Originally Posted by paul_nl
Well, most of the time that's the case if you travel by car, however most trains between Netherlands and Germany do have passport control when crossing the border which is about halfway your trip.
Are you sure on this?! Must admit I have not taken one such train recently but all other intra-Schengen trains I have taken have absolutely no form of passport control. This is what it should be, as the Schengen area is basically treated as a single territory when it comes to free movement of persons. For more info see:
http://europa.eu/abc/travel/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj...chengen_en.htm
http://www.eurovisa.info