Is Silkeborg safe? Denmark travel risk
Is Silkeborg safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Silkeborg scores 25/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Denmark Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 17 Sep 2024); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Silkeborg scores 25/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Denmark (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Silkeborg: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (19/100).
A score of 25 is higher than the scores of 15% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Denmark travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Geographically located in Midtjylland (56.1701° N, 9.5652° E), Silkeborg sits 194.4 km ESE from Copenhagen at 19 m elevation.
Midtjylland
56.1701° N, 9.5652° E
19 m
Europe/Copenhagen
50,866
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Silkeborg happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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