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Germany and the Czech Republic share a long land border with motorway crossings at both ends. Most moves between them are a single day of driving, with no customs entry on your belongings because both countries are in the EU. That combination makes it the easiest international removal in this whole section.
It also changes the economics in a way people do not expect. On a long haul the driving dominates the price, so you want one large vehicle and one trip. On a short journey the fixed costs dominate, so a small load stops being uneconomic and two trips can beat one bigger lorry.
That is worth knowing before you start cutting your household down to fit a quote you were given for a completely different kind of journey.
| Dresden to Prague | A short drive |
|---|---|
| Nuremberg to Plzen | A short drive |
| Munich to Ceske Budejovice | Half a day |
| Berlin to Prague | Half a day |
| Cologne to Brno | A long day |
Both countries are EU member states, so your personal belongings move in free circulation. Nothing is declared, nothing is relieved, and nothing needs an EORI number. The vehicle crosses the border and keeps driving.
People arriving from a British move sometimes expect the same paperwork in both directions. There is none here. Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 governs goods entering the EU from outside it, and neither end of this journey is outside it.
The general position on intra-EU moves is set out on removals to the Czech Republic from Europe.
The border runs a long way, so there is no single route between the two countries. What the driver takes depends entirely on the German origin.
From Dresden and the north, crossings through the Ore Mountains feed towards Usti nad Labem and on to Prague. From Bavaria, crossings in the west come in towards Plzen, which is the closest large Czech city to Germany and often the shortest job of all. From further south, the approach favours Ceske Budejovice and South Bohemia.
None of this is your problem to solve. It matters only because it explains why two quotes from two German cities to the same Czech address can differ, and why giving the actual collection town rather than "Germany" produces a firmer number.
Identical in reverse. Removal companies run this journey in both directions constantly, which is one reason shared space fills faster here than on the long hauls. If you are leaving the Czech Republic, see removals from the Czech Republic to Europe for the general position.
On a long haul, sending five cubic metres means paying a share of a very expensive drive. Here the drive is cheap and the fixed costs dominate, so small consignments are genuinely viable. See small moves and boxes.
On most international moving jobs the driving is the biggest line. On this one it usually is not, which shifts the whole shape of the quote.
German city apartments and Czech ones share a problem: tight stairwells, small retrofitted lifts and no loading bay. This is where the crew hours go. Measure the narrowest turn before the survey.
Central Prague restricts vehicle access and the permit takes days to arrange. Several German cities have low emission zones that affect which vehicle can enter. Both need checking before the date is set.
Same decision as anywhere: crew, split, or yourself. A short journey does not reduce handling, and boxes you pack yourself are commonly excluded from cover. See packing.
Ask any removal service for the quote broken down across those three, plus the vehicle. A single total on a job this short tells you almost nothing.
Often a single day of driving. The two countries share a long land border and the main crossings feed straight onto motorways at both ends. Dresden to Prague, Nuremberg to Plzen or Munich to Ceske Budejovice are all comfortably inside a day, which is unusual for an international removal.
None for your household goods. Both countries are in the EU, so personal belongings move in free circulation with no import declaration, no duty relief claim and no EORI number. Vehicles, pets and firearms still have their own requirements in the destination country.
Cheaper than a long haul, certainly, but the fixed costs do not disappear. Collection, loading, crew hours and delivery cost what they cost. What a short journey does change is that a small load becomes viable, because you are not paying for a thousand kilometres of fuel to move six boxes.
On this journey, sometimes yes, and it is worth asking. Where a full household will not fit one vehicle, two runs on a short journey can cost less than a larger vehicle would. On a long haul that arithmetic never works. Ask the mover to price both.
Whichever suits the origin. Coming from Dresden and the north, crossings in the Ore Mountains feed towards Usti nad Labem and Prague. From Bavaria, crossings towards Plzen and the west are more direct. The driver decides on the day and it makes no practical difference to you.
Yes. Germany to the Czech Republic and the Czech Republic to Germany are the same road with the same absence of paperwork. Tell your mover which way you are going, because collection and delivery access differ, but the job is structurally identical.
No. We are not a removal company and we do not own lorries. We are a free enquiry service. Your details go to one vetted mover that covers the journey, and that firm contacts you directly. We do not run a price comparison and we do not pass your details to a list of companies.
Collection town, delivery address, move date and a rough inventory. Say which direction you are going. One vetted moving company will come back to you.
Get your free quoteSee our German removals pages for the other end of this journey, and removals to the Czech Republic from Europe for the general intra-EU position. Common Czech destinations on this journey are Plzen, Usti nad Labem and Prague.
Moving companies running central Europe handle these on the same roads: Slovakia, Austria, Spain. For the general position see Europe to the Czech Republic.
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Country covered on this page: Czech Republic (CZ).