Guide to sports and physical activity in the Netherlands
This guide, issued October 2017, contains facts and figures about physical activity and sports in the Netherlands.
It contains an overview of policy programmes, projects and good examples in sport and physical activity in the Netherlands.
Proud to guide you
We are proud to guide you through our sport and physical activity culture.
Our knowledgecentre collected a wide variety of policy programmes, projects and good examples in sport and physical activity.
This Guide to Sport and Physical Activity in the Netherlands has been issued in 2017 for the first time. It is available for every organisation that needs an overview of the facts and figures of sport and Physical Activity in our country.

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- Manager Public Affairs
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