Cultural radiant, quietly beautiful and with a truly stratospheric dining scene, Denmark is known as one of northern Europe’s more refined destinations for very good reason. The Jutland metropolis of Aarhus is a genteel melding of historical architecture and new-school culture – and an underrated holiday city – while Copenhagen, strung across Zealand and Amager in the east, is every bit the world-beating contemporary capital you’ve been led to expect, full of cutting-edge eats, awesome design and old-school cool.

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