For more than local cycling, plan your route taking into account the frequent westerly winds it's better to pedal facing east than west. If the wind gets too strong, or your legs get too tired, you can take your bike on all types of public transport except city buses. Unless you're travelling more than 100km, however, you can't use ICs and will have to take the slower local trains and pay 1230kr for your machine. A brochure, Cykler i tog, lists rates and rules in full and is free from railway stations. For a similar fee to the trains, longdistance buses have limited cycle space, while ferries let bikes on for free or a few kroner. Domestic flights charge around 75kr for airlifting your bike. ¦ Driving and hitching Given the excellent public transport system, the size of the country, and the comparatively high price of petrol, driving isn't really economical unless you're in a group. So too car rental, which starts at around 3500kr a week for a VW Golf With unlimited mileage though it's worth checking the cutprice deals offered by some ferry lines. You'll need an international driving licence and must be aged at least twenty to take to the roads, although many firms won't rent vehicles to anyone under 25. Danes drive on the right, and there's a speed limit in towns of 50kph, BOkph in open country and lOOkph on motorways. Unlike Sweden and Finland, headlights need only, be used after dusk. There are also random breath tests for suspected drunken drivers, and the penalties are severe. When parked in a town, not on a meter, a parkingtime disc must be displayed: get one from a tourist office, police station or bank. As for hitching, this is illegal on motorways and difficult anywhere not worth the bother off the main international routes: CopenhagenHelsing0rSweden, and from Jutland into northern Germany. ¦ Local transport Local transport in towns is by bus, or in Copenhagen by bus and STrain. Single fares are 81 Okr, and tickets are usually valid for any number of journeys within an hour. If you're in one town for a while and using the buses a lot, either get a klipperkort, which is a coupon usually equivalent to ten single tickets and slightly cheaper, or a discounted pass from the tourist office, valid for transport in the surrounding area as well as the immediate vicinity usually for 24 hours. Generally, unless several people are sharing, taxis are a raw deal. Expect to pay around 18kr plus 71 Okr per kilometre, inclusive of tip. Accommodation While much less costly in Denmark than in other Nordic countries, accommodation is still going to be your major daily expense and you should plan it carefully. Hotels, however, are by no means offlimits if you seek out the better offers, and both youth hostels and campsites are plentiful and of a uniformly high standard. ¦ Hotels and private rooms Coming to Denmark on a standard package trip (see Basics] is one way to stay in a hotel without spending a fortune. Another way is to simply be selective.