Weird Country Borders Around the World

Get your passport ready because today we are looking at the weirdest country borders across the globe! Find out which countries have the strangest borders for even stranger reasons right here!
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[@passionxfruit]

switzerland is not part of the eu but generally we benefit from about the same regulations due to a seperate treaty

[@Colin.71]

I just commented that. It wouldn’t be a disaster unless you’re armed or land on Swiss shore with no permission or passport. The militant patrol groups themselves don’t know where the borders are inside the lakes, so they usually just let people drift around.

[@lilletrille1892]

The Schengen agreement isn't just EU. As far as I know, the EEA members are included.

[@Miasanmia7]

@@lilletrille1892 yeah, but that's not what the video said. I noticed it while watching, it straightforward said that Switzerland is in the EU.

[@wojtekpolska1013]

Switzerland is a part of Europe, but not the European Union. However they are part of the Schengen agreement.

[@alvinnorin8820]

​@@Miasanmia7 Well, they recently made a video where they put the British flag on Sweden soo.

[@dominict.8720]

"It provides Russia with a vital port in the Black Sea" -Kaliningrad (I'm sorry)

[@TheRadistai]

Both LIthuania and Poland have it's claims for Kaliningrad

[@365Condoms]

nice except some inaccuracies with Kaliningrad. It belonged to Prussia, then Germany, and does not have much to do with Poland. If anything Lithuania would be the one to claim it these days

[@cornedbeef19ch]

belguim and the netherlands, : its a free state.

[@Handicappedpenguins]

can we PLEASE see some maps if we're going to learn about weird borders

[@thegmasterpro338]

Up

[@fireflower1549]

Maybe you can answer this. Why an Airplane travel from California to Europe to Russia. Why not take North West Route in into Russia?

[@kewonevans]

@@fireflower1549 there are direct flights over the pacific to Russia from the US

[@Fireball_]

You SHOULD know where these are

[@bloodmasta1]

It’s way more fun google mapping it yourself, that Belgium/Netherlands one is truly insane haha

[@DaRoyalSaif]

Switzerland ain’t part of the EU, in 10:30 it says that it is.

[@mmosnow1281]

On #6 He also said Kaliningrad borders the Black Sea instead of the Baltic Sea

[@liveconcertshortvideos5712]

Right

[@dar2ski309]

In an hour that will be half the comment section

[@kevinm.7209]

Switzerland 🇨🇭 is NOT a member of the EU! Some basic research please🧐

[@bestGaming132]

They probably confused eu and schengen

[@anthonypolk18]

"oh please stop beating me with a baseball bat 🧐"

[@boyankovachev7982]

Yea, deffinetly, as someone said above, meant schengen. Like, he didn't make the mistake earlier. One love ❤️

[@pheyman1526]

I think that in this context it doesn’t matter. I understand that schegan and the EU are different but simantics don’t help people understand things as well

[@chiishyan]

Or they mixed up EU with UN DUUUH 🙄

[@nonenone7761]

I’m pretty sure Kaliningrad isn’t on the Black Sea…. But it does give Russia a presence on the Baltic Sea.

[@stuffedbunnychess]

I'm also sure that it is not on the black sea

[@janemiettinen5176]

Russia has coastline in the Baltic even without Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg is pretty big harbor city.

[@tarikmehmedika2754]

Whoa ! I had not idea the border between Bosnia and Croatia would be even mentioned, let alone be on #1 spot.

[@boyankovachev7982]

20:31 Ah, yes. My favourite country on the coast of the Black sea - Poland. Like, no. Crimea is their teritory, for now. One love ❤️

[@Terrible_Content]

Konigsberg is rightful German land

[@InfamousCrack123]

you guys mean the baltic sea?

[@sirghostey1016]

Fun fact: "lake constance" is called "bodensee" in german wich literally means floor-lake

[@ReaperGr448]

@reece hall fun fact: it is a Name

[@jonmarf]

Fun fact: Switzerland isn't part of the EU (not as said in the video), only the Schengen area.

