The most recent and important updates, if any, will be listed here. Everything else will be listed below.
RACE DATE
Sunday September 29, 2024
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
It is up to each person to ensure they meet all travel requirements, including but not limited to vaccine status, passport validity, visas, etc.
YOUR BOOKING DETAILS
Your booking details (dates of stay, hotel name and address, package type) will be listed on your invoice that we send out. When you receive it, please let us know if there are any errors.
HOTEL CHANGES/DATES OF STAY CHANGES
To ensure you don’t have to move rooms or hotels, please request your additional nights as soon as possible. The group hotel has limited space!
RACE BIB COLLECTION
Each runner must pick up their own bib at the race expo and need to show either their driver’s license or their passport along with their Start Card. There is no race day bib collection.
START CARD/WRIST BAND
Your Start Card is required to pick up your bib from the expo along with your government-issued ID. The BMW BERLIN-MARATHON will email this to you.
At the Race Expo you will be issued a wristband that you must not take off until after you finish the marathon.
RACE EXPO
The Race Expo is located at the former Airport Tempelhof.
Where: Flughafen Tempelhof, Platz der Luftbrucke 5
When:
Thursday TBD
Friday TBD
Saturday TBD
Click here for more information on the expo.
GETTING TO THE RACE EXPO
From the Crowne Plaza, walk to Hallesches Tor (900m) and take the U train 2 stops to U Platz der Luftbrucke (direction of Alt-Mariendorf). From there walk to the former airport (500m). Roughly 22 minutes in total.
All runners will receive a free transportation card via email that is good for zones A, B and C and from September 22 until September 25.
CHAMPIONCHIP
Everyone will receive a ChampionChip at the Race Expo which need to be attached to your running shoe. After you finish the marathon you must return this chip to one of the many chip return areas immediately after crossing the finish line. Note that the BMW BERLIN-MARATHON will charge people for not returning it.
RACE DAY
In order to run the marathon, you must show up with:
1 – Your race bib
2 – Your ChampionChip
3 – Your wristband that was issued at the Race Expo
SIX STAR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS WITH ABBOTT WORLD MARATHON MAJORS
Any runner who is completing their Six Star journey must have a complete profile on the Six Star website, claim all previous results and register no later than 14 days before the sixth race. If you fail to do this, you will NOT receive the Six Star medal at the finish line.
Please click here to register or access your runner portal and complete the “Set for No.6” section.
DREAM TRAVEL REPS
Dream Travel will be onsite all weekend long.
EMERGENCY CONTACT
We will add an emergency cell number one week prior to the marathon. This is ONLY for emergency contact.
Start Cards and Final Instructions
Two or three weeks prior to the marathon you will receive your start card information as well as details on your bib pick-up and transit ticket.
Offline Maps
Consider downloading an offline map of Berlin so that you are able to search for directions upon arrival, even if you don’t have WiFi. Services like Google Maps works well for offline maps.
Getting to the Group Hotel from Berlin Brandenburg Airport
You may take a taxi or Uber to get to the Group Hotel, or you can take public transportation. Below are the current details, but please use your online map app upon arrival in case there are any changes:
-Take the Berliner Airport bus from Terminal 1-2 to Rudow (2 stops)
-Take the U train to U Mockernbrucke for 16 stops (U7 Rathaus Spandau)
-Walk 450m to the hotel
The Group Hotel
Crowne Plaza Potsdamer Platz – Hallesche Strabe 10
Checking in to Your Hotel
As this is a group booking, no booking number/reference is required. Simply check in by name, with ID and with a credit card for incidentals.
Spectator Information:
Is there a meeting point for families and friends?
You are able to meet up with your family and friends after the race in the family reunion area in front of the Paul-Löbe-Haus at the sign with the first letter of your last name.
Will there be seats for the spectators in the finish area?
There will be stands on both sites right before the finish.This stands are for free. Your families and friends can watch you finishing live or on a big screen.
Is it possible to cross the course?
It is possible to cross the course but please take account of the runners. Crossing the Marathon cours is only possible in the finsish area at the Pariser Platz. Please follow the instructions of the helpers.
WAVE STARTS
There will be 4 waves to alleviate the strain of having everyone start at the same time starting at 9:15AM.
You will each be assigned a Wave Start based on your estimated completion time and the marathon will email you your information closer to the race date.
THE COURSE
Click here for the race map.
PERSONALIZE YOUR SHIRT
Are you interested in having Berliners personalize your run? Write your name on your race shirt (or masking tape) in large letters across your chest and people will call out to you and encourage you as you run!
COMMEMORATIVE WALL PLAQUE
Want to spice up your race medal wall? Add our 2023 BMW BERLIN-MARATHON commemorative wall plaque to your collection!
Our handmade, wood plaques are proudly made in Canada by a local Albertan artist and are the size of a dinner plate with a diameter of 11.8 inches and thick at 5/8 of an inch! Each one will have a keyhole on the back for hanging and are available only to Dream Travel runners at a cost of $135 (CAD) and including shipping and GST anywhere in Canada!
If you are interested in a plaque, please send your:
Meet and Greet
When: 5PM – 7PM
Where: Reception area of the Crowne Plaza Potsdamer Platz.
Who: Anyone and everyone.
Why: Casual get together, meet up.
Meet and Greet (if you weren’t able to come on Friday)
When: 10AM – 11:30AM
Where: Reception area of the Crowne Plaza Potsdamer Platz.
Who: Anyone and everyone.
Why: Casual get together, meet up.
After Party
When: TBD
Where: TBD
Who: Anyone and everyone
What: An unofficial, ‘Dream Travel staff will happen to be at X location if you want to join us’.
