Where 3 Countries Face Off: Norway, Russia, Finland Tripoint Border
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2020
- Watch your step here. 3 Time Zones at ONE location. Only reached through Norway. The Norway - Russia - Finland border is in the middle of nowhere, far into the forest and a national park. This area in Northern Norway is known as "Treriksrøysa" (three nations rocky hill) and can be reached on a day hike. It is in the middle of a vast wilderness and the National park of Øvre Pasvik. There are no Russian or Finnish soldiers at the spot, only Norwegian. It is not possible to go there through either Russia or Finland. You can only reach this spot through Norway. An unusual travel attraction in Norway: a triple point border.
Nice, you did dare to cross the border to Finland.. You are lucky not to get shot down from that :D Funfact they must have got alert from that, so its not the smartest idea to do again.
They were surprised I would think. If I had crossed over again I guess they would have been READY fore sure. You do not mess with those people over there in Finland. Good snipers there too, not just in Russia
@@sandvenexplorer Yeah, no big deal since you didn't mean any harm with that quick visit :D Pretty sure at russian side they were aiming at u already xD
A bit risky to cross over to Finland there. If you don't notify finnish authorities about that kind of border crossing, you are at risk of getting arrested and questioned about your intentions. You also risk a hefty fine, usually of about 4000 euros.
@@ocal6477 The Norwegians soldiers told me it was fine, but I have no idea really..
@@sandvenexplorer It's totally ok walk to Finland and back to Norway, it's open border. But don't try to walk Russia, you might end up prison over there :(
Funny thing is also that when there is "border zone" between Fin and Rus where "any living creature shall not enter", but when you go to border between Sweden and Finland (EDIT: And Norway too I guess..) you can literally jump over border between your every step if you want. You basically dont't even know every place where the border line is. It is great to have that kind of relationship between countries.
True about Swedish-Norwegian border. But there where some stiff upper lips along border road passing during the beginning of the Covid period.
A famous Swedish border police stationed in Gäddede in the 80:ties said: "I am like Jesus. Everyone heard about me, but nobly seen me."
A very helpful police too.
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basically every country in Europe
@@fb55255 Sigh.... But no longer the UK. Keep our star safe, we'll put it back one day.
When I went to the Sweden - Norway - Finland tripoit, there was a fence between Finland and Norway. It seemed mostly like a fence stopping wildlife, no barbed wire as I recall it (this was some 15 years ago). Normally, it is true though that the border between the Nordic countries is mostly a formality.
Probably the most interesting borders in Europe. As all those countries including Russia has at 1 point been at war with each other. And have all helped each other. But well because of the soviet union the Norwegian especially finish and Swedish relationship was completely ruined tho Sweden's relation ship with Russia was ruined way way before any of the other countries during the Great Nordic War when Russia and the Swedish empire had a bloody war. But despite Norway and Sweden choosing the west over the east At least Norway maintained a pretty good relationship with Russia as they shared some waters and there were Russian settlements in Norwegian Territory in Svalbard. But Finland and Russia has never had any good relation ship due to the Winter war and the Continuation war. Which in my eyes Finland won it completely humiliated the Soviet soldiers and made the whole world laugh at them for basically loosing to some Sauna loving skiers. And Sweden also delivered a massive blow in the Great Nordic war. (Great northern war if you wanna be specific) tho it resulted in the formation of the Russian Empire and collapse of Swedish empire. Which then caused another reason for the Finns to hate the Russians as they were taken from Sweden and turned to the Russian Empire. Which well didn't give them freedom in till the collapse of the Russian Empire in the aftermath of WW1. Its weird that after all these years even Norway and Denmark have a good relationship with Sweden and Germany who have been their greatest oppressor since Sweden was one of the most powerful nations in the world. Yet they never managed to make peace with Russia and now you get shot if you even poke your finger over the border. Whilst the Nordics learned to love the Russians learned to hate. Which has now resulted in what can only be explained the start of the collapse of Russia.
As someone who lives on an island nation (Australia), it still seems weird that you can just walk across a national border.
