Hotels near TCS Amsterdam Marathon start/finish in Olympic Stadium
During your 8km, 21km or 42km run, you will pass houses and building dating back to the 1700’s. This was the time that The Netherlands had their world domination and even founded the world’s first multi-national company: The Dutch East India Company.
During your marathon run in Amsterdam you will pass the headquarters of current Dutch multinationals like Philips, AkzoNobel and even Booking.com.
Yes, although Booking.com is now part of Priceline, it was founded in The Netherlands and still has it’s headquarters in Amsterdam.
Foto door DennisM2 via Flickr.com under Creative Commons License.
Hotels and AirBnB’s during TCS Amsterdam Marathon
Luckily, Amsterdam hosts a lot of hotels, from cheap and basic to luxurious and expensive.
If you are living in Amsterdam (or The Netherlands), there is not really a need for a hotel or appartment, but if you are coming from abroad you really want a bed to prepare yourself for the run, and for the day after.
You will probably fly-in at Schiphol Airport and pick up your registration-number and ID on Saturday, the day before the TCS Amsterdam Marathon.
Getting from Schiphol Airport to the TCS Amsterdam Marathon
From Schiphol Airport it’s just 1 trainstop and a 7 minute ride to the Amsterdam South Railway Station. From here it’s about a 10 minute walk to the Olympic Stadium-area where the Start/Finish is of the Amsterdam Marathon and where you pick up your registration in the indoor sportshall: ‘Sporthallen Zuid’.
Alternatively you can take the Schiphol Express bus 197. This bus takes you in about 20 minutes from Schiphol Airport to a busstop exactly in front of the Olympic Stadium.
In total travel time bus or train, take you about the same amount of time and costs. The only small disadvantage of bus 197 is the fact that it’s most of the time crowded since this bus runs eventually to the city centre where all the musea are. Hence; a lot of tourists!
Public transport during the TCS Amsterdam Marathon
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You don’t have to worry about limited services of public transport during the Amsterdam Marathon. Public transport in Amsterdam is before, during and after the Amsterdam Marathon NOT affected.
Of course; it may be more crowded, especially in services which run to the Olympic Stadium, where the start and the finish of the TCS Amsterdam Marathon is.
List of hotels during the TCS Amsterdam Marathon
As we already mentioned; there are a lot of good hotels available during the TCS Amsterdam Marathon in October, however you need to book in advance to secure a room.
There are two hotels available DIRECTLY next to the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. And in a distance of about 15 minutes walking, you also find several hotels in the area around the street ‘Stadionweg’ and Railway Station Amsterdam South.
Other hotels in Amsterdam are also listed here below, but those hotels are located at a distance of more than 15 minutes walking and you need to use public transport to get to the start/finish of the TCS Amsterdam Marathon.
Amsterdam Marathon Hotels DIRECTLY next to Olympic Stadium
Amsterdam Marathon Hotels at max 15 minutes walking distance from Olympic Stadium
Amsterdam Marathon Hotels within distance of just a few stops with public transport from Olympic Stadium
All those hotels listed below are located next to metroline 52 (Noord/Zuid-line) and maximum of three stops from Amsterdam South Railway Station. From there it is a 10 minute walk to the start/finish.
Motel One Rai Conference Centre
The hotels listed below are located next to stations of metroline 51 and also three stops from Amsterdam South Railway Station