[@ReaperGr448]

@reece hall it is named like this because it is a Deep lake

[@ReaperGr448]

@reece hall lake constance is 251 Meters deep and it is a Name

[@leoteasdale7484]

I love watching these videos.. they give me huge amounts of information I didn't know I needed..!

[@russiandude1295]

Switzerland isn't a part of the EU

[@Terrible_Content]

It's part shengen he's an American as he said konigsberg was Polish land

[@nicoleb7615]

EU and Schengen cannot be used interchangeably, although there’s a large overlap. Switzerland and Norway are part of Schengen, but not a part of the EU. Also I’m wondering what language barrier they talk about in the part about Belgium-Netherlands. The northern region of Belgium, Flanders, is Dutch-speaking. You can clearly hear the difference between Flemish Dutch and Dutch Dutch, but we understand each other perfectly.

[@patriciaplaton4010]

Romania is a part of the EU but not Schengen

[@nicoleb7615]

@@patriciaplaton4010 thanks for adding that! I knew that’s the case for some countries, but I wasn’t sure which ones exactly.

[@srccde]

@@nicoleb7615 The other ones (who are EU members but do not participate in the Schengen Area) are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus and Ireland. There're also Andorra, Monaco and Vatican City who aren't EU members and do not participate in the Schengen Area, but do not impose border controls and are, therefore, _de facto_ part of it anyway.

[@JeeWeeD]

Yes, and in the village itself, the dialect is probably quite uniform anyway...

[@charliep123]

I’ve always been thoroughly amused by weird borders, especially buildings or even beds and tables in two countries. I am definitely that person who would make all the lame jokes.

[@Ubrzani]

A little correction: EU has 27 state members. Croatia was the 28th member, buuut then the UK decided to dip in 2020. 😐

[@Tchnfrq]

kaliningrand (formerly known as königsberg) was first prussian then german and after the second world war went to the sowjets. it was never polish.

[@TheRealPog1]

It was when the commonwealth was around it's biggest extent

[@cikinic]

20:32 A little mistake was made Its Baltic sea not black sea.

[@dar2ski309]

I know the whole comment section is probably already pointing this out but 10:32 Switzerland isn’t in the European Union. Still though the point stands, you can travel to each country easily

yes, this was one mistake in the video. the other one is at 20:30 -- Kaliningrad doesn't have access to the Black sea, but the Baltic sea. you should really double-check your scripts before posting a video.

[@jacobrozenblat6174]

Why is Russia so distorted in the thumbnail?

[@ShiggyMiggy6637]

It is also worth noting that Kaliningrad was not always Russian, but was once a part of Germany, namely Eastern Prussia. And the city of Kaliningrad was originally called Königsberg, until the end of WWII when Germany lost the territory. My grandfather by the way was born there when it was still German.

[@afookingarcher7195]

I was born in Russian Kaliningrad. I would love to contact you to chat more about your grandfather's experience . I would be happy to share my own great grandfather's journey to the region after ww2, as well as share an ebook or two regarding the region. My note on this, based on my (posted above): Kaliningrad is not Polish. In fact, of all its neighbors, Poland is the least privy to the claim. For many years it was more or less Germanic, and before that, Pagan Old Prussian. The Old Prussians who survived the Germanic crusaders fled North to Lithuania. Due to this, i believe Lithuania has the greatest ancestral claim to the land.

[@Mr.__Cool]

17:35 you made a little mistake, Armenia won the 1994 war for Nagorno-Karabakh BUT THEN Azerbaijan wanted it back in 2020 and they won that one.

[@david_hrv6899]

The thing with neum is that it is a city were mostly croats live so there are no big problems

[@HI-ej8rl]

The infographic show always makes the interesting videos! ☺️

[@maikelwarmerdam8911]

Only sad this one is full of mistakes.

