Amsterdam Marathon 2027: TCS Amsterdam Marathon Weekend, 30 and 31 October

The TCS Amsterdam Marathon takes over the city on the weekend of Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 October 2027. The marathon itself starts at 09:00 on Sunday 31 October in the Olympic Stadium, on a World Athletics Platinum Label course the organisers rank among the fastest in the world, and the weekend around it carries a half marathon, a 7.5K, kids runs and a city walk.

If you are flying in to run or to watch, this post covers the program day by day, the ride in from Schiphol, and how the first hour works in Amsterdam on a race weekend.

The weekend builds in layers. The International Marathon Expo opens on Thursday 28 October from 13:00 to 20:00, with bib number pick up in the same hours, and runs again on Friday 29 October from 10:00 to 20:00. Saturday 30 October is the warm up day: the Amsterdam City Walk from 07:00, the Heroes Run and two Kids Runs around midday, the Samsung Galaxy 7.5K at 14:15 with a one hour limit, and the International Pasta Party from 18:00 to 21:00.

Sunday belongs to the long races. The TCS Marathon starts at 09:00 with a six hour limit, mini marathons set off through the morning, and the Mizuno Half Marathon starts at 13:20 with a three hour limit. The finish closes at 17:00. The course is the draw: the start and finish in the Olympic Stadium, a passage under the Rijksmuseum and past the Heineken Experience, scenic kilometers along the Amstel River, and a loop through Vondelpark.

That shape matters for visitors as much as runners. The south of the city around the stadium, Museumplein and Vondelpark is the busy side all weekend, the expo days are the calmest time to collect a bib, and Saturday afternoon puts thousands of 7.5K runners on the streets before the main event. Book the big museums early if they sit in your plan: the guide warns that the Van Gogh Museum and the Anne Frank House sell timed slots weeks ahead, and race weekend only tightens that.

Schiphol’s station sits directly under the terminal, so the default arrival is also the cheapest: NS trains run to Amsterdam Centraal every few minutes by day and hourly at night. See our Schiphol to Amsterdam transfer guide for every option, priced and compared.

For a Splurge, Pulitzer Amsterdam stitches twenty-five Golden Age canal houses on the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht into one hotel amid the Nine Streets, with a courtyard garden and canal view rooms. For Mid-range, Kimpton De Witt Amsterdam sits on Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, five minutes from Centraal and behind Dam Square, with bright modern rooms and complimentary bikes. For Budget, Stayokay Amsterdam Vondelpark is a former school on Zandpad at the park’s edge, near Leidseplein and Museumplein, with dorms and private rooms.

Stayokay’s Vondelpark edge is the race weekend pick of the three for runners, since the course loops through the park itself. For getting back, the NS train from Centraal returns you to Schiphol around the clock, hourly through the night, so even a dawn flight after race day is a train ride, not a taxi negotiation.

Sort data before you land: the guide names an Airalo eSIM for Amsterdam, with Saily as backup, so maps and the NS app work from the platform. Schiphol Wi-Fi is free, but the platforms are two escalators down and race weekend crowds them.

Tap in and out with OVpay from the very first ride, and carry a card, not cash: a missed tap out is charged as the maximum fare, trams take no cash, and some cafes are card only. Keep about €20 in notes for the exceptions and warn your bank against a first tap fraud block. In the city, GVB tickets run from a one hour ticket to 24, 48 and 72 hour passes.

For a first meal, the guide sends you to Stubbe’s Haring on the Singel bridge for lightly cured herring under chopped onion and pickle, or to Winkel 43 in the Jordaan for the apple pie the city queues for. Book the big three museums before you fly: Anne Frank House tickets are online only, released Tuesdays six weeks ahead, and the Van Gogh Museum is timed and online only.

A fast, flat Platinum Label course and a stadium finish make this one of the great autumn race weekends in Europe. Browse the events calendar for what else is on while you are in town, and use plan your trip to line up the days around it.