Denmark

We took a look at the world of huge cruise ships early in 2008. However, the recent launch of Royal Caribbean's MS Oasis of the Seas is changing the world of cruising. This 360m long, 72m high behemoth weighing 220,000…

Where the North Sea meets the Baltic Sea1, there's Grenen2; a spectacularly unspectacular sandbank at the northern end of Jutland, the continental part of Denmark. The form and position of the sandbank's tip can vary considerably over short periods of…

The Danish town of Fredericia is under attack! A 35 metre tall giant is (admittedly very slowly), clawing his way out of the earth to wreak havoc upon the defenceless surface-dwelling Danes. So far the terrifying creature has only managed…

It's Island Week 3 here at GSS, which means we'll mostly be posting about Islands. It'll probably last about a week. This is what used to be the island of Jordsand in the Wadden Sea, just off the coast of…

This sparse forest in Denmark bares a uncanny resemblance to a face, could it be just a coincidence? Unfortunately not, as it's man-made. But the face is the work of famous 1800s Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, who originally created…

Connecting the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen is the Great Belt Fixed Link, another example of a confusing bridge / tunnel mash-up1. Starting on Funen at the Western end we have a 6611m bridge that carries both road and…