The World's Strangest Borders Part 5: Divided Islands

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[@GilCAnjos]

Imagine being that one guy in the UN who has to listen to ambassadors explaining why that one rock in the sea should belong to them

[@thodorisioannidis6616]

It's his job

[@richardgibson8403]

Thodoris Theodoridis he sleep

[@Enchie]

I feel like just blowing it up would be a good way to solve it.

[@justanotherrandomguy7328]

Yeah so boring to decide which country will have more maritime territories, fishing rights and potential resources or military outposts...

[@beorlingo]

@@Enchie you must be American! 😁

[@Kuriko777]

update for Brunei: They have a bridge connecting the two exclaves

[@staszekr03]

Wow that was fast!! They built an entire bridge in a day.

[@zedriclouis87]

@@staszekr03 it had been long standing

[@icedviking4485]

@@zedriclouis87 r/whoosh

[@zigv8325]

@@staszekr03 They saw the video and they decided to do something about it.

[@tyagitadian9017]

Yeah Edit: idk

[@sanchu6335]

I've been in Märket, my phone didn't have any idea if I was in Sweden or Finland :D

[@Lilliz91]

lmao

[@joonashannila8751]

Not true tho.

[@jakobrosenqvist4691]

My phone poicks up the swedish cell network before I get to Märket. About 2/3 of the way out from Eckerö is when it starts switching over to the Swedish cell network. Often happens when we are salmon fishing in the opean ocean.

[@LilRyRyYT21]

Free vpn

[@jakobrosenqvist4691]

@@LilRyRyYT21 I charge 200€ for the round trip to the island. That's pretty pricey for free VPN.

[@macaroniboi5509]

Me seeing the notification for part 5: "Its been 84 years"

[@MABfan11]

it's been 84^84^84^84^84 years

[@bxcsf9408]

It's been 10^100 years

[@sskofu]

it's been 10^10^100 years

[@lettero1761]

No it has been 100^100^100

[@henryg9059]

You gonna get many likes

[@srb_guy3487]

"This random island on the other side of the world here in the caribbean called Saint Martin" *zooms in on Barbuda *then shows map of St Martin

[@pannkale9259]

@Maximal's Personal Profile lmao

[@ethanpanelo777]

@Maximal's Personal Profile LoL literally knew all of this information because of geography now. But ur probably right, but that Sweden and Finnish island is funnier in this channel.

[@KayJblue]

I used to live there,I love how he said random little island when half a million people visit a year and it has an international airport lol

[@orangeradishneo]

Kayjblue also, I love how he said there’s a border checkpoint between the two sides when there isn’t lol

[@yamiirosa333]

Jess right ?? I live on the island and was soo surprised when he said we have a border we have to be checked for to pass 😂😂

[@jakobrosenqvist4691]

I've been to märket several times, there are white dots painted on the rock so signify the location of the border, it's hilarious, especially since Finland and Sweden has open borders with eachother and that citizens of both countries are free to travel betwean the countries.

[@redpanda2009.]

That’s really cool I wish I can buy corona virus

[@IloveRumania]

@@redpanda2009. Excuse me?

[@S.B._Chalphy]

@@IloveRumania it's beacuse some Finns go buy snus from Sweden beacuse selling snus in Finland is illegal, and in Sweden the virus is very common P.S. I'm Finnish so my english might not be that good

[@beorlingo]

@@S.B._Chalphy it's "snus", also in English. Snuff is something else.

[@beorlingo]

Jakob Rosenqvist, did you dare crossing the border!?

[@NotAmira_]

Land: Exists UK: That is my territory. Time to divide some native lands.

[@BeryAb]

Begone, WEEB!

[@BradTheThird]

And the world is better off because of it. God save the Queen!

[@Yamezzzz]

That's what the whole world tried to do back then. The Brits were just the winners.

[@BeryAb]

@@BradTheThird X to doubt

[@BradTheThird]

Just look at the Papua New Guinea part. ["1.000 (sic) tribes all speaking different languages"]. That's gonna be confusing when you go to the next town over and they're speaking some other language. Just saying that European colonisation has made things easier for everyone. Yes, there was a bit of murder, but don't kid yourself into believing that each of these 1,000 tribes were peaceful and didn't murder other tribes anyway. It's the same concept. Also @@BeryAb Thank you for doubting and just not straight up calling me a liar.

[@destructiveodst1199]

Nordic countries in 900 AD: *Fearless warriors who explored and raided Europe* Nordic countries in 1809: *wage war over shitty rock*

[@apotato6278]

I'd say it's good proof we Nords have matured and grown as a people seeing as we settled a territorial dispute peacefully instead of jamming a bearded axe through the offending party's head.

[@geniuscani8754]

Just like Morocco and Spain

[@uninstaller2860]

War? Pfft no way. The swedes probably said passive-aggressively that they want to discuss the matter and the Finns just ignored them because they dislike talking. Then 100 years later, the Finns groand "Well, aaaalright..". Then they took the ruler out and cut the cake in two exactly same sized pieces. That's sibling love, not war.

