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Shortest possible route between two countries

You are given two countries, name all of the countries in the shortest possible chain of borders between the two countries. The countries do not have to be contiguous (places like Kaliningrad and French Guiana can be used to jump across water) For example: Portugal to Liechtenstein would be, Spain -> France -> Switzerland
Excluding overseas territories, but including overseas regions
Quiz by Ainmclarach
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Last updated: February 3, 2025
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First submittedJanuary 6, 2024
Times taken1,310
Average score78.6%
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South Korea
North Korea
China/Russia
Afghanistan/Azerbaijan/Georgia/Pakistan
Iran/Turkey
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Colombia
Brazil
France
Spain
Morocco
Algeria
Libya/Niger
Chad/Nigeria
Cameroon
Denmark
Germany
Poland
Russia
Azerbaijan/Georgia
Turkey
Syria
Israel
Egypt
Sudan
Ethiopia/South Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo/Kenya
Tanzania/Zambia
Mozambique
eSwatini
Papua New Guinea
Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
Myanmar/Laos
China
Russia
Poland
Germany
France
Brazil
Colombia
Panama
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Honduras
Guatemala
Mexico
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25 Comments
Ainmclarach
+3
Level 66
Feb 3, 2025
I have redone the instructions so they should be easier to understand. I am aware that the Denmark-Eswatini route is incorrect and I will rectify this when I finish my exams. Thanks for all the support and kind words!
toowise
+2
Level 80
Jan 7, 2024
Needs more time, nice concept though
Ainmclarach
+2
Level 66
Apr 18, 2024
Yeah, I don’t know what I was thinking with only three minutes on the timer, I have boosted it to a more reasonable ten minutes.
toowise
+1
Level 80
Feb 3, 2025
Just retook the quiz over a year later, great that the time has increased, but maybe 10 minutes is a bit high? I had at least 5 minutes left. Definitely a quiz deserving of a feature, nominated!
Ainmclarach
+2
Level 66
Feb 3, 2025
Yeah, a year later I again don't know what I was thinking with the time. Will fix soon and thanks for the nomination!
Trompete79
+1
Level 58
Feb 3, 2025
Cool quiz!

May I make German translation?

Ainmclarach
+1
Level 66
Feb 3, 2025
Sure! Go right ahead.
Trompete79
+1
Level 58
Feb 3, 2025
Sorry, but I don't really know how to make this quiz with the blue boxes above and under the route.

I tried, but I couldn't really figure it out, so I'll ask you again.

Ainmclarach
+1
Level 66
Feb 3, 2025
I’m pretty sure I just changed the formatting of the bottom cell to be the same as the top, set to the text cell type. I made this a while ago, so I don’t know if I did anything special but I hope this helps.
Trompete79
+1
Level 58
Feb 3, 2025
Thank you very much! It worked.
Ainmclarach
+1
Level 66
Feb 3, 2025
No problem!
Tim000w
+3
Level 72
Feb 3, 2025
Love the concept. Perhaps a good idea to specify that it's the route through the fewest countries possible (or fewest borders, something like that). Not the shortest route as to what Google Maps would say.

It becomes clear pretty quickly while playing though.

himan232
+4
Level 67
Feb 3, 2025
I was surprised the Denmark eswatini route didn't went through Spain and Morocco.
Ainmclarach
+2
Level 66
Feb 3, 2025
Yeah, that was a mistake, I’ll correct that soon.
Eutychus
+1
Level 92
Feb 3, 2025
For the last one, you could go through the Denmark/Canada border on Hans Island.
Ainmclarach
+2
Level 66
Feb 3, 2025
Jetpunk generally considers Greenland, and therefore Hans Island, to be an overseas territory, which weren’t considered for this quiz.
IPS
+1
Level 67
Feb 3, 2025
Nice idea! However, the instructions are unclear. Do you mean the lowest number of land borders crossed? It would be great if you specified.
Thisisreal
+1
Level 92
Feb 3, 2025
There's a site dedicated to such puzzles, travle. Anyways, nominated!
Alexquiz17
+1
Level 92
Feb 3, 2025
Yes, this quiz really needs a tighter description. I started off assuming an “as the crow flies” then trying great circles before realising you meant adjacent land borders. Not to mention the teleportation trick with overseas regions…
VinMaps
+1
Level 76
Feb 3, 2025
How else can you go from South America to Africa if not for some spicy Colonialism?
dumBunny
+1
Level 56
Feb 3, 2025
Fun Quiz! I think less time is needed. I got done pretty quickly
agoel
+1
Level 64
Feb 3, 2025
The last one is no longer the quickest as now Canada and Denmark share a border via Hans island.
Ainmclarach
+1
Level 66
Feb 4, 2025
See caveat.
a415hz
+1
Level 35
Mar 16, 2025
Super fun quiz! I really enjoyed using France as my portal to the Americas. I thought I was going to have to use a maritime border between Russia and the US
Jehovanham
+1
Level 46
Mar 24, 2025
Keep Yourself Safe pal
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