The OLDEST, Shortest & Weirdest Border In The World - SPAIN

Spain has the worlds most interesting borders; including
The Oldest Border in the world
The Shortest Border in the world
& The most accidental border??
Here's a run down on all of them
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[@campolindo18]

Brilliant video. Just one correction. I believe that border controls were done until 1992 when they introduced the Schengen treaty in Spain. I'm not 100% sure tbh but I think so.

[@ibx2cat]

You're right! It even seems it wasn't fully implemented until 1995, although border controls were lax before that. Will pin your comment as a correction - my bad.

[@seaharrier567]

ibx2cat just one more correction (though its more of an expansion) Portugal has the oldest alliance in the world with Britain which was formed in 1373 and then ratified in 1386 in the treaty of Windsor. They specifically formed it to stop Spain and/or any other nations threatening Portugal due to its smaller size

[@campolindo18]

ibx2cat Thank you, no problem mate :)

[@SpielkindFR]

Yes, also not all members of the EU are members of the schengen-area.

[@skgsergio]

Max Bräutigam ibx2cat Ceuta and Melilla have controls when you are going out from those cities to the rest of Spain or other Schengen countries. This is due a previous agreement between Spain and Morocco that allows Ceuta people cross the border to Tetouan and Melilla people to Nador and viceversa without visas or passport. So they have to do outbound control from this two cities. You might find this interesting.

[@darktrooper9813]

Freedom units were meant as a joke but the funny thing is they gave me a better idea of the island’s size than the metric units lmao.

[@bellajaid]

They speak at American speeds and are angry at themselves that they can't keep up, lol.

[@dellaboca9737]

Lmafo the gun shows help with that 🤣🤣🤣

[@ReidHenderson]

you can show me how long a MM or a CM or a KM is and being from America I will still attempt to make peace with it by trying to figure out In my head how many inches feet or miles that is! Honestly our measurements make less sense but not to us Americans. Metric just throws us off!

[@J0hnD0e]

Although he speaks fast to some people, he does enunciate well. right ? I'd rather have him speak that way than have to watch four times longer video. There are people that speak this fast or faster and you can't understand. He was clearly speaking I think.

[@user-oj7en8xx3g]

Condominium?

[@KAHTHEOFFICIAL]

@@user-oj7en8xx3g you ?

[@bingola45]

Gabble. Interesting subject, though. Must learn about it sometime.

[@jcr5083]

I completely agree. As a Spaniard myself can say that his fast but articulating way of speaking makes him easy to understand, which is really nice bc it helps at practicing my english

[@txikitofandango]

Spain and France fighting over Isla de los Faisanes: "It's ours!" "No, ours!" Spain and France fighting over nearby Hamburger Restaurant: "It's yours!" "No, yours!"

[@EatTheCreeperNow0]

It’s more like that with Egypt and Sudan

[@mocuro1200]

😂😂

[@rigsa]

Not sure why everyone are complaining about the speed, I watched the video in 1.25x speed and understood everything perfectly lol Also a great and informative video, keep it up 👍🏻

[@mcnuggetsferg1685]

I think the speed is just perfect but he rambles a bit which makes it a bit incoherent. I thought it was fine although he does need to refine his craft but he will go on to make excellent videos one day if he chooses.

[@lafox2833]

I watched it in 1.50x speed still understandable

[@johnnyharris]

awesome!! Loved this. I did a documentary on Melilla last year for mY Vox Borders series. Really interesting stuff!

[@asdfghjklyfyfyv]

came here from Andrew

[@shulzcomps3788]

4:15 I am watching on August 1, so that means France have just today regained control of the island

[@bellajaid]

I love how you are so excited! You keep speaking how you speak and doing your thing! Awesome job!

[@fmartin09]

I am originally from Spain and have to say that you did a great job with your research. Keep these vids coming. They're very informative. Cheers!

[@juliandominguez5011]

As a spanish speaker i can confirm that we can understand portuguese well but as you said portuguese speakers can understand spanish even easier for some reason, it is pretty cool

[@yoshui]

9:25 "One of Europes only exclaves" Germany with its 6 exclaves and Italy with its exclave in Switzerland: "Helo?" Netherlands and Belgium with its border mess: "ayyo bruh"

[@OHYS]

Exactly what I thought

[@casuallystalled]

mybe an exclave that's not in europe

[@livispuzzled]

russia with kaliningrad: 😀👍

[@user-yi7xm9uz5e]

bosnia also in serbia

[@jennjeff1]

WoW! That is a fascinating geography briefing on Spain's 5 borders! You also saved the most interesting for last....the 18 meter border.

[@truiteteam3428]

Search : Belgium and Nederlands borders... it's just amazing, some house/doors are between both countries ! no joke.

