Countries Closest to the United Kingdom A-Z

For each letter of the alphabet, can you name the countries closest to the United Kingdom?

W and X are not included; no countries begin with those letters

This quiz excludes overseas territories and regions

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First submitted	June 16, 2015
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Country
A	Austria
B	Belgium
C	Czech Republic
D	Denmark
E	Estonia
F	France
G	Germany
H	Hungary

Country
I	Ireland
J	Jordan
K	Kosovo
L	Luxembourg
M	Monaco
N	Netherlands
O	Oman
P	Poland

Country
Q	Qatar
R	Russia
S	Switzerland
T	Tunisia
U	Ukraine
V	Vatican City
Y	Yemen
Z	Zambia

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104 Recent Comments

Level 80

Nov 10, 2015

What? No commentators about Scotland being closer than Switzerland? I guess they must be too busy writing out US centric or Burma/Myanmar comments.

+45

Level 81

Nov 10, 2015

or they are busy understanding that Scotland is part of the UK and therefore it makes no sense to say it is close to it. That would be similar to saying that South Dakota is closer to the United States than Spain.

Level 80

Nov 10, 2015

Obviously

+17

Level 70

Dec 18, 2020

Scotland is indeed closer than Spain. So are Sheffield and Soho Square.

Level 81

Jan 30, 2023

No they aren't. This comment isn't close to daft. It is daft. You can't be close to something if you are that thing or any integral part of that thing.

Level 65

Jan 30, 2023

The comment isn't daft, the comment is sarcasm.

Level 59

Nov 10, 2015

Got it with 9 seconds left only! Was missing the country that starts with T.

Level 61

Dec 11, 2024

Same here, I got overwhelmed and randomly punched in Terbium. lol

Level 76

Nov 10, 2015

I think the A answer might actually be Austria - by my reckoning it's 905 km / 562 mi to Andorra and 718 km / 446 mi to Austria :) It's interesting that it's taken 6176 attempts on this quiz (87% of whom got a point for Andorra) before anyone's noticed...

Level 66

Nov 10, 2015

Ta. ;)

Level 66

Nov 11, 2015

I struggeled with P and S.... I was thinking Spain and Portugal, but Poland and Swizterlands didn't come till right at the end.

Level 70

Dec 18, 2015

Freaking Kosovo. I thought of nothing but Kazakhstan. Only one I missed.

+20

Level 66

Dec 18, 2015

Countries That Start with K came out recently - did you try it? Think of this: KAZAKHSTAN, KENYA, KIRIBATI, KOSOVO, KUWAIT, KYRGYZSTAN. Each have diff. 2nd letter.

Level 88

Oct 10, 2019

That's a great way to remember them all.

Level 53

Jan 24, 2021

They all have a different 2nd letter, plus they're all vowels (including Y)

Level 58

Sep 17, 2020

I know. Stupid non-country. It's in Asia, by the way.

Level 35

Dec 18, 2015

Is Austria closer than Andorra?

Level 66

Dec 18, 2015

Andorra's 562 miles away; Austria's only 446! :)

Level 97

Dec 27, 2015

Please make Canada at least an acceptable answer for C, since Vimy Ridge is a part of Canada and that is MUCH closer to the UK than the Czech Republic (Vimy is about 100 km away from UK, while the Czech Republic is almost 2000 km away).

Level 68

Jan 1, 2016

The Canadian government has designated Vimy Ridge as a National Historic Site, and they sort of own part of the memorial, but it is definitely in the country of France. There is no concept of leaving France and entering a Canadian exclave when visiting Vimy Ridge. Also, the memorial is mostly dedicated to Canadian sacrifices in WWI, but it also recognizes soldiers from other countries. If you were to follow this logic, it would be like saying that all countries that maintain an embassy in London are zero miles away from the UK.

Level 97

Jan 14, 2016

Actually France deemed the area surrounding the monument, about 1 km², to be Canadian territory in 1922, as an expression of gratitude to the Canadian people for their sacrifice during the war and for capturing Vimy Ridge in April 1917.Therefore it is part of Canada.

Level 97

Jan 14, 2016

and a dedicated territory and an embassy are completely different things

Level 70

Dec 18, 2020

It has not. Your comment intrigued me, and I've looked up the actual legal language: in 1922, the French Government granted to the Government of Canada, freely and in perpetuity, the free usage of the territory, exempt of all taxes (« au Gouvernement du Canada, gracieusement et pour toujours, le libre usage de la terre, exempte de toute forme de taxe »). That's a donation, not a transfer of sovereignty. All parts of Vimy are still under French sovereignty. French laws apply, and are enforced by French police if necessary.

