The World's Closest Capital Cities
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Isn’t Rome and the Vatican the closest capitals in the world?
@@Xzazashakethey arent even real country.
@@Xzazashake i will believe you after US introduces democracy on that little authoritarian country.
In my opinion it is. Vatikan is country in Rome (capital of Italy) and Vatikan has just one city, Vatican city, so it's capital. Because both are capitals, than they're just a few meters far
@@SomKing123 Vatican isn't meters far, it's literally inside Rome but what people don't understand that Vatican's capital city is also Rome. With this we have a question "how far is Rome from Rome?", 0 km and you can't compare one city.
@@arstotzka8635 no, the capital city of Vatican is officialy Vatican city.
The capitals of France and the Netherlands are about 410 km apart, though the closest point where the two countries borders meet is some 6.720 km from Paris and 6.925 km from Amsterdam.
Canada and America’s capitals, Ottawa and Washington DC are surprisingly only 800 kms far
Malabo of Equatorial Guinea. Not only it's situated on an island and not the continental part of the country, but it is also closer to Cameroon than the continential Equatorial Guinea
Edit: Indonesia, unlike EG, is an island nation through and through, so no matter where the capital is situated it will always be on an island. EG, on the other hand, owns a territory on the continent, yet their capital isn't located on the said territory. Also, even if Malabo won't be the capital of EG in the future, it is a capital CURRENTLY, so it still counts
Edit 2: Now that I actually think about it, Denmark will fall in the same category as EG, because Copenhagen, the Danish capital, is also located on the island and it's much closer to Sweden then continetial Denmark
Equatorial Guinea is basically an Island having a piece of land in Continental Africa
The capital city of Jakarta, Indonesia is also on an island (Java)
@@ItsDatsuiiMC_indonesia is an archipelago tho so wherever they would put the capital city, it would still be in an island.
malabo is different. equatorial guinea has a large territory in the african mainland but their capital is in a smaller island located directly in front of cameroon, which is a neighboring country. its very weird.
but i believe they're making a new capital in the mainland.
@@ItsDatsuiiMC_ Indonesia is muxh different though.
Soon Malabo will no longer be the capital.
I think Brasília is the most remote capital for a country that is not on an island . Its closest capital is Asuncion, which is almost 1500km away
Wellington?
@@BoterKatThe post is referring to countries with land borders
Port moresby, papua new guinea shares a land border with only indonesia and their capitals are 4500 kilometers away from eachother.
timor leste has land borders and the closest capital is atleast 1000 miles away
@@southwestirelandthe closest capital to that is of rhe solomon islands at 1400 km. the closest capital city of timor lestes capital is 1900 km (brunei)
Malta is only classified as Europe because of the culture and religion being heavily influenced by Britain and Italy, and also since it's politically tied to European countries. Maltese is a semitic language, deriving from Arabic, but has been so heavily influenced by Italian, English, Greek and other languages that it has become separate language from Arabic, though I've heard it still remain lots of similarities with Tunisian Arabic. Malta is physically on the African plate. So Malta could really be both European and African.
Malta is a charming place to visit too
As a Tunisian, many Maltese live and visit here, and they truly have plenty of words like us, but with a slightly different accent!! I've seen a lot of Maltese study here in Bizerte, the northern city of Tunisia, and they have no problem fitting in, no problem speaking, etc... they easily interact here.
Can confirm this, I'm Maltese and my dad lived in Morocco for 3 years and they he got along fine! No shock my father also did a genetic test to find out hes got mostly Sicilian and north African genetics very typical of Maltese people
My dog is a Maltese
There's a lot of ideology and religion to the EU project, even if they don't admit it openly. For example, only ex-Communist Orthodox nations are currently banned from Schengen area (Romania and Bulgaria) despite having applied to it. Croatia on the other hand was accepted very quickly in a month or so, also exCommunist, but Catholic. Or Greece - orthodox, but not Communist - was a member of the EU almost from its inception
Thanks to settling the dispute over Hans island, both Canada and Denmark share a land border
Ottawa and Copenhagen have a distance of 5912 Km (~3673 Miles) between them
Although Greenland is a part of the Danish kingdom, it is not Denmark as such
What about Nuuk?