Then picture this. You and fellow 120 soldiers are guarding the border. The divide at this area is just a tiny river with a 4 meter bridge. Nothing happens, ever, but then, out of nowhere during the Cold war. 40 000 men strong mechanized Soviet Army shows up and park right next to the border. You call it in, you and the other guy on watch at the time, and is told: If the Soviets cross the bridge. Open fire. That scenario, happened in Norway in 1968.
The Norwegian defense minster said, hold this from the public for now. Because I think the Soviets are bluffing.
Which the Soviets were. They were planing their forces used elsewhere, internally in the Soviet Union, but they wanted to play chicken with Norway. We didnt flinch. :D
Afterwards the Soviet forces took part in Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
@@Lobos222 my friends father had something similar happen when he was a norwegian border guard in the 60s
The tripoint border between Finland, Norway and Sweden is just a stone circle that tells you which way is which and there's no restriction in any direction
Well, then, if there'd be a neighbour close enough, maybe you could _swim_ across the border -- if that kind of thought would make more sense to you? 😀
When you're neighbors with an insane terrorist nation like Russia, you can't.
In Kilpisjärvi is a place where you can walk in 3 countries in few seconds. Finland, Sweden and Norway. No guards, fence ect.
Maybe one day!
Now days , If you step in to norway you need to be 10 days in a quarante hotell. 😆
@@sandvenexplorer can tell me any safe way from russia to finland and norway illegal
@@jattblood9331 there is none
@@jattblood9331 The only legal way to get into russia from norway is to go via the Storskog border station
When i was very young, there still were checkpoints across the Dutch-German border. I lived in Coevorden right on the German border. The checkpoints became unmanned before i turned 11 and i was born in '81. Going to be 42 in may this year... (still feel like i'm 18 ocasionally)
Today you can walk, cycle, drive across any border without being checked or stopped, both to Belgium and Germany. Where the Dutch-German-Belgian border meet in Limburg, you can dance around the so called 'drielandenpunt' and hop from one country to the next and then the 3rd. It is also a tourist attraction of sorts, though i have never been there myself.
That's the way civilized nations are.
Too bad for having Russians (and Americans) in this world.
Then there is obviously Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassau, Dutch-Belgian city where one of your neighbours may be on the Dutch and one on the Belgian side. That place is kinda amazing, especially thinking it before Schengen.
I can drive from the Netherlands to Italy (through Belgium and France) without being stopped, the same for a trip from the Netherlands all the way to the Norwegian/Russian border (through Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Finland).
Gotta love the open border policy. That said; also happy there are NATO (and allied) units stationed across the Russian border.
*Fun fact: I used to work for the Royal Netherlands Army (KKW-SIM); I actually recognized some soldiers I met on the base in the Netherlands at the checkpoint near Kirkenes in Norway when on Holiday a couple of years ago. World is a small place sometimes!
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@@skylersimpson4692 The bad thing is the EU borders aren't protected while at the same time internal borders were abandoned. At the same time NGO's were actively dropping 'migrants' from the mediterranean onto EU mainland. I don't care which borders are being protected, either will work and actively sending the non refugees back for starters should be a no brainer...
3 time zones? That’s wild. Great video✌️
Hey there, thanks!
The Brazil/Argentina /Paraguaiy tripoint did for a short time a few years ago have 3 times zones meeting,due partly to summer/daylight saving time not stating /finishing on the same dates.However as Brazil and Argentina now don't use daylight saving time any more the situation no longer arises,
@@Eurobrasil550 No one cares about silly southern americans. They don't count.
qld, nsw and sa in australia have a 3 way junction with 3 timezones (nsw has daylight time qld does not) 3 new years countdowns in 1 hour.
The proper time zone there is the one in Finland but most of Norway is to the west and all of Russia to the east so it's very logical and a look at the map tells it all.
Thank you, sir! That was one of my dreams to be in that tripoint border up there. I hope I'll do it by my myself. Such inspiring
Hello 👋
I had seen this spot on the map before, so remote. That was really cool! Thanks for making the video.
5:42 During daylight savings time (early Oct to early Apr) there are 3 time zones meeting at Cameron Corner, Australia (where NSW, South Australia & Queensland meet). No risks of getting shot, and NYE in summer is a lot more fun than the frozen arctic! They're 30min offsets too, not 60min, so the new year countdowns come thick and fast! During standard times, NSW and Qld are on the same times. It also happens at Poeppel Corner, tho that is more difficult to get to (cnr of Qld, Sth Aus & Northern Territory - again 3 time zones in daylight savings and 2 in standard time).
daylight saving time. it's not plural.