[@popantermopan4099]

Don't forget that the Vikings are actually the first Europeans to reach North America, almost 5 centuries before Columbus.

[@anne.andromeda]

British Empire: "cheers, I can drink for that"

[@ValWasTakenWasTaken]

Finns: "Gotta säy the lighthöuse is looking great, Good wörk lads" Swedish Håkan in a little row boat coming over with fury: "ÅÅÅH NEJ!!!!

[@vihamakaroonilaatikko]

@super kone suomi jees wii doo perkele

[@MrMrAzad]

Cringe

[@ssr8555]

@super kone suomi "that many" The comment: has literally only two ö's

[@akpilg]

That’s offensive!

[@elderlytoadonthetubes]

super kone suomi hiljaa loukkaantunut lapsi

[@bababababababa6124]

1:59 Brunei recently built a long bridge that connects the two halves of the country by the way

[@afdhalulakbar5382]

thanks for the info :)

[@akbarfathan8191]

Makasih, salam serumpun singapura-brunei-malaysia-indonesia

[@bunbunzeri1990]

Was going to point this out, and saw you've already did it.

[@yisengang3194]

But Sarawak highway still no sounds...

[@yvesremy7096]

There's a similar case (but not on an island) with the Sultanate of Oman, whose "Ras Musandam" territory is pointing to Iran, and separated from the rest of Oman by the United Arab Emirates.

[@johnnybgbg]

When the lighthouse had a keeper, his house was in Sweden and his outhouse was in Finland. So he had to cross the border every time he needed to go to the bathroom.

[@Theowest]

you make the sweden & finland part sounds pretty hostile but I can assure you our countries are very friendly to each other compared to pretty much any other border dispute.

[@romuruotsalainen1903]

Yeah, there is even an international Golf course on one of the islands up North.

[@darkmage35]

How about compared to the Mont Blanc border dispute between France and Italy? Or possibly the Hans Island dispute between Canada and Denmark?

[@aatox]

Exactly. The Märket "dispute" is in fact just a perfect example of perfectly non-hostile diplomacy. Sweden and Finland adjusted that border in a totally non-dramatic manner.

[@jonnamakkonen]

I had honestly never even heard of Märket before watching KZbin videos about weird borders so that's how big of a deal it is :D and I'm actually from Finland

[@andersekman8378]

@@jonnamakkonen Us Swedes on the other hand are all still fuming with anger at your insolent lighthouse invasion

[@TheBaegislash]

"...which placed *the stupid lighthouse* on the Finnish side" I laughed so hard

[@atomseis5474]

That's so funny lol

[@GaemingStudios]

You

[@bmwm5324]

7:45 funny as well

[@lukalaa1764]

Perkele me laitetaa se majakka minne halutaan

[@Zombipoika]

Majakka mikä majakka, mutta pääasia että se on meidän perkele!

[@jaylenney]

Finland: "ight imma head to that rock" Sweden: "Hold up"

[@mabussubam512]

Whenever people put that "Hold up" I always hear Big Smoke saying it.

[@hyperxalloyfpspelinappaimi8447]

Finland: PIDÄKII

[@stalin4143]

I mean Finland isn't really a country though, It's really just the eastern part of sweden.

[@beesnuz7148]

@@stalin4143 but sweden is more gay

[@ehuddavidovich3723]

@@beesnuz7148nah whe are just nicer cuz we have some warm places

[@Captainllama]

0:58 "Around 1000 tribes, and just as many languages spoken by each of them". Wow! Each tribe speaks around 1000 languages!! ;)

[@zedriclouis87]

a million languages it is

[@Noboilija]

Legend says, no tribe members has understood each other to this date

[@alum3676]

They learnt some from 3CPO.

[@serpentetdimanchecestunbon7280]

R/woosh

[@zimlit]

@@alum3676 *c3p0

[@aarontownsend2320]

Shoutout to Real Life Lore for not extending the video by a single second for a mid-role ad. Mad respect to you dude.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

You people have no idea how that works honestly.

[@eggs8021]

He literally can't the video isn't long enough lol

[@gausts]

Yet there are so many mistakes and misinformation.

[@TopRanky]

KZbinrs: Makes 10:01 long videos RealLifeLore: Makes a 9:59 video

[@geniuscani8754]

Toma tu like buen hombre

[@mathphysicsnerd]

He can well afford it. This channel is owned by thevlogbrothers

[@staszekr03]

​@@mathphysicsnerd ?

[@galaxyred7]

mathphysicsnerd what?

[@fe4rking714]

true lol

[@the_next_19]

“Belongs to *Nothern* Ireland.” “Then There’s the Turkish Republic of *Nothern* Cyprus.”

[@TheSillyDucke]

You *kidding* me

[@shiv7978]

Then there is UK

[@litapita3500]

Rename Northern Ireland to Northeastern Ireland

[@the_next_19]

Britain: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that

[@dinoxman8584]

You had 2 chances to spell northern right. 2. *2!!!!!!!!!!!*

[@CanadaBricks]

A literal rock in the middle of the ocean: *exists* UK: HIPPITY HOPPITY THIS ISLAND IS NOW MY PROPERTY

[@cratarata2278]

Well it is a nice rock

[@ajconlin8525]

And then they say, "Hippity Hoppity get off my property!"

