Denmark removals between the UK and Denmark, and the order to read our Denmark pages in.
International Removals to and from Denmark
A move between the UK and Denmark involves separate offices, Danish and British, each with its own pages and its own deadlines. This page shows which of our Denmark pages to read first and in what order, and what each one deals with and leaves out. We’re an introduction service, not a mover. Your removal company will tell you what it needs from you and when.
Which Denmark page should you read first, and in what order?
For a move from the UK, read the UK to Denmark page first, then the customs page once you have a move date, the pet page early if an animal is coming and the moving-day access guide before you accept a quotation. For a move out of Denmark, read the Denmark to UK page first, or the Denmark and Germany page if you are going to Germany. The directory after these routes links each page.
UK to Denmark
From the UK to Denmark
The UK to Denmark page follows the Danish offices in the order a newcomer meets them, from residence status and the CPR number (the Danish personal ID number) to the health card and MitID (the Danish digital ID), then a driving licence exchange and, for a car, Motorstyrelsen, the Danish motor vehicle agency, whose first step, if you live in Denmark and the car has foreign plates, is to tell it before the car enters Denmark.
The customs page sets out who files what for Toldstyrelsen, the Danish customs agency. For an ordinary move of home, Toldstyrelsen’s English guide (opens in a new window) lets the belongings arrive up to six months before the move, if security is given for the duty and VAT, and up to 12 months after it.
The pet page starts from the microchip and the rabies vaccination, so open it early if an animal is coming. The moving-day access guide, on zones, the lorry toll and street rules, ends with four questions that the Danish pages leave open, to put to the removal company.
Denmark to UK
From Denmark to the UK
The Denmark to UK page deals with the Danish exit. Leaving involves the civil register, Skat (the Danish tax agency) and, for a Danish-registered car, Motorstyrelsen. For Great Britain, HMRC’s transfer of residence guidance (opens in a new window) says approval has to come before you claim the relief.
The customs page does not apply to a move out, because it deals with belongings arriving in Denmark. The access guide deals only with the Danish end, so it applies at the Danish address in either direction.
From another country
Apart from the access guide, our Denmark pages are written for moves between the UK and Denmark. The customs page takes the UK as its case, but Toldstyrelsen’s relief is for belongings from any country outside the EU, so it is not the guide for a move from an EU country.
The Denmark pages
What does each Denmark page deal with, and what does it leave out?
Each Denmark page has its own subject: arriving from the UK, customs on the goods, a pet, zones and street rules on moving day, and the way back to the UK. Each entry ends with something its page leaves out or does not state, such as the customs relief on the UK to Denmark page. A car or a pet appears on more than one page. Each of the five also records where official pages disagree or say nothing.
UK to Denmark
The UK to Denmark page deals with residence status, the lease, the CPR number, the health card, MitID and the tax card, swapping a UK driving licence and registering a car in Denmark. It leaves out the customs relief for the goods and gives no immigration advice.
Customs and moving goods
The customs page deals with Toldstyrelsen’s relief for belongings moved from outside the EU: the import declaration and form 12.024 and who files each, the six-month and 12-month windows, what is excluded or restricted and where a car fits. It leaves out the UK export side and leaving Denmark.
Pets
The pet page deals with a dog, cat or ferret travelling from Great Britain: the microchip, the rabies vaccination, the health certificate, the entry airports and the 13 dog breeds that Fødevarestyrelsen (opens in a new window), the Danish Veterinary and Food Authority, says private individuals, tourists included, may not bring into Denmark. It leaves out Northern Ireland and other species, and points to the Denmark to UK page for the trip back.
Moving day access
The access guide deals with the low-emission zones that miljoezoner.dk (opens in a new window) says are set up in five cities, the lorry toll and the street rules for a removal vehicle in Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg. It says where the official pages disagree and what none of them answers, and it reads no page from any other Danish municipality.
Denmark to UK
The Denmark to UK page deals with leaving Denmark: reporting the move, Danish tax liability, the export refund on a Danish-registered car, HMRC’s relief for Great Britain, the car’s arrival and a dog or cat coming from Denmark. It states no Danish export rule for household goods, because the Danish customs pages it read say nothing about them.
City guides
Which Danish cities have a guide of their own?
Seven cities have a guide: Copenhagen, Helsingør, Aarhus, Randers, Odense, Vejle and Aalborg. Each reports what that council publishes about a removal vehicle on its streets, so the rules are not interchangeable, and each ends by saying what the council’s pages leave open. The other large municipalities are named, with their populations, on the guide of their region in the section that follows.
Copenhagen
The Copenhagen page deals with the daily street-space fee, the permit for each vehicle type, the 3,500 kg line and the loading rules in the medieval centre. It also has a section on Frederiksberg and one on the places around the capital and across Zealand, from Hillerød and Roskilde to Guldborgsund.
Helsingør
The Helsingør page deals with the electronic bollards in the town centre, the hours they are up and the free access card that a resident who is moving can ask for.
Aarhus
The Aarhus page deals with the application for a marked-out van space, the 7.5 tonne stopping ban in the pedestrian streets and the diesel zone inside the Ringgaden. It also names the larger towns of Central Jutland.
