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Denmark in a nutshell: eight easy questions about the essentials. Everyone can join in, young and old, and have fun along the way.
Harbour stroller 0–3 · Cheerful explorer 4–6 · Practically Danish 7–8
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Guinness World Records lists the Dannebrog as the oldest national flag still in continuous use, since 1625. A famous legend says it fell from the sky during a battle in 1219, just when the Danes were about to lose.
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Nyhavn means 'New Harbour', and it was dug between 1670 and 1675 so that ships could sail right into the old city. Today its brightly painted townhouses are full of cafés and restaurants, and many old wooden ships are moored along the canal.
Photo: European Commission, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
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Copenhagen has a huge network of cycle tracks along its streets, and cargo bikes with a big box at the front are a common sight. Almost as many people cycle to work in and around Copenhagen as in the whole of the United States.
Photo: heb @ Wikimedia Commons ( mail ), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Denmark has more than 400 islands with a name, and people live on about 70 of them; many of the bigger ones are linked by bridges. Because of all that coastline, no place in Denmark is more than about 50 km from the sea.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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Danish companies helped start the modern wind industry in the 1970s, and a large share of the world's wind turbines are still made by Danish firms. In 1991 Denmark also built the world's first offshore wind farm, in the sea off the island of Lolland.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 1.0.
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In the play the castle is called Elsinore, the English name for the town of Helsingør where it stands. 'Hamlet' was first staged at the castle itself in 1816, and many famous actors have since played the prince there. Kronborg has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000.
Photo: ArildV, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Danes call it wienerbrød, 'Viennese bread', because Austrian bakers who came to work in Denmark around 1850 are said to have brought the recipe with them. Danish bakers then made it their own by adding more butter and eggs.
Photo: Peter Isotalo, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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The 'ugly' duckling had been a young swan all along, and in the end he flies off with a flock of swans. Hans Christian Andersen published the story in Copenhagen in 1843, and as a tall, awkward boy he had been teased by other children himself. Since 1984 the mute swan has been Denmark's national bird.
Photo: Milo Winter, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.
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