Summer fun and health: Life Lounge brings movement to the outdoor pool!

Summer fun and health: Life Lounge brings movement to the outdoor pool!

Viennese health promotion - WIG starts in July 2025 with its exciting event, the "Life Lounge Sommer Tour 2025". The aim of this tour is to promote a healthy lifestyle, especially for older people. The event offers a varied program that includes both movement exercises and interactive health stations. The WIG would like to convey the fun of exercise and motivate the participants to integrate strengthening exercises into their everyday life. According to Wiener Health Promotion The following offers are on the agenda:

• movement exercises
• equilibrium
• smell tests
• blood pressure measurement
• breathing exercises
• anti-stress offerings
• Interactive stations for health information
• activities for children, such as a quiz wheel and an oversized dentition

The event will take place in various locations in Vienna. The Life Lounge will be active at the Laaerbergbad, Höpflerbad, congress bath and a Gänsehängel lido after a defined schedule. The exact dates and places are listed on the WIG website:

• laaerbergbad:
  04.-06. July 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Höpflerbad:
  11.-13. July 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• congress bath:
  18.-20. July 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
• Strandbad Gänsehäufel:
  25.-27. July 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

diverse movement offers

Based on the Life Lounge, the Viennese health promotion also offers regular movement options. These developments are part of a larger initiatives to increase the quality of life in old age. For example, wien.gv.at that in Ottakring Nordic Walking is a popular endurance sport that not only offers physical fitness, but also a source of relaxation. Group activities can be used as part of the “moving pharmacy”. This also includes Gehrunde who take place regularly at different pharmacies.

For all those interested in movement, especially senior citizens, pensioners organize an extensive sports program in Vienna. The activities offered include health lectures, seat gymnastics, dance and training with Smovey-Ringen, all of which help promote the health and quality of life of many Viennese citizens.

contact information and participation

For those interested who want to learn more about the Life Lounge or want to make a media request, Mag.A Petra Hafner, Head of Public Relations, is available. It can be reached at:

• Telephone: +43 1 4000 76921
• Email: petra.hafner@wig.or.at