Get training: the Amsterdam Wine Marathon is coming (the most fun EVER!)
A marathon for which you don’t need the fitness of a bear, that won’t give you blisters (except on your tongue, from chatting) and where you can even show up at the start in your best outfit. Along the way, you won’t drink water but wine, and you’ll get the energy you need from the accompanying bites. The Amsterdam Marathon will really get foodies’ hearts racing!
Wine and bites
Haven’t set foot in a gym for a year and a half, and haven’t been particularly active either? No stress! At the Amsterdam Wine Marathon, your fitness doesn’t play the biggest role—that’s reserved for your taste buds! Running through the city is allowed, but not required. Walking is fine too. Along the way, you won’t be offered water-soaked sponges or brightly coloured sports drinks, but glasses of wine and matching bites. This really is the most fun and delicious marathon ever!
At least 40 wine stops
For a whole month (from 19 June to 19 July 2021), Amsterdam will be all about tasting and drinking wine on the terraces of the city’s best hospitality venues. Along the way, you can make at least 40 wine stops. Along the route—which you can make as long as you like—various hospitality venues* are spread throughout the city, where you can flop down for some necessary hydration (read: wine tasting) and a bite to line your stomach before continuing your course.
And if you already have sore muscles or you like the place you’re sitting so much that you’d rather stay? With this marathon, you can!
Your entry ticket
We’re organising the Amsterdam Wine Marathon together with Amsterdam.Restaurant, the fun platform created both to support the hospitality industry and to make foodies’ lives even more enjoyable. We’re kicking things off with the Amsterdam Wine Marathon. Your entry ticket? A foodie pass. It costs €5. And the best part is that it also gets you onto the guest list for other foodie events. From food hikes and quizzes to festivals, you name it!
Always something extra
Amsterdam.Restaurant always arranges culinary extras at the trendiest and tastiest restaurants. From delicious Spanish tapas with a jug of sangria at La Cerveceria, a free bar snack at Bukowski and even a chic little starter at No Rules! All you have to do is pay 5 euros. You can do that once, monthly or for as long as you want to enjoy the benefits. Every €5 represents 1 month of unlimited access to all the fun food parties and extras. And the best thing is that you’ll also be supporting local hospitality businesses!
Will you run and party along with us? Sign up at Amsterdam.Restaurant. And now, a Chardonnay, because you obviously have to train a little, right?
*Participating venues include: Satchmo, Elkaar, Mana Mana, Brasserie Ambassade, Borrl Kitchen, Truffle Boutique, Alex + Pinard, NENI, No Rules, Slagerij de Beurs, Spanjer en van Twist, 505, Hummus bistro D&A, Pulitzer Garden, PizzaLab, Floor17, Bambino bar.
You can find more information under our events/Amsterdam Wine Marathon.
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