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104Popular educationin DenmarkCULTURE AND LEISURE TIME150 differentdenominationsApproved and recogniseddenominationswithdraw from membership by contactinga clergyman of your local parish. If youwithdraw within six months from the dayyou registered with the Danish NationalRegister, your withdrawal will becomeeffective from that date.Other religious communitiesThere are many religious communities inDenmark other than the EvangelicalLutheran* national church. It is estimatedthat there are about 150 differentreligious communities of varying sizes inDenmark.These religious communities mayengage their own priests – imams, rabbisor ministers of congregations. Subject tolocal planning regulations, they are alsoentitled to put up buildings for the purposeof worship, and may obtain permission toestablish burial grounds. In addition, theyare allowed to run schools and issuepublications.There are about 90 officially approvedreligious communities in Denmark,including Islamic, Buddhist and Hinduones, which means that their priests areauthorised to officiate at weddings.Of these, 11 have achieved specialrecognition, which entitles them toofficiate at name givings or baptisms aswell as at weddings, and to issuecertificates with the same validity as theDanish National Church.Public librariesThe library is a good place to startlooking for information on events takingplace in your municipality.There is no charge for visiting publiclibraries, and most of them offer a broadselection of books, materials, facilities andother resources.In addition to lending books, CDs,audiocassettes and videotapes, manylibraries arrange exhibitions, filmshowings, children’s theatre performancesand lectures.You can also access the Internet, readthe daily newspapers or get help to findinformation or materials on varioussubjects.Most major libraries employ a librarianwhose job is to help non-Danish speakerslocate books and magazines. If thematerial you want is not available at thelibrary, a reservation can be made with thePublic Libraries’ Service for Immigrants,which keeps more than 140,000 titles inabout 100 different languages.This library service for immigrantslends books to other libraries, but is notopen to the general public.Leisure-time educationMany people in Denmark spend theirleisure time improving their skills withina specific subject or field.For example, you may attend classesin sewing, drama, dance, music, choirsinging, computer training, cooking,foreign languages, philosophy or history.Start at the libraryMaterial in differentlanguagesLearn something newin your leisure time