1979, I went around here. I drove to Nordkapp and then Kirkenes. I wanted go back to Ivalo from Kirkenes. On the road map, there was road to Ivalo. Around Nord(?) , road was closed by wooden baricade. Along the road, In the clear, wide river, a bridge with fallen girders and what appeared to be a watchtower on the Soviet side could be seen, a scene from about 45 years ago. In a small village on the way, we saw people skinning the fur of captured bears. After this, we drove back to Neiden and when we returned to Ivalo town, the petrol tank was empty and we went on foot to buy petrol.
Sir. U see Finland🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮
Pretty cool. The soldiers were pretty chill.
Thank you for filming. I find this fascinating.
Extremely interesting video that was superb shot. Beautiful terrain. Thank you for sharing this wonderful video with others on UA-cam.
Have always been interested in places where countries met like you highlighted. 👍
I was there several years ago. The couple at the pasvikdalen? camp told me friends would gather the tripoint on new years eve to celebrate each others new year,
I am so fascinated by these videos on international borders....
Same
I loved seeing this! Thank you!
Thanks for sharing this my fellow adventurer. Hope I could visit this place one day when things get back to normal.
Love how we can just walk between countries here at this part of the world.
Yea..as i european. I cross alot of border without any issues.
Finland, Norway, as well as Sweden and 25 other countries belong to the "Shengen area", which means you can move freely through their borders and stay, work etc. without any paperwork. Only exception that if you stay more then 3 months, you should register yourself at police station. You can cross the borders between these countries anywhere, bu any means as long as you don't have anything with you that should be declared at customs (you'll know if you have anything like that with you).
You do need to have a passport with you, or visa, but it's not checked unless you run into trouble with law enforcement.
So that's why there are no border fences etc.
If you go through a more official border crossing points, you will not be checked (as a private person)... so it's effectively like you're staying in the same country.
The agreement allows a country to start enforcing their borders and enforcing border checks for a reason, but not indefinitely.
You don't need a passport when traveling through Schengen. You don't even need to bring ID. But it would be a long, shitty situation if you were stopped for some reason. Just cause of the wait - you wouldn't be in trouble tho.
Most of these countries are also part of a customs union so you can cross the border with everything legal. Switzerland has limits that you could exceed, like 1 kg of meat and meat products or 5 liters of alcoholic beverages.
Can Iraqi refuge to Finland through Russia please any advice
@@Husjml1979 Iraqis can refuge in another Muslim country. Don't come to us bro.
Thank you. This idiot tryes to make some dramatic around this boorder meeting points. You can hear it his voice, running around in the woods, like he doing something scary and illlegal. This really nothing dramatic! You can cross this borders anytime, anywhere!
This is an amazing video, thank you for teaching me a new thing! Three time zones! ❤
Who says time travel isn't possible. 😛
Great adventure video! Wish I could hike there!
There surprisingly few comments regarding the shooting going on at the end. One particular shot @6:24 sounds VERY close!
Exactly what I was thinking too. You can here that particular bullet wizzing by very close!
how do you not realize that its fake 🤣😂🤣😂
Thanks for taking the effort to reach that point. It's fascinating how the various countries manage borders, and tripoints in particular.
This tripoint is unusual, as you say, in being somewhere where 3 time zones meet. But there are others (Chad/Libya/Sudan, CAR/DRC/South Sudan and two on Afghanistan/China).
And Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina
@@williamkopanchuk and Norway, Sweden, Finland.
@@vivahate100 No, Norway and Sweden are in the same time zone.
@@AapoJoki Oh, my mistake!
@@AapoJoki Historically Norway and Sweden had different rules for daylight saving adjustment. The last time difference was in 1965.
Crazy place, for sure. Thanks for taking us there.
