Bergen, Norway · 42.195 km road marathon
Bergen City Marathon 2027
Saturday 24 April 2027
Two hilly laps from Bryggen along Bergen's harbour and up the Fjellveien hillside road, with a 10:45 halfway gate for marathon runners.
Bergen City Marathon at a glance
- Start
- 07:45 on the 2026 map (2027 schedule not yet out), Bryggen by Vikinghallen
- Finish
- Bryggen, by Vikinghallen
- Course
- Two laps of the 21.1 km half-marathon loop, with a climb to about 124 m on each
- Elevation
- From about sea level to 144 m
- Time limit
- 5 h 30 in the signed terms, though the runner page says six hours
- Cut-offs
- Pass Bryggen at halfway by 10:45 or be scored as a half-marathon finisher
- Entry
- Open: 800 NOK to 30 September 2026, 900 NOK to 31 January 2027, then 1,000 NOK, plus a one-day licence
- Bib pickup
- Expo in Vikinghallen, Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 April 2027; no race-day pickup published
- Aid stations
- Six stations per lap: water, energy drink, chocolate and bananas
Checked against the organizer's pages on 16 September 2026. Facts for the next edition can still change; the organizer's page is the final word.
Bergen City Marathon course map and elevation
Two laps of the 21.1 km half-marathon loop, with a climb to about 124 m on each. Map, elevation profile and 3D flyover.
› running direction two lines: out and back on the same road race kilometresCourse: Bergen City Marathon / TIF Viking; lap recorded on a Polar watch, doubled by TrailSplits
Organizer-published 2025 lap, shown twice for the marathon; the 2027 route may differ. For illustration, not navigation.
What to expect on the course
- North along the harbour through Skuteviken and Sandviken to Gamle Bergen at km 3.2
- Up Munkebotn and Amalie Skrams vei onto Fjellveien, the road above the city, to the high point near km 7.8
- Down past Haraldsplass and Haukeland hospitals, then round Store Lungegårdsvann to AdO Arena
- Along the Damsgårdssundet waterfront to Nøstet, a climb to Nordnesparken, then Torget and Bryggen
- The Fjellveien climb comes again around km 28 to 29 on lap two
The map shows the half-marathon lap run twice; the 2027 course is not yet published.
Read the full course description
Two laps of the 21.1 km half-marathon loop from Bryggen. Each lap heads north along the harbour through Skuteviken and Sandviken to Gamle Bergen at 3.2 km, climbs Munkebotn and Amalie Skrams vei onto Fjellveien, the hillside road above the city, and follows it past Mon Plaisir and Skansemyren to the loop's high point of about 124 m near 7.8 km, then descends through Bjørndalen to Haraldsplass and Haukeland hospitals and down to Møllendal and the Grønneviksøren helipad. The route then follows the walkway around Store Lungegårdsvann to AdO Arena, passes Nygårdsparken and Møhlenpris, runs the Damsgårdssundet waterfront to Nøstet, climbs to Nordnesparken and returns along the north side of Nordnes and Torget to Bryggen. Six refreshment stations per lap serve water, energy drink, chocolate and bananas.
Source, licence and file
2025 lap recording run twice. Course: Bergen City Marathon / TIF Viking; lap recorded on a Polar watch, doubled by TrailSplits · Source and attribution · original source · Download reference GPX (42.5 km in the file). Approximate terrain-model heights added by TrailSplits, sampled and smoothed at roughly 100 m intervals. Buildings, bridges and small road gradients are not surveyed road elevations.Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.
Three decisions to make before race day
Plan the first lap around the 10:45 Bryggen gate
Reach Bryggen at halfway by 10:45 or you are scored as a half-marathon finisher. From a 07:45 start (2026 map) that is three hours for a hilly 21.1 km, so anyone slower than about 8:30 per km must bank time before Fjellveien.
