The Danish school system offers many possibilities to children who move here when their mother or father start work at a Danish company. German Charles Thaim, who works at Vestas in Hammel and will soon be joined by his family, decided that his children would start school in Denmark immediately and find leisure pursuits, because that is the way to learn Danish. He explains:

”My family is learning Danish right now back home in Germany, and they're a good deal better at it than I am.

My kids will attend a Danish school so that they can quickly make friends and learn the language. One of my sons will be going to an “efterskole” (independent boarding school) and the two other boys will start in so-called welcome classes at ordinary municipal schools. Leisure activities are another way of making new friends here in Denmark, and I think that will be the easiest way in a city like Århus," Charles Thiam explains. All the family play basketball, among other things, and Charles is keeping an eye on how the Århusian Bakken Bears are doing so that he can take his boys to a match.

Viola Burau, who teaches at Århus University's Department of Political Science, is sure her eight-month-old son will learn Danish very quickly – because her partner is a Dane.

”Denmark has really good day care facilities and schools, and maternity leave is also excellent. My partner is taking parental leave right now, actually. So our domestic roles have sort of been reversed; that's one of the things I like about Danish society. It means that father and child also manage to get close before our son starts attending day care and then goes on to school. It's very important," says Viola Burau.