#27

The one in Belgium/Netherlands where a restaurant is split down the middle between the two borders and half of the customers have to move across the room because one side of the restaurant has to close based upon the different licensing laws between the two countries.

That one.

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#28

Was just going to post it myself-

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#29

Brasserie Den Engel in Baarle-Nassau.

The Belgian town of Baarle-Hertog is an enclave in the south of the Netherlands surrounded by the town of Baarle-Nassau. Many houses are located in both countries, with the kitchen in Belgium and the living room in the Netherlands, or vice versa. Border markers are drawn on the street throughout the two towns. mainly as a tourist attraction.

The actual border map looks something like this:

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#30

Like this one as well. Inconvenient bit of peninsula that ended up in the US after the 49th parallel was drawn up

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#31

Fascinated by the houses that are split into both Belgium and Netherlands and that they decided that you pay tax to the country where your front door is.

#32

Le Baarle-Nassoi

#33

It’s this one

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#34

Twas probably when these were introduced…

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#35

When Surbiton changed from being in Surrey to being in London in 1965. Probably your least favourite eh, @anon29812515?

#36

Offa’s Dyke, door no other reason than ours an excuse to post more JSBX.

Gotta dig that ditch!

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#37

At the weekend I was talking about my mate from university (Dan from downstairs) who would tell people he was from London but was actually from Kingston!

#38

A much-disputed border historically - Srasbourg’s been both French and German before.

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#39

#40

Basically - it was a little bump sticking out of the very top end of Manhattan. It became an island when they dug a canal across the southern end to shorten ship journeys, and then became part of the mainland when 20yrs later the river on the north side was filled in.

But it’s still jurisdictionally part of Manhattan, and I think is the only part of the borough located on the US mainland.

#41

remember the bookshop, borders? someone could do a post about that

#42

I used to play Magic: the Gathering there. What a dork.

#43

It’s hard to think of any good border changes. Maybe removal of the borders within Germany?

The one that irks me most is Warrington moving from Lancashire to Cheshire in 1974.

#44

I have a story relating to a Border. Last year we were staying near Marbella in Spain. We had a hire car and thought we drive to the border of Gibraltar park the car and have a mooch around the rock. We followed the signs to this car park near the border then joined the queue to enter the car park. However we must have gone wrong somewhere. Because next thing we are in a queue of traffic and a Spanish police officer was checking our passports. My wife said is this way to the car park for gibraltar. The police man said no. You’re in Gibraltar! If you don’t want to bring your car in you have to turn left and go back into spain! We found the car park eventually. Interesting thing about Gibraltar is that when you go through the border you have to walk across the Gibraltar runway to reach the country itself. Obviously this is strictly controlled.

#45

Don’t even know what this refers to but I like it.

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#46

the only nice part of hampshire was stolen from us, basically

(didn’t ask)

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