@@brandurell just applied the same logic as he did to Paris - Brasilia
@@brandurell they said Hans island why are you bringing up Greenland?
@@kevingallagher7585 hans island is a small island between greenland and canada. As denmark has the resposibility for border disputes, it is denmark and canada, who have reached an agreement regarding its status. Earlier the two countries’ militaries removed the other country flag, put up their own and left a bottle of either canadian club or snaps..
Maseru, Lesotho and Bloemfontein, South Africa are 93 miles apart.
The closest European capitals are Rome (Italy) and Citta del Vaticano (Vatican city),
I live in Bratislava. Vienna is super close. Less than 1 hour with train or about 2-3 hours with bike! And there is a boat connection as well on the Danube.
Fun fact: you can not only travel from Vienna to Bratislava by car or train, you can also use a scheudled boat service.
Also, I think the Danube River links the most capital cities: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade.
The Manzanares / Jarama / Tagus rivers link Madrid and Lisbon.
In the Levant. Damascus, Beirut, Amman, Jerusalem, and Ramallah are all quite close to each other, and Jerusalem to Egypt are probably the closest capital pair between Africa and Asia (second place would be Djibouti and Sanaa)
These are also all very close to Cyprus (AsiaEurope), with Beirut being closer to Nicosia than Valletta is to Tripoli
@@superbrainil Cyprus is politically European but geographically part of Asia.
@@ShnoogleMan I know, but I figured that the same could be said about Malta (some in the comments have said that it's actually African).
I always thought it was remarkable how close together the capitals of the Unites States and the Confederacy were during the American civil war (Washington DC to Richmond, Virginia, just about 100 miles). And indeed how close some of the battles came to Washington... places that could now be considered outer suburbs of the city.
Bratislava actually used to be Hungary's capital for roughly 300 years (twice the amount of time Budapest has served as the capital of Hungary and 10 times the amount of time Bratislava has served as the capital of Slovakia) Its Hungarian name was (and still is) Pozsony however the main language of the city German which called the city Pressburg. The simple reason why it they're so close is because Hungary used to be a mere vassal state to Austria in those times so the capital city was developed to be as close to Vienna as possible. By the 20th century the majority of the population shifted demographically in favour of the surrounding Slovak people who historically call this land home.
That is not completely what happened. The main reason why Bratislava became the capital of Habsburg Hungary was simply because the Habsburg did not hold Buda for most of the time, and Buda was not well maintained by the Ottomans so the Habsburg did not bother changing for a while after it was reconquered from the Ottomans. And although Bratislava served for a long time as Austrian Hungary's capital, Buda has served as the capital both prior and after that period. Buda and Pest were united in the 19th century so trying to argue that Bratislava was the capital longer is kind of misleading, when you factor in Buda has served as capital for longer than Bratislava ever did.
Well first of all, Budapest was not a city for the majority of the time Austria held it. Budapest, first of all, was not even an Austrian/AustroHungarian city until the 17th century, and second of all, it was two cities called Buda and Pest on each river bank, which, being a major river before the Industrial Age, made it virtually impossible to build a bridge with the technology at the time. Same reason why Brooklyn and New York City were separated until 1900. It was therefore two small cities, with little interconnectability.
But the main reason is that Budapest was absolutely destroyed by the Ottomans both through war and through lack of maintenance during their 200 year rule.
Great video!!! I think a must-consider case is Banjul (The Gambia) and Bissau (Guinea-Bissau). Both cities are 200 km away from each other while there is no border between the countries as you need to travel across another country (Senegal) to go from one city to the other.
Another example like this one is Pristina in Kosovo (if you consider Kosovo a country) and Sofia in Bulgaria.
Closest capitals are Brazzaville and Kinshasa bro and rc
I agree, you're correct.
