Entered EU : 1973
Political system: Constitutional monarchy
Capital city: Copenhagen
Size: 43 094 km²
Population: 5.5 million
Currency: Euro
Denmark is made up of the peninsula of Jutland and about 400 named islands, over 80 are inhabited, the largest being Funen and Zealand.
Denmark has a large fishing industry
Tourism is very important to the economy.
Denmark is a constitutional monarchy, ruled today under the 1953 constitution, it’s single-chamber parliament has 179 elected members.
The Danes were known as the Vikings starting in the 8th century, they raided and traded in all parts of Europe, particularly Ireland.
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Transport
Air
Copenhagen Airport is the largest airport in Scandinavia.
The airport is located at Kastrup, 8 km from central Copenhagen.
It is connected by train to Copenhagen Central Station and beyond as well as to Malmö and other towns in Sweden.
For the west of the country, the major airport is Billund although both Aarhus and Aalborg have smaller airports with regular connections to Copenhagen.
Denmark has a good national railway network.
There are also frequent train services to Malmö and other parts of Sweden. Germany is connected both by rail services using the ferries from Puttgarden to Rødby and by services across the Flensburg-Padborg land border in the south of Jutland.
Road…drive on right
Motorways are well developed across the country, the only tolls being on the major bridges (over the Great Belt and to Malmö).
Bicycles
Outside of the towns and cities there are often bicycle tracks parallel to, but separated from, the roads between towns.
During the summer months, there are free “city bikes” stationed at various spots in the downtown area of Copenhagen.
The idea is that anyone can take a bike from one of the spots and ride it to one of the other spots and leave it there for the next person.
There are numerous national and regional bicycle routes throughout Denmark.
They are all marked and include rest areas with benches and other necessities.
Sea
International overnight ferry services connect Oslo, Norway, to Copenhagen (every day) and Harwich, south-east England, to Esbjerg, west Jutland, (three times a week).
There are also a number of ferry services connecting the Danish islands.
