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Denmark (DK) |
| Continent: |
Europe |
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| Surface: |
2.209.180 km ² |
| Inhabitants: |
5.484.043 |
| Capital: |
Kopenhagen |
International banking code (ISO Codes): |
DK |
| Official language: |
Dane |
Code: |
+45 |
| Currency: |
The Danish Crown |
Number plate: |
DK |
| Routes of Denmark: |
2140 |
Routes towards Denmark: |
1702 |
| Preferred airports: |
Copenhagen (CPH), Aarhus (AAR), Aalborg (AAL), Copenhagen Roskilde (RKE), Bornholm (RN), Odense (ODE), Sonderborg (SGD), Billund (BLL), Esbjerg (EBJ), Karup (KRP) |
| Principal cities: |
Kopenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg, Esbjerg, Randers, Kolding, Vejle, Horsens, Roskilde, Strand Strike, Næstved, Silkeborg, Fredericia, Hørsholm |
| Airline company based in Denmark: |
Cimber Sterling, European Sterling, Sun Air off Scandinavia, Air Greenland Alpha, Danish Air Transport |
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Tourist guide Denmark (Europe) |
The kingdom of Denmark is a small country of Northern Europe having of the borders common with Germany to the south, its only land borders, with Sweden in the east, and Norway in the North-West. The country is in fact an archipelago made up of a peninsula, Jutland and of 443 islands, located in the North Sea or the Baltic of which only 76 are inhabited. Most important are Zeeland, on which is the capital, Copenhagen, Fyn and Lolland. Greenland and the Faroe Islands also form part of Denmark although having an autonomous statute. The country can be enorgueillir to have more the high level of life of Europe.
Geography: most of the country, two thirds, is occupied by the peninsula of Jutland which prolongs the north of Germany. It is there that 46% of the population live. The third remaining is occupied by islands of which most important are Zeeland, Fyn and Lolland. Denmark adds up a littoral of 7.300 kilometers. The major part of the littoral of the west coast of Jutland makes up of low coasts, punts and sand spreaders or of dunes while the east coast is occupied by cliffs and fjords. Denmark is a very flat country whose culminating point, Yding Skovhøj, reaches only the modest altitude of 173 meters in the center of Jutland. More the long course of water of the country, Gudena traverses the country on 158 kilometers.
Climate and period of voyage advised: it reigns in Denmark a climate much more moderate than it what one would expect because of his geographical location. The maritime influence made there feel and the winters are relatively soft there, the temperatures going down only seldom below 0°C and the summers remain moderate with temperatures not exceeding much 20 °C. The climate is very favorable to agriculture. To be able to benefit fully from the beautiful Danish nature and a really lenient climate, it is to better go there between May and September.
Official languages and spoken languages: the official language of Denmark is Danish, who presents strong similarities with Swedish and Norwegian. In the south of Jutland, German is very widespread because of the geographical proximity of the two countries and on the whole of the territory, English is also largely spoken.
Health and vaccinations: in Denmark, the health system and the sanitary arrangements satisfy the best European standards. To have access to the care and the same rights as the nationals of the host country, it is enough to be provided with the European chart to health insurance which one can obtain in a fifteen or so days from his case of usual health insurance. The children must be provided with an individual chart. It however is recommended to contract a medical insurance repatriation for the most serious cases.
Conditions of entry on the territory: to penetrate on the Danish ground and for a one duration stay envisaged lower than three months, the French nationals must simply provide themselves with a national card of identity or a valid passport, Denmark belonging to Schengen space.
For further information concerning vaccinations, the conditions of entry and the security instructions, you can, for example, to consult the site of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Travel and transport: to join the Kastrup international airport of Copenhagen (CPH), located at 8 kilometers of the capital, of the airport of Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG), Air France (AF) and SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK) propose direct flights.
Airport of Lyon-Saint-Exupéry-Satolas (LILY) SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK) and Lufthansa (LH) proposes flights with a stopover in Frankfurt (FRA) and Austrian Airlines (OS) proposes flights with a stopover in Vienna (LIFE).
