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Denmark

Capital: Copenhagen

  • Metropolitan Denmark has 406 islands, including Zealand, where Copenhagen sits, and Funen.
  • Tivoli Gardens opened in 1843 and is the second-oldest amusement park still running in the world.
  • Nyhavn was dug between 1670 and 1675 by soldiers and Swedish prisoners of war, and its townhouses are brightly coloured.
  • Danish pastry, called wienerbrød, is made by folding butter into dough until it forms about 27 layers.
  • Hans Christian Andersen, who wrote many fairy tales, was born in Odense in 1805.

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