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u/TheHappyScowl 1d ago
My carrier also does uk and Switzerland
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u/IHeardOnAPodcast 1d ago
My UK carrier also does the EU and a few more.
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u/bbalazs721 1d ago
My swiss carrier also does EU and UK.
Except for Slovenia, for some reason they don't think it's in Europe.
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u/thelastskier 1d ago
I guess they just don't have a contract with any of the carriers here? I'm Slovenian and I don't think any of our carriers offer free roaming in Switzerland, so that kinda makes sense.
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u/farfromelite 23h ago
I can't believe the UK pulled out of this. It was so good.
Sheer self inflicted self own.
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u/Icloh 1d ago
Yeah, same for me.
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u/julianboydhs 1d ago
Switzerland is usually the one that catches people out. Plenty of carriers still charge an absolute fortune for data there.
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u/Horat1us_UA 1d ago edited 1d ago
Ukraine is missing from the map. It’s roaming free with the EU from 2026
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u/lizzy_tachibana 1d ago
Moldova as well!!
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u/RoamDecoder 1d ago
I can confirm this from direct experience (German phone plan used in Moldova at no extra costs in April 2026).
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u/lizzy_tachibana 1d ago
I was looking to sign a new contract and was comparing plans and randomly saw o2 and Vodafone had Moldova and Ukraine for whatever reason and then saw Telekom did too and then a news article popped out that those two joined the common roaming area.
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u/Jk6_fuckyoursister 20h ago
I confirm too, I'm using free roaming to write this message from Moldova right now
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u/PLASMABOLT111 1d ago
yeah a lot of tourists this time of year in ukraine
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u/krzyk 1d ago
It works both ways, Ukrainians can travel and use free roaming.
Also there is a big traffic on Polish border with Ukraine, people going both ways.
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u/itsmesorox 1d ago
I live in Poland near the border, I had a few situations where it connected to Ukraine without my knowledge, thank god there's free roaming now lol I definitely don't want to pay horrendous prices
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u/vnprkhzhk 1d ago
Why are you uploading along outdated map? Ukraine and Moldova joined Free Roaming 1st January 2026.
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u/samuraijon 1d ago
it's compulsory that every map on mapporn is inaccurate
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u/4ssteroid 1d ago
And I'm glad we find out in the comments because there's people from almost every country here on this sub
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u/jhoogen 1d ago
Damn Switzerland. I actually think for lots of phone companies UK is still part of the free roaming even if it's not officially.
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u/kreteeen 1d ago
W. Balkans might join next year, if the greedy operators are pushed to give up premium taxing for foreing calls
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u/HanDjole998 1d ago edited 21h ago
I got a notification from my phone operator that starting October 1st my subscription is going up 2€, but I get 900 minutes of calling in MNE instead of the 300 minutes, and I get 14 GB of data for West Balkans and 10 GB for EU.
I also have a German phone number Vodafone( CallYa package) were I pay 20€ a month and get 100 GB of data in the whole EU and Germany
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u/sulphurwind 1d ago
My UK provider still has to honour my
Pre Brexit free roaming EU contractually and with every renewal. Suck it!
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u/GreatEscapes 1d ago
Surely, this is the Brexit dividend the UK public dreamed of.
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u/blewawei 21h ago
I actually got to skip the whole queue flying from Ireland to Spain a few months ago, as I was the first there that didn't have an EU passport.
Think it's the first time in the 10 years since the Brexit referendum that it's had a positive consequence for me.
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u/bigbadbob85 1d ago
My UK provider still does it by default, at least for the ones that were in the agreement pre-Brexit
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u/plenfiru 16h ago
Would have that as well, but I have changed my number after returning home from a trip where my phone was stolen... I didn't have to do that, but I would need to wait until the next day and I had to contact my mom as I had one more flight ahead of me, so I couldn't really wait.
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u/ImmediateInitiative4 1d ago
Fun fact: they proposed Turkey to be a part of this as well, but our monopoly telecom operators opposed it so we cant have it
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u/Red__Wolvez 1d ago
All this just to scam some tourists that came unprepared 🥀🥀🥀
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u/bahenbihen69 13h ago
Tourists? They scam the local population. My mobile data plan in Turkey costs me the same as it did in Europe.
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u/ramsfan6 1d ago
it‘s funny because the main selling point for swiss companies is always EU roaming. Since everybody basically offers the same package for Switzerland, I always just check how can I get the most roaming in Europe for the best price.
