According to World Health Organisation reports everyday physical activity promotes decrease in chronic deseases and obesity, having a positive influence on health in general. Previous research show that urban design, such as street and land use pattern, as well as connectivity of green infrastructure can contribute to increase in physical activity. In certain European countries strategic city development documents already include guidelines to promote active living by creating walking and cycling friendly neighbourhoods, yet little attention is paid to gender sensitive planning. This paper presents current findings on outdoor men and women travel behaviour and the use of green spaces in examining the thesis that the use of certain green open spaces for recreation and travel depends on different factors comparing men and women. Review on European cities’ planning strategies, gender sensitive projects and questionary data shows which factors appear to be more important when using the outdoor space by men and women.