[@cratarata2278]

AJ Conlin but it’s no ones property

[@ajconlin8525]

@@cratarata2278 I mean your not wrong, but Britain is going to take it over anyway.

[@blargmoocow7067]

*Oh rock on Rockall you’ll never fall

[@valeriodesantis807]

Next video: " World's strangest borders: straight lines"

[@patstudios1184]

I’m looking at you, America

[@danielogipl7051]

Africa comes in

[@najpe8079]

@@patstudios1184 im looking at you greedy colonial wonker *wears hat and smokes fat ciggarete*

[@LegendaryKazooMann1936]

*Britain and France would like to know your location

[@IronWolf123]

Guatemala

[@paavopalantera9583]

As a Finn, it was really interesting to learn about Märket from this video! Thank you for that.

[@AlfaGiuliaQV]

about 50% of what he says is true. How can you for example even say a lighthouse is stupid? It was a god damn necessity at the time!

[@Idkusue]

*Ä*

[@sweden5247]

Me: sees thumb nail Ah finally finland. also we are better at ice hockey then sweden

[@potto8903]

Suomi Prkl

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

Hello am Spoderman

[@brownleaf_o1]

Finladn>

[@nicoh332]

Thumbnail*

[@acceleratedatom5369]

Yeps

[@anthonymugianesi9206]

"Neither is watching KZbin and Netflix" *I feel attacked*

[@derfakegangster]

*G O O D*

[@RellshouldBsleep]

Yea WTF was that about!!!

[@Pomagranite167]

Fucking same

[@intensecheese6710]

I’ve been to Sint Maarten on a cruise before, can officially deny that there are no border checkpoints for anyone on the island. Peace is a big thing there, as it is such a small island and people might not work in the country that they live.

[@HughJass-id8iq]

huh?

[@khairnajmihajisaidi5601]

Bruneian here, a little update on the part about the divided Brunei, just this year (March if i'm not mistaken), Brunei finally opened the longest bridge in Southeast Asia which connects the larger portion with the smaller district of Temburong. This bridge was already finished since late last year and there was suppose to be a major grand opening event possibly with a ribbon of sorts on mid-2020 if i'm not wrong but when Covid came around, the bridge was opened for ease of travel so that Bruneians don't have to cut through Limbang (Malaysia) just to get to the 'mainland' and this was even before Brunei and Malaysia closed their borders due to the pandemic. Fun/Sad Fact: the last time travel from one side to the other didn't involve crossing foreign land was in 1890 when that middle part (Limbang district) was ceded to Sarawak and in Bruneian history, Brunei lost a lot of territories actually, we don't care that Brunei lost territories/influence in the Filipino archipelago to the Spanish, we don't care Brunei lost West Coast North Borneo to the North Borneo Company and we don't care Brunei lost the entirety of Sarawak to the Brookes but damn Europeans why you gotta take Limbang and Labuan tho :(

[@saycheese9944]

Nobody : Sweden : how dare you touch my Rocks

[@saivarsha]

Now read that in Greta Thunberg's voice cuz she's Swedish

[@Mipeal]

its minerals!

[@lukalaa1764]

As a Finn... The dispute between Sweden and Finland for a fucking rock at sea is 100% accurate on how we handle eachother

[@ridikerous]

say cheese And it took Finland 100 years to give in about helping Sweden get its rocks off

[@Cjnw]

Normie

[@rosiefay7283]

0:31 To anyone wondering about Nova Zemlya: that's not the two long Russian islands in the Arctic Ocean (that's Novaya Zemlya). Nova Zemlya is a tiny narrow island in the Black Sea, aka K Island, divided between Romania and Ukraine.

[@Liggliluff]

I would suggest the spelling Novaja Zemlja, because why wouldn't you go with a Slavic spelling for a Slavic language?

[@jonswe5753]

I was indeed confused, so thanks

[@vulpes7079]

@@Liggliluff then call it Новая Земля

[@vulpes7079]

@@Liggliluff then call it Новая Земля

[@lamalex9473]

Thank you I was so confused when I saw Nova Zemlya on the list 😅

[@FarkasMarcell92]

*RLL does not include the island of Timor East Timor: am I a joke to you?

[@pannkale9259]

True, the situation here is wAcK as well

[@tuckertechnolord6126]

At 0:36, Timor is listed.

[@betelgeuse7322]

Yeahh, i'm Argentinian and I was waiting the whole video for him to talk about the island we share with Chile... he just didn't talked about all the shared islands :/

[@anteres2123]

He might be saving it for future videos.

[@pierreabbat6157]

I was thinking the same thing. There's New Guinea, there's Borneo, what about Timor?

[@masken8355]

2:19 hmm yes, Nothern Ireland

[@nerobernardino88]

Another Ireland.

