European Exclaves

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

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🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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We have all looked at a map and seen all of the different countries represented by different colors. A country has some sort of border, and everything inside that border is what makes up the country. However, there are some exceptions. There are exclaves, which are bits of a country that are separated from the main landmass, and enclaves, which are parts of a country totally surrounded by another country. Why in the world would such odd arrangements ever exist? Learn more about the exclaves of Europe and the odd circumstances that created them on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Newspapers.com Get 20% off your subscription to Newspapers.com Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! Mint Mobile Get your 3-month Unlimited wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed Jerry Compare quotes and coverages side-by-side from up to 50 top insurers at jerry.ai/daily. Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Austin Oetken & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Disce aliquid novi cotidie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We've all looked at a map and seen all the different countries represented by different colors.
0:05.0	A country has some sort of border and everything inside that border is what makes up the country.
0:11.0	However, there are some exceptions.
0:13.0	There are exclaves, which are bits of a country that are separated from the mainland mass,
0:18.0	and enclaves, which are parts of a country that are totally
0:21.9	surrounded by another country. Why in the world would such odd arrangements exist? Well, the reasons
0:28.6	are often rather odd. Learn more about the exclaves of Europe and the odd circumstances
0:34.7	that created them on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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1:09.2	Often in this podcast, I'll cover great historical events or important places.
1:14.1	This is not such an episode.
1:16.4	The places I'm going to be covering in this episode are rather small and in the big scheme of things, rather inconsequential.
1:23.0	However, they are really interesting.
1:26.3	I'm going to be covering the backstories of three different exclaves of three different countries.
1:31.5	I've previously covered the topic of exclaves and enclaves more broadly in a previous episode,
1:36.5	but in this episode, I want to focus on their origins.
1:40.9	All three of them are small.
1:42.6	None of them have a population of more than about 1,700 people,
1:46.0	and while totally surrounded by another country, they're not that far from their country's mainland.
1:51.7	These three are not the only exclaves in Europe. There are others which are notable in their own way.
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