Interesting border website

sam83uk · 28 Mar 2007 at 20:54

I stumbled upon this website via google, after viewing the pics on every page i felt i needed to share!!

http://grenzen.150m.com/border.htm

Basically its photos of mainly german/dutch border areas which are in built up places, so in effect some of the places you'd have to make an international phone call to call the guy across the road!

heres some of my fav border point pics for people who cba reading though the pages:

roundabout in two countries

international call needed to phone across the road

want to go abroad? cross to the other pavement

same again!

border runs though a house

Ja (: · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:47

Haha i think the person in that house holds the record for going from one country to the next the most amount of times!

SideWinder · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:49

Glad the UK is an island...imagine our border control problems if we weren't! :eek:

Scuzi · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:51

Ja (: said:
Haha i think the person in that house holds the record for going from one country to the next the most amount of times!

Honey, I'm off to Belgium to take a dump.
Honey, could you put the dog out into the Netherlands please?

Zefan · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:54

That's so cool!

Could you commit a crime on one side of the street, then run to the other singing na na nanaaa na then proceed to stick your tongue out, without being prosecuted?

jamoor · 28 Mar 2007 at 21:59

Gotta love this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

I was actually thinking about something similar to above,
what if you were speeding in france, then crossed over to begium while the police were chasing you, would they have to turn around?

One More Solo · 28 Mar 2007 at 22:04

jamoor said:
Gotta love this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

I was actually thinking about something similar to above,
what if you were speeding in france, then crossed over to begium while the police were chasing you, would they have to turn around?

Nah, you'd get detained and they'd plead ignorance.

Oh wait, that's Iran.

SiriusB · 28 Mar 2007 at 22:17

jamoor said:
Gotta love this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

I was actually thinking about something similar to above,
what if you were speeding in france, then crossed over to begium while the police were chasing you, would they have to turn around?

I'm sure if a town straddles a border then the police in that town would be allowed to pursue a suspect regardless of an imaginary line!

Besides they probably have extradition treaties

"That's right, Germany. I want you to extradite that man from that pub over the road!"

DELETED_36704 · 28 Mar 2007 at 22:20

Oii Dutch people on this side only!! do you think im attractive??

sam83uk · 29 Mar 2007 at 09:05

yes, i am

Lysander · 29 Mar 2007 at 11:04

God, all the roads and houses in Holland look the same.

Docaroo · 29 Mar 2007 at 12:58

its interesting reading about the Schengen (spl?) agreement and I must note that Switzerland don't implement it at all - they are mentalists when it comes to border control (coming in obviously).... I crossed to Chamonix for aroun 3 hours on an afternoon and we got stopped at the swiss borded while they performed full passport checks (over 30 mins!!)

AJUK · 29 Mar 2007 at 13:02

Nice find. I suppose it makes it easier the next time the Germans invade.

There is no effort to make a Euro superstate - honest.

Tru · 29 Mar 2007 at 13:12

CaSh_MoNeY said:
Oii Dutch people on this side only!! do you think im attractive??

Don't be a ringpiece, sam83uk contributes far more to GD than you do.

Abraham · 29 Mar 2007 at 13:24

jamoor said:
Gotta love this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement

I was actually thinking about something similar to above,
what if you were speeding in france, then crossed over to begium while the police were chasing you, would they have to turn around?

i imagine it works as in america where if they're in "hot pursuit" they can pursue you beyond their juristiction
however as mentioned above the police in the border town would commonly be active in both countries the same as everyone who lives there

DELETED_36704 · 29 Mar 2007 at 23:25

Tru said:
Don't be a ringpiece, sam83uk contributes far more to GD than you do.

Gee lighten up...what are you, his bodyguard?

It was only a joke in relation to 'that' thread.

bigredshark · 29 Mar 2007 at 23:31

not quite the same but when i was living in clapham, my house (and side of the street) were in lambeth and the other side of the road was in wandsworth. they even collected the rubbish on different days on each side of the street...it was all very amusing except the council tax on the other side of the road being a good 20% less...

Steve09 · 29 Mar 2007 at 23:38

haha
Nice find

Tru · 29 Mar 2007 at 23:56

CaSh_MoNeY said:
Gee lighten up...what are you, his bodyguard?

It was only a joke in relation to 'that' thread.

No, I'm not, that was a tired old jibe that you made because you know there are a handful of tossers who think it's funny. You're a coward.

DELETED_36704 · 30 Mar 2007 at 15:05

Tru, stop being childish, calling me names, you wont get a reaction from me.

Tru said:
No, I'm not

But you want to be...

Tru said:
...that was a tired old jibe that you made because you know there are a handful of tossers who think it's funny.

Hardly a tired old jibe is it?, 'ladies only do you think im attractive?' was an absolute classic thread lol, it had me in stitches for days and im sure many other members found it hilarious too.

I bet even sam83uk had a little giggle at his thread, and i apologise to him now if my joke above offends him.

So bog off tru.

*wonders what ill be called next :s*

Interesting border website

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