Transportation

Update: September 17th, 2009

What can you use to getting around Denmark?

By plane
Flights between the various parts of the country last less than 1 hour.

By train and bus
It is easy to travel by bus and train because DSB and a few private companies covering the country with a dense network of services, which are supplemented by buses in the most remote areas.

By car
The roads are good and there is not much traffic, but you have to care for these conditions:
Documents needed to drive
You must have a valid drivers license and driving the car itself must bear the documentation.
Gasoline Prices
Gasoline costs about DKK 8.20 per liter.
Lights

It is mandatory for all types of vehicles, including motorcycles, always driving with the lights on, day or night.
Use of seat belts and helmets
It is compulsory to use seat belts. Drivers and passengers of motorcycles are required to wear helmets.
Traffic rules
Driving on the right and we must respect to vehicles (especially cyclists) that are on the right. The sign of giving way or line of white triangles across the road means that it must yield to those who come on the road you want to enter.
Speed limits
The speed limit is 50 kilometers per hour in areas construidad 100 kilometers per hour on highways and 80 km in other ways. Punishes speeding and driving while drunk, having no damage. Foreigners have to pay the fines on the spot.
Parking
The signs Parkering / STANDSNING FORBUNDT means it is prohibited to park or stand, but allowed a period not exceeding 3 minutes.

In cities where there are no vending machines for cards, discs are used for parking. These can be purchased at petrol stations, post offices, police stations, tourist offices and must be placed indicating the arrival time. In most car parks in the city are sold in vending machines that the cards are placed on the windshield.

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