Feb 24, 2022, 6:01 am
Last edit by: flyingfkb
All internal restrictions removed:
European airlines not requiring masks on board:
- Belgium - No border restrictions (per IATA, no restrictions; per Belgian government, "This does not apply to travelers coming from a country with a new variant of concern.").
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - No border restrictions.
- Bulgaria - No border restrictions.
- Denmark - No border restrictions.
- Croatia - No border restrictions.
- Czech Republic - No border restrictions.
- England - No border restrictions.
- Estonia - No border restrictions.
- Finland - No border restrictions.
- France - Some border restrictions remain for non-vaccinated pax coming from some non-EU countries. Masks required on some public transport (Nice).
- Germany - No border restrictions.
- Greece - No border restrictions.
- Hungary - No border restrictions.
- Iceland - No border restrictions.
- Ireland - No border restrictions.
- Kosovo - No border restrictions.
- Latvia - No border restrictions.
- Malta - No border restrictions.
- Moldova - No border restrictions.
- Netherlands - Some border restrictions remain for non-EU arrivals.
- Norway - No border restrictions.
- North Macedonia - No border restrictions.
- Poland - No border restrictions.
- Portugal, Madeira and Porto Santo - no border restrictions (excludes Azores)
- Romania - No border restrictions.
- Scotland - No border restrictions.
- Serbia - No border restrictions.
- Slovakia - No border restrictions.
- Slovenia - No border restrictions.
- Sweden - No border restrictions.
- Switzerland - No border restrictions.
- Turkey - No border restrictions.
- Wales - No border restrictions.
- Austria - No border restrictions. Masks required in Vienna.
- Cyprus (excluding TRNC) - No border restrictions. Masks needed on public transport.
- Italy - No border restrictions. Face mask rules extended to 30 September on public transport and indoor settings.
- Lithuania - No border restrictions but masks required on public transport.
European airlines not requiring masks on board:
- Network-wide: Norwegian, Czech Airlines, Smartwings, Flyr, Widerøe, BRA, TAP, Brussels Airlines
- On some routes:
- airBaltic - Recommended on all flights, but only required where origin/destination has a mask mandate. List not available.
- Air France - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate. List not available.
- Air Serbia
- Austrian - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate. List not available.
- British Airways - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate - list available on BA's website
- Croatia Airlines - Required to/from Germany
- EasyJet - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate.
- Finnair - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate. Currently only TO Spain. List here: https://www.finnair.com/fi-en/flight...lights-2364672
- Icelandair - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate: Paris, Germany and Canada
- KLM - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate, list not available.
- LOT - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate extending to foreign planes. List not available.
- SAS - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate extending to foreign planes: Flights to/from Italy and China.
- Swiss - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate - list available on Swiss website.
- Wizz Air - Required where origin/destination has a mask mandate, list not available.
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Dec 28, 2022, 10:38 am
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After two flights from China landed today with more than 50% of their passengers sick, Italia re-imposes mandatory testing for all passengers coming from China.
https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/mond...-202202k.shtml
https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/mond...-202202k.shtml
Dec 28, 2022, 12:09 pm
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Thank goodness some people have something to be permanently miserable about.
Dec 28, 2022, 4:13 pm
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Reporting in from Europe right now.
- Munich: I had a 7 hour layover and rode the S Bahn into town for a beer or two. Maybe 10% of people I saw were masked. No one seemed to care on the train or at any location I went to in the city
- Nice: There are big stickers on the Trams and buses that say Masks Recommended. Not many people are wearing them though.
- Monaco: Absolutely no one seems to care. If I saw one mask I didn't notice.
It's great feeling like normal over here. This is my first time since 2019 where I've been in Europe and it feels like Europe.
- Munich: I had a 7 hour layover and rode the S Bahn into town for a beer or two. Maybe 10% of people I saw were masked. No one seemed to care on the train or at any location I went to in the city
- Nice: There are big stickers on the Trams and buses that say Masks Recommended. Not many people are wearing them though.
- Monaco: Absolutely no one seems to care. If I saw one mask I didn't notice.
It's great feeling like normal over here. This is my first time since 2019 where I've been in Europe and it feels like Europe.
