{"id":13143,"date":"2026-10-01T10:24:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/?post_type=verhaal&#038;p=13143"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:24:32","slug":"the-gymnastics-world-championships-gets-rotterdam-moving","status":"publish","type":"verhaal","link":"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/stories\/the-gymnastics-world-championships-gets-rotterdam-moving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gymnastics World Championships gets Rotterdam moving"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;179345&#8243;]<strong>With the Gymnastics World Championships at Ahoy, Rotterdam has every reason to be proud of its position as a leading top sport city. It also makes the city more attractive to visitors, businesses, and residents alike. The World Championships is top sport at the highest level, and it gets Rotterdammers of all ages moving.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With 600 athletes, tens of thousands of visitors, and television broadcasts in 170 countries, the <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdam2026.nl\/\">Gymnastics World Championships<\/a> is one of the biggest top sport events Rotterdam has ever hosted. The world\u2019s best gymnasts come to Rotterdam and compete for the titles at <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/brandpartners\/rotterdam-ahoy\/\">Ahoy<\/a>. For nine days, you can enjoy breathtaking acrobatics, spectacular somersaults, and a buzzing international sporting atmosphere.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"br-custom-youtube\" style=\"max-width:100%; margin: 20px 0; position: relative; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; background: #000; border-radius: 4px; overflow: hidden;\"><div style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; background: #1a1a1a; color: #fff; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center; padding: 20px; box-sizing: border-box;\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: sans-serif;\">Accepteer marketing cookies om deze video te bekijken.<\/p><button type=\"button\" data-action=\"show-consent-banner\" style=\"background: #ff0000; color: #fff; border: none; padding: 12px 24px; font-weight: bold; cursor: pointer; border-radius: 4px; text-transform: uppercase;\">Cookie instellingen<\/button><\/div><script>\r\n            (function() {\r\n                var checkConsentAndReload = function() {\r\n                    if (document.cookie.indexOf('marketing') > -1) {\r\n                        window.location.reload();\r\n                    }\r\n                };\r\n\r\n                \/\/ 1. 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The Dutch gymnastics elite train in the top sport hall next to De Kuip. And an increasingly important goal for Rotterdam Topsport is getting Rotterdammers active around major sporting events.[\/vc_column_text]<blockquote class=\"br-custom-quote\">We want it to be more than just the World Championships, and to bring it right to the people of Rotterdam.<\/blockquote>[vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;183388&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sporting impact<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Gerda IJff is events manager at Rotterdam Topsport. She sees the opportunities the Gymnastics World Championships offers. \u2018We want it to be more than just the World Championships, and to bring it right to the people of Rotterdam. All across the city, there are sporting activities through which we can make a real impact.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In collaboration with the Royal Dutch Gymnastics Federation (KNGU) and sports event agency TIG Sports &amp; Events, years of work have gone into making the World Championships a success. Not only inside Rotterdam Ahoy, but far beyond it.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=&#8221;13124&#8243; caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;148162&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;126369&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Getting out and playing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dutchgymnastics.nl\/nieuws\/speel-je-mee-geeft-rotterdamse-kinderen-de-ruimte-om-te-spelen\">SPEEL JE MEE?<\/a> (Want to play along?) by the KNGU is one example. With new movement games in eight Rotterdam playgrounds, the initiative aims to give young children more space to move and play. This matters for children\u2019s development: through play, they learn about their own bodies and the world around them.<\/p>\n<p>Gerda: \u2018There are neighbourhoods in Rotterdam where there are very few opportunities to play outside or do sport. Fewer and fewer children are playing outdoors as a result. With this initiative, we\u2019re encouraging children to get moving and get active.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Miffy World Championships exercise festival<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u2018For the very youngest, toddler festivals are being organised,\u2019 says Gerda. Here, toddlers play, move, and meet other toddlers. \u2018Toddlers can\u2019t really join any sport yet. Clubs tend to start from around age five. But gymnastics, that\u2019s different.