How the crowd draws
171 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Germany map, 25 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 317 km²122 sq mi | 261 km²101 sq mi↓17.6% smaller |
| Outline | 131 km81 mi | 116 km72 mi↓11.7% shorter |
| Centre | 8.79° E, 53.11° N8.8° E, 53.1° N | 8.78° E, 53.10° N8.8° E, 53.1° N↙1 km south-west1 mi south-west |
| Westernmost | 8.48° E, 53.23° N8.5° E, 53.2° N | 8.49° E, 53.23° N8.5° E, 53.2° N=the same |
| Easternmost | 8.99° E, 53.10° N9.0° E, 53.1° N | 8.98° E, 53.05° N9.0° E, 53.0° N←1 km short1 mi short |
| Southernmost | 8.91° E, 53.01° N8.9° E, 53.0° N | 8.90° E, 53.02° N8.9° E, 53.0° N=the same |
| Northernmost | 8.50° E, 53.23° N8.5° E, 53.2° N | 8.49° E, 53.23° N8.5° E, 53.2° N=the same |
Near the land border, 41% of the crowd’s lines run inside Bremen.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Niedersachsen | 179 km in the game | 158 km the crowd’s↓11.7% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Germany →How it is measured
The crowd’s Bremen: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Bremen or outside it; the median over a short stretch is where the crowd puts the line there, and the real outline moved by it is the crowd’s. Where the move folds a narrow inlet over itself, the loop is cut.
The 171 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s Germany map, scribbles left out, the real line the game’s own. Area true to scale; the outline copies the real line’s detail, so its length changes only where the shape moves or a loop is cut.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
Draw Bremen yourself and add your line to the next update.