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Yesterday I've heard the first time about the Traveler's Century Club. To become a member of this club you have to visit 100 or more countries. Although I'm not really interested in joining such a club, I'm curious if there is a similar club for European countries. So let's say you can get a member if you have visited 80% of all European countries. I couldn't find something like this.

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it is just too easy to visit all European countries, still I haven't done that. – Peter Hahndorf Jan 31 '12 at 17:10
Yes that's true. I have still to visit some of them. Particularly in Southeast Europe. – RoflcoptrException♦ Jan 31 '12 at 17:14
related: travel.stackexchange.com/q/3198/101 – Mark Mayo Jan 31 '12 at 19:53

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I have had a lot of looking at sites like this (Traveller Century Club, Most Traveled People, etc), and while there's a US Centric one (The All Fifty States Club), I've never seen a European one. Perhaps it's time to start one? :)

Of course, the biggest problem you'll have is - what counts as a visit? This blog post has a great description of the argument faced - is it when you set foot? Leave the airport? Eat a meal? Sleep one light? What counts as visiting?

Then you have the problem of what IS a country? Is Gibraltar? What about Kosovo?

There's also an Extra Milers Club - which records visits to all 3142 counties of The US :)

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Good points. I personally count a visit when I set a foot on it, but not on the airport area. An a country is a country if it is or was recognized by the UN. – RoflcoptrException♦ Feb 7 '12 at 23:08
So what about these ones then? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… :) I certainly count QwaQwa from my travels - it no longer exists, but South Africa used to recognise it and as its only neighbour, that seemed good enough to me. – Mark Mayo Feb 7 '12 at 23:26
Yes starting one would be a cool thing. – RoflcoptrException♦ Feb 8 '12 at 21:59
just have to think what would be a fair number of European countries... maybe 45 – RoflcoptrException♦ Mar 10 '12 at 11:03

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