[@Justice4NounTTP]

I know it is hilarious. I used to live in Holland and did not know about it. I saw a video on it years after. LOL

[@QoraxAudio]

I assume you mean the issue of the village Baarle-Nassau? It has many random patches of land in the middle of the village that are Belgian territory called Baarle-Hertog.

[@AndreSomers]

@@QoraxAudio Yup. If you think that there are only a few enclaves in Europe, well, there are 23(!) already right there between Belgium and the Netherlands.

[@QoraxAudio]

@@AndreSomers yeah I know about it, but the 'Baarle-Nassau region' is a very extreme/extraordinary case haha

[@infinitecanadian]

Canada and the U.S.A. share a library. You can come and go as you please from the Canadian side, but the American side requires customs.

[@benny_lee]

I thought everyone knew about Gibraltar.

[@luiskp7173]

I thnk at least is more prominent than Andorra

[@christopherellis2663]

I've been to the Rock, but not to Portugal or Andorra. Caught the Euskotren from Hendaye, that's a Spanish station in France. One can get a bus from Barcelona to Andorra

[@user-iv8dj4hw1b]

In Europe, I'm positive we all know about it.

[@bo0tsy1]

Citation needed Jimmy (Kimmel).

[@kennandunn7533]

Mark Norville dear Europe, without looking it up, name the 4 states that make up 4 corners.

[@onlineamiga]

There is a zip line between Spain and Portugal which I found an amazing experience and a way of crossing a border (and a time zone) between two countries :) Tom Scott did a great video on it .

[@AndreyAngulo]

wow! that was a very productive geography lesson in only 25 minutes! I learned a lot of interesting stuff here, very well done!

[@brianbrooks673]

People in comments have said about him talking too fast, I recommend playing it at 75% speed.

[@ryanmitcham5522]

This popped up in my recommended videos and glad it did. First video I've seen of yours and an easy subscribe. Love your passion for the topic. Was quite surprised to see the negative comments here, loved the pace. Really enjoyed the video, cheers!

The Spanish king Phillip II of Spain actually took the Portuguese crown after King Sebastian of Portugal died without an heir, it was called the Iberian Union and happened between 1580 and 1640 (whole 80 years!). Lots of fun happened in this period, like Brazilian explorers roaming around and settling beyond the previous border between the Spanish and Portuguese Americas, so Brazil got a lot bigger than before the union. Also, the Dutch were somehow pissed and invaded many Portuguese colonies in this period, like the Brazilian northeast, Sri Lanka and their trading posts in Africa and Japan.

[@miguelpaixao7854]

Eduardo Ganança 60 years

:o

[@martpuk5608]

Interesting

[@Daetaur]

1369-1385 the kingdoms of Portugal and Castilla fought several (succession) wars. 1762-63 French-Spanish army invaded due to the Seven Year's War. It's amazing the border is that old, considering how many times Spain and Portugal chose different sides on multinational wars.

[@marujitadiaz9019]

Correction: Phillip II of Habsburg wasn't king "of Spain", that's just fictional Spanish nationalist propaganda (unless you also want to count the kings of Portugal as kings of Spain). At that time there were no Kingdom of Spain, which wasn't created until the early 18th century, while Philip of Anjou, Philip V of Bourbon was in the throne. Phillip II was (among others) king of the Crown of Castile and king of the Crown of Aragon. On the other hand, you failed to mention that Portugal was actually invaded and occupied by the troops of Phillip II of Habsburg. They fought a battle and there were sacks. It wasn't a voluntary and peaceful dynastic union, what also helps explain why didn't last much.

[@skinpro2000]

Great video! I never even thought about people being interested in studying the borders, you have so much information very awesome stuff. Thumbs up!

[@sofiag8962]

10:35 many of the villages of that region, and even more as you go to the west, have these "odd" names (-arre, ar-, -ui, -an, ur-) because etymologically they're of Basque origin. According to some scholars, Basque was spoken in that region until the eleventh century

[@jp6548]

I'm always been fascinated by Spain

[@-Excelsius-]

AI AC LOL I’m Spanish living in UK and I believe it depends of the person you’re speaking with... some English people speak like Busta Rhymes , specially here in Bristol with some of them speaking slang... ffs. Anyway I think spanish people speak louder, but not that fast as polish, French or Australians, for example. And I’m recepcionist 😂

[@ddskimmer]

JP, same here! I am of Spanish descent and never been to Spain. I hear about it in videos like these. I'm a bit angry at the Spanish government for my brother tried to become Spanish citizen but he was denied because he was an American citizen first, thus they look at it from this perspective. They didn't want to hear that he was a child and had nothing to do with it...but so is the case.

