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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Susie Beever

Life in bizarre town where homes have country borders running right through the middle

For most of the world, getting up, taking a shower and going out for groceries is a regular morning routine - but for residents in this town, it's one that involves crossing several geopolitical borders.

Baarle-Hertog is a Belgian enclave in the Netherlands at the border, which in itself has smaller Dutch enclaves named Baarle-Nassau.

Wander around the small town, and it feels like any other - but look down and the ground is strewn with confusing lines of little crosses marking each country's 24 tiny annexes of land.

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