Well spring dare i say spring is in the air plans are made house goes on the rental market Mon 16th then all things going well of to Denmark early May have tent will travel!!Anyone any more knowledge of the country?
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Quote: Originally posted by maxeedogg on 11/3/2009
Well spring dare i say spring is in the air plans are made house goes on the rental market Mon 16th then all things going well of to Denmark early May have tent will travel!!Anyone any more knowledge of the country?
I have fond memories of camping in Denmark a few years ago, but I can't really think of any advice, so I'll just add some random remarks.
The coins are funny shaped; the food and (in supermarkets) drink isn't as expensive as you might think; the newspaper Information is only available in the larger towns (which annoyed me a bit, but what can you do); Donald Duck comics, on the other hand, are available almost everywhere; people in the countryside don't always speak English; Copenhagen is just another provincial capital like Oslo or Amsterdam (none of which are to my taste); the statue of the Little Mermaid is very definitely not worth the bother; Tuborg and Carlsberg biers are actually made by the same company these days; the herrings are well worth the trouble.
We camped on a tiny site on Fyn where enormous dragonflies flew around in the afternoon and bats flew around in the twilight (after 9pm), and I discovered that I really did like camping after all (it was my first trip).
I don't know whether it is still the case but.....
a Camping Carnet (CCI) is/used to be compulsory.
It is/was available to buy at individual campsites, but I'm not sure as to the cost when purchased in Denmark.
You can buy one in the UK (and you might then get decent discounts off your Danish pitch fee), but as it has 3rd party insurance attached the FSA have regulated it, so difficult (impossible*) to obtain freestanding.
VB
* If anyone knows different I'd be grateful. Camping Carnet (CCI) Camping Carnet (CCI)
We visited Denmark last May and were so impressed that we are going back again this May ! We made the mistake last year of using the Dover - Dunkerque ferry and driving to Denmark via France/Belgium/Netherlands/Germany - a horrendous experience !! This year we have booked Harwich to Esbjerg which, when taking into account the saving in fuel and stopovers wasn't that much more expensive.
We stayed in South West Jutland last year at a site caller Arrild - Fierby which was about 20 miles from Ribe. When we arrived the site owner asked us if we were staying there for the duration or if we intended using other sites - when we told her we would be staying for the duration she said "Ah - you have left your carnet at home - haven't you ?" (nodding as she said so!) so we didn't have to buy one.
As stated in previous posts we found prices generally on a par with those at home - the only really expensive thing was eating out and/'or going for a drink.
We found the people to be among the friendliest and most helpful we have come across anywhere and almost all of them spoke English !
We submitted a review but for some reason it has never been posted.
Rod + Ali
------------- "quando omni flunkus moritatus"
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Nice one op, we will be watching this thread very closley
in the next few weeks,Denmark sounds very exiting and very
welcoming, what are fuel prices like, as we plan to spend
10 days Touring ??.
Like yourselfs Rod + Ali going with the Harwich ferry hopefully early May planning a stop over between Ribe and Gram maybe come across each other look for astraestate with this clubs sticker on.Thanks all for comments looking foward to it.
Amazing family weekend with old steam engines, classic car displays, market stalls, and full catering and bar. And camping on site - Save £25 by booking in advance.
Topic: At Last Denmark
