Course guide · October
Map, elevation profile and full guide to the Amsterdam Marathon course: where it goes, its start and finish in the historic Olympic Stadium, the Vondelpark and the banks of the river Amstel.
Course · 42.195 km
The Amsterdam Marathon route is one of the fastest in the world. It starts and finishes in the historic 1928 Olympic Stadium, runs through the Vondelpark and the central canals, and traces a long stretch beside the river Amstel before returning to the track.
Whether you're running it for the first time or want to relive the course you already conquered, this guide walks you through where it goes, what its profile is like and what you'll find in each section.
Few marathons begin inside an Olympic stadium. The race starts on the track of the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium, host of the 1928 Games, and returns to it for the finish. Crossing the line on that track, the stands rising on both sides, is one of the most special finishes on the calendar.
The opening kilometres pass through the Vondelpark, the city's most famous park, and past the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh Museum. This is the most cultural, elegant Amsterdam, its canals and narrow leaning houses peeking through the trees.
The central section follows the river Amstel south to the village of Ouderkerk and returns along the far bank. It's a very long, straight, completely flat stretch — fast but mentally demanding, where the polder wind can be the only obstacle.
After the Amstel, the course heads back toward the city through the Rivierenbuurt and lines up the final kilometres toward the Olympic Stadium once more. The flat layout lets you hold your pace to the end, which makes Amsterdam one of the great marathons for a personal best.
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It starts in the Olympic Stadium, runs through the Vondelpark and past the Rijksmuseum, heads down a long stretch beside the river Amstel to Ouderkerk, returns along the far bank and finishes back in the Olympic Stadium.
It's one of the flattest in the world. There's barely any elevation across the whole course, making it very fast. The only difficulty can be the wind on the straight stretch beside the Amstel.
Both the start and the finish are in the historic Amsterdam Olympic Stadium, host of the 1928 Olympic Games. You run onto the track to cross the finish line.
The Amsterdam Marathon is held in October. It's one of the fastest marathons in Europe and a regular destination for runners chasing a personal best over the distance.
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