This Bizarre Town is Stuck in 2 Countries! 🇳🇱🇧🇪
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Welcome to BAARLE, a unique and fascinating village located on the border of the Netherlands and Belgium. In this video, my local friend Bram and I take you on a journey through the streets of Baarle, exploring its rich history, culture, and unique characteristics.
As we walk through the village, you'll notice that the border between the two countries is not always clear, with some houses and even streets divided between the Netherlands and Belgium. This is due to a series of land disputes and treaties dating back to the Middle Ages, which have resulted in the unusual configuration of Baarle.
But Baarle is not just about its border and history, the village offers a wonderful array of cultural experiences from live music, theater and art events. Some of the local festivals and events you can expect to find include the annual cherry blossom festival, where you can enjoy live music, food and activities for the whole family, and the Christmas market, which is a perfect place to find unique gifts and enjoy the festive atmosphere.
We also take you to some of the most beautiful and interesting places in and around Baarle. From the St. Willibrordus church, which dates back to the 11th century, to the nearby nature reserve, where you can enjoy a peaceful stroll or bike ride.
This video is a must-see for anyone interested in history, culture, and unique experiences. So hit the subscribe button and join us as we discover the hidden gems of Baarle, a village like no other.
PS - The highlight of the story was visiting 97-year-old bartender, Nel, who has been working at the same bar for over 70 years! Can you believe that? If you ever visit Baarle, please visit her and tell her that I say hi!
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Thanks for watching! This video was less of an adventure but more of a really interesting corner of the world that I wanted to share with you. I’m just curious - do you prefer seeing more adventures/challenges or more educational pieces like this? Or maybe a hybrid of both? Have a great weekend!
Hybrid of both!
thanks for visiting my country (Belgium) and our northern neighbours of the Netherlands.
Hello bro, I'm from Uzbekistan, I'm a big fan of your videos, I'm really enjoy when I follow your adventures, so i have a question, can I able to visit Jordan, Petra for five-day trip for only 500$, if so is Jordan travel visa easy to get or not, I'm looking forward to get an answer from you, thanks
I’ve heard of this town and really want to visit!! 🇳🇱🇧🇪🇪🇺
this felt like a good hybrid anyways, you still explored a bit while it was still educational. just as fascinating/interesting to me, i didn’t even know about this!
As a Fleming/Belgian, to me this town represents the love and close friendship between Flanders/Belgium and the Netherlands. BE ❤NL
There's a reason we don't have any enclaves with the French xD
@@Cerbyz1 Couldn't agree more ;)) lmao
Ondanks alle Belgen grappen houden we wel van jullie hoor ❤
@@pinda0783 nou dat vind ik niet 😉
@@pinda0783 Insgelijks! :) ;)
This is amazing, the 2 kids you interviewed at the 8:10 mark are my kids. Ian and Ayden. They came home running telling me they have seen you in town. I just woke them up and showed them this video! Thnx for making my kids day 😁👍
Yo that’s epic
Wow wow wow 💖 kind of love this.
their english is great!
@@maiskorrel they don't know other Languages except English 😄😄
I'm called aydin!
During Covid restrictions when the Dutch and Belgian restrictions were different many interesting complications occurred - like shops having to shut half of their counters.
Wow! 🤯
Ha ha that’s funny 😂 must have bin very interesting!
it was no much difference (im belgian
)
I live there, this is untrue....
Really?😃
That lady is indestructible! No war, no Covid, can stir her. God bless her. Greetings from Serbia. 💞
She sure is, her name is Nel Peeters. She has wonderful stories to tell. I've had a couple of drinks there in 2018 when I dated a Romanian girl who lived in Baarle Hertog, I used to park my car in Belgium and the Netherlands simultaneously.
She passed today away due to corona, but thank you for your support.
We appreciate Drew’s consistency and dedication throughout the years. May God bless him.
Thanks so much! It’s hard to be consistent on RUclips !
"He is a Jew, saying god is so discriminating!"
-Emily Wokerson, professionally offended
I hope you get this was a joke
Hello? Why do I see your comments everywhere? Do you watch youtube 24/7 or something? Or are you a bot? a cyborg? a superhuman? It kind of freaks me out
Yeah I agree Drew is a hardworking RUclipsr!
