I studied in Copenhagen and did some Danish courses which at the time I considered a total waste of time since pretty much all Danes I knew spoke perfect (if so

I studied in Copenhagen and did some Danish courses which at the time I considered a total waste of time since pretty much all Danes I knew spoke perfect (if sometimes heavily accented) English. I used it once when I got lost in Iceland and the only person we could find in the vicinity was an old lady who didn't speak a word of English. Danish though, even as rudimentary as mine, was just fine.