Baarle Hertog- Baarle Nassau, two countries (happily) divided in the same town - VIDEOSTORY

The story of two towns, between Belgium and The Netherlands sharing a surreal "puzzle" border

[@tirichinomona6505]

Always learning

[@Ozymandias1]

Baarle Nassau is not in Holland but in Brabant.

[@jegesbubu]

It does help maintain peace if both peoples speak the same tongue (mutually understandable different dialects) !

[@r.v.b.4153]

The dialect they speak is the same (and maybe traditionally only different from street to street). The accent they use for standard Dutch might be different, as is the case between the Netherlands and Belgium.

[@HighFlyer098]

what happens if u commit a crime then cross the border. no jurisdiction lol also who made that border?

[@DigitalLobstershow]

Dutch and belgium police are working together.

[@Acampandoconfrikis]

It all started when the landlord of a church claimed lands there. The one who already possessed them, only gave him the lands of the non cultivated parcels. And that's how it all started. All the enclaves you see there are the exact shapes of those lands 900 years ago

[@jasefamaya1933]

Too annoyingly cool!

[@ethanrussell4742]

Marijuana is legal in Holland, the more reason I think this crazy border exists.

[@mikepopstar]

What a joke