devongeography posted: " I have always been amused by photos of the village of Baarle that show the international border between Belgium and the Netherlands running through the streets, and even through the middle of one café bar. I found equal entertainment in a recent news"
I have always been amused by photos of the village of Baarle that show the international border between Belgium and the Netherlands running through the streets, and even through the middle of one café bar.
I found equal entertainment in a recent newspaper article about the border between Belgium and France. It told of a farmer from Belgium who accidentally moved a boundary marker that resulted in him actually expanding the area of his home country by a few metres.
The farmer placed the stone, which has marked the international border for more than 200 years, 2.29 metres into France after it got in the way of his tractor. The unilateral boundary redraw was only noticed a few weeks later when an amateur historian came across it while walking in the forest.
The farmer has been told to replace the stone, or he might face criminal charges. International borders are not at all flexible!
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