Our journey to the Mediterranean island entails a travel distance of over 4,000 miles, with Nicosia being the south-easternmost capital city in Europe.
In terms of latitude, it’s actually located further south than the African cities of Tunis and Algiers and our research indicates that only one European away in our history was further from home.
Here are the five most distant cities United have visited so far in our storied European history…
1. ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN (2019)
Total distance travelled: 5,990 miles*
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side had already secured qualification to the Europa League knockout stages when we made the six-hour trip to Kazakhstan’s capital Astana – then named Nur-Sultan – in November 2019.