The Netherlands have announced they are updating their Covid rules.
The nation was put into a lockdown over Christmas for over a month in a bid to control the spread of the Omicron variant.
From December 19, hospitality, events, non essential shops, and theatres were shut down with restrictions limiting the amount of people who could meet.
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Essential shops were given an 8pm curfew and there could be no more than one other household visiting indoors a day.
Despite tough restrictions, Covid cases were still high with some days recording 60,000 per day.
Hairdressers, gyms, shops and sex workers were allowed to resume business on January 15.
Officials in the Netherlands have now confirmed that these rules will be lifted and will be enforce until March 8, 2022 at the least.
The new rules allow cafes, bars and restaurants to be open until 10pm. Customers will have to prove a negative test result and prove they are vaccinated or recently recovered from the coronavirus infection.
Nightclubs will remain closed, and capacity at sporting and cultural events will be limited to 1,250 people.
In terms of entry requirements, across the EU, an entry ban has been put in place than requires anyone outside the Schengen Area must show a negative test result.
Those who are fully vaccinated must show their Covid Pass and a negative PCR (taken no more than 48 hours prior) or lateral flow test (within 24 hours of landing).
Additionally Brits, regardless of vaccination status must quarantine for 10 days.
“Travellers from countries within the EU/Schengen can travel to the Netherlands with a vaccination certificate. Travellers from countries outside the EU/Schengen always need a negative test result. Even if they have a vaccination certificate,” the Dutch authorities said.
It has also been reported by Schengen Visa Info that from February 2, travellers entering The Netherlands will be exempt from quarantine if they have had the booster vaccine at least seven days earlier.
This also applies to those from high risk areas.
Travellers will have to fill a form out online as part of a quarantine statement before jetting off.
On top of that, the Dutch Government have also said that from February 1, they are only accepting vaccination certificates that are at the most nine months old.
If a British traveller had their second vaccine over 270 days, they must have a booster vaccine to be allowed entry into the Netherlands.
