Consider the following countries: 1. Finland 2. Germany 3. Norway 4. Russia How many of the above countries have a border with the North Sea?

The North Sea is bordered by the United Kingdom, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. From the given list, only Germany and Norway have coastlines on the North Sea. Finland borders the Baltic Sea (Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland) but not the North Sea. Russia has coastlines on the Baltic, Black, Caspian, Arctic and Pacific waters, but does not border the North Sea. Hence only two of the listed countries border the North Sea.