The Most Complex International Borders in the World

In this video I look at some of the most complex international border. Of course, there are more complex borders in the world, but this video looks at some of my favourites.
I look at the 3 enclaves countries of the world: Vatican City, San Marino and Lesotho. As well as Campione d'Italia, an Italian exclave which is an enclave of Switzerland.
I then take things up a notch and look at enclaves within enclaves. The town of Baarle which is in the Netherlands and Belgium is an incredibly complicated border. But not quite as much as the Cooch Behar region of India and Bangladesh.
This is followed by a look at the odd situation of Bir Tawil, the only unclaimed land on Earth outside of Antarctica (which is itself a place for complex borders!)
I finish off the video by looking at the island of Cyprus, which may look like a borderless island, but is in fact far from it!
*COPYRIGHT INFORMATION*
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Car parked on International border (Tarun Chandel) - photos.tarunchandel.com/
Baarle images (Stephen Eustace) - www.flickr.com/photos/seustace...
MUSIC
Background music is royalty free and licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Five Card Shuffle
Kevin MacLeod
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[@WonderWhy]

This video now has TWO sequels! Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYvHnKSnn9Smea8 Part 3: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJbEmqyQrLt2Zs0

[@keithmetcalf7302]

WonderWhy Ireland has no Border

[@rubenashleywesterhoff2664]

yes, wather is not a border, the hole world is Ireland

[@RyderMonkeyGamer]

Ruben Ashley Westerhoff YAYYYYYYYYYYY IM'A GO GET MY POTATOES, IM EXCITED!

[@imranali9098]

WonderWhy racapey

[@flaminace7842]

WonderWhy it

[@mrwigg1es]

"So, which country do you live in?" "It's complicated."

[@mayankkamboj4025]

"Oh my family's moving to Belgium tomorrow" *moves front door*

[@yaboi494]

Mayank Kamboj 🤣

[@piadas804]

It isn't.

[@bariscoskun8534]

"I'm moving to Belgium" *crosses the street*

[@teaandcoffeeM]

So there's a piece of unclaimed land sandwiched between Sudan and Egypt, anyone want to start a country?

[@null4521]

I will!! I'll call it Chickenland. Our GDP will be spent on KFC. Unfortunately, we don't have a GDP.

[@aForkfulOfGold]

If you're keen on running a bunch of sand and dirt and bugs as a country, probably no one's stopping you.

[@null4521]

Well, it's better than no land. And also, what if I discover oil there?

[@aForkfulOfGold]

Kentucky Fried Butt Chicken Don't you think that if there was anything to find there, it wouldn't be nationless anymore? ;)

[@null4521]

It's the Middle East... They haven't looked hard enough :)

[@hoopsarrow89]

Random guy: So where do you live? Me: In a part of India which is in Bangladesh which is in India which is in Bangladesh.

[@goofy3421]

Imagine if some other country invades the surrounding area😂

[@usha4413.]

Only China can do that

[@goofy3421]

@@usha4413. yup

[@shivkeshkesarwani7827]

@@usha4413. no china is too far

[@sibericusthefrosty9950]

You'd be like: Yes

[@flakmag1004]

4:01 imagine ordering there. "So can you repeat please, where do you live, in Belgium or in the Netherlands?" " *Yes* "

[@waffles6280]

"I live in uhh... Loveren 2, Baarle-Hertog, Belgium and Loveren 19, Baarle-Nassau, Netherlands?" "At different times?" "what? no it's the same house" " *confusion noises* "

[@dcross3641]

*confusion noises* Im dying😂😂😂😂😂

[@Aakash_Goswami1]

@@waffles6280 he won't die. He's vaccinated

[@millionairemindsetpronto]

@@Aakash_Goswami1 judging by his name _No_

[@runi5413]

"I'm just trying to order a cheeseburger, what exactly do you need my home address for?" "Yes."

[@lordpuggles1111]

For the guy who moved his front door... Congrats 👏👍🙃

[@MrMeme2006]

He deserves to be in r/madlads

[@bun5873]

@@MrMeme2006 tru

[@TheDuked]

I would have had 2 doors just to pick and chose when I am one nation and when I am the other

[@claytong2069]

?

[@claytong2069]

Nvm 4:44

[@martinsgakke]

Did you guys notice that wherever you find complicated stupid nonsense borders, you also find the brittish at some point in History? Curious coincidence?

[@sanketjadhav4751]

I agree

[@mikehunt8030]

+Gakgaming I think not but the british were in volved in 3 countries borders and a triangle has 3 sides Illumitai confurmed

[@maxwelljacobs8830]

Considering the british has invaded everysingle country exept 22, no i dont find that supprising

[@Zarastroika]

+Gakgaming LMAO!

[@Zarastroika]

IThinkWithMy Dick ん～ I don't think that at all about UK, but I agree about the queen· Monarchy never made sense, and there's no excuse why nowadays in XXI century some countries still are monarchies·

[@SimplyTxger]

This video should be called: This is what happens when the British draw borders on maps

[@muhammadahmadbehlim8929]

😂😂😂 true

[@goldin..]

