User:EBB/Länder

This page lists the 161 countries and 14 dependent territories I have visited as well as which territories are considered "countries" by my (hopefully reasonable) definition (in total 206 and 50). It additionally lists in some cases the visits of sub-entities of a federation or an international body as well as some other statistics. Furthermore, it contains countries which are scheduled to be visited within a short period of time or are being seriously considered.

Territories that are considered "countries" and "dependencies"

The whole land area of Earth is to be covered by territories considered "countries", therefore visiting a territory which is a dependency of a sovereign state is considered visiting the motherland.

The following 206 territories are considered "countries":

Classification		Fulfilling this classification	Number	Cumulative total
(1)	193 United Nations member states		193	193
(2)	Territories that are diplomatically recognised by at least one United Nations member state	Abkhazia, the Cook Islands, Kosovo, Niue, Northern Cyprus, Palestine, South Ossetia, Taiwan, the Vatican City and Western Sahara	10	203
(2)	Territories that are diplomatically recognised by at least one country listed under any section of (2)	Transnistria	1	204
(3)	Territories that are otherwise independent in the sense of the Montevideo Convention, claim independence and have their own entry controls (and, by the way, are listed in the Wikipedia list of sovereign states)	Somaliland	1	205
(4)	An area which due to multilateral treaty is not under sovereignty of any state	Antarctica	1	206

An entry into a dependency (any territory that is listed in the ISO 3166-1 list that does not qualify as a country under the above definition, or the United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas) will be listed additionally while counting as a visit to the motherland.

The following 50 territories are considered "dependencies":

49 of the 249 territories listed in the ISO 3166-1 list that are not "countries" under the above definition (note that there are a total of six "countries" above that are not included in the ISO list; these are Abkhazia, Kosovo, Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, South Ossetia and Transnistria all of which are not included for political reasons),
the United Kingdom Sovereign Base Areas

So there are 206 countries and an additional 50 dependencies, making up a total of 256 entities that are tracked.

Additionally, an entry into a country's sub-entity that controls immigration separately from the mainland is listed as well. Subjects of international law in their own right who own property which was granted extraterritoriality by the host state (but who have no sovereignty over any part of their property) are tracked as well.

Unless otherwise noted, an entry into a country with dependencies was into its mainland (motherland).

Rules

Regarding which country is actually visited

In case two countries (according to the rules) claim the same point of a territory the following rules apply:

When the two countries basically claim the same territory overall (e.g. China and Taiwan, North and South Korea), the country visited is determined per the government which actually controls the visited territory.
When one country basically claims the whole territory of another country but not vice versa (e.g. Cyprus claiming Northern Cyprus, Serbia claiming Kosovo) visiting the territory claimed by both means visiting the latter country even if that territory is controlled by the former country.
When two countries claim the same territory (but there are parts of each country not claimed by the other, e.g. parts of Kashmir being claimed by China, India and Pakistan) the country visited is determined per the government which actually controls the visited territory.

Regarding divisions and mergers of countries

After a merger of countries (e.g. of West and East Germany) the new country is considered to have been visited if any of the formerly independent countries had been visited. If entries into several of the formerly independent countries took place, the numbering is changed accordingly (with the first entry into any of the formerly independent countries counted as the first entry into the merged country).

After a division of a visited country (e.g. of Serbia and Montenegro) every country whose territory was actually visited is considered to have been visited if this territory was clearly identifiable at the time of a visit before the split-up (e.g. as a state of a federal state or as a de facto independent state with its own border checks).

In any case merger or division is to be explained by a footnote.

Regarding entry and exit

A first entry into a country is considered to have taken place if a foot or another part of body has touched the soil of a country and an immigration control has taken place (if such is supposed to take place). If formal immigration control is not supposed to take place (e.g. within the Schengen Area) touching the soil of a country is sufficient for first entry into a country. If formal immigration control is in principle supposed to take place but is generally ignored (e.g. in the border area of Brazil/Colombia/Peru) touching the soil of a country - and doing something in the country (eating a meal, drinking a beverage, buying an item etc.) - is sufficient for first entry into a country.^{[Note 1]}

Actually touching the surface is not considered necessary any more for later entries into a country visited or for sub-entities of a visited country.

The date of entry is the local date of the (last of the) following action(s) taking place: (a) having a solid connection to the country's soil^{[Note 2]}; (b) having legally^{[Note 3]} passed immigration control (if applicable).^{[Note 4]}

The date of exit is the local date of severing the solid^{[Note 5]} connection to the country's soil, under the condition that an entry into that country according to the above rules had taken place before. A country has only been exited when the next solid connection is with the soil of a different country.^{[Note 6]}

Fourteen-day challenge

The challenge is to cross an international border on the 14th day after the day of the previous crossing of an international border, i.e. if an international border has been crossed on day 1 (local time, at any time), to keep up the streak an international border must be crossed by 2359 hours on day 15.

An international border is crossed in time when there was an exit or an entry according to the above rules within the required timeframe.

Regarding transits

Transits in countries without entering the country according to the rules above is to be documented, too. There is to be a new list of countries which were visited only in transit. Any being in the jurisdiction of a country while being physically connected to the soil of that country is considered a transit.

Countries (and dependencies) visited, scheduled and seriously considered

Countries in dark green have already been visited whereas light green indicates new countries which are to be visited soon.
Orange indicates new countries travel to which is currently being seriously considered or where a transit is scheduled to take place.
A dark green boundary around the country's shape indicates a country that was visited only in transit, a light green boundary a country that is scheduled to be visited in transit.

The dying of e.g. Greenland or French Guiana does not necessarily mean that I have visited these entities; it simply means that, in this case, Denmark and France have been visited and that Greenland belongs to Denmark (for the sake of my rules) and French Guiana to France, respectively.

Travel this year and upcoming

Time period	Status	Countries/places to be visited Bold: new country/territory overall *: new country/territory this year	Countries/places considered	Days off ^{[Note 8]}	Reference
Most recent crossing of an international border: (2024-11-17)November 17, 2024 (6 days ago, reached 1 year, 329 days) - Switzerland → Germany Fourteen-day streak alive since: December 24, 2022 (1 year, 335 days ago) Next crossing required on or before: (2024-12-01)December 1, 2024 Next not-yet-scheduled crossing required on or before: (2024-12-15)December 15, 2024 ^{[Note 7]}
Most extreme geographical locations this year: Northern: 57° 52' N, 24° 22' E - Ikla, Estonia ((2024-04-01)April 1, 2024) Southern: 0° 59' S, 80° 51' W - Santa Marianita, Manta, Ecuador ((2024-05-06)May 6, 2024) Western: 0° 59' S, 80° 51' W - Santa Marianita, Manta, Ecuador ((2024-05-06)May 6, 2024) Eastern: 23° 50' N, 90° 25' E - Dhaka, Bangladesh ((2024-10-31)October 31, 2024)
	Remaining vacation days in 2024 before scheduled/considered trips			5
2024-11-22November 22-24	KL
2024-11-24November 24-30	Bdf
2024-11-30November 30/December 1	Scheduled (Sa/Su)	Switzerland France Hungary* Turkey*	Slovakia*	0	^{[FutureTravel 1]}
2024-12-01December 1-6	H (Chr. party, Dec. 3)
2024-12-06December 6/7	HAL (NWF, Dec. 6)
2024-12-07December 7	S (Chr. market, TH/MH)
2024-12-08December 7-11	Bdf
2024-12-12December 12	Considered (Th)		Switzerland	0	^{[FutureTravel 2]}
2024-12-13December 12-22	Bdf
2024-12-22December 22/23	WI				^{[FutureTravel 3]}
2024-12-23December 23-29	Scheduled (M-Su; Christmas Dec. 24-26)	Tunisia*		0^{1 compensation day}	^{[FutureTravel 3]}
2024-12-29December 29-31	Bdf
2024-12-31December 31	Considered (Tu, New Year's Eve)		Switzerland	0	^{[FutureTravel 4]}
	Remaining vacations days in 2024 after scheduled/considered trips			5
	Addition of new vacation days for 2025			30
	Expected remaining vacation days starting 2025			35
2025-01-01January 1, 2025	Considered (W, New Year's Day)		Switzerland*	0	^{[FutureTravel 4]}
2025-01-02January 1-4, 2025	Bdf
2025-01-04January 4, 2025	Considered		Austria*	0	^{[FutureTravel 5]}
2025-01-05January 4-11, 2025	Bdf
2025-01-11January 11, 2025	Considered		France*	0	^{[FutureTravel 6]}
2025-01-12January 11-23, 2025	Bdf
2025-01-23January 23/24, 2025	H
2025-01-24January 24/25, 2025	FL				^{[FutureTravel 7]}
2025-01-25January 25/26, 2025	Scheduled (Sa/Su; Handball men's WCh)	Denmark*		0	^{[FutureTravel 7]}

2025-02-16February 16, 2025	KS ( Germany- Belgium, Rugby WCQ)

2025-03-19March 15-23, 2025	Scheduled (Sa-Su-Su)	Comoros¹⁶²		5	^{[FutureTravel 8]}

2025-04-09April 9-13, 2025	Considered (W-Su)		Denmark Sweden*	3	^{[FutureTravel 9]}

2025-04-18April 18-21, 2025	Considered (Fr-Su-Mo; Easter 2025)		Poland* Czech Republic* Slovakia* Hungary* Slovenia* Croatia* Austria Italy* Liechtenstein* Switzerland France Luxembourg* Belgium* Netherlands*	0	^{[FutureTravel 10]}

2025-05-01May 1-4, 2025	Considered (Th-Su; Labour Day, May 1)		*Burkina Faso¹⁶³*	0^{1 bridge day}	^{[FutureTravel 11]}

2025-05-10May 10, 2025	Bdf (Christening BA)

2025-05-29May 29-June 8, 2025	Considered (Th-Su-Su-Mo; Ascension Day, May 29/Whitsun, June 7/8)		*Malawi¹⁶⁴*	5^{+1 bridge day}	^{[FutureTravel 12]}

2025-06-14June 14, 2025	EF (AK+SK)

2025-07-25July 25-27, 2025	EF (JB+N)

2025-07-29Summer 2025	Considered (Sa-Su-Su-Su; two weeks)		Canada* ( Alberta, British Columbia) United States ( Alaska)	10	^{[FutureTravel 13]}

2025-10-31October 31-November 2, 2025	Considered (F-Su; Reformation Day)			0	^{[FutureTravel 14]}

2025-12-24December 24-28, 2025	Considered (W-Su; Christmas Eve & Christmas)			0	^{[FutureTravel 15]}

Countries (and dependencies) visited

Unless otherwise noted, the following visited countries qualify (as of today) as United Nations member states.
Dependencies are included in this table; they are separately numbered.
Khaki background denotes countries which were visited in the current year.

