The Schengen area is a group of 29 countries:1
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
These countries have a shared border. You can freely travel between them, without going through border controls.
You can travel to Schengen area countries if you have…2
- A Schengen visa
- or a German National Visa
- or a German residence permit
- or German permanent residence
- or German citizenship