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Denmark ports
Denmark presents visitors with a slew of riches,
everything from exciting Copenhagen to historic
castles, unusual offshore islands, quaint villages,
and much more. Denmark is considered to be the
gateway into Scandinavia, the Baltic as well
as Germany. Made up mostly of islands, Denmark
is a heavily industrialized nation, known for
its manufactured products as well as its arts
and crafts. It once ruled Scandanavia and continues
to control shipping in and out of the Baltic
due to Copenhagen's strategic location on the
Örsund.
The port of Copenhagen is the region's chief
port and also the city's waterfront.
Ferries depart from Kvæsthusbroen, Nordre Toldbod
and Søndre Frihavn terminals. DFDS Seaways offers
daily sailings to Helsingborg in Sweden, continuing
on to Oslo in Norway. The total journey time
is 16 hours. There is also a connection to Gdansk
in Poland, with a stop at Trelleborg in Sweden.
The journey times are roughly 3 ½ hours to Trelleborg
and approximately 13 hours to Gdansk. This route
is normally available three times a week. Polferries
of Poland operates ferries to Świnoujście
in the evenings on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
and Fridays, and Sunday morning. Daytime crossings
take nine hours, while nighttime sailings take
11 hours. BornholmsTrafikken operates a daily
ferry service between Copenhagen and Rønne (Bornholm),
which takes 7 hours.
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Tórshavn is the diminutive capital of the Faroe
Islands, which is located in the North Atlantic,
midway between Norway, Iceland and the UK. Its
location makes the port the ideal place for
stopovers between the Shetland Islands and Iceland
or Norway. Two ferry companies currently service
Tórshavn. Smyril Lines' vessel sails the following
route: Hanstholm-Tórshavn-Lerwick-Bergen-Lerwick-Tórshavn-Seyðisfjørður-Tórshavn-Lerwick.
This route is serviced once a week, departing
Hanstholm on Saturday morning, arriving in Tórshavn
nine hours later. The ship docks in Tórshavn
for theree hours, before journeying another
13 hours to reach Lerwick. It then takes 13
hours to travel to Bergen, before returning
the journey, all the way to Seyðisfjørður in
Iceland. Eimskip sails every two weeks from
the Faroe Islands to Reykjavik in Iceland.
The Port of Esbjerg, Denmark's western gateway,
is situated on the North Sea. DFDS Seaways offer
sailings from Esbjerg to Harwich in the UK.
There are usually three sailings a week, with
crossings taking 18 hours. Scandlines services
the domestic route of Esbjerg to Fanø. The route
is serviced about 20 times daily, with a journey
time of just 12 minutes and Fanø is a popular
destination for shopping and day-trippers.
Hanstholm is the newest of Denmark's harbours,
with most modern facilities, providing ferry
connections for passengers and cargo to Norway,
the Faroe Islands, Iceland and the Shetland
Islands. It is an international fishing harbour,
so the seafood is well worth a try here. Fjord
Line services the Hantsholm-Egersund-Haugesund-Bergen
(in Norway) route. The total journey, Bergen-Hantsholm,
takes 16 hours. Smyril Line ferries sails along
the following route: Hanstholm-Tórshavn-Lerwick-Bergen-Lerwick-Tórshavn-Seyðisfjørður-Tórshavn-Lerwick.
This route is serviced once a week, departing
Hanstholm on Saturday morning, arriving in Tórshavn
in nine hours and a further 13 hours to reach
Lerwick, another 13 hours to Bergen, before
returning the journey, all the way to Seyðisfjørður
in Iceland.
Since the opening of the tunnel beneath the
Örsund, connecting Copenhagen with Malmö, Sweden,
in less than 20 minutes, the ferry services
between the two countries have become redundant,
but continue to operate.
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