Level 55

Oct 6, 2021

if Kosovo is a country then Vimy Ridge is also one.

Level 22

Sep 21, 2016

EXPOSE HIM!!!

Level 51

Dec 6, 2018

How on Earth did you come up with 2000 km from the UK to the Czech Republic? It's only about 750 km away. (There's only Belgium and Germany between the UK and Czechia.)

Level 70

Dec 18, 2020

Vimy Ridge is a property of Canada, but it is still very much under French sovereignty and therefore an integral part of France.

Level 28

May 21, 2016

Andorra is closer than Austria, I think.

It's interesting that Tunisia is closer than Turkey, and Switzerland is closer than Spain!

Level 34

Jun 8, 2016

Andorra is closer to the UK than Austria is. Andorra is approximately 629 miles from the UK while Austria is 784.9 miles from the UK.

http://www.timezonedistance.com/country-difference.php?between=Andorra&and=UK

http://www.timezonedistance.com/country-difference.php?between=UK&and=Austria

Level 24

Jan 6, 2018

The quiz is about the closest countries, yet your links cite distances between the capital cities of the respective countries. Border to border, Austria to UK is under 500 miles, and the closest.

Level 22

Jul 10, 2016

Andorra?

Level 49

Oct 13, 2016

Only one miss, funny tho that I try Honduras and Haiti before Hungary...

Level 68

Apr 2, 2017

Hey, same here! Blanked out on Hungary, only one I missed...

Level 55

Oct 6, 2021

i missed kosovo

Level 49

Oct 13, 2016

And yes, great quiz!:D

Level 35

Oct 26, 2016

open google maps, right click, select "measure distance" then left click on start point and end point.

Dover, south east UK, to Bergenz, NW Austria, is 730km, or 453 miles

and Eastbourne, south coast UK, to El Serrat in Andorra is 911km, or 566 miles, and El Serrat is a couple of miles south of the border with France.

Level 35

Nov 6, 2016

same method as above, closest point to closest point, Lowestoft UK to Cedynia in Poland 841km, Lizard Point, Cornwall to border just north of Vinhais in Portugal is 892km... Scilly isles to Malgaco in Portugal is 880km,.. if we are count the Channel Islands as part of the UK, then Le Creux on Jersey, to border just north of Braganca in Portugal is 871km .. Jersey is further south,and also further east ... even if we give or take a couple of km, Poland closer

Level 61

Dec 26, 2016

got them all barely....13 sec left!

Level 81

Jan 28, 2017

I got all these before but today I'm in Ukraine and guess what's the only one I missed?

Level 66

Jan 28, 2017

Tunisia?

Level 70

Mar 15, 2017

France?

Level 68

Apr 2, 2017

Ireland?

Level 75

Apr 9, 2017

Zambia?

Level 81

Nov 17, 2017

No it was Kyrgyzstan obviously.

Level 43

Jan 28, 2017

Andorra? Maybe Austria is closer.

Level 55

Jan 28, 2017

Western Sahara starts with "W"

Level 66

Jan 28, 2017

And New Zealand starts with "N"

Level 32

Jun 2, 2017

And Oman with "O"

Level 81

Nov 17, 2017

Platypus starts with a "P"

Level 86

Aug 12, 2020

And the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is about 24 miles per hour. European swallow, that is.

Level 56

Apr 28, 2025

Even if it were an undisputed sovereign nation, its name would be "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" and therefore start with S.

Level 43

May 7, 2025

zpisfuhvoerfhiuhzfiuaehsfiuhapisufhpa starts with z

Level 43

Mar 15, 2017

Missed Tunisia

Level 51

Mar 15, 2017

It astounds me that Austria beats Andorra, and Switzerland beats Spain.

Level 62

Oct 15, 2017

ummmmm,,,,,, this quiz is very europe central like it should be taken,,,,,, down?

Level 8

Nov 17, 2017

Surely Andorra is closer than Austria and Portugal closer than Poland

Level 8

Nov 17, 2017

Cancel that. You're right. I was way off.

Good quiz. Harder than I thought it would be.

Level 30

Nov 18, 2017

But how the actual Jeff is Jordan closer to England than Norway, Sweden or Finland???????

Level 35

Nov 18, 2017

Jordan begins with a J..... Norwaybegins with N but Netherlands is closer, Sweden with an S but Switzerland is closer, Finland has an F but France is closer

Level 35

Nov 18, 2017

Stumbled across this again, I'd be careful of the K answer, kosovo is so-called "disputed territory", it declared independence but Serbia doesn't recognise it... nearest is Kazakhstan

Level 60

Aug 8, 2018

Kosovo is recognised by a majority of UN states, including the UK.

