Talk:Denmark

Semi-protected edit request on 8 February 2024 - minor updates in Transport

In the three largest cities – Copenhagen, Aarhus and Odense – light rail systems are either in operation or close to completion.

Copenhagen Airport is Scandinavia's busiest passenger airport, handling over 26 million passengers in 2023

Cisar (talk) 09:58, 8 February 2024 (UTC)cisar Cisar (talk) 09:58, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Not done for now:

1. Please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.
2. Format specifically, such as "change X to Y" or "add X after Y".
   — Urro^{[talk][edits]} ⋮ 15:23, 8 February 2024 (UTC)

Is denmark.dk really the official danish website?

No source for this, and it seems kinda strange that the tagline would be

"Once we were brutal Vikings. Now we are one of the world's most peaceful societies. Welcome to Denmark."

any source for this? Monological (talk) 23:41, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

It's as official as possible: "The site is the official site of Denmark and is edited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark." -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 23:47, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

Social

characteristics of developed country 2400:1A00:B1C0:90ED:A9F4:9366:972:40AB (talk) 16:40, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Land border

As of 2022 Denmark now shares a land border with Canada 148.252.158.154 (talk) 14:30, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Good catch. I have added the following to Talk:Geography of Denmark#Hans Island, and it also applies here:

Hans Island is not mentioned, meaning that this content is not true:

• "... Schleswig-Holstein to the south, on Denmark's only land border, 68 kilometres (42 miles) long."

Denmark shares a common land border with Canada, as there is a land border that dissects Hans Island:

• "A 1,280-metre-long (4,200 ft) border traverses the island."

Somehow we need to include mention of Hans Island and fix this "land border" issue. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 16:41, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

So why did I learn long ago that Denmark is in Europe, just sitting north of Germany like a hat?? Is this true?? Or is Denmark in North America northeast of Canada?? Georgia guy (talk) 16:57, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

LOL! Good one. Both are true. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 17:09, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

The issue has been raised and answered several times before on the talk page, e.g. here: The present article is about "metropolitan (i.e. European) Denmark", not about the Danish Realm. Consequently, it does not border Canada. --Økonom (talk) 19:17, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification. -- Valjean (talk) (PING me) 19:25, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

English & Danish names

The text in the section Geography uses English names for the islands, but the map there has Danish ones, so it’s not very coherent and it’s up to the intelligent reader to figure out that Sjælland = Zealand and Fyn = Funen.

I’m thinking to either add these Danish names in parentheses in the text, after each English name, or add a little glossary in the picture caption. And maybe add something about Skagen to clarify where the North Jutlandic Island is on the map. What’s the recommended approach?