I don’t f****** agree 👿

[@AleCharlie]

Are you a really stupid person?

[@walx274]

Your trying to Say the British drew the Dutch - Belgian Border ? Or he British Drew out Vatican ,San Marino etc ?

[@snivylink2119]

nah just european countries in general

[@kendallsutton3858]

Imagine if Belgium and the Netherlands had closed borders...

[@Cobbysalright]

@@Hades-ot9tl bruh

[@12stem.b-obenita]

@@Hades-ot9tl bUILD A wall and the Germans will pay for it

[@radimgabaj4263]

This will happen: Me: * wake up * Also me: Ahhh, good morning, let's make some coffee. Also me: Wth what's that wall doing here? Me reads writing on wall: Netherlands and Belgium have opened borders no more. U need passport to cross this wall. Me: Wait I have front door on other side. That means... I'm illegaly here... Fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

[@TheMusicGuard]

Which is currently the case and it's confusing.

[@arthurthekyogre9155]

*LET ME GET TO THE FRONT DOOR PLEASE; I NEED TO GO TO THE KITCHEN TO EAT*

[@culedood123]

"the least complex of this is in the middle East"... that's something you don't hear every day

[@KorZen10]

HA!

[@jaifar8750]

Ape-ocalypse I don't get that

[@KorZen10]

+Jaifar Jokes You have "Jokes" in your name and an Omani flag, what do you mean you don't get it? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@jaifar8750]

NƎcktie3223 is it Palestine?

[@KorZen10]

+Jaifar Jokes Yes, and also others like ISIS

[@krc9464]

i can have my trunk in the Netherlands and my engine in Belgium i can sleep in Belgium, wash my clothes in Netherlands, have breakfast in Belgium, watch tv in Netherlands, go to the park in Belgium and the park in Netherlands i am amazed

[@jimgolovan9350]

Europe, my friend. Europe.

[@EriksGarbage]

You can sleep right over the border.

[@NA-xh4nb]

You can also f%ck a girl in both Belgium and Netherlands

[@Aakash_Goswami1]

You can murder someone in Belgium and hide their body in Netherlands

[@moonlitm3285]

@@Aakash_Goswami1 Lol reminds me of Bart and Sideshow Bob in one episode from the Simpsons where Bart kept jumping between borders to make it difficult for Bob to kill him.

[@BaSsGaZ]

It's crazy how you can move to a whole other country by simply moving your front door.

[@MrJJuK]

I just wanted come laugh at the silly borders country's have, now my head hurts and im confused. :'(

[@rainirodriguez2931]

True dat 😭

[@Gaeilgeoir]

*countries 😒

[@Insert-thing-here-Fan]

Just forget everything he says

[@gauravdhanraja1968]

Imagine people living there

[@sohumchatterjee9]

Update!!!! India and Bangladesh have recently signed an agreement with each other, meaning that The Enclaves between the two are no MORE!!!

[@AMZZZMA]

sohum chatterjee glad to hear that. You two countries should get along each other. Forgive the past and make Asia greater than before.

[@TheSkyrimmaniac]

So did Belgium and the Netherlands.

[@ayushFos]

sohum chatterjee yeah...

[@factidraw]

I know its so awesome! but also its sad because now a 3rd order encalve is no longer a thing.

[@doggyrusev627]

Isak Svensson aw man

[@baldeepbirak]

House in 2 countries and 2 door bells lol. Fun times with the post.

[@tommarch.4493]

Dio Falkner In France (and Switzerland) we have a hotel in 2 country. During the 2sd World war, German soldiers (or Vichy soldiers, I know more) tried to capture a Jew who owns the hotel, she climbed the stairs and she was protecting acr in Switzerland.

[@aguynamedsmith6489]

What's your adress? Which one?

[@daltonmiller5590]

do you mean the address for that hotel...? creepy af lol

[@craigmurphy1204]

Chap-door-run must be intense on that street

[@Horne_Baka]

A total mess than place is...I would just say fuck all and become autonomous

[@khaostime3530]

4:01 Pizza Delivery Man: OK, so where do you live 'Yes'

[@AlexxChris]

In neguim

[@robenkhoury7079]

@@AlexxChris germerlands

[@AlexxChris]

@@robenkhoury7079 the place is between Netherlands and Belgium not Germany

[@idriveajihad6709]

Nelgium or Betherlands

[@__archermaster__8790]

wow you copied a comment amazing

[@malachymcmahon4464]

Jeez imagine waking up like “honey I’m just going to go over to Belgium to get some milk”

[@snivylink2119]

and then he leaves us for 7 years

[@godlessheathen6425]

@@snivylink2119 that got dark real quick

[@Pitwulf]

I don't live in Baarle Nassau but this is still a very usual thing to say for people living along the Dutch-Belgian border. The world would be a better place with open borders everywhere

[@myneighboratemycat5124]

@@snivylink2119 and then he came back after winning the lottery

[@armouredskeptic]

My neighbour growing-up in Canada was from Northern Cyprus. He was basically evicted from his home during the take-over. He went back to visit to see what they did with his land after the take-over and he said the entire REGION his home was in is basically untouched. They never did a thing to it. His whole neighbourhood is just an over-grown ruin.

