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Old February 2nd, 2016, 09:52 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
Frank Hucklenbroich
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Am Mon, 01 Feb 2016 23:02:47 +0100 schrieb Martin:

On Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:33:13 +0100, Wolfgang Schwanke wrote:

Martin wrote in
m:

The Great Butter War of the 1960s


Did they throw Lurpak at each other?


Tax difference between NL and Belgium resulted butter smuggling gangs.


Later on people went from Germany to Luxemburg to smuggle cheap fuel,
cigarettes and alcohol. I still remember the big booze-stores in Luxemburg
right behind the border. It was also kind of tax-free there.

Regards,

Frank