I enjoy your videos. I have not been to Norway 🇳🇴 despite having some Norwegian ancestry. I was a little bit alarmed when I heard the gunfire when you left the 3 country point. So quiet prior to arriving there. Pleasant chat with the Norwegian soldiers. As you exited: the 💥 sounds. My goodness! I hope the people you met that day, and the soldiers were not the targets 🎯 of that gunfire. Glad that you are safe. Great information near the end of your video regarding the border’s history.
I suspect that that was edited afterwards haha. A gunfight on this border would've been global news.
Thank you for the video! I found this video after seeing the film "Gulag" (1985).
Very interesting, you really went out of your way to get there, looks like it wasn't easy...
That was cool... thanks for sharing your adventure!
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At the moment you could go to a similar location and encounter 3 different time-zones but still be in the one country! In Australia where the borders between Qld, NSW, and SA meet you'll get 3 different times (7am, 8am, and 7.30am respectively).
I was thinking that too. Also we have3 different times zone at Poeppel Corner. NT, Qld and SA 7.00,7.30, 8.00
Nice, would not have thought of that.
Though in Australia, these are merely joined states. These are actually different countries with different languages, currencies and that were/are opposed to each other.
Quite like on the other side of the globe, on Russo-Sino-North-Korean tripoint border next to Ussuri land.
It's like the tripoint's evil twin
The tripoint between Finland, Norway and Sweden is probably completely unguarded and thus a more pleasant destination.
Thanks for bringing us along.
Very nice!
Thank you!
Beautiful landscape.
YOU HAD ME AT FIRST!!!!!!! Well done 😂🤣
Wow. Interesting! I've never seen the borders. Thanks for showing it.
I liked that, thank you. Best wishes from the UK:)
I love Schengen. Currently living at a triborder (France/Switzerland/Germany) and it was really strange at first to cycle through the border every day to work or to go shopping abroad. Especially during corona when every country had their own rules.
"...it was really strange at first to cycle through the border every day..." _Malaysians working in Singapore have entered the chat?_ When the pandemic struck, many of them had to make the difficult choice of remaining in Singapore for work & be separated from relatives in Malaysia for extended periods, or give up their careers in Singapore (where salaries are higher) to reunite with their family in Malaysia. I also read of Malaysians who found it harder to service their loans after giving up their careers as the loans had been made based on the higher salaries they earned in their Singapore careers. More recently with the advent of remote working, some employees who have jobs in Singapore have now moved to live in Malaysia instead as its cheaper, but I'm not sure if a Malaysian work visa is needed for that (unless the employee is Malaysian)
Beautiful place.
Thanks for showing us
This is so cool. Never in my life will I ever go to this specific border. God bless video streaming and youtube. :D
This is really cool. The idea of border is fascinating to me.
Especially wonder how lively it was during the ussr
the USSR took the Finnish land that reached the arctic thus giving Norway a border with the USSR
@Jake Johansson well jake if we are trully honnest all of karelia and kuolan niemimaa should be finnish not just petsamo go back to sweden or whatever contry you came from
@Jake Johansson no they don't have a right maby to mocow but not to karelia there where almost no russians in karelia untill 20th century the karelians wanted finland not russia
@@suissais4732 take away if such a brave fascist
If you are fascinated by borders, there is one on the very long bridge between Denmark and Sweden featured in the Scandinavian crime series The Bridge.
The topography reminds me of Northern Canada.
Thank you for this of course!
Thank you there too!
Like the transistor of borders. Depends entirely which way you try to travel across it.
"An unusual travel attraction in Norway: a triple point border."
One of two.
And then there is the tripoint border with Sweden Finland and Norway, where you can run around the stone as much as you want visiting 3 countries in 10 seconds....
Actually I came here to find info about that foggy morning the Norwegian border guards woke up to Soviet tanks lining the border for no apparent reasson, but couldn't find it.
They obviously had no intention of invading, at least that is what they said when they did the same thing on the Russia/Ukraine border.
@@peterc.1618 the 2014 invasion or the 2022 resumed invasion?
@@SonsOfLorgar I can't remember what they said before the 2014 invasion but I think they subsequently insisted that they were liberating ethnic Russians, on what they considered to be Russian territory, from the tyranny of Ukrainian rule.😀
@@SonsOfLorgar 2022 Special Military Operation.
Cool video, thanks for sharing. How bad is the drive on the road to the car park? What's the best time of year to go in terms of mosquitos?
