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 ... 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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