edit Denmark Travel Guide

• Ribe - Denmark's oldest town. Just to the south, the excellent Ribe Viking Center recreates town life in Viking and medieval times, with faithfully reconstructed buildings, a lively market place, craft displays, working farm with Viking crops and animals, horses to ride, etc.
• Elsinore (Helsingør) - famous for Kronborg Castle, the setting for Shakespeare's Hamlet, located north of Copenhagen. Within the castle there's a museum about Shakespeare.
• Legoland - Lego theme park in Billund. Denmark's largest tourist attraction outside Copenhagen, with 1.6m visitors annually.

Visa Requirements

Customs and Immigration

By plane

Denmark is served by two major and several minor airports.

• Copenhagen Airport is the largest airport in Scandinavia. The airport is located at the town Kastrup on the island Amager, 8 km from central Copenhagen. The airport is connected by train to Copenhagen Central Station and beyond as well as Malmo and other towns in Sweden. One way fare to Copenhagen Central station is 27 Danish kr. and the train leaves every 10 minutes. Buses and taxis are also available.
  • Sterling, SAS Scandinavian, and others connect Copenhagen with many cities in Europe and beyond.
  • EasyJet serve Copenhagen from London Stansted and Berlin Schoenefeld.
• Aarhus Airport is located on the Djursland peninsula 44 km north east of Aarhus, 50 km from Randers, 90 km from Silkeborg, 99 km fra Horsens, 98 km from Viborg and 138 km from Aalborg. An airport shuttlebus connects the airport to Aarhus Central Station from where you can reach the rest of Jutland by Train.
  • Ryanair offers connection to London Stansted Airport
  • SAS Scandinavian offers frequent domestic service to its Copenhagen hub.
  • British Airways offers regional services to Oslo, Gothenburg and Stockholm.
• Billund Airport in South-Central Jutland is located in the town Billund, 29 km from Vejle, 65 km from Esbjerg, 104 km from Odense, 100 km from Aarhus, 210 km from Aalborg, and 262 km from Copenhagen. The airport is connected by buses to major cities and towns in the region. Taxis are also available.
  • Sterling and others connect the region with several cities in Europe.
• Malmö-Sturup Airport is located 61 km from Copenhagen and offers low-fares flights with Ryanair and Wizzair. An Airport shuttlebus connects the airport with Copenhagen central station. FlyBus charges 10 pounds / 100DK for the ride.

By car

By boat

By train

There are five direct trains per day from Hamburg to Copenhagen, approximately every two to three hours. These trains are loaded onto a ferry for the sea passage from Puttgarten to Rødby, and the total journey time is around 4.5 hours. There are also two train lines to Jutland from Hamburg, one via Padborg and the other via Tønder.

Trains run every twenty minutes from Malmö to Copenhagen. The total journey time is 35 minutes.

Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. However, the country has opted out of European Union's Maastricht Treaty, the European monetary system (EMU), and issues concerning certain internal affairs.

Economy

Banking

Currency

Credit Cards

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Tipping

Shopping

Costs

Holidays and Celebrations

Language

Denmark's national language is Danish. English is widely spoken in Denmark, especially in the larger cities. Many Danes also speak German.

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Types of Food

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Phones

Internet

Crime

Emergency

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Gays and lesbians

Illicit drugs and prostitution

Smoking

By plane

By train

The primary Danish train company is Danish State Rail or DSB although there are other small rail lines operated by other companies. DSB also operates the S-Tog commuter rail system around the greater Copenhagen area. Eurail passes are valid on all DSB trains. Danish trains are very comfortable, very modern and very expensive. Tickets can be purchased in stations, from vending machines in the stations and via DSB's website. In addition to a ticket, some trains require a seat assignment. Most trains have 230V power outlets.

Due to worn out rails the trains are often late and will be so for the next few years. A new, less ambitious schedule is to be implemented August 21 2006. This will not affect the S-Tog which will probably continue to be somewhat unreliable (use a 20 minute buffer if planning trips longer than, say, 20 minutes).

By car

By bus

Long distance bus-service between Jutland and Copenhagen is possible with the companies Abildshou (line 888) [6] and Søndergaards Busser [7]. An Århus-Copenhagen ticket is 240 DDK for adults with Abildskou.

By ferry

The only way get to most of the smaller islands, is by ferry.

Ferries are the best way to get to Bornholm, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, although it also can be reached by plane.

By thumb

It's quite easy to hitchhike in Denmark. People who pick up hitchhikers usually speak English. Destination boards are recommended. It's illegal to hitchhike on the highways, so it is better to use highway-entrances and gas stations. When crossing by ferry, try to get into a car that already paid for the ticket.

If you hitchhike from the southern part of Denmark (direction from Hamburg or Kiel, Germany), and continue in direction to Copenhagen, make sure the driver doesn't stop in Kolding. If he does, ask him to stop at the last gas station before Kolding. On the Kolding highway crossing there is no place to hitchhike and it's one of the worst places in Europe for hitchhikers.