Country	Number	First visit	Most recent visit	This year	Next scheduled/considered visit(s)
Germany ^{[Merger-Division 1]}	0011	(1982-09-26)September 26, 1982	2024-11-17-8currently, since (2024-11-17)November 17, 2024	3
Switzerland (mult.)	0022	1983 ^{[Note 9]}	2024-11-17-7(2024-11-17)November 17, 2024	4	2024-11-30-2November 30, 2024 ^{[FutureTravel 1]}
Belgium (mult.)	0033 ^{[Note 9]}	(1983-03-27)March 27, 1983 ^{[Note 9]}	2024-11-17-3(2024-11-17)November 17, 2024	10
Netherlands (mult.)	0044 ^{[Note 9]}	(1983-03-27)March 27, 1983 ^{[Note 9]}	2024-11-17-2(2024-11-17)November 17, 2024	9
Spain (mult.)	0055	(1983-10-17)October 17, 1983	2024-05-13(2024-05-13)May 13, 2024	24
Austria (mult.)	0066	1983 ^{[Note 9]}	2024-08-31-4(2024-08-31)August 31, 2024	6
Liechtenstein (mult.)	0077 ^{[Note 9]}	1983 ^{[Note 9]}	2024-08-31-3(2024-08-31)August 31, 2024	33
East Germany ^{[Merger-Division 1]}	007a(8)	(1989-07-25)July 25, 1989	1989-08-05-1(1989-08-05)August 5, 1989
France (mult.)	0089 → 8 ^{[Merger-Division 1]} ^{[Note 10]}	(1989-10-27)October 27, 1989 ^{[Note 10]}	2024-11-17-5(2024-11-17)November 17, 2024	8	2024-11-30-3November 30, 2024 ^{[FutureTravel 1]}
Italy (mult.)	0099 ^{[Note 10]}	(1996-07-21)July 21, 1996 ^{[Note 10]}	2024-08-31-1(2024-08-31)August 31, 2024	32
Tunisia (1997, 2018)	01010	(1997-05-19)May 19, 1997	2018-12-25(2018-12-26)December 26, 2018	(41)	2024-12-23-3December 23-29, 2024 ^{[FutureTravel 3]}
Vatican City ^{[Recognition 1]} (1998, 2002, 2014, 2015)	01111	(1998-04-07)April 7, 1998	2015-07-19-6(2015-07-19)July 19, 2015
San Marino (1998, 2020)	01212	(1998-04-11)April 11, 1998	2020-09-27(2020-09-29)September 29, 2020
Luxembourg (1998, 2002, 2010, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2024)	01313	(1998-05-30)May 30, 1998	2024-11-17-5(2024-11-17)November 17, 2024	34
Portugal (1998, 2017, 2017, 2018, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023)	01414	(1998-10-25)October 25, 1998	2023-09-09(2023-09-10)September 10, 2023
United Kingdom (1998, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012/13, 2013, 2016, 2016, 2018, 2018, 2019, 2019, 2019, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2022, 2023, 2024) (visited entities)	01515	(1998-10-28)October 28, 1998 ( Gibraltar) (2006-01-14)January 14, 2006 (United Kingdom proper)	2024-03-20(2024-03-20)March 20, 2024 ( British Virgin Islands) (2023-03-20)March 20, 2023 (United Kingdom proper)	18
Gibraltar Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom	015a15+1	(1998-10-28)October 28, 1998	1998-10-28-3(1998-10-28)October 28, 1998
United States (1999, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2023) (visited entities)	01616	(1999-04-01)April 1, 1999	2023-07-31-2(2023-07-31)July 31, 2023 ( American Samoa) (2013-06-26)June 26, 2013 (United States proper)
Denmark (1999, 2000, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)	01717	(1999-05-10)May 10, 1999	2024-10-18(2024-10-19)October 19, 2024	36	2025-01-25-2January 25/26, 2025 ^{[FutureTravel 7]}
Slovenia (1999, 2004, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2008, 2009, 2021, 2023)	01818	(1999-05-24)May 24, 1999	2023-06-17(2023-06-17)June 17, 2023
Croatia (1999, 2004, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2023, 2023, 2024)	01919	(1999-05-24)May 24, 1999	2024-07-08-1(2024-07-08)July 8, 2024	27
Hungary (1999, 2004, 2004, 2008, 2008, 2018, 2018, 2019, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)	02020	(1999-05-24)May 24, 1999	2023-02-03(2023-02-05)February 5, 2023	(39)	2024-11-30-4November 30/December 1, 2024 ^{[FutureTravel 1]}
Slovakia (1999, 2004, 2008, 2008/09, 2019, 2021)	02121	(1999-05-26)May 26, 1999	2021-08-27(2021-08-29)August 29, 2021
Czech Republic (1999, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2024)	02222	(1999-05-26)May 26, 1999	2024-09-01-1(2024-09-01)September 1, 2024	31
Poland (1999, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2008, 2009, 2009, 2010/11, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2023, 2024, 2024)	02323	(1999-05-28)May 28, 1999	2024-08-31-12(2024-08-31)August 31, 2024	30
Morocco (1999, 2008, 2016, 2023)	02424	(1999-08-14)August 14, 1999	2023-10-31(2023-10-31)October 31, 2023
Monaco (2000, 2020)	02525	(2000-04-27)April 27, 2000	2020-08-10(2020-08-16)August 16, 2020
Russia (2000, 2010/11, 2018) (visited entities)	02626	(2000-07-26)July 26, 2000	2018-06-30-1(2018-07-01)July 1, 2018
Lithuania (2000, 2010/11, 2024)	02727	(2000-07-28)July 28, 2000	2024-04-02-3(2024-04-01)April 1, 2024	22
Latvia (2000, 2010/11, 2023, 2024)	02828	(2000-07-28)July 28, 2000	2024-04-02-9(2024-04-02)April 2, 2024	21
Estonia (2000, 2010, 2024)	02929	(2000-07-29)July 29, 2000	2024-04-02-8(2024-04-01)April 1, 2024	23
Finland (2000, 2021)	03030	(2000-07-30)July 30, 2000	2021-07-24(2021-07-24)July 24, 2021 ( Åland Islands) (2000-08-05)August 5, 2000 (Mainland Finland)
Norway (2000, 2011, 2013, 2019)	03131	(2000-08-05)August 5, 2000	2019-05-02-1(2019-05-03)May 3, 2019
Sweden (2000, 2011, 2021)	03232	(2000-08-08)August 8, 2000	2021-07-25-3(2021-07-25)July 25, 2021
China (2001, 2001, 2016)	03333	(2001-03-31)March 31, 2001	2016-05-29(2016-05-29)May 29, 2016
Andorra (2001, 2023)	03434	(2001-10-30)October 30, 2001	2023-08-26(2023-08-27)August 27, 2023
Holy See ^{[Recognition 2]} Extraterritorial properties	034a	2002-07-00-0July 2002	2015-07-17-1a(2015-07-17)July 17, 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2017, 2023, 2024)	03535	(2004-03-07)March 7, 2004	2024-07-07-3(2024-07-07)July 7, 2024	29
Montenegro (2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2024)	03636	(2004-03-07)March 7, 2004 ^{[Merger-Division 2]}	2024-07-07-2(2024-07-07)July 7, 2024	28
Albania (2004, 2009, 2024)	03737	(2004-03-08)March 8, 2004	2024-09-28(2024-09-29)September 29, 2024	35
North Macedonia ^{[Note 11]} (2004, 2021, 2024)	03838	(2004-03-08)March 8, 2004	2024-01-02(2024-01-01)January 1, 2024	2
Greece (2004, 2009, 2011, 2024)	03939	(2004-03-08)March 8, 2004	2024-01-13-2(2024-01-14)January 14, 2024	5
Turkey (2004, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)	04040	(2004-03-18)March 18, 2004	2023-12-26(2023-12-26)December 26, 2023 ^{[Transit 1]}	(40)	2024-12-01-2December 1, 2024 ^{[FutureTravel 1]}
Bulgaria (2004, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2019, 2023, 2024)	04141	(2004-03-18)March 18, 2004	2024-02-12(2024-02-12)February 12, 2024	7
Romania (2004, 2004, 2008, 2021)	04242	(2004-03-19)March 19, 2004	2021-09-01(2021-09-02)September 2, 2021
Serbia (2004, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2018, 2018)	04343	(2004-03-22)March 22, 2004 ^{[Merger-Division 2]}	2018-06-11-1(2018-06-11)June 11, 2018 ^{[Transit 2]}
Ireland (2008, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2023)	04444	(2008-01-08)January 8, 2008	2023-05-29(2023-05-29)May 29, 2023
Maldives	04545	(2008-01-17)January 17, 2008	2008-01-27(2008-01-27)January 27, 2008
Malta	04646	(2008-06-24)June 24, 2008	2008-06-26(2008-06-26)June 26, 2008 ^{[Note 12]}
Ukraine (2008, 2010, 2012, 2018, 2021)	04747	(2008-09-19)September 19, 2008	2021-09-03(2021-09-03)September 3, 2021
Moldova (2008, 2010, 2021)	04848	(2008-09-21)September 21, 2008	2021-09-02(2021-09-02)September 2, 2021
Kosovo ^{[Recognition 3]} (2008, 2014, 2021, 2023/24)	04949	(2008-12-30)December 30, 2008	2023-12-31(2024-01-01)January 1, 2024	1
Canada (2009, 2012) (visited entities)	05050	(2009-02-19)February 19, 2009	2012-03-24-1(2012-03-24)March 24, 2012
India (2009, 2010) (visited entities)	05151	(2009-03-29)March 29, 2009	2010-03-15(2010-03-15)March 15, 2010
Nepal	05252	(2009-04-04)April 4, 2009	2009-04-06(2009-04-06)April 6, 2009
United Arab Emirates (2009, 2013, 2024) (visited entities)	05353	(2009-04-10)April 10, 2009 ^{[Transit 3]}	2024-11-03-5(2024-11-03)November 3, 2024	37
Georgia (2009, 2013, 2017, 2024)	05454	(2009-08-09)August 9, 2009	2024-04-01-1(2024-04-01)April 1, 2024	20
Azerbaijan ^{[Merger-Division 3]} (2009, 2013)	05555	(2009-08-10)August 10, 2009	2013-05-30(2013-05-30)May 30, 2013 ( Artsakh) (2009-08-14)August 14, 2009 (Azerbaijan at that time) ^{[Transit 4]}
Syria	05656	(2009-12-17)December 17, 2009	2009-12-23(2009-12-23)December 23, 2009 ^{[Transit 5]}
Lebanon	05757	(2009-12-22)December 22, 2009	2009-12-22(2009-12-22)December 22, 2009
Egypt (2009/10, 2011, 2013, 2017)	05858	(2009-12-26)December 26, 2009	2017-04-12-1(2017-04-13)April 13, 2017 ^{[Transit 6]}
Pakistan (2010) (visited entities)	05959	(2010-03-05)March 5, 2010	2010-03-19-1(2010-03-19)March 19, 2010
Zimbabwe (2010, 2016)	06060	(2010-06-11)June 11, 2010	2016-09-04(2016-09-05)September 5, 2016
South Africa (2010, 2016, 2019)	06161	(2010-06-12)June 12, 2010	2019-03-10(2019-03-10)March 10, 2019
Lesotho	06262	(2010-06-13)June 13, 2010	2010-06-13(2010-06-13)June 13, 2010
Eswatini	06363	(2010-06-14)June 14, 2010	2010-06-15(2010-06-15)June 15, 2010
Ethiopia (visited entities)	06464	(2010-06-18)June 18, 2010 ^{[Transit 7]}	2010-06-19-1(2010-06-19)June 19, 2010 ^{[Transit 8]}
Chile (2010)	06565	(2010-10-01)October 1, 2010	2010-10-14(2010-10-14)October 14, 2010
Peru (2010, 2019)	06666	(2010-10-04)October 4, 2010	2019-05-30-1(2019-05-31)May 31, 2019
Bolivia	06767	(2010-10-09)October 9, 2010(2010-10-09)October 9, 2010	2010-10-11-1(2010-10-11)October 11, 2010
Transnistria ^{[Recognition 4]}	06868	(2010-12-19)December 19, 2010	2010-12-20-2(2010-12-19)December 19, 2010
Belarus (2010, 2018)	06969	(2010-12-23)December 23, 2010	2018-06-02-2(2018-06-03)June 3, 2018
Israel (2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2023)	07070	(2011-03-24)March 24, 2011	2023-05-01-1(2023-05-01)May 1, 2023
Palestine ^{[Recognition 5]} (2011, 2018)	07171	(2011-03-24)March 24, 2011	2018-06-09-7(2018-06-10)June 10, 2018 ^{[Transit 9]}
Bahamas	07272	(2011-09-18)September 18, 2011	2011-09-25-1(2011-09-25)September 25, 2011
Cyprus	07373	(2011-12-24)December 24, 2011	2011-12-31-1(2011-12-31)December 31, 2011
Northern Cyprus ^{[Recognition 6]}	07474	(2011-12-25)December 25, 2011	2011-12-29-5(2011-12-30)December 30, 2011
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom	074a74+2	(2011-12-26)December 26, 2011	2011-12-30-4(2011-12-30)December 30, 2011
Iceland (2012)	07575	(2012-03-16)March 16, 2012	2012-03-26-1(2012-03-26)March 26, 2012
Rwanda	07676	(2012-06-15)June 15, 2012	2012-06-17-1(2012-06-17)June 17, 2012
Uganda	07777	(2012-06-17)June 17, 2012	2012-06-20-1(2012-06-20)June 20, 2012
Kenya	07878	(2012-06-20)June 20, 2012	2012-06-22-1(2012-06-22)June 22, 2012
Tanzania	07979	(2012-06-22)June 22, 2012	2012-07-03-1(2012-07-03)July 3, 2012
Zanzibar Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania	079a	(2012-06-28)June 28, 2012	2012-07-02(2012-07-02)July 2, 2012
Jordan	08080	2013-03-24(2013-03-24)March 24, 2013	2013-03-30-1(2013-03-30)March 30, 2013 ^{[Transit 10]}
Armenia (2013, 2024)	08181	2013-05-25-2(2013-05-25)May 25, 2013	2024-03-29-1(2024-03-30)March 30, 2024	19
Artsakh ^{[Merger-Division 3]}	082(82)	2013-05-28-2(2013-05-28)May 28, 2013	2013-05-30-1(2013-05-30)May 30, 2013
Nicaragua	08383	2013-06-16(2013-06-16)June 16, 2013	2013-06-19-1(2013-06-19)June 19, 2013
Costa Rica	08484	2013-06-19(2013-06-19)June 19, 2013	2013-06-21-1(2013-06-21)June 21, 2013
Panama (2013, 2019, 2024)	08585	2013-06-21(2013-06-21)June 21, 2013	2024-05-12(2024-05-12)May 12, 2024	25
Oman	08686	2013-09-28(2013-09-28)September 28, 2013	2013-09-30-1(2013-09-30)September 30, 2013 ^{[Transit 11]}
Bahrain (2013, 2018)	08787	2013-09-30-2(2013-09-30)September 30, 2013	2018-03-25-1(2018-03-25)March 25, 2018 ^{[Transit 12]}
Qatar	08888	2013-09-30-3(2013-09-30)September 30, 2013	2013-10-02-1(2013-10-02)October 2, 2013 ^{[Transit 13]}
Jersey British Crown dependency	088a88+3	2013-12-27(2013-12-27)December 27, 2013	2013-12-30-1(2013-12-30)December 30, 2013
Kyrgyzstan	08989	2014-04-27(2014-04-27)April 27, 2014	2014-05-03-1(2014-05-03)May 3, 2014
Brazil (2014, 2019) (visited entities)	09090	2014-06-08(2014-06-08)June 8, 2014	2019-05-31-2(2019-05-31)May 31, 2019
Argentina (visited entities)	09191	2014-06-12(2014-06-12)June 12, 2014	2014-06-18-2(2014-06-18)June 18, 2014
Uruguay	09292	2014-06-14(2014-06-14)June 14, 2014	2014-06-15-1(2014-06-15)June 15, 2014
Paraguay	09393	2014-06-20(2014-06-20)June 20, 2014	2014-06-20-2(2014-06-20)June 20, 2014
Algeria	09494	2014-12-24(2014-12-24)December 24, 2014	2014-12-28(2014-12-28)December 28, 2014
Mexico (2015, 2018) (visited entities)	09595	2015-01-24(2015-01-24)January 24, 2015	2018-04-21-1(2018-04-21)April 21, 2018
Iran	09696	2015-02-22(2015-02-22)February 22, 2015	2015-02-26(2015-02-26)February 26, 2015
Kuwait	09797	2015-02-25(2015-02-26)February 26, 2015 ^{[Transit 14]}	2015-02-27-1(2015-02-28)February 28, 2015
Kazakhstan (2015, 2023)	09898	2015-04-03(2015-04-03)April 3, 2015	2023-04-12-1(2023-04-13)April 13, 2023
Singapore (2015, 2023)	09999	2015-05-18-1(2015-05-18)May 18, 2015	2023-08-05-1(2023-08-05)August 5, 2023
Australia (2015, 2023) (visited entities)	100	2015-05-22(2015-05-22)May 22, 2015	2023-08-04-1(2023-08-04)August 4, 2023
Malaysia (visited entities)	101	2015-05-27-3(2015-05-27)May 27, 2015	2015-05-29-1(2015-05-29)May 29, 2015
Indonesia (2015, 2018)	102	2015-05-30(2015-05-30)May 30, 2015	2018-09-29-1(2018-09-29)September 29, 2018
Sovereign Military Order of Malta ^{[Recognition 7]} Extraterritorial property	102a	2014-07-18-1a(2015-07-18)July 18, 2015	2015-07-18-1a(2015-07-18)July 18, 2015
Cape Verde	103	2015-09-19(2015-09-19)September 19, 2015	2015-09-26-1(2015-09-26)September 26, 2015
Senegal (2016)	104	2016-03-13-1(2016-03-13)March 13, 2016	2016-03-17-1(2016-03-19)March 19, 2016
Gambia	105	2016-03-14(2016-03-14)March 14, 2016	2016-03-15(2016-03-16)March 16, 2016
Western Sahara ^{[Recognition 8]}	106	2016-03-25March 25, 2016	2016-03-27March 27, 2016
Japan (2016)	107	2016-05-15(2016-05-15)May 15, 2016	2016-05-27(2016-05-28)May 28, 2016
Republic of Korea	108	2016-05-19(2016-05-19)May 19, 2016	2016-05-22(2016-05-23)May 23, 2016
Taiwan ^{[Recognition 9]}	109	2016-05-23(2016-05-23)May 23, 2016	2016-05-26(2016-05-27)May 27, 2016
Zambia	110	2016-09-03(2016-09-03)September 3, 2016 ^{[Transit 15]}	2016-09-07(2016-09-07)September 7, 2016
Namibia	111	2016-09-07(2016-09-07)September 7, 2016	2016-09-16(2016-09-17)September 17, 2016
Botswana	112	2016-09-08(2016-09-08)September 8, 2016	2016-09-08(2016-09-08)September 8, 2016
Sri Lanka	113	2016-09-29(2016-09-29)September 29, 2016	2016-10-03(2016-10-03)October 3, 2016
Ghana	114	2017-03-18(2017-03-18)March 18, 2017	2017-03-18(2017-03-18)March 18, 2017 ^{[Transit 16]}
Ivory Coast	115	2017-03-19(2017-03-18)March 18, 2017	2017-03-25(2017-03-25)March 25, 2017
Sudan (visited entities)	116	2017-04-13-2(2017-04-13)April 13, 2017	2017-04-17(2017-04-17)April 17, 2017
Thailand (2017, 2017)	117	2017-05-20-2(2017-05-20)May 20, 2017	2017-09-04(2017-09-04)September 4, 2017
Cambodia	118	2017-05-21-2(2017-05-21)May 21, 2017	2017-05-24(2017-05-24)May 24, 2017
Iraq (visited entities)	119	2017-06-11(2017-06-11)June 11, 2017	2017-06-12(2017-06-13)June 13, 2017
Kurdistan Autonomous region of Iraq	119a	2017-06-11(2017-06-11)June 11, 2017	2017-06-12(2017-06-13)June 13, 2017
Abkhazia ^{[Recognition 10]}	120	2017-06-16(2017-06-15)June 15, 2017	2017-06-16(2017-06-17)June 17, 2017
Uzbekistan (2017, 2023)	121	2017-08-20(2017-08-20)August 20, 2017	2023-04-14(2023-04-14)April 14, 2023
Laos	122	2018-08-29(2017-08-28)August 28, 2017	2017-08-29(2017-08-30)August 30, 2017
Vietnam	123	2018-08-30(2017-08-30)August 30, 2017	2017-09-03(2017-09-03)September 3, 2017
Mauritania	124	2017-09-15(2017-09-15)September 15, 2017	2017-09-17(2017-09-17)September 17, 2017
Togo (2017)	125	2017-09-25(2017-09-24)September 24, 2017	2017-10-01(2017-10-01)October 1, 2017
Benin	126	2017-09-26(2017-09-26)September 26, 2017	2017-09-28(2017-09-28)September 28, 2017
Philippines (2018, 2023)	127	2018-03-17(2018-03-17)March 17, 2018	2023-07-16(2023-07-16)July 16, 2023 ^{[Transit 17]}
Brunei	128	2018-03-22(2018-03-22)March 22, 2018	2018-03-23(2018-03-23)March 23, 2018
Guinea-Bissau	129	2018-03-29(2018-03-29)March 29, 2018	2018-04-01(2018-04-02)April 2, 2018
Guatemala (2018)	130	2018-04-14-2(2018-04-14)April 14, 2018	2018-04-20(2018-04-21)April 21, 2018
El Salvador	131	2018-04-14-3(2018-04-14)April 14, 2018	2018-04-14-3(2018-04-15)April 15, 2018
Honduras	132	2018-04-15(2018-04-15)April 15, 2018	2018-04-16(2018-04-16)April 16, 2018
Belize	133	2018-04-18(2018-04-18)April 18, 2018	2018-04-19(2018-04-20)April 20, 2018
Timor-Leste	134	2018-09-25(2018-09-25)September 25, 2018	2018-09-28(2018-09-28)September 28, 2018
Mozambique	135	2019-03-05(2019-03-05)March 5, 2019	2019-03-07(2019-03-07)March 7, 2019
Mauritius	136	2019-03-17(2019-03-17)March 17, 2019	2019-03-22(2019-03-23)March 23, 2019
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Special territories of Norway	136a136+4	2019-05-01(2019-04-30)April 30, 2019	2019-05-01(2019-05-03)May 3, 2019
Svalbard Special territory of Norway	136b	2019-05-01(2019-04-30)April 30, 2019	2019-05-01(2019-05-03)May 3, 2019
Colombia	137	2019-05-30(2019-05-30)May 30, 2019	2019-06-05(2019-06-05)June 5, 2019
Cuba	138	2019-06-15(2019-06-15)June 15, 2019	2019-06-22(2019-06-22)June 22, 2019
Guinea	139	2019-09-15(2019-09-15)September 15, 2019	2019-09-16(2019-09-17)September 17, 2019
Sierra Leone	140	2019-09-17(2019-09-17)September 17, 2019	2019-09-18(2019-09-21)September 21, 2019
São Tomé and Príncipe	141	2019-09-21(2019-09-21)September 21, 2019	2019-09-25(2019-09-26)September 26, 2019
Angola	142	2019-09-26(2019-09-26)September 26, 2019	2019-09-28(2019-09-28)September 28, 2019
Saudi Arabia	143	2019-12-29(2019-12-29)December 29, 2019 ^{[Transit 18]}	2019-12-31(2020-01-01)January 1, 2020
Åland Islands Autonomous region of Finland	143a143+5	2021-07-23(2021-07-23)July 23, 2021	2021-07-24(2021-07-24)July 24, 2021
Isle of Man British Crown dependency	143b143+6	2022-02-26(2022-02-26)February 26, 2022	2022-02-26(2022-02-27)February 27, 2022
Dominican Republic (2022, 2024)	144	2022-03-12(2022-03-12)March 12, 2022	2024-03-22(2024-03-22)March 22, 2024	11
Faroe Islands Autonomous region of Denmark	144a144+7	2022-04-15(2022-04-15)April 15, 2022	2022-04-17(2022-04-18)April 18, 2022
Guernsey (Bailiwick) British Crown dependency	144b 144+8	2022-04-30(2022-04-30)April 30, 2022	2022-04-29(2022-05-01)May 1, 2022
Guernsey (island) Sub-jurisdiction of the Bailiwick of Guernsey	144c	2022-04-30(2022-04-30)April 30, 2022	2022-04-29(2022-05-01)May 1, 2022
Sark Sub-jurisdiction of the Bailiwick of Guernsey	144d	2022-04-31(2022-04-30)April 30, 2022	2022-04-28(2022-04-30)April 30, 2022
Seychelles	145145	2022-05-22(2022-05-22)May 22, 2022	2022-05-28(2022-05-28)May 28, 2022
Jamaica	146146	2022-06-03(2022-06-03)June 3, 2022	2022-06-05(2022-06-10)June 10, 2022
Mongolia	147147	2022-08-28(2022-08-28)August 28, 2022	2022-09-03(2022-09-04)September 4, 2022
Tajikistan	148148	2023-04-08(2023-04-08)April 8, 2023	2023-04-11(2023-04-11)April 11, 2023
Trinidad and Tobago (2023)	149149	2023-05-12(2023-05-12)May 12, 2023	2023-05-19(2023-05-19)May 19, 2023
Grenada	150150	2023-05-13(2023-05-13)May 13, 2023	2023-05-16(2023-05-17)May 17, 2023
Barbados (2023, 2024)	151151	2023-05-17(2023-05-17)May 17, 2023	2024-03-12(2024-03-12)March 12, 2024	12
Suriname	152152	2023-05-20(2023-05-20)May 20, 2023	2023-05-20(2023-05-20)May 20, 2023
New Zealand	153153	2023-07-18(2023-07-18)July 18, 2023	2023-07-28(2023-07-28)July 28, 2023
Fiji	154154	2023-07-28(2023-07-28)July 28, 2023	2023-07-29(2023-07-29)July 29, 2023
Samoa	154a155 → 154 ^{[Merger-Division 3]}	2023-07-29(2023-07-29)July 29, 2023	2023-08-02(2023-08-02)August 2, 2023
American Samoa Unincorporated territory of the United States	154a+9154+9	2023-07-31(2023-07-31)July 31, 2023	2023-07-31(2023-07-31)July 31, 2023
Martinique Overseas department of France	154a+10154+10	2024-03-10(2024-03-10)March 10, 2024	2024-03-10(2024-03-10)March 10, 2024	11+1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	155155	2024-03-13(2024-03-13)March 13, 2024	2024-03-13(2024-03-13)March 13, 2024	13
Dominica	156156	2024-03-14(2024-03-14)March 14, 2024	2024-03-14(2024-03-14)March 14, 2024	14
Saint Lucia	157157	2024-03-15(2024-03-15)March 15, 2024	2024-03-15(2024-03-15)March 15, 2024	15
Saint Kitts and Nevis (visited entities)	158158	2024-03-17(2024-03-17)March 17, 2024	2024-03-17(2024-03-17)March 17, 2024	16
Antigua and Barbuda	159159	2024-03-18(2024-03-18)March 18, 2024	2024-03-18(2024-03-18)March 18, 2024	17
Sint Maarten Country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands	159+11159+11	2024-03-19-1(2024-03-19)March 19, 2024 ^{[Transit 19]}	2024-03-19-7(2024-03-19)March 19, 2024	17+2
Saint Martin Overseas collectivity of France	159+12159+12	2024-03-19-2(2024-03-19)March 19, 2024	2024-03-19-5(2024-03-19)March 19, 2024	17+3
Anguilla British Overseas Territory	159+13159+13	2024-03-19-3(2024-03-19)March 19, 2024	2024-03-19-3(2024-03-19)March 19, 2024	17+4
British Virgin Islands British Overseas Territory	159+14159+14	2024-03-20(2024-03-20)March 20, 2024	2024-03-20(2024-03-20)March 20, 2024	17+5
Ecuador	160160	2024-05-02(2024-05-02)May 2, 2024	2024-05-04(2024-05-08)May 8, 2024	26
Bangladesh	161161	2024-10-31(2024-10-31)October 31, 2024	2024-11-01(2024-11-02)November 2, 2024	38

