your free PDF travel guide for Denmark
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Unfortunately, we don't have much English information about Denmark, but we have more information in other languages German, French, Italian, Spanish. Here is the automatic translation by Google:
In summer the sun over Denmark appears as often as on Bavaria. Temperatures can reach up to 30 degrees. On the west coast takes the constant wind of the Sun by its aggressive note. But beware: The wind obscures the true brilliance of the sun.
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Wikipedia says:
Denmark, officially (translated to English) the Kingdom of Denmark (ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊, (archaic:) ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊) is a nation situated in Scandinavia in northern Europe. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries. The mainland is bordered to the south by Germany; Denmark is located to the southwest of Sweden and the south of Norway. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea.
The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland (Jylland) and a large number of islands, most notably Zealand (Sjælland), Funen (Fyn), Vendsyssel-Thy, Lolland, Falster and Bornholm as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago. Denmark has long controlled the approach to the Baltic Sea, and these waters are also known as the Danish straits. The Faroe Islands and Greenland are territories of Denmark.
Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. It is a member of NATO and the European Union, having joined the European Economic Community in 1973. The national capital and the largest city is Copenhagen. Originally a seafaring nation relying on fishing, farming and trade, Denmark experienced steady industrialization in the 19th and 20th centuries and developed the Scandinavian model welfare state. In 2006 a survey found Denmark to be the happiest place in the world, based on standards of health, welfare, and education. In 2007 the country's capital was ranked the third most liveable city in the world by Monocle magazine and ranked as the happiest nation in the world. (...) more....
getting around
getting there
Unfortunately, we don't have much English information about Denmark, but we have more information in other languages German, French, Italian, Spanish. Here is the automatic translation by Google:
Denmark is car country - and so for the majority of visitors come through the A 7 For ostdänischen islands suggest to arrive on Puttgarden. The belt is crossed by a ferry, which costs one way by car 51 Euro. There are no more passport checks at the border. Controls will be randomly but on the highways and country roads, depending on the situation of the state bodies of knowledge. It ECs to go regional and to Flensburg, the last major station before the border. From here we then, without change, but with intermediate stop, continue through the county to Copenhagen. It is more convenient than the crow flies from Hamburg to the IC3 in 4.5 hours including ferry crossing. The return trip 2nd Class from Hamburg to Copenhagen costs 140 euros. By plane it is either to Kastrup near Copenhagen or Billund in Jutland. In addition, a dozen smaller regional airports are served. Lufthansa and SAS fly several times daily from nine German cities to Copenhagen, roundtrip from 150 euros. Trains and buses connect all cities and smaller towns. In the countryside, the busses only about three to four times a day. Bus travel is not expensive and can even be like on the route from to Svendborg on Fyn Faaborg, an experience.
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entry requirements for US citizens
Passport required. Visa not required for a stay of up to 90 days. (**90-day period begins when entering Schengen countries.) Special rules apply for entry into the U.S.-operated defense area in Greenland. For further information, contact the Royal Danish Embassy, 3200 Whitehaven St., NW, Washington, DC 20008 (202/234-4300) or nearest Consulate General: CA (310/443-2090), Chicago (312/787-8780) or New York (212/223-4545). Internet: www.denmarkemb.org. Mention tripwolf when you contact American Passport following the link below to ensure eligibility for special rates and services.
costs & money
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The price level in Denmark is approximately equal in Germany. Even Spiritouosen are only more expensive by about 20 percent. Food costs little more than we do. The official currency is the Danish krone, the conversion rate is about 1:7.5. The euro is catching on - and many stores in Denmark to accept the new currency as a parallel currency, especially in big cities or tourist centers. But must be not a business, nor for the Danish krone is regarded as the true currency.
