PROGRAM
Preliminary start times
18.45 Kids Run Helsinki Beach 400 m
19.00 Kids Run Helsinki Beach 800 m
20.30 10 km and 5 km start
Helsinki Twilight Run goes Aurinkolahti in 2025! Enjoy the Helsinki summer evening sun by the beach with running fun for the whole family.
The event will be kicked off with kids runs. 5 and 10k are run afterwards, with officially measured courses suited for both running for fun and racing against the clock for new PB's.


PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Date: Saturday 2nd August 2025
Start/Finish: Aurinkolahti (Aurinkoranta 10, 00990 Helsinki)
Registration: Online pre-registration is now open - sign up for the event here!
Late-registration: You can late register for the event at the race office on race day between 17.00-19.45.
Race office and bib numbers: You can pick up your bib number at the race office on race day. Race office is located in Aurinkolahti near the start and finish area. Race office is open on race day between 17.00-20.00. Note! Late-registration ends at 19.45!
You can also pick up your friend's bib number. You will receive an email with your race number by the morning of the race. When you arrive at the race office, please be ready to show this email to the staff. The number can be found at the end of the message. If you don't receive the email (do also check your spam folder), you will get your number with your name from the race office.
Bib number: Bib numbers are personal and you are only allowed to run with your own number. Please attach the number on the front side of your running shirt/belt and keep it visible throughout the race, and especially when arriving at the finish, in order to get your time.
Timing: An electronic timing application will be used. Please place your bib number on the front of your shirt and keep it visible especially when arriving at the finish to get your time.
Series: 5k and 10k: men and women general. There is also a series for other-gender.
Hydration Stations: Water and Nosht sports drink will be served along the route at hydration stations. There is also hydration available at the finish, along with other refreshments from our partners.
Course: Course map for 2025 will be published soon! Every 1 km of the course is officially measured and marked with km signs.
Changing rooms: TBA
Bag storage: will be located at the Hietaranta beach near the race office and finish area. Bag storage is free for all runners and is open between 17.30-23.30. You will collect your belongings by showing your race number, so keep it safe if you have bags in the storage.
Photos: Photos from the event can be found here after the race.
Elite runners: We offer free participation to the event for elite runners who have run under the following times in 2024-2025:
Men:
5000 m / 5 km: 15.45
10000 m / 10 km: 33.00
Half marathon: 1.12.00
Women:
5000 m / 5 km: 18.15
10000 m / 10 km: 38.15
Half marathon: 1.22.00
To apply for a free registration as an elite runner, please send us an email to tapahtumat at runhigh.fi with details about your qualifying result (name of event, your time, link to results). The result must be from an official road or track race in 2024-2025.
Canceling your participation: No cancellations of participation are required. We do not offer refunds on registration fees.
Transfer of participation: It is possible to buy transfer insurance with your registration, which allows you to transfer the registration to next year's Helsinki Twilight Run or use the paid amount for another event participation. The price of transfer insurance is 10 euros. The transfer can be made once.
If transfer insurance has not been acquired at the time of registration, the customer has the right to transfer the registration for the event to another person for a transfer fee of 10 euros, but not the right to transfer the registration to another event or to the following year.
The organizer will not refund the paid registration fee under any circumstances.
1. Transfer to another person
You can transfer your participation to another person (until 26.7.2025) for a transfer fee of 10 euros.
Please note that registrations paid with sport vouchers cannot be transferred to another person.
2. Transfer to next year's Helsinki Twilight Run (requires transfer insurance)
If the participant has purchased transfer insurance at the time of registration, it is possible to transfer participation to next year's event by 1.8.2025.
3. Transfer to another event (requires transfer insurance)
If the participant has purchased transfer insurance at the time of registration, it is possible to transfer the entry for another Runner's High event (until 1.8.2025). After the transfer request your registration will be cancelled, and you will get a discount code worth the same amount of money you paid for your registration.
How can I transfer my participation?
When transferring your participation to another event or person, or to next year, please contact tapahtumat (at) runhigh.fi with following information:
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Name of the original participant
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Name of the person who will make the new registration (if participation will be transferrer to another person)
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To which event the transfer will be made
After the transfer request you will get more detailed instructions by email.
Force Majeure: If the event has to be canceled or cannot be held due to a force majeure, you are entitled to a refund of the registration fee. You must request the refund from the event organizer within 30 days of the organizer's announcement of the event's cancellation. However, the organizer is not responsible for any delays or damages resulting from the event's cancellation or postponement due to force majeure, and you are not entitled to compensation for any additional or useless expenses incurred, such as accommodation or travel costs.
Force majeure is an event or occurrence beyond the control of the organizer which the organizer could not reasonably be expected to have taken into account at the time of the conclusion of the contract or to have avoided or overcome it or its consequences. Force majeure comprehends both natural disasters and events such as civil unrest, risk to general safety, orders of public authorities or other superior force that prevents the organizing of the event.
ROUTE
Updated route map for 2025 will be published here soon! The route consists of a 5-kilometer loop, which is run once for 5 kilometers and twice for 10 kilometers.
The route is officially measured and runs in the flat scenery of Aurinkolahti and Vuosaari.
KIDS RUN HELSINKI BEACH
Kids Run Helsinki Beach kicks off the night of running with two runs for the little runners in the family! The distance is 400 meters for kids under 7 years old and 800 meters for kids aged 8-15 years old. Every little runner gets a finisher medal!
Preliminary start times:
At 18.45 Kids Run Helsinki Beach 400 m
At 19.00 Kids Run Helsinki Beach 800 m
Sign up for Kids Run Helsinki Beach here!