[@antaryjczyk]

ok.....so Kaliningrad is on the Baltic Sea coast not the Black Sea coast...it used to be Polish for centuries, then became Prussian and then Russian after WW2...Switzerland is not in EU

[@Terrible_Content]

I believe the prussia was a polish puppet state as well

[@peterdegenhardt8444]

Kaliningrad actually never was Polish, it used to be the German city of Königsberg before WW2

[@xjdfghashzkj]

I've been to Point Roberts! It's an interesting place. Despite being American soil it seemed like most of the people we met were visiting Canadians. The international border was an otherwise normal residential street; you could walk out your front door and wave to your neighbor in a foreign country

[@jnel8630]

Its also weird cause they sell gas in liters but use USD and the residents usually send their kids to school in Canada

[@Srokas]

Kaliningrad is not next to black sea. IT IS NEXT TO BALTIC SEA! GENTS FIX IT PLS!!!

[@ChxtaBee]

Africa is full of weird borders. For example, Nigeria alone has at least three towns which it shares with other countries (Idiroko and Seme which is shares with Benin, and Jibiya which it shares with Niger). Or do we talk about the point where Angola, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe meet? Africa has so many of them, because of 1884.

[@paxarite]

Lesotho are surrounded by South America

[@joostbankert4250]

@@paxarite i think u mean south africa my dude

[@paxarite]

@@joostbankert4250 yea

[@techfan4389]

one of the best thing about dude is that whenever achieves something he never gives the credit to himself he always respect us the audience to most and team too. He is always polite in every of his videos. we congratulate ourselves for this achievement. more to come and everything to come. we're always with u.

[@peterparker9286]

I Give thanks to dude. Most of all to the Lord of Lords God the One the Only. Thank U God.

[@oliversherman2414]

I'm a Brit who lives in Spain and I visit Gibraltar on a regular basis. It's an epic place to visit 🇬🇧🇬🇮

[@boas7742]

I once accidentally skiid into Switzerland while in the alps

[@iVyperion]

Have you all seen Baikonur Cosmodrome? Was it part of Qazaqstan 🇰🇿 or Russia 🇷🇺? If it is part of Russia 🇷🇺 then Baikonur would be on the list. But hey, QAZAQSTAN 🇰🇿 pretty much claims it and no Country in the world recognize it as part of Russia 🇷🇺 and Most of the Countries Recognize Baikonur as part of Qazaqstan 🇰🇿.

[@awiredape3999]

Though Switzerland isn’t actually in the European Union they still have an agreement that people from Europe can come into Switzerland though they can’t work or live there without a proper permit

[@martenkats6915]

There are no language differences in Baarle-Nassau/Hertog, both sides speak Dutch.

[@savisavi1334]

klopt

[@OnizukaAllMighty]

Saying Bosnia and Croatia never had good relations is utter nonsense and propaganda, it's the governments that don't like each other, people have no serious issues with each other and live peacefully

[@ggeronimo4412]

Goverments don't have issues either. Accept that Croats in BiH have a president they don't wanna have and which they didn't choose

[@1purapericulo]

The Falklands are British!! Las Malvinas son inglesas 🇬🇧🇫🇰

[@kiwikiwito0369]

I Was suprised to see my country on #1

[@tomashaluzik9876]

everyone is focussing on the Swiss not being part of EU but nobody noticed that Kaliningrad have a port in the Baltic sea, not in the black sea that's a totally different enclave of Crimea

[@peterdegenhardt8444]

There are some huge mistakes. For example Kaliningrad is not at the Black Sea, it’s at the Baltic Sea. And it was not taken by Poland, it was taken by Germany after WW2 and annexed by the Soviet Union, making it a part of the russian socialist soviet republic.

[@piotrzagroba5301]

Kaliningrad wasn't taken by Germany after WW2. It was german before. It was called Köningsberg and was part of Eastern Prussia.

[@peterdegenhardt8444]

Sry I wanted to say it was taken from Germany by the Soviet Union

[@LakaFromCzw]

Kalingrad and Poland are not on the Black Sea , its Baltic Sea, also Switzerland is not part of EU.

