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Schengen โHave 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.โ
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 @herbert_tiemens If we estimate the length of the swing at 2.5 meters, then the period of the swing is 3.17 seconds, so the back-and-forth is 18.9 times per minute.
Did you try it, or did you calculate it?
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@fj @herbert_tiemens If we estimate the length of the swing at 2.5 meters, then the period of the swing is 3.17 seconds, so the back-and-forth is 18.9 times per minute.
Did you try it, or did you calculate it?
@mrtnsnp @fj @herbert_tiemens each period includes two border crossings, so 40 is pretty accurate
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Schengen
โHave 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.โ
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)
This is how all borders should be.
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Schengen
โHave 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.โ
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 hope one day every border in the world is like this.
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Schengen
โHave 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.โ
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 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).
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Schengen
โHave 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.โ
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 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.
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R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
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Schengen
โHave 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.โ
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 This is just awesome!
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Schengen
โHave 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.โ
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
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! -
@fj I hope one day every border in the world is like this.
@Provincial @fj Like this? Pretty wild border shape!
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Schengen
โHave 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.โ
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 should do a merry go round at Dreilรคndereck
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Schengen
โHave 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.โ
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 And if you fall off, can you go to hospital in either country?
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Schengen
โHave 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.โ
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 swings are, in fact, constructs
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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
โHave 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.โ
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
โHave 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.โ
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
โHave 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.โ
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
