Area

43.094 km2

Population

5.500.510 million

Largest cities

Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg and Esbjerg – all seaports.

Geography

Includes the peninsula Jutland and approx. 500 island (100 inhabited) including Bornholm in the Baltic, Zealand, Funen and Lolland-Falster.

The coastline is 7.300 km. The landscape is flat and cultivated, sand dunes and bays on the West Coast and long fjords on the East Coast.

The main land is Jutland, but Copenhagen on Zealand is the power house of the country. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are both a part of "Rigsfællesskabet" (the Community of the Realm), but are home-ruled and are represented in Folketinget (the Danish Parliament) with a total of 4 members.

Form of government and head of state

Constitutional monarchy, regent: Queen Margrethe II

Political system

Representative democacy

Language

Danish (Various dialects in the whole country)

Currency

DKK (Danish Krone)

Opening hours

Banks:

Mon-Fri: 10-16

Supermarkets:

Mon-Fri: 9-18

Sat: 9-15

Sun: 10-15 (at the stores, which are open on Sundays)

Means of payment

Danish kroner. Some stores accept Euro, but will give back the change in Danish Kroner. VISA, Eurocard or Mastercard.

Electricity

220/40 W

Climate

The climate in Denmark is a temperate coastal climate, the weather conditions are changing and the country primarily has western-southwestern winds.

This is how the summer in Denmark is on an average (source DMI):

Denmark in June: Has 55 mm rainfall spread over 9 days, 209 hours of sunlight and an average temperature of 14,3°C.

Denmark in July: Has 66 mm rainfall spread on 10 days, 196 hours of sunlight and an average temperature of 15,6°C.

Denmark in August: Has 67 mm rainfall spread on 10 days, 186 hours of sunlight and an average temperature of 15,7°C.

View the current weather forecast for Denmark here