Happy and satisfied citizens

Move to Denmark’s biggest municipality

Local government with many tasks

Denmark is a small Nordic country with approximately 5.76 million inhabitants. We are renowned for our stable democracy, freedom of speech, good working- and welfare relations, active associational life, as well as safe and green surroundings. All these conditions rank the citizens in Denmark as being among the happiest in the world.

Administratively and geographically, Denmark is divided into 5 regions and 98 municipalities. The state with the Danish Parliament and the Government are in charge of the legislative work and the general national tasks, i.a. the defence, the police, TAX, motorways, and the biggest cultural institutions. Regions and municipalities take care of most of the close to home tasks of the citizens.

The main tasks of the regions are hospitals, health care, psychiatry, and regional planning.

The main task of the municipalities is among others children and young people, including childcare and education, the social area, including care of the elderly and handicapped, benefits for the sick and socially marginalized, employment and integration, technology and environment, as well as industrial development.

 

Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality - the biggest in the Country

Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality is located in the Central Jutland Region with the North Sea bordering to the west. With an area covering 1,489 square kilometres, Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality is geographically the biggest municipality in Denmark. The municipality has around 57,000 inhabitants. By comparison, it can be mentioned that the Capital of Copenhagen only covers 89 square kilometres, but is the most populous area with around 602,500 inhabitants.

The Region of Central Jutland is the biggest both as regards the number of inhabitants and area. Around 1.3 people live in the region covering an area of approximately 13,000 square kilometres. On the WEBSITE of the region you will be able to find information in English about the tasks of the regions, i.a. hospitals and  regional development, as well as supplementary information about for instance patient rights. 

 

The River Skjern Å forms the only river delta, in Denmark at the mouth of Ringkøbing Fjord Foto: rksk.dk

 

The Chinnow family

 
German family:

Good working conditions leaving room for a family life close to the North Sea

In 2019 the Chinnow family moved from Löbau in Germany to Hvide Sande in Denmark. Four years later the family is not in doubt: -We’ll stay here!

The couple Dagmar and Udo are working at the local companies, Hvide Sande Røgeri and Danwest, and they both see the career opportunities as one of the really big gains of having moved to Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune. Here they have been able to let go of their previous worries about job safety and fair pay, and last year their dream of buying their own house came true. 

The two children, Pauline and Pepe, are also happy about having moved to Hvide Sande. They like their new school and appreciate the Danish school system with less tests and more variety during the day. 

In Ringkøbing-Skjern Kommune the family has found both tranquility, a house, career opportunities, and new friends. When the holiday makers have to go back after 1-2 weeks’ holiday all four of them are pleased that they can stay and fulfil more dreams in the middle between the North Sea and Ringkøbing Fjord.

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Iwona and Jarek

 
Polish family:

Nature and good conditions for the children are crucial

It is first and foremost the good conditions for the children and the clean and beautiful nature that Iwona and Jarek emphasize when expressing why they have chosen to settle in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Denmark. In the past two years Iwona and Jarek have been living in the village of Finderup together with their joint child Diego and Jarek’s son Manuel and his daughter Karolina.

”The child-care facilities here are simply so good. They do so much for the development of children. For instance, they are allowed to cook and do woodwork when they can handle a knife– even though it may be a little dangerous. Besides, they also spend a lot of time in nature. In all sorts of weather. It is so healthy for them”, says Iwona who is also really happy with the schools.

”However, the best thing is that you exist to live here – which means that you don’t just constantly work, but you work in order to also live in your spare time”, says Iwona, and Jarek agrees. That was the very reason why he came to Denmark to work, since - as a self-employed motor mechanic with his own construction firm - he just worked and worked without earning sufficient to live on. On top of that he did not have any spare time whatsoever.

 

Iwona og Jarek - Read the full story here