If you ever wanted to visit the fjords of Norway, explore the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, or have a little fun in Finland's capital Helsinki (without having to wear gloves!) then this could be the summer for you.
Summertime is definitely the best time to visit these locations. But that is not why they should be on your holiday list this year.
The main reason is that these are the countries that are likely to be very prominent on the so-called 'Green List' of safe destinations to be published by the Government early next week.
The great attraction of a 'Green List' location for holidays is that a person who travels there will not need to go into self-isolation and quarantine for two weeks when they come back home.