[@wikimovel7444]

Also, Nothern Cyprus @ 4:00

[@jimmyryan5880]

That's why its not southern ireland. people ask if im from the south and I say the east people think im fucking with them but the south is cork and wexford. the republic also has and east, west, mid lands and north west

[@blargmoocow7067]

*Wolfetones intensifies*

[@doommagic]

@@jimmyryan5880 He was poking fun at the incorrect spelling in the video. I spotted it too and wondered if anyone else mentioned it yet.

[@coreywilliams1454]

One of the weirdest experiences of my life was taking a wrong turn in Cyprus only to be greeted by a joint MP platoon of Argentines and UK forces, a few years after the Falklands

[@samkumar5071]

Earth : how many areas do you wanna divide? Britisher: yes

[@aaronkou1751]

Sam kumar LOL BRITISHER

[@floresto]

britisher moment

[@bmwm5324]

*Brits or Englanders

[@Takkion]

b r i t i s h e r

[@colonelchief395]

0:19 what is this Islands name???

[@pabloc.b.9837]

I laughed so hard with the Finn-Swedish case. You have to love them

[@ukkeliskukkelis8971]

We are brothers as much as we are enemies (Finland being the big brother of course)

[@svenskatabbar1519]

@@ukkeliskukkelis8971 sure. Finland is known for beeing a part of sweden for hundreds of years and have swedish as an official language. Big brother indeed ;) 😘

[@Eetu.R]

@@svenskatabbar1519 just to make our little brother sweden feel happy and like they have accomplished something ;)

[@sleeptyper]

@@svenskatabbar1519 Sometimes the big brother thinks too big of himself and gets into trouble... I hope the borders doesn't open until next year. 😘

[@ukkeliskukkelis8971]

Svenska Tabbar I know I know it’s just a joke

[@Mortac]

7:04 Sweden has never been controlled by Russia, however, Finland used to be the eastern part of Sweden which was lost after a war with Russia.

[@TheonlyaviableID]

I think there are a silent comma in the sentence. "Sweden, and Finland (which was then controlled by Russia)". So he only means Finland. But I agree that it sounds like both are controlled.

[@elieltuominen1005]

I don't think he said that Sweden was controlled by russia

[@madsbuhris]

1809 when the Finnish war ended. Sweden lost so bad that Russia basically dictated where the Finnish and Swedish border should stand.

[@georgiangelov13]

@@TheonlyaviableID and even if there was no comma, they used ‘was’, instead of ‘were’, implying only one of the countries was controlled by Russia, and besides, you’ve placed brackets right after ‘Finland’, implying that you are most likely talking about Finland. The two combined make it clear he was talking about Finland, besides you added the comma in, making everything clear.

[@محمد.ع-ت3ع]

@Mac Mac siskisiddii

[@patrickmartin3322]

6:18 I’ve been the Saint Martin and crossed the border between the Netherlands and France and there are no passport checks.

[@emilerk]

Yeah exactly, there's not even a checkpost or a building or something, it's literally just a continuous road with a statue and a plaque on the side that say something like "welcome to the French side" . I don't know where he's getting that from?

[@prashr4075]

Ppl from usa think every country has borders, every place is a warzone

[@josefstalin9068]

Was gonna say, went there a few years ago and the only passport check was at the airport on the flight in.

[@quintenwitteman9344]

Also the Netherlands and france have already over 18 years the same currency when the Netherlands switch from "gulden" to the euro's in january 2002 .

[@User31129]

I thought there were hard passport checks when leaving the EU to a non-EU country? Which might cause issues in Ireland. Or is he wrong that Netherlands St Martin is not in the EU?

[@novacentorium4943]

You can see his frustration and anger when he talks about the Swedish-Finnish rock.

[@sleeptyper]

That dispute describes our relationships very well... We don't pretty much care what swedes think about us because swedes want to look at us like they were a superior race and we are just stupid peasants. Arguing about a lighthouse on a rock seems (and is) stupid but oh so typical between Finland and Sweden. For example swedes cry now because other Nordic countries still keep their swedish borders closed due to them practically ignoring the new corona virus, lol.

[@sebastiantiainen2749]

@Aatu Siitonen normal Finns don't actually have anything against Sweden, it's just banter between us and the older brother Sweden. Åland isn't even an issue anymore, they do their own thing and Finland and Sweden has a joint plan to protect the island if anything happens.

[@sebastiantiainen2749]

@FrostCore well you opted for another approach, which is your right. We don't actually have a closed border with you because our constitution forbids it. We just opted to protect our elderly, which is good because we owe our elderly for building the nation to what it is today. The scars of war are still visible and we just couldn't ignore the most vulnerable during this pandemic and we felt that our approach was the right thing to do for them.

[@colonelchief395]

0:19 what is this Islands name???

[@yeetadog]

oh shit a swede found the finn's reply, shit will hit the fan

[@uosdunopu4550]

7:44 is my favorite part of the video now.

[@SOS_JA]

Me too

[@PianoBoyLiam]

Part 5 is finally here!