What do you mean finland and Estonia are sort of allies? They’re basically brother and sister.
was looking for this comment! :D
Sibling Nations both now Members of NATO
Historically and modern day Militarily Speaking definitely Allies
True Finland is the older brother and Estonia is our little sister
Is it just me or does Tunis look closer to Valletta, Malta than Tripoli????
Not only does Brazil share a land border with France. It's actually the longest French land border by neighboring country.
The closest capital city to the north coast of Alaska is Reykjavik, Iceland
Excluding Nuuk ☢️
Wow i really didn't expect my tiny country of Trinidad and Tobago to be featured 😂
Port of Spain is only ~155 km away from St. George's, Grenada. That is significantly closer than it the 564 km to Georgetown, Guyana or the 586 km to Caracas.
St. George's, however, is closer to Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines at ~137 km.
Y'all here saying tiny making us look way smaller than we are. Research and you'll see there are actually "Tiny" countries out here, Vatican City is the tiniest, and Malta which he mentioned is way smaller than us also. Singapore is more populated as well as more world known than us and I believe they aren't even as big as Tobago. We aren't as tiny and invisible and you guys perceive.
You should play the Sporcle quiz, '50 Closest Pairs of World Capitals'. I played it about 20 times today to try and get them all, and I succeeded.
An interesting note about Guyana and Trinidad - they have very similar histories and Guyana is probably the closest country to Trinidad culturally. Guyanese people also generally consider themselves to be part of the Caribbean.
Yes, but that's because of Cricket.
@@gudmundursteinar more than jus cricket actually
And Guyana is unsafe as f...
Yeah they are both stolen Venezuelan land by the british
South America does not want to claim any country that does not speak a latin language or has a latino population. Hence, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago does not belong. However, we are part of the Caribbean (CARICOM) - Caribbean Community and Continent-wise, we are considered part of Central America, not north or south but CENTRAL. Most times we are just classed as "the Caribbean" though.... like Oceania.
Rome and Vatican City have got to be in 1st place!
Rome has a population of about 3 million people while the independent nation of Vatican City has 1000 permanent residents but, of course, is entirely surrounded by the Eternal City! Also, the absolute ruler of Vatican City (the Pope) is ALSO the Bishop of Rome- the bishopric's spiritual leader but not the temporal ruler the larger municipality.
Helsinki and Tallinn
Distance between Capitals "0cm"
India and Pakistan, two major rivalries in Asia, have their capital cities New Delhi and Islamabad, respectively, at a distance of just 688 kms. Also Islamabad is closer to the border than New Delhi is, which sometimes seems peculiar, making both the cities vulnerable
If there is ever a war between India and Pakistan these 688km will become a meat grinder like we’ve never seen before.
That is the reason why Pakistan wants good control over PoK. It adds some more distance from Islamabad to the border.
South Korea's capital Seoul have it worse!
the suburb is like some 35km from the border of North Korea an in range of their artillery fire!
@@christianpiedra1514 lol they don't have atta , let alone have a war
imo Islamabad is the WORST named capital ever.
I think Madrid and Wellington was the case where capitals can be as far as physically possible on Earth. Both cities are almost antipodes - meaning - located exactly on the other side of the globe
Must be a close call with Asunción and Taipei?, About 100km off antipodes.
Interestingly there is a large Taiwánese community in Paraguay, and Paraguay is the largest country to recognise Taiwan as opposed to Beijing.
Beijing and Buenas Aires also not too far off being Antipodes.
American children grew up thinking their yards were antipodal to China, and a few of us (yes, I did this once) grabbed shovels to make the journey.
It turns out almost all in the lower 48 states are antipodal to the Indian Ocean, despite our childhood zeal.
@user-rf8nr9ix5z just checked. The antipode for Bishkek is in the Pacific ocean 😄
Buenos Aires is antipodal to Beijing, Harare to Honolulu.
How about Lisbon and Wellington?
Greetings from Montevideo, where international artists rarely cone because they assume we will go to Buenos Aires, since it's so near...
Well, it's not that simple! Ferry tickets are really expensive, more than $150 pet round trip.
How far and long is it by road with an average car?
