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Belgium and the Netherlands Swap Land, and Remain Friends
- alpha0mega 7y agoGiven the cultural/religious background that is easier probably here than elsewhere.
- yumraj 7y agoIndia and Bangladesh have done something similar in 2015 and have remained on good terms. [0] India received 51 Bangladeshi enclaves (covering 7,110 acres (2,880 ha)) in the Indian mainland, while Bangladesh received 111 Indian enclaves (covering 17,160 acres (6,940 ha)) in the Bangladeshi mainland [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Bangladesh_enclaves https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Bangladesh_enc...
- deca6cda37d0 7y agoNow they should fix this one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Nassau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baarle-Nassau Although it’s funny
- mcv 7y agoThat's harder to fix, because there's actual people living there. Also, I suspect the people living there are used to it, like it this way, and it might even be good for tourism. That's a lot to give up.
- johnchristopher 7y agoThere should a 2016 in the title. I remember it being discussed here at the time.
- mobilemidget 7y agoBit strange I have to read about this on nytimes via hn, it wasn’t even in the 20:00 news in NL?
- detaro 7y agoIt's from November 2016.
- mobilemidget 7y agoHmm cannot remember anything from then either; now it’s a bit late to say I want to reconsider the friendship :-)
- sccxy 7y agoPrevious discussion in 2016: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13065601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13065601