Do you know Walserberg? I haven't passed Walserberg once in the last 10 years without a machine gun in my face. Passing it maybe once a year usually from Austria to Germany. Afaik the other way is easier.
I know I can just drive a hour more to drive around it where there is no active control but police cars hidden in bushes in the whole German area.
I am not used to stuff like this, for me it's a creepy experience every time.
Edit:// just remembered they recently started to do the same on the Swiss border around Basel. Whatever Germans think that's not normal within shengen. I usually don't see anyone at all on french or Italian borders, especially not young army forces with machines guns
I went from Munich to Italy regularly from 2015-2019, haven't been controlled once at any of the borders.
Have seen French border police (sometimes) at the German-French border down here near Freiburg but not the German police.
But yes, German police was present in Basel some weeks ago when I crossed there. Although they had two cars they controlled and let everyone else pass in the long line that had formed, no matter the car plates.
I know I can just drive a hour more to drive around it where there is no active control but police cars hidden in bushes in the whole German area.
I am not used to stuff like this, for me it's a creepy experience every time.
Edit:// just remembered they recently started to do the same on the Swiss border around Basel. Whatever Germans think that's not normal within shengen. I usually don't see anyone at all on french or Italian borders, especially not young army forces with machines guns