@@Eurobrasil550 From Montevideo to Colonia (Uruguayan city right in the other side of Buenos Aires, across the river) is about 2 and a half hours by car, and then you can cross by ferry in an hour, and the cost is about half than going capital to capital.
You can also go by car, bit since the nearest bridge is about double the distance to Colonia, you have to drive about 600km in total, a trip about 8hs long.
@@Eurobrasil550With Ferry 5h (250km), Avoiding Ferry 7h (500km), Avoiding toll streets 10h (700km). Google knows it all.
Brazzaville and Kinshasa.
Great video as always!
There's been plans of an underwater tunnel like in the British channel, which would connect Helsinki and Tallinn with only a 30 minute train ride. Would be awesome.
Why can’t we get that between the Congos? I mean it’s just 2km of river between Brazaville and Kinshasa. 🤔
@@GreenPassportStorieswhy not just bridge
@@GreenPassportStories Politics.
English Channel*
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At 2:35 you ask whether 321 km is the closest distance for a European capital pairing.
Why would you ask that, given that at 1:11, you already mentioned Finland and Estonia's capitals' *82 km* distance?
You don't think Finland and Estonia are in Europe?
Bloemfontein, South Africa and Maseru, Lesotho. Maputo, Mozambique and Mbabane, Eswatini.
doha and manama
doha and dubai
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Bloemfontein, being the judicial capital of South Africa is around 150 Kilometres from Lesotho’s Maseru
An interesting subject for a future video would be 'Countries sharing Land Borders, with no formal Border crossing point for the general public /private travellers, two examples North and South Korea, Brasil and Suriname
Also the land border between Morocco and Algeria is closed
Recently, Canada and Greenland (belonging to Denmark) agreed to split a contested small uninhabited island between them. So there is now an unregulated land border between Canada and Denmark.
Also Panama and Columbia, which have no land crossing at all.
would the scotland/england border count? the only thing you'll find there is a road sign.
@@cheesymeatball174
Scotland and England has been in the same sovereign state since the First of May 1707.
Interested to understand how Vatican/Italy(Rome) missed the cut.
Vatican is considered a country and is inside the capital of Italy. Is there some loophole that means this isn't the closest pairing?
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The answer of Trinidad and Tobago being either in North or South America is quite simple, neither. It is part of the Caribbean subregion which alongside North, South and Central America make up what most people in the continent know as America.
I think countries like this only serve to expose how arbitrary diving America into two can be and why it makes much more sense to look at it as one, like it is originally supposed to be and is already recognized by many.
I learned that all the Caribbean countries are technically part of North America. Since there are seven continents and all countries kinda need to belong to at least one of them. But I guess it depends where you are from.
@@meron7700 that is my point tho. It doesn’t make much sense to assign the Caribbean to either north or south because they are their own distinct subregion within the larger American continent.
It doesn’t have to be 7 continents, many places learn them as 6 counting only one America. And people being form a different country shouldn’t really factor in this case.
It depends on your definition of continent. Europe is a separate continent due to cultural and historical, not geographical, factors. That would imply that North and South America should also be separate. Otherwise there should be five continents with America and Eurasia as two of them. Or maybe four with Afro-Eurasia.
South America does not want to claim any country that does not speak a latin language or has a latino population. Hence, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago does not belong. However, we are part of the Caribbean (CARICOM) - Caribbean Community and Continent-wise, we are considered part of Central America, not north or south but CENTRAL. Most times we are just classed as "the Caribbean" though.... like Oceania.
Interesting tidbit that the capital cities of the 2nd and 3rd (or 4th, depending on your view) largest countries in the world, Canada and the US, are only about 725 km apart, esp. considering that their combined land mass stretches for thousands of kilometers in every direction.
As someone from Wellington who rarely travels, I’ve never had the experience of traveling through a border, but places like the tri-border bench look really cool. Rome/Vatican would be the closest with 0km difference
So what's up with the UK map for some reason showing the Wirral? I mean it's the only non-capital on the whole map, and it's not even a city, it's a borough/peninsula.
If we ignore the course of time, the capital of East Germany and the capital of today's Germany partially coincide.
