Midnight Sun Marathon 

Marathon – Men 02:20:56, Women 02:38:22
Mizuno Halfmarathon –  Men 01:05:46, Women 01:16:40
TINE-mila (10k) – Men 30:03, Women 33:43

During race weekend the race secretariat will be located at City Hall in Tromsø city center. Here you will pick up your bib (start number and info), receive info about the race, and you can visit our official MSM shop. Approximately two weeks before the race you will receive a receipt for your bib by email. NB! Please note that you will have to present ID and your confirmed bib receipt to collect your bib.

Opening hours at City Hall:

Friday          14:00-20:00
Saturday     10:00-02:00
Sunday        10:00-13:00

Midnight Sun Marathon:  Childrens race: 0-11år//4,2km- no age limit //10km- from 12 y.o//21,1km- from 16 y.o//42,2km- from 18 y.o.

Age and age category is determined by birth year, not birth date. This means that as long as you will be 18 in the year of the race, you can participate in the marathon distance, and so on.

No, the registration is personal and binding. By registering for the race you accept our terms & conditions, and we do not refund nor change names on fulfilled registrations. Runners who participate with someone else’s startnumber will be disqualified.

If you cannot participate due to injury/illness you can send us an email (info@msm.no) within a week after race day, together with a medical certificate from your doctor/physician stating that you are unable to attend. Then we will move your registration to next years’ race (NB! We charge a fee of 100,- NOK to move your registration).

The prices for our two biggest events depend on when you sign up, and which distance you are running. Sign up early to save money on the entry fee!

Midnight Sun Marathon:

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We will leave it up to the weather Gods! You can check YR or Pent for an updated weather forecast.

Polar Night Halfmarathon (all distances)

There are limited places in the race and we close the online registration as soon as all places are sold out.

Midnight Sun Marathon (all distances)

There are limited places in the race and we close the online registration as soon as all places are sold out. Follow us on Facebook to see the latest status on registrations.

Tromsø Mountain Challenge 

All distances: Limited number of places, as the distances start to fill up we will close registration.

Polar Night Halfmarathon

Halfmarathon – Men 01:10:13, Women 01:21:50

Mørketidsmila (10km) – Men 00:31:50, Women 00:37:57

Midnight Sun Marathon

Marathon – Men 02:20:56, Women 02:38:22

Halfmarathon – Men 01:05:46, Women 01:16:40

TINE-mila (10km) – Men 30:03, Women 33:43

Tromsø Mountain Challenge

Extremerace – Men 15:52, Women 17:23

Tromsø Mountain Ultra 50km – Men 04:07:20, Women 04:43:55

HalfUltra 25km – Men 01:55:50, Women 01:56:37

Tromsdalstinden 1238m up- Men 01:05:12, Women 01:16:00

Polar Night Halfmarathon

Half marathon 3 hrs.

Midnight Sun Marathon

Marathon, 5 hrs. 30 min

Half Marathon, 3 hrs. 30 min

Tromsø Mountain Challenge

TMU50km, 5h 30min, to pass Check Point Tromsdalselva. Runners who arrive at this check point later will be taken out of the race (Max time 9h for the whole course).

HalfUltra 25km, 6h

Tromsdalstinden 1238m Up, 2h 30min

Water and Maxim Sport drinks at every 5 kilometres.  The last stations for marathon and half marathon will also offer  bananas. There ia also a drinking station at Stortorget at the finish.

Toilets are available at every five km, close to the drinking stations. Toilets are also available at the start- and finish-area.

Bag storage will be available for runners at Kulturhuset close to the start. Please use the tag attached to your start number to label your bag or personal items. The bag must be labeled before you hand it in. Please hand in youg bag early to avoid queuing before start. Bags/clothes are delivered at your own risk.

Every kilometre will be marked for the marathon and half marathon courses. The first mark is 42 km, and indicates that there are 42 km left. The next mark is 41 km and counting down to the finish.

Max time limit for the marathon distance is 5h and 30min. For the Mizuno Halfmarathon the time limit is 3h and 30min.

Polar Night Halfmarathon

There will be drinking stations every 5 km. Water and Maxim Sportdrink will be served at all the service stations. Toilets are only available at the starting- and finish area.

Midnight Sun Marathon

Water and Maxim Sport drinks at every 5 kilometres.  The last stations for marathon and half marathon will also offer gel and bananas. Toilets are available at the 5, 15, 25, and 35 km points in the race.

Tromsø Mountain Challenge

MSM Extremerace:
Drinking station when you arrive at the finish line at Fjellstasjonen.

TMU50km and HalfUltra 25km:
There are service stations by all the cabins along the trail, by the river Tromsdalselva and at Fjellheisen (cable car station). They serve water and Maxim sports drink. At Tromsdalselva and Fjellheisen they also have Coca Cola and bananas. Please leave your cup at the drinking station or bring it to the next servicepoint. Garbage must only be thrown in garbage bags at the service stations and NOT along the trail. There are many rivers along the trail where you can refill your water bottle. Apart from that you will have to bring your own food and drinks.

Tromsdalstinden 1238m opp:
There is a drinking station by Tromsdalselva (the river) and at the top of Salen, before you start on the last ridge towards the summit.  We require all runners to bring with them a bottle of water (minimum 0,5l) that has to be full when they cross the finish line. This is because there is no service station at the finish.

MarathonPhotos  is our official partner, and they take pictures of all finishing runners at the race. You can order pictures, video or diploma from the race directly from them.  Save a smile for the photographers at the finish line! We also receive other pictures from the race, and these photos will be published on our Facebook-page a few days after the race.

Our partner Marathon Photos takes pictures of all runners when they cross the finish line. They offer packages with both photos and video from your race.

Apart from this, we will also publish some pictures at our Facebook-page a few days after the race. So if you are anxious to see if we got a photo of you, feel free to follow us there. Also the local newspapers iTromsø and Nordlys often have Pictures from the race both online and in the newspaper.

Polar Night Halfmaraton

All finishers receive a medal at the finish line.

Prizes are awarded for the three fastest in each age category for Polar Night Halfmarathon.
For the10 km race the top three female and men runners will be awarded. For the 5km race there will be timing, but no results. All runners will get their time.

Midnight Sun Marathon

All finishers receive a medal at the finish line.

Visit Tromsø lists most of the  hotels, Apartments, camping sites and other accomodation info HERE. Please note that even though almost all the hotels are located in the city centre, you should always check the location before booking. The hotels in the city centre are all within walking distance from the start- and finish-area of Midnight Sun Marathon, Polar Night Halfmarathon and the reindeer racing and lassothrowing during Samí Week.

If you are travelling from outside Norway to Tromsø, you have to fly to Oslo and take a connecting flight to Tromsø. The flight time from Tromsø to Oslo is approximately 2 hours and there are several daily flights.

If you wish to travel by sea, the Coastal steamer Hurtigruten arrives in Tromsø daily, and travelling within the region you can board the express boats from Harstad and Finnsnes. There are also bus Connections from the surrounding cities, such as Narvik, Bardufoss and Alta. Se more info about travelling within Troms region at the regional traffic site, Tromskortet.

Visit Tromsø has info on all activities, attractions, accomodation, restaurants/cafes and shopping. Visit their homepage HERE. You can also download their app, Tromsø Official City App, so you can access all the information while you are on the go!