eSIM Denmark
Denmark eSIM from 1,95€ on the TDC, Telenor and Telia networks, 1–20 GB or unlimited, prepaid with no contract and no registration – online the moment you land at Copenhagen Kastrup.
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2GB highspeed/day, then unlimited at 1Mbps
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Your plan only starts counting when the eSIM first connects at your destination — so you can buy today and travel in three weeks.
How does Simbye eSIM work for Denmark?
Get connected in under 2 minutes
Buy before you leave
You get the eSIM by email: a link to tap and a QR code to scan. Set it up calmly at home on Wi-Fi – you do not need a Danish network for that yet. Validity does not start at purchase, so you can order weeks ahead.
Arrive in Denmark
Whether you land at Copenhagen Kastrup, Billund, Aarhus, Aalborg or Rønne on Bornholm, cross the border at Padborg, or come in on the ferry from Puttgarden to Rødby: switch data roaming on after you arrive. Your phone finds the Danish network by itself, usually within a minute or two.
Get going
Validity starts with the first connection to a Danish network. Hotspot is allowed, so you can share with a tablet, a laptop or your travel companions' phones. Running low? Top up online – the eSIM stays in your phone.
Check Device Compatibility
Make sure your device supports eSIM before purchasing
Which networks will you be on in Denmark?
Your phone picks between TDC, Telenor and Telia on its own – there is nothing to set up.
The Simbye eSIM uses 4 networks in Denmark: TDC/nuuday · Telenor · Telia · 3.
Telenor
Telia
Source: Speedtest Global Index, national median, July 2026.
The eSIM is not tied to one operator. After you land, your phone connects automatically to an available Danish network: TDC, run by nuuday, has its own, and Telenor and Telia have shared one for years. For you that simply means there is a fallback – if the signal drops, your phone looks for the next available network on its own. You never pick a carrier and you never type in settings. The only thing that matters is leaving data roaming switched on: the eSIM is a guest on a Danish network, and that is exactly what the switch is for.
In Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Aalborg, Esbjerg, Roskilde and Helsingør you have coverage essentially everywhere, almost continuous 4G in the cities and 5G across large parts of them. The holiday regions are well served too: the North Sea coast around Blåvand, Henne Strand, Søndervig and Hvide Sande, the Ringkøbing Fjord, Rømø and Fanø, Djursland and the Legoland area near Billund, Skagen at the northern tip, Møns Klint, Marielyst on Falster, the Limfjord and the island of Bornholm. It gets thin in some dune hollows and woodland on the west coast, on very small islands and out at sea: on the ferries across the Kattegat or over to Bornholm the connection can drop out for long stretches. Holiday houses often have slow Wi-Fi or none at all – there the mobile network is usually the faster line.
eSIM or a local SIM card in Denmark?
In Denmark the eSIM saves you the hunt: you land connected, while a local card means finding a counter — easy at Kastrup, thin in Billund or Aalborg — and some providers now ask for a MitID only residents hold.
Why travellers bring their own data eSIM to Denmark
Roaming on your home contract is the expensive and unpredictable part of a trip: many plans bill Denmark by the day or by the megabyte, and the ones that do include roaming almost always cap how much data you may use abroad. In a holiday house with unusable Wi-Fi that cap arrives faster than you would expect, and once it is gone you are either throttled or paying extra after the fact. A prepaid eSIM turns all of that into one decision you make before you leave: no contract, no registration, nothing to cancel afterwards.
Copenhagen is a major cruise and conference port, and many people arriving here have flown a long way. For them, a few days of maps and navigation on a home plan is often the bigger item on the bill. The third case is the second line: people travelling on business prefer to keep data use and billing cleanly apart from their private number, and the eSIM simply runs alongside the SIM already in the phone.
On top of that, Denmark is an unusually digital country. Parking runs through an app, train tickets run through an app, a rental bike will not unlock without a connection, and even small shops expect a card rather than cash. Being offline in Denmark leaves you more stranded than in most countries – which is exactly why a second, independent data connection is worth more here than elsewhere.
How far the Danish networks actually reach
Two radio networks matter for your eSIM in Denmark: TDC runs its own, and Telenor and Telia merged theirs into a shared network. In practice that means a fallback whenever one of them is weak in a given spot. In the cities coverage does not stop underground either – you usually have signal on the Copenhagen metro, and the regional trains across Zealand and Funen work too, with the usual short gaps in cuttings and tunnels.
It gets weaker where almost nobody lives: deep dune hollows and pine woods right on the west coast, small islands such as Læsø, Samsø or Ærø depending on where you stand, and out at sea. On the ferries – across the Kattegat, over to Bornholm or towards Germany – the connection can disappear entirely for long stretches mid-crossing. That is not specific to this eSIM; it applies to every phone on board. Exactly where the edge lies depends on the individual spot, and nobody can promise you coverage at every point along the coast. So plan the ferry as a dead zone: download your maps and tickets beforehand and the crossing is a non-issue.
How much data do you need in Denmark?
So you can work it out instead of guessing: how much an hour costs in the apps you actually use on holiday.
Just staying reachable
1–3 GB
Messages, the map now and then, checking mail. Everything else runs on the hotel Wi-Fi.
An ordinary holiday
5–10 GB
Navigating, social media, uploading photos, a few videos in the evening.
Out a lot, or a laptop along
20 GB and up
Streaming in the evening, video calls home, keeping a laptop or tablet online through your phone.
Data used per hour
The Netflix and Spotify figures come from the providers themselves (Netflix Help Center, Spotify Support, retrieved 28 Aug 2026). The rest are network-operator estimates (o2, Vodafone, EE) and vary with picture quality and reception.
What does an eSIM for Denmark cost?
Simbye offers 8 plans for Denmark from €1,95 to €46,95 — data packs from €1,95, unlimited from €18,95. Prepaid, no contract.
Plans for Denmark range from 1 GB to 20 GB, plus unlimited options.
Validity runs from 7 to 30 days and starts with your first connection in Denmark.
| Plan | Validity | Price | Per travel day |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 GB | 7 days | €1,95 | €0,27 |
| 5 GB | 30 days | €5,95 | €0,19 |
| 3 GB | 30 days | €9,95 | €0,33 |
| 10 GB | 30 days | €11,95 | €0,39 |
| 20 GB | 30 days | €17,95 | €0,59 |
| Unlimited | 7 days | €18,95 | — |
| Unlimited | 15 days | €32,95 | — |
| Unlimited | 30 days | €46,95 | — |
- Networks
- TDC/nuuday + Telenor + Telia
- Setting it up
- A link in your email, or the QR code — one tap is enough
- Network technology
- 4G/LTE — and 5G where the network already offers it
- APN and settings
- Nothing to set. The eSIM brings everything with it
- Hotspot
- Allowed — for a laptop, tablet or a travel companion
- Adding more data
- Top up any time, without setting anything up again
- Calls and texts
- Not included — WhatsApp calls run over the data
- Your own number
- Stays in the phone and stays reachable
- Contract
- None. The plan ends by itself
- Worth knowing
- Prepaid instead of a contract — useful as a second line, or when your own data allowance is used up
Frequently Asked Questions about Denmark eSIM
Data, calls, real phone numbers, top-ups and setup — everything you need to know before you buy a Simbye eSIM.
