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[[File:P1010369.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Calle on his way to Sweden.]]
'''Denmark''' is a country in [[Northern Europe]]. It is a member state of the [[European Union]] as well as the [[Schengen Agreement]].
According to [http[:wikivoyage://wikitravel.org/en/Denmark#By_thumb wikitravel|Wikivoyage]] hitchhiking is legal in Denmark except on highwaysmotorways. Most drivers speak English, not but especially in the western and southern part people are often able to speak Germanas well. If your German isn't good enough, English will help here too. Most drivers are very friendly and hospitable.There was a hitchhiking project done in 2006 called ''The Search for Danish Mentality''. As , and in 2007 there was a follow-up the same organization – MS – is running another project this year called [[The Search for the Commons]].
Please note that due to the current (2015/16) discussions and changes in policies concerning asylum seekers and refugees you have to expect ID checks while entering the country, especially from the south. Furthermore you could experiencing problems in any cross-border hitching, especially while travelling north (e.g. from Denmark to Sweden). When hitching on [[slip roads ]] to the highwaymotorway, I found people more easily stopped rather stop if you were are at the bottom top of the slip road than at the top bottom of it. This is due to the slip roadfact that it is illegal to walk as a pedestrian on the highways (behind the green highway signs). Most [[on-ramp|ramps ]] in Denmark have enough space for cars to stop.
=== Cities ===
* [[Aarhus|Århus]]
* [[Copenhagen]] – the capital
* [[Odense]]
* [[Rødby]] – ferry port towards [[Germany]]
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* [[Gedser]]
* [[Hirtshals]] – ferries towards north
* [[Country_Town]] - Place of the [[Hitchgathering/2019]]
== Hitchhiking car ferries ==
Generally, hitchhiking ferries in Denmark is easy and fun, since most people know about this 'paying per vehicle' thing. It is also possible to hitchhike ferries to a lot of smaller Danish islands, which otherwise are not accessible.
Here's a list of easily hitch-able ferry connections:
* Odden <-> Århus
* Odden <-> Ebeltoft
* Gedser <-> Rostock (Germany)
* Rødby <-> Puttgarden (Germany)
* Helsingør <-> Helsingborg (Sweden)
* Esbjerg <-> Fanø
* Kalundborg <-> Ballen (Samsø)
* Als <-> Fyn (Bøjden/Fynshav)
* Ystad (Sweden) <-> Rønne (Bornholm)
* Køge <-> Rønne (Bornholm)
* Sassnitz (Germany) <-> Rønne (Bornholm)
* Spodsbjerg <-> Tårs (Langeland/Lolland)
At other connections you pay per person, however, it might be possible to hitchhike a truck (no experience, anybody else?).
== Directions ==
"[[Århus]] to [[Copenhagen]] - [[Copenhagen]] to [[Århus]]"
When going between the two biggest cities in Denmark, almost all hitchhikers choose to go by the car ferry between Sjællands Odde and Århus. Not only will most people going on this distance go all the way to either Copenhagen or Århus, it is also just as fast as hitchhiking over the bridges and twice as fun! It is very easy to hitchhike the ferry from Århus to Copenhagen, since the ferry docks in the city center of Århus.
=== [[Hamburg]] to [[Copenhagen]] ===
From [[Hamburg]] to [[Copenhagen]] you can hitch to the a ferry at [[Puttgarden]], and get a ride straight to Copenhagen. If you ask the people after they paid the ticket you can cross for free (and save EUR 7 euros). Tickets are per vehicle , not per person.
You can watch a [http://youtube.com/watch?v=fiR_zNYFoTc video] of the a lovely Danish landscape that . It was made by [[User:Amylin|amylin]] made straight off the ferry into Denmark, from this route, in February 2008when going on a ferry to Denmark. [[File:KathaliftartillBerlin.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Katha on her way to Berlin.]]
=== From Denmark going South ===
'''From Jutland'''
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