De Biergrens

This liquor store is located in both countries. The border marks where a Dutch counter-enclave is located within a Belgian enclave. That is, where a chunk of Netherlands is totally enclosed by a chunk of Belgium which in turn is completely surrounded Netherlands. How weird is that?

Baarle-Hertog - The tale of two cities

May 15th 2015
Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau - the conjoined twins of geography In Belgium there is a town with the name Baarle-Hertog. In Netherlands there is a town with the name Baarle-Nassau. These two towns may be lying in different countries but are in fact one town. The reason it has two names is that through the town there are several borders between Belgium and Netherlands which divides the town i ... read more

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more

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