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Order your sill or any other dish on the smörgasbord in Swedish, enjoy Danish hygge and chat with a couple of Norwegians while checking out their favourite fjord. Make the most Iceland's Bjórdagurinn celebrations, stop for a late night snack at a Finnish grilli and yell yourself horase at a traditional Faroese rowing competition.
Danish Language and Culture
Where does it come from? Danish is one of the Scandinavian languages, which constitute a branch of the Germanic languages, in turn a part of the Indo-European family.
Danish is most closely related to Norwegian and Swedish. During the centuries that Denmark and Norway were one country, a dialect closer to Danish than Norwegian was spoken in the Norwegian cities. This is still in use today and is sometimes referred to as "Dano-Norwegian."
How many people speak it? There are 5.3 million native speakers of Danish.
In how many countries? Danish is spoken by the inhabitants of Denmark, and is also the official language of Greenland and the Faroe Islands, which are considered part of Denmark.
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A spot of Culture Music & Dance: The Royal Danish Ballet, which performs in Copenhagen's Royal Theatre, is regarded as northern Europe's finest.
Food & Drink Danish food is epitomised by smorgasbord, open sandwiches that can range from very basic, such as children take to school or very elaborate as sold ready-made in specialised shops. The rich pastries we know as Danish? come in many varieties and can be found all over Denmark.
The traditional Danish diet consists of fish, meat and potatoes. Although chicken and duck may to some extent have replaced fish, torsk (cod) is still the traditional dish for New Year. Other typical dishes include flæskesteg (roast pork with crackling), gravlaks or gravad laks (cured or salted salmon marinated in dill and served with a sweet mustard sauce) and skipperlabskovs (a beef, onion and potato stew to which diced smoked ham is added before serving). The name of one particular dish is used as a test of Danish pronunciation. This is rødgrød med fløde (literally translated, red porridge with cream, it is made from red fruit juice thickened with cornflour, served with whipped cream)
Denmark is home to the famous Carlsberg and Tuborg breweries, while the most popular spirit in Denmark is the Aalborg-produced akvavit, Rød Aalborg.
Some of Denmark's Attractions Copenhagen: Scandinavia's largest city, Copenhagen offers plenty of sightseeing and entertainment possibilities, active nightlife, and a lively cosmopolitanism. It's an appealing city, with few high rise developments to spoil its skyline, and water fountains, squares and parks dotted all over.
Ribe: This is the oldest town in Scandinavia, which dates back to the 9th century. Ribe declined as an important medieval trading centre, when incessant wars with Sweden caused regional commerce to suffer. Escaping modernisation, Ribe has retained its old-world charm, with its crooked, cobbled streets and half-timbered 16th-century houses still intact.
Møns Klint: This is the site of one of the most dramatic landscapes in Denmark. Created 5000 years ago, the white chalk cliffs, which rise 128m above sea level, were formed when calcareous deposits were uplifted from the ocean floor.
