stackyFACTSInternational border crossings typically involve tense passport checks, glaring officials, and long lines.
International border crossings typically involve tense passport checks, glaring officials, and long lines. Yet at the highest point in the Netherlands, you can literally run in circles to cross international lines. The Vaalserberg tripoint marks the exact meeting spot of Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. There are no checkpoints here—just a polite stone pillar where you can theoretically eat a waffle, a bratwurst, and a stroopwafel in three different countries simultaneously.
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