[@Bruh-jj9kk]

Northern cypress is a Turkish puppet state.

[@stephanos2758]

Well my dads house was torn down to be a parking place for soldiers. So yeah, the turks did something. They didn’t even left the ruins. Dumbass

[@soopunzoubayr6847]

@@Bruh-jj9kk cyprus is a puppet of greece. Turkey only invaded cyprus because cyprus wanted to join greece and the turkish population living in cyprus were discriminated by the greek people living cyprus.

[@galaxytheone]

last reply

[@inactivechannel3004]

@@galaxytheone i am the last reply.

[@VoiceofDissent1]

India-Banladesh issue resolved in 2015

[@user-nj7fl1iz4s]

It's Bangladesh, dear.

[@acekotana4425]

this vid is from 2013 you can see that or are you blind?

[@sterrickunt7507]

I think he was just letting us know that the issue has now been resolved..

[@RubyPiec]

That German Guy Hallo. Ich Bin RubyPiec. xD

[@flaminmongrel6955]

Sterric Kunt lol

[@jacksonstein809]

2:30 the first time the Middle East has been the least complicated area

[@Diamond-OSCandMarblestuff]

And ONLY

[@SomeGuy-lr7ms]

Living between belgium and netherlamds Mom: Where are you? Son: Half of my body is in the Netherland while the Other one is in Belgium Mom: what? Son: what?

[@purpleguy9617]

Wow, it's like CGP Grey developed an accent and talked for 12 minutes straight. This was awesome.

[@anonb4632]

Tone Def EVERYONE has an accent.

[@GlizzyGoblin757]

“developed an accent” almost definitely said by a guy with an american accent

[@philipje1]

I hope that they'll keep the Dutch/Belgian enclaves. It was made in the middle ages in the 12th century, by the Duke of Holland and the Count of Brabant. Cool history

[@WonderWhy]

philipje1 It's a nice little tourist attraction and causes no issues. I see no reason why they would change things.

[@mikemillhoff8967]

I love areas where you can be standing in two countries at once.

[@Daantjer]

+WonderWhy knowing the government, they like to "solve" problems that aren't a problem

[@TheFullswordslord]

+Cycling in Edmonton from the Eyes of a Teen NIJMEGEN!! :P

[@tomburnett8091]

That border town which is split between the Netherlands and Belgium actually made the newspaper the other day due to the pandemic - the Netherlands has allowed bars to reopen but Belgium hasn't yet. So it was a bit complicated where you could get your beer.

[@AhimtarHoN]

I love how you seriously credit everything used in the video, even the maps. Nice!

[@melly7126]

Vsauve level crediting

[@XavierbTM1221]

A country within a country... Countryception

[@krashd]

+Benjamin Thomas The morning-after nation?

[@YoHoOMirster]

+Benjamin Thomas A within B within C within D within E within F within G within H within I within J within K within L within M within N within O within P within Q within R within S within T within U within V within W within X within Y within Z within AA within AB within AC within AD within AE within AF within AG within AH within AI within AJ within AK within AL within AM within AN within AO within AP within AQ within AR within AS within AT within AU within AV within AW within AX within AY within AZ within BA within BB within BC....so on...

[@JRSSchattenberg]

+мisteг Rㅇьloχiдп Hey I live there!

[@YoHoOMirster]

MultiMusic How many countries do you live in?

[@JRSSchattenberg]

мisteг Rㅇьloχiдп I'm too lazy to count them all xD

[@MythicalRedFox]

"Some people wake up in the Netherlands and then make their breakfast in Belgium." tfw you want really authentic Belgian waffles

[@paarthrudrapathak6596]

Teacher: Draw the map of India *Me peacefully draws the map approved by the government WonderWhy: hey, hey, hey! Wait, first see this video. Me: *panic*

[@tabby_tab9701]

Me: Hey! I am really close to my aunt cuz she is my neighbour! Friend: b-but you said your aunt was living in belgium?! Me:your right! ;)

[@spandanhetfield]

Watching such videos amazes me and makes me wonder just how my school teachers managed to make a subject as fun as Geography boring.

[@Gold26502]

I KNOW DUDE OMG

[@Arka2011]

Wait a minute! In 2015, India and Bangladesh have legally exchanged all the enclaves between themselves. So there is n more enclaves left there!

