The local football club in Busingen am Hochrhein, pictured, is the only German club competing in the Swiss league The inhabitants of Llivia – there are around 1,500 of them – ‘often regard their town as the “birthplace” of Catalonia' Germany is composed of 16 Bundesländer– federal states that typically are big enough to be a small European country on their own, like Bavaria or Brandenburg. Three, however, are Singapore-sized city-states: the capital Berlin, and the North Sea port cities of Hamburg and Bremen – the latter being smallest of all Länder.

At the 1815 Vienna Congress, Bremen obtained direct access to the sea in the shape of an exclave called Bremerhaven – big enough to be visible on most maps of Germany. (Actually, Bremen consists of three separate bits of land: Fehmoor is separated from Bremerhaven by a narrow strip of Lower Saxony. But let’s not get distracted). Greece is not one country, but two. The more familiar one, simply called ‘Greece’, is a medium-sized modern European democracy with its capital in Athens. The other is a religion-based microstate on the easternmost of the three peninsulas of Chalkidiki – the only country in the world inhabited only by men. Its name? Mount Athos. Pheasant Island which for half a year belongs to the Spanish city of Irun, and the remaining half, to its French twin-town, Hendaye The thrill of Brazil: Rio buzzes - but there's so much more to discover in this vast and beautiful country, including its version of St TropezCampione d’Italia where Italian residents have to travel 15km through Switzerland to reach the nearest available Italian territory

A Canary Island with star quality: Fuerteventura's stunning landscapes have featured in Ridley Scott and Brad Pitt movies - and now it's even easier to get to thanks to new direct BA flights From a street that inspired Diagon Alley to waves engulfing a lighthouse: Stunning winning images in the 2023 Historic Photographer of the Year contest The second story tells why the port is called Daphne. Ironically, for what is now an all-male territory, it was named after Daphne, daughter of the Arcadian King. When Apollo fell in love with her, Daphne ran to away to the island to resist temptation and protect her virginity. Scroll down for a fascinating odyssey through a world of enclaves, counter-enclaves and loopy territorial loopholes. Aprendemos también sobre la Passport Island, una isla artificial entre Arabia y Baréin construida para servir de aduana (luego ya le han añadido los centros comerciales y cosas así)

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It's otter carnage! Astonishing moment two rival otter families charge towards each other and battle in territorial clash I definitely learned new stuff, from really obscure places to new information of less obscure places, and upon finishing the book (mostly read through it during my breaks at work) I will research my highlighted passages. The best 100 cities on the planet ranked - and 'despite Brexit' it's London that's No.1, followed by Paris and New York. So where does YOUR favourite city come on the list? In Baarle, where the boundary cuts through a house, its citizenship is determined based on whose territory the front door is facing