@@starwarsnerd47484 The joke is that Jews don't say the name of God, they say HaShem or abbreviate it to G-d. Yeah I get it but it's not funny and I don't see why bashing social liberals has to come into this.
I'm Dutch and actually visited Baarle this summer for the first time in my 50 year life-span. Really unique. It breathes history. Because what you did not touch up on was the unique role it played during both WW's. It was a relay hub for mail, a place of contact and smugglers abused it's unique properties.
You love borders, but IMO it shows the rediculousness of borders.
BTW: You reaching out to the eldery lady really moved me!
I used to come there at least once a year. but in recent years it has become less attractive for fireworks. half of the Netherlands is coming.
I’m Belgium and I heard of the name but didn’t know about the enclaves and that it’s part Belgium until this video, but now I want en go visit it aswell
Hallo mensen 9:21
@@Jaylin23 wat bedoel je met hallo mensen?
I’m dutch too!
Thank you for showing this. As a Dutch person I can say proudly that even if we joke about each other a lot, we see the Belgians as our little brother that we like to bully every now and then haha. Dutch and Flemish are basically the same language and people with a different dialect. Proud of my Belgian bros and hope to have a lekker biertje with you guys! Love from the Netherlands!
Exactly❤
vlaams is geen taal, in belgië spreken we nederlands. vlaams is dialect
Ik heb ook een dialect flakkees maar t is best makkelijk te begrijpen haha :D
Ik kan niets anders zeggen dat ik het hier mee eens ben hahaha, ‘t is ook wel grappig om te zien hoe noordelijker je in Nederland gaat hoe anders je bepaalde letters uitsrpeekt in vergelijking met het zuidelijke deel van vlaanderen, maar toch blijft het “dezelfde” taal :)
Translation: i can’t say anything more but that i fully agree on that, also it’s funny the further you go up in the Netherlands the different you say some letters in comparison to the southern part of Flanders, even though it’s the “same” language :)
Dankje! Ik ben belgisch. Als ik je ooit zie bij de grens, doen we zeker een biertje! 😂
“The Dutch gave a larger tip than the Belgians.”
My perception of the world is falling apart.
dit klopt niet
Ik was ook mindblown toen ze dat zei hahaha
@@CasGroenigen Toch wel.
Yeah, that's the flemish but the Walloons will give more tips than the Dutch for sure. As I'm from Wallonia we always notice Dutch almost never give tips.^^ It might be a cliche but Dutch is quite stingy^^
@@arthurwanderstheworld You only get tips if you deserve it.....
Belgium is a lovely country to visit and I say that as a Dutch woman. Some wonderful historic towns ! Indeed great chocolate, the best waffles, good fries with Mayo !
Fries with frietsaus
We love you too!
It must be a truly unique experience growing up in such town. Also, the old lady was very inspiring. I wish I could be a frequent customer at her bar and listen to all her stories of the past. Thanks for these great videos, Drew!
What strikes me the most is the respect you put video together! Dankjewel for it!
Wow Drew, that's awesome! It's so cool that you could be in the Netherlands and Belgium at the same time. I love both countries. Maybe I'll come here to try out this experience! Hopefully one day I will. 😄 🇳🇱 🇧🇪
Yeah it was so fascinating!
Note that both nationalities can live together but the Belgian enclaves - even without the agreement - never would consider becoming Dutch territory.
I remember planning a trip from work here in the UK to our office in the Netherlands and seeing all these crazy section of borders just on the Dutch side of the Netherlands/Belgium border. Zooming in I saw enclave within enclave. Being from an island, where you don't really see much difference without crossing a body of water, this really blew my mind. Knowing how lovely the Dutch and Belgian people are, this is definitely worth a detour to check out. Thanks for the insight
Can we just appreciate how much work drew does just for us?
Pork ridda
He works for money not you lol
Yeah I’d say it’s both
He says that while it's unbelievably cool, it's also a 16+-hour day every day.
He does the work so we dont need to (travel) lol
Im suprised theres a 95 year old women how not only is almost the age Of Queen Elizibeth The II But She ran a Bar for over 60 Year’s! Respect to this lady. (Edit: thanks guys ive never had this many likes before!)
