Current travel advisories for Netherlands

Last Update: Monday, 15. July 2019 at 07:22

Travelling Netherlands is (relatively) safe.

Travel warnings for this region [to world map].

Current situation : 1.8 / 5

Netherlands is a country in Europe (Western Europe) with around 17 million citizens and a land mass of 41,526 km². We detected travel advisories from 5 sources for this country.

Bordering countries: 1.9 / 5

Netherlands shares land borders with Belgium and Germany. For these countries, the individual warning index is 2.2 (Belgium) and 1.5 (Germany). See danger map of the region.

Single advisories / travel warnings

Maltese government

https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Travel-Advice.aspx

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:

Danger level: 1

Take normal precautions.

Irish government

https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/the-netherlands/

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Normal precautions

Danger level: 1

Normal precautions.

US American government

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/netherlands-travel-advisory.html

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Exercise increased caution in the Netherlands due to terrorism. Terrorists continue plotting possible attacks in the Netherlands. Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets/shopping malls, local government facilities, hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, parks, major sporting and cultural events, educational institutions, airports, and other public areas. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page.

Danger level: 2

New Zealand government

https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/netherlands

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Exercise increased caution in the Netherlands due to the threat of terrorism.

Danger level: 2

Exercise increased caution / Some Risk.

Canadian government

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/netherlands

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution.

Danger level: 3

Exercise a high degree of caution.

If there is more than one advisory/message of a single government for a given country, it indicates regional differences in means of security for your personal health and well-being. Single messages can indicate specific regions to be safer or less safe as mentioned in the main advisory. In these cases it's advisable to consult your own governments information.

Warnindex Description

Extreme Warning (index value: 4.5 - 5)

You should avoid any trips. A high warning index is a sound indicator of potential harm to your health and well-being.

High Risk (index value: 3.5 - 4.5)

Travel should be reduced to a necessary minimum and be conducted with good preparation and high attention.

Medium Risk (index value: 2.5 - 3.5)

Warnings often relate to specific regions within a country. However, high attention is still advised when moving around.

Low Risk (index value: 0 - 2.5)

Usually this is an indicator that travelling in this country is relatively safe. Higher attention is advised with values > 1.

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Country information

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Basic facts

Citizens: around 17 million
Covering landmass: 41,526 km²
Electricity: 230V - 50Hz
Currency: Euro (EUR)
ISO 2-Letter Code: NL
Phone prefix: +31
Top Level Domain: .nl
Mobile frequencies (MHz): 900/1800/3G

Airports in Netherlands (extern)

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Note of the displayed travel advisories

These trabel advisories are automatically gathered. We use the RSS Feeds of the corresponding authorities of the single countries. In some cases, we analyse the website itself. Since the information originates from different countries and different countries have different understanding of danger and danger levels. Thus, the information displayed is an automized and normalized representation with no right to completeness and correctness. If a country is not shown, it doesn't necessarily mean it's safe. The information shown if a first indicator.