UTA_flyinghigh From Tunisia, joined Oct 2001, 6495 posts, RR: 52 Posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1149 times:
I went to Northern Ireland over the WE and was astonished to see that there was no border control, no Customs/Garda officers, no official buildings, not even a flag !
I was expecting something like the Nort Korea/South Korea border and the DMZ
Are there any other countries with inexistent borders ?
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ArmitageShanks From UK - England, joined Dec 2003, 3361 posts, RR: 16 Reply 1, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1133 times:
ArmitageShanks From UK - England, joined Dec 2003, 3361 posts, RR: 16 Reply 2, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1138 times:
Oh yeah and St. Martin. Dutch/French sides. Not exactly countries, but seperate.....
MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 13336 posts, RR: 64 Reply 4, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1117 times:
All crossings within the Schengen agreement area. I´m regularly crossing from Germany into Belgium and the Netherlands. All you see is a sign with a European flag and the name of the country you are entering written on it and usualy a big sign with the local driving rules (maximum speeds on motorway, highway and towns). The old customs buildings are usualy rotting empty on the road side. Also taking the ferry boat from Ireland to France (Rosslare to Roscoff), you just drive off the ship, no controls.Same between Britain and Ireland.
Traveler_7 From Estonia, joined May 2000, 540 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1124 times:
Once I was crossing from Finland to Norway, there were some thing like Customs office on the side of Finland but I did not notice anything on Norwegian side.
Norwegian Swedish border was even less noticeable. Perhaps there were some kind of sign but I did not notice it myself. It was a bus driver who inform that we are already in Sweden.
Zak From Greenland, joined Sep 2003, 1993 posts, RR: 8 Reply 6, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1106 times:
as md11eng stated, inside the schengen countries you will have such borders.
since the uk and ireland are also schengen countries, you witnessed such a border.
some benelux countries have even less noticeable borders. when you drive to belgium in maastrict, you will not even see a border since it runs somewhere through the city. it looks as normal as every other street and i guess the border has to be running through gardens and houses of people.
MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 13336 posts, RR: 64 Reply 8, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1100 times:
Zak,
Just a moment! Ireland and Britain are NOT Schengen agreement countries.
Britain refused to join when it was signed. Ireland on the other hand has a longstanding agreement with Britain about no border controls between Britain and Ireland. If Ireland would have joined the Schengen agreement, they would have had to introduce border controls for travelers to and from the UK. Concerning the close economic ties with the UK theydidn´t want to do this.
Normaly acc.to the Schengen agreement there should have been a border check betweeen France and Ireland, as e.g. between the Netherlands or France and the UK, but it doesn´t seem to be enforced.
MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 13336 posts, RR: 64 Reply 10, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1090 times:
Zak,
Where? When I crossed from France to Italy two yearsago over a mountain pass road (I forgot which one) there was nothing, just a big parking lot close to the summit, where the border control post used to be (and some old pill boxes and bunkers on the French side from before WW2)
UTA_flyinghigh From Tunisia, joined Oct 2001, 6495 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1080 times:
There is a border check between France and Ireland if you are coming in by sea (moe a vehicle check than a person check), but almost none when coming by air (The Garda just looks at your French ID 1/500th of a second)
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Rojo From Spain, joined Sep 2000, 2395 posts, RR: 10 Reply 13, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1048 times:
When I saw the border between Mexico and Guatemala I almost laughed of what Mexico calls a border control... Just a rope and one or two police officers. People can walk 10 or 20 meters from the border control and cross from one country to the other without problems!!!
N312RC From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 2678 posts, RR: 18 Reply 14, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1024 times:
There should be border control for the City of Detroit entering the rest of Michigan... unfortunately there isnt..
Banco From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2001, 14752 posts, RR: 55 Reply 15, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1022 times:
Not a border crossing as such, but when you drive from England to Wales along the M4 over the new Severn crossing, the bastards charge you about £8 for the privilege! Returning into England, on the other hand is free.
Hmmm, there's something in that, I think.
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GKirk From UK - Scotland, joined Jun 2000, 24621 posts, RR: 58 Reply 16, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 998 times:
Banco: The English(those who survive) dont get into Scotland for free either I stand at the border with a bazooka shooting any cars that are English (those cars with the English or Union Jack flag)
When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army Boys, we'll be coming down the road!
Cptkrell From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 2549 posts, RR: 14 Reply 17, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 998 times:
N312RC; actually there WAS a border control (and heavily enforced, too) on the Detroit/Dearborn city limits, or, don't you remember Mayor Orville Hubbard?
Regards...Jack
Trident3 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 1012 posts, RR: 3 Reply 20, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 983 times:
And whilst we're on about it do you reckon we could get lottery money to rebuild Hadrian's Wall. I'm sure that would be acceptable both sides of the border.
"We are the warrior race-Tough men in the toughest sport." Brian Noble, Head Coach, Great Britain Rugby League.
N312RC From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 2678 posts, RR: 18 Reply 21, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 970 times:
Of course I remember Orville Hubbard. Who could forget his famous "Keep Dearborn Clean" campaign and his stationing of sharpshooters on Michigan Ave. with orders to "shoot looters on sight" during the 67 riots!
Cptkrell From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 2549 posts, RR: 14 Reply 22, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 926 times:
N312RC: "Sharpshooters?" Hmmmm..?.me being nearly a quarter-of-a-century of age THEN, and living in Detroit while all this was going on, (and since THEN, and now still living in Dearborn), I can't recall specificities on "sharpshooters".
Before you were born (the Detroit riots), Mayor Hubbard, during the insane unrest in Detroit, refused to let anybody without a legitimate reason to enter the city and the Dearborn Police enforced a "border patrol" and guess what? NO PROBLEMS in Dearborn. Guess what again? That was o.k. with me at the time and I've been just fine, thank you. My in-progress move to southern climes are more weather and `property-oriented... Regards...Jack
PHX-LJU From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (9 years 2 months 3 weeks 1 day 1 hour ago) and read 926 times:
Slovenia still has border crossings with Italy and Austria, as it is not part of Schengen yet, but once you get off the main roads, you can simply walk across the border. Hikers do it all the time and there are even mountain huts right near the border catering to them -- no-one will check your passport there (although they have the right to do that). In effect, if you don't have a car, you can cross the border very easily if you know where to go. However, large groups of illegals are caught fairly frequently.
This, BTW, is what the point where Italy, Austria, and Slovenia meet: From: www.geocities.com/tromeja2001
The same holds true for the Slovenian-Croatian border, but in that case, the controls are likely to increase when Slovenia enters the Schengen area and that border becomes the EU's border as well.
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