Named after the village where a deal was created, in 1985 the Schengen Agreement followed by the 1990 Schengen Convention, were both signed in Schengen, Luxembourg. The agreement creates a set of rules that enable treating the member countries as a single country for the purposes of visitor and citizen movement. Most member countries as also European Union (EU) members as well but not. There are some countries that are not EU members but are Schengen members.
For US passport holders, the agreement makes it possible to visit any of the Schengen member countries for up to 90-days, during the previous 180-days, without a visa.
29 Member countries as of 2026:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland*
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein*
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Norway*
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland*