A new one University of Southern Denmark report, ‘Denmark in Motion’ (Denmark in motion), maps how active the Danes are on a daily basis.
Active islanders
For example, it reveals that every third Copenhagener runs every week, while on Langeland only 10 percent go on a weekly run.
Nevertheless, most of the country’s islanders are fairly active. For example, the residents of Læsø participate in most outdoor activities per. Inhabitant. While the inhabitants of Fanø are the most active.
Fanø emerged together with Copenhagen and Ærø as the country’s three bicycle hotspots.
While some of Denmark’s least active municipalities are on Vestegnen – the western suburbs in the Capital Region.
Useful for municipalities
Lead author Bjarne Ibsen hopes that the report can inform each municipality about how to encourage its residents to be more active so that they can “concretely target” their efforts.
“If you live in a place where there are a lot of people who exercise, it is contagious,” he told TV2.
“Almost everyone responds that they are active, but the truth is often different.”
You can not beat going with the dog
It may surprise many to learn that the most popular daily activity is not cycling, but walking the dog.
“It’s something that people enjoy enormously, and that also increases health,” Ibsen said.
But many miss the joys of exercise – “especially retirees and the socially disadvantaged”, he warned.
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Source: The Nordic Page