Grimsvotn began erupting on Saturday Germany is to close its northern airspace on Wednesday because of ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland, officials say.
Bremen airport would close at 0300 GMT while Hamburg would close at 0400 GMT, Germany's weather service said.
The airspace over Berlin and Hanover could also be affected.
UK airlines have already cancelled flights in parts of Scotland and northern England. Air traffic in Norway and Denmark has also been disrupted.
Europe's air traffic controller Eurocontrol said about 500 flights have been cancelled due to the closure of parts of Britain's airspace.
The service said there was a strong possibility the ash cloud would travel over parts of Denmark, Norway and Sweden but the impact on flights would probably be limited.
Britain's weather service said the concentration of volcanic ash in UK airspace would decrease significantly over the course of Wednesday.
France's civil aviation authority has said it expects very little disruption to air traffic and was not expecting to close any of the country's airspace.
Grimsvotn volcano began erupting on Saturday, sending clouds of ash high into the air.
Experts say the eruption is on a different scale to that of the Eyjafjallajokull volcano last year, when millions of travellers were stranded amid concerns about the damage volcanic ash could cause to aircraft engines.
The ash particles from Grimsvotn are larger than those from Eyjafjallajokull, and so fall to the ground more quickly.
A forecaster at Iceland's meteorological service said Grimsvotn was producing less ash on Tuesday and the plume had decreased in height to about 5,000m (16,400ft).
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