Countries (and dependencies) scheduled to be visited

A country is "scheduled to be visited" if flights or hotel accomodation have been booked or a visa has been granted.

Country	Number	First visit	Scheduled end of visit	This year	Comment
Comoros	162162	(2025-03-16)March 16, 2025 invalid yearMarch 16, 2025	2025-03-22March 22, 2025		^{[FutureTravel 8]}

Countries (and dependencies) seriously considered to be visited

A country is "seriously considered to be visited" if flights, hotel accomodation and/or visa procedures have been looked for, there is a travel partner or a person to be visited and/or a more or less fixed time window within the next twelve months has been assessed. A country may also be summarized under this section if it is located very close to a country scheduled to be visited and a short trip to this country is well conceivable. It may also appear here if it is a place of change of flights where there may be enough time to formally enter the country while changing flights.

Countries (and dependencies) visited in airport transit

Airport transit is not considered an entry into the country if there is no immigration control which would otherwise have to take place. This fact is reflected in the list of countries visited during airport transit before visiting them properly according to the rules.
Of course, in almost every country there are some minutes of airport transiting in this sense before properly entering the country. Therefore only transits are listed where a proper entry did not take place within 24 hours or before touching another country's soil whichever is earlier. Furthermore, countries are not listed if they were visited in airport transit after having been properly visited earlier.

Country/dependency	First transit	Transit number	First proper entry	Notes
United Arab Emirates	2009-03-27-28March 27/28, 2009₍₅₀₊₁₎	—	2009-04-10April 10, 2009₍₅₃₎	^{[Transit 3]}
Kuwait	2010-03-04March 4, 2010₍₅₈₊₁₎	—	2015-02-26February 26, 2015₍₉₇₊₁₎	^{[Transit 14]}
Ethiopia	2010-06-11June 11, 2010₍₅₉₊₂₎	—	2010-06-18June 18, 2010₍₆₄₊₂₎	^{[Transit 7]}
Zambia	2010-06-18June 18, 2010₍₆₃₊₃₎	—	2016-09-03September 3, 2016₍₁₁₀₎	^{[Transit 15]}
Saudi Arabia	2018-09-21September 21/22, 2018_(133+1)	—	2019-12-29December 29, 2019₍₁₄₃₎	^{[Transit 18]}
Sint Maarten, Netherlands	2023-05-12May 12, 2023_(148+0+8+1)	—	2024-03-19March 19, 2024_(159+11)	^{[Transit 19]}

Countries (and dependencies) not yet visited

See User:EBB/Länder/Missing

Countries (or dependencies) lost

A country (or dependency) is considered lost if it merges with another (previously visited) country, leading to a decrease of the number of countries (or dependencies) visited.

