-Maarten / Saint-Martin), Saint-Kitts and Nevis (Sint-Eustatius). Furthermore, the exclusive economic zone of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean has boundaries with the United States (US Virgin Islands), the Dominican Republic, the United Kingdom (Anguilla and British Virgin Islands) and Venezuela. So technically speaking there's no border between the territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the US, only between their EEZs.

[@wingninjagaming]

Fun fact; Vatican city has 2.4 popes per square kilometre.

[@mateuszchoda5560]

@@vardekpetrovic9716 Vatican is only 0.44 km2. That makes the number of popes per km2 in Vatican 2.(27) Edit: Also, since there is only 825 citizens of Vatican There is also an average 1.(21) popes per 1000 citizens

[@micha2909]

@@mateuszchoda5560 They do have 2 popes in Vatican City, an active one and a retired one, which means the pope density is 4.5 popes per km².

[@sohopedeco]

Largest Portuguese-speaking city: São Paulo Largest Portuguese-speaking national capital: Luanda

[@teixeira476]

how? Lisbon: 3M people Luanda: 2.5M people

[@arturramirez7640]

@@teixeira476 metropolitan areas I guess, or without them

[@sohopedeco]

@@teixeira476 According to Wikipedia, you're comparing Lisbon metro with Luanda city proper. Luanda metro: 8,069,612 Lisbon metro: 2,827,514 Luanda proper: 2,571,861 Lisbon proper: 505,526 Lisbon is smaller than Brasilia as well.

[@teixeira476]

@@sohopedeco fair enough but those 500k people from lisbon are only in the smallest possible urban division of cities of portugal. That is the "capital municipality" of the "capital city". It does make sense to refer to the city of Lisbon as the whole metro area (mostly because our country isnt big and the metro area is small too). Everyone here in the metro considers it part of the city.

[@henriquesoares2343]

@@teixeira476 but then you need to compare it with the metro area of Luanda as well

[@jakubpociecha8819]

The entire coast of Antactica is technically North Antarctica

[@KhAnubis]

Oh my god you're right

[@lars-akesvensk9704]

The northernmost point of Antarctica is the same distance from the South Pole as my home town's distance from the North Pole. My home town is close to Stockholm.

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@lars-akesvensk9704 Pretty impressive

[@Adam-dd5fx]

@@lars-akesvensk9704 vilken stad bor du i?

[@lars-akesvensk9704]

@@Adam-dd5fx Sundsvall

[@ardiharyadi5020]

Finland is only one country apart from north korea.

[@benas_st]

So is Poland and Lithuania

[@jotoks8175]

Ch ng Chong you are wrong russia does not have a board wth North Korea so you’d have to go through China making it 2 co7ntry

[@yennieomuji4861]

Norway too

[@thipham8806]

So is Vietnam,Laos,India,Nepal,Myanmar,Bhutan,Thailand,Mongolia and Kasakhstan

[@NintendoFan214]

So are all of the countries that border Russia and/or China

[@Yuhyuhmuhmuh]

4:33 it's almost like Germany once had more territory

[@sovietmuffin501]

Elsass Lothringen, rip

[@perpotet4629]

F

[@meneither3834]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ3SmH6Anc56hbM

[@ishandey6061]

It did have African colonies once tho

[@lucasstrucker7680]

@@ishandey6061 Yes Camaron , Namibia , Tanzania, ruanda and burundi next to congo , togo

[@nightmarepotato120]

Bosnia: I want to swim. Croatia: *n o*

[@reptile_loki]

we do actually have a tiny bit of coast called Neum that splits Croatia in two look it up

[@KhAnubis]

Ukraine be making Croatia look generous with its coastline

[@petartoshkov2076]

@@reptile_loki As far as I know 20 km of coastline

[@reptile_loki]

@@petartoshkov2076 yes,it's about 23 km,at least we have a port lol

[@zigavezovnik6874]

Lionking it has 8km, Slovenia has 24km

[@WombatSteve]

2 fun facts about Norway: Norway is a single country away from North Korea Norway also has the second biggest coastline. First is Canada

[@mikespearwood3914]

Norway has a bigger coastline than Australia?

[@WombatSteve]

Yes, because if you look at Norway's coastline, it is very curvy and articulated coastline, which adds up. Australia's coastline is very straight, so while it may seem longer, it actually isn't.

