Denmark

Easy to live in, hard to be impressed by, and the single best country on earth for missing a train.

Quick facts · checked against public data

Capital

Copenhagen

Currency

Danish krone

Population

6009169

Part of the world

Northern Europe

Canada travel advice

Exercise a high degree of caution

One word to know

Pyt

Roughly "never mind," but warmer. The verbal shrug for when the train has gone, the coffee is cold, and it genuinely does not matter. Danes teach it to children.

Den Danske Ordbog (ordnet.dk), Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab

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Sources: population and capital from public World Bank and national data; travel advice from the Government of Canada and the UK Foreign Office. Check the official advice before you book.