Why Belgium and The Netherlands Share The World’s Weirdest Border

An ugly, confusing mess

Grant Piper

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Baarle-Hertog (Public domain)

Belgium and The Netherlands have a long and complicated history that dates back to the 1830 Belgian Revolution. Before declaring independence, Belgium was once a part of a much larger United Kingdom of the Netherlands. (Not related to the United Kingdom mind you.) From that point on the two nations have been…

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Grant Piper

Professional writer. Amateur historian. Husband, father, Christian.