Travelling within the EU

You can bring alcohol and tobacco into Denmark when you return from travelling without paying customs duties, VAT and excise duties, as long as they are for your own personal use and you stay within the quantity limits.  

You can bring goods into Denmark when you return from travelling within the EU without paying customs duties, VAT and excise duties if the goods are for your own personal use. Own personal use means that only you, persons in your household or your private guests use the goods. 

It is not regarded as own personal use if, for example, you sell the goods in your local sports club or at work. If you do so, you must pay excise duties and possibly a deposit for certain types of packaging. 

You must also pay excise duties and possibly a deposit on goods that you bring into Denmark for other persons who are not travelling with you. 

When arriving in Denmark by plane, you must, at some points of entry, go through a red or green exit on arrival. 

You go through the green exit if you do not carry any goods that are subject to customs duties, VAT and excise duties If you are instead carrying goods that are subject to customs duties, VAT and excise duties, you must contact the Danish Customs Agency by going through the red exit. This also applies if you are in doubt about whether you are in compliance with the rules.  

If there is no red exit, you can contact the airport’s customs clearance office. 

Are you not sure if the country you are visiting is part of the EU? Check the list of EU member countries.  

Please note that these territories are not regarded as EU countries: 

• The Faroe Islands 
• Greenland 
• The Canary Islands (such as Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura) 
• The Åland Islands 
• The French overseas departments and territories (Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion and Mayotte)  
• Cyprus – the Northern part.