basic about Schengn area
List of Schengen countries
| Austria | Belgium | Czech Republic | Denmark |
| Estonia | Finland | France | Germany |
| Greece | Hungary | Iceland | Italy |
| Latvia | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Malta |
| Netherlands | Norway | Poland | Portugal |
| Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden |
| Switzerland |
Schengen Area
The member states of the European Union (EU) (not including Romania, Bulgaria, the United Kingdom and Ireland), along with Norway, Iceland, and Switzerland (which are not in the EU), make up the Schengen Area, which has common rules regarding visas and controls at external borders.
The external land, air, and sea border controls of nine countries that joined the EU in 2004 (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia) have been removed. Bulgaria, Romania, and Cyprus are not yet part of the Schengen area.
