Björn Borg Helsinki Half Marathon 2027

It’s nicknamed the White City of the North, it has a pronounced taste for sustainable design and Art Nouveau 🎨, 330 islands make up its elegant silhouette 🏖️, and many think it resembles its Russian neighbor Saint Petersburg. So, any guesses ? ➡️ It’s a big yes for Helsinki! 🇫🇮

Set on the shores of the Baltic Sea 🌊, Finland’s vibrant capital beautifully combines urban life 🏙️ and nature 🏞️. While the water expands the horizon, the many parks form green patches and blend seamlessly among the calm buildings and broad avenues of the city. Here, all the elements come together to create lovely surprises around every corner 😍.

And when spring 🌸 lifts the city’s snowy coat ❄️, when winter darkness gives way to the summer midnight sun ☀️, the Helsinki Half Marathon (Björn Borg Helsinki Half Marathon is its real name) wakes up from its long hibernation 😴. It’s in the month of June, in the Töölö district, that the Finnish capital comes alive each year under the footsteps of runners who come to challenge themselves over 21.0975 km 🏃‍♀️. The race course paints a faithful portrait of Helsinki: a land of contrasts that truly lives in harmony with the nature around it. In the city, by the sea 🌊, in the heart of public parks 🌳—all in a crazy atmosphere with several cheering spots 🥳. That’s what the Helsinki half is all about! 🏁

Now let’s go a bit further into the details of what you’ll be able to admire during your race 👀. Promise: stride after stride, the different neighborhoods in the south of the capital will open up to you and reveal their little secrets 😉. In Kluuvi, the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art and the neoclassical Finnish Parliament will kick things off 😌. A few kilometers further on, the harbors on Hietalahdenranta Bay 🚤 will take over and put balm blue in your heart 💙. After that, it will be Merikatu Street and its traditional colorful houses that will take your breath away 🌈. The Katajanokka district and its magnificent Uspenski Cathedral ⛪ will be there to admire between two breaths. Finally, to add a little taste of adventure to your 21.095 km, you’ll go, like Robinson Crusoe, around Tervasaari Island 🏝️. In short, you’ve got it: you’ll have surprises all along your route, which makes a lovely loop in the south of the Finnish capital. And for smaller appetites 🤏, don’t worry—the organizers have thought of everything : a 5 km race is also on the program for this exceptional sporting event 🤩.

Because there’s no such thing as being tired, at the end of your race, after enjoying the Pasta Party 😋 fully greedily, your endurance will be (once again) put to the test to keep up with the pace of Finland’s long summer nights ⏰. In fact, in the warm season, when nature generously gives this part of the world almost 20 hours of sunshine from June to July, the capital’s philosophy can be summed up in a few words : spare yourself going to bed, go out and make the most of the fleeting joys of the midnight sun ! 😎 So it’s up to you: you can set sail for the Suomenlinna islands 🚣, stroll around the market square 🥕 and the small harbor, marvel at buildings with ornaments inspired by Finnish fauna and flora, or relax in a sauna 🔥.

You’ve got it—an all-nighter guaranteed in Helsinki ! 🌙