Schlechte Nachrichten: Es scheint, als würde es in Zukunft schwieriger und teurer reisen:
- Zum 2. April ist es obligatorisch, eine ETA (Reisegenehmigung) zu erhalten. Es kostet 10 Euro und ist 2 Jahre gültig.
- Wenn Sie Waren für mehr als 300 Euro (nach Eurostar) oder 430 Euro (per Flugzeug oder mit dem Boot) gekauft haben, müssen sie beim Zoll deklariert werden. Anscheinend werden in Brüssel Midi Station zusätzliche Schecks geben.
Wird diese Höllenschaft, die der Brexit ist, niemals enden?
Travelling to UK: extra rules + custom controls
byu/Ella_Guruh inbelgium
Von Ella_Guruh
7 Kommentare
I’ll vote with my wallet and go spend my money elsewhere then.
The UK is overrated as a travel destination. London is a crapshoot tourist trap that revolves around Harry Potter, the royal family, and red telephone boxes. For the rest, you’ll find mostly large global stores, and the independent are all expensive.
If you want Scottish green landscapes, you’re better off in Ireland or Galicia in northern Spain.
You mention “will this hellscape that is Brexit never end?”
In won’t considering that Brexit has “happened” and the UK is free to make decisions as they wish.
It’s no longer Brexit, it’s now the UK treating EU countries as they treat other non-EU countries because they’re no longer bound by any treaties or unions from the EU.
Without agreeing or disagreeing with Brexit, why should Belgium and other EU countries be exempt from these new conditions considering other non-EU countries have to comply with them?
The EU itself does the same to non-EU countries.
Good to know, thanks for the info! We were planning to go this year, I had no idea about the ETA. Stupid Brexit…
To be fair they douane have been at the gare du midi have since Brexit, it just looks like they’re going to up their checks. in light of what’s happening in the world I marvel at petty rules
The tax limit on goods has been the case for several years, since the end of the withdrawal period on 31st December 2020.
A further thing that isn’t mentioned is that above a certain value (higher than mentioned here), you’ll need to do full customs import paperwork, which you really don’t want to have to.
Hellscape =
* It is mandatory to get an ETA (travel permission) as of April 2nd. It costs 10 euros and is valid for 2 years.
* If you bought goods for more than 300 euros (by Eurostar) or 430 euros (by airplane or by boat), they need to be declared at customs. Apparently there will be extra checks at Brussels Midi station.
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Talk to someone from Egypt, Iran or anyone from any middle eastern/african country about their travel experiences.
Having to pay €10 + declaring stuff is the least of their worries. All because they were born in a certain place.