Fascinating facts about Denmark

2. Famous Danes include Hans Christian Andersen, composer Carl Nielsen and film director Carl Dreyer.

3. Denmark's best known exports include bacon, pastries, Lego and Carlsberg lager.

4. Legoland is Denmark's most visited attraction outside Copenhagen.

5. In 1989 Denmark became the first European country to legalise same-sex marriages.

6. The Danish monarchy claims to be the world's oldest, dating back to Gorm the Old, early in the 10th century.

7. Typical dishes include fl?skesteg (roast pork with crackling), gravad laks (cured or salted salmon in dill and sweet mustard sauce) and hvid labskovs (a beef stew boiled with potatoes, bay leaves and pepper).

8. Denmark hasn't a single mountain.

9. Denmark has a reputation for being cagey about European integration.

10. The only SAS man ever to win a VC was a Dane - Major Anders Lassen who died fighting in Italy in 1945.