Denmark Travel Guide - Communications

Country code: 45. There are no area codes.

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Coverage is excellent.

Internet cafes are available in most urban areas, and most hotels offer a Wi-Fi connection in rooms.

All telephone and postal rates are printed at the post offices.

Post office hours: Mon-Fri 0900-1730, some are open Sat 0900-1200.

A free press operates under Danish law and the media, which cover a broad range of political views, are frequently critical of government policy. Danmarks Radio (DR), funded by a licence fee, is Denmark's main public broadcaster, operating two TV networks as well as national and regional radio stations. TV2, a national public-service TV station, is partly state funded. Private satellite and cable TV stations also exist. There are some 250 local commercial and community radio stations on the air. Two commercial networks, one national and one semi-national, were launched in 2003 and quickly became popular.

• Newspapers are largely regional: the main papers in the capital include Berlingske Tidende, Dagbladet Information, Ekstra Bladet and Politiken.
• English-language newspapers and magazines are also available.

• DR1 and DR2 are publicly owned.
• TV2 is a part-public, part-commercial channel.
• TV Danmark operates a terrestrial network of local commercial channels.

• Danmarks Radio operates publicly owned P1, P2, P3 and P4 national networks.
• Commercial stations include Sky Radio, Radio 100 FM and Radio 2.