Denmark

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LanguageDanish
Driving sideDrives on the right
Domain.dk
Easily confused with:Netherlands, FranceQuizzes for this area:Denmark State Quiz, Denmark City Quiz

Whole area8

Clues that work anywhere in this area

Signs★★★★★

Road signs and street-name signs are often made from a pipe bent into a round curve. Alongside the bollards, this is an extremely strong clue.

Watch outThe Netherlands and similar countries usually use square pipe instead.
See alsoNetherlands
Language & Script★★★

Street names often end in vej, høje, or haven. "Vej" is Danish for "street" or "road."

Examples123Sourcesvej
Nørklerier (knitting) i Vandborg 16
Nørklerier (knitting) i Vandborg 16
Walter Johannesen / All Rights Reserved
A street-name sign made of round pipe
A street-name sign made of round pipe
License Plate★★★

License plates are either white or yellow.

Watch outSince yellow plates exist too, be careful not to mistake this for the Netherlands.
Examples12See alsoNetherlands
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Signs★★★

The crosswalk sign has a different look from other countries'.

Language & Script★★★

The letter "Ø/ø" is used only in Denmark and Norway.

Commercial Facilities★★★

A stylish mailbox with a rounded curved lid, made by Allux, a company based in Odense, is common and usually installed near the house.

Watch outThese also turn up in neighbouring Germany and in the Faroe Islands, part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Examples1234567891011See alsoGermanyFaroe Islands
From "Allux 6000 - Scandinavian design"

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Difficult place★★★

Greenland and the Faroe Islands, both self-governing territories of Denmark, can also come up.

See alsoGreenlandFaroe Islands

Bornholm Island

Signs★★★

Most signs on Bornholm Island give the distance to either "Nexø" or "Rønne" — even small bicycle-route signs carry one of these names.

Examples123456SourcesBornholm - WikipediaRønne - Wikipedia
Where
SyddanmarkMidtjyllandNordjyllandSjaællandHovedstadenBornholm IslandBornholm Island

Læsø Island

Building★★★

The remote island of Læsø has traditional wooden architecture. If you see place names like "Byrum," "Vesterø Havn," or "Østerby Havn" on a sign, think Læsø.

Examples12SourcesLæsø - Wikipedia
Where
SyddanmarkMidtjyllandNordjyllandSjaællandHovedstadenLæsø IslandLæsø Island

Anholt Island

Landscape★★★

The eastern side of Anholt Island is largely sandy, with almost no roads. Even where roads do exist, sand tends to pile up along the edges, or the road surface itself looks sandy.

Examples123SourcesAnholt (Denmark)
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Where
SyddanmarkMidtjyllandNordjyllandSjaællandHovedstadenAnholt IslandAnholt Island

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Syddanmark Midtjylland Nordjylland Sjaælland Hovedstaden

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Quiz

Basics

General facts about this place
  • One of the world's oldest monarchies, known as the birthplace of LEGO bricks[ref]
  • A leader in wind power generation, supplying about half of its electricity from wind, with Greenland and the Faroe Islands as autonomous territories[ref]

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