Arguably, Denmark’s most outstanding feature is not anything about its history, a great landmark or famous person – it is the remarkable fact that Denmark is officially the happiest country in the world. As a point of comparison, the USA is 13th and the UK 23rd in the 2016 survey. I suppose someone has to be top, but for a small, cold and dark country, seemingly of little consequence to achieve this distinction is remarkable. Add in the fact that they pay one of the highest r

Where on Earth is Denmark? Apart from its islands, the other notable feature of the Danish landscape is that it’s flat. Really really flat. Like, pancake flat. According to Worldatlas.com, Denmark is the country with the 5th lowest average elevation in the world. It’s highest point, Mollehoj, is only 560 feet above sea level. By way of comparison, the great English writer and fell walker Alfred Wainwright listed 214 fells in the English Lake District. All of them are a lot hi