Anomalies

Areas that use Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Areas west of 22 30' E ("physical" UTC+1) that use UTC+2

• The westernmost part of Greece, including the cities of Patras, Ioannina and the island of Corfu
• The very westernmost parts of the Bulgarian provinces of Vidin and Kyustendil
• The westernmost part of Romania, including most of the area of the counties of Caraş-Severin, Timiş (capital Timişoara), Arad, and Bihor, as well as the westernmost tips of the counties of Mehedinţi and Satu Mare
• The extreme westernmost tip of Ukraine, near the border with Hungary and Slovakia, at the Ukrainian Transcarpathian Oblast (Zakarpattia Oblast), essentially comprising the city of Uzhhorod and its environs
• The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, excluding however its easternmost slice (the city of Nesterov is east of 22 30' E, but that of Krasnoznamensk is not)
• Western Lithuania, including the cities of Klaipėda, Tauragė, and Telšiai
• Western Latvia, including the cities of Liepāja and Ventspils
• The westernmost parts of the Estonian islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, including the capital of the Saare County, Kuressaare
• The southwestern coast of Finland, including the city of Turku; also the Åland islands (of Finnish jurisdiction) – the Åland islands are the westernmost locale applying EET in the whole of Europe

Areas east of 37 30' E ("physical" UTC+3) that use UTC+2

• Eastern Turkey, incl. inter alia the cities of Van (43 37' E), Diyarbakır, Trabzon (Trapezous), and Malatya; practically, it comprises all Turkish territory east of Gaziantep, though this isn't geographical Europe. The easternmost city of Turkey is Şemdinli at 44' 34 E; that's very close to the 45th meridian, which precisely corresponds to UTC+3. There are two "tri-zone" points involving Turkey:
  
  • The Turkey - Iraq - Iran tripoint in the summer only: Turkey follows UTC+2 with DST, Iraq follows UTC+2 with no DST, and Iran follows with no DST
  • The Turkey - Azerbaijan (Nakhichevan exclave) - Iran tripoint: Turkey follows UTC+2 with DST, Azerbaijan follows UTC+4 with DST, and Iran follows with no DST
  The Norway - Russia - Finland "tri-zone" point (see Central European Time) is the only one in Europe.
     The short (9 km) only Turkey - Azerbaijan (Nakhichevan exclave) border exhibits the same property as the Norway-Russia one, in that by travelling from west (Turkey) to east (Azerbaijan) one moves forward not one, but two time zones (UTC+2 to UTC+4)

Areas geographically located within UTC+2 longitudes

Areas east of 22 30' E ("physical" UTC+2) that use UTC+1

• The easternmost part of the Republic of Macedonia, including the city of Strumica
• The absolutely easternmost part of Serbia, in the Pirot District, including the city of Pirot
• The extreme easternmost tips of Hungary and Slovakia, bordering to the north and south respectively the Ukrainian Transcarpathian Oblast (Zakarpattia Oblast), a bit to the east of the Vásárosnamény, Hungary - Uzhhorod, Ukraine (both at 22 18' E) line
• The easternmost part of Poland, including the cities of Lublin and Białystok
• The extreme northeast of Sweden, in the Norrbotten province, including the cities of Kalix and Haparanda
• The northeast of Norway, lying north of Finland, roughly coinciding with the county of Finnmark; for instance Vadsø, the capital of Finnmark, has a longitude of 23 49′ E. Actually, the easternmost town in Norway, Vardø, lies at 30 51′ E, which is so far east, so as to be east even of the central meridian of EET (UTC+2), for example east of Istanbul and Alexandria. The Norwegian-Russian border (incl. border passings such as Kirkenes) is the only place where CET (UTC+1) borders Moscow time (UTC+3), resulting in a two (2) hours time change for the passenger crossing that border. More so, there exists a "tri-zone" point (where UTC+1, UTC+2, and UTC+3 meet) at the Norway-Finland-Russia tripoint (look for the town of Nautsi in this map). Actually, it's interesting to perform the following mental experiment when looking at this map: Go to the westernmost point of the red area (the Jäniskoski-Niskakoski area); this belongs to Russian jurisdiction, hence the time there's UTC+3. Then, take a northeastern (NE) direction (that is an eastwards direction); you'll soon be crossing into Finnish territory, thus moving to the UTC+2 time zone. Continuing in that direction, you'll eventually reach the Finland-Norway border and enter Norway, thus passing into the UTC+1 time zone. So, moving in a (north-)easterly direction, you'll actually be moving from UTC+3 to UTC+2 to UTC+1!

Areas west of 37 30' E ("physical" UTC+2) that use UTC+3

• Practically all European Russia west of Moscow; This includes the chunk of land from Murmansk all the way south to Belgorod, including the cities of St. Petersburg, Novgorod, and Pskov, to name only a few. (The westernmost point of contiguous Russia, near Lavry, Pskov Oblast, 27 19' E, is actually the westernmost point in Europe where UTC+3 is applied.) To the above should be added the city of Anapa, at the westernmost tip of the Krasnodar Krai near the entrance to the Sea of Azov, at 37 22' E

Major metropolitan areas

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