Merging country (number)	Merged-into country (number)	Date of merger	Country whose numbering is affected	Reference
East Germany⁸ (→ East Germany⁽⁸⁾)	West Germany¹ (→ Germany¹)	October 3, 1990	France⁹ → France⁸	^{[Merger-Division 1]}
Artsakh⁸² (→ Artsakh⁽⁸²⁾)	Azerbaijan⁵⁵	January 1, 2024	Samoa¹⁵⁵ → Samoa¹⁵⁴	^{[Merger-Division 3]}

Countries (or dependencies) won

A country (or dependency) is considered won if it emerges from a divide with another (previously visited) country, leading to an increase of the number of countries (or dependencies) visited without (again) setting foot into the country.

Dividing country (number)	Newly counted country (number)	Date of division	Reference
Serbia and Montenegro³⁶ → Montenegro³⁶	Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia⁴³	June 3, 2006	^{[Merger-Division 2]}

Continents

Continent	Number	First visit	Last visit	Next scheduled visit
Europe ^{[Note 13]}	1	1982-09-26(1982-09-26)September 26, 1982 (Germany¹)	2024-11-03currently, since (2024-11-03)November 3, 2024 (Germany)
Africa	2	1997-05-19(1997-05-19)May 19, 1997 (Tunisia¹⁰)	2023-10-31(2023-10-31)October 31, 2023 (Morocco)	2024-12-23December 23, 2024 (Tunisia)
North America	3	1999-04-01(1999-04-01)April 1, 1999 (United States¹⁶)	2024-05-12(2024-05-12)May 12, 2024 (Panama)
Asia	4	2001-03-31(2001-03-31)March 31, 2001 (China³³)	2024-11-02(2024-11-03)November 3, 2024 (United Arab Emirates)
South America	5	2010-10-01(2010-10-01)October 1, 2010 (Chile⁶⁵)	2024-05-08 (2024-05-08)May 8, 2024 (Ecuador)
Oceania	6	2015-05-22(2015-05-22)May 22, 2015 (Australia¹⁰⁰)	2023-08-04(2023-08-04)August 4, 2023 (Australia)

Times of being outside Europe in its political sense ^{[Note 13]} ^{[Note 14]}

No.	Continent visited	Continental ordering	Dates of visit	Countries visited	Days on the continent
1	Africa	1	1997May 19-26, 1997	Tunisia¹⁰	8
2	North America	1	1999-1April 1-6, 1999	United States¹⁶	6
3	Africa	2	1999-2August 14, 1999	Morocco²⁴	9
4	Asia	1	2001-1March 31-April 15, 2001	China³³	16
5	Asia	2	2001-2August 12-24, 2001	China (2)	29
6	Asia	3	2008-1January 17-27, 2008	Maldives⁴⁵	40
7	Africa	3	2008-2November 25-29, 2008	Morocco (2)	14
8	North America	2	2009-1February 18-March 8, 2009	United States (2) and Canada⁵⁰	25
9	Asia	4	2009-2March 28-April 12, 2009	India⁵¹, Nepal⁵² and United Arab Emirates⁵³	56
10	Asia	5	2009-3December 17-23, 2009	Syria⁵⁶ and Lebanon⁵⁷	63
11	Africa	4	2009-4December 26, 2009-January 2, 2010	Egypt⁵⁸	22
12	Asia	6	2010-1March 5-19, 2010	Pakistan⁵⁹ and India (2) ( Kuwait in transit)	78
13	Africa	5	2010-2June 11-19, 2010	Zimbabwe⁶⁰, South Africa⁶¹, Lesotho⁶², Eswatini⁶³ and Ethiopia⁶⁴ ( Zambia in transit)	31
14	North America	3a	2010-3September 30, 2010	United States (3a)	26
	South America	1	2010-4October 1-14, 2010	Chile⁶⁵, Peru⁶⁶ and Bolivia⁶⁷	14
	North America	3b	2010-5October 15, 2010	United States (3b)	27
15	Asia	7	2011-1March 20-27, 2011	Egypt (2), Israel⁷⁰ and Palestine⁷¹	85
16	North America	4	2011-2September 9-28, 2011	United States (4) and Bahamas⁷²	47
17	North America	5	2012-1March 17-25, 2012	United States (5) and Canada (2)	56
18	Africa	6	2012-2June 14-July 3, 2012	Rwanda⁷⁶, Uganda⁷⁷, Kenya⁷⁸ and Tanzania⁷⁹	51
19	Asia	8	2013-1March 25-April 6, 2013	Jordan⁸⁰, Israel (2) and Egypt (3)	97
20	North America	6	2013-2June 16-26, 2013	United States (6), Nicaragua⁸³, Costa Rica⁸⁴ and Panama⁸⁵	67
21	Asia	9	2013-3September 27-October 3, 2013	United Arab Emirates (2), Oman⁸⁶, Bahrain⁸⁷ and Qatar⁸⁸	104
22	Asia	10	2014-1April 27-May 3, 2014	Kyrgyzstan⁸⁹	111
23	South America	2	2014-2June 8-28, 2014	Brazil⁹⁰, Argentina⁹¹, Uruguay⁹² and Paraguay⁹³	35
24	Africa	7	2014-3December 24-28, 2014	Algeria⁹⁴	56
25	North America	7	2015-1January 24-31, 2015	Mexico⁹⁵	75
26	Asia	11	2015-2February 22-28, 2015	Iran⁹⁶ and Kuwait⁹⁷	118
27	Asia	12	2015-3April 3-6, 2015	Kazakhstan⁹⁸	122
28	Asia	13	2015-4April 30-May 4, 2015	Israel (3)	127
29	Asia	14a	2015-5May 18-22, 2015	Singapore⁹⁹	132
	Oceania	1	2015-6May 22-27, 2015	Australia¹⁰⁰	6
	Asia	14b	2015-7May 27-June 4, 2015	Singapore (1b), Malaysia¹⁰¹ and Indonesia¹⁰²	141
30	Africa	8	2015-8September 19-26, 2015	Cape Verde¹⁰³	64
31	Africa	9	2016-1March 12-19, 2016	Senegal¹⁰⁴ and Gambia¹⁰⁵	72
32	Africa	10	2016-2March 24-28, 2016	Morocco (3) and Western Sahara¹⁰⁶	77
33	Asia	15	2016-3April 16-17, 2016	Israel (4)	143
34	Asia	16	2016-4May 15-29, 2016	Japan¹⁰⁷, Republic of Korea¹⁰⁸, Taiwan¹⁰⁹ and China (3)	158
35	Africa	11	2016-5September 3-17, 2016	Zambia¹¹⁰, Zimbabwe (2), Namibia¹¹¹, Botswana¹¹² and South Africa (2)	92
36	Asia	17	2016-6September 29-October 3, 2016	Sri Lanka¹¹³	163
37	Africa	12	2017-1March 18-25, 2017	Ghana¹¹⁴ and Ivory Coast¹¹⁵	100
38	Africa	13	2017-2April 12-17, 2017	Egypt (4) and Sudan¹¹⁶	106
39	Asia	18	2017-3May 20-28, 2017	Thailand¹¹⁷ and Cambodia¹¹⁸	172
40	Asia	19	2017-4June 11-13, 2017	Iraq¹¹⁹	175
41	Asia	20	2017-5August 20-26, 2017	Uzbekistan¹²¹	182
42	Asia	21	2017-6August 28-September 4, 2017	Thailand (2), Laos¹²² and Vietnam¹²³	190
43	Africa	14	2017-7September 15-17, 2017	Mauritania¹²⁴	109
44	Africa	15	2017-8September 24-October 1, 2017	Togo¹²⁵ and Benin¹²⁶	117
45	Asia	22	2018-1March 17-25, 2018	Philippines¹²⁷, Brunei¹²⁸ and Bahrain (2)	199
46	Africa	16	2018-2March 29-April 2, 2018	Guinea-Bissau¹²⁹	122
47	North America	8	2018-3April 14-21, 2018	Mexico (2), Guatemala¹³⁰, El Salvador¹³¹, Honduras¹³² and Belize¹³³	83
48	Asia	23	2018-4June 8-11, 2018	Israel (5) and Palestine (2)	203
49	Asia	24	2018-5September 21-30, 2018	Indonesia (2) and Timor-Leste¹³⁴ ( Saudi Arabia in transit)	213
50	Africa	17	2018-6December 22-26, 2018	Tunisia (2)	127
51	Africa	18	2019-3March 3-10, 2019	South Africa (3) and Mozambique¹³⁵	135
52	Africa	19	2019-4March 17-23, 2019	Mauritius¹³⁶	142
53	South America	3	2019-5May 30-June 5, 2019	Colombia¹³⁷, Peru (2) and Brazil (2)	42
53	North America	9	2019-6June 5-8, 2019	Panama (2)	87
54	North America	10	2019-7June 15-22, 2019	Cuba¹³⁸	95
55	Africa	20	2019-9September 15-28, 2019	Guinea¹³⁹, Sierra Leone¹⁴⁰, São Tomé and Príncipe¹⁴¹ and Angola¹⁴²	156
56	Asia	25	2019-10December 29, 2019-January 1, 2020	Saudi Arabia¹⁴³	217
57	North America	11	2022-03March 12-20, 2022	Dominican Republic¹⁴⁴	104
58	Africa	21	2022-05May 22-28, 2022	Seychelles¹⁴⁵	163
59	North America	12	2022-06June 3-10, 2022	Jamaica¹⁴⁶	112
60	Asia	26	2022-08August 28-September 4, 2022	Mongolia¹⁴⁷	225
61	Asia	27	2023-04April 7-14, 2023	Uzbekistan (2), Tajikistan¹⁴⁸ and Kazakhstan (2)	233
62	Asia	28	2023-05April 29-May 1, 2023	Israel (6)	236
63	North America	13	2023-06May 12-19, 2023	Trinidad and Tobago¹⁴⁹, Grenada¹⁵⁰ and Barbados¹⁵¹ ( Sint Maarten, Netherlands in transit)	120
63	South America	4	2023-07May 20, 2023	Suriname¹⁵²	43
64	Asia	29a	2023-08July 15/16, 2023	Singapore (2a) and Philippines (2)	238
	Oceania	2	2023-09July 17-August 4, 2023	Australia (2), New Zealand¹⁵³, Fiji¹⁵⁴, Samoa¹⁵⁵ and American Samoa¹⁵⁵⁺⁹ ( United States (7))	25
	Asia	29b	2023-10August 4/5, 2023	Singapore (2b)	240
65	Africa	22	2023-10October 29-31, 2023	Morocco (4)	166
66	North America	14	2024-03March 8-22, 2024	Dominican Republic (2), Martinique¹⁵⁴⁺¹⁰ ( France), Barbados (2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines¹⁵⁵, Dominica¹⁵⁶, Saint Lucia¹⁵⁷, Saint Kitts and Nevis¹⁵⁸, Antigua and Barbuda¹⁵⁹, Sint Maarten¹⁵⁹⁺¹¹ ( Netherlands), Saint Martin¹⁵⁹⁺¹² ( France), Anguilla¹⁵⁹⁺¹³ ( United Kingdom), British Virgin Islands¹⁵⁹⁺¹⁴ ( United Kingdom)	135
67	North America	15a	2024-04May 1/2, 2024	Panama (3a)	137
	South America	5	2024-05May 2-8, 2024	Ecuador¹⁶⁰	50
	North America	15b	2024-06May 8-12, 2024	Panama (3b)	142
68	Asia	30	2024-10October 31-November 3, 2024	United Arab Emirates (3), Bangladesh¹⁶¹	244
69	Africa	23	2024-12December 23-29, 2024	Tunisia (3)	173
70	Africa	24	2025-03March 16-22, 2025	Comoros¹⁶²	180

Non-European countries visited more than once

No. of visits	Africa	Asia	North America	Oceania	South America
7			United States ^{[Note 15]}
6		Israel
4	Egypt, Morocco
3	South Africa	China, United Arab Emirates	Panama
2	Tunisia, Zimbabwe	Bahrain, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Singapore, Thailand, Uzbekistan	Barbados, Canada, Dominican Republic, Mexico	Australia	Brazil, Peru

Years with visits to five or more continents ^{[Note 13]}

Year	Africa	Asia	Europe	North America	Oceania	South America	Continents visited
2010	Egypt, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Ethiopia	Pakistan, India	Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Transnistria, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Russia	United States		Chile, Peru, Bolivia	5
2015	Cape Verde	Iran, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia	France, Luxembourg, Germany, Turkey, Switzerland, Italy, Vatican City, Netherlands	Mexico	Australia		5
2019	South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius, Guinea, Sierra Leone, São Tomé and Príncipe, Angola	Saudi Arabia	Germany, Spain, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Belgium, Slovakia, Portugal, Poland, Netherlands, Turkey	Panama, Cuba		Colombia, Peru, Brazil	5
2023	Morocco	Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Israel, Singapore, Philippines	Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Austria, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Latvia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Ireland, Croatia, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Spain, Andorra, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Turkey, Kosovo	Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Barbados	Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa ( United States)	Suriname	6
2024	Tunisia	United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh	Kosovo, North Macedonia, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Armenia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Spain, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Albania, Denmark, Hungary, Turkey	Dominican Republic, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, United Kingdom ( Anguilla, British Virgin Islands), Panama		Ecuador	4+1

Statistics

Extreme points

The following are the extreme points (in relation to the equator and direction of travel) I have been to (standing on land or being on a ship):

Direction	Place	Date	Position (latitude)	Position (longitude)	Notes
Northernmost	off Pyramiden, Svalbard, Norway	May 1, 2019	78° 39' N	16° 31' E	North-south window: 125° 20' of 180° → 69.2%
Southernmost	Slope Point, New Zealand	July 22, 2023	46° 41' S	169° 0' E	North-south window: 125° 20' of 180° → 69.2%
Westernmost^{[Note 16]}	Horseshoe Bay, Canada	March 21, 2012	49° 23' N	123° 17' W	West-east window: 312° 39' of 360° → 86.8%
Easternmost^{[Note 16]}	Two Dollar Beach, Avaio, American Samoa	July 31, 2023	14° 17' S	170° 38' W	West-east window: 312° 39' of 360° → 86.8%

This link leads to my extreme points on the several continents.

