The Schengen area is an alliance of 26 countries whose aim is to remove physical border controls. With a Schengen visa, you thus gain an entry and exit permit for all countries in the Schengen zone. Member states are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic and Hungary.