[@HL-ni5kj]

i know right lol

[@veryreallygoodname1676]

Eat your cereal

[@ShAmcCANN]

Drink your water, this is a threat

[@ednelson9913]

It took a while

[@BrokenGamerYT]

Skelly Jeff no

[@veryverynooob1287]

This channel gives good Geography and history content, plus it is eye-catching. Great job!!!

[@Keichwoud357]

I always figured that Märket's zig-zag border was a case of "no change in territory: less paperwork". We don't have genuine disputes in Northern Europe; we have friendly hassles.

[@Ja-uu9ep]

France incorporated their overseas territories into being part of the EU, like french guiana, so that there couldnt be any complaints about them being colonies. Even though french guiana is still significantly less developed than the mainland.

[@WeglowySzowinista]

"no views" - 108 comments, gotta love internets. Anyway since vid is so fresh I'll take opportunity and say - love this channel. Thank you for your work!

[@broodjekaas820]

The youtube video viewcount is just an estimate, not a precise number.

[@p_cronin0136]

Ha gayyyy

[@Cjnw]

Nomie

[@ManunKanava]

Me: Sees Finland flag Also me: Clicks instantly faster than light. Suomi perkele

[@torillatavataan3754]

Torille

[@marakasalt]

Me sees Svenska flag Also me Clicks instantly faster than light Biltema körv

[@akuproffa5942]

@@marakasalt Jag talar inte svenska

[@okaygerepied5388]

@@akuproffa5942 You don not speak Swedish?

[@vibogaemr]

"but neither is watching KZbin or Netflix" Stop calling me out man

[@jcorbo7518]

Paul Barbato from Geography Now wants to "_Know your location_"

[@Raheel2006]

_Keith the Supermodel has entered the chat._

[@dlrss1v274]

Smith Rackels

[@Cjnw]

* know _you_ location

[@kirefy1]

I'm swedish and that pronunciation was pretty dope of märket

[@user-fx2uz4yq6p]

ˈmæ̂rːkɛt

[@eVill420]

I'm finnish and that pronounciation of hailuoto made me vomit

[@epiclemon9927]

@@eVill420 se oli kyl koiluoto mut "koaluouto"

[@chrislfc2317]

@@user-fx2uz4yq6p In Finland we pronounce it: Märket Pretty cool right?

[@chrislfc2317]

@@eVill420 Hailuoto is near Oulu

[@CodeMonkeyDave]

I am quite impressed at how long the border series has gone, great job on the content and keep up the great work.

[@Allunaatti]

I really have to say this SUOMI PERKELE

[@potto8903]

Suomi Torille :D

[@Mikkonenjuho]

Suomi!!! (lahti)🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@forestmanzpedia]

Vittu!! Perkele!! Satana!! Paska!!

[@5Julius]

Suomi finland *PERKELE*

[@indigenousforeskingamer2515]

Päivää arvon herrat olisin kiitollinen jos ette käyttäisi tuollaista kieltä

[@stanchau7682]

How can RealLifeLore make the transition from the main content to ads so smooth? I am addicted to it lol

[@gamewarriora8951]

No one: Sweden, and Finland: My rock!

[@appleskum6520]

We are way superior than any other countries.

[@Takkion]

@@appleskum6520 Agreed.

[@thejjzz]

Finns don’t really care about winnng. Finns only care about Sweden not winning.

[@Takkion]

@@thejjzz As a Swede I can tell you that Sweden and Finland don't have any problems with each other, if you don't include friendly banter.

[@fecking_weirdo]

@@Takkion As a finn, I agree with u (:

[@FingeringThings]

Which country are you from? Cyprus citizens: *Yes*

[@Ben-0]

What's your channel even about?

[@helios9025]

@@Ben-0 Fingering uranus and such

[@tetrafuse3096]

@@helios9025 dats kinda gay

[@atruv2089]

Basically my life as someone who lives up north. Everytime I'm asked where I live online I just go "eEEeEEeeEhhhh"

[@TeenGohan9798]

As a citizen from Southern Cyprus it's not as bad as he makes it sound, we can go through British territory whenever we want but if something happens it's up to the British police to decide what happens,that's just it. About northern Cyprus we can go there through Nicosia which is the capital city by showing our ID.

[@RomWatt]

"Borneo is the only island in the world divided between three different countries." Great Britain: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@ThePromisedFall]

*wales dieing*

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon1828]

6:50 The lighthouse was actually built on the wrong side by accident

[@halpaul7429]

But how could they accidentally build a lighthouse by the wrong side when it could be obvious?

[@thebel89]

@@halpaul7429 The builders built the lighthouse on highest point of the island, and they thought that the whole island belongs to Finland, since it would be weird to split useless rocks between two countries. There weren't any physicals markers showing the border. It took almost 100 years before it was noticed that the lighthouse was on Swedish side.

[@liammccoy385]

"like this one, that the British still decided to claim and build something on anyway" describes pretty much every place in the world, please be more specific

[@Batman-jc8to]

Britians the worst of all May I know "every place in the world" except UK, Russia, France, Portugal, China, US, España, and pretty much west europe except luxembourg, switzerland and liechenstein cause nobody cares about them??