[@Terrible_Content]

Also Germany has a stronger claim to it than Poland

[@resilientcomposer]

I went to the area around Llivia last summer. I'm not even sure I remember going through the town, but I think I actually did, since we were staying in Puigcerda. To be honest, there's not even a "welcome to France" sign and you literally drive into France unimpeded on a small road that is ominously close to buildings. If this become a problem, it will be super weird, that's for sure. The only indication you are in France is the fact that everything is in French.

[@user-su1gt9es4k]

How did I not know Russia and USA share a border

[@email5023]

You never heard of Alaska?

[@hmoobmeeka]

Because you didn't pay attention in geography class

[@excentrik5725]

i didnt know that sea counts as border

[@tonypepperoni3157]

Tirol is my favorite place in Europe in winter. It’s so. So. Cozy and unbelievably beautiful. Everything just looks like a painting or some fantasy land. The food is amazing

[@NatVirgo]

“Even coming to the brink of nuclear war” we’re doing that now…

[@aparks1437]

some country: my country border is weird lesotho: .. hold my borders ...

[@soggylegos8545]

You guys always upload just when I run out of random YT videos to watch.

[@jaythomas3224]

FACTZ

[@strawberry_yt8416]

@@jaythomas3224 ur name is very similar to my teachers name

[@stefanhuber4195]

At first I didnt recognize "Lake Constance" even though i live 2 Hrs away from it. After looking at the shape of it, it got to me. In german it is called "Bodensee"

[@SalimKhan-kr9cb]

जिसको बाउंड्री का मामला सुलझाना है वो यूपी बिहार वालों को बॉर्डर पर बुला लें आधी जमीन कब्ज़ा कर लेंगे बाकी का कागज़ भी बनवा लेंगे

[@SalimKhan-kr9cb]

You still dont know about boundries between farmlands in india...you try to mess with it ...you need whole village to solve dispute till ages

[@Terrible_Content]

You called konigsberg polish it was prussian/German

[@Terrible_Content]

20:03

[@Via-Media2024]

20:31 Kaliningrad is on the Baltic Sea, not the Black Sea.

[@borderlinebipolarbear]

Infographics Show is officially my number 1 go to KZbin channel to watch videos. You guys somehow manage to put out new videos multiple times a day every day and they are QUALITY videos! They are interesting and educational in a really cool way. Keep doing what you guys are doing 😊❤ you are my favorite KZbin channel for sure. I'll always keep coming back. Just don't overwork your guys' selves too much lol. You guys must be working on videos basically 24/7. You definitely deserve a nice break every now and then 😌 go Infographics!

[@harrydowle6127]

2022/7/21 at 18:42.28

[@Tavemanic]

@@harrydowle6127 What?

[@borderlinebipolarbear]

@@harrydowle6127 ???

[@Nipplator99999999999]

This and Simon Whistler are able to fill out any time I'm able to hide somewhere with my cell to waste during the week.

[@AZELyricsOfficial]

I knew that my Homeland was going to be here lol

[@christmasnightmare7353]

First

[@blazesayre6120]

Nice

[@sharkyboy-09]

Good work

[@bando147]

crazy good job!

[@tomzyrone3915]

Congratulations

[@AZELyricsOfficial]

Good job

[@FinanceHustle]

Great job with this video describing what happens around the world. Quite interesting to see how other countries handle their borders

[@amelulomexad3237]

I can't and don't want to imagine the hours of research they must have put into this video

[@mrsporty9669]

"not all countries have open borders like Europe even countries are friendly"😅

[@MackenzieNerdyEMT]

As someone with my mother and her side from the former Yugoslavia I know very little of details of the country as it's not really spoken about. Any information would be greatly appreciated! I e googled plenty but there's a drastic difference between personal experience and google :)

[@ggeronimo4412]

And there were ofc brainwashing propagandas in schools and TV, expecially about our "glorious" leader Tito. After he died countrys economy was falling and life became much much harder. Markets were many times almost empty, electricity was shut down every day for couple of hours. Oil was missing. And than high inflation happend. And thats pretty much the end of country

[@MackenzieNerdyEMT]

@Nah mate huh?