[@monsieurhulot8273]

Juan Romero Garcia you should hear how fast Mexicanos speak down here in South Texas. I’m of Mexican heritage and I can’t even keep up. Not to mention South Texas Spanish has it’s own specific slang which can be even harder to follow! 25 and still trying to learn haha

[@jackhutchinson1457]

@@ddskimmer anyone can become a Spanish citizen but you have to renounce your other citizenship because they don’t allow dual nationality

[@dragonshane]

Very interesting video.. and i'm american :) I see a lot of comments on you talking too fast but I didn't mind at all. You seemed excited and passionate about this, kept it going at a good pace without any slow boring parts. Well done!

[@trumanburbank6899]

Great job. I'm surprised that you kept my interest up for 24 minutes. I never imagined that borders could be that interesting.

[@stevemisog]

Loved it! Very informative and highly entertaining. I love learning stuff from someone who is enthusiastic about the subject.

[@metalhos]

After the huge success of "Fun with Flags" enjoy "Blazed by Borders".

[@avoughtf4u-4corsair19]

Big bang theory?

[@bruhz_089]

@@avoughtf4u-4corsair19 small bang theory

[@Pedroelshulo]

Great video, clicked on it because I happen to be born and raised in Melilla, one of the North African enclaves. You might find insteresting how our borders were formed, although Melilla existed since 1497, the official land delimitation was carried away centuries later by firing 14 cannonballs that would ultimately define the Spanish territory. Ceuta on the other hand was a Portuguese city that chose to become Spanish after the Iberian Union was disbanded, and thus his "jironada" Portuguese-style flag

[@joesammon3295]

Pedro del Pino Whats life like in Melilla?

[@Zer0Spinn]

Joe Sammon Amazing hash

[@joaoazevedo9801]

LjFJDhs, Spain in 711??? AHAHHAHAHAHAHHA Spain is a fake state forged in the 19th century by the losing Castile and is not a nation, not even today. Spain is doomed to break off at some pint in the near future. Spain is an outright historic fraud. Even the name was stolen from a Roman province ahahha LOSERS

[@alvaropuerta5283]

Don't be jealous about Spain please.

[@joaoazevedo9801]

@@alvaropuerta5283 LOL Historical reality.

[@ShawNshawN]

I lived in Spain and this is a great deep dive into the weird boundaries of Spain. Love it!

[@ravenasif]

love the video.......it was genuinely entertaining. thanks for the effort. and definitely reminded me of fun with flags. lol, keep up the great work.

[@alexritchie4586]

Love your enthusiasm! Always cheers me up 🙂 The strange thing about the man detained at Tokyo Airport is that he claimed to be from Taured, a country slightly larger and older than Andorra, but in its approximate location. The weirdest thing is he produced a Tauredian passport with valid visa stamps, some Tauredian currency, and Tauredian stamped travel documents...

[@alexritchie4586]

PS. Spain has also never had any real desire to annex Portugal because 1) The Spanish and Portugese monarchies were intermarried for hundreds of years, and 2) Britain has the world's oldest mutual protection pact with Portugal against Spanish aggression... and we love having lots of little nooks and crannies around Spanish territory to keep our eyes on them.

[@14Steve67]

Brilliantly eccentric presentation! Love It!

[@topnotchpep]

Thank you for taking the time for making this video, man. Very interesting. And I mean it. I am from Catalonia, and pretty many facts you pointed out about Spain I was not aware of. Well done. Plus, you have one of the most understandable accents from brits that I've heard of. Speed is ok, time is the most valuable asset both for you and us. That said, the time invested in watching your video has been profitable to me thanks to your research. So thank you.

[@ibx2cat]

I'm glad you liked the video, it means a lot to me. This is part of a border series on the channel, so at the risk to self promoting perhaps you'd like to see some other videos in the same series too? Would be interested in your feedback

[@soniarose1983]

Thanks for getting on with it , and for being interesting. I liked it!

[@paolazo-l4790]

Ceuta and Melilla have always been Spanish cities, they were funded by Spain even before the existence of Morocco. So no, they cant ask back what they never had.

[@harec666]

But just like Gibraltar nowadays they don't make much sense. Useless problematic cities full of people desperate to continue being Spanish or British but with no real nacional identity.

[@filipedk]

ceuta and melilla were not founded by spain neither they were always spanish

[@paolazo-l4790]

If you wish, yes they were Berber villages I think, then Romain..., but Melilla became Spanish in 1497 and Morocco became Morocco with the Alaouite Dynastie in 1631. So, never been Moroccan and Ceuta was Portuguese then became Spanish. Never been moroccan neither

[@eliseomartinez7911]

filipedk no ceuta was founded by Portugal

[@kevinverdon4341]

And no you give Cueta to the Moroccans and we might talk about Gibraltar.