[@michaelthomas7481]

The point of that rock is that it was the building site for the eddystone lighthouse which was made to help prevent shipwrecks so it did actually serve a very important purpose not just a random example of colonialism, plus also it's a few miles from the uk and in the uk's international waters so not very colonial seeing as it is literally part of British territory

[@Jay-ln1co]

Sweden: "Nooooo! You can't just violate our sovereignty and build a lighthouse on our side of the island!" Finland: "Haha, lighthouse go brrrr."

[@GlobalWarmingSkeptic]

A tiny rock sticking above the ocean: British Empire: It's free real estate!

[@poonddan27]

old overused memes that werent even funny 2 years ago: people on youtube: Its free real estate!

[@bodychoke]

Not funny. Be quiet.

[@chfrqn4dl]

kinda funny; chuckled a bit

[@ii-gc3uf]

I didn’t think this video would ever come Well that was a few months ago

[@Esgarpen]

*Ship sinks* Finland: Let's build a lighthouse so no more ships can sink here. Sweden: *YoU bUiLd On My LaNd?!*

[@akpilg]

Don’t get salty dude!

[@Cjnw]

nOrMiE

[@clastertz1137]

The thing about the checkpoints in St. Martin isn’t really true, they basically just let you cross

[@paulinbrooklyn]

And, while the official currencies are as stated in the video (Netherlands Antilles guilders and euros in the Dutch and French sides, respectively), US dollars are accepted everywhere throughout St. Martin.

[@benchociej2435]

There were absolutely zero border controls between the French and Dutch sides when we were there in 2016

[@criticalobserver5720]

Signs only. No border controls between the two sides of St. Martin.

[@Freckledd]

So about the Dutch and French border, there are a couple of things you missed out on which also explains the situation a little more. The border is technically not with the country of the Netherlands but just with the Kingdom of the Netherlands which the country of the Netherlands is also part of but also a couple other nations. This also explains why Saint maarten (the Dutch one) isn't part of Europe, since this is an independent island state only being part of the monarchy. Hence their use of a different coin and the extra border patrol.

[@crystalquartz2763]

8:17 "stupid lighthouse" that felt unnecessarily personal 😭

[@pualamnusantara7903]

When the most northern part of Ireland is much north than the entire "Northern Ireland"....

[@Yamezzzz]

I don't get why foreigners make a deal about that..? Take a look at the two territories. Which one would be called Northern Ireland and which one would have been called Southern Ireland? Do you think the Republic should be renamed Northern Ireland because of a random bit of Donegal going more north than the Causeway coast?

[@HellenicMapping]

It would be more correct to call it North-Eastern but that's odd

[@MustraOrdo]

Just call it Ulster, rename the country to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ulster and voila, no more long name Northern Ireland. Everybody wins. No controversy whatsoever.

[@finlayson]

@@Yamezzzz I don't think that anyone's "making a deal" about this; it's just an interesting 'factoid'. (And not all that uncommon - e.g., in the U.S., Virginia extends farther West than West Virginia.)

[@Yamezzzz]

@@MustraOrdo you cant call it Ulster, because there are two counties of Ulster that are a part of the Republic of Ireland. Not all of Ulster is Northern Ireland. That's a terrible idea.

[@edgelord8337]

Anything in history exists Europeans: *let's invade and set some jank borders because in the near future this won't cause any wars believe you me*

[@syedhusnainshah3055]

Pakistan and India:

[@l.r9443]

Spain and Morocco:

[@ProfessorChocolateCake]

Yay let's blame wy peepo! So wOkE aNd PrOgReSsIvE!

[@danielbberg7673]

From what i’ve heard they did it on purpose so the nation would be a mess, so they could still exploit them or something, idk if thats true tho

[@prashr4075]

Bro See nepal-india, India-Bangladesh enclave,, India-burma, India-china, Bhutan-china, Bangladesh chakma dispute, sri lanka civil war,India-Maldives minicoy dispute And finally internal disputes in north east India & river disputes in south India. Its a mess which benefited British. But now creating conflicts.

[@oskarkeyser]

Its quite funny about the island of Märket. The name just means "The Mark" And the reason for the strange border is so none of the countries would have to change their size and shores. It would just be to much paperwork for something insignificant. Both countries actually wanted some form of sign/lighthouse on the island but Finland just did it first... on the wrong side but in the best position.

[@turkboi9835]

Finally, the sequel everyone wanted

[@atklm1]

8:26 It's not about national pride, and there never was any argument between Finland and Sweden about the border. It's about international treaties, since Åland island are demilitarized zone. Bureaucracy was mainly the issue. Citizens of both Finland and Sweden can move freely without passports between borders and live and work in both countries without permissions, and there's no border control between them.

[@tristangorman]

8:46 Woah, didn't think I'd get called out like that Joe

[@i1113]

complex culturally diverse areas: exist Britain: let’s pretend we didn’t see that, let’s do this nice wobbly line that no one thought through! :)

[@espvp]

I'm glad that you mentioned us La Hispaniola and you handled it pretty good. I would like to add something though: although we, Dominican Republic, might be "10x richer than Haiti" remember we're still a underdeveloped country, with most areas being very poor, some very so that no one from a first world country could even imagine. So yeah, our hatian brothers have it much worse unfortunately, and compared to them this sounds like a rich country, but we're not... At all.