Technically, Russia and the USA share a border to in Alaska. So Washington DC and Moscow should be listed as 'far away' capitals around 7800km (4857 miles).
Where do Russia and the USA have a border? Please give the coordinates.
There is no Russian territory in Alaska.
@@tobyk.4911I stand corrected. I was under the impression they shared a small uninhabited island . I checked it and it is only a maritime border. However, when the Bering sea is frozen, it is possible to walk across the (maritime) border. So technicly not a land border indeed. My mistake.
@@tobyk.4911not really by land but Diomede islands separates these two countries by only 4km of water.
0:49 That map looks like 70s-80s map
Nowdays, there are more highways in South Korea and No.5 highway on that map is No.65.
Would like you to do videos on the Caribbean countries. As im sure we watch this channel aswel.
Denmark Technicality borders Canada because of Hans island and is around 5900 kms away
Greenland now borders Canada from a small island. This would make denmark and Canada border, with 6416km of distance between their capitals.
5:01 Incorrect: The French and Belgian colonies in the Congo region were always separate entities, going back to the 1880's.
Canada and Denmark are also countries with very distant capitals while sharing a border
I don't think anyone with any sense considers Trinidad and Tobago as part of North America. For that matter, Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire would clearly be grouped with South America as well. I think the Caribbean is a bit of a grey area, and really not part of either 'continent', I consider it an oceanic community like Oceania. But if we have to put them with one or the other, I'd put the Greater Antilles with North America and the Lesser Antilles with South America. Naturally the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos, and Bermuda would also be grouped with North America, just as the Galapagos and Falklands would be grouped with South America.
Caribbean nations are not considered to be in North America, geographically or politically.
@@brianarbenz1329 according to whom? Because if you consult another 'authority', you will get a different answer. There is no consensus, island nations are often grouped with the nearest large continent when discussing geography. Only Oceania is regularly defined as a distinct entity, whenever I see the Caribbean discussed in the context of geography, it's always grouped with the Americas. I get that it has its own oceanic tectonic plate, however.
@@Siansonea What authoritative source would say the Caribbean nations are in North America?
@@brianarbenz1329 there is no "authoritative" source. There is no consensus. People on this planet can't even agree on how many continents there are. I will say though that Seterra/GeoGuessr groups the Caribbean with North America, so do with that information what thou wilt.
I wonder what happened to Central America, as it seems a lot of people simply merge them into North America, which should be only Mexico, the USA and Canada. I'm not an authority, but I know people from those countries, and they surely don't classify themselves as north americans, but instead as "centroamericanos", it is said in Spanish.
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The German City of Aachen lies some 540 km from the German capital city of Berlin, meaning that is lies closer to seven other capitals than its own, Ie Brussels, Amsterdam, Luxembourg City, Paris, London, Bern and Vaduz!
woow nice fact, worth reading the comments for such facts
Now do the same for Vladivostok
@@benpheifer3425 Must be at least 20.
Nicosia, Cyprus (Europe) and Beirut, Lebanon (Asia) are capital cities on different continents closer to each other than La Valetta and Tripoli. around 244 km, and even Beirut, Syria is closer to Nicosia (323 km).
Yep - the fact on the video was incorrect
Cyprus is in Asia, it is only politically European.
The closest would be Istanbul which is partly in Europe and partly in Asia, so the distance between them is basically the width of the Bosphorus Strait which is basically a river with salty water.
I’m in love with Buenos Ayres & Montevideo at least for the past few years. 🇦🇷 🇺🇾 I highly recommend visiting both. I m used to visit them every year due to the relative closeness to São Paulo. I am sure you can definitely plan a very nice trip with gastronomical cultural and meaningful experiences. If you have the chance, visit Santiago in Chile too. It is also relatively close to Buenos Ayres.
Só lembra que “Buenos Aires” não tem nenhum Y.
@@DanielTaddonesim, correto. Mas o uso do “y” é intencional por algumas pessoas como eu, por exemplo. O uso do “y” de maneira intencional é para se referir à cidade por uma questão de etimologia arcaica já que no início a cidade era conhecida como Ciudad de Nuestra Señora Santa Maria del Buen Ayre.
