Wismar (Germany), Sunday 18 August 2013

Held in the town of Wismar, a medieval Hanseatic port on Germany's Baltic coast, the Schwedenlauf offers three scenic races — 2km, 5km, and 10km long.

Starting and finishing on the spacious Marktplatz in the Old Town (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the route is a gently undulating loop through the town centre.

Participants in the 10k race run two laps of the 5k course.

The event forms part of the annual four-day Schwedenfest street festival which remembers the time when Wismar was under Swedish rule (from 1648 to 1803).

Over 650 runners took part in last year's Schwedenlauf.

The ‘Gewölbe’, a protected monument at Wismar's old harbour.

Country: Germany

Venue (Map): Wismar (Rostock 60km, Lübeck 63km, Hamburg 128km, Berlin 245km)

Date: 18 August 2013 (Sunday)

Race distance: 2km; 5km; 10km

Start time: 10.00 (2km); 10.05 (5km and 10km)

Start and finish: Marktplatz

Entries: by post or fax (until 12 Aug 2013); payment by bank transfer; late entries on the day

Entry fees (18 years and over): € 5 (until 12 Aug 2013), € 9 (on 18 Aug 2013)

Entry fees (17 years and under): € 2 (until 12 Aug 2013), € 3 (on 18 Aug 2013)

Race centre: Info-Pavillion on Marktplatz in Wismar (on the day 8.30-9.30)

You get: T-shirt, certificate

Prizes: to the first 6 M/F and to the first 3 in each junior category

Showers and changing facilities: yes

Award ceremony: ca. 11.30

Number of finishers 2012: 267 (2km), 400 (10km)

Event details (PDF, in German): www.schwedenfest-wismar.de/sf/pic/Schwedenlauf2013.pdf

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