Netherlands Travel Warning
Jul 26, 2019, 5:47 am
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When in doubt (e.g. I recently travelled to Kosovo because of work and wanted to go and see other places apart from the capital city), I normally go for the Foreign Travel Advice on gov.uk: always up-to-date, no-nonsense, 'elegantly' written and with plenty of useful info - very British indeed 
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Although there’s no recent history of terrorism in Bermuda, attacks can’t be ruled out.
Jul 26, 2019, 7:34 am
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Exactly, that's my issue with it. I generally think people should pay more attention to travel warnings than they do. At least "know before you go" rather than ignoring. But warnings that state "nothing has ever happened, and there's no reason it will, but it might, so be careful" seem pointless to me. Just my personal belief I guess, but I'd like to see warnings confined to areas where there has been prior trouble or intelligence agencies have determined there is a credible threat. Or at least worded in a different way. Many people would get an alert about the Netherlands and not take the time to think it through, but just react out of irrational fear.
Jul 31, 2019, 3:36 pm
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What's their security level for the USA? Level 2? Or are they at Level 3 "reconsider travel" yet?
Meanwhile, International SOS (business travel advice service) still has the security risk for Netherlands as "low".
(yes, I'm aware the US State Department doesn't express an opinion on how safe the USA is)
Meanwhile, International SOS (business travel advice service) still has the security risk for Netherlands as "low".
(yes, I'm aware the US State Department doesn't express an opinion on how safe the USA is)
Jul 31, 2019, 5:46 pm
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What's their security level for the USA? Level 2? Or are they at Level 3 "reconsider travel" yet?
Meanwhile, International SOS (business travel advice service) still has the security risk for Netherlands as "low".
(yes, I'm aware the US State Department doesn't express an opinion on how safe the USA is)
Meanwhile, International SOS (business travel advice service) still has the security risk for Netherlands as "low".
(yes, I'm aware the US State Department doesn't express an opinion on how safe the USA is)
I would say that I’m more likely to be a victim of very serious bodily harm around neighborhoods in the US than around neighborhoods in the Schengen zone, and so I would think that the State Dept. travel advisories should be one to advise Americans to decamp en masse from the US and go to the Netherlands and other places in the Schengen zone until risk levels equalize.