International direct dialling codes from Denmark are given in Basics. For reversed charge international calls call the overseas operator: «0015 for Europe; «0016 for elsewhere. ¦ Media By the lowestcommondenominator standards of the modern global media, the Danish press, with its predominantly serious and indepth coverage of worthy issues, can't help but seem a little anachronistic. The main newspapers, each costing 47.50kr, are Politiken, a reasonably impartial newssheet with strong arts features; Berlingske Tidende, conservative; Aktuelt, a trade union paper; and Kristeligt Dagblad, a Christian paper. The best sports coverage can be found in the two tabloids B.L, which has a conservative bias, and Ekstra Bladet, akin to Britain's Daily Mirror. In Jutland, you'll also find the well respected JyilandsPosten, in morning and evening editions. If you don't understand Danish, of course, you won't be buying the papers for their news stories as much as for their excellent entertainment listings, particularly Ekstra Bladefs giveaway Neon Guiden section, and the Friday edition of JyllandsPoster}. The free Danish rock music paper, the monthly Gaffa, lists most of the bigger rock shows, and innumerable similar regional papers do the same for their areas find them in cafes, record shops and the like. You can keep in touch with global current affairs with the overseas newspapers sold in all the main towns: most UK weekday titles cost 12kr and are available the day after publication at railway stations and the bigger newsagents, which are also likely to stock very recent issues of USA Today There's also a very short "News In English" on the Danish radio station DR90.8Mhz. 36DENMARK Danish television on first aquaintance seems as outmoded as the national press. There are two national channels, the noncommercial Channel 1, and the commercial Channel 2 though, apart from the adverts, you'll probably struggle to spot the difference between the two. The third station, Channel 3, a cable channel, is shared with Sweden and Norway. None of these start up until midafternoon, and all close down before midnight; the evening news programmes begin at 7pm and 7.30pm. If you're staying in a hotel, or a youth hostel with a TV room, you may also have the option of German and Swedish channels plus a handful of cable and satellite shows. Getting Around Despite being largely made up of Islann Denmark is a swift and easy country i' which to travel. All types of public transpo» trains, buses and the essential ferries ~ are punctual and efficient, and where yg need to switch from one type to another you'll find the timetables impressively well! integrated. Also, in such a small country you can get from one end of Denmark to the other in half a day; even if, as is more likely you're planning to see it all at leisure, you'ij rarely need to do more than an hour's daily travelling. Besides being small, Denmark is also very flat, with scores of villages linked by country roads ideal ingredients for effortless, problemfree cycling.