How Canada Just Got a Land-Border With Denmark

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Комментарии • 3,1 тыс.

  • @JonathonV
    @JonathonV Год назад +4849

    As a Canadian, I’m almost disappointed that our adorable little rivalry with Denmark is over. 😞

    • @Galatzo
      @Galatzo Год назад +253

      Back to hockey wars

    • @benjaminchristensen3075
      @benjaminchristensen3075 Год назад +226

      As a dane i could not agree anymore😅

    • @Very_Grumpy_Cat
      @Very_Grumpy_Cat Год назад +66

      Yhaaa! I was also thinking what the hell wee were doing. I will still offer you some good Danish snaps

    • @JW-tg9hh
      @JW-tg9hh Год назад +36

      Actually the island belongs to Norway. As Greenland (with Island and Fareo Islands) was stolen from the Norwegians. We sent som guys over to occupy back it one time in the 1920s or 30'. I would say the claim still stand.

    • @theguywhosaysit
      @theguywhosaysit Год назад +46

      now we can set up a proper boarder outpost, a couple folks could meet up there for a picnic every once in a while, bringing their passports to go to the other side.

  •  Год назад +2038

    given Denmarks stellar trak record in terms of public transportation, this means I can reach the canadian border from Berlin utilizing my 9 EUR weekend euro rail ticket... right?

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад +19

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!!

    • @bird-war
      @bird-war Год назад +42

      Maybe, if they build a station

    • @Ferroes
      @Ferroes Год назад +17

      @Raytheslay why are you listening?

    • @Ferroes
      @Ferroes Год назад +21

      @Raytheslay what's the criticism and how is it constructive?

    • @hangoutdesk1894
      @hangoutdesk1894 Год назад +18

      @Raytheslay wait that isnt constructive criticism.

  • @dogwithheadphones
    @dogwithheadphones Год назад +118

    As an American, I really loved the wholesome border dispute. Like, what else would we expect from our lovely neighbors up north than to just offer the Danes whiskey. We love you, Canadians! ❤️❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🍁🍁

    • @Wyatt-rp4hb
      @Wyatt-rp4hb Год назад +12

      Love back to you Americans! 🇺🇸❤️🇨🇦

    • @mobo8933
      @mobo8933 Год назад +4

      We love y'all too. 🥰🥰🥰

    • @SphereofCygnus
      @SphereofCygnus Год назад +3

      We love ya too! ❤🇺🇸🇨🇦

    • @KozelPraiseGOELRO
      @KozelPraiseGOELRO Год назад

      As Mexican, south border, I can say:
      HELP!! Our governament is getting autoritarian, more corrupt and dangerous. Our country is more insecure every day and is the State's fault. Our current president openly and publicly threaten our democracy at least once (but luckily not able to end it so). Middle class is almost erradicated because social movility is just going down. Don't want to let PEMEX (Petroleos Mexicanos) die because is a (fake) Soberany thing, even if red numbers are above -100% keeping our taxes going to a bottomless pit, not including the money that simply disappear.

    • @Winkle-Dinkle
      @Winkle-Dinkle 2 месяца назад

      We should unify tbh

  • @cphcity4281
    @cphcity4281 Год назад +119

    As a Dane, I'm thrilled to now share a land border with Canada! I always wanted to visit Canada, and now that we share a border, even more so. Every Canadian I have met have all been great, relaxed and funny people - in every way the perfect brother nation to Denmark.
    Only got love and respect for our Canadian brothers and sisters

    • @wasabista1613
      @wasabista1613 Год назад +2

      I think it was rude of us to repay your delicious schnapps with our barely drinkable whiskey 😃

    • @TShady98
      @TShady98 2 месяца назад +1

      😂😂😂 so true ​@@wasabista1613

    • @whynot5988
      @whynot5988 2 месяца назад +1

      @@wasabista1613 we should have just gave them maple syrup instead and a bag of pancake mix

    • @speedPAINTER888
      @speedPAINTER888 Месяц назад

      ​true

    • @burningblue1254
      @burningblue1254 Месяц назад

      ​@wasabista1613 Crown Royal and Gibsons 20 year are some of the best whiskeys in the world.

  • @zaphodbeeblebrox6795
    @zaphodbeeblebrox6795 Год назад +1066

    I‘m kinda sad the conflict over Hans Island is over. The exchange of bottles was such an incredibly sweet tradition.

    • @lostwizard
      @lostwizard Год назад +69

      Who says there can't be a regular tradition of exchanging bottles that is even more friendly now? Have the foreign ministers or what have you head up there, set up a table straddlig the border, do the bottle exchange, and then kick back and shoot the breeze for a while. Get that tradition going, keep Canada and Denmark intact for a century or two, and keep the tradition going. Next thing you know, people have forgotten what it was all about and successor nations controlling the area continue the tradition.... :)

    • @ValkyRiver
      @ValkyRiver Год назад +2

      🇬🇱

    • @omniyambot9876
      @omniyambot9876 Год назад +15

      don't worry, in Philippines, we enjoy our sweet conflict with China

    • @CMDRSweeper
      @CMDRSweeper Год назад

      Nah we will have to forcefully restart that war and make it a monthly "conflict"
      Of course the purpose now is to set the future war standard and the new weapons of war!

    • @jasonarthurs3885
      @jasonarthurs3885 Год назад +13

      Nothing says the bottle swap has to stop.