[@lqr824]

I wouldn't say Livia is Europe's only exclave. Italy and Germany both have tiny pieces inside Switzerland. Kaliningrad is an exclave of Russia, though not surrounded by another state. And there are a huge peppering of pieces of Belgium inside Netherlands, including, if I recall correctly, one piece of Belgium inside a piece of the Netherlands inside a piece of Belgium that's inside the Netherlands.

[@Bryzerse]

Yeah, I saw that part of the video and checked the comments for this!

[@patriksonestad8208]

Yeah, check out Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassau in hm, well, Netherlands, sort of ;)

[@doffer115]

Thank you, was going to comment on the Belgian exclave in a Dutch exclave inside a Belgian exclave in the Netherlands, but you nailed it!

[@llamasugar5478]

I thought he said “one of the only exclaves . . .” but need to listen at a still slower speed to be sure.

[@IETCHX69]

Exclave and enclave , BOTH have 2 'E' s in it .

[@RobertHultman]

Very interesting! I enjoyed watching it. Love your enthusiasm.

[@danielbenavides3788]

good of you to give so much information on something is so fascinating.

[@noahtge4676]

Does the island that changes every 6 months change on Google maps when the border changes?

[@ibx2cat]

Let's find out on August 1st :)

[@rogerblackwood8815]

No it didn't, I just checked the exact same thing!

[@tcookiem]

Yea he made a video on it, it actually doesn't lol

[@tylermarshall639]

I like how fast you talk it means I get to lisen to more stuff in less time

[@ashleyashleym2969]

I'm Portuguese (my first language is English though) and I was actually warned not to take Spanish in school because I was told it would mess up my Portuguese. I didn't listen, took Spanish anyway and yep it messed up my Portuguese so now I can speak Spaortuguese lol I mix the languages up because I often forget which words and pronunications belong to which language.

[@alvinb1959]

Cool video - really enjoyed it - Thanks for compiling this

[@corsacs3879]

Freedom units 😂 amazing

[@erkinalp]

He is in favor of metric units.

[@inplumbumnosfides3883]

An AR 15 won't give you freedom. Americans used their ballots to throw their freedom away. They lost it even though they had hundreds of thousands of automatic weapons.

[@coachvaz242]

Dave Soucy Americans don't have hundreds of thousands of automatic weapons. The military and some police do. But regular citizens owning one is very rare and incredibly expensive.

[@inplumbumnosfides3883]

CoachVaz24 Coach. Fake news. I know several people who have one or more automatic weapons. Not sure where your research comes there are 3 gun shops near me that are stocked with AR 15s

[@coachvaz242]

In plumbum nos fides AR15s are SEMI-automatic.

[@Ken-er9ec]

THIS WAS ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTING ! Thank you !

[@kandyapple2210]

wow, that was a great video and you are an excellent presenter, SUBSCRIBED

[@3l14sw4rt1m3]

"Why didn't Spain just invade Portugal?" Well, they tried :^)

[@konraarthursson7217]

Never stop making Geography videos!!!!! AMAZING WORK

[@finnmorris5256]

i'm from the usa and i didnt realize how long the island that switches countries was until he brought up 19 AR-15's long

[@alexakkers2859]

Great video! i live in Spain and I didn’t know many of the things you explain

[@Mezayah]

All of you who who can’t keep up, just chose .75 as playspeed and he’s speaking at a “normal” pace (instead of complaining, I enjoy the quick pace)

[@jcannoncraig]

Agreed. Why complain about something with such a simple remedy. Hell, I tend to speed most videos up when they long; if I think I missed something or I just want to look at something better, I just back it up a little bit. People look for a reason to piss and moan about shit.

[@Bandino38]

Mezayah yeah! You are so right! Thanx! Appreciate that...

[@bothellkenmore]

I'm finding that 100 people making the same comment WAY more annoying than someone's speech patterns.

[@brucehoward3233]

He isn't speaking fast, some people just think slow.

[@brandonle6236]

wait...its a he? and i thought it was a woman...

[@JanVoo]

I don’t think Llivía is European’s only example of an enclave/exclave situation. In the Netherlands we have a village called “Baarle-Nassau” which shares some interesting enclaves/exclaves with the Belgian village of Baarle-Hertog. There are even subenclaves (enclaves within enclaves). You should really make a video on that subject!

[@AroWolfArts]

"one of the only" does not equal " the only"

[@JanVoo]

You're right. I must have misheard it. Sorry! Still the Baarle-Nassau story should be an interesting one, too

[@CallieMasters5000]

Campione d'Italia, Italian city on Lake Lugano located entirely in Switzerland. You can go there for all-night pizza and casino.

[@mjouwbuis]

Aro actually "one of the only" does not exist, so that's no fault of Jan V. It is either "the only" or "one of the few".

