| Page Views: 11,671 Last Visit to Denmark: December, 2006 I Used To Live Here | DENMARK by ginte - last update: Jun 26, 2007 |
Never-ending love story... Denmark is a special country for me. I’ve found my second home in Copenhagen and so far I’ve never seen anything more beautiful.
I was lucky to live in Denmark twice. My first stay there lasted 5 months from 30 August, 2002 until 31 Jaunuary, 2003, as I was there by students exchange program. It was the first my stay for so long in a foreign country. My second stay in Denmark lasted 6 months from 18 October, 2004 until 4 May, 2005. I was happy to see half of spring there this time. And the third time in Denmark was just a short visit for 10 days in the begining of December, 2006.
Spending 11 months in total there, living and communicating with Danes every day made me to go deeper into understanding Danish culture and traditions. And it was much progressing during my second stay there, as I live in a Danish family then. So, I can say that there's no better way for the culture understanding as from the inside. I suppose that the best way of getting to know a foreign country is to live there for a while. Then you can see not only wonderful architecture, attractions and activities for tourists, but also the daily life and things you'll never see by spending there just a few days.
Mostly I discovered Zealand – the largest island of Denmark, where its capital Copenhagen is located. So far I’ve seen:
Copenhagen
Lyngby
Mon
Roskilde
Hillerod
Helsingor
But it’s just beginning of traveling inside Denmark. Once I come back, I will have a great chance to discover more ;-) And, for sure, I'm going to take it. Who wouldn't?
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General info Full country name: Kingdom of Denmark.
Area: 42,930 sq km.
Population: 5.35 million.
Capital City: Copenhagen (pop 1.8 million).
People: 95% Danish; 5% foreign nationals.
Language: the official language is Danish, but however most Danes understand and speak English.
Religion: Lutheran.
Government: Constitutional monarchy.
The biggest towns in Denmark
5.3 million people live in Denmark. According to number of inhabitants, the 10 biggest towns are
- Copenhagen 1.085.813 (incl. suburbs)
- Aarhus 222.559
- Odense 145.374
- Aalborg 121.100
- Esbjerg 72.613
- Randers 55.897
- Kolding 54.526
- Vejle 49.782
- Horsens 49.457
- Roskilde 43.753
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Quick facts All in all, Denmark consists of some 406 islands, many of which are uninhabited. The capital, Copenhagen, is situated on Zealand, the largest island.
The country is relatively flat and the highest point rises to 173 m. About 66% of the land is cultivated, 12% is woodland and the rest is built-up areas, roads and lakes.
Denmark has a temperate costal climate. The coldest months are january/February with an average temperature of 0 degrees Celsius - July/August are the warmest at approx. 17 degrees Celsius.
As monarchy since A.D. 900, Denmark is one of the oldest kingdoms in Europe. In 1972, the present monarch Queen Margrethe II became head of state. |
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pchamlis Sat Jun 16, 2007 14:10 UTC
Visited Denmark only once, over 25 years ago. Really, really enjoyed being there, a beautiful and friendly country. | Niksen Thu Jun 14, 2007 02:30 UTC
Diving is also fast becomming a big thing in DK GREAT wreck diving available! | NeverBeenThere Sat May 26, 2007 02:53 UTC
thanks for this page, very informative and good pictures.. Vickie | tracknfield Thu Oct 6, 2005 16:54 UTC
nice denmark page. I was an exchange student with yfu in 2003 on Fyn. living with a danish family is the best, you learn so much about danish culture |
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