If you want to visit the town of Baarle, head on over to northern Belgium … or the southern tip of the Netherlands. The town straddles an international border, with half of it belonging to the Dutch and the other half to the Belgians. With dozens of border crossings throughout town, many houses, shops and even roads are split in two. And with two countries comes two sets everything—two mayors, two flags, two council and even two sets of laws. This can make things tricky, but Baarle is setting an example of how two societies can come together and live harmoniously … even in the weirdest of circumstances.
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imagine being born from this town in a borderline
Im a country island
HOW IS A TOWN HUMAN CONDITION
Imagine if Belgium drives at the left side of the road.
I ate waffles in Belgium, I ate wafels in the Netherlands-
My friend who lives in Nederland accidently crossed into Belgium when biking one time
Bruh every holidays I go there and now I understand how cool place it is
Such a beautiful and loving town to live! 😍😍
This example is a superbsample of what a
Korean Peninsula should be. 🇰🇷🇰🇵 😡
Man wtf these mfs tripping
Thank god for schengen. Here in the US we have some borders like this (but not as complex) with Canada which has never been a problem up until now when the US suddenly decided that borders are super imoirtant.
Imagine the taxes 😅
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God bless Netherlands & Belgium… Love from India🇮🇳
Then came corona shops are closed in Belgium but not in the Netherlands .. so half of the shop closed cause it was Belgium –'
Russian empire can't relate
I think the fact they are both pretty wealthy countries and similar in culture helps them be cooperative.
Let's go on vacation
"Proceeds by siting to the chair right next"
“Kids, we are going on a trip to the Netherlands!”
passes the local mcdonalds
(Speaks foreign language)
i came here because i forgot which mayonnaise was which