Good news for many owners at the start of the holidays: After the Covid-19 case numbers in Sweden have been falling significantly for several weeks, the Robert Koch Institute has removed Sweden from the list of risk areas. This means that holidaymakers no longer have to go into quarantine for 14 days when they return to Germany, as was previously the case. This means that the dream holiday destination for many Baltic Sea sailors should now be open in the middle of summer.
Sweden had adopted a much more lax coronavirus strategy, which resulted in very high case numbers for the country compared to almost all of its northern European neighbours. As a result, many countries, including Germany, categorised the country as a risk area.
There is also good news from our northern neighbour Norway. After Norway practically closed its borders to tourists for a long time by requiring a 14-day quarantine on entry, Germans no longer have to go through this. However, there is still a problem: if German crews stop in Sweden on their way to Norway, they could be refused entry - because Norway still requires a 14-day quarantine when entering from Sweden, with the exception of the Swedish regions of Blekinge, Kronoberg and Skåne. At least that's how it reads in the Current press release from the Norwegian health authorities.
So if you want to go to Norway, you should sail there directly from Denmark and better not stop in Sweden.
Andreas Fritsch
Editor Travel
