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Entry requirements

Passport and visa service

Danish Ministry of Foreign affairs.

Diplomatic representations

List of Danish embassies and consulates on Danish Ministry of Foreign affairs' website.

For more information

Embassy of Denmark in Greece
11 Vas Sophias
10671 Athens
Phone: +30 210 3608315
Fax: + 30 210 3636163
athemb@athemb.um.dk

Organizing your trip

Means of transport recommended in town

Recommendation

Taxis are available everywhere. Taxi lights show green when they are free, and red when they are not.
All bigger cities and towns in Denmark have an excellent bus network of city and intercity buses.

Copenhagen is the only city in Denmark with a metro system. The metro offers connections to S-trains, which are electric trains connecting the city center with the suburbs of Copenhagen. The numerous S-trains just like the metro leave at frequent intervals and form the heart of the public transportation infrastructure of the city. Metro offers an extension to Copenhagen Airport ( reachable from the central station by a 12 minutes drive).

Maps of urban networks

Map of Copenhagen Metro and S-train
Map of Copenhagen Metro, S-train and regional train

Means of transport recommended in the rest of the country

Recommendation

The infrastructure is excellent everywhere, and all major islands and the peninsula of Jutland are inter-connected by a network of tunnels and bridges. Denmark's second largest city, Aarhus, is located on the Jutland peninsula, about three hours drive by car from Copenhagen. Visitors can also move easily from one part of the country to another by train or domestic airlines at reasonable prices.

There are twelve civilian airports, plus the Copenhagen International Airport (Kastrup), which is a major international airport and serves as the Scandinavian hub for SAS (Scandinavian Airline System). Copenhagen Airport was voted the world's second best airport in 2003 by the international airline organization IATA and the “Best in Europe” in 2005.

Rail companies

Danish State Railways

Flight from Greece

Aircraft companies like Austrian Airlines, KLM, Swiss Air and SAS operate regular flights from Athens to Copenhagen. Some of these companies also offer flights to Billund and Aalborg. For low cost company, check Sterling. To find out air connections from Greece to Denmark click here

Traveling by yourself

Recommendation

When travelling around in the country the train is recommendable as a mean of transportation. If you are in a hurry, domestic air travel is also an option.
If you on the other hand wish to explore the country by yourself there are numerous possibilities of renting a car. Even though all the road signs are in Danish, it does not present tourists equipped with a road map with any difficulties of finding their way around in the country. You should however be alert since Denmark has a high volume of bicycle traffic - so keep an eye out for bicycles in intersections and roundabouts. Another interesting fact about Denmark is that the use of dipped headlights is compulsory at all hours.

For more information check the website of the Danish Road Directorate.

Road maps

Omnimap

Find an itinerary

Google Maps

Visiting

Different forms of tourism

Historical

On the website of the Danish Palaces and Properties Agency you can read about more than 20 Danish palaces, castles and gardens and find their locations.
The Open Air Museum north of Copenhagen is one of the largest and oldest in the world.
You can read more about the Vikings and Danish history on the webpage of the Danish Tourist Board.

Cultural

Royal Jelling: The Jelling burial mounds and one of the runic stones are striking examples of pagan Nordic culture.
The National museum of Denmark is taking visitors on a journey traversing the cultural history of Denmark.
Roskilde Festival: If you are a music lover than you should visit Denmark during the summer because that's the time of festivals.

Nature

Denmark has great natural areas that you can explore and enjoy. They consist of forests, hills, lakes, meadows, swamps etc. See a list of natural areas at the website of the Danish Tourist Board.

Religious

Denmark has more than 2400 churches and has even preserved a few monasteries. More information on the website of the Danish Tourist Board.

Beach

Denmark is famous for its long and wide beaches with their soft, fine sand. For more information visit the website of the Danish Tourist Board.

Shopping

The Danish, are world famous when it comes to furniture.
Some of the tops gifts made in Denmark are their wide array of ceramics. The main shopping district in Copenhagen is centered around Stroget, one of the most popular walkways throughout the city. Prices in Denmark are high.

Tourism organizations

Danish Tourism Board

Eating

Food specialties

Smørrebrød, often eaten for lunch, consists of a slice of dark bread with butter, topped with slices of meat, fish or cheese and generously garnished. It needs to be eaten sitting down with a knife and fork.

Drinks

Coffee is very popular in Denmark and is widely drunk at all hours. Denmark also has many varieties of beer, famous breweries being Carlsberg and Tuborg. Most popular is pilsner (lager) but there are also darker beers. Akvavit, popularly known as "snaps" is also found in the category of Danish national drinks.

Dietary restrictions

None

Paying

Domestic currency

Danish kroner

ISO Code

DKK

To obtain domestic currency

The monetary unit is the Danish crown (DKK), divided into 10 aures, it is emitted in parts of 25 and 50 aures and 1,2,5,10 and 20 crowns and in tickets of 50,100,500 and 1000 crowns.

Possible means of payment

In stores, restaurants, hotels, cafés payment is made in cash or by Credit Card, according to the sum.

Exchange rate on

Automatic Teller Machines (ATM)

To find out the locations of ATMs in in Denmark, click on the link to your credit card: Visa, Mastercard or American Express

Speaking

Official language

Danish is the official language of Denmark, Greenland and the Faeroe Islands. Both Greenland and the Faeroe Islands have their own languages too which most of the people speak, but Danish is used for official purposes and taught in schools.

Other languages spoken

English is the predominant second language. Small minorities, mostly in Southern Denmark, speak German.

Business language

Yes. Danes are generally very used to using English and especially business people and government agencies.

Getting some knowledge

The Travlang website contains a dictionary and gives you some typical phrases to learn in Danish.

Free translation tools

Babel Fish Translation - Translation of text and websites
Translation Guide - Translation of text and websites from Danish to English
Translation Helper - Translates from Danish to many languages
Hexagone - Not Free Greek-Danish-Greek translator

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Last updates: May 2012