Unvaccinated Brits can holiday in Holland again as the Netherlands Government has lifted all Covid restrictions on travellers from outside the EU entering the country.
Before September 17, 2022, tourists from Britain flying, driving or taking trains and ferries to the Netherlands - including Newcastle's Port of Tyne to Amsterdam - had to be either fully vaccinated or recovered from Covid in the previous 180 days to enter the Netherlands. But the Dutch Government lifted the restrictions on Saturday September 17.
"The Government's decision means that as of 17 September 2022, no Covid-19 related restrictions or requirements apply to travellers entering the Netherlands, including those from countries outside the EU/Schengen area," says the Netherlands Government.
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Previously, UK passport holders were subject to an entry ban in place, which barred unvaccinated tourists from non-EU countries including the UK from coming to the Netherlands unless they had a valid exemption like family ties.
The Netherlands Government adds: "The Dutch government has decided to lift the EU entry ban for the Netherlands as of 17 September 2022. Given the current epidemiological situation in the Netherlands, the government feels that for entry to the Netherlands the EU entry ban is no longer proportional."
Face masks are no longer required in airports in the Netherlands or on DFDS, P&O and Stena Line ferries and Eurostar trains between the UK and Netherlands.
There are direct flights from Newcastle to Amsterdam with KLM. DFDS operates the ferry between Newcastle and Amsterdam with daily crossings.
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