Travellers Denmark, 2nd

by Martin Symington

• ISBN13: 9781841574417
• ISBN10: 1841574414
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2005-04-01
• Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing

Summary

A best-selling series of colorful and compact guidebooks, which provide an excellent all-round insight to many of the world's destinations.

Table of Contents

Background

First steps

What to see

Getting away

Directory

Index

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Excerpts

Denmark may be part of Scandinavia, but this idyllic oasis to the north of Germany has a character entirely its own. Gently rolling hills, majestic beech forests and a coast lined with broad sandy beaches endow this land of several hundred islands and one peninsula with a subtle beauty. Denmark boasts the oldest monarchy and the oldest national flag in the world--both a source of great pride to the Danes, who have ensured that this is one of the most prosperous and egalitarian nations on earth.

Denmark also has a fascinating history that stretches back to the Vikings and beyond. At one time the Danes ruled Scandinavia, northern Germany and large parts of England, and they controlled the Baltic Sea before a succession of ambitious kings brought Denmark to the brink of bankruptcy and defeat in the 17th century. Since then, although much diminished in size and power, the country has been reborn with a renewed artistic and cultural vigour that endures to this day.

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