Frédéric Jacobs on nostr

💗 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.”

https://europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/borders-are-a-construct-but-this-swing-isnt

Aliide · 1w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqfw5wmljzwd0t7yjwgddz38v5cfda6dlk08zfg5phrq3263vhfkaq5g5rtp they have this on the Estonia-Latvia border too, it may have inspired it, as it's been around quite a bit longer! https://news.err.ee/1220302/valga-and-valka-get-unique-shared-central-...

stf · 1w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqfw5wmljzwd0t7yjwgddz38v5cfda6dlk08zfg5phrq3263vhfkaq5g5rtp 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

Frank Heijkamp · 1w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqfw5wmljzwd0t7yjwgddz38v5cfda6dlk08zfg5phrq3263vhfkaq5g5rtp Does anyone know if swing safety regulations are harmonised in the Benelux countries?

Malin Dixon · 1w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqfw5wmljzwd0t7yjwgddz38v5cfda6dlk08zfg5phrq3263vhfkaq5g5rtp I do hope that anyone who uses the swing isn't going to need to mention every visit to a foreign country on something like the US immigration form.

Arthur van der Harg · 1w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqfw5wmljzwd0t7yjwgddz38v5cfda6dlk08zfg5phrq3263vhfkaq5g5rtp Imagine how it used to be! “Passport please” “Passport please” “Passport please” “Passport please” “Passport please” “Passport please”