Dankjewel for making this video! It was fun to hear my native language in your video once 🤣. And so nice of you to call Nel! ❤ And yes, visiting Belgian and/or Netherlands and not eating fries is a crime!
India and Bangladesh had this kinda very complex borders (involving exclaves and enclaves of each other's country)...But then both countries came together and exchanged these territories to resolve this complex situations
Still have problems, from Indian security guards
@@anonymous47111 yeah bcuz illegal immigration into India is rampant from Bangladesh side.
They basicly not fix the situation because they would loose the status as tourist atraction.
@@hendrikvanderwiel5525 And I think it's not necessary here - the same language and currency, EU, Schengen Area but also (as you said) a tourist atraction + I think that people living there don't really want any changes here because they're just used to that situation and they are happy with ✨their small tradition✨
Imagine in Belgium or Netherlands did a Brexit?!?
Interesting, I was never taught about Baarle at school in the Netherlands. Looks like a confusing but fun place, good thing you don't need a passport to get around it. Imagine all the border checkpoints you'd need! I grew up Dutch but have been Australian for over 50 years now, nice to learn something new.
Why'd you go to Australia
We actually had border checks during Covid. I work in Belgium (Turnhout) so to travel there from (baarle) I had to go trough the checkpoint all the time. The checkpoint was set up in the next town over into belgium, because like u said, it would be chaos if they would do it in town. lol.
Dutchie that lived in Belgium here. This little village shows the bond Belgians/Flemish people and us Dutch people have w one another :)
Op elke vakantie dat ik ooit geweest ben altijd direct bevriend met Nederlanders dus klopt als een bus.
🇳🇱♥️🇧🇪
Verschillende paspoorten, maar allemaal Brabanders...
Antwerpen, Noord Brabant en Vlaams Brabant delen veel meer dan Friesland en Twente.
I was very touched because my father was born same year with the fine old lady, he too, was telling me so many stories about the German occupation in Greece...
He also got pneumonia last February, but unfortunately didn't make it.
Wishing her to be healthy and strong.
Grandma from bar was the best thing. I love the way old people pour out their heart. Would definitely be there one day. Also, such a beautiful video :)
love this video! Going to visit this town when I go to Belgium! Thank you Drew!!
u mean Netherlands too
That was really sweet of you to follow up and share the video with that amazing lady who got sick... very touching to see. Glad she's doing good:)
Really cool, I lived in Antwerp 2 months and in Rotterdam for 2 months too.. Both countries have very friendly people and good english speakers. I am excited about both countries🙂
95 jaar oud, respect voor deze hardwerkende vrouw!!
I've only watched a few of your videos now, just came across your channel tonight! But I can tell how much you appreciate the older generation and I really really appreciate the sincere interviews you are able to conduct with those people with a camera faced at them.
I was touched by the older lady….what a travel highlight. The girl from the snackbar was also very kind and humble nice vid
I know we make jokes about each other sometimes but it’s mutual love imo. The same as I do with my friends. I think the Belgian and Dutch people both have things we envy from each other and our history goes way back that the bond we have is so deep.
For real
Wat voor grapjes maken Nederlanders over Belgen?
@@basil-vander-elst Dat als je slechte wegen tegenkomt weet je dat je in België bent aangekomen
I was born and raised here (Belgium); I turned 41 last week... and it is THE FIRST TIME I HEAR ABOUT THIS TOWN! Dankjewel!
I’m also 40 and didn’t know about this eather, ok I heard the name Baarle-Hertog en Baarle-Nassau before but I thought they were just 2 Dutch towns
@@polartist Mauve Theo dont want us to know that we can live together in a situation that is way worse than Belgium already is 😅.
Mauve Theo!?
@@polartist I don’t know what the spelling corrector tried to “correct”. Mauve Theo sounds like an RSCA fanboy. I meant” Because they don’t want us”.
Drew is so pure man....What a treasure of a human being.
Thank you so much Drew for staying consistent, true to yourself and educating the whole world with cultures, geography and landscapes. Wish we had more people like you, I truly, convincingly believe you make the world a better place. Education and knowledge is key to breaking down borders and ignorance!