  • @LarsPallesen
    @LarsPallesen Год назад +1977

    As a Dane I'm pleased to now be sharing a land border with such a friendly country as Canada. Hello there to our new Canadian neighbors from Denmark :-)

    • @brendajenkins4975
      @brendajenkins4975 Год назад +81

      Hello neighbor.... I love it

    • @EXODIOSGames
      @EXODIOSGames Год назад +51

      Hello neighbor 👋

    • @jiajianhou426
      @jiajianhou426 Год назад +62

      Neighbours (Canadian) lol

    • @cedriclasry9151
      @cedriclasry9151 Год назад +29

      It is a pleasure to finally share a land border! all the best from the great white

    • @jeneric989
      @jeneric989 Год назад +19

      The whole island belongs to us and you know it Dane, just enjoy this temporary delay to our glory.

  • @TribleNerd
    @TribleNerd Год назад +33

    My head cannon is that when the Canadian's and the Danes sat down at a table and it went like this.
    "I am sorry for the inconveniences" :Canada
    "No, no. It is not your fault. Don't be sorry for it" :Denmark
    "Oh well I am sorry for the previous statement." :Canada
    "Oh well it is ok, I did not mean to make you feel that way" :Denmark.
    This went on for many years

    • @KublaKhan1797
      @KublaKhan1797 Год назад +2

      I am as sorry as you are, Dimitri.

  • @sniclops15
    @sniclops15 Год назад +64

    This is the first time I've heard of this mini border dispute over the rock, and I am giggling like an idiot.
    Hello Denmark neighbors!

  • @HistoricalWeapons
    @HistoricalWeapons Год назад +1459

    This is a historically significant since the Vikings were the first Europeans who arrived in the new world and the first to arrive in modern day Canada

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад +4

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

    • @halalboyseif
      @halalboyseif Год назад +12

      @@UnkownRUclipsr286 sus lan

    • @bababababababa6124
      @bababababababa6124 Год назад +44

      *Discovered America for the Europeans

    • @gabrielmoralesgonzalez6471
      @gabrielmoralesgonzalez6471 Год назад +77

      Before the English, Spaniards and Portugal?
      I do not like the term that people "discovered" a continent when the continent has always been a part of this world.
      If someone "discovered" the continent, it was the people who crossed the bridge during the Ice Age.

    • @maximus4765
      @maximus4765 Год назад +12

      I wish they settled the northeast so we'd this cultural branch off where viking culture never died

  • @therandomer285
    @therandomer285 Год назад +1338

    I'm canadian and I find it really funny how it took us 50 years to resolve a border dispute over a useless rock and I'm now glad we share a border with 2 countries

    • @advancetotabletop5328
      @advancetotabletop5328 Год назад +26

      Canada bestest neighbor, ever! ;)

    • @freemanc6258
      @freemanc6258 Год назад +37

      If you count in marine borders, we share one with France...

    • @rokksula4082
      @rokksula4082 Год назад +14

      RLL was wrong in stating the island is useless. It is used by the indigenous inhabitants of both Greenland and Nunavut while hunting. And has been for centuries.

    • @bobthegoat7090
      @bobthegoat7090 Год назад +35

      You are going to regret it when we Danes launch an invasion from Hans island. We can just about fit all our soldiers on our half of the island. We can see you eyeing our incredible schnapps, so we will take your maple syrup!

    • @nomore-constipation
      @nomore-constipation Год назад

      Real quick question... Can I build on that rock or it consider uninhabitable by the government for each side?
      Wouldn't it be better if each side builds something special on it to just continue the 'fight'? Like building in height or something. Maybe even offer some kind of reason to keep it in the news to continue to rub it in Putin's face. Lol

  • @neuro3834
    @neuro3834 Год назад +45

    "This gruesome war's amount of casualties was a devastating two. One missing bottle of Danish lichor and a tragically and neatly folded canadian flag left to die in the coasts of this island."

  • @SH1974
    @SH1974 Год назад +60

    Since many Years I knew about the probably most friendly teretorial conflict a.k.a. "Whisky War".
    Glad to hear that this conflict is finally solved, but given the numbers of victims of that "war", it was not that urgent to do so.
    It was a beautiful example how cilivized countries can deal with conflict.

    • @NarayananV28
      @NarayananV28 Год назад +3

      This was far from a FRIENDLY dispute. If it really was, either of these countries should have gladly given the island to the other. The fact that they settled it by splitting a 1200 sq meters island is the depiction of how unrelenting & cheap both the countries were. On the contrary India gave away 1 island to Srilanka (Katchatheevu Islands) & 1 island to Myanmar (Coco Islands) for free, without bullying those 2 tiny countries. That's how big hearted & civilized countries behave.

    • @bottle-xz5hp
      @bottle-xz5hp Год назад +1

      @@NarayananV28 what about goa

    • @NarayananV28
      @NarayananV28 Год назад

      @@bottle-xz5hp Yeah! Goa is one of the states in the middle of India. So, What about it?

  • @CDSAfghan
    @CDSAfghan Год назад +528

    When I was in the Canadian army my Sgt burst in the door and yelled "we're going to war boys!" With who we asked (we were currently in Afghanistan) "those sneaky Danes! They took our island" we agreed they should probably have it as it seemed like a long hike to go put our flag up, and we were losing like 3 polar bears on the census.

    • @CasualAiden710
      @CasualAiden710 Год назад

      Huhhhhuhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    • @paddington1670
      @paddington1670 Год назад +49

      not the polar bear cavalry! ohhh the horror!

    • @mysteriousDSF
      @mysteriousDSF Год назад +14

      Oh no those pesky Danes

    • @dragonfly4441
      @dragonfly4441 Год назад +23

      I would like to see a polar bear filling out a polar bear census please.

