Hanover, the City of Sports

Hanover: Sports

Whether you're an active participant or a fan, part of a team or a lone competitor: Hannover, the city of sports, guarantees plenty of thrills. For example, when Hannover 96 plays in the second Bundesliga or when Hannover's successful handball team, the Recken, slam the ball into the goal. Whether it's soccer, golf, ice hockey, triathlon, or horse racing—Hannover offers almost every kind of sporting experience.

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Hanover is represented by several clubs in the most popular sports. The handball players of TSV Hannover-Burgdorf deliver pure excitement and energy at the Swiss Life Hall. And competitions at the highest level can also be experienced in water polo, rugby, and field hockey. From April through October, the Neue Bult Langenhagen becomes the stage for thoroughbreds—at one of Germany’s most modern thoroughbred racetracks. Hannover offers excellent conditions for major sporting events. The German Classics, a top-tier equestrian event, and the Hannover Marathon, which attracts participants from across the country, prove this year after year.

Diversity to join in

© Eichel's event

Hannover’s recreational athletes can also claim to be top-tier. Around 290,000 people in the city and region of Hannover are registered with more than 1,000 sports clubs. According to a study by the University of Osnabrück, Hannover is even Germany’s sports capital, as 80 percent of its residents engage in physical activity for at least one hour once a week. From aikido to water skiing, anyone looking for physical activity will find the right sport. Whether at a club or a gym, around Lake Maschsee or in the Eilenriede City Forest.

Among the most popular recreational sports events are the triathlon competitions at Maschsee and in Wasserstadt Limmer, as well as the “skate by night” series for inline skaters. And at Blauer See in Garbsen, members of the wakeboarding and wakeskating community show off their spectacular jumps and tricks.

Golfers in the Hanover region will find a wide variety of clubs that invite them to putt and pitch in picturesque surroundings for an affordable green fee. Whether for recreational fun or as part of executive training, the Springe high-rope course offers a course made of tree trunks and steel cables at heights of up to 20 meters. The SeaTree Climbing and Adventure Park in Mardorf on Lake Steinhude also invites visitors to try their hand at thrilling balancing acts, featuring 27 climbing stations across three difficulty levels.

Steelman

“Wet, cold, and muddy”—that’s the motto of this obstacle course race covering approximately 2 x 9 kilometers, crisscrossing the outdoor grounds and surrounding areas of the Neue Bult horse racing track. Following the marathon and triathlon, the “Steelman” is now the latest “ultimate” athletic challenge. Everything that’s grueling and exhausting stands in the way of the participants at this very special sporting event, draining every last ounce of energy from their bodies. Spectacular and thrilling obstacles await the runners. Whether it’s climbing, balancing, or scrambling over stacks of tires—there will be a whole series of surprises.

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