If you ever plan on passing by Barcelona, please say in advance and I'd love to give you a tour!
I'm born in Uruguay, raised in Norway and worked in every continent apart from Africa for the past 7 years, permanently settled in Barcelona, there's truly nowhere better in my opinion!
Barcelona is my fAve place ever! And Cadaques, Girona erc + landscapes :-p
dude, im belgian and i was reading subtitles when the old bar lady was explaining her war stories... why do i not just listen why am i like this
It was a really nice video! Baarle is surely one of the most interesting places in Europe. Keep up the great work! Greetings from Hungary! 🙂🇭🇺
You make such wholesome content Drew! Thank you very much for this! I love both Netherlands and Belgium a lot, such awesome people. Greetings from Serbia!
The biggest benefit my Belgian father had, 35 years ago, was that diabetic products like jam were free and cheap available in the Netherlands but expensive and only available in the pharmacy in Belgium.
We lived near Baarle and grocery shopping was cheaper in the Dutch stores because of the lower taxes, clothing sales were also cheaper because in the Netherlands shops are allowed to sell at the wholesale price, in Belgium you always need to sell with a profit.
I was there two years ago, during the corona pandemic and it was really funny because Belgium and the Netherlands had quite different protection measures. Anyway, I enjoyed my time there. :)
Yuge confusion.
Amazing to see my cousin Bram on such a big channel.
Can't wait to see you again. (maybe with your birthday?)
Looking forward to sharing travel stories with each other.
Ooh wat leuk! Jaa zeker snel weer eens langskomen 😁
Nice
This was real nice Drew especially connecting back with the bartender.
I went to this town a few years back. Absolutely fascinating. Love to Belgium and the Netherlands from England.
love back
I really enjoyed this video Drew. How fascinating. I’m so glad the bartender is doing better. Thanks for taking us along.
I've always been so fascinated with Baarle, and I am so happy you've finally made a video on it! You made my day!
you know what i like the most from the video ? How tou treaded the people, the end was hartbreaking with nel, what a wonderful person she is. Thank you for sharing this amazing content.
Hi Drew! Great video!! And so funny that you stayed over at my place (with Bram) without me being there. Next time i'll be there for sure!👍👍
Yes! Thank you anyways for amazing hospitality!!
For anyone wondering why the majority of the Dutch and Belgian ppl speak very good English, it's because they get their first English lessons in kindergarten. The Netherlands is number 1 on speaking English for a country that don't have English as a native language. I believe Belgium is 3rd of 4rd on the list worldwide.
Ik denk 4de omdat noorwegen en zweden hoger zijn volgens mij
Also because Dutch is very close to English making it an easy language to learn. Dutch and Belgian people don't usually dub foreign movies so that helps too
Belgium as a whole is not so high up, but flanders is pretty much on par with the netherlands
It's just that all the french-speakers drag the average level down a lot, french-speaking people are notoriously bad at english
@@ihakker1416 that's because Dutch and English are both Germanic languages, it's hard to learn when your main language is French as thats a Roman language (i think that's pretty obvious tho)
another thing is, that Flemish people get pretty much forced to learn French in school, while the people in Wallonia get to choose wether they want to learn Dutch or not, if they also learned Dutch in kindergarten or elementary school they'd probably be much better at English aswell
not in kindergarten. don't overexxagerate lol
This was really a big surprise seeing a video from you about Baarle nassau / hertog. keep up the good work !
Imagine to have borders like the US and Mexico between them 😂. These kind of videos give me a warm feeling and should be an example for the rest of the world. How amazing is it to have such a great friendship between countries ❤
If you have the right surrounding conditions borders really don’t matter. You can live or work in any of the countries, pay with the same money regardless of your nationality, like the bar owner said, she doesn’t even know who is Belgian or Dutch. Since they speak the same language, the country you live is even more irrelevant, it only defines where you have to pay your taxes
@@SuperMistertoast Belgian Dutch and Netherlands Dutch is quite different though. Any Dutch and any Belgian will know within a second which country you're from.
@@SuperMistertoast Although to be honest, living in a place like that might blur the lines between the two dialects a bit lol
Imagine if North and South Korea has a border like this 💀
I just love this vlog. I’m so impressed on how clean that bar was! Love the old gal, thanks for sharing Drew.