[@stuartofblyth]

+Jan V I was in Llívia and Andorra in early May and the two Baarles in September 2016. I got some stroopwafels on the market.

[@odinncool]

I loved this video, thank you!

[@solarpurplestarlight]

Very nice video ibx2cat! I've subscribed and am glad to find a videographer, who has high energy and a passion for this kind of information! I look forward to watching more from you. Happy New Year! =)

[@Kschychooo]

As for Andorra. The leaders/princes are President of France and a Bishop of Diocese of Urgell in Spain whom currently is Joan-Enric Vives i Sicilia. So he's just a Catholic Bishop and not Prince. For the Japanese dude it is called a Man from Taureed and when he was asked to point where his country is he was surprised that there was different country called Andorra. He was taken to hotel to get things straighten out next day but dissipated next day without trace or explanation.

[@Kschychooo]

But a nice video and all ;)

[@marujitadiaz9019]

The Bishop of Urgell is also Co-Prince of Andorra, likewise, the current president of the French Republic is also the other Co-Prince.

[@tonybennett4159]

Sadly, Andorra is really pretty boring. It's dedicated to duty free, there's one main road that passes from the low Spanish side to high on the French side, but with nothing very special to look at, then when you get close to the French border, you have to sit in a traffic jam because of all the French people crossing, buying, then returning. Best to avoid, frankly.

[@marujitadiaz9019]

*tony bennett,* dude, in the Principate of Andorra (there are more than one Andorra) there are more things than "duty free" stores/stores. There are ski resorts, a large thermal spa resort, Romanic churches, alpine mountains, lakes, natural preserves, hiking trails, 4x4 trails, rafting in white waters, etc. In that sense it's much better equipped than the Principate of Monaco.

[@tonybennett4159]

I agree with your assessment of Monaco, Marujita, pretty on the surface but how many unsavoury international wheeler dealers are in residence there? I've travelled much of the Pyrenees (mainly in summer), seen ski resorts, spas, churches, been on fantastic hiking trails and gone white water rafting. However, I have never felt so enclosed as on that central road through Andorra, nor trapped in a duty free traffic jam, so my recommendation still stands : visit the fabulous Pyrenees by all means, but you'll have an easier time of it if you avoid Andorra. Sorry, any Andorrans out there.

[@pfdrtom]

19 AR-15s long! As a Texan I proudly say you just earned my sub! Also if you're not a history prof at a uni you should be!

[@misterlaith4308]

as a texan i second this

[@luren]

I love it how excited you're about this haha so funny but cool!

[@dperry913MusicTracks]

Cool, thanks for sharing!

[@maneatingcheeze]

Spain and Portugal were unified in the Iberian Union from 1580-1640.

[@sundhaug92]

Except that was a personal union, they were separate countries with a single king

[@marujitadiaz9019]

*sundhaug92,* those weren't "separate countries" because Spain wasn't even one single "separate country" at that time. To be more specific, the Kingdom of Spain didn't even exist back in 1580.

[@maneatingcheeze]

Ultimately the were no countries as we know it today because the treaty of westphalia which established modern nationstates did not exist until 8 years after the disolution of the Iberian Union.

[@pipipo2]

Marujita Díaz the kingdom of Spain exists since Carlos I entered the throne in 1516

[@ruiazevedo2240]

The kingdom of Spain was only created in the 19th century and its first king was French (José Bonaparte) as is the current one.

[@nikoachtzehn4776]

Such relaxing videos. Thanks toycat!

[@SpanishDio]

Love your video and your excitement about geography and borders!

[@armandorodriguez6447]

Amazing wow,so intriguing....wish I would of known all this some time ago...thanks 👍

[@user-oj7en8xx3g]

At 0.75x playback speed, I can just about keep up.

[@amirboutabaa9028]

I put 1.25 on every video, saves time.

[@jeffparis5425]

You were talking so fast my clock started running backwards.

[@comcastjohn]

Just when I thought Sheldon Coopers “Fun with flags” was a hoot, now we have Ibx2cat “Fun with Borders” 🤠🙀

[@jjar2561]

Always enjoy your work - another great video! One thing you might have mentioned is the former micro state of Couto Misto on the Spanish Portuguese border

[@hirambodon7086]

19 AR-15's long, freedom units😂

[@erikugartezarraga4471]

Spain doesn't border the UK because Gibraltar is not a part of the UK but a non self-governing territory under British rule, which is very different.

[@Ynysmydwr]

You're quite right that Gibraltar is not a part of the UK (it's a British Overseas Territory) -- but it IS self-governing in all areas except defence and foreign policy. One weird thing, though, is that Gibraltar remains on the United Nations' list of "non-self-governing territories" despite the fact that the UK government declared in 2008 that Gibraltar's continued inclusion in the list was "an anachronism".

