Nordic Nature: Denmark

Endless beaches, a mild climate and, of course, Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue. This is Denmark. But the small country also boasts primeval forests where red deer, wild boars and cranes live. In the Danish waters of the Baltic Sea, grey seals cavort on the sandbanks. Acclaimed natural history specialist Jan Haft travels into the hidden forests of Jutland where rare species such as peregrine falcons breed. The diversity of Denmark is surprising: from the wild forests of Lille Vildmose to the snow-white chalk cliffs of the island of Moen. Just like "Denmark's Outpost", the island of Bornholm with its ruins of the oldest castle ruin in Europe, on whose craggy cliffs the waves break. And "Raabjerg Mile", one of the largest shifting sand dunes in Europe, belongs to Denmark ...