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@WombatSteve It depends on how it's measured

[@ishthiaqshaik1083]

@@WombatSteve what about Russia's coastline??

[@WombatSteve]

If it is measured very incorrectly then yes. This is actually called the coastline paradox, RealLifeLore made a video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXfNomuGjZt5bas

[@jakubjakub6889]

The capital of Liechtenstein is Vaduz not Liechtenstein ;)

[@ZopcsakFeri]

@@bnj9031 sure, but when you're a fact based channel, then you should at least get your facts right...

[@marcellkiss-redey8451]

Another fun fact would be that France and the Netherlands border each other on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin.

[@priyanshdevkota2048]

Everyone clap

[@moritzl7065]

Also interesting: You can travel by train from London to Beijing by only changing trains twice. London --> Paris (Eurostar, hourly service) Paris --> Moscow (1 train a week, 2 additional trains a week from Berlin) Moscow --> Beijing (2 trains a week, one via Manchuria one via Mongolia)

[@a.nonymous9877]

Only if you are a Russian or Belarusian national. Otherwise you are forbidden from crossing the land border between Belarus and Russia (source: by.ambafrance.org/Voyages-en-provenance-de-la-Bielorussie-a-destination-de-la-Russie-pas-de ).

[@druhyprogram]

In Paris, you only have to walk two streets to change trains, from Paris Nord to Paris Est. In Moscow, it's worse. Trains from Europe, and also from Paris, arrive to Moskva Belorusskaya and trains to Beijing leave from Moskva Yaroslavskaya or Kazanskaya, which are side by side but 7 km away from Moskva Belorusskaya. So practically, every traveller would take the Moscow Metro between the two, which would be a fourth train :D

[@Enyap_]

There is a direct rail service from Portugal to Singapore, taking 21 days, and in which one does not need to change train at all

[@aaa-to3kb]

You truly are a man of honor for including my home city Freiburg im Breisgau

[@CatMC_1]

Endlich andere Deutsche hier haha

[@helloworldx10]

Ummm...I CHECKED ON GOOGLE MAPS AND I FOUND THAT YOUR CITY IS CLOSE TO WINDEN. Bro don't try to explore weird looking caves. Okay?

[@chadcapy5403]

i used to live there too and its not really that close dont worry lol

[@niklasfischer7866]

peacee greetings from freiburg aswell

[@Rakaizulu]

Funfact: Switzerland actually does not have a capital. Bern is only the seat of government.

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

Correct, it technically doesn't have an official capital, but it does have one. It never made any legislation to assign one such a title/honor, but it does have one _de facto._

[@lorenzociliberto9564]

Well, Switzerland allways try to be "special". But, Berne is the Capital de facto.

[@heronimousbrapson863]

A city constituting the seat of government is by definition the capital, official or not.

[@2712animefreak]

@@heronimousbrapson863 Not necessarily, the capital of The Netherlands is Amsterdam, as defined in the Dutch constitution, but the seat of Government is in The Hague.

[@karjalatakaisin]

Many countries don't have official capitals, for example France. That doesn't mean they don't have capitals. Bern is the capital of Switzerland.

[@user-tk5fc8ec7p]

Capitals of Austria and Slovakia are so closely situated, that you can see both of them simultaneously while flying on a plane over them.

[@kuyaleinad4195]

That sounds impressive until you find out Kinshasa and Brazzaville of both the Congo Capitals border each other with a river between them 😂

[@gurvb]

if the planes view angle is 30 deg then it must be at a minimum of 400 km up (250 mph for sussy big mac freedom speakers)

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

The best doctor, Doctor Congo has finally made his return

[@dennisengelen2517]

Belgium has entered the room.

[@Egilhelmson]

Dr Congo is stupid. The other Congo was the DR Congo only a couple decades ago, and is two insane dictators away from flipping again (at least we hope so, for their sakes). Call it Congo (Brazzaville) or Congo (Kinshasa) like everyone who doesn’t have to deal with their governments does.

[@Cjnw]

Dr Congo, I presume?

[@ronnyche2929]

Me: * reads the tile * * thinks about my country * Me: Yeah checks out

[@pabloparraguez4724]

Fun fact( most people know about it): Brazil borders a French speaking country. Namely France, in French Guyana

[@himlingpatrice]

It's the longest french border.

