Plan to go this weekend for my day trip. Baarle-Hertog ist die kleinste selbstständige Gemeinde der belgischen Provinz Antwerpen und besteht aus 22 belgischen Exklaven – umringt von der niederländischen Gemeinde Baarle-Nassau – und dem Dorf Zondereigen, das keine Exklave ist, sondern südlich der durchgehenden Grenze im belgischen Mutterland liegt. The borders are painted on the roads and pavements, while front doors are marked or flagged with their national identity. Thank you 👍🏻Do let me know how you get on Marvie. Or is it? Both the Dutch and the Belgian parliaments voted against the motion.Walking through the Baarles is a unique experience. I was listening to a BBC story about the upcoming NL elections and they referenced some towns in the southern Netherlands. It’s quite a confusing place isn’t it?Very interesting village. Bij restaurant “Bistro la Frontière”, op de grens van Baarle Nassau en Baarle en Hertog, kun je heerlijk eten en gastronomisch genieten in een authentieke omgeving. Baarle-Nassau (brab. There are 2 fire services, 2 churches, 2 police services, and double provisions for electricity and telephony.A good question. Between border posts 214 and 215, instead of a fixed border, each of 5,732 pockets of land had their nationality laid down separately.There have been numerous attempts to dismantle the enclaves. In political geography, an enclave is a country or part of a country lying wholly within the boundaries of another country. This isn’t just crazy theory; it’s crazy practice too. You will also notice that in the streets divided into Belgian and Dutch parts, there is no continuous numbering of houses. Let me know how you get on in Baarle-Nassau!Great little place but … for de senior people visiting, and as in Belgium proper, dont expect any public conveniences at all best you can do is go to a local pub and order something, very costly and naturally the problem starts all over again after a short while, be warned!Dank u wel! One house even has a front door where the border goes right through the middle of it.What’s more, as each house is deemed to pay taxes in the country where its front door is located, it is an old tradition in Baarle to move the front door some metres if that creates a more favourable fiscal situation. The origins of this puzzle lie with medieval feudalism, which split up the land into a patchwork of pockets that belonged to the local duke or count. More than one family has moved their front door from one country to another.The inhabitants of the Baarles are certainly efficient in attracting tourists.

Many places have jagged borders, but few are as convoluted as the jumble of white crosses that marks the intertwined towns of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog.

Adres: Molenstraat 17, 2387 Baarle-Hertog, Tel: (014) 69 93 07 In this area, some pockets were owned by the Duke (hertog) of Brabant (hence Baarle-Hertog) and others by the House of Nassau (hence Baarle-Nassau).After the independence of Belgium in 1831, the border between Belgium and the Netherlands had to be determined by a border commission. Baarle-Nassau would then join with nearby Alphen and Chaam to form a new Dutch municipality. And no, these are not different names for the same place. This of course means great business for the many shops (open on Sundays), cafés and restaurants.It’s a fascinating place to visit. Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau are made up of no fewer than 30 enclaves: 22 Belgian enclaves, 1 Dutch enclave and 7 Dutch sub-enclaves (don’t even ask …!). In the area around Baarle, this patchwork of parcels was so complex that it proved impossible to come to a definitive agreement. Insightful blog. For a start, Baarle-Hertog is not actually on the Belgium-Netherlands border at all. She then takes a pencil or crayon and draws lines around collections of pieces from the same puzzle. But you might just want to wander around the streets and take in the atmosphere of this truly bizarre piece of Belgium, or should I say truly bizarre I’m planning to visit Baarle-Nassau-Hertog in the New Year as it really does seem to be a fascinating place(s).

The history of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog dates back to the Middle Ages, and the geographical anomaly has attracted tourists from all over the world. As recently as 1996, plans were drawn up to make Baarle-Hertog part of Turnhout. Zitting 2: 19.30 (of later) tot einde avond Baarle-Hertog and Baarle-Nassau are made up of no fewer than 30 enclaves: 22 Belgian enclaves, 1 Dutch enclave and 7 Dutch sub-enclaves (don’t even ask …!