Beyond the M25

Copenhagen

The Maison's home: royal capital of restraint and design.

Klampenborg

The royal deer park and the coastal mansions north of the city.

Helsingor

Hamlet's castle on the Sound, gateway to Sweden.

Hillerod

Frederiksborg: the Versailles of the North.

Roskilde

Royal cathedral of the Danish kings and Viking ships.

Aarhus

Jutland's cultural capital: ARoS and the old town.

Odense

Hans Christian Andersen's city on the island of Funen.

Skagen

Where two seas meet: the painters' light of the north.

Aalborg

North Jutland's waterfront city: Utzon's home port.

Billund

The home of LEGO, and Jutland's private-jet gateway.

Mon

The white chalk cliffs and Denmark's darkest skies.

Ribe

Denmark's oldest town: Viking heritage on the Wadden Sea.

Hornbaek

The Riviera of the Danish north coast.

Fredericia

Fortress town at the crossing of the Little Belt.

Esbjerg

Denmark's North Sea port and Wadden Sea gateway.

Gentofte

Copenhagen's leafiest residential enclave.

Charlottenlund

Coastal palace gardens and the Ordrupgaard collection.

Frederiksberg

The garden city within the capital: palace and park.

Kronborg

The Renaissance fortress of Hamlet, on the Sound.

Dragor

Cobbled fishing village by the Øresund bridge.

Silkeborg

Jutland's lake district and the Tollund Man.

Kolding

Royal castle ruin and Trapholt design museum.

Sonderborg

Waterfront castle on the southern border.

Fano

Wide North Sea beach island off Esbjerg.

Bornholm

The Baltic sunshine island: round churches and smokehouses.

Koge

Half-timbered market town south of the capital.

Naestved

South Zealand's manor-house country.

Vejle

Fjord town of the Wave and the Jelling stones.

Horsens

Festival city and the prison-turned-museum.

Frederikshavn

Top of Jutland: ferry gateway to Norway and Sweden.

Svendborg

Funen's maritime town and the South Sea islands.

Kalundborg

Five-towered church on the west Zealand coast.

Soro

Monastic lake town and the academy.

Fredensborg

The Queen's spring palace in North Zealand.

Tisvildeleje

Pine forest meets beach on the Kattegat coast.

Gilleleje

The northern fishing harbour of the Danish Riviera.

Humlebaek

Louisiana: the museum on the Sound.

Amager

Island of the airport, the beach and CopenHill.

Lyngby

Open-air museum and the lakes north of the city.

Holbaek

Fjord town and gateway to the Isefjord.

Slagelse

Viking ring fortress at Trelleborg.

Maribo

Lakeside cathedral town on Lolland.

Nykobing Falster

Falster's market town and the southern gateway.

Viborg

Ancient assembly town and twin-towered cathedral.

Randers

Fjord town with the indoor rainforest.

Ærø

The romantic sailing island of the South Funen archipelago.

Malmo

Across the Øresund Bridge: Sweden's design city.

Stockholm

The Venice of the North across fourteen islands.

Gothenburg

Sweden's west-coast gourmet capital.

Oslo

Fjord capital of opera, sculpture and new architecture.

Bergen

Gateway to the Norwegian fjords.

Hamburg

The Hanseatic harbour city: Elbphilharmonie and the lakes.

Lubeck

Queen of the Hanse: brick-Gothic UNESCO old town.

Berlin

Capital of art, history and reinvention.

Amsterdam

Golden-Age canals and the great museums.

Paris

The Maison de l'Élégance: Place Vendôme to Avenue Montaigne.

Brussels

The European capital: Grand-Place and Art Nouveau.

Vienna

Imperial capital of music and the Habsburgs.

Zurich

Bahnhofstrasse, the lake and the private banks.

Geneva

Lake Léman: watches, banks and discretion.

Milan

Italy's design capital: Montenapoleone and La Scala.

Rome

The Eternal City: Via Condotti to the Vatican.

Monaco

The Principality: Casino, Grand Prix, the Hôtel de Paris.

Reykjavik

The northern capital: geysers, glaciers and the Blue Lagoon.

Helsinki

Baltic design capital of light and sea.

Tallinn

Medieval Baltic city of spires and walls.

Sylt

Germany's chic North Sea island.

Bohuslan Coast

Granite islands and seafood north of Gothenburg.

Lund

Sweden's ancient university and cathedral city.

Halland Coast

Long beaches and spa resorts of the Swedish west.

Sorlandet Coast

Norway's southern summer archipelago.

Gotland

Medieval Visby and the Baltic's sunniest island.

Gdansk

The amber Hanseatic city on the Baltic.

Munich

Bavaria's elegant capital: beer halls and baroque.

Antwerp

The diamond city of fashion and Rubens.

Prague

The hundred-spired city on the Vltava.

Riga

The Baltic's Art Nouveau capital on the Daugava.

Venice

La Serenissima: the Biennale and the lagoon.

Florence

Cradle of the Renaissance and Tuscan luxury.

Copenhagen to Paris

Door-to-door across two capitals: jet and chauffeur.

Dubai

The Gulf's capital of ambition and gold.

New York

The city that defines the modern world.

Miami

Ocean Drive, Art Basel and the new American Riviera.

Los Angeles

Beverly Hills, the canyons and the Pacific.

Singapore

The garden city: finance, orchids and the Marina.

Hong Kong

Victoria Harbour: finance and the Peak.

Tokyo

The world's most refined metropolis.

St Moritz

Alpine grand-hotel tradition since 1864.

Gstaad

The most discreet of alpine retreats.

Marrakech

The red city: riads, palmeraie and the Atlas.

Maldives

Private-island sanctuary in the Indian Ocean.

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

The peninsula of villas on the Côte d'Azur.

Courchevel

The French Alps' most exclusive altiport resort.