[@theatomixgaming5520]

That's nice to hear :D

[@AhnafTabrez]

+Arka Sarkar I was about to comment it. Happy to find yours first :)

[@ahsanrumon9755]

+The Nebra Yes, Google Map is still showing old border. But, the border issue was officially solved and ownership of those lands were exchanged by the two friendly governments. Great news for the people living in those enclaves. They were given freedom to choose citizenship of either of these two countries.

[@thefremddingeguy6058]

+Arka Sarkar Finally! That is fantastic!

[@PriiMexe]

This was uploaded in 2013...

[@saffy_d233]

I actually laughed so much during this video, I had no idea these problems even existed until watching this! And the narrator's narration is so hilariously done, I loved it haha!.

[@ThomasAndRandomRobloxGames]

‘the narrator’

[@eddiecairns]

Absolutely love your content mate!

[@Bagster321]

2:22 but mainly 5:38 An Enclave within an enclave within an enclave Enclave-ception.

[@aarondale4787]

BestAverageGaming o

[@freezeburn1]

*ENCLAVE 100*

[@Whoami691]

Lets hope the Netherlands and Belguim never go to war...

[@chrisrm18]

+Octave deLaMoussaye Netherlands has nuclear weapons, so bad news for the belgians!

[@thomasboon4822]

+Nutella Those nukes are from the US, not actual from the Netherlands. And the NL and BE are such a good friends not long ago we just exchanged pieces of land for better access.

[@chrisrm18]

Yes, I am well aware. It was more of a joke. I currently reside in the Netherlands ;)

[@AristotelisMitsiou]

+Whoami691 I don't think so, in fact, they're best buddies, they even exchanged land this year.

[@appelpower1]

The destruction will be equal to that of a fight between two hamsters: hardly any, because neither side is even in the slightest powerful.

[@foreveramy2019]

6:06 there's no schools or *_HGOHSDTPETISTULZSZ_*

[@Mekudan]

@Yürüyen Ansiklopedi it totally doesn't look or sound like a german word lol

[@arya1275]

@@Mekudan maybe he live there

[@ejhehe2344]

😂😂😂

[@Diamond-OSCandMarblestuff]

Houspigtals

[@sagbon98]

I watched this video when it first came out in 2013 and have always wanted to visit Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog and yesterday, 15/06/2023, I finally got the chance to do that. The town is also surprisingly accessible, with the bus line 132 from either Breda or Tilburg (the Netherlands, a 40-minute ride away) and line 450 from Turnhout (Belgium). Unfortunately, it was for less than 30 mins because I had my flight from Schipol, over 2 hours away by public transport. Still, in that time, I managed to cross the Dutch-Belgian border around 10 times, sometimes not being fully aware as to which of the two countries I was located in and standing in front of a Dutch house with a lamp post claiming to be in Belgium, in front of a Belgian church full of Belgian flags. The people are also very friendly and speak perfect English and I can safely say that these were the best 30 minutes of my trip!

[@eefaaf]

You might enjoy this little anecdote (true or not): A chips shop could operate without a license, as in one country a license was needed for cooking the chips, and the other country only for selling. Just cook in the latter and sell in the first, and there you go!

[@sagbon98]

@@eefaaf genius move

[@walidwazini7628]

Just a suggestion, maybe you should put in a eng subtittle next time because not everybody is use to english with accent. This will make people easier to get the points from the videos.

[@WonderWhy]

+Walid Bahri All of my videos have accurate subtitles available.

[@CadetGriffin]

I didn't understand the Curious Engineer's 'not reversed' and I thought he said 'nartrevorst' a word that wouldn't exist.

[@realityorfiction]

+Walid Bahri i can understand him just fine and i'm from the USA

[@lillyie]

+Walid Bahri you can use captions!

[@Vector_Ze]

+realityorfiction I have no problem understanding him either. As a matter of fact, I can understand him with his accent better than I can understand some people who ARE US citizens. (Cajun and Maine come to mind).

[@frozenfeet4534]

For all of you who are none the wiser. India and Bangladesh finally did get around to sorting out their enclave situation in late 2015! The aforementioned landswapping occurred and those who now lived in another country were allowed to move back to their homeland. The third-order enclave is gone as well. :c

[@fadersudd3315]

Oh i just LOVE your accent! I could watch this video on repeat just to hear it more!

[@kkostadinof]

I am the opposite - feels like he has a hydrodam in his mouth. Awful.

[@chenoaholdstock3507]

He pronounced Lesotho correctly! Omfg, I'm so excited! Instant subscribe!

[@Vincrand]

I live in the Netherlands and the borders at that town always amaze me. It's also on my to-do-list.

[@abdulwasif15yearsago44]

So you are going to do a border? Btw, I will be shocked if you respond.

[@Vincrand]

@@abdulwasif15yearsago44 Visiting is a verb though. I might as well go there soon since I now live like 20km from there.

