Working Out In Nature – Your Living City

Sweden has a reputation for being amongst the fittest nations in the EU, and now, thanks to outdoor gyms across the capital, Stockholmers have no excuse for maintaining this image. Katharine Trigarszky takes a look at the exercise options that the city’s outdoor gyms provide. Swedes love nothing more than being out in nature, and exercise certainly plays a large role in this. According to 2014 data from Eurostat, the country is among the top EU nations for exercising, coming in behind Finland and Denmark. It found that more than 53% of Swedes exercise for at least two and a half hours each week. Over the past decade, the City of Stockholm has made it easier than ever for residents to get fit while they are out and about, thanks to the 62 outdoor gyms it has commissioned across the Greater Stockholm area. This figure seems particularly impressive when you…

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