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A side note, Europeans have a less strict attitude towards borders (I mean once you are a citizen :-)). You can easily find yourself in another country just bec

A side note, Europeans have a less strict attitude towards borders (I mean once you are a citizen :-)). You can easily find yourself in another country just because of a wrong turn. Or like when I was in Norway, we would go grocery shopping to Sweden. Germans go for haircuts to Poland. Swedes go for alcohol to Denmark. Even between the ex-SFRY countries (except Croatia and Slovenia) the border passes are a formality, no passport needed for the residents.

simonsarris 8y ago
And then there's the Baarle-Nassau border in the Netherlands and Belgium: http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/11/the-curious-case-of-baarle-nassau-and.html http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/11/the-curious-case-of-baa...
- Fnoord 8y ago
  The border between The Netherlands and Belgium has been open for "ages" (as long as I can remember); way longer than the EU.
  - somabc 8y ago
    The Benelux Union was really the precursor model to the EU.
adventured 8y ago
Less strict than crossing between the borders of US states? I don't think so. It's clear your borders premise is itself too strict. At a national level beween Mexico-US-Canada it was more like that pre 9/11. The US Canadian border is/was famous for having been the longest unguarded border on earth. If you watch older movies before the very late 1990s you'll see routine crossings into Mexico / US / Canada as though it was no big deal, because that's how it was.
- isostatic 8y ago
  Pretty much. The only infrastructure you get between say Netherlands and Belgium is a signpost, but between Schengen and the customs union there's no reason not to. Between UK and Ireland it's less than that. On the Spain Portugal border there is some infrastructure, at least at some points. One of these is a zipline over a river. Between Netherlands and Germany the border actually runs through some public buildings. Are there any buildings that straddle state lines?
13of40 8y ago
Yeah, I remember (as an American) when I drove across the border from the Czech Republic to Germany the first time: I mentally prepared my answers to the standard questions, got my passport out, took a deep breath and drove up to the border crossing...only to find all of the buildings shuttered and the road completely open.
Swizec 8y ago
I remember back before the EU it was common while hiking in the mountains to accidentally step into Austria or Italy from Slovenia. The border was completely unprotected except for roads. Even on roads the border guards would generally wave you through without even looking at your passport. I imagine much of the border between Croatia and Slovenia is still like that. Go for a walk in the woods and nobody cares if you step over into another country. Altho this may hvae changed a bit with the recent migrant crysis. I hear fences were put up in some places
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somabc 8y ago
It's not so much a less strict attitude but a willingness to co-operate and allow citizens to pass unhindered thanks to the Schengen Agreement. Borders outwith Schengen or on the borders of the EU are policed strictly.

simonsarris 8y ago

And then there's the Baarle-Nassau border in the Netherlands and Belgium: http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/11/the-curious-case-of-baarle-nassau-and.html http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/11/the-curious-case-of-baa...

Fnoord 8y ago
The border between The Netherlands and Belgium has been open for "ages" (as long as I can remember); way longer than the EU.
- somabc 8y ago
  The Benelux Union was really the precursor model to the EU.

adventured 8y ago

Less strict than crossing between the borders of US states? I don't think so. It's clear your borders premise is itself too strict. At a national level beween Mexico-US-Canada it was more like that pre 9/11. The US Canadian border is/was famous for having been the longest unguarded border on earth. If you watch older movies before the very late 1990s you'll see routine crossings into Mexico / US / Canada as though it was no big deal, because that's how it was.

isostatic 8y ago
Pretty much. The only infrastructure you get between say Netherlands and Belgium is a signpost, but between Schengen and the customs union there's no reason not to. Between UK and Ireland it's less than that. On the Spain Portugal border there is some infrastructure, at least at some points. One of these is a zipline over a river. Between Netherlands and Germany the border actually runs through some public buildings. Are there any buildings that straddle state lines?

13of40 8y ago

Yeah, I remember (as an American) when I drove across the border from the Czech Republic to Germany the first time: I mentally prepared my answers to the standard questions, got my passport out, took a deep breath and drove up to the border crossing...only to find all of the buildings shuttered and the road completely open.

Swizec 8y ago

I remember back before the EU it was common while hiking in the mountains to accidentally step into Austria or Italy from Slovenia. The border was completely unprotected except for roads. Even on roads the border guards would generally wave you through without even looking at your passport. I imagine much of the border between Croatia and Slovenia is still like that. Go for a walk in the woods and nobody cares if you step over into another country. Altho this may hvae changed a bit with the recent migrant crysis. I hear fences were put up in some places

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somabc 8y ago

It's not so much a less strict attitude but a willingness to co-operate and allow citizens to pass unhindered thanks to the Schengen Agreement. Borders outwith Schengen or on the borders of the EU are policed strictly.