[@Vk_2320]

​@@VincrandHi

[@dedweight8292]

*Goes to North Africa* *Claim desert* *Sits in UN council* I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE INDEPENDENT LAND OF DESERTNIA

[@callmevbuck4054]

Person claims a desert in the middle of egypt/libya Libya/Egypt: *confused screaming* The rest of the un: *hold up*

[@darklex5150]

@@callmevbuck4054 the fun thing is... someone actually did it xD It was a father that wanted his daughter to become a princess xD

[@TS-qq7vr]

Egypt and Sudan invade to assert sovereignty. O.P. captured, held hostage, tortured, executed.

[@goofy3421]

@@darklex5150 I would let him have it

[@michaelnomellini]

I love geography, and I love your videos. Also, I really like your soothing voice and accent.

[@free12345]

this must have taken ages to research, you did a great job. thank you

[@99jdave99]

I'm going through your channel for the first time, and it's great. I love your videos, the CPG gray approach on them, and your ability to tackle complex questions and concepts that you would think would be very simple, but aren't. Great job and keep up the great work!

[@AhmedSalimBD]

Our border enclave issues with India has been officially resolved as of 2015

[@daraj02]

GREAT!

[@snshusat161]

+Ahmed Salim I was about to say the same. At first I didn't know why the hack India and Bangladesh was exchanging land but now after watching this video I think they did a great job as it people in enclave would have been living a very difficult life.

[@ntdonat]

+Ahmed Salim *ohh man!!! that cat just talked! It just said our border with india! cats ruling the world is confirmed!!*

[@saumyashah]

+Ahmed Salim Awesome!! :)

[@MihirS84]

It shows the fantastic level of understanding between the Indian & Bangladeshi leadership.

[@suneel13]

Nice educational video for all. Some fascinating facts. Thanks for sharing this video

[@CACTOSAVVY]

This would be the most interesting video I watched today! :)

[@NickLM2008]

Just wait until somebody finds oil in the unclaimed part of Antarctica!

[@parishehner9993]

I don't care anymore, humans are a shitty species, dumb and only the riches domine...I will be dead before the planet goes down so why care? for a long time I was benevolent, helping people etc. until somebody accused me of helping somebody in need because it would profit him...

[@shahanshahpolonium]

no, according to the Antarctic treaty, you cant conduct military or mining operations there, its only for scientific purposes

[@spammer21]

@@shahanshahpolonium the treaty expires in 2040. And oil was already discovered in Antartica... Happy WW3.

[@shahanshahpolonium]

@@spammer21 bro they'll make a new treaty

[@blueeye2281]

Looks like those penguins need some freedom

[@Voltorb1993]

Oh wow, that belgium-netherlands is funny, where else you can move from country to country by moving your front door? :D

[@kellennarke4782]

That's good though that these countries have friendly borders :-D

[@the_really_tired_one]

Voltorb1993 now do you even know what is crazier? Dancing on the border, ya, good luck with that

[@jacobbahr9316]

Baarle Nassau makes me want to re-enact the episode of The Simpsons where Homer jumps in and out of the US embassy in Australia saying 'Now I'm Australia... now I'm in America... Australia, America, Australia, America...'

[@12isaac00]

...were the double doorbells really necesary?

[@rosaamarillo2110]

Wonder if they have different sounds?

[@table1717]

@@rosaamarillo2110 genius

[@pranavlimaye]

@@rosaamarillo2110 one plays the Soviet national anthem, the other plays American 👌

[@persimmon93]

Wake up in the Netherlands and make breakfast in Belgium.

[@belamoure]

Best chocolate and waffles (gaufres) on one side and best Guda cheese on the other!!! PARADISE!

[@vizarjanuzaj5751]

***** In belgian only 1% speaks german u need to learn deutch + french. bulgarian boii

[@vizarjanuzaj5751]

lazar angelov is the king of skopje ?

[@belamoure]

***** Mitko I would help you order your food I speak French, English & Spanish and we could speak Spanish para comer esas delicias.

[@belamoure]

Encantado, de nada, algo mas?

[@thiruvetti]

As an Indian, I never knew about the border(s) issue with bangladesh. People trapped within another country is really scary, that too without necessities. btw, I am able to understand your accent. No problems. Good video and must be tough to even read the script which has so much complex stuff explained. :-)

[@Melody_Boi_Piyush]

Treaty was signed in 2015, it's fixed now :-)

[@N8570E]

Thank you. I cannot understand his accent at all! I think that I am very interested in what he has to say, but I am just not sure? Thank you for your efforts. May you and yours stay well and prosper. Terry

[@zeeyansrandomthoughts6387]

im bengali

[@christianmiller2296]

very insightful. i learned a lot

[@christianmiller2296]

oops, wrong video

[@jasons6368]

Do a shot when you hear the word "enclave."

[@crowmigration8245]

Challenge accepted, will report back when I'm done

[@tmarks365]

I’m do srundk

[@crowmigration8245]

Huh, what year is it?

