Thursday 1 May 2025

Held annually on International Workers' Day in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northern Germany, the Volkslauf entlang der Mollispur (or "Mollilauf") features three very scenic road races along the tracks of the Molli, a narrow-gauge railway that is powered by a steam locomotive:

• 3km
• 6km
• 12km

The 12k race begins and ends at Kloster Doberan (Doberan Abbey), a former Cistercian monastery in the old spa town of Bad Doberan, located approximately six kilometres from the Baltic Sea coast.

The 12k route runs out and back to Heiligendamm, the oldest beach resort in continental Europe.

The 6k is a point-to-point run from Heiligendamm back to the abbey in Bad Doberan.

Participants in the 3k race run the last three kilometres of the route, starting at the Ostseerennbahn racecourse where horse races have been held for more than 200 years.

The train trip to the 3k and 6k start areas is included in the entry fees.

Map of the venue:

14. Mollilauf:

Date:

• Thursday 1 May 2025 (Tag der Arbeit, public holiday in Germany)

Registration:

• my.raceresult.com/322821

Number of finishers:

No guarantee is made as to the accuracy or thoroughness of the information on this page.