Travelling within the EU

When you enter Denmark from another EU country, you are allowed to bring goods for your own personal use without paying customs duties, VAT and excise duties. However, there are limits as to how much alcohol and tobacco you are allowed bring into Denmark as a private individual.

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.

There are special quantity limits for alcohol and tobacco. If you stay within these limits, you can avoid paying customs duties, VAT and excise duties.

You must also be aware that some items require a permit, while others are completely forbidden from being brought into Denmark. Read more about special rules for special items.

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.

Here you can see how much alcohol and tobacco you can bring into Denmark from another EU country when you have turned 18.

Quantity of tobacco you may bring into Denmark
Tobacco	Quantity
Cigarettes	800 pcs
Cigarillos (max. 3 g each)	400 pcs
Cigars	200 pcs
Smoking tobacco	1 kg

Quantity of alcohol you may bring into Denmark
Alcohol	Litres
Spirits (above 22% alcohol and beverages to which alcohol has been added)	10 litres
Fortified wine (22% alcohol or less, for example Port, Sherry and Madeira)	20 litres
Table wine (for example red, white and rosé wine and cider-based wine –, of which maximum 60 litres of sparkling wine, for example champagne)	90 litres
Beer (and beer-based cider)	110 litres

If you are 16 or 17 years old, you are not allowed to bring tobacco into Denmark from another EU country.

You are allowed to bring beer and wine of a strength of up to and including 16.4% into Denmark. If the alcohol content by volume is higher, this is fortified wine or spirits that you are not allowed to bring into Denmark if you are under 18 years old.

Quantity of alcohol you may bring into Denmark
Type	Litres
Table wine (for example red, white and rosé wine and cider-based wine –, of which maximum 60 litres of sparkling wine, for example champagne)	90 litres
Beer (and beer-based cider)	110 litres

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.

For further legal information (in Danish), please see our legal guide

Travelling within the EU

Alcohol and tobacco

What does it mean that the goods must be for your own personal use?

When you arrive in Denmark by plane

Which countries are members of the EU?