DENMARK 

is it possible to travel through a country without once paying for accommodation? yes.

Country

Denmark

Cycled

XX km

XX m

Route

We went directly north through Denmark, from NAME to Hirtshals. We skipped Copenhagen.

Duration

6 days.

Month

May.

Weather

Warm days, but very windy.

Highlights

Food

We were worried that Denmark would be expensive for food, but ALDI and Lidl sorted us out. They had some peculiar items on offer, but the basic – pasta, veg, cheese, butter, eggs – were super cheap. Beer was also cheap in there too.

Drinking Water

We bought water or asked in restaurants etc.

Coffee

We bought and brewed our own ground coffee. 

Primus Omni-Fuel Stove fuel

Accommodation

We didn’t pay for any kind of accommodation during our whole time there. We actually challenged ourselves not to. We didn’t shower the whole time we were in Denmark.

Wild camping

Wild camping is encouraged. There are even free camping spots dotted about the country. Some are just areas in forests that allowed tens, some come equipped with toilets, water taps, benches and shelters.

Roads

Denmark is excellent for cycling. We were pretty much on a cycle highway the whole way.

Drivers

Super careful around cyclists. Cyclists have priority. We actually got beeped at several times because we’d give way to a car or lorry and that’s not allowed.

Bike shops

Transport

We booked a a ferry with a cabin from Hirtshals, Denmark to Bergen, Norway with COMPANY for £££. We’d considered just getting seats, but since there was two of us, it wasn’t much extra to get a cabin.

Visa (British)

Not needed.

SIM card

Our UK SIM-only plans worked perfectly for no extra charge (GiffGaff & Vodafone).

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Useful links

Nature Agency – Website showing all the free camp spots around Denmark. Open with Chrome to auto-translate.

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