Nationale-Nederlanden Warsaw Marathon 2027

September 2027, date to be announced · Warsaw, Poland

The weekend at a glance

Date

Not announced for 2027. The 2026 race was Sunday 27 September

Your number

Race office at 1 Plac Defilad, Marszałkowska side, beside the Palace of Culture. In 2026 Friday 14:00 to 20:00 and Saturday 10:00 to 20:00. Closed on race day

Start

Świętokrzyska street, by the Palace of Culture and Science. 9:00 in 2026

Getting to it

Metro Centrum (M1) or Świętokrzyska (M1 and M2)

Finish

Near the Palace of Culture and Science

Time limit

6 hours 30 minutes, with cut-offs at the half (3:15), 30 km (4:45), 35 km (5:30) and 40 km (6:15)

Bag deposit

Runners' Village, 7:30 to 16:30. Sticker with your number on the bag

Trains and trams

Free public transport in zone 1 with your race number on race day

Climb

83 m according to the organiser

Weather

The last five race mornings ran from 8.2 °C to 13.4 °C at 9:00

On this page

1. Getting to Warsaw
2. Where to stay in Warsaw
3. Collecting your number
4. Race morning
5. The course
6. Weather in Warsaw in September
7. Afterwards
8. Other race weekends
9. Sources

Getting to Warsaw

Warsaw Chopin Airport is on the city's SKM trains, lines S2 and S3, and the airport operator puts the trip to the centre at about 30 minutes. The stations include Warszawa Śródmieście, Warszawa Centralna and Warszawa Zachodnia, and a 75-minute public transport ticket covers it. Bus 175 runs from the arrivals level to the centre, including Warszawa Centralna and the Centrum metro station, and takes about 30 minutes to Centrum. A licensed taxi to the centre costs about 50 złoty.

Warszawa Centralna, the main station, is 0.5 km from the Palace of Culture, a 7-minute walk, so a base near it has the start and the race office on foot.

Where to stay in Warsaw

The start is in the middle of the city, which makes the choice easy. The table gives walking times from the Palace of Culture and Science.

The organiser recommends the metro stations Centrum and Świętokrzyska for the start and the finish. Both are on the M1, and public transport is free in zone 1 on race day.

Collecting your number 2026 details

The race office was at 1 Plac Defilad, on the Marszałkowska side of the Palace of Culture, in 2026. It opened on Friday 25 September from 14:00 to 20:00 and on Saturday 26 September from 10:00 to 20:00, and the expo ran at the same times on the central square. The race office is closed on race day.

The 2027 days are not out. On the Saturday of the 2026 weekend there was also a pierogi party from noon to 17:00 and a mini marathon with a fan zone from 11:00 to 16:00.

Race morning

The organiser lists two start times for the marathon. Its race information and schedule pages say 9:00, and its road-closure page says 8:30, which looks like the time the streets close. Plan for the earlier one at the Palace of Culture, since the start line closes after about 10 minutes.

Start zones are assigned by the finish time you gave at registration, and flags mark them in the start area. Net time counts from when you cross the line. The bag deposit in the Runners' Village was open from 7:30 to 16:30. Pacers are available for 30 target times from 2:25 to 5:30, marked with flags.

Streets in the centre close from 8:30, and the road-closure page lists Świętokrzyska, Marszałkowska and routes through Praga, Wola, Bemowo, Bielany and Żoliborz. Parking by the Palace is limited, so the metro is the way in.

The course

The organiser describes the route as long, smooth sections with few demanding climbs. It gives 83 m of total climb, and names the most demanding stretch as a 500 m climb at about 16 km. Start and finish are at 113 m above sea level.

Drinks stations come about every 2.5 km from 5 km, with water at all of them and isotonic drink and bananas at alternate stations from 10 km. There are toilets near every station, and wheelchair-accessible toilets after stations 3, 7, 9 and 14.

Weather in Warsaw in September

The last five race days at the Palace of Culture, at 9:00 and at 13:00, are below. The race is usually at the end of September, so mornings are cool.

The 9:00 readings span 5.2 °C across the five years, and 13:00 was between 4.3 °C and 6.6 °C warmer than 9:00 each time.

Afterwards

The Runners' Village is the bag collection point, and bags are given back against your race number. Finishers get a commemorative medal. The fan zone ran from 8:30 to 16:00, the awards were on the main stage through the afternoon, and the marathon afterparty at Food Town ran from 19:00 to 22:30. Public transport is free in zone 1 for runners.

Other race weekends

Warsaw Marathon is part of the European Marathon Classics. The series' other races with a guide here are Rome Marathon, Vienna City Marathon, TCS London Marathon, Madrid Marathon, Copenhagen Marathon, Lisbon Marathon and Frankfurt Marathon.

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Sources

Written from the organiser's published information and the app's own race data, checked on 2 October 2026.

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