There is an unusual village on the German-Dutch border. Or rather: two villages? In fact, you can’t really tell – because the state border runs directly along the village street. On one side the houses are Dutch, on the other German. And if you don’t pay close attention, you won’t even notice which country you are in. Time to take a closer look at this curiosity.
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Wow, das war ja wieder super aufwendig. Danke.
I luv your video's Matthias. You seem to missed the part how the Dutch hunted the German Jews trying to cross the boarder before May 1940. Even killing them or imprisoning them – returning them to Germany to certain death. The same thing happened in Kerkrade, a place which has a very similar boarder.
Nice.
But not overly exceptional in Europe.
I lived for a while at the German/Swiss border, villages (same name) on both sides of Rhine river that is the border.
Basel area with the often not visible border to Germany and to France. Even well before Schengen agreement.
In America we have the Four Corners Monument. Where you can stand in four different States at the same time. Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
Beebe Plains is a town that shares their town with Vermont America and Quebec Canada. The Haskell Free library and Opera house is both in Canada and America. There's a line right down the middle of the building.
You wonder what people were thinking back then or the lack of thinking. This could have caused serious problems for those towns people.
I don't know enough about Dexit but I'm absolutely for Brexit. I'm not for a one world super power like the EU. Americans will NEVER join the EU! We're trying to kick out the United Nations for taking advantage of American Citizens. Americans pay 80% for everyone else.
The Demoncrats in America has been talking about merging with the EU for afew years now. But mentioning America taking orders from the EU are fighting words here. We're already at the end of our rope with this Government screwing around with our American Constitutional Rights. We will never allow another country to have a voice in our country!
Sorry for the rant but Borders are a very sensitive subject in America. As most of the First worlds citizens can agree. The Right half of Americans are getting sick of what's going on here. That's all going to change for the better in about SIX months Thank God.
Germany has quite strict laws on shops opening on Sunday maybe for religious reasons although the rules seem to apply equally to Protestant and Catholic parts of the country.I think that some little shops can open especially in rail stations so you can still buy food and whatnot.
You may investigate Baarle Nassau in the south of the Netherlands. There you have pieces of Begium in theNetherlands and again dutch patches in a Belgian patch….. Interesting stuff.
we have a few towns here in North America where part is in Canada and part is in the US. Broadly speaking, there isn't a problem despite very different political and societal views on either side of the town. One amusing example is a town where some houses sit on American soil, and their driveways are on Canadian soil. Generally speaking, good will conquers all.
Leuk
Border villages in Europe have gotten more and more united, while border villages in North America have gotten more and more divided.
What a delight to watch… Thank you so much for making these great videos. BR, Per (Denmark)
Living on this Dutch German border I can see the subtle differences even if there is no actual border left.
Cross border cooperation can lead to some weird stuff. I have seen German ambulances coming to the rescue on the Dutch side of the border and Dutch firetrucks dousing fires on the German side.
As an added bonus both side of the border still speak the same dialect.
Baarle is just a bit stranger village on the map.
Do they communicate with each other in German or Dutch? Or a third language such as English?
Europapa avant la lettre
Meanwhile India is building electrified border fences
If some of those politicians in both Germany and the Netherlands did not learn the lesson from brexit (severe economic consequences for U.K. that just get worse every year) than I am sorry for them.
How about Barlem/Barlaam Belhium/the Netherlands.
Similar to Baarle Hertog and Baarle Nassau on the Belgian ‐ Netherlands bborder. The wife sleeps on one side of the bed in the Netherlands, and hubby sleeps in Belgium.
Verdammt, ich habe ein falsches Video gesehen! Ich habe nicht gewisst, dass ein Video auf English ist auch verfügbar (ich bin nicht aus Deutschland). 😀
Great work. Why only 12K subscribers?!??
What a Great example of integration … I say this coming from "Little England"
Fantastic video as always, whenever I see you posted a new video it's always a treat!
It is separated by colonisation.
Great video thanks for sharing
Aalten is a boring place but you can also briefly mention that Angus Young from AC/DC has lived there with his Dutch wife for 40 years.
Lol, very interesting that the historical society guy from the Dutch side has a Dutch accent when speaking German, alltough historically these villages spoke the same Westphalian dialect of Low German.
Super leuke film! Dit is wat Europa leuk maakt!
I find this sort of thing so fascinating. I come from a country that has no land borders so European borders and the history of them is so interesting to me. I can't imagine growing up in a place that has another country across the road. The cooperation between diverse countries, sharing a continent should be an inspiration to other continents.
Germany got it right with closing on Sunday.
Fascinating!
I always love your videos but I especially like your Baarle Hertog/Nassau and Dinxperwick episodes. They show that borders don't have to be an issue if you talk and cooperate. Something certain countries on the other side of the globe can learn something from.
👋🏼 Small struggling Travel Channel here. I love your content, thanks for this great video! You inspire me to keep grinding my channel, maby one day I’ll grow as big as you 🥲
Toont maar weer aan hoe absurd het begrip grens eigenlijk is.