| These pictures have been taken along the trunk road from Dutch Oldenzaal - Denekamp (N342) to German Nordhorn - Lingen (B213) (=Lower Saxony / Germany) (E233) |
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Bordercrossing-point Denekamp in 1994. border post in the middle of the street, on the right a customs agency for clearing foreign goods. |
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Same spot in
autumn of 1996: the road has been re-newed, the border check-point is gone. What used to be a customs agency, now hosts an antique shop. Still this is the frontier between two independent countries. |
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Old postcard from the 80's, showing (tax-free) shops for border crossers and tourists. |
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1994: View from the Dutch side: German national road signs and yellow telephone box in the background. |
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Same spot in autumn of 1996: now a secondary road without border patrol left. |
BK Juli 2000; translated November 2000
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