If you’re implementing a timezone selector after handling all continents, oceans, and pseudo-macro regions… don’t forget Büsingen am Hochrhein 😄 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCsingen_am_Hochrhein

A tiny German town of fewer than 1,500 people, completely surrounded by Switzerland.

Fun historical timezone trivia:
Büsingen is associated with Europe/Zurich instead of Europe/Berlin.

Why? In 1980, West Germany introduced DST, but Switzerland initially did not. For a few months:

Germany was UTC+2
Switzerland stayed UTC+1
and Büsingen followed Swiss time to avoid daily chaos with the surrounding area.

That historical difference is still reflected in the tz database today.

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