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Episode 393: The Building That's In Two Countries At Once

Hans Hover has one foot in Germany, and one in the Netherlands.
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Hans Hover has one foot in Germany, and one in the Netherlands.

On today's show, we visit an office building that straddles the border between Germany and the Netherlands.

On one side of the building, there's a German mailbox and a German policeman. On the other side, a Dutch mailbox and a Dutch policeman.

The building was supposed to make it easy to work in both countries. But it's also a reminder of how the European dream isn't yet a reality.

For more, see our story from earlier this week:

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