Íslandsbanki Reykjavik Marathon, live.

Culture Night's race through Reykjavik

The Íslandsbanki Reykjavik Marathon is the August road race of Reykjavik, run every year in central Reykjavik on the same day as Culture Night.

The 2027 race is on Saturday 21 August. It has been held every year since 1984, when 214 participants from Iceland and seven other nations took part. Today around 16,000 people run one of its distances, more than 3,000 of them from abroad, and it is organised by the Reykjavik Sports Association.

All three main distances start on Sæmundargata by the University of Iceland and finish on Geirsgata by the Reykjavík Art Museum. The organiser is preparing a new route for 2027. In 2026 the marathon went out along Ægisíða to Seltjarnarnes, through Grandi and the centre, along Sæbraut and through Laugardalur, Elliðaárdalur and Fossvogur. There are 10 refreshment stations, every 4 to 5 km.

About 1,500 people run the marathon each year, from the age of 18, with a limit of 6 hours 30 minutes. The half marathon starts with the marathon, is open from 15 and draws close to 4,500. The 10K, run since 1993, is the most popular distance with 6,000 to 7,000 people, has a limit of 4 hours 30 minutes and is not for children under 12. There are fun runs of 3 km and 1.7 km for families.

Roads close from 8:00 to 15:00, and participants get free entry to the geothermal pools on race day. With Culture Night going on in the centre, spectators will find the finish area on Geirsgata busy well into the day.

On Livebib you can follow a participant who chooses to share their own live position from the phone they carry. This is not the organiser's timing, and the official results come from the Reykjavik Marathon.