Randers
The Randers page deals with the five-minute test for continuous loading, the request to the council at least ten days ahead where stopping is banned and the signed delivery times in the pedestrian streets.
Odense
The Odense page deals with the free city-centre permit, the two council statements about who may apply, the delivery hours in the pedestrian streets and the light railway. It also names the larger towns of Southern Denmark.
Vejle
The Vejle page deals with the loading window in the pedestrian streets and the police dispensation for larger moves. It also covers Fredericia and Kolding.
Aalborg
The Aalborg page deals with the free parking and driving dispensations for removal vehicles, the delivery hours for pedestrian streets and the parking limit on heavy vehicles near homes. It also names Hjørring and Frederikshavn.
What is different
What is different about moving to Denmark?
Two points stand out in the guidance for newcomers on lifeindenmark.dk: a CPR number needs a Danish address where you actually live, and in most cases you only need to visit an International Citizen Service centre for the paperwork. A third is money, because Denmark is in the EU but keeps its own currency.
The address comes first
The arrival guide on lifeindenmark.dk (opens in a new window), the official site for newcomers, says a CPR number requires a permanent address in Denmark, and that you cannot apply until you have found a home and are living in it. It adds that the public authorities you typically need in relation to your entry to Denmark are represented at the International Citizen Service centres, so in most cases you will only need to visit one of them for the paperwork and answers to your questions.
The UK to Denmark page lists what waits for the CPR number, among them the health card, a NemKonto (the account the public authorities pay money into) and Digital Post (digital letters from authorities). The customs page records that neither Toldstyrelsen’s page nor form 12.024, the removal-goods declaration, says if the form can be sent before you have a CPR number or an address in the EU.
Denmark has five regions and 6,031,699 residents (Statistics Denmark, third quarter of 2026). Every region is named on a guide below. Where a region has no city guide of its own, or a council’s site would not open for us, the guide says so plainly, so put the street question to your removal company.
Capital Region (Hovedstaden), 1,949,336
The Copenhagen guide covers the city and names Frederiksberg, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rudersdal, Hvidovre, Ballerup, Høje-Taastrup, Hørsholm, Tårnby, Glostrup, Hillerød and Bornholm. Helsingør has a guide of its own, listed above.
Zealand (Sjælland), 859,458
No city guide of its own. The Copenhagen guide names Roskilde, Næstved, Slagelse, Holbæk, Køge, Greve, Guldborgsund, Kalundborg and Ringsted, and says where no council rule was read or the council’s site would not open.
Southern Denmark (Syddanmark), 1,244,118
The Odense guide covers Funen’s main city and names Esbjerg, Sønderborg, Svendborg, Aabenraa, Haderslev, Faaborg-Midtfyn and Nyborg. The Vejle guide, listed above, covers Vejle, Fredericia and Kolding. The port of Esbjerg is on the UK to Denmark page.
Central Jutland (Midtjylland), 1,385,488
The Aarhus guide covers the region’s largest city and names Silkeborg, Horsens, Viborg, Herning, Skanderborg, Holstebro, Ringkøbing-Skjern and Favrskov. The Randers guide, listed above, covers Randers.
North Jutland (Nordjylland), 593,299
The Aalborg guide covers the region’s largest city and names Hjørring and Frederikshavn.
Not written
Which parts of a Denmark move have no page of their own?
Shipping a car has no separate page: the Danish steps for registering a car are in the UK to Denmark page, and the Denmark to UK page deals with a Danish-registered car leaving. We have not written about moves to or from Greenland or the Faroe Islands, and the seven city guides above say what each council publishes, not what every Danish town requires.
For a move from the UK, read the UK to Denmark page first. For a move out of Denmark, read the Denmark to UK page first.
Read the customs page once you have a move date, the pet page if an animal is coming and the access guide before you accept a quotation.
Where are the steps for taking a UK car to Denmark?
The UK to Denmark page sets out the Danish steps for registering a car, in Motorstyrelsen’s order.
There is no separate page on shipping a car to Denmark. The general options for shipping a car are in our guide to shipping a car when moving abroad. The Denmark to UK page deals with a Danish-registered car leaving Denmark.
Do I need Danish customs paperwork when I move out of Denmark?
The Denmark to UK page reports that the Danish customs pages it read say nothing about a household’s belongings leaving Denmark.
Our customs page deals only with belongings arriving in Denmark. For Great Britain, the Denmark to UK page sets out HMRC’s approval step.
Does Denmark use the euro?
No. The European Central Bank lists Denmark among the EU members not using the euro and says it has an opt-out.
The European Central Bank’s reference-rate page names the currency as the Danish krone (DKK), and our currency exchange guide converts it.
Can I get a CPR number before I have an address in Denmark?
Not according to lifeindenmark.dk, which says a CPR number requires a permanent address in Denmark.
It says you cannot apply until you have found a home and are living in it. The UK to Denmark page explains the appointment at the municipality’s Citizen Service.
Tell us which way you are moving
Give the town at each end, the dates you have in mind and a rough list of what is going. Mention a car or a pet if one is travelling, because each has its own Danish steps.
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