Denmark Travel Guide

The smallest and most southern of the Scandinavian countries, Denmark offers an interesting mix of lively cities and rural countryside. Ancient castles, ring forts, jazz festivals, the sleekest modern design you'll ever see. Denmark is also the birthplace of 'Lego' and there is no better place to buy Lego bricks and experience the attractions surrounding the children's toy, than at the Legoland theme park in Billund.

Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation. Visitors can experience the winding cobbled streets and dine at some of the most exciting places in Europe. Copenhagen’s restaurants have more Michelin stars than any other Scandinavian city. Even standards in the standard Danish cafés are generally very high. 

Away from the capital and the bigger cities, Denmark is a mix of lively towns such as Odense and Ribe together with rural countryside, medieval churches, castles and quaint 18th-century villages. Neolithic dolmen, preserved 2000-year-old ‘bog people’, and Viking architecture and ruins are just some of the remnants of the nation’s long, turbulent and fascinating history.

Shaped by the Viking era, Denmark remains very much a maritime nation, bordered by the North Sea and Baltic with an infrastructure built around it. Everywhere is less than an hour’s drive from the lovely seaside with beautiful sand beaches aplenty.