We're travelling from Chicago to Norway with a layover in Munich. The layover is almost 2 hours long. There is a bus that I need to take right when I land in Norway. I wanted to clarify whether the more time-consuming process (passport control) happens in Munich, since it is the first port of entry or Norway.
The only confusion I still have after browsing the official websites and answers here is that whether a layover is considered a port of entry.
As Norway and Germany are both in the Schengen zone, the flight from Munich to Norway is effectively domestic as far as immigration goes, and therefore you will go through passport control in Munich. You will, however, have to go through Customs in Norway, so factor in some time for that if necessary.
For Schengen countries, the first place you land that is within the Schengen Area is always your port of entry. This means that’s always where you go through passport control for entry into the Schengen Area. However, customs is almost always handled at your final destination, not at your port of entry, so expect to need to take care of that in Norway, not at MUC (that said, unless you have things to declare or the officers think you look suspicious, customs should take no time at all).
As an aside, speaking from experience, a two hour layover at MUC is perfectly fine for dealing with passport control and getting to your flight. The line at passport control may look rather daunting depending on how many international flights came in recently, but the passport control officers there are generally very efficient, and the airport is well designed in terms of being easy to get around.
I agree with the above two answers. From experience, passport control was done in the Netherlands (my point of entry) and customs was done in Norway (destination). Although Amsterdam airport was pretty busy, the layover time has always been enough in my case.
