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Germany has signed a [[Schengen Agreement]] which means that borders with other Schengen countries are open. On 21th of Dec.Since 2009, 2007all neighbour countries are Schengen members as well, [[Poland]] and [[Czech Republic]] have signed this agreement and became border-free with Germany. As of November 2008, the only border with active checkpoints is with [[Switzerland]]) - when crossing it you can expect German/Swiss custom officers to check your identity and/or your luggage. If you so there are to hitchhike from a Swiss/German no border check point it might be better to stand a little bit further away from the check point so that you will be out of custom officers' sightchecks at all anymore. UPDATESwitzerland joined At the Schegen zone in December 2008, and there are now no Swiss border controls between Switzerland and any other Schengen country. However, I think there are still border custom controls on flights, but by land, youre goodthat will probably only affect you if you are in a truck.