[@noyes8882]

Crow Migration The year is 3000. Where have you been all this time? Here take this laser rifle we need to defeat the other countries army.

[@crowmigration8245]

@@noyes8882 I am down with the sickness

[@stevemcgroob4446]

An enclave within an enclave within an enclave? Enclaveception

[@dawnfmEnthusiast]

Bruce Wayne It's been solved now, lol.

[@thehistorian9235]

enclave problem of Bangladesh - india is already solved. so, there have no enclave in Bangladesh till now.

[@HimanshuOnYT]

Video is older.

[@magnusop5773]

Himanshu Yadav I believe op was just updating the info.

[@voldemortsunbaenim3490]

so living at the border of belgium and holland is like me: wants to watch a series .. always the same „not available in your country“ .. also me: walking 5 meters into another room, intro music starts playing. 😂

[@blueeye2281]

Netherlands*

[@DrownedCarcass88]

Very interesting video, thanks!

[@theman1412]

3:38 You can jump back and forth between the Netherlands and Belgium.

[@zoekirk1848]

Or cartwheel down the line...or better yet, do the worm down the border XD

[@RuiOliveiraTV]

Or pay a parking bill in 2 countrys at the same time for the same reason!

[@the_really_tired_one]

the man HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THIS TIME IT US TRUE

[@oatstralia]

Thanks for introducing third order enclaves without making a tired Inception joke.

[@tomster4974]

0:16 this picture was used in my geography textbook in an exercice to point out which side was mexico and usa

[@robbiedibble556]

Very interesting! Thank you!

[@atulagl2008]

hey indias enclave problem resolved...india has now formed a new border with bangladesh

[@deplorabled1695]

Thank God for that, what a mess.

[@debalinasarkar3936]

Deplorable D yes coz both were the same country and it’s history and politics was way more complicated after the British rule ended

[@deplorabled1695]

@@debalinasarkar3936 India was not one country before the British arrived. Even I knew that. Stop blaming them, you have had decades to sort it out. If you are so motivated to go back to the old days why not merge Bangladesh and India again? By the way why do you keep fucking on Bangladesh each time there is a monsoon by opening up all your water ducts which causes catastrophe and thousands of deaths?

[@deplorabled1695]

@randomm User1237589 Every border you say? Like the one between Mexico and USA? The one between Alaska and USA? The border between Sweden and Norway? All England's fault? Every single one of them? You're obsessed. Like a jealous ex husband. Let it go.

[@stuckonautomatic]

I just looked up the India-Bangladesh enclaves and the third order enclave seems to be uninhabited (26°08'53.3"N 88°45'44.9"E). Just a piece of land with grass and trees. Worst case would have been if it was an apartment building with the border police guarding the front door.

[@thelibertyking6735]

I think its entirety is a farmland, but idk I just got that from rumors.

[@derpymule7977]

God, I remember watching this video in school 6 years ago, this is incredibly nostalgic to watch

[@meetdalal98]

For anyone's information, Problem of India-Bangladesh enclave problem is solved, and lands were exchanged on 31st JUly 2015, Midnight.

[@gargos25]

Wow 7:23! I will go and live in Bir Tawil! 1. No taxes! 2. No government! 3. No pesky marketers! 4. A lot of sun! 5. Free sand! 6. No neighbours!

[@LewackaWiewiorkaPodbijaSwiat]

AKAP heaven.

[@gargos25]

Pitruź PL What does "AKAP" mean, Pitruz?

[@LewackaWiewiorkaPodbijaSwiat]

Dušan Cholvad I should write "Ancap", because it is more in english language. Ancap is Anachro-capitalism. I wrote it for joke.

[@THE1gameaddict]

Dušan Cholvad The best part is that if you strike oil, the american government will kindly offer you some democracy

[@tonybates7870]

I'm packing my bags for Bir Tawil right now...

[@leokk12345]

Very intresting videos!! You won a subscriber. Keep doing this awesome videos, i love Geography

[@davidsmith8376]

Loved this.

[@braxtonthelucario2129]

Decade old video being recommended to me again Ive watched it so many times years ago

[@ViceCityDJ]

I'd like to claim 2 square metres of antartica and call it "The Republic of Coldland".

[@matteorapo2940]

You can't because of Antarctic treaty

[@kwcy92]

David Rocastle It's freaking freezing there. Why don't you claim Bir Tawil instead?

[@JP_Wu]

Ken Wong Because that's freaking hot, and dusty.

[@dylanica3387]

Ken Wong cold > Too hot

[@aperfectgloomyloomy4576]

David Rocastle Will there be taxes?

[@vovacat1797]

"Да, я тоже" = Yes, me too

[@notaco2hu]

Владимир Кузнецов its pronounced “da, ya tozshe” :)

[@kamakiriad]

Yes! My Russian is a bit rusty, but I thought that's what it said...

