How this site works, and what we owe you.

One

Accessibility

Atlántis is built to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. That was a design decision from the first page rather than a retrofit, and it is checked as each page is built.

What is in place

• Text and background colour combinations are measured against WCAG contrast ratios. Body text is well above the minimum.
• Body text is never smaller than 16 pixels, and story text is set at 19 pixels. Nothing on the site renders below 14 pixels.
• Every interactive element can be reached and used with a keyboard, and the focus outline is always visible. It is never removed.
• Every meaningful image carries a text description. Decorative images are hidden from screen readers.
• Pages use real headings, landmarks and lists, so the structure makes sense when read aloud.
• Animation is limited, and if your device is set to reduce motion, it stops.
• Pages reflow to a 320 pixel screen and to 200 per cent zoom without horizontal scrolling.
• There is a skip link to the main content at the top of every page.

Travelling without a car, and step-free access

Accessibility on this site is not only about the web pages. Because these journeys are made without a car, each story records how the place was actually reached, how far the walking was, and where the ground was difficult. That information is written for anyone pushing a pushchair, using a wheelchair, moving slowly, or travelling without a car, and it is the information most often missing from a destination's own pages.

We describe conditions as we found them on the day. We are not a certified accessibility assessor, and surfaces, ramps and transport change. Please check with the place itself before relying on it.

Two

Your data

The short version: this site sets no cookies, shows no advertising and builds no profile of anyone. It counts visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which works without cookies and without identifying you. What follows is the full account, written to meet the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Danish data protection law.

Who is responsible

What happens when you simply read

This site is static. It sets no cookies of any kind and stores nothing in your browser. There is no advertising pixel, no session identifier and no fingerprinting. Because nothing is stored on or read from your device, no consent banner is required under the Danish Cookie Order or the ePrivacy Directive.

Hosting and visit counts

The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. To deliver and protect any website, Cloudflare processes technical connection data: your IP address, the time of your request, the page requested and your browser type. Each page also loads a small script from Cloudflare that counts page views and measures load times. It sets no cookie and stores nothing on your device, and what we see is aggregated: numbers of visits, pages, countries and referring sites, never an individual visitor.

• Purpose: delivering the site, protecting it against attack and abuse, and knowing which stories are read.
• Legal basis: our legitimate interest in operating a secure website and understanding its readership in aggregate, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. You can object under Article 21; blocking the script in your browser also stops it, and the site works the same without it.
• Processor: Cloudflare, Inc., established in the United States, engaged under its data processing addendum. Transfers outside the EU and EEA rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, under which Cloudflare is certified, and on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.
• Retention: Cloudflare keeps connection logs for a short period under its own policy. We receive only aggregated statistics and store nothing that identifies a visitor.

No other third parties on the page

Typefaces, photographs and films are all served from this domain. There are no embedded maps, video players, share buttons, comment systems or social widgets from anyone else’s servers.

The newsletter

The signup form on this site is not yet connected to a mailing provider and collects nothing. Submitting it stores no data and sends no email. When the newsletter goes live, this section will be updated before a single address is collected, and it will state:

• What we collect: your email address, and nothing else. No name is required.
• Purpose: sending you new stories. Nothing else, ever.
• Legal basis: your consent, Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, given by a positive action and withdrawable at any time. Under section 10 of the Danish Marketing Practices Act we will not send marketing email without your prior consent.
• Retention: until you unsubscribe, after which your address is deleted, unless we are legally obliged to keep a record of your objection.
• Processor: the email provider will be named here, with where it stores data and, if outside the EEA, the transfer safeguard relied on.

We never sell, rent, share or trade your details, and we do not use them for profiling or automated decision-making.

Enquiries you send us

If you write to us, we keep your message and address for as long as needed to deal with the matter and for a reasonable period afterwards, on the basis of our legitimate interest in answering correspondence, Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Children

This site is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has given us their details, write to us and we will delete them.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to:

• be told what we hold about you, and receive a copy of it (Article 15);
• have anything inaccurate corrected (Article 16);
• have your data erased (Article 17);
• have our use of it restricted (Article 18);
• receive it in a portable, machine-readable form (Article 20);
• object to processing based on our legitimate interests (Article 21);
• withdraw consent at any time, without affecting anything done before you withdrew it (Article 7(3));
• not be subject to automated decision-making or profiling (Article 22) — we carry out none.

Write to the address above and we will answer within one month, as the Regulation requires. Exercising these rights is free, and we will not ask you to justify the request.

Complaints

Security and changes

The site is served only over an encrypted connection, with a content security policy and strict transport security set in its response headers. We hold no database of visitors. If what we collect ever changes — a newsletter provider, an embedded map — this page is updated before the change goes live, and the review date at the foot of the page changes with it.

Three

Editorial independence

Nothing on Atlántis is sponsored. Every maker, shop, museum, ferry, guesthouse and meal that appears in a story was found, chosen and paid for by us. Nobody has bought a place in a story, and nobody can.

We take no commission and use no affiliate links. If we recommend somewhere, there is no financial reason for it.

Four

The people in our stories

These journeys depend on people. The person who explained where the bus actually stops, the host who answered every question, the driver who waited. They are the reason the stories exist, and they did not set out to be written about.

• No person appears in any photograph or film we publish. We photograph places, nature, rooms, the pictures on the walls and the animals, and we cut any frame in which someone can be seen.
• Anyone named in a story is asked first, and told where it will appear.
• Anyone can ask to be removed at any time, without giving a reason, and we will take it down.
• We do not publish personal contact details for the individuals who help us. Where a business is happy to be found, we name the business.
• We do not photograph people's homes or private spaces without permission. A place someone lives is not a backdrop.

Five

Contact

For accessibility problems, data requests, corrections, or a request to be removed from a story, write to us and we will answer.

This page is reviewed whenever the site changes. Last reviewed: 5 October 2026.