Whitsunday and Whitmonday are official bank holidays in Denmark, while many people may also be off on Constitution Day, which is Thursday June 5th. Here’s when holiday traffic could peak.

With Constitution Day falling just ahead of the Whitsun (Pentecost) holiday, the last of Denmark’s spring public holidays and associated weekends is upon us.

Constitution Day, like Labour Day at the beginning of May, is not an official holiday but many employers, including in the public sector like at schools and preschools, are closed with staff given the day off.

Because of this, many workers use a day of annual leave to take the Friday klemmedag or ‘in-between day’ off work as well.

Following this, Whitsunday, June 8th (in 2025) and Whitmonday June 9th are official holidays. This means enough days off for significant numbers of people to be travelling and spending time away.

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Because Constitution Day and Whitsun fall close together this year, the Danish Roads Directorate (Vejdirektoratet) expects traffic around the holiday to be spread over more days than usual.

The evening of Wednesday June 4th is expected to see higher than usual congestion as those with extended breaks from work set off to begin them.

Graphic: Vejdirektoratet

Traffic will be calm on Thursday, which is Constitution Day, before busy spells in the late afternoon of Friday June 6th (between 2pm and 6pm) and on Saturday June 7th between 11am and 2pm.

Sunday is expected to be quiet, before a busier spell on the evening of Monday 9th (2pm-6pm) with traffic returning home after the break.

The busier spells are all likely to see busy traffic with some change of queuing, but serious delays are not forecast by the Roads Directorate. 

Congestion is more likely heading away from Copenhagen at the start of the holiday, and towards Copenhagen at the end of it.

Motorists in Ribe, Viborg, Horsens, Korsør and Copenhagen should all be prepared for additional diversions and traffic in central areas on Monday June 9th during Royal Run events in those cities.

The popular running events will see parts of city centres in participating towns closed to traffic. Specific information about the event in each city can be found on the Royal Run website.

Finally, ongoing works to expand the E45 motorway in Jutland mean a long-term reduction in the speed limit to 80 km/h on the motorway. Restrictions are currently in place between Vejle and Randers.

Live traffic information can be found on the website trafikinfo.dk.