Across Europe, outdoor sports grow through collective energy — carried by clubs and informal groups, volunteers and professionals, schools, municipalities, associations, networks and movements. This theme explores outdoor sports as a shared social dynamic: built, transmitted and transformed together. Beyond individual experience, they create communities, shared cultures of movement, care and responsibility, and connect generations, territories and social worlds. EuroMeet 2026 will examine how local initiatives feed wider national and European dynamics, how networks build learning and solidarity across borders, and how outdoor sports can act as social glue in fragmented societies.
The next edition of EuroMeet will take place from 8 to 10 September 2026 in Sundsvall, Sweden. It will bring together the European outdoor community for three days of dialogue, learning and collective direction-setting.
EuroMeet 2026 is hosted in a Nordic territory shaped by the culture of friluftsliv and the principle of open access to nature. This edition offers a unique opportunity to explore how outdoor sports are embedded in everyday life, public policy and social culture in a context where nature is considered a shared space and a common good.
Registration opens on 1 February 2026.
All practical information, registration and accommodation details are managed by the host organisation.
EURO'MEET 2026 WEBSITE AND REGISTRATION
Why attend the 8th edition of the EuroMeet?
Each EuroMeet is shaped by its host territory. In 2026, three elements give this edition a specific character.
A Nordic outdoor culture as a living reference
EuroMeet 2026 takes place in a country where outdoor life is part of daily culture. The Swedish tradition of friluftsliv and the legal right of access to nature provide a concrete framework to explore how access, responsibility and outdoor practice are organised at societal level. Sundsvall and its surroundings become a real-life case for understanding how outdoor sports, public policy and social norms interact.
A strong focus on social dimensions of outdoor sports
This edition places particular emphasis on how outdoor sports contribute to social cohesion, equality and participation. It looks at outdoor practice not only as physical activity, but as a social space where people meet, learn, belong and act together.
A territory designed for learning through experience
Located between the coast, forests and hills, close to the High Coast World Heritage area, Sundsvall offers direct access to varied landscapes. These environments are fully integrated into the programme through field sessions, site visits and outdoor experiences that connect ideas to real places.
Themes of EuroMeet 2026
Togetherness and the strength of a shared outdoor movement
Access and accessibility
In the ENOS vision, access to nature is a common good — shaped not only by law and infrastructure, but also by culture, society, economics and symbolism. This theme sees access as a living system, formed through land-use and planning choices, mobility, economic conditions, education, culture and social norms, and asks how societies organise the relationship between people and landscapes. EuroMeet 2026 will explore how access is built in practice through policies and local arrangements, how barriers are created or removed, and how outdoor spaces can remain open, shared and cared for while balancing ecological protection, social justice and multiple uses. Access is not only entry: it is the right to belong in nature, to understand it, to move within it with confidence, and to be recognised as a legitimate part of its story.
Inclusion and diversity
Outdoor sports mirror society: they carry its inequalities, but also its potential for change — which makes inclusion central to the future of outdoor life. This theme explores how outdoor practice can reflect Europe’s diversity in age, gender, social background, culture, ability and life experience, asking who is present, who is absent, and why. EuroMeet 2026 will address gender balance and leadership, youth and intergenerational practice, social inclusion, disability and accessibility, and cultural diversity in relationships with nature. Inclusion is approached as a matter of design and responsibility: shaping outdoor sports so more people can find their place, their voice and their freedom outdoors. Together with the other themes, it reflects the ENOS vision of outdoor sports as a space of connection — between people and nature, individuals and communities, and local realities and European responsibility.
For speakers and participants
EuroMeet 2026 is for those who actively shape outdoor sports in Europe — people who decide, lead, manage, train and produce knowledge. It brings together a European community of changemakers in a programme built around dialogue, not one-way delivery.
Speakers will find a demanding and supportive framework grounded in practice, research and responsibility. Participants gain more than attendance: they gain belonging to a community that thinks, questions and builds change together. With professional coordination and a decade-refined format, EuroMeet connects ideas to lived outdoor experience.
A three-day unique European Outdoor experience
EuroMeet unfolds over three days as a continuous European outdoor learning journey — not a sequence of sessions, but a shared experience where thinking, doing and meeting flow together. The programme blends high-level plenaries on key European challenges, thematic workshops rooted in real projects, and field experiences that connect ideas to landscapes and lived reality. Structured and informal networking creates trust, cooperation and long-term partnerships. Evenings bring energy and joy, with social moments that deepen connection through celebration and shared memories. The host territory becomes a learning space itself, revealing how outdoor sports take shape in real social, cultural and environmental contexts.
Practical information
Dates: 8–10 September 2026
Location: Sundsvall, Sweden
Participants: around 300 from across Europe and nordic countries
Registration opens: 1 February 2026
→ Visit the EuroMeet 2026 host page to register