Denmark

Denmark combines a Viking and seafaring legacy with traditions of boatbuilding, design craft and convivial domestic culture.

Building & habitat Food & cooking Spirituality & rites Games & sport

Knowledge in this place

Nordic clinker boat building

Nordic clinker boat building

The wooden boatbuilding tradition of overlapping planks descended from Viking craft, inscribed by UNESCO with other Nordic states.

Building & habitat

Smorrebrod open sandwiches

Smorrebrod open sandwiches

Open-faced rye bread topped with herring, cold cuts or cheese, a staple of Danish everyday and festive eating.

Greenlandic Inuit drum dance

Greenlandic Inuit drum dance

The drum song and dance of Greenland's Inuit, long central to storytelling, settling disputes and shamanic practice.

Spirituality & rites

Handball tradition

Handball tradition

A deeply rooted club and village sport in Denmark, where the modern indoor game took early hold.