Denmark eases restrictions on tourists

Denmark is easing its entry regulations for tourists as of Friday.

The previously required valid reason for entry - for example, visiting close relatives or partners - will no longer apply to people from EU and Schengen countries.

The change applies to countries where the coronavirus situation is not considered to be too serious.

However, as the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Thursday night, holidaymakers and other arrivals will still have to be tested and quarantined after arrival in Denmark if they have not been vaccinated against Covid-19 or recovered from an infection.

Tourists and others from the German-Danish border area and the border regions with Sweden will be exempt from the quarantine regime. For them, the presentation of a negative test no more than 72 hours old is now sufficient upon entry.

The relaxations were already in the works for Friday according to an agreement reached in mid-April between the government and most parliamentary parties.

The quarantine requirement for countries with passable coronavirus numbers will be dropped as of June 26, according to ministry sources.

Fully vaccinated people from many EU and Schengen countries have already been allowed to re-enter the country since the beginning of May.

The condition for entry into Denmark is that the respective country of the traveller is at least considered "orange," meaning the coronavirus situation there is not too bad and no virus variants classified as worrying are rampant.