FAQ

Less than 25 teams? Then sign up via the link below.

If you are a company with +25 teams (corresponding to min. 125 participants) you can become part of the +25 teams agreement and must register via our company portal.

Contact us at [email protected] and we will set you up if you have not used the company portal before.

Ticket sales open on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

The purchase of teams is binding. You can order extra later – until they are potentially sold out.

Anyone who can provide a team of max 5 people can participate. It doesn’t matter if you are a group of friends, a company, association or anything else.

Children and dogs cannot participate in the relay or walk.

Likewise, you cannot participate with prams, baby joggers, etc.

Please note that the route is not suitable for wheelchairs as it consists of carpet and gravel.

You can sign up from when ticket sales open on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 on this page.

From there, you can sign up and add more teams as long as there are teams available.

Based on previous years’ interest and sales, we recommend not waiting too long to book your teams.

If you want a tent in the tent camp in Fælledparken, remember to check the tent capacity for the desired day before you book a team. Tents are usually sold out first.

A relay or walking team for 5 participants costs 870 DKK + 20 DKK administration fee per team. Registration is binding and the price includes:

• 5 x start numbers and 1 x baton
• Timekeeping
• Snack box with snacks + 5 drink vouchers
• Water in the start and finish area
• Live images from the route
• Team photo
• Bib number and baton sent to your door when ordering before August 5, 2025
• Possibility of a free +25 team deal if you participate with a minimum of 25 teams corresponding to 125 participants

Additional food, tent, t-shirt etc. are not included in the price. It is not possible to rent a grill via Sparta or Stafettelt.

There is no requirement for uniform jerseys. But many people have identical team shirts because they think it’s nice.

If you want identical shirts, we recommend that you have them made without date of year etc. so they can be reused from year to year.

Our partner Løberen has a relay offer that you can take advantage of. More info will follow shortly.

DHL Relay Copenhagen takes place August 25-29, 2025 in Fælledparken, main entrance from Øster Allé (opposite the Parken, national stadium).

The race starts from 18:00 and the Walk from 18:30.

The nearest metro stations are Trianglen and Vibenhus Runddel.

Have you lost or found lost property in Fælledparken? Stop by Sparta’s information tent in Fælledparken, where we also hand out the snack boxes (close to the main entrance and start/finish for the runners).

After the relay, lost property will be stored for about a month at Sparta, Gunnar Nu Hansens Plads 11, Østerbro.

You can write to us at [email protected] and ask if we have found what you have lost.

DHL Relay Copenhagen is organized by Sparta Athletics & Running and is non-profit.

The profits go to Sparta’s work to develop running events and ensure good conditions for both children, young people and the elite who practice running and athletics in the association.

You book a tent with our partner Stafettelt, stafet.dk

The tents are usually sold out before the teams. We therefore recommend that you first check if there are still tents available on the day you want to participate.

Sparta has nothing to do with tent booking and refers to Stafettelt.

No.

It is completely optional if you want a tent as the setting for your participation in DHL Relay Copenhagen.

Tent is not included in the price. Tents are ordered separately from our partner Stafettelt.

You are welcome to sit down and relax on the grass in one of the three smaller areas in Fælledparken that are reserved for accommodation and private tents/pavilions (Private tent areas).

No space here can be reserved in advance.

You are welcome to put up a smaller tents or pavilion in one of the three smaller areas in Fælledparken that are reserved for accommodation and private (Private tent areas).

No space here can be reserved in advance.

If you have booked a tent with Stafettelt, you have access to it from 15:00. Cars are allowed in the park from 14-16.30.

Please note that there are guidelines for driving to the tent, as driving on the grass is not allowed under any circumstances.

All cars must be out of the park again by 17:00. It is expected that from 22:00 it will be open again for vehicles to collect your belongings.

The tent must be left in a tidy state, ready for the next day’s participants.

However, it is allowed to leave a stack of cardboard in the tent. Our crew will take it away for recycling.

No, you are not allowed to drive on the grass. Bring a sack truck or similar to transport food and supplies the last bit across the grass. There is no exemption from this.

Driving with food etc. to your tent can be done to a limited extent from 14:00-16:30 on the day of your participation.

All cars must be out of the park by 5 p.m. The driveway opens again around 10 p.m., where you can pick up your stuff.

A snack box with sweet and salty snacks and 5 drink vouchers are automatically included in your team booking. However, you can opt out of the snack box in the registration process.

Other food and drinks must be arranged by you.

Yes, but we strongly discourage the use of charcoal and disposable grills. Use gas grills.

Place the grill behind your tent to avoid grills facing the running route and be aware that grills and torches must be placed at least 3 meters from the tents.

