Do United Kingdom citizens need a visa for Germany?
No. British passport holders do not need a visa for short tourism stays in Germany, per home-affairs.ec.europa.eu (checked 2026-07-15). This answer is about short tourist visits.
No. British passport holders do not need a visa for short tourism stays in Germany, per home-affairs.ec.europa.eu (checked 2026-07-15).
What this answer covers
This answer is about short tourist visits.
It says what the official source states for a British passport on a short visit. Whether a traveller is admitted is decided at the border. The official page states the current conditions.
Conditions and stay length for this answer
No further conditions are published with this answer.
The official page states the permitted stay length and the current conditions for Germany. Open the official source (checked 2026-07-15).
This answer covers tourism only. Working or studying in Germany is a different question with different rules — it is never answered by a tourism entry rule: work routes for Germany · study routes for Germany.
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