We are a group of 5 people, and our names are Oskar, Jonathan, Frederik, Louise and Søren. We study at Rysensteen Gymnasium. Gymnasium is like high school. We started our first year in August 2011, and our study focuses on social studies and sports. We are therefore using the opportunity of having contacts in Turkey to study and trying out both of these subjects. Besides going to Istanbul, we will also have a beach volley course in Alanya. We are the only ones at our school that have sports on a B level. In Denmark the system of subject classifications is A, B and C level, basically it describes whether we study the subject for 3, 2 or 1 year respectively.
We are doing a school project about informing you about sports in Denmark. Oskar (boy) is seventeen years old. He plays football. Jonathan (boy) is seventeen years old. He plays football and works out at the gym. Frederik (boy) is sixteen years old. He plays tennis and football. Søren (boy) is sixteen years old. He runs in his spare time. Louise (girl) is seventeen years old. She plays handball. In Denmark we bicycle a lot because our streets are made for it. We use bicycling as transport. A lot of us use the bicycle only for transportation and not in a competitive way. In Denmark there are a lot of opportunities, if you want to do sport. There are many athletic associations to attend. For most of the young boys and girls in Denmark are playing football, handball or doing gymnastics. Denmark’s national handball team is very good and they went to Brazil to attend the World Cup in the beginning of December. They came in 4th place out of 24 teams, which is great. Denmark’s football national team is a great team. They have just played number 1 in their group for World Cup qualification. They have great players like Daniel Agger, Nicklas Bendtner and Christian Eriksen. In 1992 we won the European Championship.
A majority of people in Turkey play football but also basketball and volleyball. lots of people sail as well. Wintersports are also practiced in the winter season. The most famous soccer teams in turkey are: Fenerbache, Galatasaray and Beciktas. The boys also work out in the fitness center, which is very common.