Being a sunny city blessed by a warm climate, Rio de Janeiro is the perfect place to develop a solid sports culture, as people are drawn to the streets by the optimal temperature - Sunny days, heat, and blue horizons created an intensely outdoor culture, where sports and activities play an important role in everyday's life in the city.

Beaches for swimming, forests for hiking, and mountains for climbing make of Rio de Janeiro one of the biggest, most fun, most diverse, open-air gyms in the world. Sporting events throughout the city are the ideal setting for Cariocas to combine their passion for sports with their predilection for socializing and the grandiose spectacle.

People of all ages gather along the shores of many beaches, day and night, playing all sort of sports - surf, beach soccer, volley ball, foot volley, gymnastics, jogging, and even weigh-lifting, just to name a few. Youths learn soccer all along the beaches, while the elders enjoy free gyms and exercise in classes courtesy of the city's prefecture.