The road is BAD, maybe the fall would be the best time I guess..
@@sandvenexplorer Thanks mate. I'm planning a post-pandemic road trip to the north of Norway. Hope to be able to go in September if the world is back to normal by then.
@@hvbris1 Sounds great!
Interesting video; thank you. What was the purpose of the gate made from hanging from thick dowels?
Probably to make sound to alert the soldiers on guard duty of your presence
There are no such tough border like it was during the Cold War.
Now you can just obtain an electronic visa and go to Russia via nearby border-crossing point at Storskog. The bus across the border from Kirkeness to Murmansk go daily even before the e-visas were implemented. Just 5 hour ride and you can go whenever you want inside Russia from Murmansk with the only exception as military objects(there are a lot of naval bases in Murmansk) and the territories within 15 km from the border.
The only problem for now is - COVID restrictions. Thats why the border is closed for now.
@@kevindubrow8293 no.Even the war in Ukraine didnt close the border. It is still open.
@@postgradsibstud9321 they only tore down the red army monument in kirkenes, right?
@@postgradsibstud9321 they cancelled the e-visa to Russia
> "Now you can just obtain an electronic visa and go to Russia"
Well, that aged like milk.
Actually you CAN get there from Finland as well, without going to Norway at all. Isn't easy though, and you need to know exactly where you are going, but there is a completely legal possibility. I did that some years ago, travelling through Treriksrøysa with my mountain bike. Would I recommend that to anyone? Not really, unless you're really out of challenges ;)
someone likely said it alredy but there is border in the west side of finland where finland norway and sweden share similar place. I went to kilpisjärvi last summer to climb the malla tunturi so i was pretty close to it. Have to bother to go again some day to actually go there.
Actually I think before the Winterwar between Soviet and Finland our border was not with russia but with Finland. Petsamo-area was finnish area before the winterwar.
Petsamo became a part of Finland in 1920 after the treaty of Tartu.
Finland extended up to the arctic before the Winter War.
However, Petsamo was Russian 1826 - 1920 and Finland only appeared on the world map in 1917 as an independent country. So, only Russia was bordering Norway in that area 1826 - 1917, then 1917 - 1920 Finland and the Soviet Union, and between 1920 - 1944 Finland only (to be precise, 1940 the USSR had a part of it, not sure how the exct border went between Winter war and the Continuation war) and then 1944 onwards Norway has been bordered with the USSR and Finland and since 1990, Russia and Finland. Simple as that. (Except 1941-45 practically occupied by German troops, although under Finnish government)
@Jake Johansson Petsamo question is interesting and goes further back to history than Finnish independence. But there is no doubt whatsoever that in the peace of Tartu Soviet Russia agreed that Petsamo belonged to Finland, whereas Repola and Porajarvi were agreed to belong to Soviet Russia. The exact borders in the wilderness had been less important s long as Finland was part of the Russian empire anyway, so it is quite natural that becoming independent meant that Finland had border issues with Russia. But it is a fact, as you pointed out that there was not any historic reasons why Petsamo should belong to Finland, although - as well as in Carelia - part of the population of those areas was Finnish.
@Jake Johansson I have no difficulties accepting the later peace treaties as well. Treaties are legally binding, no matter what the circumstances have been. I have no double standards.
Mm I've done only 1 tripoint (whilst at a conference nearby): Czechia, Slovakia and Poland. All 3 are in EU and Schengen so no fences (tho there are signs). In a park with notices in all 3 languages. In the centre of the small river (boundary between Slovalia and the other two), there is a small concrete obelisk. Walked down into the river, my tummy on the obelisk, my left hand in Poland, my left foot in Czechia andmy right in Slovakia!!
I'm Finnish, my dad and I went fishing in the Tana river which borders Norway and Finland. We took a piss break on the Norwegian side -to assert dominance- and I took a rock from there as a souvenir
As a Norwegian. I am here by dominated.. LOL
Reminds me so much of over here in Minnesota. Love to go there sometime. The foliage is a bit different and looks beautiful.
Instead of spending money on an already rich country, why don't you help out the tourism industry of Somalia?
