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13 after a recent flurry of parkrun city breaks!

UK, Belgium, Greece, Italy, Vatican, Iceland, France, Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Denmark, Netherlands
UK is 3/4, although the Scotland element barely scrapes the 10 minute criteria

UK (Scotland and England), Spain, Tunisia, Turkey

Small list, yes, but I plan to go to Italy next month (for F1) and maybe a couple more next year.

These travels to co-events are building my confidence

Tom S wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:35 pm

Tom S wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:54 pm Am only at a solid 4: Cyprus, France, The Netherlands, Spain. However, if the Balearics were to be classed in some imaginary world as a country, then it would be raised to a more well-travelled 7

Not sure why, but ended up thinking about this thread this evening- am now on 13.

UK (England, Scotland & Wales)
Cyprus
France
The Netherlands
Spain
Greece
Denmark
Sweden (day trip)
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
Croatia
Slovenia (day trip)

Adding Germany, Switzerland and Belgium for definite this year- but hope to add some extras over Summer.

After a bit of a mega trip around central Europe and the Balkans, the list now is as stands:
UK (England, Scotland & Wales)
Cyprus
France
The Netherlands
Spain
Greece
Denmark
Sweden (day trip)
Latvia
Estonia
Finland
Croatia
Slovenia (day trip)
Germany
Switzerland (day trips)
Belgium
Czechia
Austria
Slovakia
Hungary
Romania
Serbia
Montenegro (day trip)
Bosnia & Herzegovina

Nice work Tom - 11 new countries in under 4 months!

We are definitely not seasoned travellers vs this thread and here’s the proof:

- Spain (a part of which we didn’t enjoy frankly)
- France (Disneyland Paris aged 6)
- Italy (Lake Garda twice)
- Malta
- USA (California paying my cousins a visit, then the US Grand Prix at Texas)

That’s it.

En route to the US, we embarked on an airport in Canada. Doesn’t count though.

And I gather you no longer have to remove your shoes at American airports (we did).

Thomas Cappleman wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 11:48 am Nice work Tom - 11 new countries in under 4 months!

Thanks! The aim is to do 30 countries before 30, but think I can hold off from needing to do so many in such a short period of time- "quality over quantity!"