All rights reserved. By early April, Denmark said it had managed to control the outbreak and started returning to normal April 14. “Visits, strolls in the capital is ok but not overnight stays,” Health Minister Magnus Heunicke said. I was born in the U.K. but moved to Norway in 2011 and haven't looked back. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. A country would be classified as ‘open’ if it has fewer than 20 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants per week, Reuters said. However, foreign citizens will not be permitted to stay in the Danish capital Copenhagen overnight, although day visits are allowed. I was born in the U.K. but moved to Norway in 2011 and haven't looked back. Denmark hasn’t still announced any move towards the latest recommendation of the EU Council on the reopening of borders for 15 non-EU countries starting from July 1, which the Council has deemed as epidemiologically ‘safe’. © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2020. The government in Copenhagen will allow citizens from European countries with a low number of Covid-19 infections to enter Denmark from June 27. The Nyhavn district in Copenhagen, Denmark. Scandinavian Airlines recently announced its flights to Copenhagen from Bergen and Stavanger will resume on June 8. The Norwegian government announced that business travelers arriving from Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden will be permitted to enter the country without undergoing the otherwise mandatory 10-day quarantine. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. From June 15, Denmark will allow citizens of Norway—along with Germany and Iceland—into the country without quarantine. Frederiksen warned Danes against believing they soon would live in a world with pre-pandemic habits. Denmark has already opened its borders to tourists from Iceland, Germany and Norway. I write for Forbes with an outsider's inside perspective on Norway & Scandinavia. “(But) we are not working ... with a plan for a lockdown like March 11.”. Pre-booked overnight stays of up to six nights can be made elsewhere in Denmark. “So far, we have done well as a country," Frederiksen said. "We have the infection under control. Sweden’s relatively soft approach to combating the virus has attracted international attention. Bars, cafés and restaurants will thus continue to … Rather than introducing emergency legislation, Sweden instead chose to encourage its citizens to implement social distancing, although large events were banned and restrictions put on some businesses. But people from the rest of the world will effectively have to wait until after the summer. While many early observers praised the approach, dissenting voices have grown louder as the death count continues to rise. Travelers will only be allowed to enter Denmark on … Temporary COVID-19 test centers mushroomed in parks and parking lots near hospitals. Travel and lifestyle in Europe with a focus on Norway & Scandinavia. Denmark was one of the first to close and have let people very selectively in. According to official figures, 11,400 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Denmark, which has a population of 5.8 million, and fewer than 600 others have died. Phase one was kindergarten and primary school children. That was later expanded to include places of worship, cinemas, shopping malls, restaurants, cafes, bars and secondary schools. The borders with Germany, Norway and Iceland will open on June 15 but ”with restrictions,” Frederiksen told an online news conference, including no stays in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. As of Monday, cross-border couples who reside in … A country would be classified as ‘open’ if it has fewer than 20 infected people per 100,000 inhabitants per week, Reuters said. Travelers will only be allowed to enter Denmark on condition that they book at least six nights’ accommodation. Denmark was the second country in Europe, after Italy, to impose a strict nationwide lockdown, on March 11, and the quick response has been credited with keeping reported infections and deaths comparatively low. I run a website and podcast about Norway, authored the Moon Norway travel guidebook, and spend my free time touring the country to discover more about the people and places of this unique corner of the world. Buses and subway cars ran almost empty.

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