Avoiding border check points when crossing between Schengen countries
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The Schengen Border Code tells us:
TITLE III - INTERNAL BORDERS
CHAPTER I - Absence of border control at internal borders
Article 22 - Crossing internal borders
Internal borders may be crossed at any point without a border check on persons, irrespective of their nationality, being carried out
(Emphasis mine)
There are still the usual conditions on still having appropriate ID, any customs-related regulations (especially at borders between Schengen EU and non-EU countries), and so on.
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I think the premise of the question is the wrong way round. You ask if it is allowed to actively avoid border check. The reality is that no border checks are the default- there are generally no border checks unless, as with COVID-19, there is a specific reason. This can also include increased drug trafficking or refugees crossing borders.
And the rest of the question is about intent- if you stop me at the border, how can you know whether I was trying to avoid a check? Since there are none, there is nothing to avoid. But of course, that doesn't ever guarantee you to not get stopped at the border.
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From personal experience, I have walked across France-Italy border in Alps multiple times in both directions - using a footpath between two small villages, one on either side of the border. You only realise that you crossed the border because people speak different language in the other village. The distance between the two is about 4 km and it took just over an hour to walk.
As it's only a narrow footpath, there's no chance of any checks. That was clearly legal at the time, as the foot path was clearly sign posted, with distances and so on. Of course, things may have changed in the last couple of years.
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As long as you don't break any other laws and fulfill all requirements, you are allowed to cross intra-schengen land borders at any arbitrary point. As you already pointed out yourself, you are of course not allowed to carry illegal or restricted items and depending on national legislation, you may for example be required to carry an id or a passport and to keep with your examples, you can of course not cross by car at a dirt road if the dirt road is not open for public traffic.
This also applies to the Norwegian and Swiss borders. The Norwegian border has been open since the 1950s long before Schengen and of the roundabout 80 road border crossings with Sweden and Finland, only a few are permanently staffed. Hiking and caneoing is also common along the Norwegian border and you can also outside the roads cross arbitrarily back and forth without problems.
There have been some restrictions during the covid pandemic where Schengen countries only allowed entry from other Schengen countries at staffed border crossings, but I am not aware of any such restrictions still in effect.
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