Credit: VdL
The City of Luxembourg's new "Sports for all" ("Sports pour tous") season will begin on Tuesday 1 October 2024.
This year, the programme will offer more than 200 sports-leisure, sports-fitness and sports-health classes. The activities take place from Monday to Sunday, indoors, in the swimming pool or outdoors and are spread over more than 30 sites throughout the city.
Youth Programme
The programme for young people offers around 30 sports activities, including skateboarding, cycling, skating, zumba, break-dancing, fitness gym, weight training on machines, futsal, multi-sports, volleyball, badminton, billiards, chess, archery, table tennis, aikido, field hockey and more.
Adult Programme
The sports offer for adults includes more than 100 weekly classes: stretching, maintenance, relaxation and preventive gym, gym for abdominal / back muscles, parent-child gym (with one-to-four-year-olds), fitness gym, ski fitness, bodybuilding, aquatic gymnastics, aqua jogging, jogging (various levels), Nordic walking, volleyball, etc.
Alongside these "classic" sports activities, the programme also includes unusual activities such as discovery curling, ice skating for parents and children (for four to eleven year olds), self-defence, fitness fiesta, cross fitness, taijiquan or qi gong.
55+ Programme
The sports programme for seniors offers activities adapted to the physical abilities of people aged 55 or over. These include walking, Nordic walking, stretching, soft gym, senior sports, gentle weight training, dance, ski gymnastics, aqua gym, badminton and chess.
To register, interested persons should complete the form available on sports.vdl.lu or from the Sports Department of the City of Luxembourg (90 Boulevard de Kockelscheuer / L-1821 Luxembourg / email: sports@vdl.lu / tel.: 4796-4414 or 4796-4415).
Participation in classes is free for young people, but prior registration with parental consent is required. The registration fee for adults and seniors living in Luxembourg City is €30 per class or €110 for a season pass. Residents of other municipalities can register for €60 per lesson or €220 for a season pass. One course per season of the “seniors” programme is offered free of charge to people aged 55 and over (registration required). Employees of the City of Luxembourg benefit from the same rate as residents, regardless of their place of residence.
Applicants for international protection can register for free in the “Sports for All” programme, provided that they are supervised by a Luxembourg structure recognised for working with applicants for international protection.