[@natekite7532]

I remember watching his video on Haiti vs the Dominican republic and being shocked at him saying that the Dominican side was rich. I've been to that country... I helped pour concrete floors for people so that they wouldn't get diseases from sleeping in the dirt. I guess if Dominica is considered "rich" then that should really be an eye opener for how underdeveloped most of the world really is. Though, I wonder if wealth is just spread unevenly? I've heard that the country has tons of luxury resorts and wouldn't be surprised if there are isolated pockets of tourist money surrounded by poverty. Would make the country look rich on paper but not in practice.

[@diegocrescente8785]

I’ve been to Sint Maarten. I’ve been to every single place in the island, and I didn’t see any border control

[@420cactusgaming7]

2:20 you wrote "Nothern Ireland" instead of Northern Ireland

[@springyard20xx42]

Welcome to Nothern Ireland! We are not like Northern Ireland at all! :)

[@DerDrehtuerenFreak]

Also Nothern Cyprus instead of Northern Cyprus...

[@theartkid7226]

You know if you compare or look at words for too long, you might not recognize it

[@seneca983]

@@springyard20xx42: You're known for "The Toubles", right?

[@WolfGamer2000YT]

Yeah hes an ashole

[@pepevinkin3020]

1:55 there’s actually a sea bridge connecting the Two parts of Brunei... no need to fly or cross Malaysia

[@alexandershijaku2580]

Cyprus is in seven pieces: TR of NC, UNBZ1, UNBZ2, Akrotiri, Dhekelia (both British) and two enclaves of the republic of Cyprus

[@simpleandjames]

You’ve misspelled “northern” so many times in this video

[@Takkion]

ik

[@militantman]

I didn’t even realise until you commented this.

[@Jin-Ro]

That's probably his achilles heal word. Mine is Account...acocunt. I know how to spell it, but my fingers spaz out when I type it.

[@stevevernon1978]

@@Jin-Ro Tim, here's another word that might be a problem for you... Its Achilles Heel, not heal

[@alienbsg]

Last time I was this early, Märket island didn't have that weird border

[@8is]

It has a name you know, Märket.

[@cartoonsforall6469]

Laauull

[@tetrafuse3096]

@@8is its because he doesn't even know what ä means

[@8is]

@@tetrafuse3096 ikr

[@danielbberg7673]

TheSimon253 bring back the swedish Empire!

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

I'm loving these videos. 😁

[@snowmanplayer4424]

"endlessly watching videos on youtube and netflix isn't productive" Nebula: you weren't supposed to do that

[@skyr1ce]

7:44 The time Realifelore gets drunk and goes crazy

[@cringefairy2687]

1:28 The border on New Guinea was originally created by the Dutch and British, but it was an independent Indonesia that forcibly annexed western Papua in order to keep it.

[@pena7292]

No one: Sweden: Argues with Finland for a 100 years because of a rock.

[@Underjordiskentitet]

Wait till you hear about the dispute between Denmark and Canada

[@randomusernameq1891]

We also have an argument with North Korea over 1000 Volvo cars we sold them in the 70s... They still haven't played, we send them a reminder a couple if times per year. Think the invoice is at €280mil right now with all delay fees.

[@vulcanitu2578]

@@randomusernameq1891 but it was a token of friendship, you can't just monetize it

[@tiihtu2507]

@Viktor Turtle I didn't know the level of education was _that_ terrible in Sweden.

[@75190255508]

Quite a few islands in east Asia: are we a joke to you?

[@midievalcat7770]

Strange island borders: exist Everyone: blame the Europeans

[@Hikoplouyr]

*english

[@anuraagadhlakha1981]

@Will I Am true

[@cv4809]

@Will I Am because people imply that without European interference, the rest of the world would have no issues with borders and everyone would be coexisting in absolute harmony with their neighbors

[@Vitalis94]

So we should blame the Bosniaks or Albamians for post-colonial problems, eh?

[@stafer3]

@Will I Am The moment other countries inherited spoils of imperial conquest of other countries and didn’t give it up. It became their problem. Like how is that European problem that people from Java don’t want to release other islands in their empire? That’s no longer Dutch problem. Brazilians don’t want to give back Amazon to native tribes. That’s no longer Portuguese problem. Syria and Egypt joined together. And that Syrians bailed out because they felt like Egyptians were treating them bad. . So clearly countries are free to give up territories with some disgruntled minorities that want to be independent. And they are free to join together to greater greater whole. Nobody is holding gun to Nigeria telling it has to own that oil rich land with tribes that want to be independent from Nigeria. . Every single post-colonial border is there because those who profit from it like it that way. Which makes it their problem. They don’t want to give up their possession.

