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Oct 24, 2025 | 4:45 am

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tom tulpe

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Originally Posted by mlin32

Since there doesn't seem to be any recent info on this, just going to post this so future non-EU residents know.

If you're looking to get the customs stamp for a refund of the TVA/VAT in the EU, unfortuately the only place for the stamp is landside. That means if you're making a correspondance at CPH and CPH is your final EU port before leaving, you have to go landside, get the stamp, and go back through contrôle sûreté. Not ideal for those flying SK and using CPH as their correspondance point, but there you have it.

A suggestion would be for travellers to try and get a customs stamp at their first EU airport before making the correspondance at CPH.

For items in checked luggage: the airport where you check them in
For items in hand luggage: the airport where you leave the EU
Anything else will likely get you a shrug from customs, but no stamped form

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