Denmark tops mainland Europe, the part of Scandinavia sharing its southern border with Germany. A thousand years of history awaits you there. Denmark is one of the oldest kingdoms in the world, dating back to the first Danish monarch, King “Gorm the Old” (910 -958, King of Denmark 930 – 958), who established his reign in the 10th century. He was succeeded by his son King “Harald Bluetooth” ( 911 – 987, King of Denmark and Norway 958 – 985), who erected a runic stone in year 965 over his parents burial plot at Jelling, Jutland. The stone has an inscription praising him: “The Harald who won the whole of Denmark and Norway and turned the Danes to Christianity.” Denmark has always been associated with the Viking Age (c. 800-1050 CE), playing a central role in Northern society at that time. The descendants of those founders of the modern Kingdom of Denmark still have that adventurous blood running through their veins.