Germany·2026

Göttingen

Göttingen's running scene centers on the 25h-Lauffestival, a continuous timed event that draws ultrarunners to the flat valley floor around the city. Cyclists dominate the calendar with endurance events like the RTF Göttingen (155km) and Göttinger Dreiländermarathon (223km), which thread through the low Weser hills and beech forests of Lower Saxony — terrain rarely steep but relentlessly rolling at 200–400m elevation. The city sits in a gentle basin, ideal for long base miles, with serious climbing 30–40km north toward the Solling massif or south into the Harz foothills.