Airport of Marseilles (MRS) Air France (AF) proposes flights with either a stopover in Paris (BY), or in Lyon (LILY), Lufthansa (LH) proposes flights with a stopover in Munich (million u.a.) or in Dusseldorf (DUS).
The capital: Copenhagen is located on the island of Zeeland and also encroaches on the small island of Amager. It counts approximately 510.000 inhabitants if only the city is counted, 1.646.000 if one takes into account the County of Copenhagen. The city shelters the seat of the Parliament, the government and Monarchy. The city can be enorgueillir to offer many visits and attractions to the many tourists who visit it each year. To discover town of the sporting and ecological manner, it is good to know that between May and October, the municipality places at the disposal of each public and free bicycle. The city being very well equipped in cycle tracks, that can truly appear an ecological and cheap option.
Initially, the city shelters several palates and other castles. Most important, the Palate of Amalienborg is in fact made up of 4 palates laid out around a great place. The Schack Palate constitutes today the place of residence of winter of the current queen of Denmark, Marguerite II. The Moltke Palate is a very beautiful building built in style rococo, especially used to receive hosts of prestige or at the time of official occasions. When he is not inhabited, he is sometimes opened with the public. The Brockdorf Palate is currently in the course of restoration and should then be used as place of residence in the heir to the throne, Frederic, and with his family. Lastly, the Levetzau Palate shelters a museum devoted to the history of the royal family until our days. One can visit there various apartments and rooms of pageantry and admire the jewels of the crown there. Not far from the palates draws up the splendid marble church, otherwise called church of Frederik.
Another palate which revêt a significant importance for the entire country, the Palate of Christianborg, sits of the Parliament since 1918. This palate knew an animated history since it was almost entirely destroyed twice by fires. In its current form, the palate presents a very beautiful architecture néo-baroque.
The castle of Frederiksborg whose construction continued between 1560 and 1630 constitutes a true masterpiece of Renaissance architecture. Unfortunately also destroyed to him by a fire in 1859, it was fortunately rebuilt.
The castle of Kronborg is him celebrates in more than one way. It presents initially a remarkable Renaissance architecture and a statute emblematic for the country which was worth to him into 2000 to be registered with the cultural heritage of humanity. The castle is also universally famous as a castle of Elseneur, castle which is used as framework with the tragedy “Hamlet” of William Shakespeare.
In addition to its splendid castles and palate, Copenhagen has a very rich cultural heritage. The emblématique work of the city is without any doubt the statue of the Small Siren which is in the wearing of Copenhagen. Inspired by the tale of Hans-Christian Andersen, native, it was financed by Carl Jacobsen, the son of the founder of the Carlsberg brewery, and was installed in 1913. Of modest size, 1,25 meter, for an appreciable weight of 175 kg, it concerning character of tale is unfortunately regularly victim of vandalism, which led the authorities of the city to plan to move it.
Among the many museums which account the city, one can quote the glyptotek which introduces a rich person collection of Egyptian antiquities and gréco-Romans. The museum also has a superb collection of works of painters and French sculptors such as Rodin, Gauguin, Monet, Renoir, Degas or Cézanne.
The gardens of Tivoli also constitute a tourist attraction of international reputation, even if the largest quota of tourists, on the 4 million visitors whom the park accommodates each year, consists of Danish. The amusement park was founded in 1843 and proposes in particular attractions with topics devoted for example to Scandinavian mythology or the tales of Andersen.
Lastly, the city shelters a zoo whose house of the elephants was imagined by the architect of international repute, Norman Foster, architect in particular of the cupola of the Reichstag of Berlin.
