I'm from the Netherlands, and as far as I know all brands here sell tampons without applicators. I always use the same brand though (OB), so it's not like I've really looked, but the fact that I've never noticed it either is probably telling about how scarce they are.

In fact, I remember that a brand (it may have been OB, but I'm not sure) briefly sold a pack with one plastic applicator (that you re-used, I guess? never bought it) included as a sort of ~bonus~ a few years ago. But that's really where my knowledge of Availability of Tampon Applicators in The Netherlands ends, I'm afraid. They're not widely used around here.