International border crossings

[Alex Von Königsberg]

ADCS, great avatar, man!

[ADCS]

Originally Posted by Alex Von Königsberg

ADCS, great avatar, man!

Heh, I did it just for you, dude

[mojaBL]

Bosnia Herzegovina - Serbia (GP Rača)


Bosnia Herzegovina - Serbia (GP Karakaj)


Bosnia Herzegovina - Croatia (GP Izačić)


Bosnia Herzegovina - Croatia (GP Kamensko)


Bosnia Herzegovina - Croatia (GP Maljevac) cooperation with Croatia

[Qwert]

Originally Posted by mojaBL

Bosnia Herzegovina - Serbia (GP Rača)

Funny, Rača is name of a quarter in Bratislava.

Originally Posted by Alex Von Königsberg

With Russia regaining its power and ambitions, the new Iron Curtain may just as well be established at its borders.

Russia doesn't need new Iron courtain. EU needs it. However, there is one big differention. Iron courtain had to keep people inside borders, Schengen border has to keep people outside borders.

[x-type]

Originally Posted by Qwert

Funny, Rača is name of a quarter in Bratislava.

and 15 km from my city we have a village called Rača, too. i think that name has some turkish roots

[RawLee]

H-A border,Hegyeshalom,M1 motorway

H-RO border,Ártánd

H-RO border,Nagylak

H-RO border,Battonya

H-SRB bordr,Tompa

H-UA border,Záhony

[Jonesy55]

Originally Posted by mgk920

Mexico has a fairly loosely controlled 'Border Zone' that includes a strip about 50 or so km wide between the two gulfs plus the entire Baja Peninsula. Their REAL checkpoints are where one crosses from the Border Zone into the interior and, from I am aware of, are a hassle to cross, especially in a car. OTOH, the USA's big inspection is at the border.

Also, the yellow line is NOT in the right place in that image. The actual border is the grayish line between the checkpoints.

Mike

I was stopped and checked at a checkpoint about 50km inside the US, when travelling away from the Mexican border. It was on highway 67 travelling north from Presidio, Tx.

Is this normal in the border regions?

[Qwert]

Originally Posted by x-type

and 15 km from my city we have a village called Rača, too. i think that name has some turkish roots

I don't know. Names of Slovak Rača in official historical documents were Recha, Racha, Okolj, Račišča, Résca, Ratsesdorf, Račišdorf. It doesn't matter, they have good wine there. There is also one mountain in North-Central Slovakia called Veľká Rača in Oščadnica municipality. There is big ski center.

Originally Posted by Jonesy55

I was stopped and checked at a checkpoint about 50km inside the US, when travelling away from the Mexican border. It was on highway 67 travelling north from Presidio, Tx.

Is this normal in the border regions?

It's even in Schengen border. 50 km from the border is border zone where you can be checked. Police and army have special rights, they cen even enter your estate without your permission.

[rick1016]

Very interesting. I thought that at most of the European borders you didn't have to stop.

[RawLee]

Only between already Schengen members you dont have to stop. But the police/borderguard/thewayyoucallit has the right to stop you 50kms inside the country.

dark blue - Implementing countries
light blue - Implementing through partnership with a signatory state
dark grey/blue-ish - Members implementing from 21 December 2007 (overland borders) and 29 March 2008 (seaports and airports)
light grey/blue-ish - Members (not yet implemented)
yellow - Expressed interest in joining

[x-type]

i ahd absolutely no idea that Iceland and Norway are in Schengen zone!

[RawLee]

Somewhere I've read that even Switzerland thinks about joining ,since it doesnt mean giving up neutrality.

[Qwert]

Originally Posted by x-type

i ahd absolutely no idea that Iceland and Norway are in Schengen zone!

That's cool I don't have to stop on Iceland border. Only it's pitiy I can't drive there by car.

[Jonesy55]

Originally Posted by rick1016

Very interesting. I thought that at most of the European borders you didn't have to stop.

You don't, the police/border officials have the right to stop you in a border area if they want to but most of the time the borders are open and you don't have to stop.

They would only stop you if they had reason to suspect you of an offence or if there was a general security alert they might temporarily impose border checks.

[KHS]

Although Croatia isn't in Schengen Croatian citizents don't need passports to enter Italy, Slovenia or Hungary. But you need to have your identity card of course.

[Jeroen669]

Originally Posted by Jonesy55

They would only stop you if they had reason to suspect you of an offence or if there was a general security alert they might temporarily impose border checks.

Yeah, like with the World Championships, for instance. I remember the traffic jams at the border line with Germany.

Originally Posted by Patrick

forget Schengen, link to the world (all pics from Germany)

A bit off-topic, but we have some weird villages too. Nederland (Netherlands), Oostenrijk (Austria), Engeland (England), America... Seems like they're doing for it.

[x-type]

Originally Posted by Qwert

That's cool I don't have to stop on Iceland border. Only it's pitiy I can't drive there by car.

but when you land by plane or boat, you don't have to pass too complicated border controls.

@KHS: nor Sna Marino, Lithuania and few more countries (7 i guess), but i have never liked to go abroad without passport

[x-type]

Originally Posted by Jeroen669

A bit off-topic, but we have some weird villages too. Nederland (Netherlands), Oostenrijk (Austria), Engeland (England), America... Seems like they're doing for it.

we have Bugarska (Bulgaria), Bosna (Bosnia) and Rim (Rome)

[Jonesy55]

Originally Posted by x-type

but when you land by plane or boat, you don't have to pass too complicated border controls.

The UK isn't in Schengen but I don't think i've ever been checked when coming into the country by boat, the procedures are definitely not complicated, maybe just wave a passport, maybe not even that.

[x-type]

because you're not from "suspicious" country. we must fullfill some imigration forms, that usually takes 15-45 minutes. but it's only for UK. when we enter Schengen zone, we get the entrance sign (as everybody) and if we change country (by a plane or boat), we they just check if we have entrance sign (the sign is this ink thing that policeman at bordercrossing puts into your passport, i don't know in english )