As the crow flies, most distant EU town from Dublin?

Atlantic Dawn

Thinking of a bucket list type road trip from Dublin when all this virus clears, am I right in saying that as the crow flies the longest distant EU town from Dublin is Nourgam in Finland?


It doesn't exactly look like Las Vegas but does have a K Market...

https://www.google.com/maps/@70.0809475,27.865466,3a,75y,193.3h,77.92t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXUXgbv1Unb_NmU0zn82EQQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

FreshCoffee

Maybe look in French Guiana which AIUI is the furthest region that is also completely integrated into the EU?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana

"Fully integrated in the French central state in the 21st century, French Guiana is a part of the European Union, and its official currency is the euro."

Tricky to do a road trip!

Atlantic Dawn

FreshCoffee wrote: »

Maybe look in French Guiana which AIUI is the furthest region that is also completely integrated into the EU?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Guiana

"Fully integrated in the French central state in the 21st century, French Guiana is a part of the European Union, and its official currency is the euro."

Tricky to do a road trip!

Feck, the technicalities ruin it

Reunion (east of Madagascar)

Think the French also has a territory in the West Indies.

Atlantic Dawn

Feck it lets re spec it to full countries, any extras they have around the world don't matter.

Atlantic Dawn

Google maps tells it's a 4100km trip including ferry.

Vic_08

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Feck it lets re spec it to full countries, any extras they have around the world don't matter.

That rules out Belfast then.

feargale

Cyprus? Outskirts of Famagusta.

Atlantic Dawn

feargale wrote: »

Cyprus? Outskirts of Famagusta.

Yes was thinking that but that town in Finland is more.

vandriver

Four thousand kilometres to end up in that kip.I think lockdown is getting to you.

bobbyy gee

Going further does not make it better
As a driver you will not see much after 5 days of driving you will be sick of it

As for covid you have. 2 years of it more

Pkiernan

Vic_08 wrote: »

That rules out Belfast then.

Well, Belfast is 400 years away...

Del2005

vandriver wrote: »

Four thousand kilometres to end up in that kip.I think lockdown is getting to you.

The point of the journey is the road trip not the destination.

Atlantic Dawn

feargale wrote: »

Cyprus? Outskirts of Famagusta.

Yes think you have it, looking at it this morning on a proper map and not Google Maps it looks to be Cyprus and specifically slightly south east of Ayia Napa to the lighthouse at Cape Greco, lovely place to end a trip



Found this website www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between.htm...
Gives Ayia Napa as 2318 miles
Gives Karlebotn, Norway (Norway, can't get Nuergam) as 1583 miles


Lesson of the day, don't use the side of a pen to measure distances on Google Maps :pac:

I think you can measure point to point on desktop Google Maps anyway.

Wishbone Ash

bobbyy gee wrote: »

... after 5 days of driving you will be sick of it....

My brother in law always wanted to drive across the USA. He finally got it organised but was sick of it after 3 days. Miles and miles of nothing.

feargale

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

My brother in law always wanted to drive across the USA. He finally got it organised but was sick of it after 3 days. Miles and miles of nothing.

Europe should be more diverse and more interesting.

Del2005

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

My brother in law always wanted to drive across the USA. He finally got it organised but was sick of it after 3 days. Miles and miles of nothing.

Did he do the interstate or back roads? If you want to get somewhere fast take a motorway, if you want to enjoy the journey don't take a motorway.

vandriver

vandriver wrote: »

Four thousand kilometres to end up in that kip.I think lockdown is getting to you.

Finland is great, & highly recommended during summer.
Just don't go between the end of October & the end of April!

Could be a great road trip, go all the way to Tallinn & ferry over to Helsinki, or go to Germany then ferry to Sweden & drive from there.

For Forks Sake

feargale wrote: »

Europe should be more diverse and more interesting.

...and have corners

beggars_bush

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

My brother in law always wanted to drive across the USA. He finally got it organised but was sick of it after 3 days. Miles and miles of nothing.

He went the wrong route so

Driving across southern USA is quite interesting
Also a route north-south through the Rockies is also worth doing taking in Yellowstone and all those national parks

Pablo Escobar

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Yes was thinking that but that town in Finland is more.

Don't think so. The closest part of Cyprus is further than the furthest part of Finland.

If you're doing it non-scientifically by just looking at a map, you need to be careful as the scaling increases as you move north due to the Earth being a sphere. Essentially, places closer to the equator will look smaller and closer than they actually are.

ewj1978

Rezovo in Bulgaria. 2832km(1755miles) as the crow flies Or 3575km (2221miles) by road.

Del2005

Pablo Escobar wrote: »

Don't think so. The closest part of Cyprus is further than the furthest part of Finland.

If you're doing it non-scientifically by just looking at a map, you need to be careful as the scaling increases as you move north due to the Earth being a sphere. Essentially, places closer to the equator will look smaller and closer than they actually are.

Unless your James Bond you can't drive all the way to Cyprus. So while it might be further away you spend a lot of it on a ferry, you can drive to Finland once on the continent.

Del2005

Del2005 wrote: »

Unless your James Bond you can't drive all the way to Cyprus. So while it might be further away you spend a lot of it on a ferry, you can drive to Finland once on the continent.

But you cannot drive to Finland without either going on a ferry or going out of the EU, & driving through Russia to get there would not be straightforward

un5byh7sqpd2x0

bubblypop wrote: »

But you cannot drive to Finland without either going on a ferry or going out of the EU, & driving through Russia to get there would not be straightforward

I’d have a look at a map if I were you, specifically the region around Copenhagen and Malmö.

PS we live on an island ;-)

Jaylene Moldy Pigeon

Jaylene Moldy Pigeon wrote: »

I’d have a look at a map if I were you, specifically the region around Copenhagen and Malmö.

Ah true, you can go on the bridge.
No need to be mean though

feargale

For Forks Sake wrote: »

...and have corners

Yes. I prefer soccer over American football.

newmember2

feargale wrote: »

Yes. I prefer soccer over American football. : confused:

corners=bends