    • @Margoth195
      @Margoth195 Год назад +9

      @@dragonfly4441 it's in the end credits for the coca-cola commercial

  • @f_pie
    @f_pie Год назад +833

    Dude thank god they solved it diplomatically, that warship was scary

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад +2

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

    • @dakshanbalaramesh
      @dakshanbalaramesh Год назад +53

      @@UnkownRUclipsr286 get lost troll

    • @Doping1234
      @Doping1234 Год назад +37

      It would have turned the island into a wasteland

    • @IB21066
      @IB21066 Год назад +22

      Ikr, I nearly dropped my phone looking at that behemoth of a vessel

    • @bos1200
      @bos1200 Год назад +17

      Yup, 330 tons of pure warpower, armed with an impressive TWO (2) machineguns. Fiercesome indeed...for a small fishingboat :P

  • @RealJMAC
    @RealJMAC Год назад +21

    That 'meaningless' zone that's mentioned is actually a very important fishing area for both countries

  • @tbz1551
    @tbz1551 Год назад +18

    3:03 That little island is not New Brunswick, as this seems to imply, rather Grand Manan Island which is a tiny part of New Brunswick.

  • @WanderingCoyoteXVII
    @WanderingCoyoteXVII Год назад +928

    "Canada and Denmark are two totally different nations..."
    If South Park has taught me anything it's that Denmark is Europe's Canada.

    • @daryld4457
      @daryld4457 Год назад +3

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

    • @daryld4457
      @daryld4457 Год назад +2

      @@spoo0901 The Lord Ken Barlow will provide.

    • @jamesedwards1284
      @jamesedwards1284 Год назад +104

      Belgium is europe’s canada, and here is why:
      1: larger “original” country borders it: in this case netherlands instead of usa.
      2: funny accents
      3: for some reason, a part of its population speaks French.
      4: love fries
      5: garbage government

    • @mbugard
      @mbugard Год назад +5

      Ha! I immediately thought of South Park when I saw this video.

    • @LaFacedera
      @LaFacedera Год назад +50

      @@jamesedwards1284 And both our French accents are mocked by the French.

  • @billylacharity3443
    @billylacharity3443 Год назад +284

    As a Canadian, I welcome our new Neighbours! Now we need to build a hockey rink on the island and have a game each year to decide who reins supreme until the following year!

    • @hockeyislife2
      @hockeyislife2 Год назад +5

      Yes!

    • @iangurudata
      @iangurudata Год назад +14

      Let's keep it fair and make it bonspiel 😉

    • @MasterDecoy
      @MasterDecoy Год назад +5

      that's not fair bro

    • @paddington1670
      @paddington1670 Год назад +2

      only Canadian and Denmarkian, or whatever thems call thems players though

    • @seventeenpoint5
      @seventeenpoint5 Год назад +14

      To the winner goes the whiskey

  • @emaled88
    @emaled88 Год назад +29

    Finally! My mom is Danish and my dad is Canadian. I never knew which side to take in this complicated matter.

  • @gui18bif
    @gui18bif Год назад +5

    "You cant own gas cars, you are destroying the planet!"
    >makes a 5000km boat/helicopter trip to put whisky on a rock.

  • @Allofmynamestaken
    @Allofmynamestaken Год назад +459

    As a Canadian, I am glad that the Whisky War have been finally ended. Like many lads my generation, I was conscripted and spent my time in that frozen hell hole. Our medical centers were full of soldiers wounded everyday from the horrible lego minefields. We of course weren't innocent ourselves. Many a time when we couldn't storm one of the comfy Danish Hygge bunkers, we would simply dump in maple syrup and seal those Danes in a solid block of sweet maple amber. And the geese... my god, how often we would call in an air strike from those honking war crimes... Sometimes I would wake up to the sound of the honks. The horror... The horror.

    • @tcn9939
      @tcn9939 Год назад +45

      "Our medical centers were full of soldiers wounded everyday from the horrible lego minefields."
      I laughed, thanx :)

    • @Doofy1906
      @Doofy1906 Год назад +28

      I'm so sorry. Our lego mines truly are brutal😭
      Also, hello new neighbor!

    • @CaptainLicorice
      @CaptainLicorice Год назад +13

      Oh god not the geese

    • @Kilthan2050
      @Kilthan2050 Год назад +19

      “Honking war crimes.” Never have i read a more accurate description of Canada Geese.

    • @Sssmaug
      @Sssmaug Год назад +5

      Love it, well done! 😄
      I'm English & married a Dane 54 yrs ago - what was I thinking!?! Skål! 😜

  • @fetlix
    @fetlix Год назад +914

    The hilarity of how the "Agression" between them is told is priceless. As said, the most friendly borderdispute in history

  • @peter9477
    @peter9477 Год назад +5

    As a Danish-Canadian, I finally feel complete.

  • @fredericgentes3116
    @fredericgentes3116 Год назад +19

    Two countries, one border and same colors flags, I'm happy to share this island with you my friends

    • @fastertove
      @fastertove Год назад

      Three, if you count both Greenland and (the Kingdom of) Denmark.

    • @patrickkershaw4154
      @patrickkershaw4154 7 месяцев назад

      Denmark? Canada? Friends? You got that right!!!! Glad we now have a land border with the Danes, hope you all visit soon !!! (no, really, visit anytime, you guys are always welcomed!)

  • @Nalhirrim
    @Nalhirrim Год назад +211

    I'm from Greenland and I live here. I, for one, am glad if Canada and Denmark can have closer relations. Both Danes and Canadians are wonderful people in my experience.

    • @bnbcraft6666
      @bnbcraft6666 Год назад +1

      Is it cold this time of year?

