What every visitor should know about Denmark:

Money
The currency is the Danish krone (DKK). 1 DKK is worth about US$0.19, or €0.13.
Crime
CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 4.5 out of 5 (Very safe)

Areas of concern:

  • Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
Capital
Copenhagen
Tap water
Excellent. Water from the tap is safe to drink.

Denmark facts and figures:

People

Population
5,500,510
Language
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority)
Ethnicity
Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali

Economy

GDP
US$38,900 (per capita)
Income equality
Very high
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