{"id":79903,"date":"2026-07-21T19:19:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=79903"},"modified":"2026-07-21T19:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:27:39","slug":"amsterdam-city-swim-2026-canal-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/lifestyle\/amsterdam-city-swim-2026-grachtenevenement\/","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam City Swim 2026 to Support ALS Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 edition of Amsterdam City Swim is scheduled for Sunday, September 6, and is all about swimming through the canals to raise money for ALS research. Since 2012, it has become a staple of the late-summer calendar, featuring a mix of sports, fundraising, and spectators lining the banks.<\/h2>\n

The core of the event remains the same: a marked route through the central waterways, including sections along well-known canals and the area around the Marineterrein. Normally, sightseeing boats and rowboats navigate those waters, but during the event, parts of the route are taken over by a continuous procession of swimmers wearing swim caps and goggles. It gives the city a completely different look for a single day.<\/p>\n

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Participants register in advance as individuals or as teams. Company teams, groups of friends, and families can be sponsored per participant or per distance swum. All of these contributions are channeled through partnering ALS-related funds and research organizations to support scientific research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The athletic challenge is therefore directly linked to a specific goal: greater visibility and more resources for a serious neurological disease.<\/p>\n

Participants must register in advance, either as individuals or as teams.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Quote: One day a year, the canals are no longer a waterway for boats, but a long course for swimmers.<\/p>\n

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De editie van Amsterdam City Swim 2026 staat gepland voor zondag 6 september en draait volledig om zwemmen door de grachten om geld op te halen voor onderzoek naar ALS. Sinds 2012 is het uitgegroeid tot een vaste waarde op de nazomerkalender, met een mix van sport, fondsenwerving en publiek langs de kant. De kern … <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":86978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"Amsterdam City Swim 2026","rank_math_title":"Amsterdam City Swim 2026 \u2013 Het grachtenevenement","rank_math_description":"De Amsterdam City Swim 2026: zwem door de grachten voor ALS-onderzoek. Doe mee op 6 september en steun deze sportieve fondsenwerving."},"categories":[10920],"tags":[],"district":[9],"class_list":["post-79903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","district-amsterdam-centrum"],"acf":{"slider":[86979],"fotograaf":"Iamsterdam.com \u00b7 Google \u00b7 www.iamsterdam.com \u00b7 Creative Commons (Google-rechtenfilter \u2014 check de bronpagina)","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Op zondag 6 september verandert het centrum in \u00e9\u00e9n groot openwaterbad voor duizenden zwemmers en supporters","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Op zondag 6 september 2026 keert Amsterdam City Swim terug als groot openwater-evenement voor ALS-onderzoek. Duizenden zwemmers duiken dan de grachten in, van centrale wateren als de Keizersgracht tot het gebied rond het Marineterrein. Met sponsoring per deelnemer en team wordt geld opgehaald voor onderzoek naar ALS, midden in de stad.","rubriek":"Evenement","locatie_event":"","naam_locatie":"Amsterdam City Swim 2026","adres":"","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamcityswim.nl\/","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87213,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79903\/revisions\/87213"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79903"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=79903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}