[@919fishing]

нет нет нет нет нет нет нет неееет

[@EriksGarbage]

Yes, I too

[@mostafa1yaqoup]

THANK YOU

[@oliversmalley7771]

I heard a pupper in the background while you were recording the intro! Pupper is good.

[@grimnightstalker]

KZbin randomly opened this vid after one video, and I wasn't watching but I loved the accent, now I'm watching o.O

[@EdMcF1]

The border between Baarle-Hertog/Nassau was completely open in the 1980s as there was already a Customs Union in place before Schengen. The shops had price labels pre-Euro in both currencies, Francs and Guilders.

[@SilverWave64]

7:11 - I'm gonna buy Bir Tawil and make my own country! ;)

[@matthewgoodman7588]

sure its big but look at the location

[@SilverWave64]

Matthew Goodman I don't care...It's great for producing sun energy! ;)

[@matthewgoodman7588]

SilverWave great point :)

[@SilverWave64]

Gonna make some business! ;)

[@MatthewMcVeagh]

Ah you beat me to it! I had that idea!

[@rooshovhannes7592]

Imagine waking up like: "honey im gonna go to belgium just to get some milk"

[@redellafestafd1084]

And then: "ok love, but don't forget to bring our childs at Netherlands' public school..." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@gamermapper]

Living in Saint Louis, Alsace, France which was very close to the tripoint of Switzerland and Germany was like that

[@VeracityLH]

Excellent video. I'll watch the sequels when my brain stops hurting.

[@sereysothe.a]

i fucking hate country A. i'm from city C in country B and my descendants lived under the country A occupation and they experienced first hand the cruelty and inhumane tactics that army A used during the ABC war

[@opaco2850]

Oh god country A is the FUCKING WORST. Army A almost nuked country B's Alphabet City. It was a dark time. a dark time indeed.

[@mousefoot]

+Bloop “Bloop” Bloopers ha, losers, im from country q. we have the most advanced society on the planet. (mostly because no one cares about us and leaves us alone)

[@opaco2850]

Jakob Saggytits They only make you believe youre the most advanced. in realty it is ruled under an oppressive regime with absolute control. Open your eyes kid, youre never getting out

[@mousefoot]

+Bloop “Bloop” Bloopers fuck you, CAPITALIST (ayy), our great leader knows whats advanced and what's not.

[@opaco2850]

Jakob Saggytits you country q degenerates just can tlook around can you. YOU'RE LIFE IS A LIE. Your beloved "leaders: have complete and total control. the reason no one attacks you is because we don't want war with your totalitarian government. Don't listen to their false propaganda. open your eyes

[@robertogrigolatto8565]

It kind of makes me sad that India and Bangladesh have swapped their enclaves and exclaves, not only because this episode is outdated now, but also because the border looked so cool before. ): I'm happy people living there will have an easier life from now on, though.

[@danielowen2884]

+Robert Gratto It does look cool but it's probably for the best, no schools/hospitals, high crime, no utilities. Having said that, that's still the case for a lot people enclave or otherwise

[@pranjalverma2968]

+Daniel Owen Yeah! Finally Land Boundary Agreement concluded between Indo-Bangladesh.Much needed relief to India and will help in checking migration.

[@faisalenayet3662]

+Daniel Owen Hi, I am a Bangladeshi. Do you really know about those places that you comment like that? Firstly, no hospital/school or other facilities as because the government was not permitted to build structures. But they could easily use the other one's around them. There were NO RESTRICTION for the people in Bangladesh part. Secondly, can you provide any source to back up " high crime, no utilities", please.

[@BibaswannBandyopadhyay]

+ Faisal: I agree there was high crime, no utilities as opposed to your comment. In the Bongaon area, I saw them how they lived. I live in Kolkata, where we have everything. And only 200 KM farther, they had no electricity, gas, water, transport and those places were dens for criminals and smugglers as there were no jurisdiction of any police. Neither Bangladesh's nor West Bengal Police

[@bruno.drv1016]

I agree

[@neenah45]

and the song is five cards shuffle? This is GREAT

[@TAKTlmao]

Until i saw the 2013 part i thought this was 2020... This video is so good!

[@quickwimnl]

Baarle (Hertog and Nassau). The only place I stop with my truck, get out in the Netherlands, walk trough Belgium to the rear of my truck in The Netherlands. The goods in the trailer are in Belgium and my loadingboard is in the Netherlands. So am I importing or exporting the goods?

[@JoeMartinez18]

Idk... but it's perhaps the only place where you illegilly import and export your breakfast.

[@Greendotz]

4:01 probably the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a while. Two doorbells though, I love it!

[@invictus241]

This is my 7th time watching this through the years and it still entertains me

[@chinesefoodoil3625]

Me: *calls my mom* Hi mom, I left my suitcase in belgium Mom- WHAT! IM GONNA KIL- Me: No, Im at the border. Mom- oh ok..

[@user-tg2kz7wy6i]

well seriously, my head gonna explode if i pass Bangladesh to India.

