These European nations have scrapped all travel restrictions
If you’re planning an Easter getaway and want to avoid the hassle of taking a COVID test, then visiting a country with no restrictions might be the answer.
After the Omicron variant proved to be milder than feared, many European countries have started to ease their restrictions. While some nations have removed testing before travel, or changed the rules on mask wearing in public spaces, others have decided to scrap COVID-19 measures altogether.
So if you want a restriction-free break this spring these are the European countries that have waved goodbye to their travel rules.
Norway
“The COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a great threat to the health of most of us,”Norway’s Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre said back in February.
Highlighting his wish for the country to “return to normal everyday life,” Støre dropped face mask laws, scrapped the need to isolate and removed Norway’s one metre social distancing requirement.
Travel restrictions were eased too, meaning tourists are no longer required to provide proof of a negative test or their vaccination status when entering the country.
Testing requirements for visitors to Svalbard were also scrapped at the beginning of March, meaning you no longer have to test negative to visit the remote Norwegian archipelago.
Iceland
Like Norway, this Nordic island nation dropped all of its COVID-19 restrictions in February, meaning travel here is as simple as in pre-pandemic times.