Esbjerg City Half, live.

Four starts from one square

Esbjerg City Half sends every one of its distances off from Torvet, the town square on Kongensgade, over two hours on a Sunday in October.

The 2026 edition was on Sunday 4 October. The day opened at 09:30 with the City Walkers, who walk the full half-marathon route with a limit at 14:30; the Kids City Run, 1.2 km on traffic-free streets for children up to ten, started at 09:45. The half marathon followed at 11:00 and the 10 km, new in 2026, at 11:30. Both running distances have a time limit of three and a half hours, and the 10 km finishes back on Torvet.

The organiser describes the half-marathon route as a combination of town, harbour and natural surroundings, through Esbjerg’s streets and past the town’s landmarks; the 10 km is a route through the streets of Esbjerg. The race is part of Denmark’s official race calendar and certified by Dansk Atletik Forbund and DGI. It is run by Sport & Event Park Esbjerg and SGI together with Oplev Esbjerg. The minimum age is 15 for the half marathon and 10 for the 10 km, and every finisher gets a medal.

With four starts in two hours, someone waiting on Torvet may have a walker, a child and a half-marathoner out at once. A Livebib broadcast that each runner shares opens in a browser, no account and no app, and shows their position on the course line, the distance covered and a finish estimate that updates as the race goes. Anything estimated is marked as estimated, never as measured, and the runner decides who gets the link.