I'm so glad he gave a travel tip containing: "Don't call them French fries", since it triggers me a lot as a Belgian haha
French Fries are ok to order right? Only most vendors (snackbars) in both the Netherlands or Belgium don't actually have them. (French Fries are here in the Netherlands those very thin hardly baked fries you receive at some fast food restaurants).
American says like that. In United Kingdom - Chips.
They aren't called French fries...but french fries.
Frenching is the way of cutting, not where they're from.
@@MaDDeX93 Chips and "Fries" are different in the UK though. In general Chips are thick-cut, whereas "fries" are thin, American-style
but if fries could talk they’d speak French, right ?
Drew, your videos are always so well edited, both informative, funny, touching, political when needed. And you have such a friendly and open way of handling the locals and people you meet. I'm a Belgian guy who met you in Prague this summer. I was kinda shy and didn't want to bother you, so I didn't keep you longer then a short chat and a selfie. But I was amazed by how friendly you were. Many thanks for visiting Baarle, greetings from Ghent! And lots of love to the dutch! 🇳🇱 🇧🇪
You’re in the Netherlands Drew? Come visit Groningen up north. This city is a student city since about a quarter of the population are students, some are international. On top of that, the city is not a tourist hotspot so if you want to be away from the hustle and bustle, Groningen city is the place to be. Finding a hotel would be difficult though, so I strongly recommend finding one in nearby Leeuwarden.
Actually hes in Belgium, no wait hes in Netherland, nvm hes in Belgium. Just forget it
I am Tanzanian but I wish someday to visit Arnhem and Eindhoven
Wow!! What a video! Amazing Video. Absolutely loved it. Thanks for bringing amazing stories for us Drew . This was a story which I would have probably never known if you hadn't uploaded this video. Thanks for the Amazing Content Drew.
I hope I am not late knowing you Drew. I am a fan for a month now and I am following you to all media. You are my inspiration. Ive watched like 200 plus videos of yours for a month now. Thank you! I want to travel the world too!
I love quirky places like Baarle, the king/queen of enclaves. There are lots of them in Europe, like Büsingen (Germany inside Switzerland), Campione d'Italia (Italy inside Switzerland), Llivia (Spain inside France), five German enclaves caused by the Belgian Vennbahn and a piece of Bosnia inside Serbia. There is even one here in Slovenia, a small piece of Croatia inside a Slovene village.
Greetings from Cebu, Philippines! This particular video fascinated me so much! Thanks Drew for bringing geography, culture, geo-politics etc. into social media! I admire your bravery when you stayed in dangerous places! Stay safe always.
7:08
“Work hard like i have since I was 13, and you will live to grow old.”
Bless her heart!
Just wow! And the most amazing segment was the one on which you encounter that nearly 96 years old rocking Lady at bar. She rocks💓
It’s terrific how well those kids are educated. Dutchies (and Belgians) between 10-12 years old speak English flawlessly, that’s stunning, they must have a very high (but difficult) level of education.
The 2 boys are my kids. They are American and we live abroad. The English they learned is from me. They only speak Dutch in school and learn france since they go to a Belgian school. I am proud of my boys English for having no teacher teach them. In our house it is dutch and English.
One important factor is that like in Scandinavia, in NL and Flanders TV programmes for all ages are shown in the original language so they watch a lot of US and British content in the original language, with subtitles in Dutch. Whereas in countries where the language is French, German, Spanish or Italian they don't as programmes and films are dubbed in the language of that country, so speakers of those languages tend not to have that advantage and their English is as a rule not as good as in Flanders, NL and Scandinavia. I'm pretty sure that in the French speaking part of Belgium they watch English language programmes on TV dubbed in French, hence you will meet francophone Belgians who don't speak English whereas pretty much all Flemish Belgians do speak English.
@@simonh6371 its true, but for childeren non-Dutch programs/movies actually are dubbed in Dutch in the Netherlands and Belgium. For Scandinavia I don't know.
@@blueeyeassasin lies.
@@TheXshot what are lies?
