medborger_i_danmark_engelsk.pdf - Ny i Danmark

Sports and athletics107In and out ofsports clubsMany Danes – especially children andyoung people – engage in various sports intheir leisure time.Some join a sports club to playfootball, handball, tennis or to swim or dogymnastics, etc. Others prefer rollerskating,jogging or other types of freesports that you can do whenever you feellike it.CULTURE AND LEISURE TIMEAffordable feeSupportive parentsAlmost all municipalities have a sportscentre which is open to the public –sometimes against a charge.Most organised exercise and sportsactivities are run by associations, clubs ororganisations open for everyone to join.There is a membership fee to be paid,but the municipal authority provides asubsidy, which makes the fee affordable –even for people with strained finances.Parents often support their children’sparticipation in voluntary athletics, e.g. bypaying the membership fee and taking andcollecting them to and from the club.