[@Pining_for_the_fjords]

Due to the fact that the lines of longitude are closer together the higher your latitude: Part of Norway is further east than Istanbul.

[@TheAcdcninja]

The Canada/Denmark border dispute is one of my favourite quirky conflicts. I was sad to hear that it’s probably going to be resolved soon because I’ve always had a low-key desire to go to Canada one day, hire a boat and claim the island for myself in the same way the two nations often do (sending a small expedition every 6-24 months to check on the island and replace the other nations flag on the flagpole at the centre of the island, claim a bottle of Canadian or Danish spirits left by the last group, and leave your own bottle behind for the next time the “enemy” come and take the island)

[@erhengwang261]

Denmark just got the land border with Canada.

[@OnkelJajusBahn]

As a German, I have to point out, that your German pronunciation is incredibily good. You really sound like a native. Also I found the video very interresting scince I also love geography.

[@TheMrNalsur]

I believe he _is_ Germany. A guy who lives in Berlin and has a slight German accent when speaking English... Probably German, :D

[@OnkelJajusBahn]

@@TheMrNalsur I didn't know he lives in Berlin. That explaines a lot. But still he has a US passport. So it is still impressive, he may not be a native speaker.

[@TheMrNalsur]

@@OnkelJajusBahn and I didn't know he has a US citizenship. Guess we both learnt something new today :)

[@OnkelJajusBahn]

@@TheMrNalsur Yes, you're right.

[@morbiusv5857]

@@TheMrNalsur OK but he isn't the country of Germany since he is a human.

[@L4wyrup]

Here's a couple I have not seen: - The Netherlands and France share a land border, on the island of Saint Martin. - Also, the Netherlands has a maritime border with Venezuela and the Dominican republic (Aruba) and the US (between Saba and the US Virgin Islands), making Germany be only one country away from the US. - The Dutch province of Flevoland is man made and lies in the former Zuiderzee, now IJsselmeer. - Even though Russia is a huge country it has no access to a four season port that does not require passing through territorial waters of other states (Pass through Denmark and Sweden from Kaliningrad. Pass through Turkey and Greece and either also Egypt, or Spanish, Moroccan and even British waters from the black sea ports). Monaco is the only acknowlegded european microstate that is not landlocked (unless you also count Malta as a microstate, which is an archipelago). - Liechtenstein is the only european landlocked country locked between landlocked countries. - As you touched on the placement of Berlin as the capital of Germany may seem a bit odd as it is not central in Germany at all (after 1945/1990). This is even more pronounced with Vienna in Austria and Bratislava in Slovakia. In all of these cases the choice for the capital is based more on historical or legal reasons (there is already a system in place, heads of state are there, parliaments and diplomats go there etc.) more than location.

[@2712animefreak]

What about Vladivostok? You could sail northward from there, pass close to Sakhalin and then go across towards the Pacific bypassing Japan.

[@commandertennoheika5475]

Greenland Is Simultaneously East,West,North And South With Iceland

[@appleslover]

How

[@bigchungusismygod524]

@@appleslover yes

[@IngTomT]

Still not green though

[@ichquell20]

The Nederlands have oversea territorys which boarder to Venezuela

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

The Netherlands have overseas territories which border Venezuela.

[@yesid17]

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 The Netherlands has overseas territories that border Venezuela

[@CrazExtra]

@Swapn Lok Venezuela Borders 3 Dutch Territories : Aruba,Bonaire and Curacao.

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@@CrazExtra Ah,yes,the ABC islands

[@jakubpociecha8819]

@Andrzej Duda Habsburg*

[@lynnixvarjo9150]

I never thought that my Home City (Freiburg) would ever get any attention whatsoever, since it is really isolated from the Rest of Germany, if you look at a topographical map, you will not only see that it is in the extreme South West of Germany, but also has the Black Forest (Immensly forested Mountain Range) to the east, practically sealing it off from the rest of the Country except for a small corridor along the Rhine...but apparently that distance from our capital makes international geography folks interested in us...

[@a.nonymous9877]

And it's the same in France, on the other side of the Rhine. Some people in Alsace even call « France de l'intérieur » (inner France) the part of France which is on the other side of the Vosges and Belfort.

[@lynnixvarjo9150]

@@a.nonymous9877 Salutations de l'autre côté du Rhin

[@RichardRenes]

And a beautiful city it is :)

[@caligula2529]

Wow this city at the westernmost point of "insert country here" is closer to "insert a foreign city" than it is to "insert city on the opposite side of the country".

