The German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) refreshed its travel and safety guidance for Poland on 14 November, warning of traffic disruptions and heightened security around nationwide Independence-Day marches held three days earlier. The notice reminds travellers that both Poland and Germany are currently enforcing internal Schengen border controls, leading to intermittent queues at road and rail crossings. According to the advisory, travellers should carry passports or national ID cards for all passengers, even on short business hops by rail or coach. Drone flights and the carrying of fireworks or other pyrotechnics are prohibited during mass gatherings in Warsaw and other cities. The note also reiterates Poland’s ban—introduced in 2023—on vehicles registered in Russia and its sweeping photography restrictions covering military and strategic sites. For corporate mobility managers, the update means duty-of-care briefings for staff heading to client sites or factories in Poland need to be revisited. Logistics firms moving goods between German and Polish hubs should build in buffer times; the Foreign Office specifically cautions that border police may deploy controls flexibly in response to crowd movements. Employees driving rental cars into Poland should have vehicle documents readily available to avoid fines. While the advisory does not raise the general risk level for Poland, its focus on border bottlenecks signals continuing concern in Berlin over secondary migration routes and public-order issues on both sides of the frontier. Companies planning year-end travel incentives or project kick-offs in Poland may wish to schedule outside peak travel windows and advise participants to monitor local media for real-time traffic alerts.
Source: Auswärtiges Amt