Crossing important lines

The following are the dates of crossing important lines. These crossings include crossings in the air.

Line	Position	Date	Remarks
Latitude
Arctic Circle	66° 33' 38" N	August 4, 2000	Rovaniemi, Finland
Tropic of Cancer	23° 26' 22" N	January 17, 2008	on the flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Male, Maldives
Equator	0° 0' 0" N/S	June 11, 2010	on the flight from Addis Abeba, Ethiopia to Harare, Zimbabwe
Tropic of Capricorn	23° 26' 22" S	June 12, 2010	near Ga Phasha, South Africa
Antarctic Circle	66° 33' 38" S
Longitude
Prime Meridian	0° 0' 0" W/E	October 17, 1983	on the flight from Düsseldorf, Germany to Fuerteventura, Spain
180th Meridian	180° 0' 0" W/E	July 29, 2023	on the flight from Nadi, Fiji to Apia, Samoa
Time
International Date Line	---	August 1/July 31, 2023	on the flight from Apia, Samoa to Pago Pago, American Samoa

Crossing the International Date Line

Date before crossing	Position before crossing	Date after crossing	Position after crossing	Direction relative to IDL
August 1, 2023	Apia Airport, Samoa	July 31, 2023	Pago Pago Airport, American Samoa, United States	W → E
July 31, 2023	Pago Pago Airport, American Samoa, United States	August 1, 2023	Apia Airport, Samoa	W ← E

South of the equator

The following list contains all times during which I have been south of the equator.

Occasion	Period	Countries visited during that time	Total days
1	June 11-18, 2010	Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini	8
2	October 1-14, 2010	Chile, Peru and Bolivia	22
3	June 14-17, 2012	Rwanda and Uganda	26
3	June 20-July 3, 2012	Kenya and Tanzania	40
4	June 8-28, 2014	Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay	61
5	May 22-27, 2015	Australia	67
5	May 30-June 3, 2015	Indonesia	72
6	September 3-17, 2016	Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa	87
7	September 22-29, 2018	Indonesia and Timor-Leste	95
8	March 3-10, 2019	South Africa and Mozambique	103
9	March 17-23, 2019	Mauritius	110
10	May 31, 2019	Colombia, Peru and Brazil	111
11	September 23-25, 2019	São Tomé and Príncipe	114
11	September 26-28, 2019	Angola	117
12	May 22-28, 2022	Seychelles	124
13	July 17-August 4, 2023	Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa ( United States)	143
14	May 2-8, 2024	Ecuador	150
15	March 16-22, 2025	Comoros	157

Crossing the equator on land

The following list contains all situations during which I crossed the equator on land. If multiple crossings take place at virtually the same place and within a short time frame, they are counted as one crossing.

Occasion	Date	Location of the crossing	Coordinates	Mode of crossing
1	June 17, 2012	Kalagala Kikutuzi, Uganda	0° 0' N/S, 32° 2' E	South → North
1	June 21, 2012	Maseno, Kenya	0° 0' N/S, 34° 36' E	North → South
2	September 23-25, 2019	Ilhéu das Rolas, São Tomé and Príncipe	0° 0' N/S, 6° 31' E	Return trips from north
3	May 3, 2024	San Antonio de Pichancha, Ecuador	0° 0' N/S, 78° 27' W	Return trip from south

Highest and lowest altiude

Distinction	Location	Date	Altitude
Highest altitude on land	Chungara–Tambo Quemado, Bolivia/ Chile	October 11, 2010	4,680 m above sea level
Lowest altitude on land	Ein Bokek, Dead Sea, Israel	March 24, 2011	423 m below sea level ^{[Note 17]}

Longest flights

The longest flight is determined by the grand circle distance as the actual flight route cannot usually be verified.

Date	Departure airport	Destination airport	Carrier	Distance
January 24, 2015	Frankfurt Airport, Germany (FRA)	Mexico City Airport, Mexico (MEX)	Lufthansa	9,567 km
January 31/February 1, 2015	Mexico City Airport, Mexico (MEX)	Frankfurt Airport, Germany (FRA)	Lufthansa	9,567 km

Sleeping on ships

Date	Departure port	Destination port	Ship, port	Countries visited
May 10-14, 1999	Flensburg, Germany	Kappeln, Germany	Pippilotta Kappeln, Germany	Germany Denmark¹⁷
February 14/15, 2011	Bergen, Norway	Hirtshals, Denmark	MS Bergensfjord Hirtshals, Denmark	Norway Denmark
March 8-22, 2024	La Romana, Dominican Republic	La Romana, Dominican Republic	Mein Schiff 4 Valletta, Malta	Dominican Republic Martinique¹⁵⁴⁺¹⁰ ( France) Barbados Saint Vincent and the Grenadines¹⁵⁵ Dominica¹⁵⁶ Saint Lucia¹⁵⁷ Saint Kitts and Nevis¹⁵⁸ Antigua and Barbuda¹⁵⁹ Sint Maarten¹⁵⁹⁺¹¹ ( Netherlands) Saint Martin¹⁵⁹⁺¹² ( France) Anguilla¹⁵⁹⁺¹³ ( United Kingdom) British Virgin Islands¹⁵⁹⁺¹⁴ ( United Kingdom)

Experienced earthquakes

Date	Location of earthquake	My location	Distance	M_W
May 16, 2016 - 2123 hours (UTC+9)	near Kasukabe, Japan	Kamata, Tokyo, Japan	55 km	5.4
October 30, 2023 - 0520 hours (UTC+1)	near Tamgounsi, Morocco	Marrakech, Morocco	78 km	4.3

Longest distance away from my place of birth

The author's place of birth is Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Continent	Location	Date	Distance from Freiburg im Breisgau
Oceania	Christchurch, New Zealand	July 24, 2023	18,739 km
Asia	Dili, Timor-Leste	September 25, 2018	12,761 km
South America	Valparaíso, Chile	October 1, 2010	11,977 km
Africa	Cape Agulhas, South Africa	March 9, 2019	9,293 km
North America	Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, United States	March 25, 2012	8,361 km
Europe	Baku, Azerbaijan	August 12, 2009	3,412 km

Countries nearest to my residence which have not yet been visited

Nearest to my home town

This list contains the countries which are nearest to my home town in the Black Forest, Germany, which have not yet been visited for each point in time. As I still have a legal residence in that Black Forest town which still occasionally serves as a base for travel, this list includes the time until today.

Start date	End date	Nearest	Second-nearest	Third-nearest
September 26, 1982	unknown date in 1983	Switzerland	France	Austria
unknown date in 1983	unknown date in 1983	France	Austria	Liechtenstein
unknown date in 1983	unknown date in 1983		Liechtenstein	Italy
unknown date in 1983	October 27, 1989		Italy	Luxembourg
October 27, 1989	December 31, 1992	Italy	Luxembourg	Czechoslovakia
January 1, 1993	July 21, 1996	Italy	Luxembourg	Czech Republic
July 21, 1996	May 30, 1998	Luxembourg	Czech Republic	Slovenia
May 30, 1998	May 24, 1999	Czech Republic	Slovenia	Monaco
May 24, 1999	May 24, 1999		Monaco	Croatia
May 24, 1999	May 26, 1999		Monaco	Poland
May 26, 1999	May 28, 1999	Monaco	Poland	Bosnia and Herzegovina ^{[Note 18]}
May 28, 1999	April 27, 2000	Monaco	Bosnia and Herzegovina ^{[Note 18]}	Andorra
April 27, 2000	October 30, 2001	Bosnia and Herzegovina ^{[Note 18]}	Andorra	Serbia and Montenegro
October 30, 2001	March 7, 2004	Bosnia and Herzegovina ^{[Note 18]}	Serbia and Montenegro	Romania
March 7, 2004	March 7, 2004	Serbia and Montenegro ^{[Note 18]}	Romania	Ukraine
March 7, 2004	March 8, 2004	Romania ^{[Note 18]}	Ukraine	Albania
March 8, 2004	March 19, 2004	Romania ^{[Note 18]}	Ukraine	Ireland
March 19, 2004	January 8, 2008	Ukraine ^{[Note 18]}	Ireland	Belarus
January 8, 2008	February 17, 2008		Belarus	Algeria
February 17, 2008	September 19, 2008		Kosovo	Belarus
September 19, 2008	December 30, 2008	Kosovo	Belarus	Algeria
December 30, 2008	December 19, 2010	Belarus	Algeria	Transnistria
December 19, 2010	December 23, 2010	Belarus	Algeria	Libya
December 23, 2010	March 16, 2012	Algeria	Libya	Iceland
March 16, 2012	December 24, 2014	Algeria	Libya	Abkhazia
December 24, 2014	March 25, 2016	Libya	Abkhazia	Western Sahara
March 25, 2016	June 15, 2017		Abkhazia	Mauritania
June 15, 2017	September 15, 2017		Mauritania	Niger
September 15, 2017			Niger	Mali

Nearest to my main legal residence at each point of time

Start date	End date	Nearest	Second-nearest	Third-nearest
September 26, 1982	September 30, 2002	see above
September 30, 2002	March 7, 2004	Bosnia and Herzegovina ^{[Note 18]}	Serbia and Montenegro	Ukraine
March 7, 2004	March 7, 2004	Serbia and Montenegro ^{[Note 18]}	Ukraine	Belarus
March 7, 2004	March 19, 2004	Ukraine	Belarus	Romania
March 19, 2004	February 17, 2008			Moldova
February 17, 2008	September 19, 2008			Kosovo
September 19, 2008	September 21, 2008	Belarus	Kosovo	Moldova
September 21, 2008	December 30, 2008		Kosovo	Transnistria
December 30, 2008	December 19, 2010		Transnistria	Algeria
December 19, 2010	December 24, 2014	see above
December 24, 2014	April 3, 2015	Libya	Abkhazia	Kazakhstan
April 3, 2015	June 15, 2017		Abkhazia	South Ossetia
June 15, 2017	September 15, 2017		South Ossetia	Mauritania
September 15, 2017			South Ossetia	Niger

One-day countries and dependencies

There are several countries and dependencies which I have visited only on one single day.

Country/dependency	Number	Day of visit	Notes
Gibraltar ( United Kingdom)	15+1	(1998-10-28)October 28, 1998
Lebanon	57	(2009-12-22)December 22, 2009
Lesotho	62	(2010-06-13)June 13, 2010
Transnistria	68	(2010-12-19)December 19, 2010
Paraguay	93	(2014-06-20)June 20, 2014
Botswana	112	(2016-09-08)September 8, 2016
Ghana	114	(2017-03-18)March 18, 2017	^{[Transit 16]}
Suriname	152	(2023-05-20)May 20, 2023
American Samoa ( United States)	154+9	(2023-07-31)July 31, 2023
Martinique ( France)	154+10	(2024-03-10)March 10, 2024
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	155	(2024-03-13)March 13, 2024
Dominica	156	(2024-03-14)March 14, 2024
Saint Lucia	157	(2024-03-15)March 15, 2024
Saint Kitts and Nevis	158	(2024-03-17)March 17, 2024
Antigua and Barbuda	159	(2024-03-18)March 18, 2024
Sint Maarten ( Netherlands)	159+11	(2024-03-19)March 19, 2024	^{[Transit 19]}
Saint Martin ( France)	159+12	(2024-03-19)March 19, 2024
Anguilla ( United Kingdom)	159+13	(2024-03-19)March 19, 2024
British Virgin Islands ( United Kingdom)	159+14	(2024-03-20)March 20, 2024

Calender years in which all neighbouring countries of Germany were visited

Bold type notes the country in which the visits were completed for a given year; lightblue and lightgreen colouring notes seriously considered and scheduled visits; khaki colouring notes countries already visited in the current year.

Country	2021	2022	2023	2024
Austria	(2021-03-13)March 13, 2021	(2022-05-14)May 14, 20221	(2023-01-28)January 28, 2023	(2024-02-03)February 3, 2024
Belgium	(2021-05-23)May 23, 20212	(2022-05-14)May 14, 20223	(2023-03-11)March 11, 20232	(2024-03-02)March 2, 20242
Czech Republic	(2021-06-27)June 27, 20211	(2022-12-30)December 30, 2022	(2023-12-09)December 9, 2023	(2024-07-20)July 20, 2024
Denmark	(2021-07-17)July 17, 2021	(2022-04-15)April 15, 2022	(2023-05-05)May 5, 2023	(2024-10-19)October 19, 2024
France	(2021-07-10)July 10, 2021	(2022-01-14)January 14, 2022	(2023-02-03)February 3, 2023	(2024-02-17)February 17, 2024
Luxembourg	(2021-05-23)May 23, 20211	(2022-05-14)May 14, 20222	(2023-07-08)July 8, 2023	(2024-08-31)August 31, 2024
Netherlands	(2021-06-13)June 13, 2021	(2022-05-14)May 14, 20224	(2023-03-11)March 11, 20231	(2024-03-02)March 2, 20241
Poland	(2021-06-27)June 27, 20212	(2022-12-31)December 31, 2022	(2023-01-13)January 13, 2023	(2024-07-20)July 20, 2024
Switzerland	(2021-01-09)January 9, 2021	(2022-01-01)January 1, 2022	(2023-01-01)January 1, 2023	(2024-01-10)January 10, 2024

Days with visits to more than five countries

Number of countries visited	Date	Countries visited	Transport mode
11	(2024-08-31)August 31, 2024	Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic	Car (with BB), train, car (with CS), train
9	(2022-05-14)May 14, 2022	Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands	Car (with BB), train
6	(2020-07-12)July 12, 2020	Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, France, Germany	Car (with BB)
6	(2021-06-03)June 3, 2021	Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Italy, Slovenia	Car (with BB)
6	(2024-11-17)November 17, 2024	Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland	Car (with BB)

Calender years with more than 40 visited countries

Year	Number of countries visited	Countries visited
2023	41	Germany/ Switzerland, Poland, Austria, France, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, Latvia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Israel, Denmark, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Barbados, Suriname, Ireland, Croatia, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Singapore, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, American Samoa ( United States), Spain, Andorra, Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, Liechtenstein, Morocco, Czech Republic, Turkey, Kosovo
2024	38+3	Kosovo, North Macedonia, Germany, Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda, United Kingdom, Armenia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Spain, Panama, Ecuador, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Albania, Denmark, Hungary, Turkey, Tunisia

Non-visited countries completely surrounded by visited countries

This listing may include single countries or a bloc of countries which is completely surrounded by visited countries. Countries bordering the ocean cannot be contained in this list. A country which is connected to the ocean by man-made structures (channels etc.) or bordering a lake may be contained.

