Keep Active at Work: Sports and Fitness Offers
Are you a beginner or starting anew? Come and discover our group sports activities. We aim to help you experience the joy of movement and stay healthier. Our offers also target active fitness enthusiasts and amateur athletes committed to lifetime sports. Besides personal preference, time and place are crucial factors. You probably favor offers that fit your schedule well. Check out the University Sports offers geared to employee needs. They include activities directly before work or after.
Are you looking for alternative offers in the Hamburg area? Benefit from the fitness partnerships of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (FHH)! City employees can get special discounts at selected commercial sports and fitness clubs. You are required to provide proof that you are currently employed by Universität Hamburg to be eligible for a discount. Use the corresponding FHH certificate template (PDF).
Finding time in your busy day for regular exercise and health can be difficult. But there are ways to incorporate exercise into your workday routine. Workouts must not be strength-sapping to be effective. We have put together some easy-to-follow exercise guides for the workplace that you can try out in a short break. We hope they help you make a fresh start and stay motivated.
FHH fitness partnerships
- Fitness partnerships across the City of Hamburg (PDF)
- Fitness partnerships in Altona (PDF)
- Fitness partnerships in Bergedorf (PDF)
- Fitness partnerships in Eimsbüttel (PDF)
- Fitness partnerships in Hamburg Mitte (PDF)
- Fitness partnerships in Hamburg Nord (PDF)
- Fitness partnerships in Harburg (PDF)
- Fitness partnerships in Wandsbek (PDF)
- Conditions FitnessFirst FHH 2022–2023 (PDF)
- Corporate Fitness Wellpass (PDF)
NEW—FirmenFitness cooperation with the EGYM Wellpass
Following a public tender, the City’s human resources department and EGYM Wellpass entered a framework agreement enabling Hamburg’s public employees working in governmental offices and universities to train in a network consisting of over 7,000 partners nationwide as of 1 November 2023.
Handout on registration process
More information about the conditions and registration process for the EGYM Wellpass
More information about the conditions and registration process for the EGYM Wellpass
The EGYM Wellpass
The EGYM Wellpass offers a dynamic mix of sports and wellness activities for body and soul. Take advantage of the fitness or yoga studio, swimming pools, crossfit boxing, climbing and bouldering gyms, online Zumba courses, meditation, or nutrition coaching: we offer a broad range to suit your daily needs and interests.
“FirmenFitness” means health and fitness together with other people in leading gyms and fitness studios. The EGYM Wellpass partnerstudios offer excellent supervision to help you realize your personal health goals:
- greater flexibility
- greater strength
- greater endurance
- healthy spine
- stronger immune system
- more relaxed
- greater quality of life
Advantages
- Membership costs €41.90 per month.
- All sport and wellness facilities in the Wellpass network offer unrestricted use.
- Using the Wellpass app, City of Hamburg employees can take advantage of varied online offers anytime and everywhere.
- You can terminate a contract a monthly basis.
You can find gyms and wellness facilities in your neighborhood by consulting Studiosuche—egym-wellpass.com.
How to register
Check out this video: Wellpass x Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg.
For the “FirmenFitness” offers, you can sign up directly with EGYM Wellpass: Wellpass (egym-wellpass.com). The registration link has been created specially for the City of Hamburg. It is the only way to sign up. You can also find it on the attached handout. To register, you will need both your private email address and your work email address.
Note: City of Hamburg employees enter an independent contract with EGYM Wellpass.
Deadlines: Membership always begins on the first of the month in question. The registration deadline is always the 20th of the previous month. You must terminate a contract by the 15th of the month you wish to end the contract.
See Support & FAQ—egym-wellpass.com if you have more questions. If necessary, you can contact us info"AT"egym-wellpass.com.
Further information
To ensure proper use of equipment, you will receive instructions at the gym of your choice (network partner). You can pay the one-time fee of €44 including VAT directly to the gym in question. The network partner in question may require you to attend an initial introduction to ensure training quality and safety when you first visit the facility. If you were already a private member of the gym in question and duly instructed, you do not need to pay the one-time fee
- Downloads
- Links
- Upload the EGYM Wellpass app from Google Play Store: EGYM Wellpass apps at Google Play or from the App Store: EGYM Wellpass at the App Store
What about existing cooperation between facilities and the City of Hamburg?
Cooperation continues for a transition period that end on 31 October 2024. After that, cooperation ceases. All cooperation partners will be informed at the same time.
If you sign up at EGYM Wellpass to use the firm fitness offers and already have a private membership at a cooperating facility, then generally this facility will allow you to suspend your private contract for the duration of your FirmenFitness membership.
If the facility of your choice is not a member of EGYM Wellpass, you can let EGYM Wellpass contact EGYM Wellpass to let them know about it.
You can find all the information on the HR portal under Gesundheit—Ernährung, Bewegung, Entspannung (ondataport.de).