Tourist sites and places of bathe: Aarhus located at the east of the peninsula of Jutland is the second most important city of Denmark. It shelters approximately 296.000 inhabitants and was probably founded at the 8th century by the Vikings. In fact the city especially developed during the industrial revolution. To discover the city, one can first of all walk in the district of Den Gamble By, the old woman-city, of which many buildings go back to 19th. Among the buildings emblématiques of the city, one can quote the Cathedral of Aarhus whose first construction was done between 1200 and 1300 in Romance style and who, unfortunately was entirely destroyed by a fire in 1330. It is only towards 1500 that the cathedral was rebuilt under its current form, in Gothic style. It has dimensions which are worth to him to be the largest cathedral of Denmark and has an absolutely remarkable furnace bridge. The town hall, relatively recent, was built between 1936 and 1941 and is entirely covered with marble. The very recent Museum of art of the city, ARoS, was inaugurated in spring 2004 and very quickly was essential like one of the most popular places of the city. Although it presents works going up of the end of the 18th century to our days, it wants to be resolutely a museum of contemporary art. In very an other register, the Museum of the prehistory of the city conceals inter alia famous “the Man of Grauballe”, old man of more than two thousand years and whose body was found in peat, in a state of exceptional conservation. the Museum Viking documents him to it last Viking of the city. The surroundings of Aarhus also deserve a visit that it is for the beauty of surrounding nature, the city have very beautiful forests and very pleasant beaches or to admire the royal castle of Marselisborg, second home of Marguerite II, set up between 1899 and 1902 in style baroque and gird of a splendid English garden. The castle is unfortunately not opened with the visit, but when the royal family does not remain there, the visit of the park is authorized.
Roskilde also rests on the island of Zeeland, to about thirty kilometers in the west of Copenhagen, in edge of a fjord which was worth to him to be an important port for the Vikings, who made use of it to try to sit their domination on the Baltic and the North Sea. Roskilde, capital of Denmark during nearly five centuries, between 10th and the 15th century, are in particular famous for its cathedral, the only one of all the island. Built between 12th and 13th centuries, the cathedral presents red brick a Gothic architectural style of a great beauty. It shelters the tombs of forty kings and queens Danish. Since 1995 the cathedral is classified with the world cultural heritage of UNESCO and attracts approximately 150.000 visitors per annum. One of other attractions of the city resides in its museum Viking which exposes inter alia drakkars dating from the 13th century.
The island of Bornholm rests in the south of Sweden and shelters approximately 42.800 inhabitants. The city is very favourable with tourism because of its splendid nature and the historical heritage which it conceals. If the north of the island is characterized by impressive cliffs, the south of the island east occupied to him by beautiful sand beaches end. Fishing represents the greatest economic activity of the island and one will be able with delight to taste good fresh or smoked fish. The ruins of the medieval castle of Hammershus, located in the North-West of the island, are among most important of the north of Europe. The castle is surrounded by impressive ramparts which extend on nearly 750 meters. Today, the castle is the subject of a partial restoration. Another architectural curiosity of the island, the 4 round churches of Nylars, Olsker, Nyker and Østerlars, oldest, which date from 12th and 13 centuries.
Aalborg, located in the north of Jutland is the third city of Denmark after Copenhagen and Arhus. It shelters approximately 194.000 inhabitants. The port city offers some interesting visits such as those of its castle which dates from the 16th century, and of its archaeological museum which contains more than 100.000 parts of exposure dating from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age or the time of the Vikings. In the surroundings of the city a cemetery Viking is on the site of Lindholm Hills which contains more than 600 tombs.
Odense, located on the island of Fyn, is the fourth city of Denmark and shelters 186.000 inhabitants. The city is especially famous as a birthplace of Hans-Christian Andersen. The famous author of tales indeed was born there in 1805 and one museum is devoted to him today. The city also lodges a cathedral, dating from the 14th century, regarded as the most beautiful Gothic building of Denmark.
Religion: the largest majority of Danish, approximately 90%, belongs to the Church of the Danish people, evangelic church Lutheran.
Big cities and possibilities of lodging: Copenhagen, Odense, Arhus, Alborg, Roskilde and Frederiksberg
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