Country/countries	Surrounded by visited countries	Date of being surrounded
Bhutan	China, India	(2009-03-29)March 29, 2009
South Ossetia	Georgia, Russia	(2009-08-09)August 9, 2009
Afghanistan Turkmenistan	Azerbaijan, China, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan	(2015-02-22)February 22, 2015
Malawi	Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia	March 5, 2019

Countries within a radius around my place of birth

The following list contains all countries that have a point within a radius around my place of birth.

Radius	Countries (visited of them)	Countries visited	Countries not visited	scheduled
1000 km	27 (27)	Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City
2000 km	23 (22)	Albania, Algeria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Morocco, North Macedonia, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Transnistria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine	Libya
3000 km	20 (16)	Abkhazia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Egypt, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Northern Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, Western Sahara	Chad, Mali, Niger, South Ossetia
4000 km	12 (7)	Benin, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Uzbekistan	Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Nigeria, Turkmenistan
5000 km	26 (18)	Bahrain, Canada, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tajikistan, Togo, United Arab Emirates	Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Congo DR, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Liberia, South Sudan, Yemen
6000 km	15 (10)	Angola, China, India, Kenya, Mongolia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania, Uganda, United States	Congo Rep., Djibouti, Gabon, Somalia, Somaliland
7000 km	4 (2)	Nepal, Zambia	Burundi, Malawi
8000 km	27 (20)	Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Botswana, Brazil, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Zimbabwe	Bhutan, Comoros, Guyana, Haiti, Madagascar, Myanmar, Venezuela	Comoros
9000 km	17 (16)	Belize, Colombia, Honduras, Jamaica, Japan, Laos, Lesotho, Maldives, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, South Africa, South Korea, Swaziland, Thailand, Vietnam	North Korea
10000 km	13 (13)	Bolivia, Cambodia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan
11000 km	5 (5)	Argentina, Brunei, Chile, Singapore, Uruguay
12000 km	1 (0)		Palau
13000 km	2 (2)	Australia, Timor-Leste
14000 km	4 (0)		Antarctica, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea
15000 km	3 (0)		Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands
16000 km	3 (1)	New Zealand	Tuvalu, Vanuatu
17000 km	4 (2)	Fiji, Samoa	Cook Islands, Niue
18000 km	1 (0)		Tonga
19000 km	0 (0)

Seeing and taking a bath in the oceans

This table shows the times I have seen or taken a bath in the oceans. "Seeing" means standing on the shores of an ocean, "taking a bath" means at least touching the water surface.

Ocean	date of seeing	place of seeing	date of taking a bath	place of taking a bath
Arctic Ocean	August 6, 2000	North Cape, Norway
Indian Ocean	January 17, 2008	Hakuraahuraa, Meemu Atoll, Maldives	January 17, 2008	Hakuraahuraa, Meemu Atoll, Maldives
North Atlantic Ocean	October 17, 1983	Costa Calma, Fuerteventura, Spain	October 17, 1983	Costa Calma, Fuerteventura, Spain
North Pacific Ocean	March 31, 2001	Shanghai, China	August 14, 2001	Qingdao, China
South Atlantic Ocean	June 8, 2014	Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	June 8, 2014	Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
South Pacific Ocean	October 1, 2010	Valparaíso, Chile	October 11, 2010	Arica, Chile
Southern Ocean

10 degree quadrants of the world

This page lists all quadrants of 10° times 10° I have been to.

World Heritage Sites

This page lists the World Heritage Sites I have been to.

Continents

Continent	Visited/countries on that continent	Visited	Not visited	Scheduled
Africa	34 of 56	Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cape Verde, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe		Comoros
Antarctica	0 of 1
Asia	38 of 44		Afghanistan, Bhutan, North Korea, Myanmar, Turkmenistan, Yemen
Europe	53 of 54		South Ossetia
North America	22 of 23		Haiti
Oceania	4 of 16	Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Samoa
South America	10 of 12		Guyana, Venezuela

Country blocs

Body	Visited of members	Visited	Not visited	Scheduled
United Nations	153 of 193	the visited countries except Abkhazia, Kosovo, Northern Cyprus, Palestine, Taiwan, Transnistria, Vatican and Western Sahara		Comoros
Council of Europe	46 of 46
European Union	27 of 27
NATO	32 of 32
OECD	38 of 38
G7/G8	7 of 7/8 of 8
Commonwealth of Nations	42 of 56	Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, India, Fiji, Gambia ^{[Note 19]}, Ghana, Grenada, Kenya, Lesotho, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, the United Kingdom and Zambia
Commonwealth realms	12 of 15	Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and the United Kingdom	Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu
Islamic Conference	38 of 57	Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Benin, Brunei, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan		Comoros
Arab League	17 of 22	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates	Comoros, Djibouti, Libya, Somalia, Yemen	Comoros
Commonwealth of Independent States	9 of 9	Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Left-hand driving	50 of 56/58 countries/76 entities, driven in 11 of them	Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cyprus, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Lesotho, Malaysia, the Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Northern Cyprus, Pakistan, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, the United Kingdom (SBA, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man), Zambia and Zimbabwe
UEFA	55 of 55

Driving on the left

No.	Countries driven in	Period
1	South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland	June 12-16, 2010
2	Bahamas	September 18-25, 2011
3	Cyprus, United Kingdom (Sovereign Base Areas), Northern Cyprus	December 24-31, 2011
4	United Kingdom (England, Wales)	December 26, 2012-January 1, 2013
5	United Kingdom (Jersey)	December 27-30, 2013
6	Namibia	September 9-17, 2016
7	Ireland, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	December 23-26, 2016
8	South Africa	March 3/5/8, 2019
9	Mauritius	March 17-23, 2019
10	Ireland	February 21-24, 2020
11	United Kingdom (Isle of Man)	February 26-27, 2022
12	Ireland, United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)	April 6-9, 2022
13	Ireland	May 26-29, 2023
14	New Zealand	July 18-27, 2023

Country rankings

All lists as seen on October 14, 2023.
Of the top 25 of the list of countries by population, the two countries not yet visited are Nigeria (no. 6) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (no. 16).
Of the top 21 of the list of countries and outlying territories by total area (incl. Antarctica!), the three countries not yet visited are Antarctica (no. 2), Democratic Republic of the Congo (no. 12) and Libya (no. 18).
Of the top 25 of the list of countries by future GDP (PPP) estimates for 2026, all were visited (last one was Bangladesh in 2024).
Of the top 25 of the list of countries by Human Development Index, the one entity not yet visited is Hong Kong (no. 4).

Population		Area	GDP (PPP) estimate for 2026		HDI
China	1	Russia	China	1	Switzerland
India	2	Antarctica	United States	2	Norway
United States	3	Canada	India	3	Iceland
Indonesia	4	China	Japan	4	Hong Kong
Pakistan	5	United States	Germany	5	Australia
Nigeria	6	Brazil	Russia	6	Denmark
Brazil	7	Australia	Indonesia	7	Sweden
Bangladesh	8	India	Brazil	8	Ireland
Russia	9	Argentina	France	9	Germany
Mexico	10	Kazakhstan	United Kingdom	10	Netherlands
Japan	11	Algeria	Turkey	11	Finland
Philippines	12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Italy	12	Singapore
Ethiopia	13	Denmark (Greenland)	Mexico	13	Belgium
Egypt	14	Saudi Arabia	South Korea	14	New Zealand
Vietnam	15	Mexico	Canada	15	Canada
Democratic Republic of the Congo	16	Indonesia	Saudi Arabia	16	Liechtenstein
Iran	17	Sudan	Spain	17	Luxembourg
Turkey	18	Libya	Egypt	18	United Kingdom
Germany	19	Iran	Poland	19	Japan
Thailand	20	Mongolia	Taiwan	20	Republic of Korea
France	21	Peru	Australia	21	United States
United Kingdom	22	Chad	Bangladesh	22	Israel
Tanzania	23	Niger	Pakistan	23	Malta
South Africa	24	Angola	Iran	24	Slovenia
Italy	25	Mali	Vietnam	25	Austria

Percentages

All lists as seen on February 20, 2014.
161 countries were visited according to the rules. This amounts to about 78.2%, more than three-fourths, of the countries in the world.

Sports matches and venues

This list contains sports matches and venues I have visited.

Christmas trips

Since 2010, Christmas has usually been spent outside of Germany. The place given is the place where the evening of December 24 was spent.

Year	Place	Country/territory	Other countries/territories visited during that trip
2010	Vilnius	Lithuania	Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Transnistria⁶⁸, Belarus⁶⁹, Latvia, Estonia, Russia
2011	Kalavasos	Cyprus⁷³	Northern Cyprus⁷⁴, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia⁷⁴⁺², Greece, Switzerland
2012	Brussels	Belgium	Netherlands, France, United Kingdom
2013	Saint-Malo	France	Jersey⁸⁸⁺³, Belgium, Luxembourg
2014	Algiers	Algeria⁹⁴	France
2015	Marseille	France (2)	Switzerland
2016	Belfast	Northern Ireland, United Kingdom	Ireland
2017	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Austria
2018	Tunis	Tunisia	Italy
2019	London	England, United Kingdom (2)
2020	no trip abroad due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021	Skopje	North Macedonia	Austria, Kosovo
2022	Porto Cristo	Spain
2023	Istanbul	Turkey	Switzerland, Poland
2024	Port El Kantaoui	Tunisia (2)

Notes

Future travel

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Travel to Budapest, Hungary and Istanbul, Turkey has been booked for November 30/December 1, departing from Basel Airport and arriving in Hanover Airport. From Germany, a trip through Switzerland to Basel-Mulhouse Airport on French soil will be taken. After arriving in Budapest, it is not ruled out that a train to Štúrovo and back will be taken to visit Slovakia this year. After dinner in downtown Budapest and a night bathing session in the Rudas Bath, an early morning flight to Istanbul will be taken. Following a trip across town, taking the ferry from Europe to Asia (in a geographical sense) and having early dinner in Kadıköy, the trip to the airport and back to Hannover is to be taken.
30 November
* Tiengen 0824 - Basel Bad Bf 0912
* Basel Bad Bf 0919 - Basel SBB 0925
* Basel SBB 0936 - Basel Airport 0953
* Basel BSL 1240 - Budapest BUD 1420 (Wizz Air W6 2270)
* Budapest Nyugati 1730 - Štúrovo 1833
* Štúrovo 1840 - Budapest Nyugati 1949
1 December
* Budapest BUD 0645 - Istanbul IST 1100 (Wizz Air W6 2429)
* Istanbul SAW 2220 - Hannover HAJ 2345 (Pegasus PC 1035)
^ Travel on a day between December 9 and 15 to Wiizemersteg and a short hop into Switzerland is tentatively considered to keep the two-weeks challenge alive.
^ ^a ^b A trip to Tunis and on to Port El Kantaoui has been booked for December 23-29. The time will be spent in an all-inclusive hotel on the Tunisian coast.
22 December
* Freiburg Hbf 1347 - Frankfurt Hbf 1552
23 December
* Frankfurt FRA 1725 - Tunis TUN 1955 (Nouvelair Tunisie BJ 235)
29 December
* Tunis TUN 1430 - Frankfurt FRA 1705 (Nouvelair Tunisie BJ 234)
* Frankfurt Flugh. 1951 - Freiburg Hbf 2207
^ ^a ^b Starting the new year on Wiizemersteg like in previous years, with one foot in Switzerland and one in Germany, is seriously considered.
^ Travel to Austria in early 2025 is considered to visit all neighbouring countries as early as possible in this year.
^ Travel to France in early 2025 is considered to visit all neighbouring countries as early as possible in this year.
^ ^a ^b A trip to Herning, Denmark is scheduled for January 25/26 to attend the final main round matchday of the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Jyske Bank Boxen after spending the night before in Flensburg, Germany. Barring unforeseen circumstances, Germany is expected to play on that day.
24 January
* Hannover Hbf 1736 - Hamburg Hbf 1856
* Hamburg Hbf 1922 - Neumünster 2013
* Neumünster 2032 - Flensburg 2140
25 January
* Flensburg 0805 - Fredericia 0930
* Fredericia 1043 - Herning 1157
26 January
* Herning 0859 - Velje 0955
* Velje 1004 - Fredericia 1021
* Fredericia 1030 - Flensburg 1153
* Flensburg 1215 - Hamburg Hbf 1415
* Hamburg Hbf 1424 - Hannover Hbf 1538
^ ^a ^b A hotel booking in the Comoros has been made for March 16-22, 2025. This hotel booking can be cancelled; flights have not yet been booked.
^ Travel to Denmark and/or Sweden in April 2025 is preliminarily considered with the Ireland/Portugal travel group.
^ Travel to visit 15 countries on Easter Sunday is considered for the Easter weekend 2025 with a friend and two of her children. Starting in Poland (1), travel by campervan would be followed through Czechia (2), Slovakia (3), Hungary (4), Slovenia (5), Croatia (6), back to Slovenia, Austria (7), Italy (8), back to Austria, Liechtenstein (9), Switzerland (10), Germany (11), France (12), Luxembourg (13), Belgium (14) to the Netherlands (15).
^ Travel from Labour Day (Thursday, May 1) to the following Sunday (May 4) is seriously considered. Burkina Faso is a possible destination.
^ Travel to Malawi with a friend is seriously considered for 2025. The eleven days between Ascension Day and Whitsun could be a good fit for that trip.
^ Travel to western Canada and southern Alaska is seriously considered for summer 2025. A flight to Calgary, Alberta, Canada would be followed by travel through Banff and Jasper National Parks towards Stewart, British Columbia, Canada. From there, a day trip to Hyder, Alaska, United States would be scheduled before returning to either Calgary or Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
During this trip, the (global) westernmost point would be reached, in Hyder, Alaska at approximately 130° 4' W. Also, the northernmost point in North America would be reached on the Stewart-Cassiar Highway at approximately 56° 7' N. Depending on the length of the trip, even a point further north in the Yukon (or the Northwest territories) might be considered as the northernmost destination of that trip; that point would be north of 60° N.
^ Travel on Reformation Day (October 31) and the following weekend is considered.
^ Travel during Christmas 2025, starting on Wednesday, December 24, to Sunday, December 28, is seriously considered with my mother.

