Crossing the motorway border between Poland and Germany

[fabers185]

:)

[GalaxyTAB1000]

@tla123456 LOL

[tommi59tk]

@tla123456 yoy are terrible wrong

[AndrewJimScott]

so you were comin from poland

[alanheath]

@AndrewJimScott I am in Poland to start off with and then cross into Germany.

[jawwad000]

if american goes from any european country to other european country so border police will stop u to show passport or id something or u can enter without showing anything to them?

[alanheath]

@jawwad000 There are no controls at borders anymore within the Schengen region. Well, officially anyway. They get round this by stopping you near the border.

[TheEurozhongguo]

Just to continue from my previous message. Thais take off their number plates to travel further into Cambodia. Many Cambodian vehicles have no number plates. The Thais can cross fairly easily into Malaysia and Singapore but they have to put latin-alphabet number plates on the car. Thei Thai ones won't get them across the border. Thai vehicles can now also enter China without the usual Chinese formalities which include a guide present with you at all times. We are so lucky, as I say. .

[TheEurozhongguo]

We are so lucky here in Europe to be able to go from Nordkapp down to Tarifa (southernmost point of Spain) without any border formalities. It is quite different in Asia. Take the case of a Thai-registered car. It needs an export certificate to cross out of Thailand and can only leave for something like 2 weeks; there is no Green Card equivalent; if you cross into Laos, you can only import the vehicle for 7 days; if you go to Cambodia, you can only take it a few kms across the border.

[TheEurozhongguo]

In fact, there are German customs officers at the borders with Poland. You see them in green jackets with "ZOLL" written on their backs. I have never seen Polish ones there though when I've been crossing since Poland entered Schengen.

[alanheath]

@TheEurozhongguo There are a lot of them. As far as well into the Berlin ring. I have been pulled off the road for inspection. The Poles also stop people - I was stopped just before leaving Poland but it was just a cursory glance and a smile when they realised I was not Polish!

[moskiter]

two countries which fought against each other since always now lifted borders, thats beautiful..

[DjMitts]

it's THIS SIMPLE to go from country to country in Europe !!?? :O

[alanheath]

In theory - in practice since the border controls came down there are far more internal police controls.

[DjMitts]

Kay...? :P

[webberke]

At least in most countries in the EU and Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland.

[tassiemiec]

Yes, but only in Shengen zone

[VerticalhorizonXL]

Yes, because the Federal Republic of Germany and Republic of Poland are both in the European Union, any country in the European Union can be entered and even be lived in.

[gumby118]

I saw a video where a bridge linking

Poland and Germany was torn down.

[alanheath]

One or two have been repaired, I do not know of any that have been torn down.

[8stewiegriffin]

What the hell are you talking about ?!? In Europe you can live wherever you want, you can drive from one country to another without a passport, it is pretty difficult to guess in which country you are wright now when you are using the highways - there are no signs that tell you when you cross the border. Bridges torn down ?!?!? If I want to drive from Poland to Germany or Spain even, I take my credit card, get in my car and I go. It's 2010 people..

[EisenbahnfanMuenchen]

to ty jedziesz moze czasem angielskim samochodem, ktory ma kierownice po lewej stronie?

Bo ja ostatnio taki samochod widzialem na A9, moze i to byles ty? xD

[alanheath]

nie wiem ale bylem w Nuremburdze dwa tygodnii temu.

Mam Mercedes.