European tripointing


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

For an overview of successful as well as attempted visits to 36 [out of 48] European tripoints and/or tripoint areas, see the Tripoint diary below.
For photographs of a former European tripoint [Italy-Trieste-Yugoslavia], click here.
For photographs of two Asian tripoints: the Golden Triangle, click here, and the Chinese-North Korean-Russian tripoint, click here.
For Border Zone Europe, click here.
For Border Zone Asia, click here.
For Gränsfeber, a Swedish-language tripoint-related travel book, click here.

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Tripoint diary
 Click on the square in front of the name of the wanted tripoint for select photographs. (c) Rolf Palmberg [1989-2011].

 Albania - Greece - Macedonia [2005]
Austria - Czech Republic - Germany [2005]
Austria - Czech Republic - Slovakia [attempted visit 2001; new visit 2002]
Austria - Germany - Switzerland [1989; new visits 2001, 2007 & 2011]
Austria - Hungary - Slovakia [2001; new visit 2002]
Austria - Hungary - Slovenia [2001]
Austria - Italy - Slovenia [2001; new visit 2005]
Austria - Italy - Switzerland [2007]
Austria - Liechtenstein - Switzerland [northern tripoint] [2001; new visit 2007]
Austria - Liechtenstein - Switzerland [southern tripoint] [attempted visit 2011]
Belarus - Latvia - Lithuania [2003]
Belarus - Latvia - Russia [2003]
Belarus - Lithuania - Poland [2003]
Belarus - Russia - Ukraine [2008]
Belgium - France - Luxembourg [2001]
Belgium - Germany - Luxembourg [2001]
Belgium - Germany - Netherlands [2001]
Bosnia & Herzegovina - Croatia - Montenegro [attempted visit 2005: the then Bosnia & Herzegovinian - Croatian - Serbia & Montenegrin southern tripoint]
Bulgaria - Greece - Macedonia [attempted visit 2005]
Bulgaria - Greece - Turkey [2005]
Bulgaria - Romania - Serbia [attempted visit 2005: the then Bulgarian - Romanian - Serbia & Montenegrin tripoint]
Croatia - Hungary - Serbia [attempted visit 2002: the then Croatian - Hungarian - Yugoslavian tripoint]
Croatia - Hungary - Slovenia [attempted visit 2002]
Czech Republic - Germany - Poland [2001]
Czech Republic - Poland - Slovakia [2002; new visit 2009]
Estonia - Latvia - Russia [2003]
Finland - Norway - Sweden [2004]
France - Germany - Luxembourg [2001]
France - Germany - Switzerland [1989; new visit 2001]
Hungary - Romania - Serbia [2002: the then Hungarian - Romanian - Yugoslavian tripoint; new visit 2005: the then Hungarian - Romanian - Serbia & Montenegrin tripoint]
Hungary - Romania - Ukraine [2002]
Hungary - Slovakia - Ukraine [2002]
Lithuania - Poland - Russia [Kaliningrad] [2003]
Moldova - Romania - Ukraine [northern tripoint] [2008]
Moldova - Romania - Ukraine [southern tripoint] [2008]
Poland - Slovakia - Ukraine [2002]