Denmark

Driving in Denmark

Denmark is flat, short and easy to cross, and its only road charges are two bridges. The Great Belt on the E20 and the Øresund to Sweden both charge a fixed crossing fee, paid at the plaza. The Great Belt runs genuinely separate lanes by payment type — green for a BroBizz tag or number-plate agreement, blue for self-service card payment, yellow for cash — so pick your colour before you commit, because changing lanes at a toll plaza is not practical. Copenhagen and several other cities operate environmental zones restricting older diesel vehicles, so the city rather than the country is the thing to check. Denmark is an EU member that kept its own currency, so prices are in kroner rather than euros — easy to forget if you have driven up through Germany. The alcohol limit is 0.5‰, and zero for drivers in their first three years. There is no legal winter tyre requirement, though the vehicle must be suitably equipped for the conditions, which in practice means most people fit them. Headlights are required day and night, year-round. Limits are 50, 80 and 130.