Luxembourg City, Luxembourg · 42.195 km road marathon
Luxembourg Night Marathon 2027
Saturday 8 May 2027
An evening loop from Luxexpo in Kirchberg that starts at 19:00 in daylight and finishes in the dark, with repeated climbs out of the city's sandstone valleys.
Luxembourg Night Marathon at a glance
- Start
- 19:00, Luxexpo The Box, Kirchberg
- Finish
- Luxexpo The Box, Kirchberg
- Course
- One loop through Kirchberg, Limpertsberg, the Ville-Haute, Belair, Merl and Hollerich (2026 course)
- Elevation
- Between 251 and 365 m above sea level
- Time limit
- Six hours gross from the 19:00 gun, so the finish closes at about 01:00; later finishers are not timed
- Cut-offs
- None published
- Entry
- Open until 24 March 2027 unless sold out; 107 euro on the entry form, timing included
- Bib pickup
- Expo42 at Luxexpo with photo ID: Friday 7 May 11:00 to 20:00 or race day 10:00 to 16:00, never posted
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.
Luxembourg Night Marathon course map and elevation
One loop through Kirchberg, Limpertsberg, the Ville-Haute, Belair, Merl and Hollerich (2026 course). Map, elevation profile and 3D flyover.
› running direction two lines: out and back on the same road race kilometresCourse: TrailSplits reconstruction; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Route drawn by TrailSplits from published race information; approximate. For illustration, not navigation.
What to expect on the course
- Down Avenue Kennedy and over the Red Bridge into Limpertsberg (2026)
- Through the pedestrian Grand-Rue and Place Guillaume II at km 15 to 16, where the half turns back (2026)
- Over the Pont Adolphe near km 28 and the Viaduc around km 30 and 35, with an out-and-back to the station (2026)
- Paths through the Pétrusse valley before the climb back through the city centre (2026)
- A long final climb up Kirchberg to Luxexpo (2026)
The map follows the 2026 course through Kirchberg, the old town and the valleys; the organizer's 2027 map is not yet published.
Read the full course description
One evening loop from Luxexpo in Kirchberg that starts in daylight and finishes in the dark. It descends Avenue Kennedy and crosses the Red Bridge into Limpertsberg for a looping tour of its streets, drops into the Ville-Haute through the pedestrian Grand-Rue and Place Guillaume II around km 15 to 16, where half-marathon runners turn back, then heads west through Belair and Merl, crosses the Pont Adolphe near km 28 and the Viaduc twice around km 30 and 35 with an out-and-back on Avenue de la Liberte to the station, threads the Petrusse valley paths and Hollerich, climbs back through the city centre to the Red Bridge and finishes with the long climb up Kirchberg to Luxexpo. The organizer publishes no elevation figure; the city calls it one of the most challenging urban marathons in Europe, and the reconstruction spans roughly 260 to 365 m with the sandstone valleys giving repeated climbs.
Source, licence and file
TrailSplits reconstruction of the published route. Course: TrailSplits reconstruction; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL · original source · Download reference GPX (43.5 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
Decide in advance whether you will drop to the half at about 16 km
You may stop at the half where it turns back across the Red Bridge, about km 16. Set your rule beforehand: the second half holds Belair, Merl, the Pétrusse valley, Hollerich and the climb to Kirchberg.
More detail
The organizer lets marathon entrants decide during the race whether to run the full distance or stop at the half, and the split comes where the half turns back across the Red Bridge after the Ville-Haute. Name that point and your criterion beforehand, because the second half carries Belair, Merl, the Petrusse valley, Hollerich and the climb back to Kirchberg.
Collect your bib on Friday 7 May
Race-day collection ends at 16:00 while the start is 19:00 and the expo stays open until 18:00, so a Saturday-afternoon arrival leaves a narrow window and needs photo identification at Luxexpo, which is also the start area.
Plan for a dark, cool finish and a course close around 01:00
With a 19:00 start and a six-hour limit, slower runners finish after midnight in the dark. Plan warm clothes for the finish and the trip back: no bag-drop rules are published.
More detail
The start is 19:00 and the terms count the six hours from the gun, so anyone slower than five hours finishes after midnight, in the dark. Decide what clothing you want at the finish and how you will get back, since the organizer publishes no bag-drop rules and the tram advice in its FAQ is written for relay runners.
Your race-day sheet
Even elapsed splits for 42.195 km. All clocks are local to Luxembourg City.
ESTIMATED FINISH
23:00:00
MOVING PACE BUDGET
5:34/ km
ELAPSED PACE
5:41/ km
120 min below the modelled finish limit
| Distance | Elapsed | Local clock |
|---|---|---|
| 5 km | 00:28:26 | 19:28:26 |
| 10 km | 00:56:53 | 19:56:53 |
| 15 km | 01:25:19 | 20:25:19 |
| 20 km | 01:53:45 | 20:53:45 |
| Halfway | 02:00:00 | 21:00:00 |
| 25 km | 02:22:12 | 21:22:12 |
| 30 km | 02:50:38 | 21:50:38 |
| 35 km | 03:19:05 | 22:19:05 |
| 40 km | 03:47:31 | 22:47:31 |
| Finish | 04:00:00 | 23:00:00 |
Training plan for Luxembourg Night 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 until 24 March 2027 unless sold out; 107 euro on the entry form, timing included
- Bib pickup:
- Expo42 at Luxexpo with photo ID: Friday 7 May 11:00 to 20:00 or race day 10:00 to 16:00, never posted
Read the full entry and pickup rules
Entry is online only through the organizer's njuko form and open at 107 euro on the form (the organizer page still says from 92 euro) with timing included, until 24 March 2027 unless sold out; fees are refunded only against a medical certificate received by post by that date, less a 13 euro handling fee, and a bib transfer is possible until the same date. Marathon entrants may still decide during the race to stop at the half-marathon distance. Bibs are collected with photo identification at Expo42 in Luxexpo on Friday 7 May 11:00 to 20:00 and on race day 10:00 to 16:00, three hours before the start; packs are never posted, and a third party may collect with written authorisation.
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
- Marathon page: The 2027 bib-collection dates and hours, the 19:00 start at Luxexpo, 42.195 km, the six-hour limit, fees, the 24 March 2027 deadline, refund and transfer rules, the half-marathon option during the race and the course map.
- Frequently asked questions: Start times of every discipline, the distances and the relay tram advice.
- City of Luxembourg event page: The 8 May 2027 date, the list of districts, the characterisation of the course and the link to the city's 2026 route viewer used as the check.