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Anecdotal, but: this is probably more of a Denmark thing and not a Schengen thing. I recently crossed French, Dutch, German, and Polish borders on 4 separate tr

Anecdotal, but: this is probably more of a Denmark thing and not a Schengen thing. I recently crossed French, Dutch, German, and Polish borders on 4 separate trips and had no checks.

burgos_thrw 2y ago
We crossed Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, and Hungary and were checked when entering Austria and Germany. However this was just but a small inconvenience- we waited over three hours to enter Hungary from non-Schengen country on almost 40 degrees Celsius in a car. Compared to that, Schengen (still) is a godsend.
- Rinzler89 2y ago
  >We crossed Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, and Hungary and were checked when entering Austria and Germany. However this was just but a small inconvenience Was that an actual check that could catch something, or was that just a useless inconvenient? Because whenever I enter Austria, the "border check" is just a young grunt soldier from his mandatory military service slowing down cars to 30kph and waiving them through. One time that young soldier fell asleep in his booth with his hand out. Probably too much partying the night before so I can imagine his CO wasn't thrilled when he saw that. So to me, the Schengen border checks are 99% inconvenience and security theater, and 1% actual security.
  - the_mitsuhiko 2y ago
    And it's at least 50% racism. They absolutely profile people.
halper 2y ago
I recently crossed a few borders too, and did not show a passport at any time. When I flew out of Germany the police did not even ask for a boarding pass despite me flying with a checked-in pistol (which is why the police got involved at all: the agent said their instructions is to call the police so they can look at it before the baggage is sent on its way). On arrival to Sweden, the "goods to declare" lane was empty and there was a little sign with a phone number and a message amounting to "call the customs people if you have something to declare".
donohoe 2y ago
Adding to your anecdotal; went to Netherlands from NYC (passport control to get in), travelled down to Paris through Belgium. Hopped over to Italy and then to Ireland. No issues, and no id checks throughout. (did show passport in Ireland but its not part of Schengen).

Anecdotal, but: this is probably more of a Denmark thing and not a Schengen thing. I recently crossed French, Dutch, German, and Polish borders on 4 separate trips and had no checks.

burgos_thrw 2y ago

We crossed Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, and Hungary and were checked when entering Austria and Germany. However this was just but a small inconvenience- we waited over three hours to enter Hungary from non-Schengen country on almost 40 degrees Celsius in a car. Compared to that, Schengen (still) is a godsend.

Rinzler89 2y ago
>We crossed Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, and Hungary and were checked when entering Austria and Germany. However this was just but a small inconvenience Was that an actual check that could catch something, or was that just a useless inconvenient? Because whenever I enter Austria, the "border check" is just a young grunt soldier from his mandatory military service slowing down cars to 30kph and waiving them through. One time that young soldier fell asleep in his booth with his hand out. Probably too much partying the night before so I can imagine his CO wasn't thrilled when he saw that. So to me, the Schengen border checks are 99% inconvenience and security theater, and 1% actual security.
- the_mitsuhiko 2y ago
  And it's at least 50% racism. They absolutely profile people.

halper 2y ago

I recently crossed a few borders too, and did not show a passport at any time. When I flew out of Germany the police did not even ask for a boarding pass despite me flying with a checked-in pistol (which is why the police got involved at all: the agent said their instructions is to call the police so they can look at it before the baggage is sent on its way). On arrival to Sweden, the "goods to declare" lane was empty and there was a little sign with a phone number and a message amounting to "call the customs people if you have something to declare".

donohoe 2y ago

Adding to your anecdotal; went to Netherlands from NYC (passport control to get in), travelled down to Paris through Belgium. Hopped over to Italy and then to Ireland. No issues, and no id checks throughout. (did show passport in Ireland but its not part of Schengen).