Birkebeiner Rennet

Great track conditions for Birkebeinerrennet 2025

The Birkebeinerrennet 2025 appears to be organized under very good conditions. The weather is now dry and cold and will offer the very best conditions for the 9000 participants. Sun and very good tracks will be offered for all. It has been necessary to shuffle some more snow on the start and the finish areas […]

Cross-country skiing cabin vacation on Sjusjøen at the Birkebeinerrennet 🇳🇴

Follow Gunnar on another episode of Gunnar’s Nordic Adventures, this time from Lillehammer in Norway, the home the Birkebeinerrennet. For the final trip of his skiing season he brought his whole family to spend a skiing vacation on Sjusjøen after skiing the Birkebeinerrennet. He has skied the HalvBirken, in order to become a Worldloppet Silver […]

New Plans for Birkebeinerrennet in Case of Challenging Weather

Following two challenging editions of the Norwegian flagship ski race, the organizing committee of Birkebeinerrennet has been hard at work developing alternative racecourses. These courses are designed to ensure the event can proceed smoothly in the event of heavy winds or significant snowfall. “While we acknowledge that weather challenges are becoming the new norm, we’re […]

7000+ skiers for a superb Birkebeinerrennet 2024

The anticipation is building for the Birkebeinerrennet 2024, and we’re excited to announce, that the numbers for the upcoming winter are great. With over 7,000 early registrations already, it’s shaping up to be a fantastic year. This represents a substantial increase compared to last year’s numbers at the same time when we had 4,400 registered […]

Birkebeinerrennet 2023 could become one of the best

The 83rd edition of the traditional Birkebeinerrennet 2023, also called Birken, promises to be among the best ever. The course is blessed with a lot of snow as there is hardly any part offering less than 1 meter. This winter has been exceptionaly snowy in and around Lillehammer, Rena and Sjusoen. The number of participants […]

Thousands of skiers will be back to Birkebeinerrennet tomorrow

Lillehammer is presenting it self in very welcoming way this weekend: Sunshine, mild temperatures but enough snow. Slight snowfalls over night let Lillehammer shine as winter wonder land. It is time to celebrate the comeback of the Birkebeinerrennet like we know it: Thousands of skiers from Norway but also from all around the world skiing […]

Covid News Update: Vasa, Birken, Finlandia and Tartu

First of all, we can tell you good news from the upcoming Worldloppet races: No cancellations ahead! Sad enough, that the Sapporo Skimarathon had to be canceled, but at least no more yet. Several races have worked with high pressure on security and health concepts to meet the restrictions form local authorities, with success. No […]

Prepare for Birken with Marit Bjørgen and Martin Sundby

In 2022 the famous Norwegian Worldloppet race Birkebeinerrennet is going to take place again after the cancellation of past winter. On 18th and 19th March 2022 again thousands of skiing enthusiasts are invited to make their way over the mountains between Lillehammer and Rena. The registrations for 2022’s Birkebeinerrennet are already open and for all […]

WinterBirken QR is going on the finish lane

Only five days remain to finish this year’s skiing event from Birkebeinerrennet. The Norwegian health authorities did not allow the real mass start race, so the organizers came up with an open track event: The WinterBirken QR. Alongside the course five QR-Codes are placed, which the participants have to scan and prove that they have […]

Birkebeinerrennet 2021 forced to cancellation

Birken AS is, due to the strong official covid-restrictions, forced to cancel this years Birkebeinerrennet. But there still is a chance, to collect a stamp in your Worldloppet Passport: To give more people the possibility to enter WinterBirken QR, its period is extended with two weeks, to the original date for Birkebeinerrennet, March 21. In […]

Birken opens registrations with backup guarantee

Today our Norwegian friends have opened the registrations for the Birkebeinerrennet 2021 at the end of March. The organizers are working and planning, that the Birken Festival can take place in a save way. If the race will take place on several days, with wave starts or individual start, with a limited starter’s field etc. […]

Worldloppet presents the Worldloppet Stories project

Since some weeks, the entire world has been affected by the pandemic Coronavirus, that has been impacting our lives and lifestyles. At this particular moment, Worldloppet would love to take a small step to cheer spirits up, sharing stories of good memories and fun times of the slopes – sure that everything will go back […]