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    Cultural and recreational activities

    Visited a museum within the past year
    62 %
    Q1 2026
    Played digital games within the past year
    67 %
    Q1 2026

    How does the Danish population pass their spare time and in which cultural activities does it participate? The Cultural Habits Survey seeks to answer these two questions by asking the Danish population about a wide range of activities, e.g. attending a theatrical performance, social media use and sports. The results may be grouped by i.a. age and gender.

    Selected statistics on Cultural and recreational activities

    This page shows selected popular statistics on the subject of Cultural and recreational activities. In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data and compile your own statistics.

    Participation in selected cultural and recreational activities

    In this figure you can see the percentage of the Danish population who have participated in various cultural and recreational activities primarily taking place outside the home within the past year.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Use of cultural activities (KV2HOVED)
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    Cinemas and films
    Find statistics about the films shown in cinemas.
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    Public libraries
    Find statistics about lending of books and visitor numbers at public libraries.

    Participation in selected cultural and recreational activities

    Here you can see the percentage of the Danish population who have listened to music, read books, participated in sports etc. within the past year.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Use of cultural activities (KV2HOVED)

    Participation in selected cultural activities grouped by degree of urbanisation

    Here you can see differences in the percentage of the Danish population who have participated in selected cultural and recreational activities within the past year, grouped by different degrees of urbanization.
    In Statbank Denmark, you can find more data on Use of cultural activities (KV2URB)

    On the statistics – documentation, sources and method

    Gain an overview of the purpose, contents and quality of the statistics. Learn about the data sources of the statistics, the contents of the statistics and how often they are published.

    See the documentation of statistics to learn more:

    Need more data on Cultural and recreational activities?

    You can go on searching on your own in Statbank Denmark. Find further details, for example about cultural habits grouped by education, degree of urbanization, gender and age. You can also find statistics about cultural and recreational habits from other studies and surveys.

    Contact

    Anders Yde Bentsen
    Phone: +45 40 33 68 81