[@Martim89]

Sorry to correct you! Gibraltar is not part of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales, and so for that reason and legally speaking Gibraltar does not belong to any country. But in fact, as any british overseas territories, does not belong to any country but does belong to the union of the countries, called United Kingdom, despite the economic autonomy. That's the reason they are considered British, and so Spain has land border with UK.

[@wayneseniorjnr1606]

Im Gibraltarian born and bread in Gibraltar and we have been British since 1704 and British we stay forever 🇬🇮🇬🇧🇬🇮🇬🇧🇬🇮

[@xavisanchez7522]

Sorry, but gibraltar never belong to spain, as spain was created in 1784, so never had spanish rulers in gibraltar

[@ricardofreitasl]

It is UK wheather you like or not. Deal with it. :)

[@maickelhartlief5408]

i love your enthousiasm. great video!

[@mimis.4093]

Very good info! Thanks!

[@llamasugar5478]

Great video, especially set at 0.75x speed!

[@TheMarioManiac]

I love these videos!

[@jpstenino]

Love your intensity and excellent articulation

[@sellera]

i don't know how i ended up here, but i'm glad i did. amazing video, mate. you got yourself a brand new follower. greetings from brazil!

[@essell5482]

Lots of criticism here about the presentation style, I understood him perfectly, although I am English, so maybe that helps! However, that doesn't take away from the fact that this is a very interesting and well researched video.

[@okinny1]

@essell548: Not to be argumentative, but you notice that few other presentations are done at such a pace. There's a reason for this. It's nice that you can hear it well. But such presentations are intended for a wide audience with variable dialects and differing ages and levels or hearing and levels of comprehension, etc. There is little point in sending out a video that makes people strain to understand it. Unless, of course, this person intended to for you alone to enjoy the video. If that's the case, enjoy.

[@Oscuros]

Thomas O'Keefe , Yeah but as usual it's only yanks complaining and they are legendarily thick among the rest of us, so I don't take their little exceptionalist meltdowns very seriously, after all, they are scared of basic words like autumn or criticism and use other words instead.

[@okinny1]

@@will k : Ah, another British voice in the mix. Given the general theme of most of the commentary here, it is a brave soul that goes against the mainstream of opinion and, rather than remain silent and risk being thought a fool, chooses instead to comment and, in doing so, removes all doubt. Indeed it must be fascinating to learn that an english speaking country might consider english to be their first language while lesser spoken languages are thought of as secondary languages. A concept clearly not considered in some of the once thought of as "advanced" societies of the western world. The rest of us are going to have to start inventing things about which some such nations are no longer competent, since that nation has all but extinguished rational thought from its ranks.

[@okinny1]

@Oscuros: I see your point about Americans being thick, particularly when compared to the many advances offered by Great Britain's intellectual elite. For example, they invented ... that is to say they created ... um ... you know, ahhhh ... well I'm sure they'll think of something. Perhaps it will be akin to coming up with a definition for words that don't exist, like: "exceptionalist". While you ponder that against the backdrop of your exceptional intellect I'll muster what little courage an Americans can, as so often demonstrated beating and saving your country, as we so often must, and tell you that it is the pace of his speech, borne, I suspect, from his youth and inexperience rather than his nationality. But if a rue is what you prefer, I will clearly oblige.

[@essell5482]

Thomas O'Keefe: Just struggling to think of things invented in Great Britain, uhhm, let me think, ahh I know: internet, television, telephone, computer, refrigerator, antibiotics, the telegraph (leading to cell phones), ATMs, jet engine, electric motor, steam engine, pneumatic tyre, light bulb, vacuum cleaner, public railways, spoked wheel, kettle, cement, stainless steel, toothbrush, torpedo, telescope, syringe, lawnmower, road catseyes, disc brake, tin can, matches, carbon fibre, thermos flask, photography, toaster, hovercraft. Hmmm, seems you're right, there's literally nothing useful invented by the British!

[@janis551]

Can u make a video about the youngest million cities and there groth?

[@BorjaOjeda]

Holy shit, these were some of the most random 25 minutes I've ever spent on KZbin. Never thought I'd spend a Monday night listening to a Brit talk about the borders of my own country, so thank you for squeezing in sooo much info (your speech pace helped there, lol) and making it so oddly entertaining! Visit us again soon, un abrazo :)

[@Martin-sf8nx]

1:53 There is a french city named Condom. It had to be said.

