The Ministry of Foreign Affairs lifts the travel advice to 10 countries from 30 June, and airlines start to resume flights. Meanwhile, many people are focusing on holidays in Sweden: more domestic cruises, a hot market for holiday homes and summer passes for train trips in Bergslagen.
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MFA lifts travel advice for ten countries
From 30 June, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is lifting the advisory for non-essential travel to ten European countries: Greece, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Iceland, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. For other EU, EEA and Schengen countries, the advisory remains in place until 15 July. At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs extends the advisory for non-essential travel abroad for all other countries until 31 August. The decision is not based on the spread of infection, but on circumstances related to quarantine and, for example, the risk of not being able to return home.
Tallink Silja releases more domestic cruises
After an overwhelming reception of the news that Tallink Silja redirects the flagship Silja Symphony to the Stockholm-Visby route during the summer due to travel restrictions to Finland, the decision has been made to put in additional departures to meet demand. As the interest has also been great from Gotland, it is now also possible for the first time for Gotlanders to cruise from Visby to Stockholm.
Norwegian resumes 13 routes from Arlanda
Norwegian is reopening 76 routes from the first of July. The routes include both domestic and international destinations within Europe. This is a result of increased customer demand and the fact that several other airlines have already resumed flights in Europe. In Sweden, Norwegian is resuming three domestic routes (Luleå, Umeå and Visby) and ten international routes (Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Nice, Chania/Crete, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Barcelona, Malaga and Split).
More people believe in a hot holiday home market in the wake of the corona crisis
At the beginning of April and again in June, SBAB asked the Swedish population how they assess the development of the holiday home market in 2020. Between the two surveys, the proportion of respondents who said that it would become more popular to rent or own a Swedish holiday home in 2020 increased from 23 to 43 per cent. Statistics from Booli confirm this picture - the supply of holiday homes is unusually low this year. This is where Swedes prefer to have a summer house:
- Gotland
- Stockholm archipelago
- Öland
- Österlen
- The mountains
Train journey in Bergslagen with Bergslagen's summer card
For the fourth year in a row, Tåg i Bergslagen is offering the summer card, which makes it easier to holiday by train at home. The card gives travellers access to unlimited travel for three consecutive days. The summer card is available in two variants
- Adult card (26-64 years old) with up to two children (under 16 years old) - 300kr.
- Discounted summer pass for children, young people, students and pensioners - 200kr.
Reflection of the week
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will soon lift the advisory from 10 countries in Europe, while many countries are easing their restrictions. If you are travelling to a country where the MFA advises against it, it is important to remember that your insurance may not be valid.
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Hasse says:
The validity of the insurance seems to differ a lot between companies. Some say boom stop, others ok.
22 June 2020 - 8:50
Helena says:
Yes, that was our understanding (which is why we wrote "maybe"). It may also be that the insurance covers some things, but not others. The best thing to do is to call your insurance company and ask!
22 June 2020 - 8:54
Veiken says:
In a bit of a daze, Europe is opening up in one way or another. Let's hope it works and doesn't cause any more trouble than the little virus already has!
Keeping my fingers crossed that it goes well and that it can become some kind of normal state again! *Have a good time!
22 June 2020 - 11:50
Helena says:
We also hope that it will work well! For our part, we still think it's better to wait a bit. We want to travel abroad again, of course, but we're not in a hurry.
22 June 2020 - 21:14
bmlarstravellingblog says:
Even if you read about the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lifting the travel advisory and airlines resuming flights, the desire to travel, which was always there before, is gone.
We probably want a certain amount of security before we go out again and it feels like a motorhome trip will be our first trip abroad when the time comes again....
22 June 2020 - 16:10
Helena says:
We don't really feel like it yet either (it will probably come later, but we're in no hurry). Motorhome travel in Sweden, however, attracts! 🙂
22 June 2020 - 21:15