Dec 30, 2022, 7:20 am
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Just got off a DB train that came from Germany where I got on in Basel. Was really interesting to see how many Germans stayed masked. I don’t think I saw a single person with a mask getting on in Switzerland. Signs everywhere on the train saying masks still required since it’s DB but obviously ignored by everyone that didn’t come from Germany. I particularly enjoyed one dude drinking wine the entire train ride pull his mask down every other minute to take a sip of wine.
Dec 30, 2022, 8:08 am
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No masks required on all trains in Switzerland (including DB ones), so again it is peoples personal choice to wear one or not.
While masks were a big part of the english language covid politics, in other languages they were not such a big deal.
While masks were a big part of the english language covid politics, in other languages they were not such a big deal.
Dec 30, 2022, 11:57 am
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Just got off a DB train that came from Germany where I got on in Basel. Was really interesting to see how many Germans stayed masked. I don’t think I saw a single person with a mask getting on in Switzerland. Signs everywhere on the train saying masks still required since it’s DB but obviously ignored by everyone that didn’t come from Germany. I particularly enjoyed one dude drinking wine the entire train ride pull his mask down every other minute to take a sip of wine.
Dec 30, 2022, 12:36 pm
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Thats more of what I expected. But nearly everyone I saw that was already on the train when it arrived still had a mask. Whatever floats their boat I guess. Was definitely an outlier from what I’ve seen the past 6 months or so.
Dec 30, 2022, 1:19 pm
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Spain is the second EU country to announce Covid testing on visitors from China, following similar decisions in Italy, plus the US and India. Arrivals can skip the tests if they are fully vaccinated - and Spain does accept some Chinese vaccines. (BBC)
France will require travellers from China to provide a negative COVID-19 test result less than 48 hours before departure, the health and transport ministries said on Friday. (Reuters)
The UK is set to announce that passengers coming from China will have to provide a negative Covid test before they travel to Britain. (BBC)
France will require travellers from China to provide a negative COVID-19 test result less than 48 hours before departure, the health and transport ministries said on Friday. (Reuters)
The UK is set to announce that passengers coming from China will have to provide a negative Covid test before they travel to Britain. (BBC)
Dec 30, 2022, 1:59 pm
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This is from the BBC report:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64130655
But not all countries have announced additional controls. Germany has joined Australia and Portugal in saying there will be no new rules yet.
Dec 30, 2022, 5:09 pm
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Jan 8, 2023, 2:47 pm
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Me and my friend wanna go enjoy some sun in February but southern Europe seems particularly affected by "forgotten" mask mandates. As far as my research goes, it seems that only Portugal and Malta are mask-free. Is this correct? I'm in Portugal right now so I'd like the next trip to be somewhere else just for the sake of variety 
(NB: I'm looking for places where mask mandates don't exist. I'm aware that they are mostly ignored in places like Greece but we're looking for a place where we don't have to worry about someone being too proactive - i.e. we're only interested in places with no mask mandates at all)
(NB: I'm looking for places where mask mandates don't exist. I'm aware that they are mostly ignored in places like Greece but we're looking for a place where we don't have to worry about someone being too proactive - i.e. we're only interested in places with no mask mandates at all)
Jan 8, 2023, 10:54 pm
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Me and my friend wanna go enjoy some sun in February but southern Europe seems particularly affected by "forgotten" mask mandates. As far as my research goes, it seems that only Portugal and Malta are mask-free. Is this correct? I'm in Portugal right now so I'd like the next trip to be somewhere else just for the sake of variety
(NB: I'm looking for places where mask mandates don't exist. I'm aware that they are mostly ignored in places like Greece but we're looking for a place where we don't have to worry about someone being too proactive - i.e. we're only interested in places with no mask mandates at all)
(NB: I'm looking for places where mask mandates don't exist. I'm aware that they are mostly ignored in places like Greece but we're looking for a place where we don't have to worry about someone being too proactive - i.e. we're only interested in places with no mask mandates at all)
Jan 9, 2023, 8:49 am
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I'd rather not spend my holiday driving so I'm looking for a place that is maskfree even on public transport