💗 Schengen
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@fj
Just got home from a short holiday in the south of Dutch Limburg. Walking and driving, we crossed the borders of the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium more than a dozen times. Sometimes you only became aware of arriving in another country when the road surface and traffic signs changed. Freedom in its purest form! -
Schengen “Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the towns of Baarle-Hertog-Nassau, you can fly from the Netherlands into Belgium and back.”
Borders are a construct, but this swing isn't
Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the
The European Correspondent (europeancorrespondent.com)
@fj When I was fitter I managed to cartwheel across one of the borders at Vaalserberg. I can't remember which border, because I was full of Dutch bier at the time
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@Provincial @fj Like this? Pretty wild border shape!
@ticho @Provincial @fj talking about OpenStreetMap, someone has already mapped it
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Schengen
“Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the towns of Baarle-Hertog-Nassau, you can fly from the Netherlands into Belgium and back.”
Borders are a construct, but this swing isn't
Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the
The European Correspondent (europeancorrespondent.com)
@fj so presumably they had to set up some kind of bilateral committee to ensure equal funding from both sides, equal opportunities for contractors to set it up, written plans for liability, maintenance etc. etc.
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@fj Imagine this 80 years ago! It is remarkable how far we came from a continent always at war. Not everything is perfect, but we are on the right track.
@littlealex @fj not all of us
*looks on from little England -
@littlealex @fj not all of us
*looks on from little England@noodlemaz @fj That's temporary...
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Schengen
“Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the towns of Baarle-Hertog-Nassau, you can fly from the Netherlands into Belgium and back.”
Borders are a construct, but this swing isn't
Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the
The European Correspondent (europeancorrespondent.com)
@fj they have this on the Estonia-Latvia border too, it may have inspired it, as it's been around quite a bit longer!
Valga and Valka get unique shared central square
The border cities of Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia now share a unique central square half of which is in one country and the other half in the other. The vision to restore the once broken historical space in a modern way came from Catalan architects.
ERR (news.err.ee)
#Estonia #Latvia #Schengen #Europe #eupol #borders #baltics #baltic #balticstates
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@fj they have this on the Estonia-Latvia border too, it may have inspired it, as it's been around quite a bit longer!
Valga and Valka get unique shared central square
The border cities of Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia now share a unique central square half of which is in one country and the other half in the other. The vision to restore the once broken historical space in a modern way came from Catalan architects.
ERR (news.err.ee)
#Estonia #Latvia #Schengen #Europe #eupol #borders #baltics #baltic #balticstates
@aliide Love it! More #BorderSwings
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Schengen
“Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the towns of Baarle-Hertog-Nassau, you can fly from the Netherlands into Belgium and back.”
Borders are a construct, but this swing isn't
Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the
The European Correspondent (europeancorrespondent.com)
@fj i don't think baarle-nassau ever had a proper border that schengen softened up. it is a very special place, look it up on osm: https://osm.org/go/0EuEZHA
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@ticho @Provincial @fj talking about OpenStreetMap, someone has already mapped it
@mdione @Provincial @fj Love the "source=common sense" tag on the changeset.
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@fj I love it. I just wonder how long will it take until this will be exploited for some kind of weird tax deduction fraud scheme buried deep in historic national and EU tax law (#CumSwingEx).
like this:
in the beginning of 1963, the town of Elten was Dutch, but on August 1, it became German
Dutch and German traders moved their trucks into Elten with all sorts of cargo in late July that was usually subject to import tax (butter, coffee, etc)
so when the borders shifted Aug 1, there was no import tax, because the goods hadn't moved
the event became known as "Eltener Butternacht": Butter Night
it was so huge they had to do road repairs
Eltener Butternacht maakte exporteurs rijk
Op 31 juli 1963, vandaag 47 jaar geleden gebeurde het: De Eltener Butternacht, een bijzondere anekdote in de Nederlands-Duitse geschiedenis.
Duitsland Instituut (duitslandinstituut.nl)
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@fj they have this on the Estonia-Latvia border too, it may have inspired it, as it's been around quite a bit longer!
Valga and Valka get unique shared central square
The border cities of Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia now share a unique central square half of which is in one country and the other half in the other. The vision to restore the once broken historical space in a modern way came from Catalan architects.
ERR (news.err.ee)
#Estonia #Latvia #Schengen #Europe #eupol #borders #baltics #baltic #balticstates
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@fj i don't think baarle-nassau ever had a proper border that schengen softened up. it is a very special place, look it up on osm: https://osm.org/go/0EuEZHA
Belgium has plenty crazy "borders" in the east, too - exclaves and enclaves with Germany - 1st & 2nd WorldWar related...
On the pic you can run/walk Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands also within a second.
It's a nice place to visit and btw. the highest point of continental Netherland (322m above sea level) - 30km south is Belgiums highest point with 694m
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Schengen
“Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the towns of Baarle-Hertog-Nassau, you can fly from the Netherlands into Belgium and back.”
Borders are a construct, but this swing isn't
Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the
The European Correspondent (europeancorrespondent.com)
@fj i mean ur right that was never really high on my list of things to do in life but hey lowkey i’d do this just to say that i did
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@fj they have this on the Estonia-Latvia border too, it may have inspired it, as it's been around quite a bit longer!
Valga and Valka get unique shared central square
The border cities of Valga in Estonia and Valka in Latvia now share a unique central square half of which is in one country and the other half in the other. The vision to restore the once broken historical space in a modern way came from Catalan architects.
ERR (news.err.ee)
#Estonia #Latvia #Schengen #Europe #eupol #borders #baltics #baltic #balticstates
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Schengen
“Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the towns of Baarle-Hertog-Nassau, you can fly from the Netherlands into Belgium and back.”
Borders are a construct, but this swing isn't
Have you ever wanted to fly across a border more than 40 times in one minute? No? As of last month, you can do it anyway: By hopping on a swing in the
The European Correspondent (europeancorrespondent.com)
@fj It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing -
@mrtnsnp @fj @herbert_tiemens each period includes two border crossings, so 40 is pretty accurate
@jaseg @mrtnsnp @fj @herbert_tiemens
Nevertheless, 38 is below 40, not above 40, as stated in the OP.But looking at the picture, the chains seem to be shorter than 2.23 meters, so everything should be fine!
this is why I love Mastodon. Is there a chance that because it is styled after a traditional swing (see pic) as opposed to a child's swing, there may be some sort of exception? (e.g. not play — though still looks to be high enough/enough of an injury risk)
