Berlinathon — Experience Running, Culture and Berlin

Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg

Starting in April, we’re taking you on a culture run every month – and art is up first. We kick off at the Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg, where we’ll get a glimpse of the latest exhibition and fuel up with pre-run snacks like energy balls, bananas, and beetroot-ginger shots. After a group warm-up, we head through the Tiergarten – covering three, seven, or eleven kilometers depending on your endurance – passing by the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, discovering a hidden sculpture park, and crossing historic bridges. Art meets running – inspiration and discovery take center stage, not pace.

Berlin is Germany’s cultural capital – and rightfully so. The city is a performance in itself. Our Berlinathon Stage Run takes you into the vibrant scene: to theaters, open-air stages, experimental spaces, and cozy venues in the neighborhoods. Together we discover productions as well as the stories and people behind them. Between spotlight and stride, Berlin’s stage magic unfolds.

After weeks of running together, we take time for something that connects us just as much as running: good food. The Berlinathon Food Run is about flavors and the people who cook, produce, process, and realize visions with food every day. We move – in taste as well – between local and cosmopolitan. Food is more than just fuel: it’s the art of storytelling. Hungry for an adventure?

Music and running – an inseparable combination. Music doesn’t just drive us forward, it makes the essence of a place tangible before you truly understand it. Berlin’s connection to music is part of the city’s identity: on our Berlinathon Music Run, sounds carry us through the neighborhoods. We jog past quiet spots, suddenly follow a melody, and eventually land in the rhythmic nightlife of the city, which pulsates nowhere in Europe like it does in Berlin.