[@imaturkey9771]

Wow!!!!11!!!1

[@karjalatakaisin]

Wow, Vladivostok is closer to Tokyo than it is to Moscow, how cool is that

[@caligula2529]

@@karjalatakaisin I swear to God these geography channels are just posting the most stupid ass content, like WOW GUYS DID YOU KNOW THAT SEATTLE IS CLOSER TO VANCOUVER THAT IT IS TO NEW YORK!!!! NOW GIVE ME MONEY ON PATREON FOR MORE COOL GEOGRAPHY FACTS!!!!

[@leertaste_uwu8894]

ok, me as someone who met the Duke, or Count (idk), of Liechtenstein feel offendend that you said Lichtenstein ist the capital of Lichtenstein, it's VADUZ! but still, great video xd

[@GeographyWorld]

Is it the prince of Liechtenstein you mean? As San Marino's capital is San Marino and Monaco's is Monaco, he probably just named the countries accidentally instead.

[@leertaste_uwu8894]

@@GeographyWorld 1. yeah i meant prince, in german we have 2 words that translate to prince, the ruler of Liechtensetin is called "Fürst" wich is higher than what we germans would call "Prinz", so i confused "Herzog" (duke) with "Fürst" (now i know it's called prince) and 2. it was just a joke, many people who are good at geografie don't know that Vaduz is the capital, because it's so tiny

[@francescoseverino3913]

I'm pretty sure it's the Emperor of Liechtenstein lol

[@MaestroBlur]

@@francescoseverino3913 The Holy Lichtensteinian Empire

[@e.moonbound2420]

Can I buy a nobillty title in Lichtenstein or something?

[@dans_11]

I mean-my country is just one country away from Kim Jong Un. And I live in EU.

[@glebsokolov9959]

Jestem humanem Russians are also European, and we are their neighbors! Take that haha

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Hey that’s me

[@glebsokolov9959]

Kim Jong-un Are you alright? Heard you got in the hospital dear Supreme Leader and General!

[@aetu35]

Estonia? Latvia? Lithuania? Poland?

[@lars-akesvensk9704]

@@aetu35 Could also be Norway or Finland.

[@fawoki8519]

There's only one country between Norway and North Korea.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

My country

[@joanferra3395]

@Swapn Lok ok

[@KompridiCR]

France technically borders the Netherlands, because of Saint Martin and Sint Maarten, an island that is shared by France and the Netherlands

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

Fun fact: Kinshasa was the actual capital of France for a short time, during WW2 the Free French settled their governement there before Operation Torch when they then moved to Algiers.

[@FarfettilLejl]

"Europe's Geography", proceed to make a video centred on the USA

[@fablb9006]

It is because we tend to assume that one part of a geographical entity (a country, a region or a continent) is always closer to another part of this entity than to a place from another entity. Real geography does not work like how we tend to simply things in our heads... For exemple, Marseille and Lille are two cities within The country of France. Yet, the fact is that Marseille is actually not only lot closer to other cities of other countries like Barcelona, Milan, Madrid or Oma than it is to Lille, but it is also closer to another continent (Africa) than it is to the city of Lille. When you are in the southern coast of France you are closer to north Africa than you are to the north of your own country... Also, it might surprise some that Even the city of Paris, that many people tend to think as a « northern city » is closer to algiers than it is to stockholm

[@marcellkiss-redey8451]

If maritime borders do not count, Germany is 10 countries away from the U.S.: Germany --> France (French Guiana) --> Brazil --> Columbia --> Panama --> Costa Rica --> Nicaragua --> Honduras --> Guatemala --> Mexico --> United States

[@malster1239]

Or also 2:Germany->Denmark(Greenland)->Canada->US

[@marcellkiss-redey8451]

@@malster1239 That's a maritime border: Canada and Greenland share no land border.

[@onnimannimaki8846]

@@marcellkiss-redey8451 They do. One rock in the sea bleongs to both of them

[@JamieElli]

@@onnimannimaki8846 There is no border on it; it's a border dispute; both claim all of it, so neither claim leaves a land border.

[@lars-akesvensk9704]

Columbia? I thought that was the capital region of the USA.