    • @bentjensen3841
      @bentjensen3841 Год назад +7

      Det er Grønland, ikke Danmark som grænser op til Kanada. Grønland er jo så godt som en selvstændig nation.

    • @celineo9445
      @celineo9445 Год назад +1

      Why does Greenland have the highest suicide rate

    • @NotinEzugo
      @NotinEzugo Год назад +4

      @@bentjensen3841 Egentlig ikke

    • @flo2677
      @flo2677 Год назад

      @@bentjensen3841 Grønland er underlagt Kongeriket Danmark og København har derfor noe de skulle ha sagt.

  • @JRufu
    @JRufu Год назад +394

    Finally! I've been saying for years that Canada needed to get closer with Europe... This isn't quite what I meant though...

    • @JaxDaBest
      @JaxDaBest Год назад +40

      Land border with Europe now

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад +3

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

    • @Homer-OJ-Simpson
      @Homer-OJ-Simpson Год назад

      Time for a land war!

    • @EmelyPhan
      @EmelyPhan Год назад +8

      There is an island off of Newfoundland that is a French territory.

    • @bayousbambino427
      @bayousbambino427 Год назад +2

      @@EmelyPhan Greenland is also Denmark.

  • @jamzgamz7295
    @jamzgamz7295 Год назад +29

    to be honest, i think that canada and Denmark having a land border will actually strengthen the two nations due to being able to quickly transfer troops to one another. what i think is a funny thing though is that despite both nations knowing that neither side fully claimed the island, news headlines in the U.S said that canada won and ones in the U.K said that Denmark won.

    • @Voodoomaria
      @Voodoomaria Год назад +5

      They just can't understand a war where BOTH sides won, and came out the better for it.
      We both won because we decided to exercise our hearts and brains rather than our mouths and fists.
      And to our new Danish neighbours [and family];
      halløjsa
      We'll keep the liquor coming if you will.
      Wait... does this mean we can join the E.U. now?
      They have a recent vacancy.
      Somebody look in to that.

  • @peterb_nonumbers
    @peterb_nonumbers Год назад +15

    That wasn't just any Danish warship. It had TWO!! Browning machine guns. Bet you didn't expect that, did you?:) It was so fearsome, that we had to retire it in 2017, after accusations that we were reigniting the Cold War arms race.

    • @heinedenmark
      @heinedenmark Год назад +1

      One of my old friends were chef on one them.. They loved these old slow cutters.

  • @MichaelWerneburg
    @MichaelWerneburg Год назад +175

    Thanks for this telling! Apparently, when the matter was officiated the two foreign ministers were joking that with its border with an EU state Canada now met one qualifier for joining the EU.

    • @Tsukaiyo
      @Tsukaiyo Год назад +23

      PLEASE, I'd love to join the EU!

    • @bossjihyo2276
      @bossjihyo2276 Год назад +20

      That would allow me to go and study in Canada without having to sell a kidney, right? ...Right?

    • @CanadianReef
      @CanadianReef Год назад +2

      LOL

    • @alexlandsbergs
      @alexlandsbergs Год назад +9

      but....can we compete in eurovision now?

    • @Myrilia
      @Myrilia Год назад +1

      @@alexlandsbergs that is what i'm wondering too!

  • @calar8
    @calar8 Год назад +426

    The correct way to resolve this dispute would have been a third party judging which liquor was better and awarding the island to the winner.

    • @freemanc6258
      @freemanc6258 Год назад +42

      This would be way more contentious than the original "dispute" ...

    • @calar8
      @calar8 Год назад +5

      @@freemanc6258 Heh, too true

    • @Cruxador
      @Cruxador Год назад +36

      The point was to resolve it peaceably, not to escalate.

    • @AntonLauridsen
      @AntonLauridsen Год назад +22

      Speaking as a dane, I can only say the Canadians would have won that one hands down. I shudder at the thought of drinking snaps, though maybe it would have tasted better cooled down to arctic temperatures 🙂

    • @hkchan1339
      @hkchan1339 Год назад

      Whatever the result it could start WW3

  • @marks.3303
    @marks.3303 Год назад +9

    At 7:32 "the prime ministers of both countries...". Neither of those guys pictured were the Canadian prime minister in 2005 (Paul Martin).

  • @wseam1
    @wseam1 Год назад +2

    Love this channel - I feel like I never would have learned this otherwise haha

  • @Knutwolf
    @Knutwolf Год назад +179

    I literally spat out my raspberry lemonade when we got to the “this fearsome warship” part at 7:29. You do quality journalism on many scary geopolitical topics. But good to know you also have humor in abundance

    • @michaelkeller5927
      @michaelkeller5927 Год назад +17

      Tensions were at all time high. As a proud Canadian I was ready to enlist in the armed forces!

    • @paddington1670
      @paddington1670 Год назад +22

      Me and the boys were just out for a rip behind the silo, soon as I seen that warship on the horizon, I just aboot jumped a Davie over a Susie since she was so large eh. Crazy big, never seen anything like it in ages. Anyway, finished my smoke and told the boys to saddle up the polar bears, we were going to war. They said that's fine and dandy eh. Here we are, in the mariana trench or whatever of Hans island, it's important to do your part eh.

    • @Knutwolf
      @Knutwolf Год назад +1

      @@paddington1670, good lord you made me laugh

    • @heinedenmark
      @heinedenmark Год назад

      The sailors sailing on them, loved them. We had frigate sized OPV's in the area as well. But I guess the navy didn't expect much resistance in this case.. lol. They've been replaced today.

