DSW Bruggenloop Rotterdam

The DSW Bruggenloop Rotterdam is a 15 km winter race held on December 15, centered on Rotterdam’s bridges. The start and finish are located at Stadion Feijenoord. Participants run the course around sunset, placing the event at the close of the running season rather than during a brighter spring period. It serves as a traditional year-end event on the Dutch running calendar and consistently sells out early. The course guides thousands of runners across the city’s well-known bridges, with Rotterdam’s illuminated skyline visible and a procession of runner lights extending over the bridge decks. It is presented as a genuine Rotterdam challenge: a mass race in cold weather, not exclusively for elites, where everyday runners tackle the bridges collectively before the year concludes.