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![coming home from Luxembourg](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
coming home from Luxembourg
![Collex ↔︎ Ferney-Voltaire, frontière franco-suisse](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Collex ↔︎ Ferney-Voltaire, frontière franco-suisse
![Diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Belgium in Geneva. Principle of extraterritoriality → a state border.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22211%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20211%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Diplomatic mission of the Kingdom of Belgium in Geneva. Principle of extraterritoriality → a state border.
![Coming home to the EU from Turkey. Island of Kos.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Coming home to the EU from Turkey. Island of Kos.
![Vireloup, Switzerland ↔︎ France](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22402%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20402%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Vireloup, Switzerland ↔︎ France
![Entering the EU from Belarus. Terespol border checkpoint, Poland](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22402%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20402%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Entering the EU from Belarus. Terespol border checkpoint, Poland
![Poland, checkpoints for lorries. Heading to the Belarusian border.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22402%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20402%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Poland, checkpoints for lorries. Heading to the Belarusian border.
![Crossing at Bossy. The barrier is closed from 19:00 to 7:00. Left: France, right: Switzerland.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22402%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20402%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Crossing at Bossy. The barrier is closed from 19:00 to 7:00. Left: France, right: Switzerland.
![2009: Croatia is not yet a EU member => border controls are carried out at full scale.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22344%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20344%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
2009: Croatia is not yet a EU member => border controls are carried out at full scale.
![Mödlareuth, ancienne frontière RDA-RFA](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22448%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20448%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Mödlareuth, ancienne frontière RDA-RFA
![Mödlareuth, ancienne frontière RDA-RFA](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22534%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20534%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Mödlareuth, ancienne frontière RDA-RFA
![French border stone in Ferney-Voltaire. Last centimetres of France.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
French border stone in Ferney-Voltaire. Last centimetres of France.
![Swiss border stone in Collex-Bossy](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Swiss border stone in Collex-Bossy
!["Little Berlin" Mödlareuth, where East didn't meet West.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22448%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20448%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
"Little Berlin" Mödlareuth, where East didn't meet West.
![Leaving the European Union. A ferry to Turkey.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22209%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20209%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Leaving the European Union. A ferry to Turkey.
![frontière franco-suisse entre Bossy (CH) et Ornex (F)](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
frontière franco-suisse entre Bossy (CH) et Ornex (F)
![Old customs office at Prévessin-Moëns, France](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22402%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20402%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Old customs office at Prévessin-Moëns, France
![(West) Germany, i.e. Bavaria ↔︎ Czechia](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
(West) Germany, i.e. Bavaria ↔︎ Czechia
![From Waldsassen (FRG) to Cheb (formerly Eger) (CZ)](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
From Waldsassen (FRG) to Cheb (formerly Eger) (CZ)
![frontière CZ-D entre Hranice u Aše et Ebmath](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
frontière CZ-D entre Hranice u Aše et Ebmath
![a look to Germany from the Czech Republic](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
a look to Germany from the Czech Republic
![Un mur avec vue. Vers la liberté.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22448%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20448%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Un mur avec vue. Vers la liberté.
![Mödlareuth, ancienne frontière RDA-RFA](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Mödlareuth, ancienne frontière RDA-RFA
![Geneva Lake divided between Switzerland and France](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22547%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20547%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Geneva Lake divided between Switzerland and France
![The Bug river. Poland ↔︎ Belarus. Koroszczyn ↔︎ Казловiчы. Crossing for lorries only.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22401%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20401%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
The Bug river. Poland ↔︎ Belarus. Koroszczyn ↔︎ Казловiчы. Crossing for lorries only.
![from Brussels to Paris on E19, in 2004](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
from Brussels to Paris on E19, in 2004
![My tennis club on the state border.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22395%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20395%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
My tennis club on the state border.
![Airpоrt Cagliаri: from Non-Schengen to Italy](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22424%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20424%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Airpоrt Cagliаri: from Non-Schengen to Italy
![Sauverny, the "little Berlin" of the coronavirus era. Here's how it is in normal times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqQNcvBSbBk](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22431%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20431%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Sauverny, the "little Berlin" of the coronavirus era. Here's how it is in normal times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqQNcvBSbBk
![Ornex (F) — Bossy (CH) à l'époque du coronavirus.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Ornex (F) — Bossy (CH) à l'époque du coronavirus.
![Lockdown + solidarity with the French](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22400%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20400%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Lockdown + solidarity with the French
![Cross-border communication nowadays](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22496%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20496%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Cross-border communication nowadays
![from (NL) to (B) near Knokke entering N376](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22461%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20461%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
from (NL) to (B) near Knokke entering N376
![Ici fut "le petit Berlin" yougoslave: Piazza del Transalpino, Gorizia (IT) ↔︎ Nova Gorica (SLO)](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22449%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20449%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Ici fut "le petit Berlin" yougoslave: Piazza del Transalpino, Gorizia (IT) ↔︎ Nova Gorica (SLO)
![Borders can be intangible: you face them without seeing.](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22225%22%20height%3D%22300%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20225%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Borders can be intangible: you face them without seeing.