@@cashewnuttel9054 wtf
@@cashewnuttel9054 because i dont care about somalian nature. I prefer northern nature much more. Not hot places.
@@user-yx9to2bb8i What?
@@orientaltatphili And what about Somalia though? Are they suppose to languish forever? Their problems, are the world's problems, including your country!
Poverty -> extremists -> terrorists -> goes to other countries -> Abu Sayyaf
Its so funny (both strange & silly) to me, that we have made imaginary lines in the Earth, and its REALLY serious business if you cross this imaginary line.
Sometimes, we use rivers as the imaginary line, as the river actually exists, but then the river moves as rivers do, and then people don’t know what to do again.
Thank you for sharing. I would have NEVER seen this patch of the Earth otherwise.
It can also be tricky trying to determine whether certain dishes e.g. chicken rice came from SIngapore or Malaysia as they existed before the region was formally divided by international borders into 2 countries
Reminds me of when I was hiking along the northern shore of Lago Roca in Argentine Tierra del Fuego. After walking a few km you come across a sign marking the border with Chile, indicating that it is strictly forbidden to go any further. The area is completely deserted, with no barrier to stop you walking onwards. So of course, I took a few steps beyond the sign and hopped back into Argentina immediately.
i did similar in Europe. I only took 1 step and my heart was beating hard for a long time after
Thank you, Sir!👍😎
is the border between finland and russia similiar to this all the way?
Those soldiers should totally have been pranking you returning to Norwegian soil, ask for passport and pretend to do a thorough check on you 😄
Would be a bit cruel tho.
Very cool video! I'm surprised that it's not possible to get there through Finland!
I've so much interest in seeing far reaches of the earth, to see the unknown and vastness of our planet.
The forest doesn't care about lines we humans draw on the map.
The forest between Canada and the US does actually. It was kind enough to stop growing there and just meet up with another friendly forest, but keep a few feet of distance.
Nice video! However, there are multiple other time zone triple points in the world, e.g. Yukon-BC-Alaska, Peru-Chile-Bolivia, Lithuania-Belarus-Poland, Poland-Belarus-Ukraine, Azerbaijan-Turkey-Iran, India-Burma-China, some 10 points completely within Russia, a handful within Australia, and more. Not to speak of Antarctica, with a rather complicated time zone map :D
Sorry. I did not red your comment before commenting my own. For some reason UA-cam algorithm feeds this video now 2 years after releasing. So are North and South pole spots where all timezones are?
Wow
You forgot mine :(
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What a marvelous trip..love you
Cool u like the content, thanks for watching this stuff!
There's a tripoint border between Latvia, Belarus & Russia, but with all the tension and trouble that Putin has created, it's not possible to go close to the tripoint border marker. Come to think of it there's also a tripoint border between Estonia, Latvia and Russia, plus a tripoint border between Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus.
Fun fact the Swedish version of Treriksrøysa (Treriksröset) refers to the meeting point of the Swedish, Norwegian and Finish border.
Not to burst you bubble, but Norway and Finnland have the same border ... xD
Thanks for that little trip. Fascinating that Norway has two soldiers sitting there.
You might have forgotten one detail though, concerning the history of the border. From 1917-1944 Norway had no land border with Russia, as the area called Petsamo (Pechenga in Russian) all the way up to Barents Sea, was within the Finnish borders. In 1944 the area was occupied by the USSR, and through the Paris peace agreement of 1947, the area was incorporated into the Soviet Union, and after the fall of the USSR, it became Russia.
Pretty sure Finnish soldiers sit there sometimes too. Mostly Norwegians though as well on the Finland side its nothing but trees for miles and miles and on Norwegian side its not too far from a road. But i either am misremembering but im pretty sure Finnish soldiers were stationed there at some point.
@@top10africa9 There might be someone from Finland there sometimes, but I doubt it's the military. It's probably people from the Finnish Border Guard, which is a separate agency, subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior.
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A really nice piece of film. I have been to the triple point border between Belgium- Netherlands- Germany. I felt like I was marking a moment in history.
The Belgium-Netherlands-Germany tripoint is at the same time also the highest point of the Netherlands.
@@TheRocco96 OK. Thanks ! I did not know this.
Thanks for going there, I’ve always wanted but never could
Ngl man, you had me at first with those gunshots lol.