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what to eat & drink
Unfortunately, we don't have much English information about Denmark, but we have more information in other languages German, French, Italian, Spanish. Here is the automatic translation by Google:
In recent years there has been a kitchen revolution occurred. Young Danish chefs have looked around in the world - and brought the world back home. The young Danish culinary artists across the country have nothing more with fatty sauces, roast or dull red fruit jelly with cream on their hats. What do chefs like Nicholas Kirk, the twins, and Richard Koch and Jesper Morten Nielsen and many other is characterized by its focus on local ingredients. The basis of a truly Danish cuisine. The chefs, artists and craftsmen in an individual endeavor, if possible, relate everything from the immediate environment, so fresh and so good it just goes. In other words, they place great value on quality. The sweetness has its life in the Danish firm, unshakable place. Legend is the number of puff pastry creations, famous are the creams, which is filled with the cakes. There are cakes and tarts like everywhere - but the cream just tastes richer, stronger, sweeter (because it has a few percent more fat than usual in these lean times). A particular specialty is the up to half a meter long Wienerbrød with marzipan and walnut slices - a sweet temptation, you can barely resist. Birkes hot and the rolls are so lightweight that lies solely with the poppies, which are sprinkled with them, they can give a little weight. Rundstykker (rolls) are really as round as it promises in its name: They are the backbone of the guild rolls.
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music, movies & literature
The movie "Idioterne" was set here.
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act like a local
Unfortunately, we don't have much English information about Denmark, but we have more information in other languages German, French, Italian, Spanish. Here is the automatic translation by Google:
Confidence for confidence: Danes are honest people. Roadsides fruits, vegetables, firewood, etc. will be offered - pay a small tin box is ready for. Is not controlled, it applies the principle of trust that is commonly used in dressing rooms of museums or in closed cars or doors do not apply. This is as similar as the vulgar shoving in the supermarket. Anyone who does so anyway, must reckon with as cocky or ignorant considered. That building sand castles in Denmark is an unknown phenomenon - and is regarded as a badge of tourists from Germany. For the egalitarian Danes shy away from the territorial claim, which is connected to the building castles. In the whole kingdom is blowing in front of houses and holiday homes of the Danish flag. Other than the Danish flag hoisting is not only illegal, but - especially in the case of black, red and gold - a faux pas that should be avoided, not least because of the recent Danish-German history.
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stay in touch
Unfortunately, we don't have much English information about Denmark, but we have more information in other languages German, French, Italian, Spanish. Here is the automatic translation by Google:
Even though most Danes have to learn German at school, or learned: Not everyone can or wants to use the foreign language as well. Those who are expected to, that is, as tourists in the store or restaurant as self-understood, in his native tongue, will meet with incomprehension. Courtesy is the key - or an attempt at English.
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festivals, holidays and events
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Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Common Prayer Day (4. Friday after Easter), 1st May (Labor Day), May / June: Ascension Day, Whit Monday, 5th June: Constitution Day; 25-26. December: Christmas, mid to late June: Viking Games in Lindholm Høje at Aalborg. The games, drama and splendid history of the game at the same time, are of such a dense atmosphere, you could imagine, Thor had sent them as undead Vikings to us. Early September Kite Festival on Rømø / West Jutland. On the beach at Lakolk rise of Denmark's largest kite festival. Hundreds of homemade dragon fight for the title of the Dragon King, to show professionals what you can do with all the dragons. The weeks of Advent, the time of the Christmas markets. Is very romantic Jul i Tivoli - Copenhagen's amusement park will appear from mid-November in the splendor of thousands of lights and without any fuss. Christmas as it used to in the glow of gas lamps and half-timbered be experienced during Jul i Den Gamle By in open-air museum in Aarhus, which also started in both mid-November (except 24./25.12.). Popular is the Christmas Julebyen in Tønder (mid-Nov-21.12.).
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dangers & safety
Unfortunately, we don't have much English information about Denmark, but we have more information in other languages German, French, Italian, Spanish. Here is the automatic translation by Google:
In the whole kingdom is blowing in front of houses and holiday homes of the Danish flag. Other than the Danish flag hoisting is not only illegal, but - especially in the case of black, red and gold - a faux pas that should be avoided, not least because of the recent Danish-German history. The building of sand castles is in Denmark an unknown phenomenon - and is regarded as a badge of tourists from Germany. For the egalitarian Danes shy away from the territorial claim, which is connected to the building castles.
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