Imagine being that one guy in the UN who has to listen to ambassadors explaining why that one rock in the sea should belong to them

update for Brunei: They have a bridge connecting the two exclaves

I've been in Märket, my phone didn't have any idea if I was in Sweden or Finland :D

I've been to märket several times, there are white dots painted on the rock so signify the location of the border, it's hilarious, especially since Finland and Sweden has open borders with eachother and that citizens of both countries are free to travel betwean the countries.

He sounds so mad at Finland and “the stupid lighthouse” lol

Me seeing the notification for part 5: "Its been 84 years"

Finns: "Gotta säy the lighthöuse is looking great, Good wörk lads" Swedish Håkan in a little row boat coming over with fury: "ÅÅÅH NEJ!!!!

When the lighthouse had a keeper, his house was in Sweden and his outhouse was in Finland. So he had to cross the border every time he needed to go to the bathroom.

Land: Exists UK: That is my territory. Time to divide some native lands.

"This random island on the other side of the world here in the caribbean called Saint Martin" *zooms in on Barbuda *then shows map of St Martin

you make the sweden & finland part sounds pretty hostile but I can assure you our countries are very friendly to each other compared to pretty much any other border dispute.

“Belongs to *Nothern* Ireland.” “Then There’s the Turkish Republic of *Nothern* Cyprus.”

1:59 Brunei recently built a long bridge that connects the two halves of the country by the way

"...which placed *the stupid lighthouse* on the Finnish side" I laughed so hard

0:58 "Around 1000 tribes, and just as many languages spoken by each of them". Wow! Each tribe speaks around 1000 languages!! ;)

As a Finn, it was really interesting to learn about Märket from this video! Thank you for that.

Finland: "ight imma head to that rock" Sweden: "Hold up"

KZfaqrs: Makes 10:01 long videos RealLifeLore: Makes a 9:59 video

7:44 is my favorite part of the video now.

I’ve been to Sint Maarten on a cruise before, can officially deny that there are no border checkpoints for anyone on the island. Peace is a big thing there, as it is such a small island and people might not work in the country that they live.

Nordic countries in 900 AD: *Fearless warriors who explored and raided Europe* Nordic countries in 1809: *wage war over shitty rock*

"Neither is watching KZfaq and Netflix" *I feel attacked*

0:31 To anyone wondering about Nova Zemlya: that's not the two long Russian islands in the Arctic Ocean (that's Novaya Zemlya). Nova Zemlya is a tiny narrow island in the Black Sea, aka K Island, divided between Romania and Ukraine.

I'm swedish and that pronunciation was pretty dope of märket

Next video: " World's strangest borders: straight lines"

2:19 hmm yes, Nothern Ireland

I always figured that Märket's zig-zag border was a case of "no change in territory: less paperwork". We don't have genuine disputes in Northern Europe; we have friendly hassles.

One of the weirdest experiences of my life was taking a wrong turn in Cyprus only to be greeted by a joint MP platoon of Argentines and UK forces, a few years after the Falklands

A literal rock in the middle of the ocean: *exists* UK: HIPPITY HOPPITY THIS ISLAND IS NOW MY PROPERTY

Shoutout to Real Life Lore for not extending the video by a single second for a mid-role ad. Mad respect to you dude.

Me: Sees Finland flag Also me: Clicks instantly faster than light. Suomi perkele

7:04 Sweden has never been controlled by Russia, however, Finland used to be the eastern part of Sweden which was lost after a war with Russia.

6:18 I’ve been the Saint Martin and crossed the border between the Netherlands and France and there are no passport checks.

Nobody : Sweden : how dare you touch my Rocks

How can RealLifeLore make the transition from the main content to ads so smooth? I am addicted to it lol

So about the Dutch and French border, there are a couple of things you missed out on which also explains the situation a little more. The border is technically not with the country of the Netherlands but just with the Kingdom of the Netherlands which the country of the Netherlands is also part of but also a couple other nations. This also explains why Saint maarten (the Dutch one) isn't part of Europe, since this is an independent island state only being part of the monarchy. Hence their use of a different coin and the extra border patrol.

Me: sees thumb nail Ah finally finland. also we are better at ice hockey then sweden

I laughed so hard with the Finn-Swedish case. You have to love them

8:46 Woah, didn't think I'd get called out like that Joe

I’ve been to Sint Maarten. I’ve been to every single place in the island, and I didn’t see any border control

Part 5 is finally here!

*RLL does not include the island of Timor East Timor: am I a joke to you?

*Ship sinks* Finland: Let's build a lighthouse so no more ships can sink here. Sweden: *YoU bUiLd On My LaNd?!*

The Dutch side of Saint Martin is an independent country that is part of the kingdom of the Netherlands. It is more similar to Canada and the UK in that they share the same Royal family.

Bruneian here, a little update on the part about the divided Brunei, just this year (March if i'm not mistaken), Brunei finally opened the longest bridge in Southeast Asia which connects the larger portion with the smaller district of Temburong. This bridge was already finished since late last year and there was suppose to be a major grand opening event possibly with a ribbon of sorts on mid-2020 if i'm not wrong but when Covid came around, the bridge was opened for ease of travel so that Bruneians don't have to cut through Limbang (Malaysia) just to get to the 'mainland' and this was even before Brunei and Malaysia closed their borders due to the pandemic. Fun/Sad Fact: the last time travel from one side to the other didn't involve crossing foreign land was in 1890 when that middle part (Limbang district) was ceded to Sarawak and in Bruneian history, Brunei lost a lot of territories actually, we don't care that Brunei lost territories/influence in the Filipino archipelago to the Spanish, we don't care Brunei lost West Coast North Borneo to the North Borneo Company and we don't care Brunei lost the entirety of Sarawak to the Brookes but damn Europeans why you gotta take Limbang and Labuan tho :(

You can see his frustration and anger when he talks about the Swedish-Finnish rock.

