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Some important dates in the Danish nation as to take account of our itinerary and make some historical facts to appreciate the solemn and festive side of this nation.

The fourth Friday after Easter Sunday, about 18 April, we celebrate the Great Day of Prayer. That day and the night before and eaten hot rolls, mainly in Copenhagen, is used to pass by a place of importance (the Citadel or the Langelinie) and doing chorus shows. Hereby established in 1686 to join several days of fasting and prayer.

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Copenhagen is the city’s most lively and busiest night in Scandinavia. Has many theaters, bars, clubs and discos.

In the various theaters present plays and ballet performances. Concerts are also held in several locations: the auditorium of the Danish Radio House, the Tivoli Concert Hall and in churches. The opera and ballet season is from September to June and played in the Teatro Real. In addition, visitors can enjoy puppet shows in the Hongens Have. On the other hand, are outstanding cinemas showing films in original version and subtitled in Danish.

In Copenhagen you can enjoy the free music on summer weekends in the Amager Strandperle and Falledparken. At night, bars, cafes and clubs, especially in the area Vestergård offer all kinds of music and attract a large number of tourists.

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Denmark is a country filled, like many others in fact, old legends of heroes and soldiers. This time we’ll talk about how to gesture a very unique coat of arms, represented by a glass half full.

It turns out that one of the many invasions of Denmark, the fight turned bloody. Hundreds of bodies lay on the ground dying, some at little to exhale their last breath, some seriously injured, others ignorant of what the future had saved them.

The Danes won this fight in particular, and is one of the Danish soldiers lying in the ground, exhausted. She got up and pulled a small bottle of beer. Near him lay an enemy, wounded but conscious and very whiny. The Danish approach and began to tilt to give the bottle when the enemy drew his pistol and fired, but missed the shot.

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Copenhagen is one of the most important cities in Europe. As the seat of Parliament and Danish monarchy, is also the capital of the country, and in turn the most popular city in Scandinavia.

In this city we can find the most delightful architectural wonders, in addition to all the city’s identity is intertwined with visual treasures, making it an extremely pleasant place to spend as much warm in winter and relaxed in the summer.

But there is a moment that is especially perfect for exploring this popular city, and it is this that we are living now, as at Christmas and end of the year the Danish capital decorate the artificial lights, and since the first of December the whole city dyes starts having Christmas everywhere.

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If you like rock concerts, you might want to attend the Skanderborg Music Festival, or Smukfest, as it is known. It is held every summer outdoors in the outskirts of the town of Denmark, and the likes of Eric Clapton, Lenny Kravitz, Beck, Bjork, and Green Day were among those who participated in previous years.

But the truly curious about this festival is one of the housing options offered to participants. This giant beer cans, the signature Royal Unibrev – of course it is a Danish firm -.

So, after a long day of concerts, reviews of some of these 114 cans are directed to rest on them. They have two floors in its 3.6 meters high and its walls are covered in gold wallpaper. On the first floor, equipped with a lounge and a bar which reads spare each day. Here, more data on them.

Each can is fully furnished by Ikea, and the second floor have a double round bed. The cans are rented in communities in six-packs, and cost about 120 euros a night each.

Here you can see the complete program of Smukfest, which this year will be held from 4 to 8 August.

If you’re thinking about a trip to Denmark and do not know anything about the culinary tastes of this northern European country, we give you some clues so you will not feel lost when you go into a local bar.

The truth is that Danish food is not very wide, in fact, pork is the staple of your kitchen. It is therefore not surprising that the menus always include as a main dish casseroles, sausages and steaks, often accompanied by beets, potatoes and pickles. However, the fish is also part of the diet of the Danish and in any restaurant you can find the famous herring cooked curry or dill, smoked salmon and breaded fish. As for dessert, the Danish are very fond of natural yoghurt with fruit and carrot cakes. Read the rest of this entry »

The region is central Jutland in Denmark. To the north, you will find landscapes with windmills and boardwalk: beach 16 km Blokhus together with Lokken, two famous resorts. Skagen, the northernmost town of the peninsula, offers a spectacle of mobile dune shifts between 8 and 10 m to the east each year.

The sea remains restless and numerous lights illuminate. A 5 km away, a sandbank face changes and mixes with air currents and tides whispering end of the world.The poetry of these landscapes, each more surprising, inspired the Danish painters, who eventually established a school of painting.

Short stop at the fishing port of Sæby where you discover the village church of this traditional, baroque manor house and its domains.

Hotel Alexandra is located near the municipality of Copenhagen, the Tivoli Gardens and easily reached on foot of the longest pedestrian shopping streets in Europe.

Hotel Alexandra is located in the heart of Copenhagen City Hall Square. Alexandra is beautifully decorated in classic Danish design furniture Retro. The hotel is 100 years old and is lined with Danish art. When you see will be a delight for your eyes. Its long history and tradition provides guests an opportunity to experience personal warmth. The Alexandra Hotel has rooms available free of allergens for those who require it. The Hotel Alexandra includes in its services, dry cleaning, laundry, room service, TV, Internet. The Hotel Restaurant – KBH Bistro offers French cuisine accompanied by a selection of wines, why is also called the Wine Bistro. Read the rest of this entry »

Storebaelt Bridge to cross the more than 13 miles from the Great Belt strait (Storebaelt in Danish) that separates the islands of Zealand and Funen. The section is actually formed by two bridges, the Bridge East and West, using the island as an intermediate point Sprogo.

The bridge was opened in the summer of 1998, and eventually establishing the largest engineering project in the history of Denmark.

Before this date, the link between the islands of Zealand and Funen was performed by ferry lines, which naturally suffered delays and blockages in very bad weather days. Read the rest of this entry »

Denmark is one of the world’s oldest monarchies, and it has left its clear traces in the form of unique palaces and gardens.

The royal palaces
Several of the Danish castles used today by the Danish royal family. In the middle of Copenhagen is Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II’s home in the winter half-year, Amalienborg, with its four almost identical rococo mansions around the monumental castle space. Two of the mansions are partially open to the public.

In Zealand, it is beautifully situated Fredensborg Palace where the royal couple-holder for the summer. The castle is normally open to tours in high summer. Other royal palaces are released for other use and is home today public institutions, government and parliament, museums, etc. Read the rest of this entry »