Timeline for On Schengen Visa - Venice to Zagreb - by bus
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| Aug 21 at 18:26 | comment | added | Crazydre | @phoog When the Norwegian border was totally shut to foreigners due to COVID, everyone had to get off the bus at the Svinesund crossing and was lined up with a 2-metre distance and processed one-by-one. I usually delayed the bus by 30-40 minutes as I had to argue my way in by referring to the Nordic freedom of movement which, unlike the EEA equivalent, does NOT provide for exceptions due to public health. | |
| Aug 20 at 15:42 | comment | added | Crazydre | @Relaxed When crossing the CH/DE border in Konstanz, German checks take place at the Döbeleplatz bus stop, Swiss checks at the border checkpoint itself. Equally, buses LU -> DE are checked at the Trier bus stop | |
| Aug 18 at 19:09 | history | edited | phoog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 18 at 19:01 | comment | added | phoog | @Relaxed on Friday, there were definitely two buses stopped at the border between Croatia's A3 and Slovenia's A2 (the infrastructure hasn't yet been removed). Of course, I have no definite knowledge of what was going on. I don't think they were having everyone get off the bus, but I have heard of border checks where they do, so I wanted to indicate that it might or might not happen. For an internal check like this (many drivers if not most, certainly including me, were simply waved through without any actual checking of any documents) I'd find it surprising if they didn't do it on the bus. | |
| Aug 18 at 17:56 | comment | added | Relaxed | (+1) In my experience (on other routes, a few years ago), checks in the Schengen area typically happen on the bus, not necessarily at the border but also at the next scheduled stop or on a random resting area after intercepting the bus on the motorway. On one occasion (in France), there was an issue that took an hour or more to resolve (not sure what) and the police let other passengers leave and find other means of transportation but still didn't release the bus. | |
| Aug 18 at 17:37 | history | edited | phoog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 18 at 17:27 | history | answered | phoog | CC BY-SA 4.0 |