Baarle-Hertog

By Miss Cellania in Travel on Jul 16, 2008 at 9:41 am

Some parts of the town of Baarle-Hertog, Belgium belong to The Netherlands. Which part? For that, you’ll need a map.

Baarle-Hertog borders the Netherlands – but, because of its unique history of political division, the town is sort of marbled with competing national loyalties. In other words, pockets of the town are Dutch; most of the town is Belgian. You can thus wander from country to country on an afternoon stroll, as if island-hopping between sovereignties.

There are no border guards between the neighborhoods, and passports aren’t necessary to move between the two nations. Link -via Boing Boing

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Lionheart
Jul 17th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
It´s great when politics understands culture.
fernanda
Jul 19th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Passports are not necessary between Belgium and the Netherlands and there are no guards in the borders anymore. European Union, remember? Only the Brits like to feel special and have guards between us and their islands.

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