The EU’s “Most Dangerous Border Area”

The Suwalki Gap is a small strip of the European Union that lies like a sandwich between Russia's exclave Kaliningrad and Belarus. Some people call the place the "most dangerous border area in the EU" - because the Suwalki Gap is considered a geographical weak point for NATO. In this video I take a trip through the border area with Russia, discover many relics of the past and show life along the barbed wire fences. A film by Matthias Schwarzer. ------------------------------ The comment section of this video is moderated. Learn more about it here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/community-for-my-109966833 ----------------------------- The addresses of the places and accommodation tipps: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tips-for-trip-to-114641496 ----------------------------- Sources for the video: Suwałki Gap: Europe's most dangerous place? (MDR, German): https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/welt/osteuropa/politik/suwalki-luecke-gap-ukraine-russland-belarus-krieg-nato-100.html The most dangerous place in the world (Politico): https://www.politico.eu/article/suwalki-gap-russia-war-nato-lithuania-poland-border/ Lithuania's independence from the Soviet Union (German): https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/hintergrund-aktuell/202394/litauen-30-jahre-unabhaengigkeit-von-der-sowjetunion/ Human chain through the Baltic States (German): https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/hintergrund-aktuell/295351/vor-30-jahren-menschenkette-baltischer-weg/ Lithuania's relationship with EU: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2142644/lithuanians-among-most-enthusiastic-about-eu-amid-surging-far-right-wave The story of Schönbruch/Szczurkowo (German): https://ostpreussen.net/2021/03/21/schonbruch/ Current situation in Szczurkowo (MDR, German): https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/welt/osteuropa/land-leute/polen-grenze-kaliningrad-100.html How Kaliningrad came into being (Deutschlandfunk Kultur, German): https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/als-teile-ostpreussens-zum-russischen-kaliningrad-wurden-100.html More on the photography ban (Gazeta Prawna, Polish): https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/kraj/artykuly/9482166,zakaz-fotografowania-obiektow-strategicznych-niekonstytucyjny-rpo-int.html Report on the new border in Vistyits including private stories of the residents (Lithuanian, tv3): https://www.tv3.lt/naujiena/projektai/krantas-musu-vanduo-rusu-n405566 Border agreement between Russia and Lithuania including new regulations in Vistytis: https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/TAIS.90743 Russia stations missiles in Kaliningrad (Zeit, German): https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2016-10/kaliningrad-russland-raketen-nato-polen-litauen Poland strengthens border with Kaliningrad (Euronews, German): https://de.euronews.com/2023/04/30/polen-verstarkt-grenze-zu-russischer-enklave-kaliningrad Refugees as a weapon - more about hybrid warfare (taz, German): https://taz.de/Gefluechtete-als-Waffe/!6012528/ ------------------------------ Did you like this video? Support my work on Patreon: http://patreon.com/MatthiasSchwarzerEnglish Or become a channel member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgphRasWZOVmuqd4lvtWyYA/join ------------------------------ ▪️INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/MatthiasSchwarzer ▪️FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/MatthiasSchwarzerTravelVlogs ▪️TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@matthiasschwarzerenglish ▪️CONTACT: [email protected] ------------------------------ Intro song: MÆT - Start Again Music: Epidemic Sound #suwałki #suwalki #suwalkigap #border #poland #russia #kaliningrad #lithuania #geography