Another case: Argentina and Chile on the Big Island of Tierra del Fuego

Sweden: "Nooooo! You can't just violate our sovereignty and build a lighthouse on our side of the island!" Finland: "Haha, lighthouse go brrrr."

France incorporated their overseas territories into being part of the EU, like french guiana, so that there couldnt be any complaints about them being colonies. Even though french guiana is still significantly less developed than the mainland.

I really have to say this SUOMI PERKELE

Its quite funny about the island of Märket. The name just means "The Mark" And the reason for the strange border is so none of the countries would have to change their size and shores. It would just be to much paperwork for something insignificant. Both countries actually wanted some form of sign/lighthouse on the island but Finland just did it first... on the wrong side but in the best position.

1:28 The border on New Guinea was originally created by the Dutch and British, but it was an independent Indonesia that forcibly annexed western Papua in order to keep it.

Paul Barbato from Geography Now wants to "_Know your location_"

6:50 The lighthouse was actually built on the wrong side by accident

Thats so great and informative. Love you RealLifeLore

part 6 pleaseeeeeeeee pleaseeeee ive watch this multiple times. and still got addicted. make more vid about this series pleasee

Earth : how many areas do you wanna divide? Britisher: yes

"no views" - 108 comments, gotta love internets. Anyway since vid is so fresh I'll take opportunity and say - love this channel. Thank you for your work!

I'm loving these videos. 😁

Ah. My homehomeland Finland. I'm proud of you😂

No one: Sweden, and Finland: My rock!

"but neither is watching KZfaq or Netflix" Stop calling me out man

Hans Island is on the list now, too.

Sweden and Finland: draws zig zag line on rock *We are reporting a somewhat random in crease in productivity and happiness in Scandinavia...*

Which country are you from? Cyprus citizens: *Yes*

slight correction: they built a bridge between both halves of Brunei

Really Good video!

I'm a Finn who lives in Sweden and I had no idea about the island "Märket" ... Thanks, now I know more useless trivia XD

I didn’t think this video would ever come Well that was a few months ago

This channel gives good Geography and history content, plus it is eye-catching. Great job!!!

8:16 the passion about this specific boarder is amazing 😂😂 made me audibly laugh in class. Over a boarder 😂

The most northern point in Ireland is called malin Head in county donegal

Last time I was this early, Märket island didn't have that weird border

The thing about the checkpoints in St. Martin isn’t really true, they basically just let you cross

only this channel could make border disputes sound entertaining

Koiluoto is a funny place as well. One finn has a summer house at that island and i think its the only house on the Finnish side. A VERY strange place to have a summer house at. If i remember correctly he and his family needs a special permission to go there. Well at least you wont have any neighbors or unwanted relatives or other visitors bothering you :D

I am quite impressed at how long the border series has gone, great job on the content and keep up the great work.

I'm glad that you mentioned us La Hispaniola and you handled it pretty good. I would like to add something though: although we, Dominican Republic, might be "10x richer than Haiti" remember we're still a underdeveloped country, with most areas being very poor, some very so that no one from a first world country could even imagine. So yeah, our hatian brothers have it much worse unfortunately, and compared to them this sounds like a rich country, but we're not... At all.

Great video

It may be a little late for me to say this, but I’m really surprised with just how much RealLifeLore can get away with cursing in his videos.

"like this one, that the British still decided to claim and build something on anyway" describes pretty much every place in the world, please be more specific

Anything in history exists Europeans: *let's invade and set some jank borders because in the near future this won't cause any wars believe you me*

7:24 The rock: am I a joke to you

this channel wouldn't exist without skillshare and brilliant

A tiny rock sticking above the ocean: British Empire: It's free real estate!

7:44 The time Realifelore gets drunk and goes crazy

Ok... Time for some thruth and, possibly, a mic drop. Finland and Sweden don't actually see each other as any kind of rivals. Truth be told, if it werent for the baltic sea, we'd be making out constantly (yes, you read that correctly). This is shown quite elegantly in the "boarder dispute" where we just traded areas with each other. There was No argument, dispute or, even, name calling. To Finland with

Brunei actually have a bridge connecting the two exclaves. It’s Malaysia that doesn’t have a road that goes around Brunei and you have to go through it and through passport checks just to get past it

When the most northern part of Ireland is much north than the entire "Northern Ireland"....

1:55 there’s actually a sea bridge connecting the Two parts of Brunei... no need to fly or cross Malaysia

"Borneo is the only island in the world divided between three different countries." Great Britain: "Am I a joke to you?"

5:58 what? Netherlands is definitely in the EU and Shengen Area, and they use the Euro ever since it was introduced. the Dutch Guilder ceased to exist two decades ago the statement that there are border checkpoints is also completely false, the border is legally open and free to cross with no checkpoints required. im honestly surprised how you could so confidently make such erroneous statement. If you go to this island, you can freely move about the entire island without having to go to any border checkpoint, and Euro is the official currency of both parts of the island.

2:20 you wrote "Nothern Ireland" instead of Northern Ireland

As a finn the way he said Koiluoto made me laugh.

Yet if you go to Greek Cyprus you are never likely to meet a more laid back people. Love it there, so friendly and chilled.

The smoothest add i’ve ever seen

Finally, the sequel everyone wanted

complex culturally diverse areas: exist Britain: let’s pretend we didn’t see that, let’s do this nice wobbly line that no one thought through! :)

Finland rules, and one fun fact, we have a splitted landpart with Sweden, where we play golf. :) From Finland.

Fun Fact: Now there's one more between Canada and Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark). The Hans Island.