Course guide · September
Map, elevation profile and full guide to the Berlin Marathon course: why it's the fastest in the world, where it goes, and why its finish through the Brandenburg Gate is legendary.
Course · 42.195 km
The Berlin Marathon route is the fastest in the world: more marathon world records have been set here than anywhere else. It starts by the Victory Column, runs along the German capital's grand boulevards and finishes through the Brandenburg Gate.
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.
No marathon is as fast as Berlin. Its course is wide, flat and has few tight turns, ideal for holding a steady pace. It's the stage where Eliud Kipchoge broke 2 hours 2 minutes and where, edition after edition, the world record for the distance is chased.
The start is on Straße des 17. Juni, by the Siegessäule (Victory Column), in the heart of the Tiergarten. From there the route opens out toward Charlottenburg and draws a great loop through both the west and the districts of the former east of the city.
The course passes through characterful neighbourhoods like Kreuzberg and Neukölln, runs through Potsdamer Platz — once split by the Wall — and lines up the historic centre along Unter den Linden. Every kilometre is a tour through the history of a city that reinvented itself.
The final metres pass beneath the Brandenburg Gate, the monument that symbolises German reunification, before crossing the line a few steps beyond. It's one of the most iconic, emotional finishes in world running, the neoclassical arch welcoming every runner.
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It starts by the Victory Column in the Tiergarten, runs through Charlottenburg and loops the western and eastern districts (Kreuzberg, Neukölln), passes Potsdamer Platz and Unter den Linden, and finishes through the Brandenburg Gate.
Its course is wide, completely flat and has very few tight turns, letting runners hold a steady pace. That's why it's the course where the most marathon world records in history have been set.
The start is on Straße des 17. Juni, by the Victory Column. The finish is a few metres after passing through the Brandenburg Gate, in the heart of Berlin.
The Berlin Marathon is held in September. It's one of the World Marathon Majors and famous as the course where the marathon world record is chased.
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