    • @dennisnielsen8030
      @dennisnielsen8030 Год назад

      Don't you mess with our little Viking warship 😂

  • @mats7492
    @mats7492 Год назад +46

    The sailors are gonna be pissed that they won’t get free whiskey anymore

    • @daryld4457
      @daryld4457 Год назад

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

    • @Yvaelle
      @Yvaelle Год назад +2

      The Canadian Navy isn't dry like the American Navy, you can drink as much as you want off-duty so long as it doesn't impede your job or others doing their jobs. Not having it be a big forbidden deal takes most of the insanity out of it - that and the CPO teaching the kids how to drink responsibly.

    • @daryld4457
      @daryld4457 Год назад

      @@Yvaelle What is their policy on back scuttling?

  • @Humancompassion1234
    @Humancompassion1234 Год назад

    I always learn something new and from a different genre than straight news.
    You assist putting puzzle pieces together

  • @erikstenviken2652
    @erikstenviken2652 Год назад +5

    Denmark sort of have a landborder with Sweden. Its a bridge/tunnel but its still a road connection thats like any other road connections. So Sweden and denmark are connected.

  • @than217
    @than217 Год назад +81

    Canada: "With regard to the island our answer remains: Nunavut."
    Denmark: "Okay, perfect you want none of it?"
    Canada: "YES! Nunavut."
    *insert 50 years long Who's on First vaudeville routine*

    • @jaredbaratta8589
      @jaredbaratta8589 Год назад +6

      Yes Yukon.

    • @User31129
      @User31129 Год назад +1

      There was a nice Who's On First skit going back when Hu Jintao was the premier of China.

    • @llee_gg
      @llee_gg Год назад +1

      The cringe I feel when people pronounce Nunavut as "none-of-it" 😬🍞
      Like this guy did in the video 😒

  • @kugelblitzingularity304
    @kugelblitzingularity304 Год назад +54

    i like how the two nations essentially trolled on the island for half a century, fun times im sure

    • @keithpeden7664
      @keithpeden7664 11 месяцев назад

      Canadian forces had to get there by air. I don't think our navy has ships with sufficient ice ratings to go that far north. And certainly not enough to take on that fearsome Danish warship.

  • @element4element4
    @element4element4 Год назад +5

    As a Dane that used to live in Canada for 5 years, I am glad that I now can just drive over the border to get cheap maple syrup.

    • @thwingerpodthvet4302
      @thwingerpodthvet4302 Год назад

      I don’t think there’s even enough room for a road on that that island if they even wanted to build one

  • @CanadaPlayz48
    @CanadaPlayz48 Год назад +2

    What i love about this is that each party actually respectfully folded each other's flag

    • @neanderthal-
      @neanderthal- 7 дней назад

      No need for being a barbarian!

  • @cityabsurdia6680
    @cityabsurdia6680 Год назад +39

    It's amazing when you read a news story that the media makes seem random, and then to get an actual historical explanation for why this is happening. Great work!

    • @SimonGrayDK
      @SimonGrayDK Год назад +2

      Yeah, there's been an article in the Danish news every year about this island for what seems like a decade now, but this is the first time I actually got the full back story.

  • @zachcrawford5
    @zachcrawford5 Год назад +48

    I'm canadian and my ancestry is danish so I'm really happy that both countries could resolve this boarder so easily. I couldn't be happier to have Denmark as an even closer neighbor:)

    • @pisepranavramesh9574
      @pisepranavramesh9574 Год назад +6

      So happy for you
      Can understand yr emotional happiness
      Congrats to both Canada and Denmark

    • @CanadianReef
      @CanadianReef Год назад

      I’m part Russian :(

    • @CanadianReef
      @CanadianReef Год назад

      Nah jk I’m happy about that:))))))

  • @13thravenpurple94
    @13thravenpurple94 Год назад

    Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thank you 💜💜💜

  • @houseofspadesamoderngarden6425
    @houseofspadesamoderngarden6425 Год назад +5

    As an American I'm fascinated by rethinking war in a more playful non violent event.

  • @AQFearfullMage
    @AQFearfullMage Год назад +39

    Its amazing how you managed to stretch out this 2-3 minute video concept into a whole 13 minute long video with sponsors and all. Hats off to you RLL!

    • @chiarosuburekeni9325
      @chiarosuburekeni9325 Год назад +20

      He's a master at repeating the same facts over and over in a slightly different way each time to stretch out the video for advertising dollars. Most of his content could be a few minutes long

    • @NAT-turners-Revenge
      @NAT-turners-Revenge Год назад +2

      Exactly... i was like.... 🤔 ok.... thats it aaaaannnnd... oh look theres more ☺

    • @bobbbxxx
      @bobbbxxx Год назад

      It's true. I almost stopped watching after that incredibly long list of Nations that shared one border. It just went on and on and on

  • @fantasticmio
    @fantasticmio Год назад +221

    Damn, I'm going to miss that ridiculous little war.

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад +1

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

    • @halalboyseif
      @halalboyseif Год назад

      @@UnkownRUclipsr286 SHUT UP

    • @orbrat212
      @orbrat212 Год назад +5

      the world's friendliest war

    • @RandomGamer-
      @RandomGamer- Год назад +4

      Damn these bots are getting ridiculous. They *_Can't-ada_* be over 12 years old. If they are, *_Den-mark_* it down. It's a worldwide phenomenal occasion.

    • @bradyryan5105
      @bradyryan5105 Год назад +1

      Just wait till Canada wants ownership of Alaska 😉😉

  • @thunderman_2226
    @thunderman_2226 Год назад +3

    They split a rock in half, a 10 second explination stretched out into 13 minutes
    Gotta respect the grind

    • @ChinnuWoW
      @ChinnuWoW Год назад

      I guess you don’t care at all about the history behind it.