Dispose of any hot charcoal behind tent 5 at Fælledparken’s bonfire area by the Pavilion.

It is not possible to rent grills via Sparta or Stafettelt.

Order delicious relay menus from our three caterers Joe & The Juice, Meyers and OLIOLI, who are ready to deliver from their food trucks on the day in Fælledparken.

The menus are for 5 people (one team) and include service and cutlery, so you don’t have to worry about cooking or dish washing.

The menus simply need to be booked in advance and picked up on the day.

No.

There is water at the toilets for hand washing, but it is not drinkable.

Yes. There are several Carlsberg bars in Fælledparken where you can buy beer and soft drinks.

If you want to save a little money on drinks, pay with drink vouchers. You can buy them online from home, right up until the day of the event.

Link to voucher purchase/extra round follows.

No. All driving on the grass is prohibited. There is no exemption from this.

However, between 14:00-16:30 you can drive as close as possible.

Bring a sack truck or similar to transport food and supplies the last bit across the grass. You cannot borrow a sack truck.

All cars must be out of the park by 5 p.m. The driveway is expected to open again at 10 p.m., where you can pick up your stuff.

Pick up your snack boxes (unless you have opted out) at 16:30-20 in the Sparta pick-up tent, located close to the main entrance and start/finish for the runners.

You must present the snack box voucher sent to you by email in the week prior to your participation. You do not need to print it.

Please note that we will automatically deliver the snack boxes to your tent if you need more than 50 snack boxes.

The running route is 5 km and winds around and into Fælledparken.

The 5 km walk route goes around and through Fælledparken.

At 3 km there is a bar on the route where you can buy beer and water.

Yes. Description follows.

There are no toilets on the route.

No, there is no hydration on the route. However, water and energy drinks are available at the finish area.

At 18:00. The first runners are sent off in waves from 18:00.

See the start times here so you know when your first runner should be ready.

Please note that the walk and run start at two different locations in Fælledparken.

The relay run starts from the transition zone. You’ll find the area close to the lake (at the northern end of Fælledparken).

This is also where you pass your depeche to the next teammate.

An overall team time and individual race times are recorded.

The timing chip is located in the baton, which follows each runner or the entire walk team from start to finish.

Team time: Total time from the first runner crosses the start line to the last runner crosses the finish line, i.e. including changeover time.

Individual time: The time from when a runner crosses the start line to when they cross the finish line, i.e. without changeover time.

Individual race times are also shown in the results list.

Yes. If there are only 4 people on a team, one of them can run two laps and so on.

If you run several laps, it is important that you are wearing all start from the beginning.

No. But if you want a total time, you must run 5 laps as a team. Individual times are recorded for the runners who run – regardless of number.

If you run several laps, it is important that you are wearing all bib/start numbers from the start.

The walk teams start at 18:30 and are sent out in waves until 19:05 depending on the starting group.

See more details in the link below.

All five participants in a walk team start at the same time and follow each other to the finish.

Please note that the walk and run start at two different locations in Fælledparken. See the map in the link below.

The walking teams start and finish towards Rigshospitalet in the southern end of Fælledparken.

The routes are not suitable for wheelchairs as the surface is gravel and carpet.

A total time is recorded. The timing chip is located in the baton, which follows the walk team from start to finish.

The time will appear in the results overview.

No, this is not necessary.

Approximately one week before your participation, you will receive start numbers for all participants + baton with DHL.

If you do not receive the shipment, you do not need to call or write. You can easily pick up your start numbers and batons on the day in Sparta’s information tent (at the snack box distribution) from 16:30.

However, if you are more than 25 teams and have not received your start numbers and batons, please contact us at [email protected].

It is important that you roll up the baton correctly to avoid damaging the timing chip. Follow the instructions on the baton itself.

And see how to roll up the tape here.

The baton must be disposed as residual waste as it also contains a chip.

Results will be published here on the website, often later the same evening you participated.

There are several great opportunities to see photos from your participation.

1. Our talented photographer is all over the site every day. See if he caught you in our photo album, which we link to here. Photos are often available the day after your participation.
2. Don’t forget to stop by the photo zone on the day, where our cool volunteers are ready to capture your team in the right DHL Relay backdrop. It’s free of charge. See the location on the map.
3. You can also view photos in the app. More info to follow.

Every evening, our fantastic volunteers are ready in the photo zone to capture everyone who comes by and wants a photo – maybe the whole team – with just the right DHL Relay background.

It’s free of charge.

The first runners are sent off in waves from 18:00.

Check the start times here so you know when your first runner should be ready.

Please note that the walk and run start at two different locations in Fælledparken. See the map here.

The walk teams start at 18:30 and are sent out in waves until 19:05 depending on the starting group.

See the link below for details.

