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Hearing more about travellers asking about going to Europe.

So for anyone looking at going to Europe (on holiday, etc) have a valid passport at least 6-12 months left on it (and a driving licence/ international licence for car rental). Check if you need a tourist/ work visa or not for the EU from your country (UK now even has visa requirements for EU nations, although might not be enforcing it yet). For anyone not sure how the EU operates, it's a bit like the states but without as many guns;

there's federal (common laws) across all countries, but also individual country (state laws) like different speed limits, drug use tolerances, taxes, but other than that, it's common sense behavior across all with different languages, cultures, histories and food, with most under 40 years olds speaking fluent english.

As a standard rule, "Act like a prick, get treated like a prick". Be nice and pleasant to people and there's no issues, same as your country. Mind your wallet/ bag in public. Look up where bad neighbourhoods/ streets are. Don't look like a tourist. Basic common sense while traveling. Carry some cash. Also most take Euro (incl. contactless payments), but not all. When you land on mainland Europe (excluding Ireland or UK) you can drive over borders with no passport checks for the most part, just road tolls usually. Ireland and UK are islands, shock horror. Learn a few local language phrases (please/ thank, etc) and your acceptance from locals will 10x. Now go enjoy your trip!

Heading to Finland soon. Not sure if it’s in the EU or not, but tour post has good things to know.

Growing up in the US on the border with Canada in the pre 9/11 era, I’ve never really thought about borders and only fairly recently realized one needs a passport to get to most other countries.

Why buying papers that must be given to anyone who has other papers more or less immediately upon demand is necessary before foreign travel doesn’t click in the rational part of my brain, but this seems to be the way all countries do it.

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