Level 82

Jan 26, 2021

This could be an interesting angle, closest countries that are recognized by the subject country, or vice versa

Level 28

Mar 26, 2018

I got Tunisia during the last second. Pardon me while I wipe the sweat from my face...

Level 49

Jun 27, 2018

Turned off the timer which just panics me.

So got 'em all, lol

Level 66

Aug 5, 2018

Nice one, thanks

Level 62

Aug 6, 2018

Portugal is by far closer to the UK than Poland.

Level 51

Dec 6, 2018

Why don't you check a map before you post a comment?

Level 70

Dec 18, 2020

I thought so too, but I actually *did* check a map before commenting, and as result, I learned something!

Level 49

Aug 23, 2018

Shouldn't it be Andorra instead of Austria??

Level 55

Dec 16, 2018

Yeah, I agree, I think it should be Andorra

Level 73

Dec 17, 2018

Read all the messages above, or measure yourself.

Level 73

Dec 17, 2018

Really nice one! Tunisia (and kosovo) were hard! Many t's and k's around. Surprised at how low jordan is, no other countries even close beginning with a j (cant even think of any other countries than japan and jamaica atm)

Level 44

Dec 17, 2018

freakin Luxembourg and monaco

Level 25

Jan 30, 2019

100% with 2:22 left :D

Level 37

Sep 24, 2019

Isn't A=Andorra not Austria

Level 72

Aug 10, 2020

I was stuck on M

Level 48

Nov 7, 2020

can you make one where the overseas territories and crown dependencies count as the uk as well? that would be very fun

Level 35

Jan 24, 2021

Great quiz idea :D

Level 71

Jan 24, 2021

too U.K. centric.

Level 43

May 9, 2021

Tough some of your quizzes are too Fillipino centric. So are geo's I added

Level 33

Jan 28, 2021

I found listing countries closest to the UK to be the easiest way to approach this. Although using this method I was nearly done in by Yemen and Oman. I am terrible at remembering countries by first Letter.

Level 63

Jan 30, 2023

If it helps, Qatar, Yemen and Oman are the *only* countries for Q, Y and O, so they will always be the nearest no matter what.

Also, Zambia is almost guaranteed to be the Z, given how you’d have to be due south of Zimbabwe to have it be nearer, and very few countries are!

Level 76

Jan 31, 2021

I actually got all of them except for U and K

Level 21

Apr 15, 2021

Crazy how is Zambia close to Uk

Level 35

Apr 13, 2022

Zambia is above Zimbabwe although they are neighbours

Level 21

Apr 15, 2021

Usa is close to Uk. It is closer to Uk than Zambia

Level 21

Jul 4, 2021

But still Ukraine is closer to Uk than USA and 1 country for each letter

Level 63

Aug 29, 2021

I got 23 but I couldn't figure out which F could be closer than Finland for the life of me!

Level 45

Feb 22, 2022

Argentina is closer to the UK than austria, because of the falklands than the UK owns

Level 53

Aug 21, 2022

Read the caveat: overseas territories are not counted.

Level 35

Apr 13, 2022

Missed Tunisia, after I was denied Turkey,I got out of ideas on "T" because it the only one I could think of as the other Ts aren't in Europe

Level 58

Jun 19, 2022

i tried several other T countries after Turkey. all were much further away but i had to try

Level 40

Jul 4, 2022

s had to be Sapin cause of gibiltair

Level 53

Aug 21, 2022

Read the caveat: overseas territories are not included.

Level 38

Jan 30, 2023

Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and died

Level 43

Aug 16, 2022

nice one

Level 4

Jan 20, 2023

Sehr schön, besten Dank!

Level 74

Feb 1, 2023

2:58

Level 63

Feb 11, 2023

24/24 thanks to a kind time limit, had 35 seconds left.

Level 43

Jul 1, 2023

Super fun! I couldn't believe I got it on my first try without pausing. Definitely a brain teaser.

Level 62

Nov 22, 2023

I swear, zambia always beats zimbabwe in any of these quizzes

Level 50

Dec 20, 2024

putting in Italy for "I" instead of Ireland is probably the most embarrassing screw up I've had on one of these quizzes.

Level 24

Dec 21, 2024

i got 22, but forgot ukraine and vatcan city. i was singing yakkos world 🤣🤣🤣

Level 24

Apr 9, 2025

cool quiz! 26/26

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