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This Small Town Is Both Dutch and Belgian

Barle-Nassua is a strange town, to say the least. Due to some wacky border shenanigans which could only occur in Europe, part of the town resides in the Netherlands while the other part of the town is actually in Belgium. This is definitely one of those situations that are made possible only due to the lax border regulations and lack of border control between European countries. You could say it's somewhat of a geographical oddity.

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It's just so strange to think that some Cafes operate in two countries at the same time. One table could be seated on the Dutch side, while the other would reside on the Belgian side. Weird.