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The Best Episodes of Crazy Borders

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Enclaves, loaned territories, disputed areas and microstates: This is the series that looks at places with absurd borders.

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    Crazy Borders Season 1 Episode 1 - Llívia - War on the Plateau
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    #1 - Llívia - War on the Plateau

    S1:E1

    Surrounded by French territory, the Spanish town of Llívia became the unlikely center of a diplomatic dispute in the 1970s when road signs sparked an international conflict.

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  2. Crazy Borders Season 1 Episode 2 - Baarle - Smuggling Through the Village
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    #2 - Baarle - Smuggling Through the Village

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    In the Belgian-Dutch town of Baarle, borders run through houses, shops and streets. A murder investigation reveals why local authorities sometimes need a surveyor before a detective.

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  3. Crazy Borders Season 1 Episode 3 - Mont Blanc - Summit Dispute
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    #3 - Mont Blanc - Summit Dispute

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    France and Italy have argued over the exact location of their border on Mont Blanc since 1860. Emperors, kings, disputed maps and modern tourism all play a role in this long-running alpine controversy.

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  4. Crazy Borders Season 1 Episode 4 - Mount Athos - Battle at the Monastery
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    #4 - Mount Athos - Battle at the Monastery

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    Within the European Union lies a self-governing monastic republic where women are still prohibited from entering. An extraordinary territory shaped by faith, tradition and centuries of autonomy.

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  5. Crazy Borders Season 1 Episode 5 - Sark - Taking Over the Archipelago
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    #5 - Sark - Taking Over the Archipelago

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    Just off the French coast, the island of Sark preserved a feudal system well into the modern era. Lords, vassals and political intrigue collide on this unique Channel Island.

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  6. Crazy Borders Season 1 Episode 6 - Bermeja - The Lost Island
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    #6 - Bermeja - The Lost Island

    S1:E6

    Mexico appears to have lost an entire island. The disappearance of Bermeja had major consequences for maritime borders and access to valuable oil reserves in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Crazy Borders Season 1 Episode 7 - Kowloon Walled City - The City of Crime
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    #7 - Kowloon Walled City - The City of Crime

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    Once home to more than 30,000 people packed into a tiny area, Kowloon Walled City existed in a legal gray zone between British and Chinese authority, becoming one of the most densely populated places on Earth.

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  8. Crazy Borders Season 1 Episode 8 - Sovereign Base Areas - Divisions on the Island
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    #8 - Sovereign Base Areas - Divisions on the Island

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    On Cyprus, British sovereign territory remains a legacy of colonial history. The episode explores the unusual borders and political arrangements that still shape everyday life on the island.

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  9. Crazy Borders Season 1 Episode 9 - Spratly Islands - A Game of Go at Sea
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    #9 - Spratly Islands - A Game of Go at Sea

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    China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines all claim parts of the Spratly Islands. Beneath the tropical scenery lies a strategic struggle involving oil, military bases and competing national ambitions.

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  10. Crazy Borders Season 1 Episode 10 - Camp Zeist - A Court in Exile
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    #10 - Camp Zeist - A Court in Exile

    S1:E10

    For a historic international trial, part of the Netherlands temporarily became Scottish territory. The extraordinary legal arrangement made Camp Zeist a unique experiment in cross-border justice.

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  11. Crazy Borders Season 2 Episode 1 - Cooch Behar - An Enclave Labyrinth
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    #11 - Cooch Behar - An Enclave Labyrinth

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    Along the India–Bangladesh border, a once-impossibly complex mosaic of enclaves created a geopolitical puzzle where territories nested inside each other like Russian dolls.

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  12. Crazy Borders Season 2 Episode 2 - Rockall - The Disputed Atlantic Rock
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    #12 - Rockall - The Disputed Atlantic Rock

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    A remote rock in the North Atlantic became the subject of competing territorial claims, symbolizing how even uninhabitable land can trigger geopolitical tension.

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  13. Crazy Borders Season 2 Episode 3 - Neutral Moresnet - A Tiny Shared State
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    #13 - Neutral Moresnet - A Tiny Shared State

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    Once jointly administered by Prussia and Belgium, this zinc-rich micro-territory existed for over a century in a legal grey zone shaped by economic interests and diplomacy.

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  14. Crazy Borders Season 2 Episode 4 - Birobidzhan - The Soviet Jewish Experiment
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    #14 - Birobidzhan - The Soviet Jewish Experiment

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    In the Russian Far East, a region was once created as a Jewish homeland within the USSR. Today, it remains a rare cultural and historical experiment still visible in architecture and language.

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  15. Crazy Borders Season 2 Episode 5 - Steinstücken - Not Quite in West Berlin
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    #15 - Steinstücken - Not Quite in West Berlin

    S2:E5

    During the Cold War, this small West Berlin exclave was physically isolated inside East Germany. Access was so restricted that residents once depended on allied helicopters, highlighting the absurd realities of divided Germany.

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  16. Crazy Borders Season 2 Episode 6 - Madha & Nahwa - A Double Enclave Puzzle
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    #16 - Madha & Nahwa - A Double Enclave Puzzle

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    Between Oman and the United Arab Emirates lies a rare enclave-within-an-enclave structure, where borders interlock in one of the world’s most intricate territorial arrangements.

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  17. Crazy Borders Season 2 Episode 7 - Principality of Arbézie - A Border Made for Stories
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    #17 - Principality of Arbézie - A Border Made for Stories

    S2:E7

    A hotel straddling the Franco-Swiss border became an unlikely diplomatic landmark, blending hospitality, wartime history and self-styled local monarchy in one surreal location.

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  18. Crazy Borders Season 2 Episode 8 - French National Domain in the Holy Land - Under Protection
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    #18 - French National Domain in the Holy Land - Under Protection

    S2:E8

    In Jerusalem, several religious sites are still tied to France through an extraterritorial legal status. The episode explores how historical agreements and diplomacy continue to shape access and control in one of the world’s most sensitive cities.

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  19. Crazy Borders Season 2 Episode 9 - Vennbahn - A Railway That Drew Borders
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    #19 - Vennbahn - A Railway That Drew Borders

    S2:E9

    A former Prussian railway line turned Belgian territory carved narrow corridors through Germany, creating multiple enclaves and one of Europe’s strangest modern borders.

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  20. Crazy Borders Season 2 Episode 10 - Martín García & Timoteo Domínguez - One Island, Two Nations
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    #20 - Martín García & Timoteo Domínguez - One Island, Two Nations

    S2:E10

    At the confluence of Argentina and Uruguay, shifting river borders turned two connected islands into a symbolic shared space shaped by treaties and geography.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Llívia - War on the Plateau" is the best rated episode of "Crazy Borders". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/23/2022. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Baarle - Smuggling Through the Village".