How long between flights is still a "Transit" through Munich airport?

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This is, for you, a catch22 situation, since you must stay overnight to get a test result.

The rules for transit are the same for all german states:

Exception: transit
The obligation to self-isolate at home does not apply in the case of transit through Germany. In this case, however, you are obliged to leave Germany immediately. The specific regulations of the Länder apply.

In many German versions of this text, the following is often added:

Übernachtungen in Deutschland sind nicht möglich.

Overnight stays in Germany are not possible.

So entering, without transit, a quarantine is needed, but since you are not a resident (thus have no accommodation) a quarantine is not possible.

Hotels are presently also not an option:

According to the decision taken by the Federal and Länder Governments, from 2 November until at least 20 December hotels and other accommodation providers may only provide overnight accommodation to people whose travel is essential. It is no longer permitted to provide overnight accommodation for tourism purposes.

To my knowledge, there are no exceptions presently forseen to allow a stay at an airport hotel to await the result of a test so that one could then travel on.

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As far as I can tell after quite a bit of research, there are no restrictions that would entirely prevent you from entry.

The Bavarian regulations (see §1 (1) and §2 (1)) only say that you have to quarantine yourself in an appropriate accomodation, and that this requirement does not apply for transit travellers who leave Bavariy "directly and immediately". I could not find any further clarification, but staying overnight probably does not count as "immediate", so you'll have to be in quarantine during this time. In practice the question is: where will you be allowed to stay overnight? You haven't mentioned any plans.

My suggestion would be:

  • fill out the digital entry registration.
  • contact one of the hotels directly at the airport to see if you can stay there overnight under these circumstances.
  • for additional reassurance, send emails to the testng center at the airport ([email protected]) and the Bavarian health office ([email protected]) and describe your plan.

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