[@MackenzieNerdyEMT]

@Nah mate correct!

[@MilitaryMatters1]

Hey! Sweet! It’s so cool to see someone make a shoutout to Little Diomede!!! I have lots of Alaskan Native relatives there! It’s a pretty cool little island! And you can definitely see Russia!

[@Nipplator99999999999]

My town in the middle of North Carolina has exactly zero grocery stores, but it does have 4 produce markets and 11 auto parts stores... which means that you have a 20 minute drive for meat, and some how still have to order car parts needed and wait for 3 days to pick it up.

[@normankristin12]

As a fellow North Carolinian, I need to know this town.

[@Nipplator99999999999]

@@normankristin12 sorry that's the town of Granite Quarry, also sometimes referenced in the consolidated areas of Faith, Rockwell, and GQ. All emergency services are shared and so are most of the family lines... most of the people's family trees are lacking many branches for them to bounce off of on the way down.

[@lumbeebritt4730]

12☆♤/25/☆♤22...win Charles Issac Britt

[@F_L_U_X]

Must be confusing for online delivery websites...

[@25Leprechaun]

For anyone interested in #21 the town the library is in is called Darby Line, there if you front door is facing the American side, your American, if it's facing the Canadian side your Canadian. Was there for a class trip once, it's an interesting town

[@wendyon4517]

So there are two doors and not the one that Infographics says. That's what I'd always assumed. Were there government officials from both sides making sure you exit the way you came in? I wouldn't expect either government to pay for border/customs agents so how did they do it when you visited?

[@raymondmartin6737]

Campione D'Italia is in the Ticino part of Switzerland 🇨🇭. I went there many years ago. I think they had a casino there.

[@DaveWraptastic]

Baarle Hertog/Baarle Nassau is completely bonkers. The borders cut right through shops, houses, several places where you cross the border multiple times within a couple of minutes of walking. Belgium side has a lot of fireworks shops which is legal to sell all year round while the Netherlands only sells fireworks for 3 days a year. There's a lot of lines for the gas stations as well since Belgian tax on gas is usually cheaper.

[@tomzyrone3915]

Schengen area population: 420 million Me: 😏

[@mgm3649]

Kaliningrad in the black sea? Sure...

[@legolas_legend2129]

You should’ve put the Cyprus border since it had the only capital city that’s split between two countries

[@legolas_legend2129]

@CHEMİCAL GAS what

[@kracktvvlogs534]

Second

[@jmanj3917]

Kaliningrad is on the Black Sea, huh?

[@taofvfx]

Kalingrad: *lemme go*

[@Fireball_]

People should know these already

[@isaiahcanreallyrap]

I call these "spacer episodes"

[@snokehusk223]

Majority of people living in Neum are Croatians so it's ok for residents

[@BosnianBornBeast]

And many Bosniaks have duel citizenship (like me) and we can enter Croatia easily.

[@sharkyboy-09]

3rd

[@siamhossain841]

17:59 love from Bangladesh.

[@MalouniBaby]

2nd

[@Mr101spb]

25:31 that’s hilarious 😂😂

[@maikelwarmerdam8911]

0.28, first thing you mention, it's wrong. Russia sold Alaska to the U.S.

[@slavik_toast]

Interestingly there's a wird border of Germany I think Norway build a rail system in germeny and said railwhy is a part of norwhy but in germeny and its now a Spoor

[@samaralakhan5986]

Que los de éruds qou

[@F_L_U_X]

4:47 looks like GTA 2 lol

[@Ghost3XHunter]

Lake Constance?! WTH did u drank? bro its called BODENSEE!!!!

[@ianjitchaudhary]

Infographics answering the questions I never asked: clearly Not the hero we deserve, but the one we need.

[@Chisszaru]

Between Sweden and Finland, there's an island inhabited by both countries, and the border on that island sure is a weird one

[@alylu5044]

If you mean Ålands, than it a bit different story. They are an autonomous region of Finland by a decision of the League of Nations. Though the language there is Swedish.

