Sport and physical activity are now part of a lifestyle that goes beyond city planning. They contribute to our physical well-being, but also to our mental and spiritual well-being.

Through their public spaces, their modern urbanism and the maintenance of their heritage, cities are the stage for different forms of sport and different ways of promoting healthier habits.

When it comes to sport, everyone counts. From the youngest to the oldest. Whether it's for leisure or top-level sport, Lisbon is today an inspirational setting for thousands of people, although it still needs a robust and motivating infrastructure.

On the other hand, Lisbon has a competitive advantage that Lisboners should be reminded of every day: the sea and its riverside area.

It is essential to promote physical activity by the sea. Lisbon's location, with the river and the sea, invites the city to promote contact between its inhabitants and the maritime reality.

Defines and bases municipal investment strategies in the areas of maintenance, rehabilitation and expansion of the existing equipment network, the construction of new spaces, as well as their equipping, in order to meet current and future needs that may be identified in response to the real needs of the population that lives, works, studies or visits the city of Lisbon.

Approval of the Charter for Physical Activity and Sport in the Municipality of Lisbon

The Lisbon Municipal Assembly decided at its 142nd Meeting - 96th Extraordinary Session, held on November 5, 2024, by means of Deliberation no. 616/AML/2024, to approve the Charter for Physical Activity and Sport for the Municipality of Lisbon. Publication: Municipal Bulletin 5th Supplement, no. 1603, of November 07, 2024, pp: 284-2509.

The Lisbon City Council decided at the 171st Public Meeting of the City Council, held on September 25, 2024, to approve the submission to the Lisbon Municipal Assembly of the substantial proposal (no. 588/CML/2024) to revise the Sports Charter of the Municipality of Lisbon, as well as the new designation Charter of Physical Activity and Sport of the Municipality of Lisbon, published in the Municipal Bulletin, 2nd Supplement, no. 1599, of October 10, 2024