The railway line goes into a tunnel at the beginning of the word Geusenweg,
but misses the tripoint as it tunnels under the hill towards Belgium. Almost
the entire part of Belgium visible in map is forested, as is the western
half of the slaient, tho as i said, it seemd to be pines and not the
deciduous trees surrounding it in Belgium on 3 sides.
B
>From: Peter Smaardijk <peter.smaardijk@...>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Tripoint BeGeNe: informationcentre
>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:14:34 +0200
>
>The salient can be seen at the bottom of
>http://stadtplan.intern.cityweb.de/HClientZoom.asp?geoXkoord=4921927&geoYkoord=3546534&BZoom=750&Navig=O&bannername=news&startxkoord=4922407&startykoord=3547334&startstrasse=Geusenweg+
>
>Hopefully this works. If not, choose at http://stadtplan.intern.cityweb.de/
>the city Aachen and the
>street Geusenweg, click on Strasse zeigen, and pan to the southwest.
>
>Peter S.
>
>Brendan Whyte wrote:
>
> > I had to look up Belvedere in my dictionary. He means of course the
>viewing
> > tower, the Tour Badouin (sp?) just inside the Belgian angle at the
>tripoint.
> > When I was there the ticket man at the base was Dutch and he accepted
>cash
> > in the three currencies AND Euros in credit. The souvenir shop also
>accepted
> > three currencies, and was in Holland. The lady said the mai problem was
> > tills are not designed for so many notes and coins.
> > Of further interest is the German salient into Belgium perhaps 500m
> > south(east) of the tripoint. Belgium is forested here, and Germany in
> > pasture. there is a thin rectangular salient of pasture, that penetrates
> > into Belgium. The far end is also firested, though seems to be pines
>rather
> > than the surroundnig deciduous trees.
> > There is a cycle/walking path along the edge of the forest and on the
>border
> > that crosses this pasture salient, and the boundary pillars are at the
> > turnstiles(!) at each side of the pasture. Walking up the fenceline of
>the
> > slaient one crosses into the pines and a couple of hundred metres in
>there
> > are the boundary pillars at the salient's end. It's a bit of a strange
> > boundary!
> >
> > The construction Harry speaks of was underway when I was there in Oct
>last.
> > The place is beginning to look a little like a fairground though, a pity
> > given the lovely forest and pastures around.
> >
> > B
> >
> > >From: "Harry ten Veen" <h.ten.veen@...>
> > >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > >To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > >Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Tripoint BeGeNe: informationcentre
> > >Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:49:09 +0200
> > >
> > >In a Dutch newspaper (Volkskrant, 24-03-2001) there was an article of
>Rudi
> > >Rotthier on the tripoint BeGeNe.
> > >Most important and new information (to me at least) is, that an
> > >informationcentre on the tripoint is being build.
> > >The centre will be called Bezoekerscentrum Drielandenpunt.
> > >So besides the restaurant, the belvedere, the shop, the tristone and
>the
> > >symbolic tripoint, the highist point of Ne, the rememberance of Neutral
> > >Moresnet, the labyrinth, there is a lot to of interesting stuff for the
> > >tourist ...... and the boundery freak.
> > >
> > >It should be open by june. That's well before the GCEBE!
> > >
> > >gl
> > >Harry ten Veen
>
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