[@Chisszaru]

@@alylu5044 it's not Åland. It's different island both Sweden and Finland has claims to and has a weird border on it. Can't remember the name on that island, but it's not Åland

[@alylu5044]

@@Chisszaru You got me interested) I found it - Märket

[@Viewer41]

Makes a video named "Weird country boarders around the world" *Doesn't show those boarders in video* 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@dercorta-noyokamiboyteenpr2166]

I missed denmark and canada

[@Signs_Leading_To_Faith]

Number 0: Israel, a country that has no official borders (no reason to explain why for sure)

[@TrautsEwol]

The Croatians have now built a huge bridge around Bosnia over the sea because they were charging people £50 to go through it to get to Dubrovnik (game of thrones fame) so the Bosnians now have a lovely sea view of a bridge.

[@ggeronimo4412]

They don't really like that view

[@setrakbalian2942]

You are reporting historically incorrect facts about Nagorno-Karabakh. In 1994, Armenians liberated the lands and territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and its adjacent regions. It was not Azerbaijan who gained control in 1994, they did so recently after the 2020 Artsakh War and are currently occupying Shushi and Hadrut (part of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast). Also, Nagorno-Karabakh has been continuously inhabited by a majority of Ethnic Armenians for centuries, something that would have been worth mentionning.

[@seanorchison354]

Switzerland is not part of the EU, but it is part of the Schengen area. Not all EU states are Schengen members. However, Switzerland does contribute to a few EU programs like the EFTA, which is allows Switzerland to be part of the EU’s single market.

[@terryarmstrong8019]

5.02 Says that the library was ''A Victorian-era building built in 1904'' Victoria died in 1901. This makes it Edwardian-era.

[@MikeZ8709]

8:46 "It's unlikely France will be giving up this giant outpost to the south any time soon." They're like US with Hawaii - "Sorry, Natives, but stealing your country is cheaper than parking another aircraft carrier out here. You understand."

[@carlosrincon6017]

Switzerland is not part of the European Union and Kalininingrad ain't bordering the Black Sea but the Baltic Sea. Two glaring non-trivial mistakes in one video. I sincerely enjoy this channel but it's gotta improve it's research. A thumb down this time, sorry guys.

[@vikkimcdonough6153]

10:36 - Actually, only Germany and Austria are part of the European Union - _not_ Switzerland. All three _are,_ however, part of the Schengen Area, which is the important bit for not-getting-arrested-for-drifting-into-another-country purposes.

[@junkmonkeydesigns3319]

Any one catch the error at 20:30 ? Kaliningrad is a port city of the BALTIC sea.. Not the Black Sea as stated.. Lol But no hate.. Love these videos. This channel makes History fun and entertaining. Keep up the great work. Fire your editor... Lol jk...

[@rahamoradishahmiri6552]

The video was interesting but sometimes too inaccurate (such as the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan) and sometimes just wrong (Kaliningrad is by the Baltic, not the Black Sea!)

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@janoswimpffen7305]

As zillions of others have pointed out, Switzerland is not in the EU but is Schengen. The practical effect of this is that people can move freely back and forth but goods are subject to duty. Of course, nobody cares about personal belongings but trucks need to file papers though not actually stop. The reality is that all these little quirky enclaves and exclaves are completely ignored by the locals, apart from getting something cheaper on side. They are more tourist and trivia quirks. I have driven many times between Germany and France and try to make a point of detouring to Luxembourg as fuel prices are about 30% less there. These small border towns have the same function. Technically the authorities can tax you but why bother .One place that is different is Andorra. As it is not EU one of the mainstays of the economy is cheap stuff. There are malls and malls electronics and appliance stores. The Spanish border to the south and French to the north is well staffed and they check most people's trunks. These border commerce situations are just prevelant in inter-state border sin the US. Here in the Pacific Northwest Washington state has a high sales tax, Oregon has none. Just over the border you find lots of big box stores catering to the northerners. Technically you are supposed to pay WA tax on the goods you buy in Oregon--yea, sure.