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The Guardian - UK
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Which football clubs are close neighbours but in different countries?

Denmark’s FC Copenhagen and Sweden’s Malmo have only the Øresund Bridge between them.
Denmark’s FC Copenhagen and Sweden’s Malmo have only the Øresund Bridge between them. Photograph: DeadDuck/Getty Images

“Watching Bayern Munich play Salzburg last night got me wondering: what professional teams are the closest to each other but are in different countries?” wonders David Gough. “And which are the closest never to play each other?”

It’s around 130km from Bayern’s Allianz Arena to the Red Bull Arena in Salzburg – a pretty convenient trip for border-hopping away fans but by no means the shortest.

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