More detail
Marathon runners who pass Bryggen at halfway after 10:45 are stopped and scored as half-marathon finishers. From a 07:45 start that is three hours for 21.1 km on a hilly lap, so anyone slower than about 8:30 per kilometre has to bank time before the Fjellveien climb, not after it.
Treat 5 h 30 as the binding limit until the organizer reconciles its pages
The terms accepted at registration say 5 h 30 for the marathon while the runner information page says six hours. A finisher between the two figures risks exclusion from the official results even though the roads stay open, so plan against 5 h 30.
Fuel for the second Fjellveien climb before it comes
Only the Bryggen station lies between the lap change and the second Fjellveien climb around km 28 to 29, so fuel before it. Bibs are issued Tuesday to Friday with no race-morning pickup published: arrive by Friday evening.
More detail
Stations sit at 3.5, 6.5, 10, 14, 19 and 21.5 km of each lap, so the 124 m climb recurs around 28 to 29 km with only the Bryggen station between the lap change and the hill. Bibs are issued Tuesday to Friday at Vikinghallen with no race-morning pickup published, so arrive by Friday evening.
Your race-day sheet
Even elapsed splits for 42.195 km. All clocks are local to Bergen.
ESTIMATED FINISH
11:45:00
MOVING PACE BUDGET
5:34/ km
ELAPSED PACE
5:41/ km
90 min below the modelled finish limit
| Distance | Elapsed | Local clock |
|---|---|---|
| 5 km | 00:28:26 | 08:13:26 |
| 10 km | 00:56:53 | 08:41:53 |
| 15 km | 01:25:19 | 09:10:19 |
| 20 km | 01:53:45 | 09:38:45 |
| Halfway | 02:00:00 | 09:45:00 |
| 25 km | 02:22:12 | 10:07:12 |
| 30 km | 02:50:38 | 10:35:38 |
| 35 km | 03:19:05 | 11:04:05 |
| 40 km | 03:47:31 | 11:32:31 |
| Finish | 04:00:00 | 11:45:00 |
Training plan for Bergen City Marathon 2027
A free week-by-week plan dated to this race. It starts from a stated default (weekly distance, longest recent run, days a week) that you can change; nothing is read from your watch or training history. It does not use the finish-time target above.
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Entry, bib pickup and rules
- Entry:
- Open: 800 NOK to 30 September 2026, 900 NOK to 31 January 2027, then 1,000 NOK, plus a one-day licence
- Bib pickup:
- Expo in Vikinghallen, Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 April 2027; no race-day pickup published
Read the full entry and pickup rules
Registration through the Onreg portal is open, at 800 NOK until 30 September 2026, 900 NOK to 31 January 2027 and 1,000 NOK afterwards, plus a one-day Norwegian athletics licence unless you hold one. Entries are binding and non-refundable, and the two organizer pages disagree on the bib-transfer deadline and fee. Bibs and ordered shirts are collected at the expo in Vikinghallen from Tuesday 20 to Friday 23 April 2027 (16:00 to 20:00 on the Tuesday, 09:00 to 20:00 on the other days), with the bib number sent by SMS on Monday 19 April; no race-day pickup is published.
Sources
Checked 16 September 2026; next review due 2026-10-26. Event facts come from the organizer; the pacing sheet, decisions and plan are TrailSplits' own. Independently prepared by TrailSplits, not endorsed by the organizer.
What each source confirms
- Welcome 2027 page: The 24 April 2027 date, the distances on the day, the 2025 schedule with an 08:00 start and six-hour limit, and the note that the 2027 schedule is still to be announced.
- Runner information: The 2027 expo days and hours in Vikinghallen, the bib SMS date, the six-hour limit and the 10:45 Bryggen cutoff, refreshment stations, toilets, relay legs and luggage rules.
- Course map and GPX page: The organizer GPX download and elevation profile, the two-lap statement and the 07:45 start on the 2026 map, and the 2027 fees and 5 h 30 limit on the linked registration terms.