@@hugoporto8659 Sim, eu sei que numa grafia arcaica já se usou o Y, mas não consigo imaginar os motivos dessa escolha. Seria como escrever Nichtheroy ou Sam Paulo. Não tem nenhum sentido.
Que mentira. Se soubesse não teria feito esse comentário nesse tom de arrogância. Bom,.. respondendo: isso é cultural na Argentina. Mas com a sua cabeça, entender o conceito de cultura deve ser difícil. 😂 Aliás, os exemplos que você deu são péssimos e não tem nada a ver com nada.
O que é “cultural na Argentina”? Do que você está falando? Nenhum argentino escreve “Buenos Ayres”. Seus argumentos não tem pé nem cabeça, por mais que você queira dar um verniz “cultural” para essa maluquice.
Amazed you left out Kinshasa / Brazzaville, with the capitals each sharing a side of the Congo river - just 200m apart in some places!
South Africa has 3 capital cities...
I guess capital of Nigeria is Abuja and not lagos !
Yes you are right
I would have guessed that the Vatican and Italy have the closest capitals in Europe, as Vatican City is actually inside of Rome, which is the capital of Italy.
This is most exciting one.
Helsinki and Tallinn are not so friendly cities. Helsinki was built on that location right across Finnish bay to offset trading success of Tallinn. Helsinki exists only because of Tallinn.
South America does not want to claim any country that does not speak a latin language or has a latino population. Hence, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago does not belong. However, we are part of the Caribbean (CARICOM) - Caribbean Community and Continent-wise, we are considered part of Central America, not north or south but CENTRAL. Most times we are just classed as "the Caribbean" though.... like Oceania.
You mentioned Valetta as the Capital of Malta
Trinidad isn't the capital of Trinidad 😅
Wish you'd have said "Port of Spain" instead when comparing its distance to Guyana's capital, Georgetown.
I believe our capital is closer to Grenada's capital btw.
Today I flew London to Bucharest. Last year this week I sailed from Helsinki to Tallin and a couple of years ago sailed from Beunos Aries to Montevideo. I have visited most of the other capitals in Europe too
@@philphildebeers2075what?
Japan's capital, Tokyo has a gdp similar to all of Brazil
6:19 i think i found 2 closer on google maps using the measure distance feature. Nicosia to Beirut is 152 miles while Valetta to tripoli is 222 miles.
Tbf since googling cyprus might be in Asia but is politically in Europe and part of the EU so idk if it counts
Jerusalem & Amman
The way you pronounced Montevideo is hilarious🤣🤣
2 other far capitals which countries border are Copenhagen, Denmark and Ottawa, Canada, they recently divided by two an island between Canada and Greenland, so they are actually bordering each other, the distance between those capitals are quite more than 5600km
A funny anecdote I like is the Confederate Capitol and Washington D.C. were only about ≈100 miles apart. You'd think someone on either side would've thought that'd be a bad idea for two, although split, large countries.
Lefkosía and Lefkoşa
Belfast and Dublin
Beirut and Damascus
the kindom of denmark ( with greenland ) actually borders canada in tarupaluk island (1,280 meters) so you could say that copenhagen and ottawa are kinda far from each other
My COuntry Guyana got mentioned. Thank you
Distance from the other country's territory is more relevant than the other country's capital. An attack on Seoul isn't coming from Pyongyang. It's coming from directly across the nearby border. Ottawa isn't that close to DC, for example, but it's very close to the US. Copenhagen is close to Sweden without being near Stockholm.
Copenhagen is literally on the border. I assume there are quite a few such countries, but this one's prominent because of ancient rivalry between the two nations.
And for that matter, Bratislava borders TWO different countries: Austria and Hungary. Unique in the world.
also, Jerusalem and Amman are roughly 40km apart.