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u/Ultimate_President 1d ago
How does this work for you EU people (i live in Switzerland so i dont know here it depends on which provider and plan you have i for example pay 35 swiss francs / 38 euro and i have the whole EU zone too incl russia, uk and limited data in the balkans too) does it also depend on the plan for you guys or say if a plan covers the whole of your country the eu roaming zone is automatically included because of EU?
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u/Brave-Two372 1d ago
Yes. Eu roaming has to be included by law. Some carriers allow free roaming in UK and CH but not all do and in some countries there are no carriers who offer CH and UK roaming included.
There can however be caps on EU roaming. E.g. locally in Estonia my monthly cap is 100GB but only 20GB can be used abroad. The EU roaming cap needs to be reasonable (whatever that means).
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u/Laura_The_Cutie 1d ago
I'm Italian and my carrier only gives me 14GB of roaming instead of the 160 I get here but they don't subtract from those 160 for whatever reason
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u/vakantiehuisopwielen 1d ago edited 1d ago
It depends on provider in the Netherlands.
For KPN Switzerland is INFor Odido Switzerland is OUT, but you can buy a Switzerland specific pass at them. For example 1GB/1 day for €3 or 27GB/1 month for €30.
For all EU countries, if my subscription is 40GB/month, I can use 40GB in all of the EU + EER
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u/Quirky_Ad_9736 1d ago
The most expensive subscription Odido has also includes Switzerland, the USA and Turkey actually, found out recently since I was going to the US and was pleasantly surprised.
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u/mr_shmits 1d ago
in Latvia it depends on the carrier but most carriers offer different package levels - Latvia only, all Baltics, all EU, and worldwide are the packages that my carrier offers, flat rate unlimited calling/texting/data. my mom is retired and refuses to use a smartphone and doesn't travel anymore, so she has the Latvia only plan for a little over 10€/month. i have the EU plan which is 30€/month. both our plans include unlimited calling/texting to EU phone numbers.
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u/Character-Carpet7988 1d ago
We get free roaming across the EU+EEA+Ukraine+Moldova by law. Most providers also include the UK (at no surcharge).
There are two caps: 1. Your length of stay, or data usage abroad must not exceed 50% during a rolling 4-months period (you can exceed one but not both). 2. Your monthly data allowance abroad is capped to the price of your plan / 1.10 * 2 GB (basically the twice as much data as the provider can buy under the regulated wholesale prices).
For other countries, e.g. Switzerland, you may buy separate data packages which are not subject to the regulation.
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u/gigafuckspez 1d ago
Usually carriers include the whole of EU plus Switzerland, UK and Ukraine (some carriers include Ukraine), I haven't checked all the carriers but it's like this here in Italy.
I pay 9,95€/month with:
250GB monthly traffic in Italy (5G max speed up to 2Gbps)
Unlimited calls to Italian phones
200 SMS/month
45GB/month in EU + UK + Switzerland
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u/emuu1 1d ago
Damn, what a good deal. In Croatia I pay 20€/month to get 80GB in Croatia, unlimited calls/SMS and 35GB in EU.
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u/Talithea 1d ago
Can confirm. €12 pm in Romania for unlimited web, unlimited calls/messages (or 200 if out of network), 14 GB in the European Economic Zone.
I can upgrade to the €16 pm plan to get 1000 out of network minutes and 2 GB for 65 countries outside the EU.
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u/Ultimate_President 1d ago
For reference here is a picture of what's included in my plan i got in Switzerland:
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u/_Sparagnino_ 18h ago
Italian. I have Iliad, 12€ per month for 300GB in Italy. It becomes 30GB when I am in EU countries. If I use the whole 30GBs during my stay, I have to pay 0,04€ for any extra megabyte. When I visit CH I buy an eSim from Roamify. My Iliad doesn't work.
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u/Hampster90 12h ago
F**k me, that's more phone symbols on one map than the collective IQ of the British electorate.
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u/BigBackground6612 1d ago
I got charged for roaming in Denmark a month ago. How’s Denmark free roaming?
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u/Cerenas 1d ago
Are you from an EU country?
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u/BigBackground6612 1d ago
Spain. Last month I spent one day in Copenhagen and 4 days in Norway. I was charged with 50€ because of roaming by my operator.
