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Thursday, July 24, 2025

2020-2025 Expansion of Europe's Free-travel "Schengen Area" (And What's Next)

This is an article for those interested in what's changed in the map of the Schengen Area since our previous update in 2020. From now on, you can always find the latest version of this map in our Schengen zone explainer article.

Schengen Zone: Map of the Schengen Area (the European Union's border-free travel zone), color-coded for EU Schengen countries, non-EU Schengen countries, future Schengen countries, and Schengen-exempt EU countries, as well as microstates unofficially participating in the Schengen agreements. Updated to 2025 with the edition of Croatia, Bulgaria, and Romania to the map. Colorblind accessible.
Three southeastern European countries - Croatia, Romania, and Bulgaria - have joined the Schengen Area in recent years. 
Map by Evan Centanni, from blank map by Ssolbergj. License: CC BY-SA