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Former restaurant which was in both countries  
   

Former restaurant which was in both countries

In this house, which sits right across the border, there used to be a restaurant. Dutch laws dictated that they had to close their business at a certain time of the night but the Belgian laws were less strict there. When the Dutch laws forced the business to close down for the night the people sitting by the tables on the Dutch side moved over to the tables on the Belgian side.
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 ... read more
Europe » Belgium » Antwerp Province » Baarle-Hertog

Belgian Flag 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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