Original upload date: Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 01:17:12 GMT
YES WE ARE ASKING THE BIG QUESTIONS AGAIN. In early May 2021, a Belgian farmer hit international news when he moved a stone out of the way of his tractor, and accidentally shifted the French-Belgian b
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order 2.3m into France. Or did he? Is it actually possible to move a border just by moving a stone? And why did he suddenly feel the need to move it, when it's been there for 200 years? I went to the little village of Bousignies-sur-Roc to find the truth behind the story...
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CREDITS
Voice of Madame Wélonek by Francesca Vitti
"Map Men" theme music originally by Jay Foreman - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfxy4_sBQdxy3A2lvl-y3qWTeJEbC_QCp
"Stonehenge" song originally by Ylvis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbyzgeee2mg
Latest Belgium travel advice - https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/travels/
AND NOW FOR ALL THE ARTICLE LINKS
BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56978344
CBS: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/belgian-farmer-moves-belgium-france-border/
Der Spiegel: https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/belgien-bauer-verrueckt-grenzstein-und-macht-frankreich-kleiner-a-155b509f-a147-4974-882e-09086d73dd6d
France Bleu: https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/insolite/une-commission-franco-belge-bientot-convoquee-pour-remettre-la-borne-frontiere-deplacee-a-bousignies-1620653276
La Voix Du Nord: https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/992266/article/2021-04-27/bousignies-sur-roc-il-deplace-une-borne-frontiere-et-viole-le-traite-de-courtrai
New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/05/world/europe/france-belgium-border-moved.html
SudInfo.be - https://www.sudinfo.be/id392001/article/2021-05-06/angleterre-japon-equateur-usa-canada-buzz-mondial-pour-la-borne-derquelinnes
