(02) - Kerkrade (NL) - Herzogenrath/Kohlscheid (DE)

	The Nieuwstraat (gemeente Kerkrade / NL) and the Neustrasse (Herzogenrath / DE) [="newstreet"] The invisible border in the middle of the street.
	We are on the Dutch side: green telephone box of Holland's national telecom provider and grey-rose telephone box of the German telecom opposite the street.
	The 'Media-Markt' (=German electronics-store chain) in Herzogenrath (D) photographed from the Dutch side.
	Dutch street namebord (blue) and German street name bord (white)
	View of the Newstreet in Summer 2000.
	Last year new street name signs were placed showing both names of the street on both sides; this to stress the friendship and close relationship. In the past each side had its own national sign: blue in Holland, white on the German side.
	Dutch side: Street name sign with 'new street' and Dutch name for a side street pointing into Dutch territory.
	Picture "2" (above) was taken on the Dutch side, this is the same view from the opposite of the street, now with the German phone booth in the foreground, and the Dutch greenish one in the background. Phoning accross the street is an international call!
	Due to fresh new pavement of the road, it's virtually impossible to determine where the exact border is. Worse: the Dutch street post sign is on the German side of the street. For those with good eyes and imagination: observe the German (yellow) long distance street sign post in the background far right.
	Street name sign with 'new street' and Germnan name for a side street pointing into German territory.
	Until a few years ago a concrete "mini-wall" of approx. one foot high divided the Neustrasse from Nieuwstraat. Meaning in fact two streets next to each other in both directions. As a memorial some bricks from this mini-wall were placed on this roundabout. The street nowadays seems narrower due to trees planted in front of the houses.

BK Juli 2000; up-dated 3rd December 2000