Scandinavia – Denmark travel guide

Hamlet was wrong – there is nothing rotten in the State of Denmark. Yes, winters are dreary, but they’re mild with little snow, and summers are sunny, with long hours of daylight. Yes, the tax rate is among the world’s highest. But taxes are reinvested to help make this a country “where few have too much and fewer too little”.

The world’s oldest kingdom packs plenty of international clout. The Vikings are gone, but their descendants are spreading their seed far and wide: Denmark is the biggest supplier of frozen human sperm on the planet. It’s also a major purveyor of computer elements and electronic devices, windmills, agricultural products, arts and crafts and skilled professionals.

Green nation

Denmark is a green nation of cyclists and recyclers. Nine out of 10 Danes own a bicycle, half the country’s rubbish is recycled, and windmills provide 20 percent of the country’s power needs. Nowhere is very far away. The Jutlandpeninsula and main Danish islands are linked by a network of spectacular road and railway bridges, which even extends across the øresund to Sweden. Ferries still play their part, linking islands and crossing the larger lakes, for this is a nation with a strong seafaring past.