    • @thunderman_2226
      @thunderman_2226 Год назад

      @@ChinnuWoW 🤓

  • @philipnorris6542
    @philipnorris6542 Год назад

    You learn something new every day.

  • @iangurudata
    @iangurudata Год назад +22

    9:30 That is an absolutely stunning shot of Parliament Hill.
    It captures the magnificence of the rock in a way that even as a frequent visitor to my nation's capital I rarely get to enjoy.

  • @wowgetalife1000
    @wowgetalife1000 Год назад +48

    as a Canadian, I'm proud that we along with the Danes put our pride aside and came together to share the island showing the world that border disagreements can be solved with diplomacy when push comes to shove. I'm also now proud to say we share a border with our European friends who knows maybe now that we border an EU/European country we could apply for membership into the European club (European union)! jokes aside I am happy and proud to share a border with my danish friends cheers to all my Canadian and danish friends to eternal peace and friendship between our nations!

    • @avinashreji60
      @avinashreji60 Год назад

      There were zero consequences either way. Unlike say Palestine

  • @gretasalvini1297
    @gretasalvini1297 Год назад

    keep up the good work, love you`re vids!

  • @mindi.m
    @mindi.m Год назад

    Thanks for this information. I don't know if I would have learned about it otherwise.

  • @zciliyafilms5508
    @zciliyafilms5508 Год назад +139

    The funny thing is that the original dispute resolution wasn't even a dispute in the sense of certain land theory which states that land only belongs to people while they're using it. Thomas Jefferson stated this as "The land belongs to those in usufruct".

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад +3

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!!

    • @archeewaters
      @archeewaters Год назад +3

      so, does that mean both nations must build an outpost and man it... 60/40? :)

    • @Mike-zx1kx
      @Mike-zx1kx Год назад +4

      @@archeewaters As a Dane I cant speak for Canadians but search YT for "Sirius patrol" and learn that The kingdom of Denmark patrols its territory in entirety.

    • @supermaster2012
      @supermaster2012 Год назад

      No one cares about America outside America, your founding fathers are literally no-ones in the rest of the world.

    • @zciliyafilms5508
      @zciliyafilms5508 Год назад +1

      ​@@supermaster2012 28 likes says otherwise, but feel free to keep speaking for "no one". Blocked for being obnoxious.

  • @bravehome4276
    @bravehome4276 Год назад +116

    The most amazing part of resolving this dispute to me is that the island is split 60/40 Denmark/Canada. I can only imagine the conflict resolution discussions that resulted in that unequal split.

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад +2

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

    • @NatureXwars
      @NatureXwars Год назад +37

      It makes sense for the border to follow a natural rift of the island. And besides, the island is slightly more towards Greenland from the halfway mark.

    • @collinscody57
      @collinscody57 Год назад +4

      It's were the sea border crossed the island already

    • @williamr.s.5693
      @williamr.s.5693 Год назад +2

      @@NatureXwars Well that settled it then.

    • @thirdtooth4069
      @thirdtooth4069 Год назад +5

      Maybe I am being ridiculous because honestly who cares about this island, but I find this grossly embarrassing for Canada. We couldn't even get 50%.

  • @StephiSensei26
    @StephiSensei26 Год назад +6

    I love my little country in the North, Denmark. And, I wouldn't expect anything less from them than to find a way to come to an agreement with its neighbor, than over a bottle of Danish Akvavit (Schnaps). Mmm, yummy! I can just hear them, Denmark: "Oh, you can have it, just take it. You're so nice. Canada: Nah, you're too nice too, you keep it. We like you so much!" Hey Canada! Skål! It's a really silly country, but you can't help loving it!

    • @rubendan6898
      @rubendan6898 Год назад

      Hello Stephi, how are you doing today

  • @someonee3186
    @someonee3186 Год назад

    Man this is surprising, since I didn’t expect this to happen. Interesting

  • @JaxDaBest
    @JaxDaBest Год назад +63

    WOO! We finally got two land borders now!! Love you Denmark! (from Canada)

    • @italy8795
      @italy8795 Год назад

      WHY CANADIAN DISCRIMINATED THEIR INDIGINEOUS PEOPLE 😭😭

    • @svendalsgaard
      @svendalsgaard Год назад +7

      hallo from denmark :) Love you Canada (from Denmark)

    • @halalboyseif
      @halalboyseif Год назад +1

      Noice 👍

    • @JaxDaBest
      @JaxDaBest Год назад +7

      @@italy8795 I would never discriminate against anyone. We don't do that anymore. Times have changed and just because I am a Canadian doesn't mean I hate natives. I respect every nationality, every gender, and every sexuality. I am sorry on behalf of my country and I hope you understand.

    • @italy8795
      @italy8795 Год назад

      @@JaxDaBest Hmmmm...why should I believe you? Even Quebec wants to seperated from Canada just like Scotland for UK and Catalonia for Spain

  • @RTDice11
    @RTDice11 Год назад +177

    I wish America's foreign conflicts could be solved with liquor and flag-folding

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

    • @DakotaofRaptors
      @DakotaofRaptors Год назад +14

      Americans and liquor don't go well together

    • @duckmeister5385
      @duckmeister5385 Год назад +22

      Our conflicts BEGIN with liquor and flag-folding.