As a person from the the very west parts of Bratislava (4 that one person from Bratislava who comes all the way to this comment Záhorská Bystrica) it usually takes me like 10 min less to drive to our (Bratislava) airport than it does to Vienna airport that has much better flights 😂
If we include Antarctic claims: farthest bordering countries' capitals are:
1) when one border point is enough: Paris (France) -- Wellington (New Zealand)
2) when there must be border section: Paris (France) --- Canberra (Australia)
Finland and estonia being somewhat allies is a way to put it yes... when article 5 applies to both of them xD
wouldent cyprus (europe) and lebenon (asia) be the closest capitals on differant continents its about 240km
100%
Cyprus is in the levant
Interestingly enough he only city on two continents (Istanbul formerly known as Constantinople) was the capital city of the Eastern Roman, Byzantine then Ottoman Empires until 1922 when the Ottoman Empire was abolished and the Republic of Turkey was established and the capital was moved to Ankara! Of course, Istanbul sits on both sides of the Bosporus Strait which had been randomly chosen as a border between Europe and Asia despite being as narrow as 2300 feet!
Lebanon is in Europe so same continent. Learn geography next time.
@@furn6341 No. Lebanon is in what's termed 'the Levant' in Asia!
France and Canada share an aquatic border considering the islands of St Pierre and Miquelon. 5,655km from Paris to Ottawa
Surely the Vatican and Rome has the closest capital as they literally touch
As a Korean, Seoul and Pyongyang's close proximity, although enemies, has its advantages. Mainly that any attack by either sides capital will have drastic ramifications. A nuclear attack would be so out of the question given that there will be spillover effects of radiation, of people migration, of economic devastation, etc. Thus, the status quo is maintained, North Korea fires missiles in the opposite direction to the East Sea/Sea of Japan, and even though there was more than 70 years of division, a second Korean War is improbable realistically speaking.
You forgot to mention Beirut and Damascus -around 115 km
I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm already predicting Bratislava and Vienna.
Lome, Togo and Porto-Novo, Benin are pretty close. (188 km by car)
Well, how about Rome and the Vatican City? 😎
I know that Palestine isn't an officially recognized country, but its Ramallah is only about 15km away from Jerusalem of Israel.
It's quite impressive that Brussels is no more then 320 kilometers (200 miles) away from FOUR European capital cities.
Brussels > London: 320 kilometers
Brussels > Paris: 265 kilometers
Brussels > Luxembourg: 185 kilometers
Brussels > Amsterdam: 173 kilometers
Another thing to take into consideration is Nicosia, Cyprus. One half of it is the capital of the Republic of Cyprus and the other half is the capital of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Those could also be considered the world's two closest capital cities, except that one of the countries involved is not a legitimate country in the eyes of most of the world.
Vaduz, Liechtenstein to Bern, Switzerland is 151 kilometres.
Crazy takes me an hour to see my friend and i havent left my city lol
Quick Note to point out: Bratislava & Vienna are not the closest European capital cities. Roma & The Vatican are closer with the Vatican being completely sorrunded by Rome.
found someone who didn't watch the video.
@brentd209 After I continued on with the video, I became really embarrassed, but I don't like to delete comments, so I just left it there.
You're not wrong though, in the first part he does say that Bratislava & Vienna are the closest European capitals "So is 321 km the closest distance for a European capital pairing? No, not even close. That accolade belongs to the European capitals of Bratislava & Vienna". Only later does he say that Rome and Vatican are the closest.
Can't believe I never realized Finland and Estonia are so close to one another! I know their languages are similar, though.
Both are Finnic nations. By the way, Tallinn is also the closest capital city to Stockholm.
What about Buenos Aires and Montevideo?
Russia and USA got a sea border, means that US and Ru have most distant capitals from each other and they sharing border. Distant between them 7813km
9:37 - Canada and Denmark now share a land border thanks to the resolution of the Hans Island Whisky War in 2022. Ottawa and Copenhagen are over 5,900km apart
what about ottawa and paris? due to a small island owned by france in the st lawrance.
Do something about the Dutch province of Flevoland.
Big shout out for having the Wirral on the uk
The two closest capitals are Vatican City and Rome
Darwin Northern Territory is closer to jarkarta than it is to other cities in Australia