Rowerowy Maraton Wisła

Rowerowy Maraton Wisła, or RMW1200, is a self-supported bike marathon covering approximately 1,200 kilometers along Poland’s Vistula River toward Gdańsk. It is structured as an adventure ride, not a closed-road race, requiring participants to manage the extensive effort between towns independently. The course uses Vistula-side roads, gravel tracks, paths, river escarpments, and levees, minimizing travel on busy provincial and national roads. It connects major cities like Kraków, Warsaw, Toruń, and Gdańsk with smaller river towns such as Janowiec, Sandomierz, Zawichost, Płock, Dobrzyń, Chełmno, Świecie, Grudziądz, and Gniew. Along the way, riders encounter oxbow lakes, floodplains hosting wild birds, dunes, sandy river shoals, and historic towns shaped by centuries of riverine commerce.