Wednesday 31 December 2025
Held annually on Silvester (New Year's Eve) in Austria's capital Wien (Vienna), the Wiener Silvesterlauf features a highly-scenic 5.35km loop course around Vienna's Old Town.
The race route takes the runners along the imperial Ringstraße which is lined with grandiose monuments and buildings.
Starting at 11:00am at the main building of the University of Vienna, the route passes, for instance, the Hofburg, the Austrian Parliament buildings, the Rathaus, the Staatsoper, the Burgtheater and the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
The course will be closed at 12:30pm.
In 2024, over 4,300 runners, walkers and nordic walkers took part in the New Year's Eve Run.
Map of the venue:
49. Wiener Silvesterlauf:
Date:
- 31 December 2025 (Wednesday)
Start time:
- 11:00am
Event website:
Number of finishers:
- 2024: 4,318
- 2023: 3,656
- 2022: 2,947
- 2021: Event cancelled
- 2020: Virtual race
- 2019: 4,312
- 2018: 3,847
- 2017: 3,765
- 2016: 3,310
- 2015: 3,367
- 2014: 3,149
- 2013: 3,328
No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.