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Meet the kids

Children in Denmark have quite a lot of free time. They spend about 5 to 6 hours in school and they usually don’t work a whole lot. Danish children like to be active in their free time.

Computer games are popular. Online games as well; most Danish children have internet access. Danish kids also like to read. Through the free library system it’s easy to get the books you want.

A lot of children in Denmark do sports. 89 % of the 7-15 year-olds have done some kind of sport regularly within the last couple of years.

The most popular sports among Danish children are: football, swimming, gymnastics, handball, badminton and roller-skating. The girls’ favourite sport is gymnastics, and, in contrast to boys, girls also like horseback riding. 72% of children aged 7 to 15 are members of a sports club.

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