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European Countries with One Border

In one minute, name the seven European countries that border only one other country.
There's an easier version with border hints
Not counting overseas territories, or countries connected only via bridge
Quiz by Quizzer6794
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Last updated: July 23, 2019
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First submittedJanuary 26, 2016
Times taken133,940
Average score85.7%
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Country
Denmark
Ireland
Monaco
Portugal
Country
San Marino
United Kingdom
Vatican City
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Level 75
Sep 1, 2016
UK borders 2 countries if you include Gibraltar, which generally these quizzes do
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Level 74
Jan 2, 2017
Three because you could also count in Akrotiri & Dhekelia, but let's not do that.
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Level 71
Jan 2, 2017
Cyprus is in Asia.
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Level 43
Jan 3, 2017
It's actually transcontinental, but okay
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Level 61
Jan 3, 2017
It doesn't matter where Cyprus is; the UK is in Europe which is what matters for the purposes of the quiz. The quiz is about European countries that border one other country, not European countries that border one other European country. Besides, Akrotiri and Dhekelia don't count, as they are overseas territories.
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Level 52
Jun 10, 2021
wrong, it does matter, if cyprus is in asia its 2 borders and if its in europe its 1, but its in antarctica so i dont know
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Level 82
Oct 3, 2023
Neither Gibraltar nor the Cyprus bases are relevant to the question because neither are in the UK.
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Level 56
Oct 3, 2023
Antarctica is IN Europe, obviously. I mean, come ON
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Level 27
Nov 6, 2019
Yes actually the UK borders with Spain, Cyprus, Ireland, and a lot more (by sea) like with Argentina
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Level 75
Feb 7, 2021
If you include sea borders then I think it would only be Monaco, Vatican and San Marino. (Maybe Ireland as well? Not sure if it gets down to a maritime border with France.)
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Level 28
Sep 15, 2021
ireland doesnt have a sea border with france, uk kinda ambushed them so ireland only borders at sea with uk and international becasue uk wants its cod
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Level 56
Oct 3, 2023
Or possibly because Ireland isn't at any point nearer to France than the UK is...
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Level 63
Jul 10, 2021
3 actually: Ireland, Spain and Cyprus
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Level 56
Mar 9, 2022
I'm not sure if the caveat was there when you commented, but no over-sea territories.
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Level 20
Apr 14, 2023
It says no overseas territory in the description. (Btw I know your comment is from 7 years ago but this is for people that come later on)
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Level 65
Oct 3, 2023
These quizzes don't.
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Level 28
Oct 3, 2023
exactly its true
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Level 25
Sep 1, 2016
All too easy!
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Level 84
Sep 1, 2016
Nit-picky - but you should specify land borders. For example, Denmark and Sweden's waters abut in several places, and even the two mainlands come as close as about 25 miles.
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Level 77
Sep 1, 2016
And there's a bridge from one to the other.
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Level 74
Dec 22, 2016
There's also a tunnel from the UK to France :)
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Level ∞
Sep 1, 2016
Added a caveat
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Level 74
Aug 9, 2019
Tunnels don't count either (UK/France). For the caveats :)
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Level 86
Sep 9, 2016
Surely you mean 2,5 miles ;).
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Level 84
Mar 9, 2022
Surely I did - thanks! ;-)
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Level 61
Oct 18, 2016
Nit-picky more: there's 40 miles between the two mainlands and no bridge - there is, however, a bridge from the Swedish mainland to the Danish island of Zealand, which at the northeastern corner is only 2.5 miles from Sweden
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Level 77
Sep 1, 2016
I was under the impression that Monaco borders at least Italy too, clearly I am wrong.
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Level 61
Jan 3, 2017
Italy and Monaco are very close, but there is a narrow slice of France in between them.
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Level 78
Sep 25, 2019
And yet that narrow slice of France is bigger than the whole of Monaco...
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Level 77
Aug 30, 2019
There is eight miles of France in between Monaco and Italy.
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Level 59
Nov 4, 2019
Got stuck with that one too.
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Level 31
Oct 17, 2016
I'm pretty sure there is a bridge connecting Copenhagen (Denmark) to Malmo (Sweden).
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Level 67
Dec 22, 2016
But there's no land connecting them.
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Level 53
Jan 2, 2017
I have never heard of San Marino, but I am not the best with small countries.
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Level 65
Jan 2, 2017
Inside Italy
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Level 24
Jan 2, 2017
In my opinion two other countries are missing, but if I misinterpreted, please forgive me...Iceland and Malta.
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Level 75
Jan 2, 2017
Which countries do these two border? They are islands with no shared borders.
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Level 24
Sep 25, 2019
same with denmark, ouff
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Level 59
Sep 25, 2019
^^Denmark does border Germany.
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Level 22
Jan 2, 2017
what about Malta? its in Europe
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Level 65
Jan 2, 2017
Malta is an island country
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Level 59
Mar 10, 2017
What about it?
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Level 47
Mar 9, 2022
it dosent have any land border
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Level 47
Jan 2, 2017
0:47 left!
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Level 39
Jan 3, 2017
What about Haiti/Dominican Republic
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Level 39
Jan 3, 2017
Scratch that, just noticed "European countries that border only one other country." .. lol
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Level 72
Mar 19, 2018
Ha ha! You know you can just delete your comment, right? :)
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Level 73
Jan 4, 2017
far to much time
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Level 68
Jan 4, 2017
I ran out of time, just.
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Level 68
May 21, 2017
First time I took this I got everything besides Portugal
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Level 28
Aug 9, 2019
*Face Palm* I got Ireland, but the UK is the only one I missed.
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Level 59
Aug 9, 2019
Denmark borders both Germany and Sweden. Denmark borders Sweden on the E20, Copenhagen-Malmö
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Level 65
Aug 9, 2019
See the caveats.
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Level 59
Aug 9, 2019
Ok thanks ;)
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Level 82
Aug 10, 2019
This should be a 10 second quiz.
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Level 47
May 29, 2023
20
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Level 62
Aug 11, 2019
Been to all of them... easy
+1
Level 66
Sep 25, 2019
All but the micronations (couldn't find them ;))
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Level 47
Sep 2, 2019
Out of all of them I forgot the UK!
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Level 56
Mar 9, 2022
And not Ireland?
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Level 50
Mar 12, 2020
Didn't see don't include overseas territories so forgot UK lmao
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Level 59
Dec 11, 2020
i can't believe i didn't get portgual 🤦
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Level 67
Jan 19, 2022
How do you get UK and miss Ireland
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Level 61
Feb 25, 2022
i missed monaco vatican city and san marino, just didn't come to mind
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Level 56
Mar 9, 2022
I also thought that Monaco bordered Italy and France, but I guess I was wrong.
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Level 71
Mar 18, 2022
Liechtenstein?
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Level 30
Mar 20, 2022
Liechtenstein shares a border with both Switzerland and Austria. Keep up my guy
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Level 70
Jun 25, 2022
Canada and Denmark now share a land border on Hans Island, so this should be changed!
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Level 45
Oct 21, 2022
Hans island partly controlled by Greenland, generally considered an overseas department of Denmark and not a constituent part of the country, as per the caveats.
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Level 43
Nov 1, 2022
Countries that should be removed:

Denmark-Borders Canada (via Hans Island) and Germany

United Kingdom-Borders Cyprus (via Akrotiri and Dhekelia) and Spain (via Gibraltar)

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Level 82
Oct 3, 2023
It explicitly excludes overseas territories. Gibraltar and the Cypriot bases are not part of the UK anyway.
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Level 48
Dec 31, 2022
I got six of them. I did not get Monaco. My mind was racing over all the extreme countries I could think of. The more I got to central and eastern Europe, the more confused I get, as I though of the huge quantity of borders there are in those countries...

Nice quizz. thank you.

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Level 67
Feb 15, 2023
39 seconds
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Level 32
Mar 1, 2023
Missed Denmark! XD
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Level 25
Oct 3, 2023
Denmark ought to be removed as the Kingdom of Denmark now borders Canada.
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Level 60
Oct 3, 2023
Read the caveats.
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Level 39
Dec 15, 2023
Denmark

Ireland

Monaco

Portugal

San Marino

United Kingdom

Vatican City