RUHR GAMES FESTIVAL 2025
17. – 20. July

At the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum

Look forward to 4 days of action sports and cultural highlights at the RUHR GAMES Festival Edition as part of the world's biggest multi-sport event of the year, the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games.

Sport

Out of the gym - into the urbanity of the Ruhr region

Top talents on their way to the top of the world will celebrate action sports and new Olympic disciplines as part of the RUHR GAMES 2025, including BMX Spineramp and BMX Flatland, Calisthenics and Urban Dance as a fusion of sport and culture.

Experience up close how top athletes present their best tricks and strongest moves and let yourself be carried away by the unique atmosphere in the industrial setting of the Jahrhunderthalle.

Culture

WE STAGE AND CELEBRATE URBAN ART AND CULTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INDUSTRIAL BACKDROP

Be there when the RUHR GAMES 2025 opens. The highlight of the opening event is the concert by headliner Ski Aggu. It was only in September that his new album ‘Wilmersdorfs Kind’ reached number one in the German album charts for the second time in a row and secured another Krone nomination in the ‘Best Artist’ category.

The RUHR GAMES cultural programme is all about new art forms. Street art, urban arts, music and workshops will turn your visit into a cultural experience.

“Presenting modern sports, urban arts and live concerts + facilitating encounters between young people are the core of the RUHR GAMES and fans can also look forward to these as part of the FISU World University Games with free admission.“

Garrelt Duin, Regional Director of the Ruhr Regional Association

"The Ruhr Games combine sport and culture in a special way and have developed into a Europe-wide success format!"

Andrea Milz, State Secretary for Sport and Volunteering of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

"Olympic elation in the smelting works"

NRZ

"The Ruhr Games bring together young, international top athletes and people from all walks of life. In this way, they make a major contribution to identification and participation in the Ruhr metropolis, and not just for young people and families."

Josefine Paul, Minister for Children and Youth of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

"I was thrilled by the spirit that you could feel everywhere, as well as by the sporting and cultural diversity and the passion that made this event in the Ruhr region so successful."

Mahmut Özdemir, Member of the Bundestag for Duisburg

"The Ruhr Games Battle is one of the biggest in the German hip-hop scene. It's a huge event for us and a great opportunity to be recognised even more as a sport."

Letizia Lardara, German runner-up in hip-hop

“Ruhr Games – a truly important element in German sports.“

Moritz Fürste, Olympic Champion

“Presenting modern sports, urban arts and live concerts + facilitating encounters between young people are the core of the RUHR GAMES and fans can also look forward to these as part of the FISU World University Games with free admission.“
"The Ruhr Games combine sport and culture in a special way and have developed into a Europe-wide success format!"
"Olympic elation in the smelting works"
"The Ruhr Games bring together young, international top athletes and people from all walks of life. In this way, they make a major contribution to identification and participation in the Ruhr metropolis, and not just for young people and families."
"I was thrilled by the spirit that you could feel everywhere, as well as by the sporting and cultural diversity and the passion that made this event in the Ruhr region so successful."
"The Ruhr Games Battle is one of the biggest in the German hip-hop scene. It's a huge event for us and a great opportunity to be recognised even more as a sport."
“Ruhr Games – a truly important element in German sports.“

International Youth Exchange

YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE WORLD WILL MEET TO CELEBRATE SPORTS AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY, EXCHANGE IDEAS, AND SHARE THEIR PASSION FOR MOVEMENT.

Review 2023

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