Course
Course
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Start
“The same procedure as every year” – start in Deutz in front of Otto Square (Ottoplatz) -
k 1
Deutz Bridge (Deutzer Brücke) with panoramic view at Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) and the Old Town (Altstadt) -
k 2
Rheinauhafen including Chocolate Museum (Schokoladenmuseum) and Sport and Olympia Museum as well as the architecturally unique crane houses (Kranhäuser) -
k 4.9
refreshment station 1 -
k 9.2
refreshment station 2 -
k 12
Finally in the southern part of town (Südstadt) again. Passing Severinstorbogen over Severinstraße. Nice! Transition zone 1 -
k 13.8
refreshment station 3 -
k 14.5
Rudolf Square (Rudolfplatz) for the FIRST time! Not without cause you will pass this square three times -
k 17.3
refreshment station 4 -
k 18.5
Sülz and Sülzburgstraße – it could not be more Cologne-style! -
k 21
Lindenthal and Dürener Straße – Cologne’s “Kö”! -
k 21.3
refreshment station 5 -
k 23.5
transition zone 2 -
k 24.8
refreshment station 6 -
k 27
Multicultural life in Ehrenfeld: For some years omitted and now back again – Venloer Straße and the new mosque in sighting distance to the television tower -
km 27.3
refreshment station 7 -
k 29.5
transition zone 3 -
k 30.6
refreshment station 8 -
k 33.9
refreshment station 9 -
k 34
Nippes took a perennial time-out. But why that? Neusser Straße is there! -
k 40
Rudolf Square for the THIRD time! And now with spectator motivation to the last kilometres! -
k 40.5
Espaliers of people and shouting and cheering also at Neumarkt, the after-run location -
k 40.8
refreshment station 10 -
k 42
Finish at Cologne Cathedral! Over Hohe Straße passing thousands of spectators and Cologne’s landmark you will finish at Komödienstraße. -
Finish
Finally you have done it!
Marathon course profile
Course
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Start
“The same procedure as every year” – start in Deutz in front of Otto Square (Ottoplatz) -
k 1
Deutz Bridge (Deutzer Brücke) with panoramic view at Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) and the Old Town (Altstadt) -
k 2
refreshment station 1 -
k 3
Rudolf Square (Rudolfplatz) for the FIRST time! Not without cause you will pass this square three times -
k 5.6
refreshment station 2 -
k 7
Sülz and Sülzburgstraße – it could not be more Cologne-style! -
k 9
Lindenthal and Dürener Straße – Cologne’s “Kö”! -
k 9.7
refreshment station 3 -
k 11
Cologne’s celebs lie at Melaten Cementery (Melatenfriedhof) and the sun bathers lie at Aachen Pond (Aachner Weiher) in summertime -
k 12
Rudolf Square for the SECOND time! Over Hohenzollernring to Frisian Square (Friesenplatz). Cologne Marathon’s heart! – a mass of people, a feeling like in Alpe d’Huez! -
k 13.2
refreshment station 4 -
k 15
Multicultural life in Ehrenfeld: For some years omitted and now back again – Venloer Straße and the new mosque in sighting distance to the television tower -
k 16.5
refreshment station 5 -
k 19
Rudolf Square for the THIRD time! And now with spectator motivation to the last kilometres! -
k 19.5
Espaliers of people and shouting and cheering also at Neumarkt, the after-run location -
k 19.6
refreshment station 6 -
k 21
Finish at Cologne Cathedral! Over Hohe Straße passing thousands of spectators and Cologne’s landmark you will finish at Komödienstraße. -
Finish
Finally, we have made it!
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