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The festive finale of the toddler festivals is just before the World Championships: the free-entry <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdam2026.nl\/nijntje-wk-beweegfeest\/\">Miffy World Championships movement festival<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/brandpartners\/rotterdam-ahoy\/\">Rotterdam Ahoy<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=&#8221;13125&#8243; caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;148162&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;201650&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Seniors get moving<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Older residents get their chance to join in too. The <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdam2026.nl\/senior-experience\/\">Senior Experience<\/a> gives people aged 45 and over the chance to visit the World Championships. There, seniors receive an innovative movement analysis and can take part in movement workshops. The programme includes dance, freerunning (adapted for seniors), and fall prevention.<\/p>\n<p>During a major event like this, the World Championships is impossible to miss in the city itself. A special World Championships tram runs through the streets of <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/brandpartners\/ret\/\">RET<\/a>, countless flags featuring athletes flutter across the city, and at <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/brandpartners\/rotterdam-central-station\/\">Central Station<\/a> there\u2019s a hang challenge during the championships: visitors can compete to see who can hang from a horizontal bar the longest.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=&#8221;13126&#8243; caption=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; media_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;148162&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;178768&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Rotterdam olympic gymnasts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>And you might just run into Rotterdam\u2019s two gymnastics ambassadors: Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir. These Olympic gymnasts conducted the World Championships draw at the <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/stories\/wereldhavendagen-ontdek-haven-en-stad\/\">World Port Days<\/a>. And during the championships themselves, they\u2019ll certainly be making appearances across the city.[\/vc_column_text]<blockquote class=\"br-custom-quote\">Rotterdam is a city of bridges. Of bridge-building. Between people, generations, and cultures.<\/blockquote>[vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;140729&#8243;]As a major international event, the Gymnastics World Championships has a theme: building bridges.Gerda thinks it\u2019s a perfect fit. \u2018The bridge is of course a gymnastics discipline. And Rotterdam is a city of bridges. Of bridge-building. Between people, generations, and cultures. Building bridges lets you tell a powerful story about connection.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3><strong>World Championships song<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The theme comes with an official World Championships song. <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/6SJGUtzIjBUOQlN6Ixf4iW?si=0303b1de50ed43cb\">That bridge we build today<\/a> was written by Evie van der Heijden, a student at <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/brandpartners\/codarts-rotterdam\/\">Codarts<\/a> in Rotterdam. The song is the soundtrack to the <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdam2026.nl\/dance-challenge\/\">Dance Challenge<\/a>, designed to get the whole of the Netherlands moving. Dance clubs or groups of friends can take to the spotlight during the World Championships with their own choreography.[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"br-custom-youtube\" style=\"max-width:100%; margin: 20px 0; position: relative; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; background: #000; border-radius: 4px; overflow: hidden;\"><div style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; background: #1a1a1a; color: #fff; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; justify-content: center; text-align: center; padding: 20px; box-sizing: border-box;\"><p style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-family: sans-serif;\">Accepteer marketing cookies om deze video te bekijken.<\/p><button type=\"button\" data-action=\"show-consent-banner\" style=\"background: #ff0000; color: #fff; border: none; padding: 12px 24px; font-weight: bold; cursor: pointer; border-radius: 4px; text-transform: uppercase;\">Cookie instellingen<\/button><\/div><script>\r\n            (function() {\r\n                var checkConsentAndReload = function() {\r\n                    if (document.cookie.indexOf('marketing') > -1) {\r\n                        window.location.reload();\r\n                    }\r\n                };\r\n\r\n                \/\/ 1. 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The first is a College Day at <a href=\"https:\/\/rotterdammakeithappen.nl\/en\/brandpartners\/hogeschool-rotterdam\/\">Hogeschool Rotterdam<\/a>. There, Wilfried de Jong will speak with Olympic gymnastics champion Epke Zonderland about perseverance and how to deal with setbacks and success.<\/p>\n<p>And an international expert meeting on healthy ageing focuses on people aged 60 and over. Can cities, for example through their public spaces, help encourage older residents to stay active? Because an active lifestyle is becoming increasingly important, and contributes to a happy and healthy city.<\/p>\n<p>The Gymnastics World Championships takes place from 17 to 25 October 2026 at Rotterdam Ahoy. 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