{"title":"Schengen area map with all 29 countries","source":"European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs: Schengen area and History of Schengen","sourceUrl":"https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/schengen/schengen-area_en","dataDate":"2025-01-01","dataLicense":"facts compiled by Ultimaps, CC BY 4.0","license":"CC BY 4.0","credit":"Data: European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs: Schengen area and History of Schengen (facts compiled by Ultimaps, CC BY 4.0). Map and table: Ultimaps, CC BY 4.0, https://ultimaps.com/map/schengen-membership","rows":[{"region":"Austria","key":"AUT","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Schengen acquis fully applied as of 31 March 1998 (lifting of controls began in 1997)"},{"region":"Belgium","key":"BEL","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Schengen Convention applied; internal border controls abolished"},{"region":"Bulgaria","key":"BGR","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land border checks lifted 1 January 2025"},{"region":"Croatia","key":"HRV","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land and sea border controls lifted 1 January 2023; air borders 26 March 2023"},{"region":"Czech Republic","key":"CZE","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land and sea border controls lifted 21 December 2007; air borders 30 March 2008"},{"region":"Denmark","key":"DNK","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Greenland and the Faroe Islands are not part of the Schengen area"},{"region":"Estonia","key":"EST","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land and sea border controls lifted 21 December 2007; air borders 30 March 2008"},{"region":"Finland","key":"FIN","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Schengen Convention applied 25 March 2001; internal border controls abolished. Includes the Åland Islands"},{"region":"France","key":"FRA","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Metropolitan (European) France only"},{"region":"Germany","key":"DEU","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Schengen Convention applied; internal border controls abolished"},{"region":"Greece","key":"GRC","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Checks at internal borders lifted by 26 March 2000 (sea ports from 1 January 2000)"},{"region":"Hungary","key":"HUN","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land and sea border controls lifted 21 December 2007; air borders 30 March 2008"},{"region":"Iceland","key":"ISL","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Non-EU, associated through its agreement with the EU"},{"region":"Italy","key":"ITA","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Schengen acquis fully applied as of 31 March 1998 (lifting of controls began in 1997)"},{"region":"Latvia","key":"LVA","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land and sea border controls lifted 21 December 2007; air borders 30 March 2008"},{"region":"Liechtenstein","key":"LIE","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Non-EU, associated via the EU-Switzerland agreement"},{"region":"Lithuania","key":"LTU","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land and sea border controls lifted 21 December 2007; air borders 30 March 2008"},{"region":"Luxembourg","key":"LUX","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Schengen Convention applied; internal border controls abolished"},{"region":"Malta","key":"MLT","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land and sea border controls lifted 21 December 2007; air borders 30 March 2008"},{"region":"Netherlands","key":"NLD","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"European Netherlands only"},{"region":"Norway","key":"NOR","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Non-EU, associated through its agreement with the EU"},{"region":"Poland","key":"POL","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land and sea border controls lifted 21 December 2007; air borders 30 March 2008"},{"region":"Portugal","key":"PRT","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Schengen Convention applied; internal border controls abolished"},{"region":"Romania","key":"ROU","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land border checks lifted 1 January 2025"},{"region":"Slovakia","key":"SVK","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land and sea border controls lifted 21 December 2007; air borders 30 March 2008"},{"region":"Slovenia","key":"SVN","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Land and sea border controls lifted 21 December 2007; air borders 30 March 2008"},{"region":"Spain","key":"ESP","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Schengen Convention applied; internal border controls abolished"},{"region":"Sweden","key":"SWE","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Schengen Convention applied 25 March 2001; internal border controls abolished"},{"region":"Switzerland","key":"CHE","Category":"Schengen area","Note":"Non-EU. Land border controls lifted 12 December 2008; air borders 29 March 2009"},{"region":"Cyprus","key":"CYP","Category":null,"Note":"EU member bound by the Schengen acquis since accession; internal border controls not lifted (October 2026)"},{"region":"Ireland","key":"IRL","Category":null,"Note":"Not in the Schengen area: opt-out under the Schengen Protocol; takes part in some Schengen cooperation (e.g. the Schengen Information System)"}]}