[@MisterKackhaufen]

"...which really shows how kind of weirdly located Berlin is for a capitol..." well... Germany used to have more territory in the east and Prussia was the biggest power when germany was founded and Berlin was their capitol so these are 2 reasons why Berlin is the capitol.

[@RobertDecker417]

7:11 Well, the last few times Germany tried to spread its language, it didnt go all to well

[@Lex_2003]

You got me on the New Delhi being the largest English speaking city, i only knew that it was in India. HOWEVER i knew that Kinshasa was the largest French speaking city

[@mikesaunders4775]

English is an 'official' language in India, but no way do most inhabitants of New Delhi speak English.

[@justinNkc]

It's new York

[@gelgamath_9903]

As a Canadian I always found it amusing that the distance between Warsaw Poland and St. John's Newfoundland is only 8km longer than the distance between St. John's and Victoria British Columbia

[@garyholt8315]

did not know that. thanks 4 pointing that out 👍

[@genius11433]

0:06 Um, actually, the word you're looking for there is "longitude". Latitude is the east-west lines.

[@gregboi183]

Jesus he actually unironically said "um, actually"

[@CreatorPolar]

Slovakia: I want podkarpatsky rus back! Ukraine: *n o*

[@Cjnw]

Hungary: #Ungvár magyar! #VesszenTrianon!

[@jamesrichey2434]

That was excellent! I enjoyed that immensely! Thank-you for posting that.

[@caliboy09]

Canada now borders Denmark, so maritime borders don’t need to be counted

[@tententononce2570]

Finland is one country away from North Korea

[@LoogiTheDino]

So is Norway

[@annykurniawati7484]

When you say it like thay, the uk borders spain and cyprus

[@Dovndyr13]

yup i walked from cyprus to the uk

[@tonit4233]

Germany is also one country away from Canada. It borders Denmark which owns Greenland which shares a maritime border with Canada.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Even Little Liechtenstein made an appearance

[@spookyshark632]

I'm so proud of myself for remembering Malta.

[@punished4890]

5:17 it's actually a private port, my dad who's from moldova, used to transport bulls there, he was not allowed to go there himself, he was with some brokers that did the paperwork, the port is used often for corruption purposes and trafficking

[@schizo4253]

We definetly need more of these.

[@XegaK]

I nerded out on this video too. MOAR!!!

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

France is 1 country away from bordering Colombia

[@luciaryan6063]

france->brazil->colombia, all land borders

[@sirBrouwer]

@Swapn Lok what kind of drugs would you smuggle from France to Colombia true Brazil? or is that to return it if your batch was not good?

[@Frahamen]

Germany borders the USA directly if you count military bases.

[@sirBrouwer]

No, those bases inside of Germany are technically still German soil. The US has to actual pay a x amount to keep using them.

[@Egilhelmson]

Every country borders every other country that they recognize, if you count embassies (which are legally sovereign territory of which ever embassy it was, rather than paying rent like all foreign bases of which I know).

[@sebastian_f_h]

It's funny that youtube suggested me this video. I actually live near Freiburg and have thought about how many capitals are closer to me then Berlin before. Actually I even talked with my sister earlier who came back from China recently how wierd it is for her chinese friend who can drive for 8 hours and still be in the same province and we could be in Paris in maybe 5 hours or even faster if you take the high speed train.

[@aceapollos]

Now that was amazing!

[@javierlatorre480]

4:34 "[Freisburg im Breisgau's location] really shows how kind of weirdly located Berlin is for a capital." Considering how it was more or less dead centre in the former German Empire, (and by extension all the territories historically held by Prussia and in the surrounding HRE) it has more to do with border changes than anything else.

[@doffer115]

Dresden and Leipzig would be closer. In fact geographical centers don't have much to do with capitals irl. Berlin is Germany's capital because it was Prussia's capital, which it in turn was because it was Brandenburg's capital. Had Wolfsburg been Brandenburg's capital, it now would be Germany's...

[@MasonGreenWeed]

@@doffer115 why Brandenburg not Brandenburg's capital

[@julianoxford1165]

Another fun fact: The most democratic country (according to Democracy Index) of the world, Norway, is only one country away from the least democratic one, North Korea. Only Russia separates both.

[@Velu0]

lol

[@VectraVX]

Oh my GOODNESS finally someone who doesn’t absolutely butcher pronunciations. Well done lol, very enjoyable video

[@FoxerXV]

For me, information that Poland, France and Denmark are one country away from USA is more exciting than whole Germany thing

[@spekenpho69]

Now that Denmark split an island with Canada The Kingdom if Denmark properly borders Canada

[@dogedude3859]

Fun fact: Indonesia can span across the entire Atlantic ocean

[@sirBrouwer]

no it doesn't i am pretty sure it is stuck where it is. We would have shipped it over ages ago if it did.

[@dogedude3859]

You got me there, Brouwer

[@sirBrouwer]

@@dogedude3859 i am very smart I know.

[@Felix-mn9my]

if you look the distance from east most to west most of Indonesia, it will farther than New York to Istanbul. Check it out.

[@odihlesmana9207]

@@sirBrouwer shut up

[@hanuchopra7768]

Wow! Great video, never stop I was surprised to found my nation's capital is the the largest english speaking city in the world

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

According to the annotation, it is technically true if you only count countries who have English as at least one of their official languages. However, neither Britain nor the United States have English as an official language, at least not at the national level, since only Wales and Scotland have made it one of their official languages and about 32 U.S. states have made it at least one of their official languages (Alaska, Hawaii, and I think South Dakota are the only states with more than one official language), but neither Washington, D.C. nor Westminster have made any language official for their respective countries.

[@Egilhelmson]

@@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions What are the official languages of South Dakota?

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

@@Egilhelmson The English and Sioux languages. However, from what I've been able to look online it might be symbolic; which isn't uncommon as most U.S. states don't put the force of law behind their chosen official language(s), they are as official as the state animal or state flower. Arizona (for sure) and Massachusetts (I think) are some of the few that I know enforce their official language, but that only really covers state agencies not the general public, no one is going to ticket you for not speaking in English over there (at least they can't nor shouldn't).

[@bubatzierterbarbier5833]

4:30 I know I‘m insanely late but thanks for including my hometown in this this was very cool to see (great pronunciation as well)!

[@LE-kf4ql]

I'm Maltese! Thanks for including us.

[@KhAnubis]

I honestly really want to go to Malta one day (preferably once we're allowed outside again though)

[@LE-kf4ql]

Wow! That's awesome (it won't be long I'm sure, stay safe)

[@LE-kf4ql]

@Scientific Humanist Nice! That's amazing. Did you try the pastizzi?

[@avaevathornton9851]

China has a fairly long border with Kazakhstan, whose western end intersects the Ural Mountains, making it a partly European country.

[@blobfish3715]

Do more of these vids they’re so cool, Also I’m from Azerbaijan and I suggest you do a video about it, it’s a pretty weird country

[@CEKROM]

KZbin automatically creates Dutch subtitles =D

[@InvertedGigachad]

"Yep, it´s actually Berlin." Me: Cries in Kiatschou / Qingdao

[@cvbattum]

For the language facts, you should've overlaid a map of the language borders (by mutual intelligibility) to see how weirdly the shapes of "countries" change. Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg simply cease to exist, Norway and Sweden merge, Germany gains territory all over the place all the way into Italy and several territories suddenly gain independence.

[@augth]

Norwegian is closer to Danish than to Swedish

[@sabbywins]

Good news: Canada and Denmark now share a land border on Hans Island.

[@starryp2006]

4:35 kinda like how Hong Kong is closer to Taipei, Hanoi, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Manila and Bandar Seri Begawan than to China's capital Beijing

[@kwek2798]

“Europe has weird geography” *colonizes most of the earth*

[@Decoffeee-ky4ch]

Starts video with 10sec image of Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s border - brace yourselves in the comments!!!

[@calumashleymcdonough8955]

I suspect you are fully aware and have probably done a video on it, but just in case, the Haan's Island dispute between Denmark and Canada has been resolved. Canada now has its 2nd International land border after the United States, now also with Denmak. I looking forward to walking from Canada to Denmark soon 😅

[@Cnut_the_grape]

Are you just the editor in Toycat's 2nd channel or also the main channel?

[@kyedamant1323]

What's this kaliningrad you're talking about all I know is the amazing former Prussian capital *Königsberg*

[@ichquell20]

AUF DAS KAISERREICH

[@ThrE3-GeS]

Ich versteh es auch nicht

[@Vitalis94]

Can't be a capital without any Royal Castle or Prussian palace, though. Have you seen it's castle recently?

