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How to travel (almost) free on Danish trains this summer

Denmark’s national rail operator DSB on Tuesday announced a travel pass that will give unlimited access to public transport across the country during an eight-day period this summer.

train in aarhus
Passengers in Denmark can buy an eight-day pass for unlimited use of public transport during the summer. File photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

The rejsepas (travel pass), which was also offered by DSB during the last two years, will be released for sale on June 1st and available until July 31st.

It will give the holder free access to all public transport in Denmark during eight consecutive days, which must be between June 25th and August 7th.

The pass will cost 399 kroner for adults, meaning one rail journey between Jutland and Copenhagen will see its costs covered (the regular ticket price for a single trip from Aarhus to Copenhagen is around 400 kroner).

In addition to all DSB trains, the pass can be used on Arriva buses and trains; the Copenhagen Metro and S-train, the Letbane in Aarhus and local rail services. In line with rules for regular tickets, you may need to buy an add-on ticket if you bring your bicycle with you on trains.

DSB notes that, because more maintenance works are carried out on tracks over the summer, you are more likely to travel on replacement buses or with reduced services or changed departure times.

The price of the pass for children is 199 kroner.

Sales of the travel pass will be limited to 75,000.

There’s additional good news for parents: if you travel using an adult pass, you can take up two children under the age of 12 with you for free.

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IN PICTURES: Northern Lights over Denmark

An unusually active solar wind and clear skies meant that the Northern Lights could be seen across swathes of Denmark on Monday night.

IN PICTURES: Northern Lights over Denmark

Many Danes rushed to the northern coasts of Jutland and Zealand to catch a rare appearance of the phenomenon in Denmark. 

The Northern Lights seen from Hornbæk Beach. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

“For us to see the northern lights in Denmark, the solar wind must be more active than usual”, Pagh Nielsen, a physicist who works with weather models at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), said on the agency’s website.

The Northern Lights seen from Hornbæk Beach. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

“That way, there are more electric particles that penetrate the magnetic field and hit the Earth’s atmosphere,” he said.

The Northern Lights seen from Hornbæk Beach. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

The Northern Lights are not usually visible in Denmark more than once or twice per year. They are regularly visible in northern Scandinavia, Iceland and Greenland.

Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix
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