[@WavyOnMobile]

8:16 the passion about this specific boarder is amazing 😂😂 made me audibly laugh in class. Over a boarder 😂

[@tangzy5347]

When RLL talks about your country: *P A T R I O T I C*

[@mikeb2696]

When real life lore calls a place you’ve vacationed at a random island

[@alexandershijaku2580]

4 islands, 3 with 2 countries each but last one has 3 countries. 3 countries on Borneo and 2 countries on New Guinea, Hispaniola and the Irish island

[@a_yan6581]

Sharing an island is like sharing your bed with ya homie.

[@propinor]

Not as a homie.. trust me I live on of these islands

[@ravenwolf3715]

propinor Sameeee, it can be bad

[@ignaciosindhu6779]

If your bed is the size of an island and be home of +1000 people than yes

[@liam-man7265]

It may be a little late for me to say this, but I’m really surprised with just how much RealLifeLore can get away with cursing in his videos.

[@tommytomtomtomestini3894]

I'm a Finn who lives in Sweden and I had no idea about the island "Märket" ... Thanks, now I know more useless trivia XD

[@TheFuturistTom]

I've been watching RLL for years. I liked their videos. That is why I decided to create my own sci-fi/futurist Channel. 👍🙂

[@cartoonsforall6469]

Idc

[@jameslf1233]

Click on his icon and check all of his comments in mobile. Stop spamming bro

[@Gabriel-cu4xk]

@@jameslf1233 how can I see the comment?

[@jameslf1233]

@@Gabriel-cu4xk just click on pfp and then scroll down

[@bonnome2]

The Dutch side of Saint Martin is an independent country that is part of the kingdom of the Netherlands. It is more similar to Canada and the UK in that they share the same Royal family.

[@toutchaynezzz4443]

Not at all! Dutch SXM residents hold dutch passports. Check your info Also there is no checkpoints at the border since you can cross it as much as you want without control, pretty much like enter in NJ from NY. Last thing, despite not being official, the US dollar is by far the most used on the island

[@matthewbrotman2907]

Two words: cruise ships. Sint Maarten is a major cruise port. When you get off the ship, everyone speaks English and takes USD.

[@Makaveli13Xroy]

also we havn't used the Gulden since 1999...it's been euro ever since then so this guy narrating is literally talking shit and has no clue what he is on about

[@Rio1910_]

This man needs to go to my school and teach my classes-.

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's fact: Snails have 14,000 teeth and some can even kill you!

[@alondor]

Oh no

[@Uranium_Enjoyer]

I knew I would see you. After hearing this fact I kinda wish I didn’t.

[@ShAmcCANN]

:o

[@yesno8216]

... why just why

[@snyr]

French snail

[@dippy2k839]

RLL: the only island split by three Wales, Scotland, England: are we a joke to you?

[@REIDAE]

All part of a single country

[@uskosi]

@@REIDAE They are three countries that belong to the same independent state. Country and independent state are not synonymous.

[@JamesTilsley1]

Which are all part of the sovereign state of the United Kingdom. You’re either ignorant about that or you just don’t like the fact, but facts are still facts.

[@dippy2k839]

James Tilsley countries in their own right. In a union. More so countries than India as a colony or Canada under the U.K. and that is facts you’ve never seen law clearly. It’s like the EU more so. The video isn’t about sovereign states, it’s about borders

[@sabre7212]

Lol not actual countries🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂

[@marv2728]

Fun Fact: Now there's one more between Canada and Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark). The Hans Island.

[@trashdragon6289]

Sweden and Finland: draws zig zag line on rock *We are reporting a somewhat random in crease in productivity and happiness in Scandinavia...*

[@chrislfc2317]

*+50000 Happines*

[@Itsmyface]

As a finn the way he said Koiluoto made me laugh.

[@appleskum6520]

I know and he thinks the borders between Finland and Sweden is weird, like the only thing weird is that america isnt completely in ruins yet.

[@finboror]

Correct pronunciation: koh-eeh-loo-o-to

[@saakawithaG]

Kataja was quite terrible too

[@berno5920]

Another case: Argentina and Chile on the Big Island of Tierra del Fuego

[@RANJITKUMAR-jg1op]

Yesterday,I watched all the 4 parts and here comes the 5th today 😊🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@jaylenney]

😏👌🇨🇳🇨🇳

[@Yamezzzz]

🙏🇵🇰🇵🇰

[@bosnianseparatist1174]

@@jaylenney I thought KZbin is banned in China

[@jaylenney]

@@bosnianseparatist1174 It is but I use Nord VPN

[@mikasaario9240]

Ah. My homehomeland Finland. I'm proud of you😂

[@explodamite]

Hi im a swede :)

[@andymccoy8370]

@@explodamite we don't serve your kind here

[@unclear6055]

@@andymccoy8370 It's treason then.

[@cube_cup]

Norway: "Happy Birthday, Finland. Let's see if we can give you a mountain as a present." Sweden: "My crappy half of the crappy rock!"

[@firstname4304]

What European country do you think is the most beautiful, I personally think it’s Norway

[@sakariostermalm3823]

Finland

[@mattwilll]

Germany

[@wissamkhaled5106]

UK

[@axwell3466]

I think sweden and norway are equally beautiful

[@timstopar8694]

I like 🇬🇧