A tripoint (or trinational border or trifinium) is the place where the borders of three neighbouring countries meet.

For information about European tripoints, click here.
For photographs of 35 [out of 48] European tripoints and/or tripoint areas, see Tripoint diary below.
For photographs of a former European tripoint [Italy-Trieste-Yugoslavia], click here.
For photographs of an Asian tripoint [the Golden Triangle], click here.
For Border Zone Europe, click here.
For Border Zone Asia & America, click here.
For Gränsfeber, a Swedish-language tripoint-related travel book, click here.

How much do you know about European tripoints?
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Site maintained by Rolf Palmberg

Map image courtesy of WorldAtlas.com

Tripoint diary:
Click on the square in front of the name of each tripoint for select photographs. (c) Rolf Palmberg 1989-2009.

France - Germany - Switzerland [1989; new visit 2001]
Austria - Germany - Switzerland [1989; new visits 2001 & 2007]
Czech Republic - Germany - Poland [2001]
Austria - Czech Republic - Slovakia [attempted visit 2001; new visit 2002]
Austria - Hungary - Slovakia [2001; new visit 2002]
Austria - Hungary - Slovenia [2001]
Austria - Italy - Slovenia [2001; new visit 2005]
Austria - Liechtenstein - Switzerland [north] [2001; new visit 2007]
France - Germany - Luxembourg [2001]
Belgium - France - Luxembourg [2001]
Belgium - Germany - Luxembourg [2001]
Belgium - Germany - Netherlands [2001]
Czech Republic - Poland - Slovakia [2002; new visit 2009]
Poland - Slovakia - Ukraine [2002]
Hungary - Slovakia - Ukraine [2002]
Hungary - Romania - Ukraine [2002]
Hungary - Romania - Yugoslavia [2002; new visit 2005: Hungary - Romania - Serbia & Montenegro]
Croatia - Hungary - Yugoslavia [attempted visit 2002]
Croatia - Hungary - Slovenia [attempted visit 2002]
Belarus - Lithuania - Poland [2003]
Lithuania - Poland - Russia [Kaliningrad] [2003]
Belarus - Latvia - Lithuania [2003]
Belarus - Latvia - Russia [2003]
Estonia - Latvia - Russia [2003]
Finland - Norway - Sweden [2004]
Bulgaria - Romania - Serbia & Montenegro [attempted visit 2005]
Bulgaria - Greece - Turkey [2005]
Bulgaria - Greece - Macedonia [attempted visit 2005]
Albania - Greece - Macedonia [2005]
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Croatia - Serbia & Montenegro [south] [attempted visit 2005]
Austria - Czech Republic - Germany [2005]
Austria - Italy - Switzerland [2007]
Belarus - Russia - Ukraine [2008]
Moldova - Romania - Ukraine [north] [2008]
Moldova - Romania - Ukraine [south] [2008]