You sure about that number? I recall doing the math a couple years back that London-Warsaw was about that or a little over. I’d figure Berlin-Rome as more like 400-600 miles.
(But could easily be around 1000 kilometers through - unit confusion?)
I looked it up on gmaps and it came around 1500 km for the shortest route. Berlin - Munich is already 600km and remember Rome isn't in the north of Italy
Perhaps this is a case where ol’ Mercator struck again, stretching Europe (which is at high latitude) in the east-west direction. Or just not thinking in the north-side direction properly, at least I tend to inventory geography “north of the alps” and “south of the alps” in separate mental “bins,” if that makes any sense.
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u/JohnLydiaParker 3d ago edited 3d ago
You sure about that number? I recall doing the math a couple years back that London-Warsaw was about that or a little over. I’d figure Berlin-Rome as more like 400-600 miles. (But could easily be around 1000 kilometers through - unit confusion?)