Update on 20th of July 2021: Please note, that the UK except Wales has been made red in Denmark with effect from 17 July. This means that you will need a so-called 'worthy purpose' to be able to visit and that there is a quarantine in place and PCR testing is required before entry. Every Friday at 3pm the Danish list is updated, please stay up to date on en.coronasmitte.dk 

With the latest announcement from the British government, English visitors who are fully vaccinated will soon be able to travel between Denmark and amber regions of England without having to quarantine either way.

Denmark has already opened its borders to fully vaccinated visitors from amber parts of the UK, and from 19 July 2021 there will be no quarantine for English visitors coming back after a holiday to a country on the amber list, where Denmark is currently placed. 

See Denmark's map of current red, amber and green regions here.

Only Brits from some regions of the UK are able to visit Denmark at the moment, as Yorkshire And The Humber, North West England, North East England and Scotland are currently on Denmark's red list. This means that visitors based in these regions can't visit, unless they have a valid reason, however, fully vaccinated visitors from amber regions such as Greater London can enter Denmark now, should they like.

”We are so excited about the news of quarantine free travel for English visitors from amber parts of the country. With more than 8000 km coastline in Denmark, buzzing cities, harbour baths, hundreds of islands and world class food experiences, there is something for everyone to experience and enjoy. And Denmark really is just a short flight away”, says Dennis Englund, the Market Director for VisitDenmark UK.

If you are based in an amber region of the UK and fully vaccinated, then you can visit without quarantine and testing. 

There are several exciting new openings that visitors can experience in Denmark: 

New experiences:

• LEGO Movie World opened this year and includes Scandinavia's first flying theatre and a giant spaceship playground.
• A 52 km circular cycling tour, the Fjordmino, opened this year and takes you through forests, fields and villages, along beaches and past small islands.
• In May, the solar-energy powered boats from GoBoat were introduced as a new type of “floating venue” where visitors can participate in concerts and events.
• H.C. Andersen's House, the grand, immersive museum dedicated to Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales opened on 30th of June in the author's home town of Odense.
• The new, spiralling BIG designed Marsh Tower opens in the UNESCO Wadden Sea National Park in August.
• 12-22 August, Copenhagen will host WorldPride and EuroGames with events following to the regulations at that time.

New hotel openings:

• In April, Knuthenborg Manor Estate opened its new glamping area in their safari park next to Denmark's four former circus elephants.
• In May, the new design hostel BOOK1 opened in the former library in the center of Denmark's second city, Aarhus.
• Also in May, a new luxury spa opened together with the new Scandic CPH Strandparken, and offers wellness treatments, spa pool and a SnowBliss ice shower.
• In September, the Green Solutions House on the island of Bornholm will open their climate-positive wing designed by 3XN.
• In September, the new luxury hotel NH Collection Copenhagen will open on the harbourfront in neighbourhood Christianshavn.
• In October, a BIG-designed hotel named A Place To will open on the Danish West Coast.

New restaurants:

• In May, young chef Emilie Qvist Kjærgaard opened her restaurant Medvind in the small fishing village Hanstholm in North Jutland. 
• 5 May, British chef Alan Bates opened his new restaurant Connection after having worked at Studio.
• 6 May, new food market Toldboden Seaside opened with seven notable restaurants near the water. 
• In June, Kampot at the Audo opened in Copenhagen's fast-evolving dockland district of Nordhavn and serves playful and curious French-Indochine cuisine.
• Over the 2021 spring, a wave of new sourdough bakeries have opened in Copenhagen. 
• In October last year, Noma opened their permanent burger bar POPL following the summer time pop up.

Unvaccinated children travelling with vaccinated adults are also allowed entry into Denmark but those aged 15 to 18 will have to take a free test upon arrival to Denmark. The same is the case for pregnant and breastfeeding women.

For the most recent info on restrictions and authority guidelines in relation to COVID19 for Denmark, visit coronasmitte.dk/en. The authorities' new website for tourists traveling to Denmark is also available here. 

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