All five participants in a walk team start at the same time and follow each other to the finish.

Please note that the walk and run start at two different locations in Fælledparken. See the map here.

You will receive your bib/start numbers and baton in a DHL shipment approximately one week before your participation.

The contact person will receive an email with tracking when the shipment is on its way.

There’s no need to panic if the start numbers have not arrived before your participation.

If you are fewer than 25 teams (corresponding to a maximum of 125 participants), we can print them for you on site on the day. Just contact Sparta’s information tent in Fælledparken from 16:30.

Are you more than 25 teams (corresponding to at least 125 participants)? Then please contact us before the day of your participation at [email protected], so that we can help you with the missing start numbers and badges.

No. All bib/start numbers and baton will be sent to you by DHL.

If you have ordered after the deadline so that shipping with DHL is not possible, you will be notified to pick up the start numbers in Fælledparken on the day of your participation.

There are no waste containers specifically for your tent. But there are many Recycling Spots distributed throughout Fælledparken, so you’re never far from a waste station where you can sort waste.

We encourage you to sort waste in your tent. Bring your own racks/buckets and signs for the fractions you want to sort into. We provide bags in the snack box for sorting residual waste, food waste and plastic.

You can drop off plastic/food and beverage cartons, food waste, clean cardboard, metal, glass, residual waste and washable mugs from the bars at the many Recycling Spots.

You are welcome to leave cardboard in a pile in the tent and our crew will remove it later.

You can drop this off at one of the many Recycling Spots in Fælledparken:

• plastic/food and beverage cartons
• food waste
• clean cardboard
• metal
• glass
• residual waste
• the washable mugs from the bars

You are welcome to leave cardboard in a pile in the tent and our crew will remove it later.

We encourage you to sort waste in the tent. Please bring your own racks/buckets and signs for the fractions you want to sort into.

We provide bags in the snack box for sorting residual waste, food waste and plastic.

If you want to make sure that the waste bags fit the size of your racks and buckets, bring your own bags. All types are accepted at our Recycling Spots.

25 teams is a free corporate agreement for companies with +25 teams (more than 125 participants).

The agreement makes registration easier for you and provides greater flexibility. Not least because you get access to a portal that makes it easy to create a customized registration process that suits your business.

Maybe something for you? Then write to us at [email protected].

Anyone who participates with +25 teams (corresponding to more than 125 participants).

The benefits of the +25 agreement include access to a portal where you can tailor the registration process to suit your business.

For example, you can easily make changes between the number of running and walking teams, correct team names, etc. And you get the option of employee login.

What’s more:

• We deliver the snack boxes directly to your tent if you have a minimum of 50 teams
• you get a 1-month payment period
• option for online t-shirt ordering module

The agreement is free of charge.

The transition zone is the main start/finish area for the runners.

You will find the transition zone relatively close to the main entrance to Fælledparken from Øster Allé and at the tents where snack boxes and relay menus are handed out.

The transition zone is where you start your race as a relay runner. And this is where the next teammate is ready to be handed the baton.

The transition zone is divided into starting bays based on bib number intervals.

So based on your bib number, you’ll find the right booth to line up in.

The easiest way to get to and from Fælledparken is by bicycle or by public transport – especially the metro. The stations Trianglen and Vibenhus Station get you right to the door.

Discount with event ticket
DOT (Your Public Transport) has for several years made a special event ticket for DHL Stafetten Copenhagen. With the ticket, you can both save money and use public transport unlimitedly for 12 hours.

The ticket is available to everyone and must be purchased in DOT’s app. We will link to it here when it is possible to buy it.

Yes, thanks to bikes – but not in the tent
If you arrive by bike, we remind you that bikes are not allowed near and in the tents due to fire safety. Thank you for using the bicycle parking areas around Fælledparken.

The ticket is available to everyone and must be purchased in DOT’s app. We will link to it here when it is possible to buy it.

DOT (Your Public Transport) has for several years made a special event ticket for DHL Stafetten Kbh. With the ticket, you can both save money and use public transport unlimitedly for 12 hours.

There are very few parking spaces around Fælledparken. We therefore recommend cycling or public transportation.

In most cases, it is not possible to drive all the way to your tent, as it is forbidden to drive on the grass.

Bring a bag truck etc. to carry food and supplies the last distance across the grass. There is no exemption from this.

Driving with food etc. to your tent can be done to a limited extent from 14-16.30 on the day of your participation. All cars must be out of the park at 17.

Entrance opens again around 22, where your things can be picked up.

Rent a Volt locker in Fælledparken if you have belongings that you would like to keep safe.

The lockers are by the main entrance and measure 30x30x50 cm – just enough room for a rucksack and a jacket.

No.

No.