Merger and division issues

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Germany" is to be understood as the Federal Republic of Germany. A visit to East Germany (German Democratic Republic) took place from July 25 to August 5, 1989. As the German Democratic Republic had been a United Nations member state from 1973 to 1990, the country was considered the eighth visited.
France was originally the ninth visited country. After East Germany ceased to exist as a sovereign state, France became the eighth visited country.
^ ^a ^b ^c On (2004-03-07)March 7, 2004, an entry into the then state union of Serbia and Montenegro took place. This entry was to Montenegro. On (2004-03-22)March 22, 2004, a separate entry into that state union took place, this time to Serbia. On (2006-06-03)June 3, 2006, Montenegro declared its independence from the state union. Serbia is the legal successor of that state union. Nevertheless, Montenegro is counted here to have been visited first as the first entry to Serbia and Montenegro was to Montenegro. So the entries are considered as if Serbia and Montenegro had dissolved prior to the entries taking place. This does not affect the numbering, though. Both countries were visited afterwards so that the counting is correct in any respect.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d On January 1, 2024 the Republic of Artsakh (which had been recognized by a number of non-UN member states which, in turn, had been recognized by UN member states) was dismantled and its territory absorbed by Azerbaijan. The number of visited countries decreased to 154, and the number of countries to be visited to 206. Country numberings remained unaffected.

Recognition issues

^ The Vatican City is diplomatically recognized as independent by Germany. There are diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
^ The Holy See is recognized by a number of United Nations member states as a sovereign entity which is not a state. The Republic of Italy has granted some of the Holy See's properties extraterritoriality. Of them, at least San Giovianni in Laterano and the Campo Santo Teutonico were visited.
^ Kosovo is diplomatically recognized as independent by Germany; there are also diplomatic relations.
^ Transnistria is recognized as independent by a number of non-United Nations member states. Some of them are, however, recognized as independent by some United Nations member states.
^ Palestine is recognized as independent by a number of United Nations member states without being one itself. It does not fully control much of the territory it claims.
^ The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is recognized as independent by one United Nations member state, Turkey.
^ The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is recognized by a number of United Nations member states as a sovereign entity which is not a state. The Republic of Italy has granted the Order's headquarters extraterritoriality. One of those headquarters, Palazzo Malta, was shortly visited on the date given.
^ The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is recognized as independent by a number of United Nations member states. It does not fully control much of the territory it claims. The 2016 trip was in the Moroccan-occupied territory.
^ The Republic of China is recognized as independent by a number of United Nations member states without being one itself. It does not fully control much of the territory it claims.
^ The Republic of Abkhazia is recognized as independent by a number of United Nations member states without being one itself.

Transit issues

^ Planes were changed at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport on November 3, 2024 on the way from the United Arab Emirates to Switzerland. No formal entry took place.
^ Planes were changed at Belgrade Airport:
* on June 23/24 and July 1, 2018 on the way from Germany to Russia and back,
* on September 19, 2021 on the way from Turkey to Switzerland,
* on July 8, 2024 on the way from Croatia to Switzerland,
* on September 25, 2024 on the way from Germany to Albania.
No formal entry took place in either case.
^ ^a ^b The United Arab Emirates was visited during change of flights on the way to India on March 28-29, 2009. As there was no passport control on the way to India, the stay in the United Arab Emirates is not considered an entry according to my rules. On the way back, the country was entered on the date given.
^ During travel from Yerevan to Artsakh and back on May 28 and 30, 2013, the Azerbaijani territory of Kərki (Armenian: Tigranashen) was crossed. This territory was also crossed on the way from Khor Virap to Lake Sevan on March 29, 2024. Additionally, on March 30, 2024, territory in northwestern Azerbaijan that is occupied by Armenia was visited during travel from Yerevan to Bagratashen. As these territories are under the firm control of Armenia, no formal entry into Azerbaijan is recorded here. The same was true for the territories of Artsakh and adjoining territories under control of Artsakh or Armenia until Artsakh was dismantled in 2024 and became part of Azerbaijan for the purposes of this list.
^ During travel around the Sea of Galilee on June 9, 2018, territories which arguably belong to Syria were entered, namely areas of the Golan. As those territories are under the firm control of Israel, no formal entry into Syria is recorded here.
^ On April 17, 2017, planes were changed in Cairo Airport on the way from Sudan to Germany. No formal entry took place.
^ ^a ^b Ethiopia was visited during change of flights on the way to Zimbabwe on June 11, 2010. As there was no passport control on the way to Zimbabwe, that stay in Ethiopia is not considered an entry according to my rules. On the way back, the country was entered on the date given.
^ On September 3 and 17/18, 2016, planes were changed in Addis Ababa Airport on the way to Zambia and from South Africa. On March 18 and March 25/26, 2017, planes were changed again in Addis Ababa Airport on the way to Ghana and from Ivory Coast. On May 22 and 28, 2022, planes were changed in Addis Ababa Airport on the way to and from the Seychelles. In neither case a formal entry took place.
^ During travel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv on June 11, 2018 and during travel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and back on April 30, 2023, territories which arguably belong to the State of Palestine were entered, namely a corridor of the Israeli Highway 1 near Mevo Horon (in 2018) and the train line between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (in 2023) as well as East Jerusalem (in 2018 and 2023). As those territories are under the firm control of Israel, no formal entries into Palestine are recorded here.
^ On January 1, 2020, planes were changed in Amman Airport on the way from Saudi Arabia to Germany. No formal entry took place.
^ On September 29 and October 3, 2016, planes were changed in Muscat Airport on the way to and from Sri Lanka. On August 27 and September 4/5, 2017 planes were changed in Muscat Airport on the way to and from Thailand. In neither case a formal entry took place.
^ On July 14 and August 6, 2023, planes were changed in Bahrain Airport on the way to and from Singapore. A formal entry did not take place.
^ On May 17/18 and June 5, 2015, planes were changed in Doha Airport on the way to and from Singapore. No formal entry took place.
^ ^a ^b Kuwait was visited during change of flights on the way to and from Pakistan on March 4 and 19, 2010. As there was no passport control on the way to and from Pakistan, that stay in Kuwait is not considered an entry according to my rules. Almost five years later, the country was entered on the date given.
^ ^a ^b Zambia was visited during a refueling stop on the way from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia on June 18, 2010. As there was no passport control on the way from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia, that stay in Zambia is not considered an entry according to my rules. At that point, Zambia became the third country visited in transit only. On June 18, 2010, hours after the transit in Zambia, Ethiopia was entered properly. Thus, Zambia became the new number 2 on this list. Upon visiting Kuwait on February 26, 2015, Zambia became the only country visited in transit only. Afterwards, on September 3, 2016 Zambia was finally visited according to the rules.
^ ^a ^b On October 1/2, 2017 a refueling stop took place in Accra Airport on the way from Togo to Portugal. On September 21, 2019, planes were changed in Accra Airport on the way from Sierra Leone to São Tomé and Príncipe. In neither case a formal entry took place.
^ On August 4, 2023, planes were changed in Manila Airport on the way from Australia to Singapore. A formal entry did not take place.
^ ^a ^b Saudi Arabia was visited during change of flights on the way to and from Indonesia on September 21/22 and September 29/30, 2018. As there was no passport control on the way from Germany to Indonesia and back, that stay in Saudi Arabia is not considered an entry according to my rules. Saudi Arabia thus became the only country visited only in transit at this point in time. Saudi Arabia was properly visited from December 29, 2019 to January 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sint Maarten, a land of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was visited in transit on May 12, 2023 during a stop-over on the way from the Netherlands to Trinidad and Tobago. As the plane was not left, that stay in Sint Maarten is not considered an entry according to my rules. During a Caribbean cruise, a formal visit took place on March 19, 2024.

Other explanations

^ This provision was changed on June 4, 2019 with retroactive effect to reflect the formal entries into Peru and Brazil which took place on May 31, 2019. In both cases, entry (and exit) controls were generally ignored for short trips across the border.
^ This provision was changed with prospective effect on February 25, 2024 to avoid "entering" countries without having a solid connection, i.e. on ships.
^ Clarification as of March 19, 2017: "Legally" includes unorthodox ways of obtaining any entry stamps necessary for exiting a country.
^ This provision was changed on May 28, 2015 with retroactive effect to reflect the formal entry into Malaysia which took place on May 27, 2015 while the first touching of Malaysian soil took place only on May 28, 2015 when leaving the train. Applying this provision retroactively does not change any dates of first entry apart from that for Malaysia.
^ Changed from "physical" on February 25, 2024 to account for travel on ships
^ Clarified as of November 2, 2024 before flying from Dhaka to Chittagong after having passed exit immigration in Dhaka on the way to Dubai.
^ The next timer-resetting scheduled crossings are due to take place on
November 30 ( Germany → Switzerland)
December 1 ( Hungary → Turkey).
^ Days to be taken off from the available annual leave; not including public holidays or bridge days
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Due to the fact that these countries were visited quite early in my life, exact dates cannot always be given. Even the dates given should be considered with caution as should be the order of Belgium and the Netherlands and the entry into Liechtenstein in 1983.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Given the relative proximity to the area where I grew up an earlier entry cannot be ruled out.
^ Until 2019 and thus including during the first visit, the constitutional name of the country was "Macedonia".
^ Travel on the Mein Schiff 4 which sails under the flag of Malta took place from March 8 to 22, 2024. During that time, the Mein Schiff 4 at times sailed in international waters not adjacent to Malta. While in international waters, the ship was under the jurisdiction of Malta according to international law. An entry into Malta itself did not take place during the trip in the Caribbean.
^ ^a ^b ^c Europe in its political sense is determined as all the member states of the Council of Europe plus all countries that are European without doubt (e. g. Belarus). Territories in the vicinity of Europe that can be considered European from a traveller's perspective (e.g., territories that are included in the Schengen Area) count as European.
^ Transits are only shown if the transit was the first visit at all to that country.
^ One visit to the United States was to American Samoa which is located in Oceania.
^ ^a ^b The notion of westernmost or easternmost points only makes sense until I have made a trip around the world.
^ The Dead Sea shore is the set of lowest points on the Earth surface not covered by water or ice.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h The United Kingdom was visited according to the rules of this list when Gibraltar was visited in 1998. The United Kingdom proper was not visited until 2006.
^ At the time of the visit (2016), the Gambia was not a Commonwealth member state. The Gambia had left the Commonwealth on October 3, 2013 and rejoined on February 8, 2018.

[Budapest-Istanbul-2024-9] Travel to Budapest, Hungary and Istanbul, Turkey has been booked for November 30/December 1, departing from Basel Airport and arriving in Hanover Airport. From Germany, a trip through Switzerland to Basel-Mulhouse Airport on French soil will be taken. After arriving in Budapest, it is not ruled out that a train to Štúrovo and back will be taken to visit Slovakia this year. After dinner in downtown Budapest and a night bathing session in the Rudas Bath, an early morning flight to Istanbul will be taken. Following a trip across town, taking the ferry from Europe to Asia (in a geographical sense) and having early dinner in Kadıköy, the trip to the airport and back to Hannover is to be taken.
30 November
* Tiengen 0824 - Basel Bad Bf 0912
* Basel Bad Bf 0919 - Basel SBB 0925
* Basel SBB 0936 - Basel Airport 0953
* Basel BSL 1240 - Budapest BUD 1420 (Wizz Air W6 2270)
* Budapest Nyugati 1730 - Štúrovo 1833
* Štúrovo 1840 - Budapest Nyugati 1949
1 December
* Budapest BUD 0645 - Istanbul IST 1100 (Wizz Air W6 2429)
* Istanbul SAW 2220 - Hannover HAJ 2345 (Pegasus PC 1035)

[Wiizemersteg-December-12-2024-10] Travel on a day between December 9 and 15 to Wiizemersteg and a short hop into Switzerland is tentatively considered to keep the two-weeks challenge alive.

[Weihnachten-2024-11] A trip to Tunis and on to Port El Kantaoui has been booked for December 23-29. The time will be spent in an all-inclusive hotel on the Tunisian coast.
22 December
* Freiburg Hbf 1347 - Frankfurt Hbf 1552
23 December
* Frankfurt FRA 1725 - Tunis TUN 1955 (Nouvelair Tunisie BJ 235)
29 December
* Tunis TUN 1430 - Frankfurt FRA 1705 (Nouvelair Tunisie BJ 234)
* Frankfurt Flugh. 1951 - Freiburg Hbf 2207

[Wiizemersteg-2024-25-12] Starting the new year on Wiizemersteg like in previous years, with one foot in Switzerland and one in Germany, is seriously considered.

[Österreich-2025-13] Travel to Austria in early 2025 is considered to visit all neighbouring countries as early as possible in this year.