[@s.m.ataurrahman7052]

yup, both countries have armies on their border, and they are always ready to shoot. It is really bad, but politicians of both countries are ignoring it.

[@ManishSingh-xo1fb]

Nope. India has already given a large part of its enclaves to Bangladesh last years. And kept of some of Bangladeshis enclaves. The situation arose, when British partitioned Bengal along Religious lines ( this was simply to quell down the anti colonialism whose hotbed was Bengal). So what the clever British did was to simply divide the districts. Now districts do not have perfect staright borders. Add to the fact this area is also a iant swamp and get flooded every monsoon and some part of land gets lost or eroded away. Anyways most of the India Bangladesh is fenced, india fenced the border because when Islamist govt came in Bangladesh, that border became a major route for Pakiatani spies, Pakistani trained terrorists, and fake currency (which wrecked havoc on the economy). Anyways with a progressive govt at Bangladesh things are again looking up.

[@afia_begum_chowdhury]

India-bangladesh enclave problem is solved.

[@indianball7869]

Not really because in 2015 we exchanged enclaves and now there are proper borders. India on the west and Bangladesh on the east

[@oneforallah]

@@afia_begum_chowdhury I love your name it's such a cute name "Afia"

[@Thoomas2001]

I have been in Baarle Nassau / Baarle Hertog before and it's pretty fun. On the road you see all kinds of crosses stretching everywhere, with one side behind the crosses having a 'B' for Belgium and the other side has an 'NL' for the Netherlands, but of course this guy explained that. There's also a miniature version of the two cities inside of a little capsule and if you press a button, the miniature Baarle Hertog rises upwards and miniature Baarle Nassau sinks downwards.

[@icturner23]

I knew all these details before but it’s still a very satisfying video. I used to live in Melilla and it’s annoying that articles always refer to it as an ‘enclave’.

[@justsubscribetomeifyouseem7798]

Wow good content

[@aaronh1605]

If you count Native American reservations, North America holds the world record for most enclaves.

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Yeah but reservations aren't actually independent, at least not in Canada. They still get services and support from the government.

[@narwhallegion8583]

The reservations are part of the US, there just not part of any state

[@michaelellis8726]

Aaron H 100th like and watch p2 or p3

[@tanyathon7616]

north america is no country

[@nazukah2861]

@Phillip Aubin But Guam and Puerto Rico are territories, and are directly controlled by the Federal government

[@hereLiesThisTroper]

I like to call the border between Denmark and Germany as a 'zone'. Why? So that the next time I'm driving my car across the border and someone calls me asking where I was, I could then reply, I'm in the Highway to the Dane-Ger Zone!

[@millionlilstars]

_sheds a tear_

[@awoogi]

hereLiesThisTroper You are an amazing human being.

[@mingming4983]

hereLiesThisTroper You reminded me of the lyrics of the Belgian song for esc2017. It's stuck in my head now :|

[@rjfaber1991]

I don't know if you've ever crossed the Denmark-Germany border, but it is (by Western European standards, at least) a completely desolate and nigh-uninhabited plot of land in the middle of nowhere. If you want to experience Dane-Ger there (and yes, I do like the pun), you'll have to create it yourself...

[@triplev-th2kw]

0:35 who noticed country A was the exact same shape as lesotho the largest envlaved nation

[@atirkahn]

Understandable why he didn’t talk about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lol

[@TheLostStars]

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[@ItzTocaSiana]

I mean Palestine is technically not a country

[@TheLostStars]

@@ItzTocaSiana correct

[@atirkahn]

How about we don't get into this, no matter what any of us say and no matter who says it, it could turn ugly... So I would advise not to continue

[@gamermapper]

@@ItzTocaSiana it's in the UN observer status

[@thefremddingeguy6058]

Imagine if the Schengen Area didn't exist.... Guy who lives in a split-country house in Baarle: Time to make my breakfast. (Goes to the kitchen) Guard: Stop right there! I need your passport, your visa, and your ID to enter Belgium! Guy: Fine, fine. After breakfast.... Guy: I need to get to my front door. Can I pass? Guard: I need your passport, your visa, and your ID to enter the Netherlands. Guy: It's on the table. Guard: It's not in Belgium?! Alright you're not allowed back to the Netherlands.

[@smpark12]

RIP

[@katiehedervary2413]

I would’ve said, “Dude, this my house.”

[@Ed19601]

@The Friend of Dinge: yet they managed quite well before Schengen existed, centuries before Schengen existed, there was no border control there and as far as I remember even before the entire EU I never had to show my passport going into Belgium. After Schengen yes I do t have to show a passport at .ost of the EU Borders but do have to show it much much more just about anywhere else within the country

[@joerogers1120]

gotta love the picture of that captain pointing

[@gbkgames2087]

4:01 Imagine that there people would need passport to go to Netherlands (I mean if born in Belgium) Well... You cannot go to the other side of house cuz otherwise youll be caught and going to jail