[@VFChannelArchive]

Lmfao

[@jameskazd9951]

well they do say french is the most romantic culture

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

Grow up

[@joshuabarrios2789]

Regards from Spain, Barcelona. To all who may read my comment 👋

[@CarlosValenzuela-sx9xb]

Saludos desde Sevilla! :D

[@josecoronadonieto6911]

Hello from athens

[@josecoronadonieto6911]

Im spanish

[@drwalthermd]

!Suerte con obtener vuestra Libertad!

[@thebestshep]

Hello from Las Vegas Nevada USA 🇺🇸

[@jerrywaneka8886]

DON'T Slow down. I watch most You tube videos on 1.25 or 1.5 speed because they are tooooooo slow.

[@larryleyba6496]

Excellent lesson. I am going to have to learn more about all of this.

[@matthewneylon6966]

The way I geek out and *think* about cartography and topography is how you *speak* about it. I'm glad I stumbled on your channel. Cheers from the States.

[@MaxCarponera]

Another fact: The region of Spain just north of Portugal is called Galicia and has its own regional language. It's a mix of portuguese and spanish and it's not considered a dialect of any of them but a separate language. That's curious because Galicia was never part of Portugal not even after the roman empire.

[@levxzpzx]

But the North of Portugal was part of the Galician Kingdom down to Coimbra.

[@ruiazevedo2240]

@MaxCarponera, @levxzpzx, so many wrong things. Galiza (this is the original name in Portuguese) was part of Portugal more than once, NEVER the other way around. In the 14th century, Galicians voluntarily (and in a very emphatic fashion) acclaimed Portuguese king D. Fernando I in Galicia. There was no such thing called Galicia or Galicians in pre-Roman Lusitania. Galicians are originally Lusitanian and lusophone, as the biggest authority on pre-roman Iberian Peninsula (Estrabão) clarifies. Galicia is a piece of Portugal under Spanish rule and Galicians (as they themselves claim) are Portuguese forced to be Spaniards.

[@bilbohob7179]

you're wrong... Gallaecia is Roman Province(capital Bracara Augusta and Lucus augusti), south border in Douro river with Lusitanian Province. Next in time to roman province was Suevi Kingdom same borders. North Portugal is part of old Gallaecia. North Portugal is autentical Portugal, It got independence of Leon (Galicia remains) and it expand to south. Galicias are close to portuguese, but north-portuguese. I have own language, close but not portuguese and sorry definitely not Lisbon-portuguese. Note: Lusitania capital was Emerita Augusta today Merida in Spain.

[@ruiazevedo2240]

Bilbo hob I'm sorry to disappoint you and to put an end to your myth but what you said just doesn't correspond to the historical truth. There was no Galecia nor galegos prior to Rome (as big authority on pre-Roman Iberian Peninsula, Estrabão, points out). The calaicos were, as Estrabão said in his book "Geography", the Lusitanians living north of Douro. Even during early stages of Roman colonization on Iberian Peninsula, Galicia was the northern part of Lusitania province (read "Toward an understanding of Europe" by American teacher Alan W. Ertl), which says it all. The kingdom of Galicia is not relevant because it was created by Suebi, who were nothing but foreigners (the true name of the kingdom was "Regnum Suevorum" and the kings were Suebian!!!). It was Galicia who was part of Portugal more than once (14th century) and never the other way around, and it goes without saying that Portugal (in 12th century) gives national expression to the Lusitanian identity. Galiza is originally Lusitanian and lusophone. If it weren't for the Castilian meddling, Galiza would be the northernmost province of Portugal and galegos would speak Portuguese in this day and age.

[@bilbohob7179]

+Rui Azevedo which Portuguese? Lisboa Portuguese? No thanks...you distort too much the language.

[@ashrafteo3444]

I loved your video . One correction pls . People of Morocco Don't cross the border up on the walls . The rule of claiming we are on Europe doesn't apply on Moroccan people . Just for the rest of the southern countries of africa . Mostly the ones with civil wars exc... infact Iam from Tetouan city on morocco and we have the privilege to enter ceuta city without visa . Just passports . That rule apply only on tetouan city . We go to shop from ceuta Everytime we want man . Anyway thanxs for your video 👍

[@usarkarzts4207]

Yeah moroccans are weird. They cross trough the doors.

[@ZakiAzedani]

a very interesting video! Cheers.

[@poochthedog1]

Hi toy cat I watched your gaming channel for 2 years now and I only seen this channel today and I love geography Im loving this

[@ClemensReinkeProductions]

Very interesting video! However, I have one point of disagreement: Llivia is not the only exclave in Europe. Take a look at Campione D'Italia, which is an Italian exclave surrounded by Switzerland, located on the Lago di Lugano.

[@maghouinbeg5011]

There are many exclaves in Europe. The border of Belgium and Netherlands has about 30 exclaves. It's in the area of Baarle-Hertog(Belgium) and Baarle-Nassau (Netherlands). There's even counter-exclaces. The borders are marked with pins in the cobbles.

