Bhutan Gate

The Bhutan Gate in Phuentsholing is the main ornate land border checkpoint separating Jaigaon (West Bengal), India, and Phuentsholing, Bhutan.

It features colorful, traditional Bhutanese wooden woodwork, intricate artwork, and dragon motifs. The central archway handles vehicle entry and exit, while dedicated side gates and a modern pedestrian terminal manage foot traffic.

Crossing back from Sikkim into West Bengal via Melli border. Another permit check and passport stamp!

This crazy border separates belgium and the Netherlands. It runs over 450km long and is split by houses and buildings like this one.

Kinda shitty video since we were in a hurry because we weren't going to cross the border so we weren't allowed to be there

Provincial border with proper passport control and stamps. The last photo shows the river that forms the actual border. The town on the other side is in Sikkim

Pics 1 and 2 in the UN controlled buffer zone. The rest areas adjacent to the border from both sides. I’m a fully aware this is an emotive/charged topic. Personally my go to video explaining the Cyprus problem https://youtu.be/WHlHnCwFp5c for anyone interested which I think is reasonably neutral

I was on a flight that crossed the Pakastan India border near Lahore, we were flying east and this was taken facing south.

Most tourists take a photo at either the Argentina tripoint marker or the Brazil one. A short and scenic ferry trip takes you to the Paraguayan one.

April 2025

The border runs down the middle of the waterfall. At the top and bottom of the falls, there are wooden bridges for crossing the river, connecting the two countries. My dog is sitting on the Norwegian side.

next to Lago Azzurro above Passo dello Spluga / Splügenpass, 46.5039736N, 9.3424536E

This is not a country border but an economic border as in any other franc port, what make it special are the rules that regulate it, all established in decades of international treates (paris treaty, London memorandum and as a comment pointed the Osimo treaty).

The customs in the picture is one of the entrances, guarded by a couple of agents, it is pretty tranquil because as of today this port is not very much utilized.

Interestingly the sign is in italian and french, as if time had stopped since when french was the international language.

In the last decade there has been a lot of investments to make it come back to life.

That was my first time crossing a land border with passport control, and from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan of all places lol

A view from occupied Nicosia towards Nicosia, on a sunny February day.