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Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

Finland reports 16 infections on border reopening day

The Nomad Today 7/13/20

As of 13 July, people from 28 more countries are allowed to travel to Finland for non-essential purposes. Border controls will remain in force for major touristic countries such as Portugal, Spain,…

Tourism

Norway allows more leisure travel to and from Europe

The Nomad Today 7/10/20

Three southern regions in neighbouring Sweden were also exempt from self-isolation rules, the government said, citing improved coronavirus infection rates.

Tourism

Finland approves list of countries to lift border control 13 July

The Nomad Today 7/10/20

Restrictions on entry into the country will continue for travel between Finland and Spain, Luxembourg, Portugal, Poland, France, Sweden and the Czech Republic.

Coronavirus

POLL

Finland should not allow tourism to and from Sweden, Foreigner.fi readers say

The Nomad Today 6/30/20

Foreigner.fi will ask a different question about Finland and Finnish lifestyle every Friday on its official Twitter account @foreignerfi

Tourism

EU's external borders will remain closed to most foreigners

The Nomad Today 6/29/20

The European Union will continue to ban travellers from the United States beyond 1 July. Read here the list of countries that will see restrictions lifted.

World

EU nears agreement to reopen external borders

The Nomad Today 6/27/20

Restrictions will be lifted from 1 July for about one dozen of countries.

Video

Video

Border reopening under midnight sun in Lapland

The Nomad Today 6/18/20

Reopening the border has some peculiarities in the remote lands of the Arctic Circle, where daylight shines 24 hours a day. On Monday 15 June at 00:00, a Finnish border guard officer dismantles a…

Tourism

Video: border reopening under midnight sun in Lapland

The Nomad Today 6/18/20

Reopening the border has some peculiarities in the remote lands of the Arctic Circle.

Tourism

TOURISM

EU plans to lift ban on non-essential travel starting from July

The Nomad Today 6/11/20

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia should also see the ban lifted.

World

Spanish minister says land borders to open, prompts confusion

The Nomad Today 6/4/20

Portugal's government asked for clarification.

Coronavirus

Baltic states open Europe's first 'travel bubble' as pandemic slows

The Nomad Today 5/15/20

Neither Poland nor Finland is rushing join the 'travel union' with their Baltic neighbours, despite an invitation to do so.

Finland

Border traffic open today for workers and other essential travel

The Nomad Today 5/14/20

Persons arriving from abroad to work in Finland must be prepared to prove their work-related grounds for entry and must self-isolate for a period of 14 days.

Tourism

EU calls for European borders to reopen to save tourist season

The Nomad Today 5/13/20

Until a vaccine or treatment is available, the needs of travel and tourism must be weighed against the risks that may result in a resurgence of cases and a reintroduction of confinement measures, the…

Coronavirus

Austrian-German border to fully reopen in a month

The Nomad Today 5/13/20

Austria's conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said that checks at the Swiss border could also be eased within days.

Coronavirus

Coronavirus

Government reopens Uusimaa border despite the increase in infections

The Nomad Today 4/15/20

On the one hand, the Prime Minister orders to reopen the border, but on the other, she recommends that people not travel. "This is not the time to leave for your holiday cottage," she…

Coronavirus

CORONAVIRUS

China’s new Covid-19 cases higher than last six weeks

The Nomad Today 4/13/20

China has tightened border controls and imposing stricter quarantine measures.

Finland

The mystery behind the famous sauce’s disappearance

The Nomad Today 3/24/20

Sriracha is also known in Finland as a rooster sauce because of the rooster on the side of the bottle.

Finland

Closing Estonian border may leave construction sector without workers

The Nomad Today 3/21/20

Construction laborers generally come from the Tallinn area and have been commuting daily or weekly. Without them, many projects in Finland could be delayed.

Finland

CORONAVIRUS MEASURES

Government orders schools, universities, museums and libraries to close

The Nomad Today 3/16/20

People over the age of 70 are required to stay away from their contacts.

Video

Video

Refugees at the Turkish-Greek border

The Nomad Today 3/3/20

Thousands of refugees crowd these days on the border between Turkey and Greece, trying to enter the European UNion. Turkey does not stop them, but Greece does not accept them. Video: The Nomad…