[@jonasdavies1806]

I have been to Delhi and can say about half of them can and do speak English very well.

[@BlueOxygen5]

Dude, I am fascinated by your pronounciation. Especially of the german names. So on point 👍🏼👌🏻👌🏻

[@Azknowledgethirsty]

Well you should use metropolitan areas in your city examples You're still right but Delhi has 28m and new York 24 And Paris has 12.5 so it is still the largest francophone city, although Kinshasa Brazzaville has a metro population of 12-13 so if you count both congos metronareas which you definitely should again is Kinshasa the largest city By that measure, the Rhinruhr is the largest metropolitan area of German speakers with 12m against the 5.5m of Berlin Using city limits is against what a city really means, a continuous urbanized area

[@Azknowledgethirsty]

@Swapn Lok you'd be right, it has 32m

[@steven03048]

4:36 Well, Berlin was positioned much more centrally, before all that losing of the territory in the east!

[@Ussurin]

I hate premiere function. "Oh, new vid! ...oh, gotta wait 2 minutes to watch it..."

[@KhAnubis]

At least I don't make people wait 3 hours to watch it

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

I haven't yet noticed this feature on any channel I usually see, when did it start?

[@Ussurin]

@@KhAnubis yeah, at least that. Did YT finally fix the bug when premiere vids have had reach cut somewhere in half btw?

[@ruthlessnut6098]

For all wondering it's 9 countries between US and Germany with only land borders.

[@liamh2255]

you could perceive the border dispute on Hans Island between Denmark and Canada as a land border between the two as the survey line actually divides the island into pieces and the dispute is about adjusting that border to go around the island on one of the other sides. though this is just the perspective of a Canadian who thinks it would be cool to have a land border with Denmark.

[@flirtyfloran3729]

Why do these videos make me feel like a historian

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

🤨

[@Skeatboart]

Germany is the only country that, if it lost it's capital, would actually see an increase in GDP per capita

[@HUGOGARCAO]

Really? Berlin is below the german average gdp? How come?

[@Skeatboart]

@@HUGOGARCAO That is because after the partition of Germany, Berlin was also split. East-Berlin was in a socialist state and couldn't develop like West-German cities. West-Berlin was a capitalist city, but it was an exclave with almost no economic importance and it was hard to access (2 highways and 1 rail, that's all). So Berlin as a whole couln't match it's developed western counterparts. But I think that soon, it will at least be at the same level as the average German

[@lars-akesvensk9704]

Very interesting. I remember now i have read that too. A lot of low productivity people are drawn to Berlin like artists and painters.

[@Skeatboart]

@@lars-akesvensk9704 Yes, exactly. Berlin has many artists and creators but not much industry and not many of the big companies

[@esbendit]

Berlin is only the largest german speaking city by a technicality. The Ruhr district contain several merged cities, woth a larger combined population.

[@KhAnubis]

True, but they're multiple cities combined into one area, which sort of counts in some ways

[@esbendit]

@@KhAnubis True, thoug that is one way cities get bigger. Does Budapest not count, since it was created by the merger of Buda and Pest for example?

[@DarthAwar]

YES PLEASE MORE WEIRD FACTS PLEASE THANK YOU!!!!

[@psycologo121]

If you forgive me I am just going to spend this entire video needing out about weird geography facts.. Me: why are you apologising, that's why we're here. We all love geography.

[@axisboss1654]

I actually thought of Saint Pierre et Miquelon at first when you said Germany is 2 countries away from the US

[@Forlfir]

If you want a weirdly located capital look at Maputo in Mozambique, it's in the south end of the country

[@vincepeeters5339]

there's actually another way to get from Germany to the US, Germany Borders France who has a maritime border with the UK and the British Virgin Islands share a maritime border with the US virgin Islands

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

True.

[@thorodinson5034]

:( i want Königsberg back

[@Vitalis94]

Back? Was it yours or something? :P

[@blueoceancorporations1019]

@@Vitalis94 Yes this man is the uncrowned Emperor of the city of Königsberg according to the bible

[@hankwilliams150]

Glad someone noticed the confusion of latitude and longitude!

[@Go-go-super-guru]

I nerded on this video too. You’re not alone. 🤣🤣

[@7kakan]

Driving from Malmö to Boden (a town far up north in Sweden) is almost as far, as driving from Malmö to Venice in Italy