巴勒是一座横跨比利时与荷兰的奇特小镇,被称为世界飞地之都。这里国界线错综复杂,穿过房屋、街道和店铺,居民在家中就能跨国生活。小镇拥有两套行政、邮政与公共服务,却依然和睦共处、亲如一家。
This looks like a perfectly typical European town, but there's more to this place than meets the eye.
Here, there's two of almost everything.
Two police units, two large churches, two post offices, two town halls and two mayors.
And inside some people's homes, there are even two countries.
When my wife is cooking in Belgium, and when we eat, it's here and that's Holland.
Wait, what's going on here?
Welcome to Baarle, a town divided between two countries in a confusing puzzle.
Parts of it belong to the Netherlands, that's Baarle-Nassau, and the other parts belong to Belgium, Baarle-Hertog.
But it's still one town.
The community of 7,000 people straddles the border of both countries.
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