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Frankfurt Airport – Tips and steps for your arrival in Germany

Edson Amorina Jr
Frankfurt Airport - Tips and steps for your arrival in Germany

We’ve already written a lot about travel tips, itineraries and destinations in Germany, but we thought it was lacking to better describe how is to arrive, more specifically, what it’s like to land at Frankfurt Airport, the main entrance for tourists to the country..

Mainly because the German language is quite frightening, it may be that when you arrive, you have doubts or even fear about which way to go, who to talk to and what are the arrival procedures in Germany.

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8 tips and steps for your arrival at Frankfurt Airport in Germany

It all starts when the plane lands and parks at the arrivals gate.

  1. When you arrive at Frankfurt Airport in Germany, you will collect all your luggage that you took in the cabin, follow the instructions of the flight attendants.
  2. Leaving the plane, pay attention, because now it’s time to follow the signs. There’s no way to get lost, as everyone will have to go through the same place. The signs have Baggage Claim in English and Gepäckausgabe in German, which is where checked bags are picked up, and the word Exit in English or Ausgang in German, which is the output.
  1. Following the signs you will pass the first customs, unless you have something to declare for import assessment, go through the green gate. It says Nothing to declare in English or Anmeldefreie Waren in German.
  2. After passing through the gate and following the signs, you will arrive at passport control and, if your passport is non-European, you have to queue for Non-EU Nationals which means Non-EU Nationals.
  1. In the immigration queue at Frankfurt Airport, you will see the window with the immigration officer, you will hand over your passport for him to check; The officer will speak in German or English, in case you don’t know how to respond in either language, take all your information written in a letter.
    • Important: have all your tickets within Germany or to other countries, your accommodation reservations and even tours or tourist attractions tickets printed, it can help to solve any doubts that arise.
  2. After passing through passport control, continue to follow the signs until you reach the central airport lounge, continue to follow the signs with luggage designs (Baggage Claim / Gepäckausgabe and Exit / Ausgang), including going down an escalator.
  1. Arriving at the carousel room, you must look on the screen in which your plane’s luggage will be released (the process at Frankfurt Airport is similar to any other international airport).
  2. After picking up your suitcase, you must go through the green gate again, in case you have nothing to declare.

Exact information about Frankfurt Airport in Germany

Two extra tips worth mentioning:

And that’s it! You are now free to follow your travel itinerary in Germany, which can be in the city of Frankfurt, rent a car to drive on the Autobahn or take a train to another city.

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