Fantastic Video!! Bram is fantastic and wearing a Brighton & Hove Albion FC T-shirt! I didn’t expect that as I’m a BHA FC myself!! I live in Aachen Germany that borders The Netherlands and Belgium! Vaalserberg also has three borders in one place. 🇩🇪🇧🇪🇳🇱🇪🇺
Thanks mate! :)
I remember driving in this town and I received like 10 text messages from my provider; welcome to Belgium!
🤣
I was there once with my Belgian relatives who live 30km from these two towns. They were nonchalant about this. I wished I knew how complicated their borders was. Many years later, I asked them to take me there again, they asked WHY?? For them there's nothing to see or do because they're like any other Belgian and Dutch towns. 😔
It's the same since the northern part of Belgium speaks dutch
When the gas prices were really high in the Netherlands. People that would live close to Baarle-Hertog would fill up their gas there since it would save you like €0,60 per liter, compared to Baarle-Nassau.
Love from Brabant, the Netherlands!❤️
They still do this here.
Im amazed by the english spoken by the children,.
Also, the EU surely made this whole ordeal much easier to manage
The Benelux is kinda the model the EU was built upon, so even before, these 3 countries had some rules for themselves.
The Netherlands is the best non-native English speaking country in the world 😁👏
@@ryonnl Yeah but these 2 boys are from Belgium not from the netherlands as mentioned in this video
@@ryonnl but dont let them try to speak French xd
@@alyssavannasse1783 Well French isn't a native language to us, it's the same like saying "dont let the French try to speak Dutch", they wouldn't get a word out
You are an amazing youtuber, it has been my dream to travel to every country! (i have already been to Ireland)
That leaves about 194 countries (besides your own an Ireland) to visit.
@@flitsertheo yup! Planning to visit Canada
Been there last 2019. Imagine yourself waking up in your bed in the Netherlands and taking a shower in Belgium then proceed to have your breakfast back again in the Netherlands and finally go to work in Belgium.
We love our Dutch brothers and sisters ! grtz from Antwerp, Belgium
We love your fries too.🤣🤣🤣
Mobile Legend MA wassup
I'm from The Netherlands and I love the way you vlog this it's awesome vey interesting. We also have a place with 3 lands point The Netherlands, Belguim and Germany. Hope you can visit that too. Love you Drew and your Filipina gf and your little puppy♥️♥️♥️
I visited this spot standing in 3 countries at one was a fun experience.
@@pipfield1901 nice :) youve been 3 different countries in just one step.
Vaalst
What is the 3 location name?
@@rasikasampath1453 see my answer above
As a dutchman, i can stronly agree, that i love belgium and that our border is amazing
We love you too!
I'm Belgian. What a great video! Baarle-Hertog is indeed a unique place on the map, but it shows that Belgians and Dutch people are really quite similar. Keep up the good video's, man!
Drew, this was so cool that you spended time in the south of Netherlands. Most people don't come there. First whit our red hair festival (I'm a dutch red one to) and now at Baarle Nassau. I see you had fun and was amazed by how things work there
Understanding the city's layout is essential. It's not odd; it's simply a delineation, much like the city limit. I come from Philly, specifically South Philly. As you approach the city limit, just one house over, you'll find yourself in North Philly or Southwest Philly, depending on your location.
The people still got their own accent. The cheese seller has a dutch accent, the 96 yr old has a belgium accent
Stop bot
The 96 does not have a Belgium accent, she has a Brabantian one.
thats not true
@@hansd3295 That is true!
@@Herrworth Ye I can confirm, its Brabantian, since I have the almost the same accent. Although the accents also vary a bit between towns.
I visited my friend in Baarle Hertog in 2016 but didn't manage to explore more of this unique municipality. Thanks Drew for doing this video
Fun to see you at Baarle! I live in Breda, and a lot of people from my school came from Baarle. If you have some time, come visit Breda! It's a beautiful and vibrant city, the 9th biggest in the Netherlands, and I'd love to show you around :)
Amazing story.....the highlight for me is that the old woman got better from her illness. I wish her many more years on earth with good health.
I live on the border of the Netherlands and Germany in glanerbrug(Nederland) right next to gronau(duitsland) and the way the Belgians Co exists is so different to how we do it
O dat wist ik niet.. Hoe gaat het daar?
