Two guests per household will be allowed - four over the holidays.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the measures were “unavoidable”.
Countries across Europe have been tightening restrictions as the heavily mutated variant spreads.
Who’s next … 
Paris cancels New Year’s Eve fireworks as Omicron spreads
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Mince alors !
Is Paris in the Netherlands? Perhaps a “world” tag is worth adding? 
Europa is niet de wereld.
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So we’re just limiting this to Europe then, and stuff everyone else eh? Roger, wilco 
Perhaps Bruce will bring you up-to-date with the world … 
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Suppose we coild open a book and place gentlemen bets on where next.
My first guess is …Italy.
German nationals and residents will still be allowed to enter from the UK.
They must have a negative test and quarantine for two weeks, regardless of whether they have been vaccinated.
The measures take effect from Sunday evening and France has already introduced similar curbs as coronavirus infections surge in Britain.
The Robert-Koch-Institut - a federal health agency - announced the new rules as it classified the UK as a virus variant area of concern, the highest Covid risk level.
Denmark, France, Norway and Lebanon have also been added to Germany’s high risk list and travel from those countries will also be restricted.
Abi gezunt dos leben ken men zikh ale mol nemen
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It had looked like being a bumper Christmas for France’s ski resorts, with flights and ferries from Britain fully booked.
But then came a warning from France’s government last Thursday of “a landslide” - not on its own mountains, but of the Omicron coronavirus variant careering through the UK.
All non-essential travel from Britain was to be banned. And suddenly cancellations replaced arrivals.
“I feel sad, disappointed and angry,” says Thomas Mathieu, the owner of Brasserie les Marmottons, who has already let three employees go, anticipating the drop in business.
“Everything is ready here: we put on masks, we have the [vaccination] passes, we have everything right by our government. It’s very confusing for us,” he adds.
One in four tourists in Chamonix before the pandemic was British. Britons are the largest foreign cohort of visitors to the French resorts.
But France’s Prime Minister Jean Castex has compared Omicron to “lightning” - and his government appears willing to take the hit, accelerating its booster programme in the meantime.
The UK is, yet again, “the sick man of Europe” … 
Do you ever have anything good to say about anyone or anything?
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Ski resort, that is a coincidence, remember two years ago, the first geezer in the UK to be recorded with the Virus, he had been to Wuhan on business, then straight to the Alps (I think) Skiing, managing to infect everyone else at the Chalet.
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The Dutch are not happy, even the police…
And neither are the Germans…You won’t see this on the BBC
It’s more than just a handful of conspiracy theorists or anti-vaxxers.
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Good to see the “Special Relationship” is Alive and Kicking.
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I haven’t heard about a lockdown over here. They are just expecting a huge jump in cases. At least they haven’t mentioned it yet, and it too late to stop most travelers anyway. 
Not a race you want to win!!
