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The Tim Traveller did a video about it's current state a few years ago.
The more I think I am learning about western Europe Geography the less I really know
The Tim Traveller did a video about it's current state a few years ago.
Or, I dunno, call in the United Nations peacekeepers?There is even a pub at which the bar is in one country and the tables are in another country so if you order at the bar the sales tax goes to Switzerland and if you order at the table it goes to Germany. If a pub fight breaks out, I guess you need to tell the police in which half of the pub it is.
Strictly speaking the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay is not an enclave because it is not surrounded on all sides by Cuba. An enclave must be fully surrounded by the other entity.Speaking of “enclaves”…how ‘bout that “hot” tourist spot…Guantanamo Bay, USA in Cuba?
Unfortunately there are no railroads in the area anymore but back in the day when the Maine Central line to Eastport still existed you could see Deer Island which is in New Brunswick as your train ran along the peninsula that connected Moose Island (Eastport) with the mainland.Well, if we're talking enclaves, let's not forget the Northwest Angle in Minnesota and Point Roberts in Washington. And the only year round fixed link between Campobello Island in New Brunswick Canada and the mainland is a bridge to Lubec, Maine USA. (Though there is a ferry in the summer that connects to mainland Canada.)
There is also a Spanish enclave in France that has only a few dozen inhabitants. There was for years a huge debate in the 1960s about building a road across a narrow bit of France to connect the enclave to Spain proper, but the problem was that this road would have crossed a minor French road, and a huge fight arose about which nation should have priority at the intersection. The spat being escalated to the highest levels of government and diplomatic representations were made.
There are several examples of this, including a street in the west that runs along the border with one direction in the US and the other in Canada. As long as one doesn't stop in the wrong country there is no harm done. A library straddles the Quebec-Vermont border too. Long-standing traditions like this exist in many places along the world's longest "undefended" border. That's what makes it so funny when government on either side tries to stir anti "the other" sentiments. The people in those towns just shrug and go about their business.Funny, I recently was suggested a video where a Canadian town had their driveways in the USA or something along those lines...
There are extended excursions that go to Bennett BC that allow passengers to get off in Canada. I'm hoping my next visit to Alaska lines up with the schedule so I can ride it - I've only been on the Summit trips so far.The White Pass and Yukon Route Railway goes form Skagway AK (USA) to White Horse Yukon (Canada).
Tourist landing fro the cruse ships can board the WP & YRR for a scenic trip up the mountains. The get to the top and actually travel into a 100 yards of Canada but cannot get off.
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