{"id":42888,"date":"2017-07-14T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T06:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/uncategorized\/5-top-european-city-marathons\/"},"modified":"2025-05-03T05:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T03:08:14","slug":"5-top-european-city-marathons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/en\/blog\/discover\/5-top-european-city-marathons\/","title":{"rendered":"5 top European city marathons"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A marathon is a bucket-list experience in itself &#8211; and Europe is a continent worthy of running one.<\/h3>\n<h3>Race through Rome\u2019s cobblestone roads, sprint to the sound of Mozart in the country he was born or soak up the cheers of friendly Parisian crowds. Whether you\u2019re training for your first marathon or have caught the bug; running for charity or for body-betterment; these European destinations simply must be conquered.<\/h3>\n<h2>1. Athens Authentic Marathon<\/h2>\n<p>The true original &#8211; every marathon runner should do the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.athensauthenticmarathon.gr\/site\/index.php\/en\/\">Athens Authentic Marathon<\/a> once in their lifetime. It\u2019s where it all began, hailing from Greek mythology, when Pheidippides ran 26.2 miles from Marathon to Athens to announce the defeat of the Persians. Follow in his footsteps, sweeping through gorgeous Grecian villages and finishing at the site of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 &#8211; the Panathenaic Stadium.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evo_imgs_text_01-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6641 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evo_imgs_text_01-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>2. Schneider Electric Paris Marathon<\/h2>\n<p>Notre Dame Cathedral, Louvre Museum, the Eiffel Tower\u2026 if running through Paris\u2019s most breathtaking landmarks isn\u2019t enough to spur you on, the lively music and encouraging cries of \u2018allez, allez!\u2019 surely will. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schneiderelectricparismarathon.com\/en\/\">Schneider Electric Paris Marathon<\/a> is the third biggest race in Europe, kicking off at Avenue des Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es and taking you along the River Seine before a victorious finish in view of the glorious Arc de Triomphe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evo_imgs_text_02-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6643 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evo_imgs_text_02-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>3. Rome Marathon<\/h2>\n<p>Obtaining a race bib for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maratonadiroma.it\/?lang=en\">Rome Marathon<\/a> should be on every runner\u2019s bucket list. The long-distance run winds past some of the city\u2019s greatest sights &#8211; the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, Roman Forum, Vatican City and Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica to name a few. It\u2019s quite literally the most breathtaking whistlestop tour you\u2019ll ever get &#8211; one reviewer even went as far as saying Rome\u2019s beauty made them forget their painful, aching limbs. And if that\u2019s not enough to get you there, here are three words that might: pre-race pasta party.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evo_imgs_text_03-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6644 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evo_imgs_text_03-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>4. Vienna City Marathon<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vienna-marathon.com\/?surl=f028a7d5f69adb85aefbd1eb0a8148c6\">Vienna City Marathon <\/a>attracts more than 42,000 from 130 nations, blending Austria\u2019s remarkable heritage and culture with high-impact athletics. A regular winner of the IAAF Road Race Gold Label, this is the ideal course for those who like to pick up the pace &#8211; some of the fastest runners in the world have won here. More than 10km of the course has melodies of Mozart or Vienna-born Strauss pumping out, and the thought of a traditional Viennese pancake post-race is sure to get you over that finish line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evo_imgs_text_04-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6645 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evo_imgs_text_04-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>5. BMW Berlin Marathon<\/h2>\n<p>Not much can make a 26.2-mile race less punishing, but zipping through Berlin\u2019s streets certainly helps. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmw-berlin-marathon.com\/en\/\">BMW Berlin Marathon<\/a> doesn\u2019t do things by halves: it\u2019s one of the biggest, flattest and fastest in the world. Your start and finish point is Brandenburg Gate, passing along iconic landmarks such Reichstag, the Berliner Dom and Potsdamer Platz in between. Runners from all over the globe come to Germany to try and break records &#8211; it\u2019s smooth course has virtually no corners, unlike many around Europe. We\u2019d expect nothing less of one of the coolest cities in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evo_imgs_text_05-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6646 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/evo_imgs_text_05-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you already know our article <a href=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/en\/what-the-foot\/\">What the foot?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find here our <a href=\"https:\/\/evofitness.at\/en\/workout-of-the-month-movement-balance\/\">Workout of the month: Movement Balance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image sources and Credits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Image Credit\u00a0<strong>1.\u00a0Athens Authentic Marathon<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>\u00a9\u00a0<\/em>iStock images<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit\u00a0<strong>2. Schneider Electric Paris Marathon<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<em>\u00a9\u00a0<\/em>iStock images<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit\u00a0<strong>3. Rome Marathon<\/strong>\u00a0Maratonaroma2006 circomassimo 5.jpg\u00a0<em>\u00a9<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443\/wis\/clicktime\/v1\/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fit.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fUser%3aDrono&amp;umid=3DFB6280-6245-D105-BC9E-5B4D24EED332&amp;auth=ae94de20d0a4942226f0b417f64df3f72200e2fd-9b35d91a215a952e202c0d8c156f563d2bf386bf\">Drono<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443\/wis\/clicktime\/v1\/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fit.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2f&amp;umid=3DFB6280-6245-D105-BC9E-5B4D24EED332&amp;auth=ae94de20d0a4942226f0b417f64df3f72200e2fd-e62423eb0767908d941d43c13f2b48bf36b79ee9\">Italian Wikipedia<\/a>.\u00a0Commons by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443\/wis\/clicktime\/v1\/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fcommons.wikimedia.org%2fwiki%2fUser%3aLlewellyn77&amp;umid=3DFB6280-6245-D105-BC9E-5B4D24EED332&amp;auth=ae94de20d0a4942226f0b417f64df3f72200e2fd-9c24d07bdd3ac83d559db83e008ed17d9ebb1c18\">Llewellyn77<\/a>\u00a0using<a href=\"https:\/\/imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443\/wis\/clicktime\/v1\/query?url=https%3a%2f%2ftools.wmflabs.org%2fcommonshelper%2f&amp;umid=3DFB6280-6245-D105-BC9E-5B4D24EED332&amp;auth=ae94de20d0a4942226f0b417f64df3f72200e2fd-ca0861c43255d463ca351246c8164fe810fcd084\">CommonsHelper<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443\/wis\/clicktime\/v1\/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fcreativecommons.org%2flicenses%2fby%2dsa%2f2.5&amp;umid=3DFB6280-6245-D105-BC9E-5B4D24EED332&amp;auth=ae94de20d0a4942226f0b417f64df3f72200e2fd-8680eabe565f2c5f6f6ba8416152fd9c84ae3813\">CC BY-SA 2.5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Image Credit\u00a0<strong>4. 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