Geography of Denmark capital Copenhagen on Zealand; Århus, Aalborg and Esbjerg in Jutland; and Odense on Funen. Denmark experiences a temperate climate. This means that the winters are mild and windy and the summers are cool. The local terrain is generally flat with a few gently rolling plains. The territory of Denmark includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Its position gives Denmark complete control of the Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking the Baltic and North Seas. The country's natural resources include petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt,
Copenhagen metropolitan area is the area which is strategically managed by the Finger Plan. The modern post 2007 version includes the four provinces "Københavns by" (Copenhagen city), "Københavns omegn", "Nordsjælland" and "Østsjælland", with a total land area of 2 778 km² and over 2 million inhabitants (16 March 2018;updated statistics from 1 January 2018 on cities (Danish "byer", (singular) "by") published later). It should not be confused with the Øresund Region or the Capital Region of Denmark. The area has been planned according to the Finger Plan, which has given it six fingers of S-trains and a western connection S-line ("Ringbanen" or line