Hasselt is located in the northeast of Belgium, in the Flemish region, just over an hour from Brussels. And it is in this city of almost 80,000 inhabitants where we have just installed a theme park, dedicated exclusively to sports: the Sparkx park. A 3500m2 space installed on the third floor of a commercial building. Or how to practice sports at will, thanks to new technologies.

From soccer to snowboarding, curling or archery

You can change discipline as many times as you want. There are about fifty different sports that are simulated, and you can chain them together.

“This is not a gym” specifies one of the co-founder Mathieu Renier in international mail. prefer to talk about “sports theme park”. Most sports combine physical elements and augmented reality.

A giant simulator for Formula 1

If you choose tennis, you’re going to set yourself up as if you were on the baseline. You will see in front of you, a player, your opponent, who will serve on a screen, and you will have to return the ball, as if you were on a real court. Another example: if you want to try your hand at motorsports and Formula 1: you will sit in a giant simulator; you’re going to start, you’re going to jump on every irregularity on the track or take every corner but still you’re going to try to go as fast as possible.

Also keep in mind that you can try your hand at boxing, biathlon, speed climbing and even jump from the top of a mountain and swing hanging from a zip line!

From young to old at affordable prices

This sports theme park is aimed at both young and old, as long as you understand that you are in good physical shape, especially if you want to practice as much sport as possible in one day.

Athletes of all levels really find what they are looking for, including people with disabilities. A quarter of the activities are accessible to people in wheelchairs.

Mathieu Renier, co-founder of this sports theme park, also says: “It would be great if someone who discovers archery, for example, joins a club.” Prices: 35 euros for 4 hours, 27 euros for children under 10 years. The aim of the founders is to extend this concept to France, Germany, as well as the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.