Top 10 Reasons Why the Dutch-Belgian Border Near Baarle Is the Funniest International Border Ever
Nobody guards this border because there's no need. There aren't conflicts.But the section of the border that goes through the town of Baarle is one of the most unusual borders in the world. The entire Belgian municipality Baarle-Hertog has very complicated borders with the Netherlands.
Baarle-Hertog is a Flemish municipality of Belgium where people speak Dutch and actually the population on the both sides of the border speak the same language. They also use the same currency - Euro.
It's the funniest border ever. Here's why:
That sounds hilarious
Just imagine, lol
You see the border in the image - Dutch side (NL, left) and Belgian side (B, right).
It doesn't even look like a border.
That was possible for the restaurants on the border. Two countries, two different laws. One restaurant.
The restaurants located entirely in the Dutch part just had to close earlier.
An exclave is a piece of land of a country located in another country in such a way that it's completely surrounded by the territory of another country. The only way to access the territory of an exclave is by crossing the territory of the surrounding country.
So there are 20 Belgian bits of land in the Netherlands, some of which have Dutch bits of land within the Belgian bits of land that are in the Netherlands!
- Honey, where are you? You know I need your help in the kitchen.
- I'm in Belgium.
This is the part where this list runs out of ideas.
I love this list