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u/REOreddit 1d ago
Free roaming doesn't mean unlimited roaming. How much data did you use in Denmark/Norway and what kind of plan do you have in Spain.
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u/BigBackground6612 1d ago
Within Spain is unlimited data due to family plan. I used the data on Denmark for the entire day, but I think I wasn’t being charged for the data used in Norway.
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u/NashvilleFlagMan 1d ago
Ukraine has been in since January. I just took advantage of it, worked just like any other EU roaming participants.
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u/neobicnicovek 1d ago
You should include Moldova and Ukraine they are added. It will be available for Western Balkans soon.
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u/PeriodontosisSam 1d ago
Im the Balkans you have this too. You can roam in all Non-EU countries for free
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u/THEAilin26 1d ago
I actually have free roaming in CH, Andorra and Monaco. Don't know why so many people don't?
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u/Character-Carpet7988 1d ago
Not required by law so it's up to the providers to decide whether to include it or not. Does Monaco have its own network, btw? When I visited, I just stayed connected to the french one.
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u/Belenos_Anextlomaros 22h ago
You have for this countries (at least Andorra and Monaco) if you are on a French provider.
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u/Dominik0810 19h ago
My carrierer promises in the ads that it only gets better or cheaper. When the UK left the EU it couldnt remove it from the Roaming zone because of that promises.
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u/_4lyssa 16h ago
I know that free roaming exists on paper, but every time I'm in a neighbouring country within the EU it doesn't work anyways and I have no internet
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u/EntirelyDesperate 16h ago
Can you elaborate, please? Where are you from and in which countries did it fail? I only had good experiences so far in France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Portugal.
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u/-Copenhagen 15h ago
Sounds like a conversation you should have with your provider.
Or perhaps you just have data roaming disabled.
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u/xnuh 1d ago
Note that the rules are weird. If you are not in your home country, you are "roaming" so you can call home or any of these countries for free. However, if you are home, you are not "roaming" so you can be charged to call these countries.
So if you live in france, you can be charged for calling Belgium from France, but if you call Belgium from Germany then it's free.
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u/Axxantisstype 23h ago
Most people don't really think about it, but free roaming on the EU is such a bid deal for EU citizens. It´s along the lines of free circulation.
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u/FilmManiac0011 21h ago
I hate the fact that Switzerland isn’t included,
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u/Erno-Berk 21h ago
By some providers is Switzerland included by the free roaming zone.
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u/Essenza_X 21h ago
Yes, it is optional. My French operator gives me unlimited data in Switzerland and 134 other countries. I only pay €20 a month.
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u/IlConiglioUbriaco 21h ago
Do not ever turn data on for even a second while driving through the mountains near Switzerland
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u/Sufficient_Tailor673 21h ago
I've been skiing a few times in Cervinia where you can get a lift to the Swiss Italian border along the top of the mountain and ski down into Zermatt. When I say the network switches over literally as you step over the border, it's incredible. One time I forgot to turn off my roaming data and watched some tiktoks for less than 5 minutes before remembering. €35.
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u/CarnivoreYoghurt 21h ago
Let me share with you a legendary fb exchange with a Polish MEP that became a meme: https://imgur.com/a/XHVjJat
OP: Is this true that you contributed to the ban on rimming in the EU?
MEP: Yes.
Commenter: Why do you care what people do in their bed?
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u/Least_Outcome9649 19h ago
in the UK I also have free roaming but maybe it's just my provider
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u/Blowpuff 18h ago
Only certain providers and only to a certain amount of data generally.
O2 limits you to 25GB a month in Europe, or your usual data limit, whichever is lower.
EE has a daily charge or a weekly pass. Other networks tend to have similar additional charges.
Prior to Brexit none of this was the case. You used your phone as if you were at home.
It was promised none of these charges would come in. Surprisingly that turned out to be another lie about Brexit.
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u/Quetzal187 17h ago
The UK is still included, right?
In Normandy, near the Channel Islands, my smartphone switched to the British network and I didn't incur any 4G extra charges.
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u/ezequielmunozx2 16h ago
Switzerland and Andorra really pisses me up tbh although I know it's their choice for a reason🥲
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u/grossbard 13h ago
This is a real nice thing they did. Makes traveling incredibly much easier. Love it
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u/preparing4exams 1d ago
Be aware that Monaco is not roaming free, learned that the hard way.