    • @simplesimon8255
      @simplesimon8255 Год назад +2

      @@DakotaofRaptors add guns to that, and you've got a shitstorm

    • @advancetotabletop5328
      @advancetotabletop5328 Год назад +1

      Pretty sure that’s how we select our presidential and gubernatorial candidates. :P

  • @shaneanderson8358
    @shaneanderson8358 Год назад +1

    I’ve been to the arctic more times than I can count. Explored Greenland many times. Our Canadian Forces Base known as Alert, and an American base in Greenland known as Thule are both in constant communication and we travel back and fourth often. It’s maybe 300kms from one another. Probably less. On a clear night in Alert you can see the lights shining from Thule across the water. Doesn’t happen often, the storms are bad in the winter. 🤟🏼

    • @i-cdoor42
      @i-cdoor42 Год назад

      My step mother lived in Thule when the Americans forced all citizens of the town to leave. She’s half danish, and half Greenlandic.

  • @323232blue
    @323232blue Год назад +1

    great video Man

  • @dannydanish7050
    @dannydanish7050 Год назад +41

    I've had conversations with folk who consider this dispute childish over that small island but that right there is how disputes should be solved. Through diplomacy and humor.
    It is certainly a lot funnier than bullets, bombs and nuclear weapons

    • @CreatureOTNight
      @CreatureOTNight Год назад

      Chances are that'll be women folk that "just dont understand".

    • @dabnad
      @dabnad Год назад +2

      Every conflict should be solved by a chess match, played by the president/prime minister

    • @Roketsune
      @Roketsune Год назад

      Fuck that. If Canada wanted it it should have just stationed the military there and dared Denmark to do something about it. Same with Denmark.

    • @keithpeden7664
      @keithpeden7664 11 месяцев назад

      @@dabnad But then we'd have to elect intelligent politicians. Are you trying to upset the whole world order?!!!

  • @ephraimboateng5239
    @ephraimboateng5239 Год назад +32

    Much love to my Danish friends From Canada! Glad we could put asside our differences and end this despicable bloodshed over the island. Peace has won today!

    • @cphcity4281
      @cphcity4281 Год назад +1

      Proud and happy to share a land border with our great Canadian friends! Cheers from Denmark 🍻🤗☮

  • @eeryminotaur960
    @eeryminotaur960 6 месяцев назад +2

    Actually, Denmark wasn’t on that single border country list. Denmark and Sweden actually border each other by a bridge. Though it is only about 10 meters or so, it still exists.

  • @M41real
    @M41real 9 месяцев назад +4

    So as a German we're basically 1 country away from Canada

  • @EE-sw3uh
    @EE-sw3uh Год назад +78

    This is such a long video to say “They decided to split an island”

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

    • @halalboyseif
      @halalboyseif Год назад +8

      I know right but its still fun ngl

    • @EE-sw3uh
      @EE-sw3uh Год назад

      @@halalboyseif I guess, I think a few other creators have been talking about it so for me it was especially boring, if you didn’t already know its a cool vid!

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 Год назад

      Yes, there's a lot of unnecessary blah blah in this video.

    • @chiarosuburekeni9325
      @chiarosuburekeni9325 Год назад +1

      He's a master at repeating the same facts over and over in a slightly different way each time to stretch out the video for advertising dollars. Most of his content could be summed up in one or 2 minutes

  • @gingerjimmy345
    @gingerjimmy345 Год назад +118

    This makes me think of that small French island that is their last territory in North America. It’s called Saint-pierre et Miquelon and is located in the Gulf of Saint-Laurent, in Canada.

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад +1

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

    • @canadianmmaguy7511
      @canadianmmaguy7511 Год назад

      Like 500 people live there.
      It is one of the last places in canada that hasn't been invaded in the last 7 years.
      I'm from an island right under there and we hsd 125,000 people 7 years ago and 170,000 now.
      Mass invasion.

    • @email5023
      @email5023 Год назад +20

      It is not located there. It is located off the south shore of Newfoundland. You might be thinking of Iles de la Madeleine.

    • @canadianmmaguy7511
      @canadianmmaguy7511 Год назад +7

      @@email5023 i was. Thank you.

    • @jiajianhou426
      @jiajianhou426 Год назад +3

      Anyone know if I need a passport to get on that island?

  • @peterpayne2219
    @peterpayne2219 Год назад

    Great video!

  • @sheeba4169
    @sheeba4169 Год назад

    As an India who did add some letters and numbers in 2 wikipedia pages :- Borders of Denmark and Hans Island, GREAT VIDEO 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

  • @knowledgemafiatidings
    @knowledgemafiatidings Год назад +91

    Thank you for making these videos! I've had a tough past couple of years, and I'm sure everyone has. You really make everyone's day! We love you!

  • @jarehelt
    @jarehelt Год назад +14

    I had no idea how fearsome the Denmark Navy is!

    • @Very_Grumpy_Cat
      @Very_Grumpy_Cat Год назад +3

      Haha true

    • @Asg2121
      @Asg2121 Год назад +1

      Well, now you know😜😂. Greetings from your new neighbor🇩🇰

  • @ferretyluv
    @ferretyluv Год назад +1

    I remember learning about this years ago and thought it was an adorable “conflict.” SATW satirized it perfectly with Canada and Denmark arguing over a puppy while America and Sweden goad them on.

  • @User31129
    @User31129 Год назад

    Somewhat related, I find it interesting places where the only way you can leave on land is by crossing over into the other country. The Northwest Angle in Minnesota. Campobello Island in New Brunswick. Point Roberts in Washington. And Hyder in Alaska.

  • @stevencollins8348
    @stevencollins8348 Год назад +31

    I love how you covered this. It's been a hilarious tidbit of history but the whole booze swapping and flag planting will be missed

    • @MarsJenkar
      @MarsJenkar Год назад +2

      Maybe the flag-planting will be abandoned, but no reason the two armies can't send each other a bottle of whisky every few years as a token of friendship.

    • @stevencollins8348
      @stevencollins8348 Год назад

      @@MarsJenkar 🍻

  • @davidblair9877
    @davidblair9877 Год назад +6

    Canadians and Danes are so friendly they fight wars with bottles instead of bullets.

    • @mikeneufield2855
      @mikeneufield2855 Год назад

      As a Canadian I approve this message ( our national passion /or idiosyncracy for hockey aside 😄

  • @miku_hoshino
    @miku_hoshino Год назад

    This is a very great breath of fresh air after all that is happening now

  • @AntonLauridsen
    @AntonLauridsen Год назад +1

    Correction: It is known as the Snaps war. The Whiskey war is the Canadian term for the "conflict"

  • @ilkoallexandroff
    @ilkoallexandroff Год назад +6

    Wow, uploaded 1 minute ago! Cheers from Japan, and if you read this, have a nice day!

  • @drmadjdsadjadi
    @drmadjdsadjadi Год назад +13

    Interesting that Canada also shares an oceanic border with France, so two-thirds of all countries that it directly borders are in Europe.

  • @MariPlayz1
    @MariPlayz1 Год назад

    Thank you real life lore. I am a kid and I learned a lot from your videos. I get straight a's because of your videos.

  • @guttmana9767
    @guttmana9767 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @barttennekes544
    @barttennekes544 Год назад +5

    Russia: NoOOoOoO I don't want to be humiliated by ending the war
    Canada and Denmark: Fine, we'll do it ourselves

  • @stretch129k
    @stretch129k Год назад +11

    Thank you so much for this, you always keep me up to date on world events and how they matter. Thank you thank you so much

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!!

    • @stretch129k
      @stretch129k Год назад

      @@UnkownRUclipsr286 huh?

    • @daryld4457
      @daryld4457 Год назад +1

      @@UnkownRUclipsr286 Listen, friend. If you plagiarise my catchphrase on this channel, or any channel, one more time, I'm going to seriously hurt you.
      This is your FINAL warning.

  • @sorbethyena3828
    @sorbethyena3828 Год назад +1

    this is hilarious, I burst out laughing when I saw the zoom into the island lol (Canadian here)

  • @secretgamingx
    @secretgamingx Год назад

    WOAH is it just me or is this camera work and editing improved since the last video? But nonetheless an awesome and really fun video to watch!

  • @jlrthebassplayer
    @jlrthebassplayer Год назад +10

    thank you for this it's encouraging that 2 nations can shake hands over such a small seemingly insignificant border

  • @cupacartoon991
    @cupacartoon991 Год назад +29

    Once my friend said that Canada and Denmark have a land border and I said not,we made a bet(5 dollars) and I showed him the map and I won the bet,hopefully he doesn't see this.

  • @thejnasty
    @thejnasty Год назад +1

    Loved the video, always A1 Quality! You should make a video about why Denmark owns Greenland 🤘🔥🔥

  • @bredsheeran2897
    @bredsheeran2897 Год назад +1

    I have seen so many people mentioning my state(Maine) recently. It’s like I said that “No one talks about Maine” and then everyone starts talking about it

  • @a587789
    @a587789 Год назад +12

    God bless Canada and Denmark!

  • @bruh83483
    @bruh83483 Год назад +5

    Nice, So Lego is now bordering Maple Syrup

  • @klondikechris
    @klondikechris Год назад +1

    It seems you missed the dispute regarding the Alaska-Yukon offshore border. Canada has that it continues along the 141st degree line of longitude, as the land border is, but the USA has that it runs perpendicular to the shore line there, and thus hangs a right. This is still in dispute (as far as I know).

  • @driver288
    @driver288 Год назад

    Good analysis!

  • @VanpyroGaming0
    @VanpyroGaming0 Год назад +17

    The UK also borders Spain, at Gibraltar.

  • @Ese.vato100
    @Ese.vato100 Год назад +41

    You know Canada’s border is the longest when it stretches all the way to Europe

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM

    • @V3ntilator
      @V3ntilator Год назад +1

      Norway have second longest coast line on the planet after Canada.

    • @bayousbambino427
      @bayousbambino427 Год назад

      Canada's had a border with Europe since 1880: the maritime border between it and Denmark, through Baffin Bay. Once Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, the country gained a maritime border with France, through the Mouth of Hell strait.

    • @AstroRex
      @AstroRex Год назад

      @@V3ntilator Thanks for sharing, but isn't this about land borders?

  • @martonbalazskajari5424
    @martonbalazskajari5424 Год назад +1

    I loved how you compared the Canada-US border

  • @rainerbuesching1
    @rainerbuesching1 Год назад +4

    You may be laughing, but I think it is very important to define / establish the border on Hans island. Better than Putin telling: oh, then it's mine!

  • @TheDCGuitar13
    @TheDCGuitar13 Год назад +6

    Guess you could say Canada embarked on a “special logistical” mission delivering that wiskey lol.

  • @xds3185
    @xds3185 Год назад +9

    The fact that they are very far away from mainland, some people will still think it's fake

    • @UnkownYoutuber286
      @UnkownYoutuber286 Год назад

      RLL FELL OFF I WILL REPLACE HIM!!!

    • @xds3185
      @xds3185 Год назад

      @@rikkehasmoved I did not know that, thanks

  • @SuperEdo07
    @SuperEdo07 Год назад

    the showcase of that "fearsome" warship had me in stiches

  • @FTATF
    @FTATF Год назад

    If I'm not mistaken there is a slight dispute over the maritime border on the Arctic Ocean where the land border between Alaska and Canada meets the ocean. Might become a bigger issue considering there is less ice than before and still just as much oil.