Your Daily 5 Nordic Facts : Denmark

  1. In Denmark, you can expect to be rained or snowed on every second day.
  2. Denmark has more than twice the amount of bicycles (4.2 million) than cars (1.8 million).
  3. Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II, but King Christian X insisted on riding through the streets of Copenhagen every day to inspire courage in his people, despite the danger of being caught in an occasional burst of gunfire.
  4. Nowhere in Denmark is more than 30 miles (50 km) from the sea
  5. Denmark physically borders only one other country, Germany.

 

Sources that helped me find this stuff: FactRepublic.comLandLopers.com, Quora