What is the most number of countries that a person can be on within 24 hours without using any aircraft?

Question

Space-craft, IMO, also counts as aircraft. You can use a boat though, if that's necessary. You can start from anywhere. You're bare foot has to touch dry land in that country, at some point, for it to count.

How would you do it? Which countries would you be in? Be realistic, please.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Good question! I am European and believe that, if you start at the southern tip of Netherlands, you'll be in Belgium in no time. Heading south you'll get to Luxembourg, which you can cross within 25 minutes to get to France. There you'll be heading into Germany to go in a southeastern direction toward Switzerland, but only to cut through its northernmost enclave called Schaffhausen, and re-enter Germany to cross its state Bavaria in order to get to the Austrian-Czechian border, where you make a small loop to touch both countries.
If you were fast enough, you may be able to pass Vienna to make it to the border area of Hungary and Slovakia within those 24 hours.
Distance: roughly 700 miles, but it will be more using the best and fastest roadways, which do not follow my path. Even though it may be 1,000 miles; within 24 hours you could make it and cover 10 countries that way.

Answer 2

First of all, you can save a lot of time by going to Belgium. There you can run around in a few yards area and have your feet in The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium within minutes! That's three done! As one responder says I would say Europe is your best bet and the answer to how many you could cover in one day is of course totally reliant upon transport and careful planning. Take a look at Belgium and go from there. France is good big to travel through quickly but you could put a foot in the North of France and Germany is also quite large. I bet you could cover about ten or more. Are you going to try, then? If so, best of luck. Hope I have been of some help.

Answer 3

The worst part is going to be going through customs. The customs officials have the right to search your belongings so that could be a huge X-factor which would limit your maximum.

I'm going to guess that you'd probably want to focus on Europe. Lot of relatively small countries and relatively friendly borders.

I have no experience in travelling by railroad, but if you're allowed to step off the train and reboard without passing through customs that might be the way to go. If you get a Eurail pass, you could go from Vienna, Austria to Thessaloniki, Greece in a little over 24 hours, I can't find the exact route but it looks as though you pass through a lot of countries.

*Edit* That was probably a bad example on closer look I think that is a direct route.

Answer 4

Sorry. Not 4 or 5. It should be maximum 2.

Answer 5

im guessing like 4, maybe 5