[Frankreich-2025-14] Travel to France in early 2025 is considered to visit all neighbouring countries as early as possible in this year.

[Handball-WM-2025-15] A trip to Herning, Denmark is scheduled for January 25/26 to attend the final main round matchday of the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship in Jyske Bank Boxen after spending the night before in Flensburg, Germany. Barring unforeseen circumstances, Germany is expected to play on that day.
24 January
* Hannover Hbf 1736 - Hamburg Hbf 1856
* Hamburg Hbf 1922 - Neumünster 2013
* Neumünster 2032 - Flensburg 2140
25 January
* Flensburg 0805 - Fredericia 0930
* Fredericia 1043 - Herning 1157
26 January
* Herning 0859 - Velje 0955
* Velje 1004 - Fredericia 1021
* Fredericia 1030 - Flensburg 1153
* Flensburg 1215 - Hamburg Hbf 1415
* Hamburg Hbf 1424 - Hannover Hbf 1538

[Komoren-2025-16] A hotel booking in the Comoros has been made for March 16-22, 2025. This hotel booking can be cancelled; flights have not yet been booked.

[Dänemark-Schweden-2025-17] Travel to Denmark and/or Sweden in April 2025 is preliminarily considered with the Ireland/Portugal travel group.

[15-Länder-2025-18] Travel to visit 15 countries on Easter Sunday is considered for the Easter weekend 2025 with a friend and two of her children. Starting in Poland (1), travel by campervan would be followed through Czechia (2), Slovakia (3), Hungary (4), Slovenia (5), Croatia (6), back to Slovenia, Austria (7), Italy (8), back to Austria, Liechtenstein (9), Switzerland (10), Germany (11), France (12), Luxembourg (13), Belgium (14) to the Netherlands (15).

[Maifeiertage-2025-19] Travel from Labour Day (Thursday, May 1) to the following Sunday (May 4) is seriously considered. Burkina Faso is a possible destination.

[Malawi-2025-20] Travel to Malawi with a friend is seriously considered for 2025. The eleven days between Ascension Day and Whitsun could be a good fit for that trip.

[Hyder-2025-21] Travel to western Canada and southern Alaska is seriously considered for summer 2025. A flight to Calgary, Alberta, Canada would be followed by travel through Banff and Jasper National Parks towards Stewart, British Columbia, Canada. From there, a day trip to Hyder, Alaska, United States would be scheduled before returning to either Calgary or Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
During this trip, the (global) westernmost point would be reached, in Hyder, Alaska at approximately 130° 4' W. Also, the northernmost point in North America would be reached on the Stewart-Cassiar Highway at approximately 56° 7' N. Depending on the length of the trip, even a point further north in the Yukon (or the Northwest territories) might be considered as the northernmost destination of that trip; that point would be north of 60° N.

[Reformationstag-2025-22] Travel on Reformation Day (October 31) and the following weekend is considered.

[Weihnachten-2025-23] Travel during Christmas 2025, starting on Wednesday, December 24, to Sunday, December 28, is seriously considered with my mother.

[Germany-24] "Germany" is to be understood as the Federal Republic of Germany. A visit to East Germany (German Democratic Republic) took place from July 25 to August 5, 1989. As the German Democratic Republic had been a United Nations member state from 1973 to 1990, the country was considered the eighth visited.
France was originally the ninth visited country. After East Germany ceased to exist as a sovereign state, France became the eighth visited country.

[Serbien_und_Montenegro-29] On (2004-03-07)March 7, 2004, an entry into the then state union of Serbia and Montenegro took place. This entry was to Montenegro. On (2004-03-22)March 22, 2004, a separate entry into that state union took place, this time to Serbia. On (2006-06-03)June 3, 2006, Montenegro declared its independence from the state union. Serbia is the legal successor of that state union. Nevertheless, Montenegro is counted here to have been visited first as the first entry to Serbia and Montenegro was to Montenegro. So the entries are considered as if Serbia and Montenegro had dissolved prior to the entries taking place. This does not affect the numbering, though. Both countries were visited afterwards so that the counting is correct in any respect.

[Artsakh-36] On January 1, 2024 the Republic of Artsakh (which had been recognized by a number of non-UN member states which, in turn, had been recognized by UN member states) was dismantled and its territory absorbed by Azerbaijan. The number of visited countries decreased to 154, and the number of countries to be visited to 206. Country numberings remained unaffected.

[27] The Vatican City is diplomatically recognized as independent by Germany. There are diplomatic relations with the Holy See.

[28] The Holy See is recognized by a number of United Nations member states as a sovereign entity which is not a state. The Republic of Italy has granted some of the Holy See's properties extraterritoriality. Of them, at least San Giovianni in Laterano and the Campo Santo Teutonico were visited.

[34] Kosovo is diplomatically recognized as independent by Germany; there are also diplomatic relations.

[42] Transnistria is recognized as independent by a number of non-United Nations member states. Some of them are, however, recognized as independent by some United Nations member states.

[43] Palestine is recognized as independent by a number of United Nations member states without being one itself. It does not fully control much of the territory it claims.

[45] The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is recognized as independent by one United Nations member state, Turkey.

[51] The Sovereign Military Order of Malta is recognized by a number of United Nations member states as a sovereign entity which is not a state. The Republic of Italy has granted the Order's headquarters extraterritoriality. One of those headquarters, Palazzo Malta, was shortly visited on the date given.

[Western_Sahara-52] The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is recognized as independent by a number of United Nations member states. It does not fully control much of the territory it claims. The 2016 trip was in the Moroccan-occupied territory.

[53] The Republic of China is recognized as independent by a number of United Nations member states without being one itself. It does not fully control much of the territory it claims.

[56] The Republic of Abkhazia is recognized as independent by a number of United Nations member states without being one itself.

[31] Planes were changed at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport on November 3, 2024 on the way from the United Arab Emirates to Switzerland. No formal entry took place.

[32] Planes were changed at Belgrade Airport:
* on June 23/24 and July 1, 2018 on the way from Germany to Russia and back,
* on September 19, 2021 on the way from Turkey to Switzerland,
* on July 8, 2024 on the way from Croatia to Switzerland,
* on September 25, 2024 on the way from Germany to Albania.
No formal entry took place in either case.

[UAE2009-35] The United Arab Emirates was visited during change of flights on the way to India on March 28-29, 2009. As there was no passport control on the way to India, the stay in the United Arab Emirates is not considered an entry according to my rules. On the way back, the country was entered on the date given.

[37] During travel from Yerevan to Artsakh and back on May 28 and 30, 2013, the Azerbaijani territory of Kərki (Armenian: Tigranashen) was crossed. This territory was also crossed on the way from Khor Virap to Lake Sevan on March 29, 2024. Additionally, on March 30, 2024, territory in northwestern Azerbaijan that is occupied by Armenia was visited during travel from Yerevan to Bagratashen. As these territories are under the firm control of Armenia, no formal entry into Azerbaijan is recorded here. The same was true for the territories of Artsakh and adjoining territories under control of Artsakh or Armenia until Artsakh was dismantled in 2024 and became part of Azerbaijan for the purposes of this list.

[Syria-Golan-2018-38] During travel around the Sea of Galilee on June 9, 2018, territories which arguably belong to Syria were entered, namely areas of the Golan. As those territories are under the firm control of Israel, no formal entry into Syria is recorded here.

[Egypt2017-39] On April 17, 2017, planes were changed in Cairo Airport on the way from Sudan to Germany. No formal entry took place.

[Ethiopia2010-40] Ethiopia was visited during change of flights on the way to Zimbabwe on June 11, 2010. As there was no passport control on the way to Zimbabwe, that stay in Ethiopia is not considered an entry according to my rules. On the way back, the country was entered on the date given.

[Ethiopia2016-41] On September 3 and 17/18, 2016, planes were changed in Addis Ababa Airport on the way to Zambia and from South Africa. On March 18 and March 25/26, 2017, planes were changed again in Addis Ababa Airport on the way to Ghana and from Ivory Coast. On May 22 and 28, 2022, planes were changed in Addis Ababa Airport on the way to and from the Seychelles. In neither case a formal entry took place.

[Palestine-May1-2015-44] During travel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv on June 11, 2018 and during travel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and back on April 30, 2023, territories which arguably belong to the State of Palestine were entered, namely a corridor of the Israeli Highway 1 near Mevo Horon (in 2018) and the train line between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (in 2023) as well as East Jerusalem (in 2018 and 2023). As those territories are under the firm control of Israel, no formal entries into Palestine are recorded here.

[Jordan2020-46] On January 1, 2020, planes were changed in Amman Airport on the way from Saudi Arabia to Germany. No formal entry took place.

[Oman2016-47] On September 29 and October 3, 2016, planes were changed in Muscat Airport on the way to and from Sri Lanka. On August 27 and September 4/5, 2017 planes were changed in Muscat Airport on the way to and from Thailand. In neither case a formal entry took place.

[Bahrain2023-48] On July 14 and August 6, 2023, planes were changed in Bahrain Airport on the way to and from Singapore. A formal entry did not take place.

[49] On May 17/18 and June 5, 2015, planes were changed in Doha Airport on the way to and from Singapore. No formal entry took place.

[Kuwait2015-50] Kuwait was visited during change of flights on the way to and from Pakistan on March 4 and 19, 2010. As there was no passport control on the way to and from Pakistan, that stay in Kuwait is not considered an entry according to my rules. Almost five years later, the country was entered on the date given.

[Zambia2016-54] Zambia was visited during a refueling stop on the way from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia on June 18, 2010. As there was no passport control on the way from Zimbabwe to Ethiopia, that stay in Zambia is not considered an entry according to my rules. At that point, Zambia became the third country visited in transit only. On June 18, 2010, hours after the transit in Zambia, Ethiopia was entered properly. Thus, Zambia became the new number 2 on this list. Upon visiting Kuwait on February 26, 2015, Zambia became the only country visited in transit only. Afterwards, on September 3, 2016 Zambia was finally visited according to the rules.

[Ghana2017-transit-55] On October 1/2, 2017 a refueling stop took place in Accra Airport on the way from Togo to Portugal. On September 21, 2019, planes were changed in Accra Airport on the way from Sierra Leone to São Tomé and Príncipe. In neither case a formal entry took place.

[Philippines2023-57] On August 4, 2023, planes were changed in Manila Airport on the way from Australia to Singapore. A formal entry did not take place.

[Saudi_Arabia-2018-58] Saudi Arabia was visited during change of flights on the way to and from Indonesia on September 21/22 and September 29/30, 2018. As there was no passport control on the way from Germany to Indonesia and back, that stay in Saudi Arabia is not considered an entry according to my rules. Saudi Arabia thus became the only country visited only in transit at this point in time. Saudi Arabia was properly visited from December 29, 2019 to January 1, 2020.

[Sint-Maarten-2023-59] Sint Maarten, a land of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, was visited in transit on May 12, 2023 during a stop-over on the way from the Netherlands to Trinidad and Tobago. As the plane was not left, that stay in Sint Maarten is not considered an entry according to my rules. During a Caribbean cruise, a formal visit took place on March 19, 2024.

[1] This provision was changed on June 4, 2019 with retroactive effect to reflect the formal entries into Peru and Brazil which took place on May 31, 2019. In both cases, entry (and exit) controls were generally ignored for short trips across the border.

[2] This provision was changed with prospective effect on February 25, 2024 to avoid "entering" countries without having a solid connection, i.e. on ships.

[3] Clarification as of March 19, 2017: "Legally" includes unorthodox ways of obtaining any entry stamps necessary for exiting a country.

[4] This provision was changed on May 28, 2015 with retroactive effect to reflect the formal entry into Malaysia which took place on May 27, 2015 while the first touching of Malaysian soil took place only on May 28, 2015 when leaving the train. Applying this provision retroactively does not change any dates of first entry apart from that for Malaysia.

[5] Changed from "physical" on February 25, 2024 to account for travel on ships

[6] Clarified as of November 2, 2024 before flying from Dhaka to Chittagong after having passed exit immigration in Dhaka on the way to Dubai.

[Next_scheduled_crossings-7] The next timer-resetting scheduled crossings are due to take place on
November 30 ( Germany → Switzerland)
December 1 ( Hungary → Turkey).

[8] Days to be taken off from the available annual leave; not including public holidays or bridge days

[unknown-25] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Due to the fact that these countries were visited quite early in my life, exact dates cannot always be given. Even the dates given should be considered with caution as should be the order of Belgium and the Netherlands and the entry into Liechtenstein in 1983.

[Proximity-26] Given the relative proximity to the area where I grew up an earlier entry cannot be ruled out.

[30] Until 2019 and thus including during the first visit, the constitutional name of the country was "Macedonia".

[33] Travel on the Mein Schiff 4 which sails under the flag of Malta took place from March 8 to 22, 2024. During that time, the Mein Schiff 4 at times sailed in international waters not adjacent to Malta. While in international waters, the ship was under the jurisdiction of Malta according to international law. An entry into Malta itself did not take place during the trip in the Caribbean.

[Europe_definition-60] Europe in its political sense is determined as all the member states of the Council of Europe plus all countries that are European without doubt (e. g. Belarus). Territories in the vicinity of Europe that can be considered European from a traveller's perspective (e.g., territories that are included in the Schengen Area) count as European.

[Transits-61] Transits are only shown if the transit was the first visit at all to that country.

[62] One visit to the United States was to American Samoa which is located in Oceania.

[West-East-63] The notion of westernmost or easternmost points only makes sense until I have made a trip around the world.

[64] The Dead Sea shore is the set of lowest points on the Earth surface not covered by water or ice.

[UK-not-proper-65] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h The United Kingdom was visited according to the rules of this list when Gibraltar was visited in 1998. The United Kingdom proper was not visited until 2006.

[66] At the time of the visit (2016), the Gambia was not a Commonwealth member state. The Gambia had left the Commonwealth on October 3, 2013 and rejoined on February 8, 2018.

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