or rather wait until 1 April! This shop in Kehl (on the German side of the Rhine where Strasbourg is on the French side) was selling shishas and tobacco. I wonder what the “more” was? Did it have to do with the barred windows? In … Continue reading Buy Now
The aptly named “Pont de l’Europe” or “Europabrücke” between Strasbourg (France) and Kehl (Germany). This used to be a “proper” border with guards, and customs officers, and showing your passport. Then with the EU progressing, the controls became more lax and you only had to show your national ID document and often, you weren’t really checked at all.
Nowadays it’s just a bridge, there are no controls at all. Somewhere in the middle of the bridge is a sign denoting that you are entering from one country into the next. I would have liked to show that but it was impossible to take a photo in the totally jam-packed tram. Strasbourg and Kehl share a tramline (with announcements in both, French and German) and lots of people hop on in one country and get off in the other.
I found three trios on a recent short trip to the border between France and German. Three flags in front of the tourist information in Kehl. On the other side of the border in Strasbourg there are many old houses with triple dormers. And the three French slogans – liberté, égalité, fraternité . on the townhall as well as the flags of Ukraine, France and Europe on the balcony.
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