Outdoor education is defi ned as a combination of outdoor activities, environmental education and personal and social development. It allows pupils to undertake "hands-on learning" at the location – in a forest, a park, woodlands, etc. Outdoor education can also be a pedagogical tool for improving learning results. Especially children with special needs can take advantage of it as textbooks are replaced by other forms of learning. The general objective of the project was to fi nd and to compare the diff erent perspectives on outdoor learning and to develop and use an In-Service training course in outdoor education for European teachers. The project aimed to explore the opportunities of the outdoor and landscape environment as a learning environment and to train teachers to work thematically in an inter-disciplinary way in this environment. Teachers should be enabled to create learning situations which can enhance self-confi dence by using the outdoors as classroom, replacing the textbooks and addressing other senses. The outdoor classroom in this approach is seen as a complement to the indoor environment. Outdoor education helps children, in particular children with special educational needs, to relate to the environment and to refl ect on their own environment. The project also highlighted and shared the historical and pedagogical roots of outdoor education. The participating institutions from Sweden, Germany, the UK, Austria, and the Czech Republic refl ected also on the research on and empirical evidence of the health perspectives for motor skills, concentration and personal growth. The project developed a website, in-service training tools, training papers and materials, seminars, exhibitions and magazines on a website. The In-Service Training course developed for teachers was very successful and is still on off er.