For the
soundest advice and supply of Danish maps, as always we
recommend consulting: The Map Shop, Upton
upon Severn, Worcs
For general
use and motoring, the most useful maps are the 3 sheets
at
1:200k scale published by Mair (click map, right) price £4.50 each;
details on The Map Shop web Site.
The 1:100k
and 1:50k walking maps are very expensive, not all that
legible and in fact unnecessary: the Danish Forest and Nature Agency
(part of their Environment Ministry) publishes a series
of over 120 leaflets covering all areas of natural interest
(coasts, cliffs, dunes, hills, lakes, woodland) across
Denmark (see left for sample). Unfortunately only a few are translated into
English, which is a real pity since they do contain a wealth
of topographical detail; they also however incorporate a
1:25k map of the respective area which will certainly meet
the needs of walkers. The leaflets are available free of
charge at Tourist Offices and campsites. You can also
download the leaflets for printing from the
Forest and Nature Agency's web site:
Forest
and Nature Agency map-leaflets
Move between the
3 pages of listings with <Næste> for next and
<Forrige> for previous
Leaflets
translated into English
On both
sites, click on the required leaflet then you can download
and print both leaflet and map as PDF files - click on <hele
folderen> and <kort> tags. You can similarly print
a PDF file of the map-leaflets index (take
these indices with you so that you know what is available in
each part of the country):
Index of
map-leaflets
for Jutland and Funen
Index of
map-leaflets for Zealand
In Denmark
itself, the best cartographers we found was in København:
Nordisk
Korthandel cartographers, København
Their address
is:
Studiestræde 26-30, DK-1455 København,
Phone +45 3338 2638
Here you can not only browse and buy maps, they also keep a
full stock of the Danish Forest and Nature Agency free of
charge map-leaflets. |