5 Buildings Smack-Dab on Top of an International Border
You ask what country most buildings are located in, and there’s an easy answer. But here are five buildings where that question prompts the follow-up, “Well, where inside that building are you standing?”
Eurode Business Center
The Eurode Business Center is the perfect location to do international business, especially if that business is between Germany and the Netherlands. The building exists on top of the border between the two countries, with a metal strip inside illustrating where each starts and stops.
Bayerisch Eisenstein/Zelezna Ruda-Alzbetin
Train stations that take you between countries aren’t particularly noteworthy. Usually, though, you have to actually board a train to accomplish the feat. At Bayerisch Eisenstein/Zelezna Ruda-Alzbetin, you can cross from Germany to the Czech Republic simply by walking from one side of the station to the other.
Hotel Arbez
The Hotel Arbez, located both in France and Switzerland, is maybe the world’s most truly international hotel. Even single rooms sometimes split their surface area between the two countries.
Haskell Library and Opera House
On the border of the U.S. and Canada lie the towns of Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, Quebec. By which I mean they literally lie right on the border. The Haskell Library and Opera House in particular exists exactly on the border between countries, with black tape inside marking where you move between them.
The Old Stone Store
Also in Derby Line (and Stanstead) is a house known as the Old Stone Store. It was originally built as a general store that was able to service both the U.S. and Canada, depending on which side you were entering from. Now, it’s a residential building, and while inside the building itself exists in a bit of limbo, border agents do monitor each door to the outside, both Canadian and American entrance/exits.