[@yorkgarulherr]

Clemens Reinke , there's also Kleinwalsertal which is Austrian territory in the Alps and can be accessed only from Germany. They are served by the German postal service and, before the Euro, had the Deutsche Mark as currency.

[@daggylmcgra9653]

Maghouin Beg; Ha haa. I can't comment on the Belgian character, having met only a handful in my lifetime, but that marking of the border with pins in the cobbles seems such a Dutch thing to do! : )

[@gognub]

Just want to point out that Gibraltar is not part of the UK. It's a British Overseas Territory of the UK. Meaning it is under the sovereignty of the UK but is not part of it itself.

[@billywillhite7682]

Loved the video, I get why he talks fast, he is passionate about the subject and I personally enjoyed that.

[@fuckmyego]

Hey I'm from NYC and i think that your talking speed is PERFECT. i normally watch videos on 1.5 speed but i could leave yours on normal. Thank you!

[@wildbill7267]

SLOW DOWN!!! Dude, I work with a bunch of New Yorkers and even I think you talk to fast.

[@CallieMasters5000]

He's cramming a one hour video into 25 minutes!

[@michaelomalley1856]

Ikr wtf slow down Hyper active much.

[@rafiqsaid4297]

well he talks fast but repeats a lot of words... he can cut out half of the words without loosing information.

[@tazzz69dazzermind35]

rafiq Said losing. (Losing) a game, a tablet, etc, etc. (Loose) A tooth is loose. A screw is loose, etc, etc. Lose & Loose mean 2 different things.

[@tazzz69dazzermind35]

I don't mind him talking fast. It's all comprehensible.

[@djphonique]

I think it's interesting to mention they have right-hand traffic in Gibraltar

[@Ynysmydwr]

???? What's all _that_ got to do with the price of fish? Anyway, just to make things clear: Gibraltar drives on the right and England (like the rest of the UK) drives on the left.

[@daggylmcgra9653]

@Trofknarf Alias; Yes I understand your logic and you make a reasonable argument, but alas it is flawed. The rules of the sea and those on land are different for good reason. My understanding is that horse traffic originally passed on the left hand side of each other because the majority of people were right handed and friendly greeting was carried out by a right handed wave, salute or handshake. But probably more importantly if it was an enemy you encountered or the meeting situation quickly deteriorated to violence you were able to draw your sword [usually hung on your left hand side] or lower your lance more easily to attack or defend yourself. Making the placing of your opponent to your right advantageous. If we are to believe what I have read, It was Napoleon who decreed that all French citizenry, and those under French control, should travel forward on the right hand side of the roadway in an effort to create confusion and upset the "invading" British army when they encountered them coming in the opposite direction. bringing chaos to the traditional passing rules.

[@daggylmcgra9653]

Oh and importantly I should mention that road or foot traffic [read horse mounted or drawn] was far more common and in earlier use than water borne traffic to the majority of travelers.

[@daggylmcgra9653]

I think you will find there were already road rules long in place [though possibly unwritten?] centuries before the invention of the automobile. How else could traffic have functioned in cities the size of London?

Great Job, easy to understand the subject.

[@martentrudeau6948]

Very interesting, good video, thank you.

[@EPMTUNES]

2:20 if you look where it says arrantzale auzoa there is a French excalve on the Spanish side!

[@BritishBeachcomber]

What about the border between the UK and the rest of Europe? It's been there since the last ice age!

[@SofaKingShit]

My good fellow, you could be a horse-race commentator or a horse auctioneer with that rate of speech. It's like you don't even have to pause for breath. Very impressive.

[@Edupion]

amazing video so nice and well done actually I did learn been spanish, very well done and very respectful for all sides.

[@timol458]

Video about all city states of the world. Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RuiOliveiraTV]

Singapure. Done. xD

[@Jwhatsup5]

It's "Singapore" my dear, although "pure" sounds better :P There is also Vatican City and a few others.

[@inv1ctus61]

Just another 90s kid Djibouti San Marino Singapore Vatican City and I think that's it unless you count Mexico City, Panama City, Guatemala City and Kuwait City. Edit: crap, also Monaco and Luxembourg (and maybe Andorra La Vella?) Edit 2: already 2 likes and posted 7 minutes ago...

[@Li.Siyuan]

Interesting video but God, CALM DOWN, please!

[@PPMP898]

😂

[@Li.Siyuan]

@H B I have no problem with his passion, on the contrary, I applaud him for it. The problem is that he talks so quickly - and I'm not the only person to notice and remark on it.

[@zyfez]

Dude you look so stoked to talk about this hahahahaha Awesome video, thanks!

[@stephanmarinovic1180]

Fascinating. Thank you.