A really cool video, especially the interview with the old lady.
Brilliant work Drew.
Beautiful !
Cheers From Laeken audherghem brussels Belgium.
Recently visited the Netherlands and stayed in Amsterdam but we made it our mission to go to Baarle after watching this video! 2 hour trip from Amsterdam but it was so worth it to visit somewhere so unique and we even found Disco Nels bar!
There is actually a point in the world where you can be in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands at the same time.
@luio4909 OH NO NOT THIS TELEGRAM THING AGAIN
The "3 countries point" yes i was there a few times
@@randomstuff7668 me too
that would be Vaals
Drielandenpunt
I'm in Baarle-Nassau a few times each month for work. Sometimes I'm driving in both countries at the same time because the border splits the road in half. :)
And as you have seen yourself, no issues with border crossings. Which would basically be impossible to guard anyway because there's so much border there. :P
9:17 see the sign with "vuurwerk"? That's Dutch for Fireworks, we Belgians like to buy them in the Netherlands (often illegal in Belgium :) )
I was there back in 2010, and sure, it's a fascinating place for us geonerds! On the other hand, it's really just another small, sleepy town in the border region, without much to do... I think there would have been a realignment of the border a long time ago, were it not for the tourism revenue created by this weird situation - as the elderly gentleman in the street cafe correctly pointed out.
Lived in Belgium for a year and I miss this little part of the world! Such nice people and amazing food and history!
I remember that during corona the Zeeman there could only sell shirts in a specific size because the other sizes were in the Belgian part and there the stores were closed due to covid
I've seen many videos about this theme/special place, but never with more personal stories like the woman behind the bar!! She looks so good and fit for her age, wow impressive!
As a Flemish guy living near the Netherlands, I didn't even know about this town. Great episode!
Was there recently for the fireworks. When Autumn comes arround its nothing but queue's of people trynna buy fireworks. Fireworks arn't illegal in the Netherlands contrary to what your buddy said but Belgium's rules are way less strict so that is why that town is essentially known for its fireworks and nothing else to the people here. Thing is for us being in the EU we rarely cross real borders anyway so its kinda whatever since a border doesn't mean a lot to us anymore
I am fascinated by different countries and their culture and this channel got me hooked
Thank you for this video. I've been living in Eindhoven 9 years nearly and I've always wondered about this strange/confusing part of the map. Thanks for breaking it down so simply (Dutch/Belgian type of simple)
Amazing video, I look forward to visiting this place one day
We also have one town in two countries - Latvia and Estonia. The town is called Valka in Latvian and Valga in Estonian.
On the border of Poland and Czech Republic, we have also town located in two countries. It is Cieszyn
Thanks for educating us! Born and raised in Brussels Belgium and lived there until I was 31 years old and wasn’t aware of that !
your videos make me happy, your so full of energy its so funny to see how you enjoy a simple waffle we in the netherlands and belgium eat those things all the time haha! great video
I love stuff like this, at the dutch/belgian border its a mess at some places down south almost as bad as in Baarle.
Keep up the great content and hope u enjoy your time in both countries.
These kids english is impressive! Looks like a great place for families and older people
These boys are my kids (Americans) They have only learned English from me at home. They go to a Belgian school and learn dutch and france. Thanks for the nice compliment to my kids.
It's quite striking to me that the way you say Baarle, kind of sounds like parley.Couldn't be more fitting! I'm proud of my country (BE) and I have always lived close to the Dutch border. We tease each other, but in a way that family does. Never with ill intent, always with love
It must be so fun to watch Netherlands vs Belgium football matches in the bars there! And I wonder if some of the people born in Baarle support Netherlands and Belgium?
Both I think. There are a lot of Belgians who support the Dutch team too. Fun thing when they lost against Czechia in the Euros, Belgians were screaming come on vuile Hollandse hoeren which means dirty Holland whores 😂 There is a lot of teasing like this going on but Dutch can take a joke like we take their jokes
Intresting and unique.Thanks Drew for covering this township.
This is a great story and video and I’m glad that 96 year old bartender is doing well best wishes to her
This is so cool! I definitely want to visit this place some day! Thanks for sharing!
as someone who is half Dutch half Belgian i love the existence of this place is just fun