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Discover Birken in Belgium

Birken in the region of Walloon Region is a place located in Belgium - some 71 mi or ( 115 km ) East of Brussels , the country's capital .

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Local time in Birken is now 11:57 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Brussels " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Vaals, Simpelveld, The Hague, Haarlem, and Amsterdam. When in this area, you might want to check out Vaals . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Birken ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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GPS logger for Windows Phone 7 (WP7) preview

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Alpha version of the GPS logger I'm writing. Needs another name. ..

321 Festival 2012 (Official Aftermovie)

7:41 min by Nico Baggen
Views: 1022 Rating: 4.78

321 Festival 23-06-2012 Drielandenpunt / Dreiländereck / Les Trois Bornes Ferry Corsten / Sander Kleinenberg / Darkraver / Yves Deruyter / Fausto / Gelazer / Kaiserdisco / 2000 and One / Matthias Tanz ..


Weihnachtsmarkt 2007 auf der Eyneburg

1:33 min by PantaReiKi
Views: 862 Rating: 3.00

Impressionen des historischen Burghofes nd des Zeltes der Handleser und Kartenleger... ..

Getting gas in Belgium part 2 ... Success

3:52 min by Defconfx
Views: 667 Rating: 5.00

We finally have some success getting gas in Belgum, I have never seen buying gas this difficult, but at 15 cents a liter cheaper it made the trip to nowhere worth it. though at least in Germany the ga ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Neutral Moresnet

Neutral Moresnet was a tiny Belgian-Prussian condominium that existed from 1816 to 1920 between present-day Belgium and Germany. Its northernmost border point at the Vaalserberg connected it to a quadripoint shared additionally with the Dutch Province of Limburg, which today is known as the "Three Country Point". Prior to Belgian independence in 1830, the territory was a Dutch-Prussian condominium.

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Located at 50.73 6.01 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: 1920 disestablishments, Condominia (international law), Disputed territories in Europe, Esperanto, German-speaking Community of Belgium, States and territories established in 1816, Territorial disputes of Germany

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial

The Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial contains the graves of 7,992 members of the American military who died in World War II. It is one of fourteen cemeteries for American World War II dead on foreign soil, and is administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission. The fifty-seven acre cemetery and memorial is located three kilometers northwest of the Walloon village of Henri-Chapelle, which lies approximately 30 kilometers east of Liège, Belgium on highway N3.

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Located at 50.70 5.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: American Battle Monuments Commission, World War II cemeteries in Belgium, World War II memorials in Belgium

Walhorn

Walhorn is a village in the municipality of Lontzen, in the German speaking area of the province of Liège, Belgium. The HSL 3 passes immediately next to Walhorn.

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Located at 50.67 6.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: German-speaking Community of Belgium, Villages in Belgium

Quadripoint

A quadripoint is a point on the Earth that touches the border of four distinct territories. The term has never been in common use — it may not have been used before 1964 by the Office of the Geographer of the United States Department of State.

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Located at 50.75 6.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Borders

Vaals

Vaals is a town in the extreme southeastern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, which in its turn finds itself in the southeastern part of the Netherlands. The municipality covers an area of 23.90 km² in the foothills of the Ardennes–Eifelrange and is located about 23 km east of Maastricht and 5 km west of the city centre of Aachen. It borders on both Belgium and Germany. The three borders meet on the Drielandenpunt, a few meters from the highest point of the Netherlands, the Vaalserberg.

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Located at 50.77 6.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Belgium–Netherlands border crossings, Germany–Netherlands border crossings, Populated places in Limburg (Netherlands), Vaals