UPDATE : Traveling to Berlin in times of COVID: restrictions and advice

Since my last article on traveling to Berlin, a lot has changed.

Leisure trips and shopping-restaurants

First of all, the possibility of traveling for leisure and only for business. Indeed since June 14, it is possible to travel to Germany again.

Restaurants and stores have reopened their doors, initially with compulsory tests and now without compulsory testing, with the exception of certain indoor restaurants. The stores also use an application to know the number of people in the store and who came in the event of covid contamination; It is therefore at the entrance to the shops that we must scan a QR code on the Luca App to check-in in the store. Then when you go out, you just have to check out on the application.

Nightlife also started slowly with the reopening of bars and beargarten (outdoor bar) as well as a few open-air events.

Masks

This has not changed since my last post the mask outdoors is not mandatory since the beginning of April but it remains mandatory in transport, shops and closed places. However, surgical masks are starting to be allowed in some places.

Flight restrictions

For travelers from France, Germany has decided to relax the health rules for entry from France, which is no longer classified since June 18, 2021 as a risk zone (except Guadeloupe, Guyana, Réunion and Saint- Martin).

As a result, travel restrictions on electronic reporting, health proof and quarantine obligations are dropped.

However, until September 11, 2021, travelers entering Germany by air must still present health proof when boarding.

By health proof, it means:

• either a negative test document (the accepted test documents are either the negative result of a PCR test carried out at the latest 72 hours before entering the territory or the negative result of a rapid antigenic test (TAG) carried out at 48 hours before entering German territory under the supervision of an authorized body);

• either a document proving that the person has contracted the virus and is now cured (proof of recovery: positive result of a PCR test of more than 28 days and less than 6 months);

• or a complete vaccination certificate (QR code or paper version of the vaccination certificate).

For more information if you want to go to Germany (or Berlin), I invite you to visit the diplomatie.gouv website (for french) or the official website of your country: