Of the 27 European EU-countries, Denmark is still on the top 10-list of countries with the best bathing water quality.

Denmark’s beaches follow a continental trend that across Europe, bathing waters are getting cleaner.
For many Europeans, holidays revolve around bathing water. Today Europe’s bathing waters are much cleaner than forty years ago when large quantities of untreated or partially treated municipal and industrial wastewater were discharged into water.

Of 27 EU countries, Denmark ranks 6th for bathing water quality in the latest 2024 report. Danish waters significantly outperform those of France, Spain, and Portugal.

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At the European level, bathing water information is made available to the public through the EEA’s bathing water website.

Source: eea.europa.eu, European Environment Agency.