Cynic wrote:We had a similar "thing" some time ago on the Dutch/German border where my daughter lives; the Germans closed it for some COVID reason, but because of Freedom of Movement rules, couldn't actually do it, so you had the bizarre scene of the Grenzschutzpolizei and Koninklijke Marechaussee trying to persuade people to turn around and return to their respective countries; all live on Dutch TV.
That's pretty weird. I lived in NL for some years. Before Schengen anyway.
I wonder what happens at that oddity of a place called Barle-Nassau and Barle-Hertog? I used to take visitors there to show the weird goings on.
I was also somewhere there where there are multiple borders in the middle of the town (might have been Roetgen, DE or Vaals, NL don't exactly remember) is right in the middle of the town and all the side streets have signs up saying it's another country and don't go down there. Really strange. Must be chaotic with different rules in one place to another.
I heard while I was in the UK that COVID19 is used for all sorts of nonsensical reasoning to refuse service - one of which was the store saying getting paint mixed at the DIY store was not allowed. Definitely in the WTF(?) category!