- which means that, unless they do one of their extremely rare spot checks at the arrival gate, there will be no customs inspection at all. With hand luggage only the OP will be able to walk through the blue EU arrivals channel at TXL, if there is one.

On the down side, though, there will be Security at AMS, and the non-Schengen to Schengen security point can be a bit of a pain... so leaving the presents unwrapped, or loosely wrapped, is probably a wise precaution.