Great film Chris. 👏🏼
I try to be a weekend warrior at least!
Sandven Explorer Looking forward to your winter films Chris.
@@dougieranger I figure I should be able to making something interesting out of that! Never been here during winter so will be something else I think!!
Sandven Explorer That’ll be epic bro. Have you noticed the temperature dip?
@@dougieranger A few warm days here now, but I see the fall colors showing up for sure...I expect full winter by late October
The scenes shot from the air, at the end of this video, they are really superb.
Aged like wine, great video.
Been there twice. The Passvik Valley is a fantastic area. The soldiers are allways friendly to.
I really like adventure videos. You are braver than I would have been. I would have wet my pants and would start running when all that shooting started !
Bruh 😂 it was edited lol
@@Atlas.Valiants It's the Russian border, so as well could've been real ... We were in Poland in 2019, close to the border to Kaliningrad. Everyone chilling at the campsite. Suddenly we heard the sound of gunshots and military jets. Everyone else stayed calm. Probably normal up there. I freaked out. Heard to many war stories as a kid, lol
enjoyed the video :)
Nice landscape
Yes, and before Nato, we lived peacefully with our brothers from Russia
If I went there, I think I would stay on the Norwegian side.
Fun fact there is a "trepoint border" between sweden, finland and Norway, also called "Treriksröset"
They should call it "trekants hjørnet"
@@kremepye3613 Yeah well we dont speak Norwegian in sweden, so nah. Or you mean Swedish translation to "trekants hörnet"?
@@mouseend92 they also dont have a sense of humor there either apparently
@@kremepye3613 Dont see the funny part in it.
@@Mouseend exactly
Beautiful country, what was the piece of music at the end of your video?
From what I was told, there is only one place where you can stand and pee across three time zones. Of course, if you do that you will be fined heavily. Norway is CET, Finland 1 hour earlier, russia 2 hours earlier. You are actually quite far east at that point, the longitude lines pass through Istanbul, Kairo and eastern Africa.
I almost shit myself when I heard the shooting
sounded like a PKM
The ending was funny 😂, It would be interesting to see what would happen should anyone bend their head over the wire fence for a glimpse. Great video!
"better not do anything stupid"
[sees soldiers]
"yeah I'm on my way to Russia......doh!"
so cool- thank you
Красивое место. Я незнал о нем.
Я надеюсь однажды поехать в россию
@@sandvenexplorer come to us in the summer, I think July will be the best weather. in spring, the weather is gray and it rains. the heat comes at the end of may. to be honest, the winters on the European territory of Russia are also warmer than before. the average temperature in winter is from -5 to +5. welcome.
@@dimmiheev2542 Maybe next summer! Thanks
The two soldiers are Norwegian border yaegers. I'm not sure if they were on leave or something since they were unarmed, or could be they've got unarmed duty to inform civvie tourists. Their training is the heaviest and most intense training Norway can offer to privates. Med øye mot øst!
well .. I disagree there, yes its very good training and they will be the first to meet any invasion from Russia, however they are not the most intense trained soldiers we have... that would be our special forces, and I am pretty sure Telemark-batallion also hold some too.
But they are superb in recognise Russian equipment, what type of vehicles or weapon there is... and so on.
Served 9 months as Adm.Ass for the borderguards in 92.... best service ever, loved the people and officers, and if I had a chance to continue after that I would have taken it.
Usually border troops aren't armed when countries haven't declared war, saves an incident that would lead to an international situation.
For example the Chinese and Indians fighting hand to hand in border disputes, and throwing rocks at each other, if they had guns then things would turn lethal in seconds before cooler heads could prevail.
looked like boyscouts to me
@@tronda.efraimsen9826 Hearing the words 'telemark-batallion' brought an image of heavily armed Norwegians ski-jumping into mind, and somehow it still feels plausible. 😂
@@sideshow4417 I think actually that our troops do have weapons with them, if they have ammo loaded is another question .. would not try and see if they do 🙂 but these two could be on some tourist patrol, there have been a few incidents where tourists have had a hand over or even fingers .. its enough and you will get fined.
I were there a few times in 1991. Back then it were a more open area than it is now.
nice video bro!
I have a feeling you added some of those sound effects. 😏 That very last rat-a-tat definitely didn't match with distance & echo.
Thank you for sharing the hike though! Pretty cool! 😁👍
Yeah, I thought so too. I guess he wanted to hype the place a little.
Death on Kola
Written by Morten Jentoft. 2009
Norwegian intelligence operations from the border areas in the north
In the autumn of 1952, two Finnish spies are discovered by Russian soldiers deep in Kola. The Finns are on assignment for the Norwegian intelligence service and will extract information from behind the Iron Curtain. What happens next has fateful consequences on several levels. This is one of many cross-border expeditions that the author describes in this book about Norwegian intelligence operations from the border areas in the north. With bibliography and personal register.
Source Norli
The division of labor was as follows
The United States paid
Norway administered
Two Finns spied
What was with that 'wood curtain' fence you had to walk thru near the end? Is it alarmed?
I was a soldier there from 2015-2016
I suit you to call " THE WALKING GOOGLE MAP". 😀😉
Google would be confused here, my phone company was...
I like how Norway have a picnic bench and a fireplace while finnland and Russia are just forest.
Very interesting, I like it.
Must have been interesting during the Cold War. Suspect there would have been more than 2 soldiers then.
Funny ending :-) Now, be nice and friendly with the soldiers, they are instructed to be extra polite, helpful and informative and... they are kids from, mostly, the south. By the way, from the Finnish side, they have neither restrictions (as in Norway) The odd one here is Russia, which has very strict border rules. I recommend you to research about "Elsa stein" and the "Russian invasion at Grense Jakobselv", quite interesting stories for you :-)
I was close to the border in Finland this summer and they have a restricted border zone running all along the country..about 1 km wide, you need permission. At the tripoint some distance is okey though it seems..the bears like the area border zone in Finland..I will read about the stuff you mention, thanks!
@@sandvenexplorer That Finnish border situation must be relateable new. Anyway, good to know :-) If you search regarding that Russian "invasion" of Grense Jakobselv, Sør Varanger Avis did publish an article a few months ago. It's about a (land)fisherman that got chased by Russian border guards in Norway. Anyway... not writing anymore, just look for more info. It's an interesting story for you :-)
Yes, I know the story, read the article and remember when it happened, it caused a little international incident back in 1990...the year I was in the military by the way.......11 Russian soldiers decided to "invade" and tried to catch some guy...I mentioned it briefly in a video I made about Grense Jakobselv this May...but it would be cool to get hold of the guy and make an interview where it happened, something like that..Can´t see that happening, but would be interesting FOR SURE!! I even mentioned it to the soldiers from this video and they were surprised....just to let them know that they MAY actually show up those Russians!!
The restricted zone is only on their Russian border (marked by yellow ribbons around the trees) not on the Norwegian and Swedish border ( except in covid times).
@@catnaz you need "rajavyöhykelupa" to go near the border, the width of the restricted area depending of the place is 100meters to 3km (on sea max 4km).
has been in the law with that name since atleast 1947, where they also state "Liikkumis- ja oleskelulupa, joka on annettu ennen tämän lain voimaantuloa, jää edelleenkin voimaan siten kuin luvassa on määrätty", so there has been before that too.
from "rajavyöhykerikkomus" penalty is fines.
but if you arent Schengen country citizen, you are illegally crossing the border and there will obviously be more trouble.
"If you are entering the Schengen Area from outside the zone, you will need to provide documents such as a valid passport issued within the previous 10 years that’s valid for at least three months after the date you intend to leave the Schengen Area.
If you are not from a Schengen state or one with a visa-free travel arrangement with the Schengen Area, you will need to have a Schengen Visa or sticker.
You may also be asked to justify the purpose of your intended visit and to prove you have sufficient means of subsistence during your stay (documentation you have to provide when applying for a visa).
Checks may also be made to ensure there has been no alert issued against you in the Schengen Information System and you’re not deemed a threat to security by EU officials."
www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2005/20050578
raja.fi/rajavyohykelupa
www.schengenvisainfo.com/schengen-visa-countries-list/
raja.fi/lait-ja-saadokset
www.axa-schengen.com/en/schengen-border-control